The Fine Arts Center (and our performers) took more awards than any other organization in the region, including:
MUSEUM – GOLD
MUSEUM EXHIBIT – GOLD: Chihuly Rediscovered
THEATRE COMPANY – GOLD: (First time in recent memory for this honor!)
MUSICAL – GOLD: Wizard of Oz (yeah, it was last year, but who’s counting?)
ACTRESS – GOLD: (TIE) Jessica Weaver (Dracula)
ACTRESS – GOLD: (TIE) Birgitta De Pree (Love, Loss and What I Wore)
ACTRESS – SILVER: Amy Brooks (Love, Loss and What I Wore)
ACTRESS – BRONZE: Rebecca Myers Burdick (Play It Again, Sam & Reefer Madness)
ACTOR – SILVER: Kevin Pierce (Forever Plaid, Mary Poppins and Reefer Madness)
BEST PLAY – GOLD: Dracula
ARTS SUMMER CAMP – GOLD: FAC, Bemis (taking in both our Bemis camps and Theatre camps!)
MOVER AND SHAKER IN THE ARTS – SILVER: Tara Thomas (sharing the honor with Kevin Landis at TheatreWorks.)
We and our partners also got these staff-pick awards:
CROWD PLEASER: Mary Poppins
STAR ON THE RISE: Michael Lee (who played Renfield in Dracula)
BEST SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: “Rarity” by Veronika String Quartet (who performed this concert at the FAC.)