The Thespis Awards
are our version of the Academy Awards.
Here are the past
winners:
2000
Best Drama......................................................................................................Twelve
Angry Men
Best Comedy..............................................................................................................The
Leader
Best Actor in a Drama...Seth
Howard as Juror 3 in Twelve Angry Men and Tucker Stone as Wesley
in Curse of the Starving Class
Best Actress in a
Drama...................Amanda Harvey as Mrs. Nichols in Going to See
the Elephant
Best Actor in a Comedy...............................................Matt
Hartwick as Announcer in The Leader
Best Actress in a
Comedy...................Jada Stone as Natalia Stepanovna in The Marriage
Proposal
Best Supporting Actress
in a Drama.....................................Heather Ford as Christine
in Miss Julie
Best Supporting Actor
in a Drama.................................Ben Myers as Juror 4 in Twelve
Angry Men
Best Supporting Actor
in a Comedy.......................Dustin C. Burrell as Young Lover in The
Leader
Best Supporting Actress
in a Comedy..............................Jada Stone as Girl Admirer in
The
Leader
Best Cameo.......................................................................Dave
Limbach as Leader in The Leader
Rookie of the Year.....................................................................................................Chris
Parker
Best Director.........................................................................Daniel
Blankenship for The Interview
Best Assistant Director.....................................................Jeff
Kelly for Curse of the Starving Class
Best Assistant Technical
Director............Mark Trythall, John Barclay for Going to See the
Elephant
Best Stage Manager..........................................David
McNeill White for Going to See the Elephant
Best Assistant Stage
Manager..................................Jessica Moseley for Going to
See the Elephant
Best Lights................................................................Jeramie
Scott for Curse of the Starving Class
Best Sound..........................................................................Mark
Trythall for An Absurd Evening
Best Costumes.............................................................Res
Shwarts for Going to See the Elephant
Best Props....................................................................Maria
Berry for Going to See the Elephant
Best Set Construction....Mark
Trythall, John Barclay, and John Ahnen for Going to See the Elephant
Best House Manager............................................................Summer
Gore for Twelve Angry Men
Best Publicity.........................................Alan
Schoen and Michelle Clower for Twelve Angry Men
Best Stage Crew Member.............................................Phillip
Brooks for An Evening of One Acts
Best Assistant Producer.............................................................Karin
Christensen for Spring 2000
Best of the Rest.................................................................................Jeff
Hames for photography