Jane Zussman organized the project and Mike Hughes chaired the meeting neither voted. This year’s voters were: Kathy Booth, Sandra Conn, Tim Donal, Cele Friestater, Mark Gmazel, Tom Klunzinger, Julie Linderleaf, Lance Norman and Liane Zimmy. There were also a few ties and a few others so tight that we listed the people who came close.
Whenever the winner was a professional group (Williamston) or individual, voters had the option of naming a second, non-professional winner in that category. Its “Daddy Long Legs” – performed at Bestseller Books in Mason – won for best director (Chad Swan-Badgero) and actress (Rachel Daugherty).Īlongside all that movement, it was also a winning year for groups that stayed in one spot.Įmily Sutton-Smith, Ryan Patrick Welch, Dani Cochrane and Joe Bailey will star in "A Very Williamston Christmas" at the Williamston Theatre.
Peppermint Creek did shows in an art gallery, a hospital, a bookstore and the Lansing Media Center, plus two traveling projects. “When I Come to Die,” the story of a death-row inmate, won for best play, actor (Ndegwa McCloud) and non-professional featured actress (Janell Hall). Wrapping up its second year at the former Tequila Cowboy site in Lansing Mall, it had a winner. Ixion Ensemble has moved around in its first decade. But last summer, it found itself without a site for “The Music Man.” The show was moved to Lakewood High School in Lake Odessa it won for best actor (Nick Kreider, also a powerful opera singer), supporting actress (Lindsay Campbell) and music director (Kait Wilson). “Songs About Stuff” – with the whimsy of local songwriter Wally Pleasant – won for best musical ensemble “The Realistic Joneses” won for non-professional sound design (Miranda Sue Hartman).Įvolve Theatrics is based in Delta Township and did “Mary Poppins” this spring at Grand Ledge High School. Riverwalk accommodated and two transported shows were Thespie winners.
Over the Ledge had already prepared its summer lineup for 2022 when the Ledges Playhouse was declared unsafe. Madison Lemieux portrayed Alice and Sebastian Barnett portrayed Jimmy Ray. Michigan State University's production of "Bright Star" won best musical in the annual Thespies awards.
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