Posted on: Thursday, July 26, 2007
MVT captures 31 Po'okela Awards
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
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Manoa Valley Theatre's murder mystery "Over My Dead Body" took home 11 Po'okela Awards, including one for best overall play.
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PO'OKELA AWARDS
31 Total awards to Manoa Valley Theatre 25 Total awards to Diamond Head Theatre 11 Number of honors for "Over My Dead Body" 8 Number of honors for "Working" 4 Number of individuals who earned two slots in one category: Karen G. Wolfe (costume design); Jess Aki (hair, wig, makeup design); Jason Taglianetti (sound design); John Rampage (choreographer) 3 Number of adjudicators who vote for honorees
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KEY TO THEATERS:
ACT — Army Community Theatre DHT — Diamond Head Theatre HPU — Hawai'i Pacific University MVT — Manoa Valley Theatre Paliku — Paliku Theatre TAG — The Actors' Group 'Ohi'a — 'Ohi'a Productions Note: Other Honolulu theater groups exist but elect not to participate in the adjudication process.
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Manoa Valley Theatre earned 31 Po'okela Awards in the Hawaii State Theatre Council's "Stars' Night Out" evening of 2006-07 theater achievement Monday at the Ko'olau Ballrooms in Kane'ohe.
MVT — considered to be Honolulu's off-Broadway house — earned the most orchids with two productions. Its manic British murder mystery, "Over My Dead Body," accounted for the most laurels with 11, including best overall play, one of five honored. Its musical, "Working," about the foibles of working-class folks, garnered eight slots, including best overall musical, one of four cited.
Diamond Head Theatre — the community's dominant theater organization — amassed 25 prizes, good for second place, fueled by its "Lend Me a Tenor" comedy, which captured six slots; its "Gigi" musical, which also earned six awards; and two musicals — "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Sweet Charity" — which gained five honors apiece. "Tenor" was one of the overall play victors and "Millie" was one of the favored overall musicals.
"Sweeney Todd," an Army Community Theatre musical about a London barber who slays customers to provide a pie-maker with ingredients, logged nine slots, second only to "Over My Dead Body." ACT was third in the final count with 11 wins.
The Hawaii State Theatre Council prefers to showcase honorees, rather than single award-winners, so multiple honorees are included in each of its categories.
WHO TOOK HOME PO'OKELA AWARDS? HERE'S THE LIST OVERALL PLAY
"Over My Dead Body," MVT
"The Cherry Orchard," HPU
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," MVT
"Jitney," TAG
"Lend Me a Tenor," DHT
OVERALL MUSICAL
"Working," MVT
"Oklahoma!," Paliku
"Sweeney Todd," ACT
"Thoroughly Modern Millie," DHT
DIRECTOR (PLAY)
Joyce Maltby, "The Cherry Orchard," HPU
Glenn Cannon, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," MVT
Betty Burdick, "Fully Committed," MVT
Rob Duval, "Lend Me a Tenor," DHT
Derrick Brown, "Jitney," TAG
DIRECTOR (MUSICAL)
Brad Powell, "Working," MVT
Stephanie Conching, "Sweeney Todd," ACT
Andrew Sakaguchi, "Sweet Charity," DHT
Vanita Rae Smith, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," ACT
LEADING MALE IN A PLAY
Paul T. Mitri, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," MVT
Tom Holowach, "The Lion in Winter," HPU
Greg Howell, "Fully Committed," MVT
Jim Andrews, "Jitney," TAG
FEATURED MALE IN A PLAY
Gerald Altwies, "Over My Dead Body," MVT
Elitei Tatafu Jr., "Over My Dead Body," MVT
Stephen Mead, "Over My Dead Body," MVT
Derrick Brown, "Jitney," TAG
F. Quenton Collins, "Jitney," TAG
Gerald Altwies, "Lend Me a Tenor," DHT
LEADING FEMALE IN A PLAY
Karen Bumatai, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," MVT
Eden-Lee Murray, "The Cherry Orchard," HPU
Elizabeth Wolfe, "Antigone," TAG
Jo Pruden, "Over My Dead Body," MVT
Becky Maltby, "Sylvia," TAG
FEATURED FEMALE IN A PLAY
Melinda Maltby, "The Cherry Orchard," HPU
Genny Wilson, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," MVT
Frankie Enos, "Our Town," TAG
Euphrosyne V.E. Rushforth, "Sylvia," TAG
LEADING MALE IN A MUSICAL
Leonard Piggee, "Annie," ACT
Laurence Paxton, "Sweeney Todd," ACT
Scott Wallace, "Gigi," DHT
FEATURED MALE IN A MUSICAL
Scott Moura, "Sweeney Todd," ACT
Omar Williams, "Working," MVT
Matthew Pennaz, "Urinetown," MVT
Steve Wagenseller, "Oklahoma!," Paliku
Scott Wallace, "Sweet Charity," DHT
Gary Morris, "Gigi," DHT
LEADING FEMALE IN A MUSICAL
Pomai Lopez, "You Somebody," DHT
Stefanie Smart, "Sweeney Todd," ACT
Loretta Ables Sayre, "You Somebody," DHT
Kristin Ing, "Sweet Charity," DHT
FEATURED FEMALE IN A MUSICAL
Danel Verdugo, "Urinetown," MVT
Tracy Yamamoto, "Oklahoma!," Paliku
Angela Morales, "You Somebody," DHT
Cathy Foy, "Thoroughly Modern Millie," DHT
Jamie Rolfsmeyer, "Urinetown," MVT
ENSEMBLE
Cast of "Working," MVT
Cast of "Our Town," TAG
Cast of "A Christmas Gift of Aloha," 'Ohi'a
CHOREOGRAPHER
Ahnya Chang, "Urinetown," MVT
John Rampage, "She Loves Me," MVT
Brad Powell, "Working," MVT
Andrew Sakaguchi, "Sweet Charity," DHT
Grace Bell Humerickhouse, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," ACT
John Rampage, "Gigi," DHT
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Laurence Paxton, "Gigi," DHT
Ernest Taniguchi, "Working," MVT
Emmett Yoshioka, "Thoroughly Modern Millie," DHT
Alethea Train, "Sweet Charity," DHT
Lorna Mount, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," ACT
COSTUME DESIGN
Peggy Krock, "The Cherry Orchard," HPU
Lorena Jones, "Over My Dead Body," MVT
Evette Tanouye, "Oklahoma!," Paliku
Karen G. Wolfe, "Gigi," DHT
Karen G. Wolfe, "Thoroughly Modern Millie," DHT Hair, Wig, Makeup Design
Jess Aki, "Lend Me a Tenor," DHT
Jess Aki, "Gigi," DHT
Greg Howell, "Sweeney Todd," ACT
LIGHTING DESIGN
Janine Myers, "The Lion in Winter," HPU
Daniel Anteau, "Over My Dead Body," MVT
Derron Peterson, "Sweeney Todd," ACT
SET DESIGN
Karen Archibald, "The Cherry Orchard," HPU
M.J. Matsushida, "Working," MVT
Willie Sabel, "Lend Me a Tenor," DHT
Dennis Hassan, "Sweeney Todd," ACT
David Minkoff, "Over My Dead Body," MVT
SOUND DESIGN
Mathias Maas, "Over My Dead Body," MVT
Mikel J. Humerickhouse, "Lend Me a Tenor," DHT
BullDog, "Fully Committed," MVT
Jason Taglianetti, "Sweeney Todd," ACT
Jason Taglianetti, "Working," MVT
NON-RESIDENT GUEST ARTIST
Lolly Susi, director, "Over My Dead Body," MVT
Darren Lee, director, "Thoroughly Modern Millie," DHT
OTHER HONOREES (NOT INCLUDED IN TALLY)
Pierre Bowman Award for lifetime achievement: Jo Pruden
Gift of aloha to Hawai'i's children: 'Ohi'a
Innovative use of puppets in "James and the Giant Peach:" Kat Peviak, Paliku
Special effects in "Over My Dead Body:" Shell Dalzell, MVT
Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com.
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