Colorado Theatre Guild Announces Henry Award Nominations; Theatre Aspen Receives Seven

Aspen, Colorado (October 20, 2014) Theatre Aspen announced today that the organization has received seven nominations for the Colorado Theatre Guild (CTG) Henry Awards, for their 2014 summer season of productions, which included The Full Monty (by Terrence McNally and David Yazbek), Little Women, the Musical (by Mindi Dickstein, Jason Howland and Allan Knee) and the new play, The Cottage, by Sandy Rustin.

Theatre Aspen received a nomination for the coveted Outstanding Season for a Theatre Company, along with nods for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Dane Agostinis, The Full Monty), Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Alison Luff,Little Women), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical (Alie Walsh, Little Women), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical (Ken Krugman, Little Women), Outstanding Musical Direction (David Dyer, Little Women), Outstanding Ensemble Performance, Little Women, directed by Paige Price, musical director David Dyer.

In addition, Theatre Aspen celebrates the nominations of TA favorites, recent Tony Award® nominee Beth Malone(Outstanding Actress Nomination in a Musical, The Unsinkable Molly Brown), David Thomas (who garnered two nominations for Outstanding Sound Design at the Arvada Center, for She Loves Me and Memphis), and for Musical Director David Nehls, the musical director for Theatre Aspen's Junie B Jones The Musical this summer, who received a nod for his musical direction of Arvada's Memphis.

Here are all the nominees in the aforementioned categories:

Outstanding Season for a Theatre Company

Arvada Center

Buntport Theater

DCPA Theatre Company

Town Hall Arts Center

Theatre Aspen

Outstanding Musical Direction

Donna Kolpan Debreceni, "Anything Goes," Town Hall Arts Center

Donna Kolpan Debreceni, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," Phamaly Theatre Company

David Dyer, "Little Women," Theatre Aspen

David Nehls, "Memphis," Arvada Center

Michael Rafter, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," DCPA Theatre Company

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Dane Agostinis, "The Full Monty," Theatre Aspen

Jim Hogan, "Memphis," Arvada Center

TJ Hogle, "Shrek the Musical," Breckenridge Backstage Theatre

Tim Howard, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," Town Hall Arts Center

Wayne Kennedy, "Fiddler on the Roof," BDT Stage

Burke Moses, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," DCPA Theatre Company

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Anna High, "Dreamgirls," Ignite Theatre

Aisha Jackson, "Memphis," Arvada Center

Alison Luff, "Little Women," Theatre Aspen

Beth Malone, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," DCPA Theatre Company

Norrell Moore, "Anything Goes," Town Hall Arts Center

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

Constantine Germanacos, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," DCPA Theatre Company

Damon Guerrasio, "Shrek the Musical," Breckenridge Backstage Theatre

Ken Krugman, "Little Women," Theatre Aspen

Andy McCain, "Spamalot," Midtown Arts Center

Michael Wordly, "Memphis," Midtown Arts Center

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

Alicia Dunfee, "Always, Patsy Cline," Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

Annie Dwyer, "Young Frankenstein," Town Hall Arts Center

Emily Jansen, "Spamalot," Midtown Arts Center

Melissa Swift-Sawyer, "Memphis," Arvada Center

Alie Walsh, "Little Women," Theatre Aspen

Outstanding Ensemble Performance

"Little Women," Theatre Aspen, Paige Price, Director; David Dyer, Musical Director

"Memphis," Arvada Center, Rod A. Lansberry, Director; David Nehls, Musical Director

"Middle Aged People Sitting in Boxes," Buntport Theater; Buntport Theater, Director

"Spamalot," Midtown Arts Center, Jordan Nichols, Director; Casey Cropp & Nigel Huckle, Musical Direction

"The Unsinkable Molly Brown," DCPA Theatre Company, Kathleen Marshall, Director; Michael Rafter, Musical Direction

Outstanding Sound Design

Craig Breitenbach, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," DCPA Theatre Company

Jason Ducat, "Charles Ives Take Me Home," Curious Theatre Company

David Thomas, "Memphis," Arvada Center

David Thomas, "She Loves Me," Arvada Center

The full list of nominations can be found on the Colorado Theatre Guild website.

Established in 2006, the Henry Awards honor outstanding achievements during the past season and serves as the Colorado Theatre Guild's annual fundraising event. The awards are named for longtime local theatre producer Henry Lowenstein. Nominations are determined through a judging process conducted by more than 45 statewide theatre reporters, educators and assigned judges.

In 2009, Theatre Aspen received the Outstanding Regional Theatre Henry Award. Until last year, the organization was ineligible for individual awards, due to the difficulty of comprehensive coverage by voting members of the Guild. Last year, however, enough voters were able to visit the theatre so that the actors, designers, directors and productions could be recognized by CTG.

Theatre Aspen opens its 32nd season of repertory on June 26th, in the Hurst Theatre in Rio Grande Park. Theatre Aspen offers a robust year-round theatre education program and has recently announced the Aspen Theatre Festival for new works, bringing in established and emerging writers for residencies and workshops.

All productions will be underwritten by season sponsor ANB Bank, with the generous support of Franklin and Barbara Carson, Jessica and John Fullerton, Soledad and Bob Hurst, Darlynn and Tom Fellman, Jim and Brenda Grusecki, Liz Armstrong, Terri and Tony Caine, Brett Bossung, the City of Aspen, CCI, Les Dames d'Aspen, The Thrift Shop of Aspen and The Aspen Club and Spa.

Media sponsors include the Aspen Times, Aspen Daily News, Sopris Sun, Aspen Sojourner, Aspen Magazine, Aspen Peak, Aspen Public Radio and KSPN/KNFO.

For further information contact Theatre Aspen at 970-925-9313 or visit www.theatreaspen.org.