News and Awards

OCTA NEWS

TCT’s excerpt of Neil Simon’s BAREFOOT IN THE PARK was invited to participate at the 2023 OCTA State Conference, held Labor Day weekend, in Cincinnati.  Our newsletter, Stagecoach, was recognized in two categories:

Honorable Mention in Newsletter Creativity and Honorable Mention in Newsletter Content

The adjudicators for the weekend recognized the excerpt with:

Merit in Performance to Jenny Weber as Mother

Merit in Ensemble Performance to the Cast: Jenny Weber, Zach White, Mark Van Luvender, and Samantha Persing

Excellence in Physical Comedy to Jenny Weber and Zach White

Congratulations!

TCT’s long time member Peg Dietrich was inducted into the OCTA Hall of Fame this year, for her dedication to OCTA area theatres, and continuous support of OCTA over the years.  Her induction speech was given by Niccole Amersdorfer, and her plaque was accepted by Steve Dietrich.  We continue to miss Peg every day and are honored that she was recognized in this way.

Additional, Michelle Peterson – who has served as the West Regional Rep for OCTA, as well as chair for the Hall of Fame and Spirit of Community Theatre awards, and Regional Rep Coordinator – was awarded the President’s Award by OCTA President Wayne Kirsch.  We are so proud of her and her amazing dedication to OCTA as well as TCT!

Niccole Amersdorfer, after the last 5 years as TCT President, is stepping into the role of President of the OCTA State Board.  Congratulations!

The theme for the 2024 State Conference was released today – OCTA Out of The Box!  The 2024 state conference will be held over Labor Day weekend, 2024, with the hotel and banquets taking place at the Cherry Valley Hotel in Newark Ohio, and excerpts to be held at the Midland Theatre in downtown Newark.

 

SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY THEATRE AWARD:
Congratulations to Niccole Amersdorfer, for being recognized by the Ohio Community Theatre Association with the Spirit of Community Theatre award.  The Spirit award is presented annually to 1 or 2 individuals in each of OCTA’s 8 regions – recognizing theatre members who have put forth special effort to advance community theatre in their area.  The award was presented during the 2023 OCTA West Regional, held in July 2023 at Beavercreek Community Theatre.

THE TIN WOMAN INVITED TO PRESENT AN EXCERPT FOR AACT REGION 3

The cast of The Tin Woman has been invited to present their excerpt at the American Association of Community Theatre Region 3 Festival! After presenting at the OCTA State Conference this past September, The Tin Woman was named as the Ohio alternate to the AACT Region 3 event, and just learned recently that they will be able to represent Ohio in the region festival.

Region 3 consists of community theatres from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Each state holds a state festival with member community theatres presenting excerpts from that season’s shows, and 1-2 excerpts are then selected to advance to the Regional Festival.
This years Regional will be held April 28-30 in Beaver Dam, WI. From the regional festival, 1-2 excerpts will be selected to present at the AACT National Confernce, being planned for June 2023 in Kentucky.
While the Ohio Comm Theatre Assoc holds a state conference annually, the AACT Regional and National conferences take place every other year.

 

OCTA WEST REGIONAL AWARDS
TCT hosted the 2022 Ohio Community Theatre Association West Regional on July 9th at the Barn.  The theatre presented an excerpt of The Tin Woman by Sean Grennan, and was invited to participate in the State Conference held Labour Day weekend at the Cherry Valley Hotel in Newark Ohio. The cast and crew were honored to be recognized with the following regional awards:

Award of Merit in Performance: Carlos Baez, Jr. and Michelle Roush

Award of Excellence in Performance: Beth Shrake, Steve Dietrich, Rachel Brown, and Racheal Tingley

Award of Excellence in Ensemble

Award of Merit in Directing: Niccole SueAnn Wallace

SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY THEATRE AWARD:
Congratulations to Jennifer Kaufman, for being recognized by the Ohio Community Theatre Association with the Spirit of Community Theatre award.  The Spirit award is presented annually to 1 or 2 individuals in each of OCTA’s 8 regions – recognizing theatre members who have put forth special effort to advance community theatre in their area.  As OCTA canceled their regional festivals, the award was presented by OCTA board member Niccole Amersdorfer and OCTA West Regional Rep during the TCT annual membership banquet in May of 2021.

DAYTONY AWARDS

TCT was honored the be recognized for the 2019-20 season with the following DayTony Awards. which were presented August 2020:

Excellence awards:
Michael Maxson for Scrooge in A Christmas Carol
Tj Montgomery for Hal in Proof
Merit awards:
Gerri Nichols and Georgann Enright for costuming A Christmas Carol
Niccole SueAnn Wallace for directing Proof
Ensemble performance to the cast of A Christmas Carol
Ensemble performance to the cast of Proof
Rachel Ann Smith for Catherine in Proof
Elizabeth Farney Maxson for Actor 4 in A Christmas Carol
Michael Schumacher for King Sextimus in Once Upon A Mattress
Gretchen Tamplin for the Queen in Once Upon A Mattress
Jennifer Kaufman  for light design of Proof
Michelle Robinson for props for A Christmas Carol
Sandra Ehrlich for props for Proof
Steve Dietrich for set design for Proof
Jennifer Kaufman for sound design for Proof
Sarah Caplan as Claire in Proof
Elizabeth Farney Maxon, as the Jester in Once Upon A Mattress

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