If there is a theme to the 2005-’06 Ostranders — Memphis’ answer to Broadway’s Tony Awards — it’s “anything goes.” The nominees in both the college and community divisions reflect a range of styles from the unswervingly traditional to the startlingly unconventional. This year’s Ostranders will be presented at the Memphis Botanic Garden on Sunday, August 27th. — Chris Davis
Key
CP=Circuit Playhouse, GCT=Germantown Community Theatre, HPAC=Harrell Performing Arts Center, NSTM=Next Stage at Theatre Memphis, POTS=Playhouse on the Square, POTS-ATW=Playhouse on the Square at TheatreWorks, Rhodes=McCoy Theatre at Rhodes College, TM=Theatre Memphis, U of M= University of Memphis
COMMUNITY OSTRANDER AWARDS 2005/06:
SET DESIGN
Ashley Bellet, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (CP)
Nick Mozak, Take Me Out (POTS)
Mark Guirguis, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens (CP)
Mark Guirguis, Urinetown, the Musical (POTS)
Dave Nofsinger, Inherit the Wind (TM)
Michael Williams,The King and I (TM)
COSTUME DESIGN
Rebecca Y. Powell, Fiddler on the Roof (POTS)
Andre Bruce Ward, The King and I (TM)
Andre Bruce Ward, Cats (TM)
Rebecca Y. Powell, Aida (POTS)
Caroline Redfearn, I Am a Camera (GCT)
LIGHTING DESIGN
Travis Richardson, Take Me Out (POTS)
Ken Friedhoff, Inherit the Wind (TM)
Ken Friedhoff, Urinetown (POTS)
Travis Richardson, Aida (POTS)
Travis Richardson, The Graduate (POTS)
PROPS
Sara Beth Dike, Intimate Apparel (CP)
Bill Short, I Am a Camera (GCT)
Sara Beth Dike, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens (CP)
Carey Stipe, Fiddler on the Roof (POTS)
SET DRESSING
Jimmy Humphries and Sara Beth Dike, Pump Boys and Dinettes (CP)
Bill Short and Sara Beth Dike, Retreat From Moscow (CP)
Bill Short and Michael Williams, The Country Club (TM)
Bill Short, I Am a Camera (GCT)
Karen Ralston and Gregory Horton, Crowns (POTS)
MAKEUP
Parker, Cats (TM)
Linda Lockwood, The King and I (TM)
The cast of Saucy Jack and coordinator Jenny Thurnau (CP)
MUSIC DIRECTION
Gary Beard, Cats (TM)
Angelo Rapan, West Side Story (HPAC)
Dennis Whitehead, Fiddler on the Roof (POTS)
Dennis Whitehead, Urinetown (POTS)
SOUND DESIGN
Rory Dale, Tuesdays with Morrie (CP)
Matthew Stone, Child’s Play (TM)
John Rone, I Am a Camera (GCT)
Rory Dale, Retreat From Moscow (CP)
Steven Gary, Rounding Third (NSTM)
CHOREOGRAPHY
Jay Rapp, Aida (POTS)
Brian Loeffler, Urinetown (POTS)
Mitzi Hamilton and Kathy Caradine, Cats (TM)
Corey Homas, West Side Story (HPAC)
Gary John La Rosa, Fiddler on the Roof (POTS)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Megan Bowers, Urinetown (POTS)
Rachael Saltzman, Aida (POTS)
Mary Hollis Inboden, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens (CP)
Melanie Duncan, Annie (HPAC)
Carla McDonald, Company (TM)
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Ken Zimmerman, Urinetown (POTS)
Robert Hanford, Annie (HPAC)
Mike Detroit, Aida (POTS)
Bill Andrews, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens (CP)
Jonathan Christian, Cats (TM)
LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Mary Catherine Hughes, Annie (HPAC)
Rachael Saltzman, Urinetown (POTS)
Rachael Saltzman, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens (CP)
Joyce Cobb, The Devil’s Music (NSTM)
Mollie Anderson,The Sound of Music (HPAC)
LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Robert Hanford, Jesus Christ Superstar (HPAC)
Jordan Nichols, Urinetown (POTS)
Keith Patrick McCoy, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens (CP)
Dave Landis, Fiddler on the Roof (POTS)
Lee Gilliland, West Side Story (HPAC)
DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Gary John La Rosa, Fiddler on the Roof (POTS)
Mitzi Hamilton, Cats (TM)
Scott Ferguson, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens (CP)
Bob Hetherington, Urinetown (POTS)
Amy Hanford, West Side Story (HPAC)
MUSICAL PRODUCTION
Urinetown (POTS)
Cats (TM)
Fiddler on the Roof (POTS)
Jesus Christ Superstar (HPAC)
West Side Story (HPAC)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a DRAMA
Mykel Pennington, Kimberly Akimbo (NSTM)
Janie Paris, I Am a Camera (GCT)
Irene Crist, The Graduate (POTS)
Adrienne E. Houston, The Story (POTS-ATW)
Erin Shelton, I Am a Camera (GCT)
SUPPORTING ACTOR in a DRAMA
Michael Gravois, Take Me Out (POTS)
Mark Mozingo, Take Me Out (POTS)
Tristan Shields, Intimate Apparel (CP)
John Rone, Measure for Measure (NSTM)
Ryan Scott, Kimberly Akimbo (NSTM)
LEADING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Karen Mason Riss, Kimberly Akimbo (NSTM)
Monette McLin, Intimate Apparel (CP)
Carmen Rae Meyers, The Graduate (POTS)
Casey Cannon, I Am a Camera (GCT)
Irene Crist, Frozen (CP)
LEADING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Chris Hart, Rounding Third (NSTM)
Mark Mozingo, The Graduate (POTS)
Jonathon Lamer, Frozen (CP)
Barclay Roberts, Retreat From Moscow (CP)
Dave Landis, Tuesdays With Morrie (CP)
ENSEMBLE ACTING
Cast of Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (CP)
Cast of Corpus Christi (POTS-ATW)
CAMEO ROLE
Robin Bonham, Lucky Stiff (GCT)
Barry Fuller, Cats (TM)
DIRECTION OF A DRAMA
Dave Landis, Frozen (CP)
John Rone, I Am a Camera (GCT)
Dave Landis, Take Me Out (POTS)
Ken Zimmerman, The Graduate (POTS)
Bob Hetherington, Inherit the Wind (TM)
DRAMATIC PRODUCTION
Frozen (CP)
Inherit the Wind (TM)
Take Me Out (POTS)
The Graduate (POTS)
I Am a Camera (GCT)
COLLEGE OSTRANDER AWARDS:
SET DESIGN
Carrie Ballenger, Parade (U of M)
David Nofsinger, The Clearing (U of M)
Sara Rutherford, Ubu Roi (Rhodes)
COSTUME DESIGN
Dr. Douglas Koertge, Much Ado About Nothing (U of M)
Ashley Bellet, Parade (U of M)
David Jilg, Ubu Roi (Rhodes)
LIGHTING DESIGN
Jared Land, Einstein’s Dreams (U of M)
John McFadden, Parade (U of M)
David Weston, In the Blood (U of M)
SOUND DESIGN
Josh Wilson, The Clearing (U of M)
Michelle Lyn Cook-Brown and Hank Neuhoff, Ubu Roi (Rhodes)
Michelle Lyn Cook-Brown and Hank Neuhoff, Tongue of a Bird (Rhodes)
CHOREOGRAPHY
Jay Rapp, Parade (U of M)
Susan Chrietzberg, Einstein’s Dreams (U of M)
Chris Roberts and Kate Mashburn, The Tempest (Rhodes)
SUPPORTING ACTOR in a MUSICAL
Sean Patrick Jernigan, Parade (U of M)
Christopher Waters, Parade (U of M)
Kevin Murphy, Parade (U of M)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a DRAMA
Amy Gray, Tongue of a Bird (Rhodes)
Amy Gray, The Tempest (Rhodes)
Rachel King-Barr, The Clearing (U of M)
SUPPORTING ACTOR in a DRAMA
Michael Khanlarian, Einstein’s Dreams (U of M)
Liam “Nate” Smith, The Tempest (Rhodes)
Jim Short, The Tempest (Rhodes)
LEADING ACTRESS in a DRAMA
Amy Gray, Ubu Roi (Rhodes)
Erin McGhee, The Tempest (Rhodes)
Erin McGhee, Tongue of a Bird (Rhodes)
LEADING ACTOR in a DRAMA
Chadwick Rodgers, Einstein’s Dreams (U of M)
Michael Frame, Much Ado About Nothing (U of M)
Jim Short, Ubu Roi (Rhodes)
ENSEMBLE ACTING
Cast of Tongue of a Bird (Rhodes)
Cast of Ubu Roi (Rhodes)
Cast of Einstein’s Dreams (U of M)
CAMEO ROLE
Franklin Willis, Parade (U of M)
Slade Kyle, Parade (U of M)
John Gregory Willard, Ubu Roi (Rhodes)
DIRECTION
Gloria Baxter, Einstein’s Dreams (U of M)
Chris Davis, Ubu Roi (Rhodes)
Bob Hetherington, Parade (U of M)
BEST PRODUCTION
Parade (U of M)
Einstein’s Dreams (U of M)
Ubu Roi (Rhodes)
Tongue of a Bird (Rhodes)