Impromptu Elate Season Ticket Holder Award Nominations

Darryl Maximilian Robinson, who is set to appear as the great Broadway impresario extraordinaire Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. Oct. 14 th -16 th of 2016 in the new CONUNDRUM THEATRE COMPANY revival production of FUNNY GIRL at THE HISTORIC RIALTO THEATRE in South Pasadena, is among the nominees for Best Actor for THE 2015 / 2016 ELATE SEASON TICKET HOLDER AWARDS. Mr. Robinson has been nominated for his performance as the debonair, but aging, leading man Ernest in Tad Mosel's classic one-act allegorical comedy- drama of life in The Theatre, IMPROMPTU, which was a part of THE EMMANUEL LUTHERAN ACTORS THEATRE ENSEMBLE - ELATE evening of four one-acts JUST 4 FUN presented at THE LINCOLN STEGMAN THEATRE in North Hollywood. In addition to Mr. Robinson, his fellow IMPROMPTU cast members: CASEY KRUBINER as Winnifred, JOEY TREZISE as Tony and LUCY KRUBINER as Lora, have all received Best Supporting Performance Award nominations for their fine work in Mosel's play. Tad Mosel is best known as the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ALL THE WAY HOME.

The Season Ticket Holders and Theatre Board of THE EMMANUEL LUTHERAN ACTORS THEATRE ENSEMBLE ( ELATE ), which since 1984 has staged a season of plays at THE LINCOLN STEGMAN THEATRE, have announced the complete list of nominations for THE 2015 / 2016 ELATE SEASON. TICKET HOLDER AWARDS. The nominees include:

BEST ACTOR:

Chairman Barnes as Roote ( "The Hothouse" ); Stanley Brown as Bill ( "Ride Share" ) ; Joe Fiske as Gibbs ( "The Hothouse" ); Tom Reilly as Sonny ( "Sonny DeRee's Life Flashes Before His Eyes"); Darryl Maximilian Robinson as Ernest ( "Impromptu" ).

BEST ACTRESS:

Erin Cote' as Jane ( "Ride Share" ); Debbie Lowe as Jolene ( "5 Days in the Carter County Jail"); Marty McCambridge as Herself ( "The Nordic Princess Breaks The Ice" ); Judith Miller as Emma ( "Sonny DeRee's Life Flashes Before His Eyes" ); Dori Webster as Kim ( "5 Days in the Carter County Jail")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Guy Picot as Lush ( "The Hothouse" ); Joey Trezise as Tony ( "Impromptu" ); Jeff Zimmer as Mick ( "Sonny DeRee's Life Flashes Before His Eyes" ).

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Carla Betz as Cutts ( "The Hothouse" ); Olivia Buntaine as Crack ( "5 Days in the Carter County Jail" ); Kay Capasso as Rhonda ( "5 Days in the Carter County Jail" ); Casey Krubiner as Winnifred ( "Impromptu" ); Lucy Krubiner as Lora ( "Impromptu" ); Gerrie Wilkowski as Millie ( "5 Days in the Carter County Jail" ).

BEST DIRECTOR:

Joe Fiske, ( "The Hothouse" ); Dr. Micheal McCambridge, ( "The Nordic Princess Breaks The Ice" ); Jeff Zimmer and Stanley Brown, ( "Just 4 Fun" ).

BEST SHOW:

"The Hothouse" Produced by Joe Fiske; "The Nordic Princess Breaks The Ice" Produced by Anita George and Joseph Bell: "Just 4 Fun" ( 4 One-Act Plays including "Impromptu," "Ride Share," "Sonny DeRee's Life Flashes Before His Eyes" and "5 Days in the Carter County Jail" ) Produced by Wendy Hirschman.

Winners of THE 2015 / 2016 ELATE SEASON TICKET HOLDER AWARDS will be announced at The Annual Elate Reunion Party and Awards Presentation on Saturday August 13, 2016. Winners will then be also listed at THE EMMANUEL LUTHERAN ACTORS THEATRE ENSEMBLE FACEBOOK PAGE, where further information on becoming an ELATE SEASON TICKET HOLDER is posted.

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