Forum Awards

WINTER 2011 FORUM

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Week 1
Favorite Actor - David Harrell as Oscar in Garden of Ashes
Favorite Actress - Alison Burke as Rachel in Garden of Ashes
Favorite Show - TIE

Garden of Ashes by Jan O'Connor, directed by Estefanía Fadul

Pedestrian Casualty: Bronx, USA by Nina Mansfield,

directed by Christina Neubrand

Week 2
Favorite Actor - Daniel Blatman as Young Man in Thursday Morning

Favorite Actress - Chanel Thomas as Nora in Azaleas

Favorite Show - Thursday Morning by Elizabeth Swearingen,

directed by Jessy Grossman

Week 3
Favorite Actor - Billy Roberts as Man in Sidewalk Cracks
Favorite Actress - Caitlin Morris as Charlotte in He Says His Name is John
Favorite Show - Friends by Karin Diann Williams, directed by Karyn DeYoung
Overall Spring 2011 Audience Awards
Favorite Actor - David Harrell as Oscar in Garden of Ashes

Favorite Actress - Caitlin Morris as Charlotte in He Says His Name is John

Favorite Show - Friends by Karin Diann Williams, directed by Karyn DeYoung

WINTER 2011 FORUM AWARDS (selected by Looking Glass and at-large judges)
Best Design Element - TIE
He Says His Name is John, light and sound design

Sarah Simmons, Week 3 sound design

Best Playwright
Brit Hawkins, Sidewalk Cracks
Best Directorial Debut
Estefanía Fadul, Garden of Ashes

Best Director
Gretchen Ferris, Sidewalk Cracks
Best Actor
David Harrell as Oscar in Garden of Ashes

Best Actress
Kate Dickinson as Woman in Sidewalk Cracks

Best Production
Sidewalk Cracks by Brit Hawkins, directed by Gretchen Ferris

SPRING 2011 FORUM

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Week 1
Favorite Actor - Benjamin K. Glaser as Warren in Double-Cross
Favorite Actress - Hannah Tamminen as Samantha in Double-Cross
Favorite Show - Double-Cross by Annie Berke, directed by Katherine Sommer

Week 2
Favorite Actor - Jacob Mondry as Feste in Twelfth Night

Favorite Actress - Rebecca Nerz as Viola in Twelfth Night

Favorite Show - Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, adapted & directed by Dana Dobreva

Week 3
Favorite Actor - Kevin Russo as Prometheus in Fire Thief
Favorite Actress - Emily Daly as Ethon in Fire Thief
Favorite Show - Fire Thief, written & directed by Laura Hirschberg
Week 4
Favorite Actor - Dave Herigstad as Pilot in Who is Dan Schiller?
Favorite Actress - Margaret Odette as Adrian in Sign Me
Favorite Show - Sign Me, written by Allison Unger & Naima Moffet-Warden, directed by Naima Moffett-Warden
Overall Spring 2011 Audience Awards
Favorite Actor - Kevin Russo as Prometheus in Fire Thief

Favorite Actress - Rebecca Nerz as Viola in Twelfth Night

Favorite Show - Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, adapted & directed by Dana Dobreva

SPRING 2011 FORUM AWARDS (selected by Looking Glass and at-large judges)
Best Design Element
Sign Me, scenic design

Best Playwright
Laura Hirschberg, Fire Thief
Best Directorial Debut
Christina Neubrand, How I Thought the Milonga Saved Me

Best Director
Ariel Francoeur, Who is Dan Schiller?
Best Actor
Jacob Mondry as Feste in Twelfth Night

Best Actress
Emily Daly as Ethon in Fire Thief

Best Production
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, adapted & directed by Dana Dobreva

WINTER 2010 FORUM

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Week 1
Favorite Actor - Michael Wetherbee as Frank in Mayan Mask
Favorite Actress - Ashley Rutherford as Joan in Mayan Mask
Favorite Show - Mayan Mask by Lynn Snyder, directed by Jen Browne

Week 2
Favorite Actor - Harrison Unger as Troy in Inside the Three-O-Nine

Favorite Actress - Keilly McQuail as Beth in Less Talk, More Efficiency

Favorite Show - Less Talk, More Efficiency by Diana Stahl, directed by McKenna Dabbs

Week 3
Favorite Actor - Taylor Miller as Harvey in Clean
Favorite Actress - Erin Neufer as Donna in Clean
Favorite Show - Clean by Nina Mansfield, directed by Laura Hirschberg
Overall Winter 2010 Audience Awards
Favorite Actor - Taylor Miller as Harvey in Clean
Favorite Actress - Erin Neufer as Donna in Clean
Favorite Show - Clean by Nina Mansfield, directed by Laura Hirschberg

WINTER 2010 FORUM AWARDS (selected by Looking Glass at at-large judges)
Best Design Element
Juice, light and sound design

(Honorable Mention: Cleaning Service, costume design)
Best Playwright
Nina Mansfield, Clean
(Honorable Mention: Diana Stahl, The Plane Ride)
Best Directorial Debut
Yoleidy Rosario, Juice

(Honorable Mention: Katherine Sommer, Adam's Angels)
Best Director
Laura Hirschberg, Clean
(Honorable Mention: Alex Mallory, The Plane Ride)
Best Actor
Taylor Miller as Harvey in Clean

Best Actress
Kimberly Carvalho as Suzanne in No Boundaries

Best Production
Clean by Nina Mansfield, directed by Laura Hirschberg

SPRING 2010 FORUM

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Week 1
Favorite Actor - Scott Raven T as Roy in Buried
Favorite Actress - Rachel Pfennigwerth as Salvia/Zoe/Gwen in Snapshot
Favorite Show - Buried by Kate Marks, directed by Dana Dobreva

Week 2
Favorite Actor - Brandon Ferraro as Cassio in Othello

Favorite Actress - TIE: Kay Capasso as Emilia and Julia Falamas as Desdemona in Othello
Favorite Show - Othello adapted and directed by Melody Erfani

Week 3
Favorite Actor - Mark Gordon as Watch/Soap Opera Man/Student in Leap Year
Favorite Actress - Rosemary Brownlow as Jane in Jane's Room
Favorite Show - Leap Year by Kate Marks, directed by Ariel Francoeur
Week 4
Favorite Actor - Teddy Lytle as Tybalt in Amperand-ACT II
Favorite Actress - Lauren Hennessy as Romeo in Ampersand-ACT II
Favorite Show - Ampersand-ACT II by Mariah MacCarthy, directed by Amanda Thompson
Overall Spring 2010 Audience Awards
Favorite Actor - Scott Raven T as Roy in Buried

Favorite Actress - Rachel Pfennigwerth as Salvia/Zoe/Gwen in Snapshot

Favorite Show - Ampersand-ACT II by Mariah MacCarthy, directed by Amanda Thompson

SPRING 2010 FORUM AWARDS (selected by Looking Glass and at-large judges)
Best Design Element
Leap Year, projection/video design

(Honorable Mention: Jane's Room, scenic and light design)
Best Playwright
Kate Marks, Buried and Leap Year
(Honorable Mention: Jennifer Barclay, Constriction, Snapshot and Swallow It)
Best Directorial Debut
Laura Hirschberg, Swallow It
(Honorable Mention - TIE: Alex Mallory, Snapshot AND Dara Malina, Constriction)
Best Director
Amanda Thompson, Ampersand
(Honorable Mention: Melody Erfani, Othello)
Best Actor
Scott Raven T as Roy in Buried

Best Actress - TIE
Rosemary Brownlow as Jane in Jane's Room
Toccara Castleman as Girl in Swallow It

Best Production - TIE
Ampersand-ACT II by Mariah MacCarthy, directed by Amanda Thompson

Leap Year by Kate Marks, directed by Ariel Francoer

* Honorable Mention - TIE:

Snapshot by Jennifer Barlay, directed by Alex Mallory

Swallow It by Jennifer Barlay, directed by Laura Hirschberg

WINTER 2009 FORUM

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Week 1
Favorite Actor - Jonathan Young as Dead Josh/Sergeant/Another Josh in The Life and Death of

Joshua Zweig
Favorite Actress - Emily Karpiuk as Annabelle in The Life and Death of Joshua Zweig
Favorite Show - The Life and Death of Joshua Zweig by Lauren Yee, directed by Marie Darden
Week 2
Favorite Actor - N/A

Favorite Actress - Alison Yates as Bev in Turtle Beach
Favorite Show - Turtle Beach by Aoise Stratford, directed by Ariel Francoeur
Week 3
Favorite Actor - Craig Hanson as Tybalt in Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story
Favorite Actress - Brigitte Choura as Juliet in Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story
Favorite Show - Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story by Mariah MacCarthy,

directed by Amanda Thompson
Overall Winter 2009 Audience Awards
Favorite Actor - Craig Hanson as Tybalt in Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story

Favorite Actress - Emily Karpiuk as Annabelle in The Life and Death of Joshua Zweig

Favorite Show - Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story by Mariah MacCarthy,

directed by Amanda Thompson

WINTER 2009 FORUM AWARDS (selected by Looking Glass and at-large judges)
Best Design Element
Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story, light design and sound composition

(Honorable Mention: Turtle Beach, costume design)
Best Playwright
Mariah MacCarthy, Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story

(Honorable Mention: Karin Diann Williams, Breakfast)
Best Directorial Debut
Ariel Francoeur, Turtle Beach
(Honorable Mention: Liz Varner, Breakfast)
Best Director
Amanda Thompson, Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story

(Honorable Mention: Liz Varner, Breakfast)
Best Actor
Craig Hanson as Tybalt in Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story

Best Actress - three-way tie!
Brigitte Choura as Juliet in Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story

Rebecca Kopec as May in Turtle Beach

Susan Merenda as Romeo in Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story

Best Production
Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story by Mariah MacCarthy, directed by Amanda Thompson

SPRING 2009 FORUM

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Week 1
Favorite Actor - Joey Faranda as Cristoff in Without
Favorite Actress - Megumi Haggerty as Regina Stratford in All the Pretty Girls
Favorite Show - All the Pretty Girls by Pia Wilson, directed by Naima Warden
Week 2
Favorite Actor - Ramesh Ganeshran as Stew in The Reason Why I Lie

Favorite Actress - Cristina Lombardi as Katrina in Canned Deux
Favorite Show - Chasing Pavement written and directed by Krystal Osborne
Week 3
Favorite Actor - Hanlon Smith-Dorsey as Lysidamus in Casina
Favorite Actress - Katherine Booze-Mooney as Olympio in Casina
Favorite Show - Casina by Plautus, adapted and directed by Jacquelyn Honeybourne
Week 4
Favorite Actor - Jim Staudt as Hank in Potato Girl
Favorite Actress - Danielle Trzcinski as Dorothy in Potato Girl
Favorite Show - Potato Girl by Christine Rusch, directed by Amanda Thompson
Overall Spring 2009 Audience Awards
Favorite Actor - Joey Faranda as Cristoff in Without

Favorite Actress - Megumi Haggerty as Regina Stratford in All the Pretty Girls

Favorite Show - Chasing Pavement written and directed by Krystal Osborne

SPRING 2009 FORUM AWARDS (selected by Looking Glass and at-large judges)
Best Design Element
Casina, costume design

(Honorable Mention: Potato Girl, costume and sound design)
Best Playwright
Aoise Stratford, The Things She Kept
(Honorable Mention: Chelsea Sutton, The Reason Why Lie)
Best Directorial Debut
Fran Acuna, The Things She Kept
(Honorable Mention: Sara Moncivais, Canned Deux)
Best Director
Jacquelyn Honeybourne, Casina
(Honorable Mention: Amanda Thompson, Potato Girl)
Best Actor
Hanlon Smith-Dorsey as Lysidamus in Casina
Best Actress
Katherine Booze-Mooney as Olympio in Casina
Best Production
Casina by Plautus, adapted and directed by Jacquelyn Honeybourne

WINTER 2008 FORUM

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Week 1
Favorite Actor - Chris Cornwell as Patrick in The Merchant of Venice, FL
Favorite Actress - Jenna Dolittle as Penelope in Don't Be Goin' Deep
Favorite Show - The Merchant of Venice, FL, written and directed by Erin Winebark
Week 2
Favorite Actor - Kevin Mitchell as Albert in Hands of Fate

Favorite Actress - Janine Harouni as Lucy in Hands of Fate
Favorite Show - Cinderella, based on the fairytale by The Brothers Grimm,
written and directed by Krystal Osborne
Week 3
Favorite Actor - Tynan Craycraft as Junior/Cruz in In the News
Favorite Actress - Becca Schneider as Maddy in Badger and Maddy
Favorite Show - Badger and Maddy by Diana A. Lewis, directed by Amanda Thompson

Overall Winter 2008 Audience Awards
Favorite Actor - Chris Cornwell as Patrick in The Merchant of Venice, FL

Favorite Actress - Jenna Doolittle as Penelope in Don't Be Goin' Deep

Favorite Show - Cinderella, based on the fairytale by The Brothers Grimm,
written and directed by Krystal Osborne

WINTER 2008 FORUM AWARDS (selected by Looking Glass and at-large judges)
Best Design Element
Cinderella, costume and prop design

(Honorable Mention: In the News, set design)
Best Playwright
Rorry Daniels, In the News
(Honorable Mention: Stephanie Timm, Every Young Girl's Dream)
Best Directorial Debut
Melody Erfani, Every Young Girl's Dream
(Honorable Mention: Rebecca Lewis-Whitson, Hands of Fate)
Best Director
Shira Danan, In the News
(Honorable Mention: Melody Erfani, Every Young Girl's Dream)
Best Actor
Kevin Mitchell as Albert in Hands of Fate
Best Actress
Janine Harouni as Lucy in Hands of Fate
Best Production
Every Young Girl's Dream by Stephanie Timm, directed by Melody Erfani

SPRING 2008 FORUM

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Week 1
Favorite Actor - Chris Wild as Bobby in Surfacing
Favorite Actress - Jessica Palmer as Mandy in Surfacing
Favorite Show - Surfacing, written and directed by Julia Martin
Week 2
Favorite Actor - Nic Heppe as Mr. Smith in Baby Boom

Favorite Actress - Elizabeth Yocam as Mrs. Smith in Baby Boom
Favorite Show - Baby Boom by Lia Romeo, directed by Krystal Osborne
Week 3
Favorite Actor - Jared Stern as Mark in The Untitled Pregnancy
Favorite Actress - Jeanette Bonner as Maggie in The Untitled Pregnancy
Favorite Show - The Untitled Pregnancy by Michelle Bradley, directed by Nikki Rothenberg
Week 4
Favorite Actor - Daniel Smith as King Theseus in Phaedra
Favorite Actress - Katherine Stults in the title role of Phaedra
Favorite Show - Phaedra by Jean Baptiste-Racine,

adapted & directed by Jacquelyn Honeybourne
Overall Spring 2008 Audience Awards
Favorite Actor - Jared Stern as Mark in The Untitled Pregnancy

Favorite Actress - Katherine Stults in the title role of Phaedra

Favorite Show - Phaedra by Jean Baptiste-Racine,

adapted & directed by Jacquelyn Honeybourne

SPRING 2008 FORUM AWARDS (selected by Looking Glass and at-large judges)
Best Design Element
Phaedra, costume design

(Honorable Mention: Surfacing, set design)
Best Playwright
Carolyn Kras, Sketch
(Honorable Mention: Michelle Bradley, The Untitled Pregnancy

Pia Wilson, Whatever and Delicately)
Best Directorial Debut
Jen Browne, Sketch by Carolyn Kras
(Honorable Mention: Katrina Foy, No More Therapy by Lyralen Kaye & Amy West)
Best Director
Julia Martin, Surfacing
(Honorable Mention: Jacquelyn Honeybourne, Phaedra)
Best Actor
Adam Hyland as Andrew in Sketch
Best Actress
Megan Gaffney as Man in Intimate Things
Best Production
Intimate Things by Laylage Courie, directed by Toby Bercovici

WINTER 2007 FORUM
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Week 1
Favorite Actor - J. Dolan Byrnes as Roger in Ice Floes...
Favorite Actress - DuEwa Frazier as Eunice in Ice Floes...; Beth Jastroch as Meena in

Paradise; and Sarah Stevens as Chester in Chicken with Stars
Favorite Show - Chicken with Stars, by Lila Rose Kaplan, directed by Marie Darden
Week 2
Favorite Actor - Ben Harrison as Man in All in My Head

Favorite Actress - Rebecca Tello as Girl in All in My Head
Favorite Show - All in My Head by Terri McKinstry, directed by Chanda Calentine
Week 3
Favorite Actor - Dennis Hruska as Zachary Zwillinger in Zachary Zwillinger Eats People
Favorite Actress - Meg Flaherty as Charlie in Cardboard Box
Favorite Show - Zachary Zwillinger Eats People by Lauren D. Yee,

directed by Audrey Neddermann
Overall Winter 2007 Audience Awards
Favorite Actor - Ben Harrison as Man in All in My Head

Favorite Actress - Rebecca Tello as Girl in All in My Head

Favorite Show - All in My Head by Terri McKinstry, directed by Chanda Calentine

WINTER 2007 FORUM AWARDS (selected by Looking Glass and at-large judges)
Best Design Element
Paradise, set design

(Honorable Mention: A Buthman Family Dinner, costume design and

Zachary Zwillinger Eats People, projector slideshow)
Best Playwright
Terri McKinstry, All in My Head
(Honorable Mention: Karin Diann Williams, Spirits!)
Best Directorial Debut
Audrey Neddermann, Zachary Zwillinger Eats People
(Honorable Mention: Toby Bercovici, Cardboard Box)
Best Director
Chanda Calentine, All in My Head
(Honorable Mention: Toby Bercovici, Cardboard Box)
Best Actor
Dennis Hruska as Zachary Zwillinger in Zachary Zwillinger Eats People
Best Actress
Rebecca Tello as Girl in All in My Head
Best Production
Zachary Zwillinger Eats People by Lauren D. Yee, directed by Audrey Neddermann

SPRING 2007 FORUM
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Week 1
Favorite Actor - Chris Jansen as Man 2 in Out of My Head: A Musical Revue

Favorite Actress - Jenny Boyd as Woman 3 in Out of My Head: A Musical Revuew
Favorite Show - Out of My Head: A Musical Revue, Book by Kirsten A. Guenther,

Music and Lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver, directed by Nikki Rothenberg

Week 2
Favorite Actor - Matt Rainers, as Willmore in The Rover
Favorite Actress - Elizabeth Delhagen, as Evelyn in The White Whale
Favorite Show - Li'l Heroes by Stephanie Timm, directed by Jacquelyn Honeybourne

Week 3
Favorite Actor - Graham Powell, as John Smith in The Apple Tree
Favorite Actress - Marian Brock, as Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew
Favorite Show - The Apple Tree, by Dianna A. Lewis, directed by Erin Winebark
Week 4
Favorite Actor - Chris Wild, as Bobby in Untitled: A Work in Progress
Favorite Actress - Stephanie Bush, as Agranne in The Imaginary Invalid
Favorite Show - The Imaginary Invalid, by Molière, adapted and directed by Aliza Shane
Overall Spring 2007 Audience Awards
Favorite Actor - Graham Powell, as John Smith in The Apple Tree
Favorite Actress - Marian Brock, as Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew
Favorite Show - The Apple Tree, by Dianna A. Lewis, directed by Erin Winebark

SPRING 2007 FORUM AWARDS (selected by Looking Glass and at-large judges)
Best Design Element
Li'l Heroes, for set and costume design

(Honorable Mention: The Rover for set/prop design)
Best Adaptation

Aliza Shane, The Imaginary Invalid
Best Playwright
Dianna A. Lewis, The Apple Tree

(Honorable Mention: Stephanie Timm, Li'l Heroes)
Best Directorial Debut
Jacquelyn Honeybourne, Li'l Heroes by Stephanie Timm

(Honorable Mention: Emily Gipson, Spitting Distance)

Best Direction

Aliza Shane, The Imaginary Invalid by Molière (Shane adaptation)

(Honorable Mention: Emily Plumb, The Rover)
Best Actor
Graham Powell as John Smith in The Apple Tree

Best Actress - TIE
Jen Browne as Florence in Li'l Heroes

Marian Brock as Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew

Best Production
The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, adapted and directed by Aliza Shane

WINTER 2006 FORUM

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Week 1

Favorite Actor - Ryan Garbayo, as Dummy in Hustlers

Favorite Actress - Christine Grenier, as Linny in Hustlers

Favorite Show - Hustlers, by Lisa Johnson, directed by Emily Plumb

Week 2

Favorite Actor - Shawn Dempewolff, as Benny in Doing Shakespeare

Favorite Actress - Laura Harrison, as Jude in One Wagon, One Boathouse, One Body.

Favorite Show - One Wagon, One Boathouse, One Body. by Mary Flanagan, directed by

Maureen Rogalski

Week 3

Favorite Actor - Bryan Wilson, as Alceste in The Misanthrope

Favorite Actress - Julie Nelson, as Philinette in The Misanthrope

Favorite Show - The Misanthrope by Molière, adapted and directed by Aliza Shane

Overall Winter 2006 Audience Awards

Favorite Actor - Ryan Garbayo, as Dummy in Hustlers

Favorite Actress - Christine Grenier, as Linny in Hustlers

Favorite Show - The Misanthrope by Molière, adapted and directed by Aliza Shane

WINTER 2006 FORUM AWARDS (by Looking Glass judges)

Best Design Element

Andrea Lenci, for costume design in The Misanthrope

(Honorable Mention: Emily Plumb, for set & sound in Hustlers)

Best Playwright

Aliza Shane and Meredith Kaunitz for adaptation and translation of The Misanthrope

(Honorable Mention: Lisa Johnson for Hustlers)

Best Director

Aliza Shane, for The Misanthrope

(Honorable Mention: Emily Plumb, for Hustlers)

Best Actor

Ryan Garbayo, as Dummy in Hustlers

Best Actress

Christine Grenier, as Linny in Hustlers

Best Production

The Misanthrope by Molière, adapted and directed by Aliza Shane