2004 Wings Awards Finalists and Winners

Winners are marked in green.

(A transcript of the opening skit is available.)

By Category (By Organization)

Show with Music

• Always, Patsy Cline (RT)
• Free to Be You and Me (IMP)
• Jesus Christ Superstar (HCCA)
• Pageant (RT)
• Ragtime (IMP)

Show without Music

• Eleemosynary (RT)
• The Lion in Winter (RT)
• Lost in Yonkers (TH)
• A Mill Village Christmas (RT)
• Of Mice and Men (TH)

Artistic Direction, Show with Music

• Vivienne Atkins for Free to Be You and Me (IMP)
• Vivienne Atkins and Deborah Fleischman for Ragtime (IMP)
• Bob Baker and Sharon Ryan for Always, Patsy Cline (RT)
• Lee Deal for Pageant (RT)
• Jim Zielinski for Jesus Christ Superstar (HCCA)

Artistic Direction, Show without Music

• Patsy Hawkins for Of Mice and Men (TH)
• Robert E. James for Lost in Yonkers (TH)
• Sam Marsh for The Ant and the Grasshopper (FP)
• Peter-John Sligting for Eleemosynary (RT)
• Jim Zielinski for The Lion in Winter (RT)

Music Director

• Vivienne Atkins for Free to Be You and Me (IMP)
• David Giambrone for Always, Patsy Cline (RT)
• Barry Petty for Hooray for Hollywood (IMP)
• Barry Petty for Ragtime (IMP)
• Ron Simmons for Pageant (RT)

Lead Actress in a Singing Role

• Charelle Causey Hudgins as Janet in Free to Be You and Me (IMP)
• Shelby Connell as Mary in Free to Be You and Me (IMP)
• Josie Craig as Vicki in Free to Be You and Me (IMP)
• Christie McCleary as Mother in Ragtime (IMP)
• Jennifer Simmons as Sarah in Ragtime (IMP)

Lead Actor in a Singing Role

• Eugene Banks as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (AN)
• Patrick Johnson as Edward in Free to Be You and Me (IMP)
• Jason Lockhart as Coalhouse Walker, Jr. in Ragtime (IMP)
• Darin Windham as Father in Ragtime (IMP)
• Jim Zielinski as Alfie Doolittle in My Fair Lady (AN)

Lead Actress in a Non-Singing Role

• Karen Logan as Dorothea in Eleemosynary (RT)
• Lydia Marsh as Bella in Lost in Yonkers (TH)
• Kim Parker as Poopay/Phoebe in Communicating Doors (TH)
• Sharon Ryan as Louise in Always, Patsy Cline (RT)
• Robbie Shafer as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter (RT)

Lead Actor in a Non-Singing Role

• Gary L. Knight as King Henry II in The Lion in Winter (RT)
• George Kobler as Petrucchio in The Taming of the Shrew (RT)
• David Minnich as Thomas Edison in Camping with Henry and Tom (TH)
• Josh Olive as Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (TH)
• Phil Parker as George Milton in Of Mice and Men (TH)

Supporting Actress in a Singing Role

• Sarah Brown as a caroler in A Christmas Carol (FP)
• Sharla Grable as Jewel in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (RT)
• Delle Lloyd as Emma Goldman in Ragtime (IMP)
• Sharon Ryan as Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady (AN)
• Marianne Windham as Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime (IMP)

Supporting Actor in a Singing Role

• Patrick Johnson as Younger Brother in Ragtime (IMP)
• Doug Maze as Miss Bible Belt in Pageant (RT)
• Ron Roberts as Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar (HCCA)
• Chris Smith as Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady (AN)
• David Thornton as Annas in Jesus Christ Superstar (HCCA)

Supporting Actress in a Non-Singing Role

• Emily Griffin as The Caterpillar-Butterfly in The Ant and the Grasshopper (FP)
• Emily Griffin as Ester Heloise in Cinderella (FP)
• Cam Scales as Grandmother Kurnitz in Lost in Yonkers (TH)
• Robbie Shafer playing multiple roles in The Laramie Project (TH)
• Christel Walia as Gert in Lost in Yonkers (TH)

Supporting Actor in a Non-Singing Role

• Sam Marsh as Louie in Lost in Yonkers (TH)
• Phil Parker playing multiple roles in The Laramie Project (TH)
• Charlie Wood playing multiple roles in The Laramie Project (TH)
• Jim Zielinski as Carroll Chatham in The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wilde (TH)
• Jim Zielinski playing multiple roles in The Laramie Project (TH)

Youth Performance, Female

• Katie Broad as Gollum in The Hobbit (FP)
• Katie Broad as soloist in "MGM," Hooray for Hollywood (IMP)
• Marie Finnegan as Blue Girl in "Les Patineurs," Spring Concert (CBA)
• Elizabeth Lombardino as The Little Girl in Ragtime (IMP)
• Travis Roddy as Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol (FP)

Youth Performance, Male

• Patton Chandler as Edgar in Ragtime (IMP)
• Patton Chandler as Young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (FP)
• Richard Davis as Arty in Lost in Yonkers (TH)
• Chase King as Little Ed in A Mill Village Christmas (RT)
• Austin Lennox as Jebediah Beauchamps in Cinderella (FP)

Choreography

• "Seaborne," Spring Concert (CBA): Mary Halverstadt
• Ragtime (IMP): Brad Howard
• Free to Be You and Me (IMP): Patrick Johnson
• Pageant (RT): Cindy Miller
• "Ricochet," Spring Concert (CBA): Cynthia Quintela

Female Dancer in an Extended Piece

• Lucy Hamilton as Odette in "Swan Lake II," Spring Concert (CBA)
• Lucy Hamilton as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker (CBA)
• Lauren Torrez as the Snow Queen in The Nutcracker (CBA)

Female Dancer in a Short Piece

• Lydia Dyer for "Sheer Revenge," Spring Concert (CBA)
• Kanika McAlpine as Harlem Soloist in Ragtime (IMP)
• Julia Simpson as New Rochelle Soloist in "New Music", Ragtime (IMP)
• Lauren Torrez as Odile in "Black Swan Pas de Deux," Spring Concert (CBA)
• Marianne Windham in "Cheek to Cheek," Hooray for Hollywood (IMP)

Male Dancer in an Extended Piece

• Paul Appleman as Snow King in The Nutcracker (CBA)
• Raymond Lenzner as Blue Boy in "Les Patineurs," Spring Concert (CBA)
• Jeremy Myrick as Snow King in The Nutcracker (CBA)

Male Dancer in a Short Piece

• Paul Appleman as Lead Attacker in "Revenge," Spring Concert (CBA)
• Brent Beabout as Red Rose Cavalier in The Nutcracker (CBA)
• Jonathan Curtis as New Rochelle Soloist in "New Music," Ragtime (IMP)
• Clay Hedden in "Cheek to Cheek," Hooray for Hollywood (IMP)
• Jemarious Stewart as Harlem Soloist in "New Music," Ragtime (IMP)

Hair

• Cinderella (FP): Cathy Clark
• The Lion in Winter (RT): Clay Hedden
• Ragtime (IMP): Andrea Johnson
• Always, Patsy Cline (RT): Ronda Lewallen
• My Fair Lady (AN): Maria Wilkie

Make-Up

• Always, Patsy Cline (RT): Lyndsay Broad
• A Mill Village Christmas (RT): Lezlie Lanza
• The Ant and the Grasshopper (FP): Janet Morgan
• The Hobbit (FP): Wynn Oldham
• Lost in Yonkers (TH): Ronni Kirk

Costumes

• Ragtime (IMP): Caroline Feagley
• Free to Be You and Me (IMP): Andrea Johnson
• Pageant (RT): Gayl Miller-Alexander
• The Ant and the Grasshopper (FP): Judy McClay
• A Christmas Carol (FP): Carol Morris
• The Hobbit (FP): Carol Morris and Jason Morgan

Set

• The Taming of the Shrew (RT): Bob Baker and Daniel Weldon
• Jesus Christ Superstar (HCCA): Lynn Broad, Kira Gee, Susan Stricklin, and Connie Voight
• The Ant and the Grasshopper (FP): Dennis Griffin, Mark Eccleston, LeRoy McClay, and Sharon Griffin
• Lost in Yonkers (TH): David Harwell and Mark S. Eccleston
• Of Mice and Men (TH): Fred Sayers, Molly Pettis, Missy Wood, and Jessica Zeller

Lighting

• Always, Patsy Cline (RT): Bob Baker
• Lost in Yonkers (TH): Jay Dauro
• The Ant and the Grasshopper (FP): Steve Conklin
• The Hobbit (FP): Chris Lighthall
• The Taming of the Shrew (RT): Bob Baker

Sound

• Always, Patsy Cline (RT): Daniel Weldon
• Ragtime (IMP): Chris Banks
• Free to Be You and Me (IMP): Cooper Donham
• Hooray for Hollywood (IMP): Cooper Donham
• Jesus Christ Superstar (HCCA): Rick Lighthall

Sound Effects

• Ragtime (IMP): Chris Banks
• The Ant and the Grasshopper (FP): Rick Lighthall
• Communicating Doors (TH): Scott Mince
• A Mill Village Christmas (RT): Brian Wilson
• Of Mice and Men (TH): Mike Clem

Visual Effects

• The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wilde (TH): Rick Coleman
• Communicating Doors (TH): Jay Dauro, Rick Coleman, and Nancy Morris
• Cinderella (FP): Rick Lighthall
• The Ant and the Grasshopper (FP): LeRoy McClay
• The Hobbit (FP): Tom Morris and Jason Morgan

Judges' Choice, Female Performer

• Cathy Roark as Doatsey Mae in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (RT)
• Niki Hunkapillar as Red Rose in The Nutcracker (CBA)
• Luz Ladrillono in Hooray for Hollywood (IMP)
• Terri King as Doreen in A Mill Village Christmas (RT)
• Delle Lloyd in Hooray for Hollywood (IMP)
• Cassandray Gosa as Sarah's Friend in Ragtime (IMP)

Judges' Choice, Male performer

• Gary Knight as the Governor in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (RT)
• Dennis Wooten as CJ and the Senator in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (RT)
• Jeff Stricklin as Tateh in Ragtime (IMP)
• Jay Poff as King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar (HCCA)
• Brett Warnke as Miss Texas in Pageant (RT)
• Casey Hollingsworth as Miss Deep South in Pageant (RT)

Judges' Choice, Youth Performance

• Jere Hunt in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (RT)
• Peggy Payne as Littlest Blue Girl in The Nutcracker (CBA)
• Emily Epps as Clara in The Nutcracker (CBA)
• Stephanie Casto as Elves' Councilor in The Hobbit (FP)
• Linda Dyer as Odile in Spring Concert (CBA)

Judges' Choice, Ensemble

• The Aggies for "The Aggie Song" and dance in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (RT)
• The Servants' Chorus in My Fair Lady (AN)
• The Female Ensemble for "The Cell Block Tango" in Hooray for Hollywood (IMP)
• The Harlem cast in Ragtime (IMP)
• The Tormentors in Jesus Christ Superstar (HCCA)

Judges' Choice, Wildcard

• Bob Baker for his original script of A Mill Village Christmas (RT)
• Jim Blanche and crew for the flying in The Nutcracker (CBA)
• Connor (Candy's dog) in Of Mice and Men (TH)
• The Lobby Display for A Christmas Carol (FP)
• Peter-John Sligting and Jennifer Barnes Johnson for their original script of Cinderella (FP)

By Organization (By Category)

Ars Nova (AN) (6 finalists, 0 winners)

My Fair Lady

• Lead Actor in a Singing Role: Eugene Banks as Henry Higgins
• Lead Actor in a Singing Role: Jim Zielinski as Alfie Doolittle
• Supporting Actress in a Singing Role: Sharon Ryan as Mrs. Higgins
• Supporting Actor in a Singing Role: Chris Smith as Colonel Pickering
• Hair: Maria Wilkie
• Judges' choice, Ensemble: The Servants' Chorus

Community Ballet Association (CBA) (18 finalists, 3 winners)

The Nutcracker

• Female Dancer in an Extended Piece: Lucy Hamilton as the Sugar Plum Fairy
• Female Dancer in an Extended Piece: Lauren Torrez as the Snow Queen
• Male Dancer in an Extended Piece: Paul Appleman as Snow King
• Male Dancer in an Extended Piece: Jeremy Myrick as Snow King
• Male Dancer in a Short Piece: Brent Beabout as Red Rose Cavalier
• Judges' Choice, Female Performer: Niki Hunkapillar as Red Rose
• Judges' Choice, Youth Performance: Peggy Payne as Littlest Blue Girl
• Judges' Choice, Youth Performance: Emily Epps as Clara
• Judges' Choice, Wildcard: Jim Blanche and crew for the flying

Spring Concert

• Youth Performance, Female: Marie Finnegan as Blue Girl in "Les Patineurs"
• Choreography: "Seaborne", Mary Halverstadt
• Choreography: "Ricochet", Cynthia Quintela
• Female Dancer in an Extended Piece: Lucy Hamilton as Odette in "Swan Lake II"
• Female Dancer in a Short Piece: Lydia Dyer for "Sheer Revenge"
• Female Dancer in a Short Piece: Lauren Torrez as Odile in "Black Swan Pas de Deux"
• Male Dancer in an Extended Piece: Raymond Lenzner as Blue Boy in "Les Patineurs"
• Male Dancer in a Short Piece: Paul Appleman as Lead Attacker in "Revenge"
• Judges' Choice, Youth Performance: Linda Dyer as Odile

Fantasy Playhouse (FP) (24 finalists, 3 winners)

A Christmas Carol

• Supporting Actress in a Singing Role: Sarah Brown as a caroler
• Youth Performance, Female: Travis Roddy as Tiny Tim
• Youth Performance, Male: Patton Chandler as Young Scrooge
• Costumes: Carol Morris
• Judges' Choice, Wildcard: The lobby display

The Ant and the Grasshopper

• Artistic Direction, Show without Music: Sam Marsh
• Supporting Actress in a Non-Singing Role: Emily Griffin as the Caterpillar-Butterfly
• Make-up: Janet Morgan
• Costumes: Judy McClay
• Set: Dennis Griffin, Mark Eccleston, LeRoy McClay, and Sharon Griffin
• Lighting: Steve Conklin
• Sound Effects: Rick Lighthall
• Visual Effects: LeRoy McClay

Cinderella

• Supporting Actress in a Non-Singing Role: Emily Griffin as Ester Heloise
• Youth Performance, Male: Austin Lennox as Jebediah Beauchamps
• Hair: Cathy Clark
• Visual Effects: Rick Lighthall
• Judges' Choice, Wildcard: Peter-John Sligting and Jennifer Barnes Johnson for their original script

The Hobbit

• Youth Performance, Female: Katie Broad as Gollum
• Make-up: Wynn Oldnam
• Costumes: Carol Morris and Jason Morgan
• Lighting: Chris Lighthall
• Visual Effects: Tom Morris and Jason Morgan
• Judges' Choice, Youth Performance: Stephanie Casto as Elves' Councilor

Huntsville Community Chorus Association (HCCA) (8 finalists, 1 winner)

Jesus Christ Superstar

• Best Production, Show with Music
• Artistic Direction, Show with Music: Jim Zielinski
• Supporting Actor in a Singing Role: Ron Roberts as Pontius Pilate
• Supporting Actor in a Singing Role: David Thornton as Annas
• Set: Lynn Broad, Kira Gee, Susan Stricklin, and Connie Voight
• Sound: Rick Lighthall
• Judges' Choice, Male Performer: Jay Poff as King Herod
• Judges' choice, Ensemble: The Tormentors

Independent Musical Productions (IMP) (42 finalists, 13 winners)

Free to Be You and Me

• Best Production, Show with Music
• Artistic Direction, Show with Music: Vivienne Atkins
• Music Director: Vivienne Atkins
• Lead Actress in a Singing Role: Charelle Causey Hudgins as Janet
• Lead Actress in a Singing Role: Shelby Connell as Mary
• Lead Actress in a Singing Role: Josie Craig as Vicki
• Lead Actor in a Singing Role: Patrick Johnson as Edward
• Costumes: Andrea Johnson
• Choreography: Patrick Johnson
• Sound: Cooper Donham

Hooray for Hollywood

• Music Director: Barry Petty
• Youth Performance, Female: Katie Broad as soloist in "MGM"
• Female Dancer in a Short Piece: Marianne Windham in "Cheek to Cheek"
• Male Dancer in a Short Piece: Clay Hedden in "Cheek to Cheek"
• Sound: Cooper Donham
• Judges' Choice, Female Performer: Luz Ladrillono
• Judges' Choice, Female Performer: Delle Lloyd
• Judges' choice, Ensemble: The Female Ensemble for "The Cell Block Tango"

Ragtime

• Best Production, Show with Music
• Artistic Direction, Show with Music: Vivienne Atkins and Deborah Fleischman
• Music Director: Barry Petty
• Lead Actress in a Singing Role: Christie McCleary as Mother
• Lead Actress in a Singing Role: Jennifer Simmons as Sarah
• Lead Actor in a Singing Role: Jason Lockhart as Coalhouse Walker, Jr.
• Lead Actor in a Singing Role: Darin Windham as Father
• Supporting Actress in a Singing Role: Delle Lloyd as Emma Goldman
• Supporting Actress in a Singing Role: Marianne Windham as Evelyn Nesbit
• Supporting Actor in a Singing Role: Patrick Johnson as Younger Brother
• Youth Performance, Female: Elizabeth Lombardino as The Little Girl
• Youth Performance, Male: Patton Chandler as Edgar
• Choreography: Brad Howard
• Female Dancer in a Short Piece: Kanika McAlpine as Harlem Soloist
• Female Dancer in a Short Piece: Julia Simpson as New Rochelle Soloist in "New Music"
• Male Dancer in a Short Piece: Jonathan Curtis as New Rochelle Soloist in "New Music"
• Male Dancer in a Short Piece: Jemarious Stewart as Harlem Soloist in "New Music"
• Hair: Andrea Johnson
• Costumes: Caroline Feagley
• Sound: Chris Banks
• Sound Effects: Chris Banks
• Judges' Choice, Female Performer: Cassandray Gosa
• Judges' Choice, Male Performer: Jeff Stricklin as Tateh
• Judges' Choice, Ensemble: The Harlem cast

Renaissance Theatre at Lincoln Center (RT) (39 finalists, 6 winners)

Always, Patsy Cline

• Best Production, Show with Music
• Artistic Direction, Show with Music: Bob Baker and Sharon Ryan
• Music Director: David Giambrone
• Lead Actress in a Non-Singing Role: Sharon Ryan as Louise
• Hair: Ronda Lewallen
• Make-up: Lyndsay Broad
• Lighting: Bob Baker
• Sound: Daniel Weldon

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

• Supporting Actress in a Singing Role: Sharla Grable as Jewel
• Judges' Choice, Female Performer: Cathy Roark as Doatsey Mae
• Judges' Choice, Male Performer: Gary Knight as the Governor
• Judges' Choice, Male Performer: Dennis Wooten as CJ and the Senator
• Judges' Choice, Ensemble: The Aggies for "The Aggie Song" and dance
• Judges' Choice, Youth Performance: Jere Hunt

Eleemosynary

• Best Production, Show without Music
• Artistic Direction, Show without Music: Peter-John Sligting
• Lead Actress in a Non-Singing Role: Karen Logan as Dorothea

The Lion in Winter

• Best Production, Show without Music
• Artistic Direction, Show without Music: Jim Zielinski
• Lead Actress in a Non-Singing Role: Robbie Shafer as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Lead Actor in a Non-Singing Role: Gary L. Knight as King Henry II
• Hair: Clay Hedden

A Mill Village Christmas

• Best Production, Show without Music
• Youth Performance, Male: Chase King as Little Ed
• Make-up: Lezlie Lanza
• Sound Effects: Brian Wilson
• Judges' Choice, Female Performer: Terri King as Doreen
• Judges' Choice, Wildcard: Bob Baker for his original script

Pageant

• Best Production, Show with Music
• Artistic Direction, Show with Music: Lee Deal
• Music Director: Ron Simmons
• Supporting Actor in a Singing Role: Doug Maze as Miss Bible Belt
• Choreography: Cindy Miller
• Costumes: Gayl Miller-Alexander
• Judges' Choice, Male Performer: Brett Warnke as Miss Texas
• Judges' Choice, Male Performer: Casey Hollingsworth as Miss Deep South

The Taming of the Shrew

• Lead Actor in a Non-Singing Role: George Kobler as Petrucchio
• Set: Bob Baker and Daniel Weldon
• Lighting: Bob Baker

Theatre Huntsville (TH) (27 finalists, 7 winners))

Camping with Henry and Tom

• Lead Actor in a Non-Singing Role: David Minnich as Thomas Edison

Communicating Doors

• Lead Actress in a Non-Singing Role: Kim Parker as Poopay/Phoebe
• Sound Effects: Scott Mince
• Visual Effects: Jay Dauro, Rick Coleman, and Nancy Morris

The Laramie Project

• Supporting Actress in a Non-Singing Role: Robbie Shafer playing multiple roles
• Supporting Actor in a Non-Singing Role: Phil Parker playing multiple roles
• Supporting Actor in a Non-Singing Role: Charlie Wood playing multiple roles
• Supporting Actor in a Non-Singing Role: Jim Zielinski playing multiple roles

Lost in Yonkers

• Best Production, Show without Music
• Artistic Direction, Show without Music: Robert E. James
• Lead Actress in a Non-Singing Role: Lydia Marsh as Bella
• Supporting Actress in a Non-Singing Role: Cam Scales as Grandmother Kurnitz
• Supporting Actress in a Non-Singing Role: Christel Walia as Gert
• Supporting Actor in a Non-Singing Role: Sam Marsh as Louie
• Youth Performance, Male: Richard Davis as Arty
• Make-up: Ronni Kirk
• Set: David Harwell and Mark S. Eccleston
• Lighting: Jay Dauro

Of Mice and Men

• Best Production, Show without Music
• Artistic Direction, Show without Music: Patsy Hawkins
• Lead Actor in a Non-Singing Role: Josh Olive as Lennie Small
• Lead Actor in a Non-Singing Role: Phil Parker as George Milton
• Set: Fred Sayers, Molly Pettis, Missy Wood, and Jessica Zeller
• Sound Effects: Mike Clem
• Judges' Choice, Wildcard: Connor (Candy's dog)

The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wilde

• Supporting Actor in a Non-Singing Role: Jim Zielinski as Carroll Chatham
• Visual Effects: Rick Coleman