Yesterday we learned we were once again voted Best Theater Company in the Creative Loafing Best of the Bay Awards. In addition to that honor, our eighth win in the category, A Midsummer Night’s Dream was voted Best Theater Production and David M. Jenkins Best Stage Director.
From David: “I can’t emphasize enough that Midsummer was a three-headed love-child from the start: Katrina Stevenson, Jeremy Douglass, and I spent months in advance of going into production conceptualizing the world we wanted to create and how we wanted to accomplish it. Then we brought in Brian Smallheer (set, lights) and Spencer Meyers (Bottom mask and fairy court crowns) to round out our design team — Teah Banks (stage manager) was even firing up her hot glue gun and getting crafty to help with props. Add all that to a cast of 13 gifted and gracious performers, a majority of whom were new to our stage, and it was just a powderkeg of creative energy that I’m thankful to have been part of. This is a true team win. As awful as 2020 has been, as pained as I am about this shutdown of normal operations, nothing can diminish the memory of that show.” If you missed the full list of all our BoTB nominations, visit this post.
The Reader’s Poll results wasn’t the only good news in the Best of the Bay issue, it also featured the Theatre Tampa Bay nominations for our (shortened) 19-20 season. Of the three eligible shows Meteor Shower received 8 nominations, The Thanksgiving Play took 4, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream 5.
Here is the full list of Jobsite’s 19-20 nominees.
Outstanding Choreography/Fight Direction:
Giles Davies – The Thanksgiving Play
Katrina Stevenson – A Midsummer Nights’ Dream
Outstanding Costume Design (under $500k):
Three nominations for Katrina Stevenson – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Meteor Shower, and The Thanksgiving Play
Paul Potenza – Meteor Shower
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble (play):
Meteor Shower
Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor (play):
Giles Davies – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Jordan Foote – Meteor Shower
Outstanding Lighting Design (under $500k):
Brian Smallheer – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Jo Averill-Snell – Meteor Shower
Outstanding Production of a Play:Meteor Shower
Outstanding Set Design (under $500k):
Two nominations for Brian Smallheer – Meteor Shower and The Thanksgiving Play
Outstanding Sound Design (under $500k):
Three nominations for Jeremy Douglass – Meteor Shower, The Thanksgiving Play, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Congrats to all the nominees!
