Bravo!
The Civic bestows Season 75 awards.
Winners for Outstanding Performance in Season 75 Mainstage Non-Musicals, from left, Lizzie McDonald, Melody Murphy, Martie McLean, James R. Taylor III and Tom Ferreira. [Photo courtesy The Civic]
The Ocala Civic Theatre, or The Civic, held its annual Ovation Awards & Season Cast Party on May 30 to present awards for Season 75.
A crowd of more than 100 people gathered to celebrate the end of The Civic’s 75th season, which featured the mainstage shows “Into the Woods,” “The Crucible,” “A Tuna Christmas,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Steel Magnolias” and “Children of Eden.”
Season 75’s Academy youth shows were “Property Rites,” “Beetlejuice Jr.” and “Wiley and the Hairy Man.”
And the awards went to…
TECH, CREW AND SERVICE AWARDS
- Outstanding scene shop volunteer (painting): Ellen Knight
- Outstanding scene shop volunteer (construction): Tom Mullen
- Outstanding costume shop volunteer (costumes): Reese Evans
- Outstanding stage crew member: Dani Braun
- Outstanding wardrobe crew member: Roman Gonzalez
- Outstanding technical crew member: Iyanna Skinner
- Outstanding stage manager: John Anderson Jr.
- Outstanding guest hospitality: Ashley Davies
- Outstanding guest service: Carolyn Day
- Outstanding board member: Laurie Reeder
- Outstanding volunteer service: Carolyn “Cara” Sznurkowski
- Outstanding volunteer service: Emily Marquez
- Outstanding youth volunteer: Elijah “Jaky” Hernandez
OVATIONS! FOR OCALA CIVIC THEATRE AWARDS
- Ovations! Friend of the Year: Craig James
- Ovations! Member of the Year: Greg Doss
(THE) ACADEMY (AT OCALA CIVIC THEATRE) AWARDS
- Outstanding youth performance on a featured role, non-musical: V Hill
- Outstanding youth performance by an actor in a supporting role, non-musical: Rae Westerberg and Leif Bouker
- Outstanding youth performance by an actor in a leading role, non-musical: Summer Pineau” and Thomas Hill
- Outstanding youth performance by an actor in a featured role, musical: Jalis Redmond
- Outstanding youth performance by an actor in a supporting role, musical: Johan Diaz and Leighton Lightbody
- Outstanding youth performance by an actor in a leading role, musical: Sydney Stanley and Liam Ortiz
SCHOLARSHIPS
- Abigail Kane
- Kaitlyn Nast
MAINSTAGE AWARDS
- Outstanding performance by an actor in a featured role, non-musical: Martie McLean
- Outstanding performance by an actor in a supporting role, non-musical: Tom Ferreira and Melody Murphy
- Outstanding performance by an actor in a leading role, non-musical: James R. Taylor III and Lizzie McDonald
- Outstanding performance by an actor in a feature role, musical: Cassidy Citron
- Outstanding performance by an actor in a supporting role, musical: Isiah Blount and Adrienne Hebert
- Outstanding performance by an actor in a leading role, musical: Kiara Feliciano and Timothy Rodd
- Outstanding crew: “A Tuna Christmas”
To learn more, go to thecivic.org
(back row, left to right) Elijah “Jaky” Hernandez, Emily Marquez, Laurie Reeder, Carolyn Day, John Anderson Jr., Ellen Knight, Tom Mullen; (front row, left to right) Carolyn “Cara” Sznurkowski, Iyanna Skinner, Roman Gonzalez and Reese Evans. [Photo courtesy The Civic]
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