2019 TANYS FESTIVAL AWARDS
Best Short Production
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Dark Blue Mondaze (Rochester)
Best Alternate Short Production
All Around the Table
Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College (Auburn)
Best Long Production
The Savannah Sipping Society
Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop (South Fallsburg)
Adjudicators’ Performance Awards
Almeta Whitis as Queen Mother
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Dark Blue Mondaze
Vincent James as Gobb
The Curtain
Confetti Stage
David Rook as Alexander
The Tightrope Walker
Confetti Stage
Donna L. White as Norma
The Late Gordon Kaplan
Hand to Mouth Players
Adjudicators’ Discretionary Awards
Outstanding Ensemble
All Around the Table
Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College
Outstanding Choreography: Niema Neteri Atkins
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Dark Blue Mondaze
Excellence in Costumes: Heather Strauss
The Savannah Sipping Society
Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop
Excellence in Direction: Bob Frame
All Around the Table
Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College
Technical Director’s Award
The Tightrope Walker / The Curtain – Confetti Stage
People’s Choice Awards
BEST ACTORS
Almeta Whitis
SMUDGE STICK EXPERIENCE: The Pungent Aroma of TRUTH
Dark Blue Mondaze
Vincent James
The Curtain
Confetti Stage
David Rook
The Tightrope Walker
Confetti Stage
Thomas Norris
All Around the Table
Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College
BEST SHORT PRODUCTION
SMUDGE STICK EXPERIENCE: The Pungent Aroma of TRUTH
Dark Blue Mondaze
BEST LONG PRODUCTION
The Savannah Sipping Society
Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop
BMI Design Competition Awards
Best Overall Design: Terri Fox for Props
L'il Abner – Auburn Players Community Theatre
TANYS Awards
Ruth R. Legg Memorial Scholarship – Kristin Greve
TANYS Regional Service Award – David Grayson, Wyoming County Bicentennial Singers
TANYS Certificates of Appreciation
Bob and Ann Frame
Auburn Players Community Theatre
Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College
Cayuga Community College
Auburn Chamber of Commerce
City of Auburn
for hosting the TANYS Festival 2013-2018
J. Richard Mahlstedt Directing Award
Gary DeWitt Marshall
SMUDGE STICK EXPERIENCE: The Pungent Aroma of TRUTH
Dark Blue Mondaze