The Bensons are over. The winners in each category are listed below
You may click on any winner and get a short video of that production.
BEST PLAYS
best musical
Best Non-Musical Play
BEST DIRECTORS
Best Director of a Musical Play
o Rudi Timmerman: Willy Wonka
Best Director of a Non-Musical Play
o Tim Hesse: Murder in the Magnolias
DRAMA AWARDS
Best Lead Actress in a Drama
o Katelin Haines as Amanda in The Glass Menagerie
o Katelin Haines as Jo in Little Women
Best Lead Actor in a Drama
o Jefferson Smith as Tony in Dial M for Murder
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama
o Ann Glenn as Aunt March in Little Women
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
o Wayne Johnson as Inspector Hubbard in Dial M for Murder
COMEDY AWARDS
Best Lead Actress in a Comedy
o Amanda Stipe as Amanda in Murder in the Magnolias
o Amanda Stipe as Gillian in Bell, Book and Candle
Best Lead Actor in a Comedy
o Tim Hesse as Shepherd in Bell, Book and Candle
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy
o Ladonna Van Wolf as Voodoo Woman in Murder in the Magnolias
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy
o Scotty Jenkins as Sheriff Billy Jerk in Murder in the Magnolias
MUSICAL AWARDS
Best Musical Director
o Judy Kropp: Annie Get Your Gun
Best Lead Actress in a Musical
o Jennifer McPherson as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun
Best Lead Actor in a Musical
o Jerod McPherson as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
o Brandy Benner as Dolly Tate in Annie Get Your Gun
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
o Scotty Jenkins as Col. Buffalo Bill Cody in Annie Get Your Gun
Best Choreography in a Musical
o Vivian and Gabriella Bartow in Annie Get Your Gun
TECHNICAL AWARDS
STAGE MANAGER
Best Stage Manager in a Drama
o Jessia Moe in Dial M for Murder
o Faith Amidei in The Glass Menagerie
o Faith Amidei and Heather Sickles in Little Women
Best Stage Manager in a Comedy
o Faith Amidei in Bell, Book and Candle
Best Stage Manager in a Musical
o Zeke McPherson in Annie Get Your Gun
SET
Best Set in a Drama
o Tim Hesse and Scotty Jenkins in Dial M for Murder
Best Set in a Comedy
o Tim Hesse and Suzanne Snow in Bell, Book and Candle
Best Set in a Musical
o Rudi Timmerman in Willy Wonka
COSTUMES
Best Costumes in a Drama
o Tim Hesse and Marilyn Brown Little Women
Best Costumes in a Comedy
o Tim Hesse in Murder in the Magnolias
Best Costumes in a Musical
o Linda Schell in Annie Get Your Gun
LIGHTING AND SOUND
Best Lighting and Sound in a Drama
o Cynthia Richmond and Cheryl Zeider in Dial M for Murder
Best Lighting and Sound in a Comedy
o Marvin Glenn and Suzanne Snow in Murder in the Magnolias
Best Lighting and Sound in a Musical
o Robby Burt and Casey Kelley in Willy Wonka