The 2004 Wings Awards

The Wings Awards are Huntsville's answer to Broadway's "Tony" awards. Each year Huntsville's best performers and most talented technical people are recognized at a gala dinner/performance event. Here's a look at the 2003 Wings Award party. The 2004 Wings Award ceremony will be Tuesday, October 19 in the North Hall of the VBC. The public is welcome to attend the show (sorry, dinner reservations are closed) at 7:00 p.m. Tickets available at the door. This years finalists include:<

By Category

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 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 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 Henry 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 Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (RT)
· 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 Catham 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 Rodney 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): Loretta Martin
· "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 Odille 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): Cathy Clark
· 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 and Deborah Fleischman
· Pageant (RT): Gayle Alexander
· The Ant and the Grasshopper (FP): Judy McClay
· A Christmas Carol (FP): Carol Morris, Judy McClay, and Deborah Fleischman
· The Hobbit (FP): Carol Morris and Jason Morgan
· Free to Be You and Me (IMP): Andrea Johnson

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 and Chris Lighthall
· The Hobbit (FP): Chris Lighthall
· The Taming of the Shrew (RT): Loren Bacon

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 Castro as Elves' Councilor in The Hobbit (FP)
· Linda Dyer as Codille 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)

2004 Wings Awards Winners