DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Children’s/Family Theatre Productions, Performances, Design, and Direction and 2 Special Awards

CHILDREN’S THEATRE/FAMILY PRODUCTIONS:

A Charlie Brown Christmas at NextStop Theatre Company

Aladdin & the Magic Lamp at Pumpkin Theatre

Arabian Nights at Creative Cauldron

Cinderella: The Remix at Imagination Stage

Miss Electricity at NextStop Theatre Company

Good Good Trouble on Bad Bad Island at NextStop Theatre Company

Madeline’s Christmas at Creative Cauldron

Not My Monkey at InterAct Story Theatre and Arts on the Green

101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage 

Once Upon a Mattress at Encore Stage & Studio

Once Upon A Mattress at Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

Orphie and the Book of Heroes at The Kennedy Center

Peter and Wendy at Pumpkin Theatre

Pinnochio at The Puppet Co.

Rumpelstiltskin at Imagination Stage

Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Goose at The Montgomery Playhouse

Sleeping Beauty at The Puppet Co. 

Seussical JR at Pumpkin Theatre

Tales of Beatrix Potter at The Puppet Co.

The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) at Imagination Stage

The Gift of Nothing at The Kennedy Center

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Encore Stage & Studio

The Night Fairy at Imagination Stage

The Nutcracker at The Puppet Co.

The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes at Encore Stage & Studio 

The Three Billy Goats Gruff at The Puppet Co.

The Wizard of Oz at Charm City Players

The Wizard of Oz at Children’s Theatre of Annapolis

The Wizard of Oz at The Puppet Co.

Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at Adventure Theatre MTC

PERFORMANCES:

Carolyn Agan as Pinkalicious in Pinkalicious at Adventure Theatre MTC

Carla Astudillo as Princess Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress at Encore Stage & Studio

Ally Baca as Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz at Children’s Theatre of Annapolis

Jessica Lauren Ball as Miss Nelson and Miss Viola Swamp  in Miss Nelson is Missing at Adventure Theatre MTC 

Sam Barrett as Dr. John Watson in The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes at Encore Stage & Studio 

Max Belmar as the Evil Magician in Arabian Nights at Creative Cauldron

Sherry Berg as Cheryl in Miss Nelson is Missing at Adventure Theatre MTC 

Christopher Bloch as Homer in Orphie and the Book of Heroes at The Kennedy Center

Abigail Boatwright as Madeline in Madeline’s Christmas at Creative Cauldron

 Nicholas Booneas as King Alfred in The 12 Dancing Princesses at Encore Stage & Studio at Encore Stage & Studio

Ryan Dalusung as a Bad Bad in Good Good Trouble on Bad Bad Island at NextStop Theatre Company

Adrianna DeLorenzo as Princess Winnifred in in Once Upon A Mattress at Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

Chris Dinolfo as Tiny Tim in Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at Adventure Theatre MTC

Maggie Donnelly as Earl The Gift of Nothing at The Kennedy Center

Lauren Du Pree as Orphie in Orphie and the Book of Heroes at The Kennedy Center

Maboud Ebrahimzadeh as The Queen of Sweden in The BFG  at Imagination Stage

Conrad Feininger as Ebenezer Scrooge in Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at Adventure Theatre MTC

Andrew Ferlo as Shere Khan in The Jungle Book at Adventure Theatre MTC

Sean Gilley as Prince Dauntless in Once Upon a Mattress at Encore Stage & Studio

Giselle LeBleu Gant as Bad Ma’amajama and Hoperah in Cinderella: The Remix at Imagination Stage

Owen Gaskill as Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas at NextStop Theatre Company

Amy Gneco as Princess Opal in Aladdin & the Magic Lamp at Pumpkin Theatre

Megan Graves as Sophie in The BFG at Imagination Stage

Steven Gross as Jo Jo in Seussical JR at Pumpkin Theatre

Sean Hackes as King Sextimus The Silent in Once Upon a Mattress at Encore Stage & Studio

Sam Hayder as Aladdin in Aladdin & the Magic Lamp at Pumpkin Theatre

Sam Hayder as Peter Pan in Peter and Wendy at Pumpkin Theatre

Adelina Hartley as The Woman In White in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Encore Stage & Studio

Brielle Herlein as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz at Charm City Players

Anthony Hyatt as Fair Folk in Rumpelstiltskin at Imagination Stage

Vaughn Irving as The Colonel in 101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage 

Anna Jackson as Tekla Zaba in Not My Monkey at InterAct Story Theatre and Arts on the Green

James J Johnson as Baloo in The Jungle Book at Adventure Theatre MTC

Brody Karton as Brom Bones in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Encore Stage & Studio

Greg Kenney as Sir Harry in Once Upon A Mattress at Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

Emily Kester as Lieutenant in 101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage 

Katie King as Aggravain in Once Upon A Mattress at Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

Sarah King as Silly Clown in Not My Monkey at InterAct Story Theatre and Arts on the Green

Ruby Kinstle as Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical JR at Pumpkin Theatre

James Konicek as The BFG in The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) at Imagination Stage

Alani Kravitz as The Pink Clown, Alexy the Amazing Illusionist and Delia the Dazzler, the Bearded Lady in Not My Monkey at InterAct Story Theatre and Arts on the Green

Shaina Virginia Kuhn as Miss Clavel in Madeline’s Christmas at Creative Cauldron

Susan Lynskey as The Queen of England in The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) at Imagination Stage

Amanda Lee Magoffin as Miss Gultch and Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz at Charm City Players

Brittany Martz as Violet in Miss Electricity at NextStop Theatre Company

Brittany Martz as Charlotte in Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at Adventure Theatre MTC

Sheridan Merrick as Mayzie La Bird in Seussical JR at Pumpkin Theatre

Calvin McCullough as Gregory in Miss Nelson is Missing at Adventure Theatre MTC 

Colin Meek as Ichabod Crane in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Encore Stage & Studio

Ellie Milewski as Lady Larkin in Once Upon A Mattress at Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

Caden Mitchell is The Little Hunchback in Arabian Nights at Creative Cauldron

Connor Moore as Horton the Elephant in Seussical JR at Pumpkin Theatre

Allison Mudd as The Cat in the Hat in Seussical JR at Pumpkin Theatre

Christina Napp as Glinda in The Wizard of Oz at Charm City Players

Paul Noga as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Goose at The Montgomery Playhouse

Jack Novak as Orange Clown, Gunther Gebel Wilhelm, Glenda, and Mariusz in Not My Monkey at InterAct Story Theatre and Arts on the Green

Maureen O’Rourke as a Bad Bad in Good Good Trouble on Bad Bad Island at NextStop Theatre Company

Hudson Osborne as Snoopy in A Charlie Brown Christmas at NextStop Theatre Company

Matthew Pauli as Rumpelstiltskin in Rumpelstiltskin at Imagination Stage

Tommy Peter as Slo-mo in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Pumpkin Theatre

Sarah Beth Pfeifer as Cruellade-Vil in 101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage 

Eric Poch as Captain Hook in  Peter and Wendy at Pumpkin Theatre

The Puppeteers of of The Nutcraker at The Puppet Co. 

Julia Rach as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at Children’s Theatre of Annapolis

Rachel Reckling as Shakes in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Pumpkin Theatre

Spike Regales as Wink in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Pumpkin Theatre

Anthony Scimonelli as Smee in Peter and Wendy at Pumpkin Theatre

Rafael Sebastian as Mowgli in The Jungle Book at Adventure Theatre MTC

Ryan Sellers as Monsieur Brun and Harsha in Madeline’s Christmas at Creative Cauldron

Tia Shearer as Flory in The Night Fairy at Imagination Stage

Joshua Simon as Freddy and Owl in Miss Electricity at NextStop Theatre Company

Thomas Adrian Simpson as Hades in Lauren Du Pree as Orphie in Orphie and the Book of Heroes at The Kennedy Center

Matt Sims as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Goose at The Montgomery Playhouse

Thom Sinn as Malfi in Aladdin & the Magic Lamp at Pumpkin Theatre

Thom Sinn as Crank in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Pumpkin Theatre

John Sygar as Peter in Pinkalicious at Adventure Theatre MTC

Suzanne Stanley as Rosa in Good Good Trouble on Bad Bad Island at NextStop Theatre Company

Katherine Renee Turner as The Miller’s Daughter in Rumpelstiltskin at Imagination Stage

Anne Vandercook as Betsy in Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Goose at The Montgomery Playhouse

Nickolas Vaughan as Mooch in The Gift of Nothing at The Kennedy Center

Topher Wagner as Sherlock Holmes in The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes at Encore Stage & Studio 

Erin Weaver as Skuggle in The Night Fairy at Imagination Stage

Aidan White as Prince Dauntless in Once Upon A Mattress at Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

DESIGNERS:

Jason Arnold (Lighting Design) for The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) at Imagination Stage

Christopher Baines (Sound Design) for The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) at Imagination Stage

Christopher Baines (Sound Design) for The Night Fairy at Imagination Stage

Tim Burrow (Costume Design) for  Orphie and the Book of Heroes at The Kennedy Center

Karma Camp (Choreography) for Orphie and the Book of Heroes at The Kennedy Center

Tony Cisek (Set Designer) for Orphie and the Book of Heroes at The Kennedy Center

Andrew Cissna (Lighting Design) for Pinkalicious at Adventure Theatre MTC

Philip Lee Clark (Choreography) for Once Upon A Mattress at Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

Dan Covey (Lighting Design) for Orphie and the Book of Heroes at The Kennedy Center

Dan Conway (Set Design) for Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at Adventure Theatre MTC

Wil E. Crowther (Costume Design) for Aladdin & the Magic Lamp at Pumpkin Theatre

Wil E. Crowther (Costume Design) for  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Pumpkin Theatreat Pumpkin Theatre

Milagros Ponce De Leon (Scenic Design) for 101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage 

David M Fillmore Jr. (Lighting Design) for 101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage 

Zachary Gilbert (Lighting Design) for Cinderella: The Remix at Imagination Stage

Ryan Michael Haase (Set Design) for Peter and Wendy at Pumpkin Theatre

Paige Hernandez (Choreography) for Cinderella: The Remix at Imagination Stage

Evan Hoffman and Jon Harvey for A Charlie Brown Christmas at NextStop Theatre Company

Heather Jackson (Costume Design) for Peter and Wendy at Pumpkin Theatre

Kristen Jepperson (Technical Director and Set Design) for Once Upon a Mattress at Encore Stage & Studio

Kristen Jepperson (Technical Director and Set Design) for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Encore Stage & Studio

Kristen Jepperson (Technical Director and Set Design) for The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes at Encore Stage & Studio 

Margie Jervis (Costume Design and Set Design) for Arabian Nights at Creative Cauldron

Margie Jervis (Costume Design and Set Design) for Madeline’s Christmas at Creative Cauldron

David Jones (Set Design) for Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Goose at The Montgomery Playhouse

Chitra Kalyandurg (Choreography) for The Jungle Book at Adventure Theatre MTC

Ilona Kessell (Choreography) for 101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage 

Debra Leonard (Costume Designer and Make-up Designer) for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Encore Stage & Studio.

Debra Leonard (Costume Designer) for Once Upon a Mattress at Encore Stage & Studio 

Debra Leonard (Costume Designer) for The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes  at Encore Stage & Studio

Neil McFadden (Sound Design) for Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at Adventure Theatre MTC

Tewodross Melchishua (Projection Design) for Cinderella: The Remix at Imagination Stage

Martha Mountain (Lighting Design) for The Night Fairy at Imagination Stage

Martha Mountain (Lighting Design) for Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at Adventure Theatre MTC

Kenny Neal (Sound Design) for Miss Nelson is Missing at Adventure Theatre MTC 

Matthew Pauli (Puppet Design) for 101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage 

Aryna Petrashenko (Costume Design) for Miss Nelson is Missing at Adventure Theatre MTC

Kendra Rai (Costume Design) for Cinderella: The Remix at Imagination Stage

Collin Ranney (Scenic Design) for Pinkalicious at Adventure Theatre MTC

Colin Ranney (Costume Design) for Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at Adventure Theatre MTC

Jason Romney (Sound  Design) for 101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage

Matt Rowe (Sound Design) for Orphie and the Book of Heroes at The Kennedy Center

Karen Saar (Costume Design) for Seussical JR at Pumpkin Theatre

John Sami (Lighting Design) for Madeline’s Christmas at Creative Cauldron

 Brittany Shemuga (Lighting Design) for Miss Nelson is Missing at Adventure Theatre MTC

Jesse Shipley (Costume Design) for Good Good Trouble on Bad Bad Island at NextStop Theatre Company

 Ethan Sinnott (Scenic Design) for Cinderella: The Remix at Imagination Stage

Stephen Gregory Smith (Choreography) for Madeline’s Christmas at Creative Cauldron

Terry Snyder (Puppet Master and Set Designer) for Tales of Beatrix Potter at The Puppet Co.

Connie Furr Soloman (Costume Design) for 101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage 

Luciana Stecconi (Set Design) for The Gift of Nothing at The Kennedy Center

Allan Stevens (Puppet Design, Set Design, and Costume Design) for Pinnochio at The Puppet Co.

Allan Stevens (Puppet Design and Set Design) for Sleeping Beauty at The Puppet Co. 

Jeffrey Stolz (Costume Design) for The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) at Imagination Stage

Ruthmarie Tenorio (Set Design and Projections) for Miss Nelson is Missing at Adventure Theatre MTC

Katie Touart (Costume Design) for Pinkalicious at Adventure Theatre MTC

Katie Touart (Costume Design) for Rumpelstiltskin at Imagination Stage

Eric J. Van Wyk (Scenic Design, Projection Design, and Puppet Design) for The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) at Imagination Stage

Patrick Watkinson (Scenic Design) for The Night Fairy at Imagination Stage

DIRECTORS:

Kathryn Chase Bryer and Eric J. Van Wyk for The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) at Imagination Stage

Joe Calarco for Orphie and the Book of Heroes at The Kennedy Center

Matt Conner for Madeline’s Christmas at Creative Cauldron

David Dossey for Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Goose at The Montgomery Playhouse

Evan Hoffman for Miss Electricity at NextStop Theatre Company

Marji Jepperson for Once Upon a Mattress at Encore Stage & Studio

Marji Jepperson for The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes at Encore Stage & Studio 

Susan Alison Keady for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Encore Stage & Studio

Jimi Kinstle for Seussical JR at Pumpkin Theatre

Jennfer Lambert for A Charlie Brown Christmas at NextStop Theatre Company

Carl Menninger for Pinkalicious at Adventure Theatre MTC

Stacey Needle for Aladdin & the Magic Lamp at Pumpkin Theatre

Stacey Needle for Peter and Wendy at Pumpkin Theatre

Jennifer Nelson for Miss Nelson is Missing at Adventure Theatre MTC 

Ali Oliver-Krueger for Not My Monkey at InterAct Story Theatre and Arts on the Green

Becky Patton for Once Upon A Mattress at Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

Christopher Piper for The Nutcracker at The Puppet Co.

Aaron Posner for The Gift of Nothing at The Kennedy Center

Psalmayene 24 for Cinderella: The Remix at Imagination Stage

Ellen Selby, Shannon Lynch, and Laura Connors Hull for Arabian Nights at Creative Cauldron

Shirley Serotsky for The Jungle Book at Adventure Theatre MTC

Jeremy Skidmore for The Night Fairy at Imagination Stage

Terry Snyder for Tales of Beatrix Potter at The Puppet Co.

Janet Stanford for 101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage 

Janet Stanford for Rumpelstiltskin at Imagination Stage

Allan Stevens for Sleeping Beauty at The Puppet Co. 

Allan Stevens for The Three Billy Goats Gruff at The Puppet Co.

Allan Stevens for The Wizard of Oz at The Puppet Co.

Danny Tippett for Good Good Trouble on Bad Bad Island at NextStop Theatre Company

Jerry Whiddon for Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at Adventure Theatre MTC

SPECIAL AWARDS: 

To Joan Cushing for her musical scores for 101 Dalmatians at Imagination Stage and Miss Nelson is Missing at Adventure Theatre MTC.  And for her witty and poignant and very hummable scores of other children’s musicals which are filled with many important life-lessons. 

To the Puppeteers of The Nutcracker at The Puppet Co.: Christopher Piper, Joshua Aaron Rosenblum, Annette M. Wasno, Matt Reckeweg, and Rose Talbot for bringing holiday cheer to new generations of theater-goers and their families. It’s a wonderful annual tradition! 

LINKS

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Special Awards.

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Musicals in Professional Theatres.

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Musicals in Community Theatres.

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Plays in Professional Theatres.

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Plays in Community Theatres.

DCMetroTheaterArts: Best of 2014: Best Performances in a Musical in Professional Theatres.

DCMetroTheaterArts: Best of 2014: Best Performances in a Musical in Community Theatres.

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Performances in a Play in Professional Theatres.

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Performances in a Play in Community Theatres

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Director/Musical Director in a Musical in Professional Theatres.

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Director/Musical Director in a Musical in Community Theatres.

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: University Productions and Performances.

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: High School and Training Programs.

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Design of 2014 in DC Metro Area Theatres.

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Children’s/Family Theatre Productions, Performances, Design, and Direction.