Everything's Coming Up Orchids ...
The 2008-2009 Season ACT Convention held June 27th, 2009 and CMT earned 18 Orchid Awards for it's production of H.M.S. Pinafore and 29 Orchid and 8 OCTA Awards for it's production of Gypsy.
H.M.S. Pinafore
| Rick Kramer | Excellence in Direction |
| Jerry Rape as Sir Joseph Porter | Excellence in Acting |
| Kendra Struthers as Little Buttercup | Excellence in Acting |
| Bree Sprankle as Josephine | Excellence in Acting |
| The Cast | Excellence in Ensemble |
| The Cast | Excellence in Vocal Quality |
| Mike Griffin | Excellence in Musical Direction |
| The Chorus | Excellence in Chorus |
| Kathy Kramer | Excellence in Vocal Direction |
| Bree Sprankle | Excellence in Vocal Performance |
| The Ensemble | Excellence in Vocal Performance |
| Cincinnati Music Theatre | Excellence in Overall Performance Quality |
| Dave Zlatic | Excellence in Set Design |
| Gene Boesken & Crew | Excellence in Set Construction |
| Skip Fenker | Excellence in Program |
| Syntax Visual | Excellence in Original Program Art |
| Mike Griffin & The Orchestra | Excellence in Orchestral Performance |
| Kathy Beiting | Excellence in Producing |
Gypsy
| Skip Fenker | Excellence in Direction |
| Danny Davies as Uncle Jocko | Excellence in Acting |
| Pamela Kay Day as Rose | Excellence in Acting |
| Wayne Wright as Herbie | Excellence in Acting |
| Susan Jung as Louise | Excellence in Acting |
| Marcie Brooks as Miss Cratchit | Excellence in Acting |
| The Cast | Excellence in Ensemble |
| The Cast | Excellence in Vocal Quality |
| JV Katz | Excellence in Choreography |
| Kendra Struthers | Excellence in Musical Direction |
| The Orchestra | Excellence in Orchestral Performance |
| Kendra Struthers | Excellence in Vocal Direction |
| Pamela Kay Day | Excellence in Vocal Performance |
| Wayne Wright | Excellence in Vocal Performance |
| Cincinnati Music Theatre | Excellence in Overall Performance Quality |
| Kathy Beiting & Dave Zlatic | Excellence in Producing |
| Dennis Murphy | Excellence in Set Design |
| John Beiting, Dave Harris and Crew | Excellence in Set Construction |
| Julie Beelman | Excellence in Set Decor |
| Eric Bardes | Excellence in Lighting Design |
| Andrew Bacigalupo, Eric Bardes & Ellen Beltramo | Excellence in Lighting Execution |
| Don Bookman | Excellence in Sound Design |
| Don Bookman | Excellence in Sound Execution |
| Jill Rothmeeler | Excellence in Stage Management/Scene Change |
| Elaine Michael | Excellence in Costumes |
| Skip Fenker | Excellence in Program |
| Syntax Visual | Excellence in Original Program Art |
| Cincinnati Music Theatre | Excellence in Overall Technical Quality |
| Derek Johnson | Excellence in Dance Execution |
Gypsy OCTA Awards
| Pamela Day | Merit for vocal performance |
| Elaine Michael | Merit for costume design |
| Susan Jung and Heather Roush | Merit in Vocal Performance of a Duet |
| Male ensemble of Gypsy | Excellence vocal Performance |
| Derek Johnson | Excellence in dance |
| Marcie Brooks | Excellence acting |
| Wayne Wright | Excellence acting |
| Susan Jung | Excellence acting |
Fall 2009
A well loved classic, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy - considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy – soars with the spirit of Broadway as it introduces us to a cast of vivid characters who have become legends in the canon: Sarah Brown, the upright but uptight “mission doll,” out to reform the evildoers of Time Square; Sky Masterson, the slick, high-rolling gambler who woos her on a bet and ends up falling in love; Adelaide, the chronically ill nightclub performer whose condition is brought on by the fact she’s been engaged to the same man for fourteen years; and Nathan Detroit, her devoted fiancé, desperate as always to find a spot for his infamous floating crap game
CMT newcomer Charlie Russell leads our Fall 2009 production of Guys and Dolls. Most recently, Mr. Russell directed Pirates of Penzance at Beechmont Players and Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite at Mariemont Players.
Book by JO SWERLING and ABE BURROWS Music and Lyrics by FRANK LOESSER - Based on “The Idyll of Sarah Brown” and characters by DAMON RUNYON - GUYS AND DOLLS is produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Guys and Dolls Auditions
Please visit the Auditions Page for information regarding auditions for Guys and Dolls.
Spring 2010
Skip Fenker returns May 2010 to direct Curtains, a hilarious send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959 Boston, Massachusetts. Curtains follows the fallout when Jessica Cranshaw, the supremely untalented star of Robbin’ Hood of the Old West, is murdered during her opening night curtain call.
Can Lieutenant Frank Cioffi, who moonlights as a musical theater fan save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love before the show reopens, without getting killed himself?
Book by RUPERT HOLMES - Music by JOHN KANDER Lyrics by FRED EBB - Original Book and Concept by PETER STONE - Additional Lyrics by JOHN KANDER and RUPERT HOLMES - CURTAINS is produced by special arrangment with Theatrical Rights Worldwide.