The 2012 Wilde Awards Program

Presented at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts

West Bloomfield

Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012

Welcome and Introduction

Awards Presentations:

Best Musical or Opera

Best Performance, Actress - Drama

Best Design - Costumes

Best Original One-Act Comedy

Best Performance, Actor - Musical or Opera

Best Choreography

Best New Script

Best Touring Production

WILDE-r Awards

Awards Presentations:

The Biggest Thank You Ever Award

Founders Award for Excellence

Best Performance, Actress - Comedy

Best Design - Lights

Best Performance - The Bard

Best Performance, Actress - Musical or Opera

Best Design - Props

Musical Entertainment

"Robocop: The Musical"

Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Awards Presentations:

Best Teamwork

Performance of the Century Award

Best Comedy

Best Performance, Actor - Drama

Best Music Direction

Best Performance, Actor - Original One-Act Comedy or Solo Performance

Best of the Bard

Best Design - Sets

A Word from our Sponsor

Awards Presentations:

Best Ensemble

The Jim Posante Community Pride Award

Best Performance, Actress - Original One-Act Comedy or Solo Performance

Best Play with LGBT Themes or Characters

Best Performance, Actor - Comedy

Best Performance, Actor - Musical

Best Drama

Critic's Choice Award

Executive Producer

Michigan Equity Theatre Alliance

Sponsors:

Pride Source Media Group

Susan Horowitz & Jan Stevenson, publishers

Actors' Equity Association

Producer & Host

Donald V. Calamia

Theater Critics

Martin F. Kohn

Michael H. Margolin

Jenn McKee

Sue Merrell

John Quinn

Bridgette M. Redman

Judith Cookis Rubens

Carolyn Hayes, guest critic

Acknowledgments

The Berman Center for the Performing Arts

Mark Lit, executive director, JCC of Metropolitan Detroit

Elaine (Hendriks) Smith, managing director

Eric W. Maher, technical director

Kevin Barron, box office manager

Actors' Equity Association

David Lotz, national communications director

Christine Provost , central regional director

Dana Gamarra, Detroit area liaison chair

Fantasy Attic Costumes, Ypsilanti

The Between The Lines Staff

Go Comedy! Improv Theater

"Robocop: The Musical"

Book by Sean May. Music by Sean May and Ryan Parmenter. Choreography by Molly Zaleski. Vocal Coach is Jeremy Ryan Mossman. Directed by Joe Plambeck.

Featuring: Sean May, Tara Tomcsik, Christa Coulter, Genevieve Jona, Bryan Lark, Dez Walker, Sean McGettigan, Micah Caldwell, Brian Papandrea

Pj Jacokes, producer

Chris DiAngelo, artistic director

Tommy Leroy & Michelle LeRoy

Michigan Equity Theatre Alliance

Carla Milarch, chair

Chris Bremer, treasurer

Gary Anderson, secretary

Barbara Busby, Detroit Repertory Theatre

Chris Bremer, The Jewish Ensemble Theatre

Carla Milarch, Performance Network Theatre

Gary Anderson, Plowshares Theatre Company

Travis Walter, Meadow Brook Theatre

James Kuhl, Tipping Point Theatre

Tony Caselli, Williamston Theatre

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