Opera Memphis and Playhouse on the Square’s co-production of Sweeney Todd won 9 Ostrander awards in the recent ceremony, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Overall Production! Congratulations to all involved. For more coverage, check out what our friends at The Memphis Flyer wrote. Here is a complete list of the winners:
Overall Production
Division I — Musicals
🏆 Winner: Sweeney Todd — Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Whitney Branan, director; Chelsea Robinson, stage manager
Nominees:
- Come From Away — Playhouse on the Square; Daniel Stuart Nelson, director; Katie Ogden, stage manager
- Falsettos — Germantown Community Theatre; Jordan Nichols & Travis Bradley, directors; Jamie Gau, stage manager
- Seussical — Circuit Playhouse; Courtney Oliver, director; Emma White, stage manager
- Something Rotten! — Theatre Memphis; Whitney Branan, director; Julia Truelove, stage manager
Division I — Plays
🏆 Winner: The Drowning Girls — New Moon Theatre
Aliza Moran, director; April Vincent, stage manager
Nominees:
- Jaja’s African Hair Braiding — Hattiloo Theatre; Maya Robinson, director; Cyd Trice, stage manager
- Job — Circuit Playhouse; John Maness, director; Emma White, stage manager
- Noises Off — Theatre Memphis; Ann Marie Hall, director; Marya Paolillo, stage manager
- Primary Trust — Circuit Playhouse; Tony Horne, director; Emma White, stage manager
Direction
Division I — Musicals
🏆 Winner: Whitney Branan — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Nominees:
- Courtney Oliver — Seussical, Circuit Playhouse
- Daniel Stuart Nelson — Come From Away, Playhouse on the Square
- Jordan Nichols & Travis Bradley — Falsettos, Germantown Community Theatre
- Whitney Branan — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis
Division I — Plays
🏆 Winner: Aliza Moran — The Drowning Girls, New Moon Theatre
Nominees:
- Jamie Boller — sex/work, TheatreWorks
- John Maness — Job, Circuit Playhouse
- Maya Robinson — Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Hattiloo Theatre
- Tony Horne — Primary Trust, Circuit Playhouse
Ensemble
Division I — Musicals
🏆 Winner: Come From Away — Playhouse on the Square
Nominees:
- Godspell — Germantown Community Theatre
- Jubilee — Hattiloo Theatre
- Nunsense — Germantown Community Theatre
- Seussical — Circuit Playhouse
Division I — Plays
🏆 Winner: The Drowning Girls — New Moon Theatre
Nominees:
- Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties — New Moon Theatre
- Jaja’s African Hair Braiding — Hattiloo Theatre
- sex/work — TheatreWorks
- The Revolutionists — New Moon Theatre
Acting Awards — Division I Musicals
Leading Actress
🏆 Winner: Amy P. Nabors — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Nominees:
- Amaya Hardin — Junie B Jones the Musical, Circuit Playhouse
- Amy P. Nabors — Jagged Little Pill, Playhouse on the Square
- Ashundra Bernard — Dreamgirls, Hattiloo Theatre
- Mary Helen McCord — Legally Blonde, The Musical, Theatre Memphis
Leading Actor
🏆 Winner: Matthew Burns — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Nominees:
- Jordan Nichols — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis
- Marvin Holt — Jesus Christ Superstar, Playhouse on the Square
- Nathan McHenry — Godspell, Germantown Community Theatre
- Patrick Jones — Falsettos, Germantown Community Theatre
Supporting Actress
🏆 Winner: Christina Hernandez — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Nominees:
- Axyl Langford — Jagged Little Pill, Playhouse on the Square
- Emily F. Chateau — Falsettos, Germantown Community Theatre
- Jenny Odle Madden — Mamma Mia!, Theatre Memphis
- Keia Johnson — Dreamgirls, Hattiloo Theatre
Supporting Actor
🏆 Winner: Andy Boggs — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Nominees:
- Adrian Kennard — Dreamgirls, Hattiloo Theatre
- Bentley Black — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis
- Jonathan Christian — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis
- Justin Allen Tate — Jesus Christ Superstar, Playhouse on the Square
Acting Awards — Division I Plays
Leading Actress
🏆 Winner: Brooke Papritz — Job, Circuit Playhouse
Nominees:
- Holly L. Derr — The Revolutionists, New Moon Theatre
- Jaclyn Suffel — Julius Caesar, Germantown Community Theatre
- Littoya Walker — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hattiloo Theatre
- Naiya Nolan-Dillard — sex/work, TheatreWorks
Leading Actor
🏆 Winner: Marc Gill — Primary Trust, Circuit Playhouse
Nominees:
- Darious Robertson — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hattiloo Theatre
- JS Tate — The Shawshank Redemption, Next Stage Theatre Memphis
- Michael Gravois — Job, Circuit Playhouse
- Sean Moore — Frankenstein, Germantown Community Theatre
Supporting Actress
🏆 Winner: Keia Johnson — Primary Trust, Circuit Playhouse
Nominees:
- Aa’liyah Green — sex/work, TheatreWorks
- Angela Lovelace — Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Hattiloo Theatre
- Martha Jones — Always a Bridesmaid, Next Stage Theatre Memphis
- Rhonda Woodfork — Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Hattiloo Theatre
Supporting Actor
🏆 Winner: Christopher Tracy — The Shawshank Redemption, Next Stage Theatre Memphis
Nominees:
- Gregory Jones — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hattiloo Theatre
- JS Tate — Hamlet, Next Stage Theatre Memphis
- John Maness — Hamlet, Next Stage Theatre Memphis
- Michael Adrian Davis — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hattiloo Theatre
Featured Performer
Division I — Musicals
🏆 Winner: Philip Himebook — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Nominees:
- Bentley Black — Mamma Mia!, Theatre Memphis
- Chris McCollum — Jesus Christ Superstar, Playhouse on the Square
- Haley Wilson — Jagged Little Pill, Playhouse on the Square
- Jack Netzel-Yates — Legally Blonde, The Musical, Theatre Memphis
Division I — Plays
🏆 Winner: Trey Oliver — Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Hattiloo Theatre
Nominees:
- Dave Landis — Primary Trust, Circuit Playhouse
- Najwa Watson — Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Hattiloo Theatre
- Nolita Palomar — Always a Bridesmaid, Next Stage Theatre Memphis
- Ruth Herrera — Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Hattiloo Theatre
Choreography
Division I — Musicals
**🏆 Winner: Whitney Branan — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis**
Nominees:
- Christi Hall — Nunsense, Germantown Community Theatre
- Jordan Nichols & Travis Bradley — Falsettos, Germantown Community Theatre
- Jordan Nichols & Travis Bradley — Mamma Mia!, Theatre Memphis
- Whitney Branan — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Division I — Plays
🏆 Winner: Courtney Oliver — Noises Off, Theatre Memphis
Nominees:
- Katy Stanfield — The Drowning Girls, New Moon Theatre
- Lauren Hester Gunn — Hamlet, Next Stage Theatre Memphis
- Lauren Hester Gunn — The Shawshank Redemption, Next Stage Theatre Memphis
- Marybeth Gorman Craig — sex/work, TheatreWorks
Music Direction
Division I — Musicals
🏆 Winner: Claudette H. Lehew — Jubilee, Hattiloo Theatre
Nominees:
- Gary Beard — Falsettos, Germantown Community Theatre
- Jeffery Brewer — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis
- Nathan McHenry — Godspell, Germantown Community Theatre
- Stephen Karr — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Lighting Design
Division I — Musicals
🏆 Winner: Megan Christoferson — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Nominees:
- Jeremy Allen Fisher — Falsettos, Germantown Community Theatre
- Jeremy Allen Fisher — Godspell, Germantown Community Theatre
- Nicole Northington — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis
- Rachel Lauren — Come From Away, Playhouse on the Square
Division I — Plays
🏆 Winner: Melissa Andrews — The Drowning Girls, New Moon Theatre
Nominees:
- Jeremy Allen Fisher — Frankenstein, Germantown Community Theatre
- Melissa Andrews — Tragedy Sound, TheatreWorks
- Nadirah T Harper — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hattiloo Theatre
- Petr William — Job, Circuit Playhouse
Sound Design
Division I — Musicals
🏆 Winner: Joshua Crawford — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Nominees:
- Emily Luce — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis
- Emily Luce, Wes Parker & Dylan Wheeler — Mamma Mia!, Theatre Memphis
- Joshua Crawford — Jagged Little Pill, Playhouse on the Square
- Joshua Crawford — Seussical, Circuit Playhouse
Division I — Plays
🏆 Winner: Emily Rooker — The Drowning Girls, New Moon Theatre
Nominees:
- Cyd Trice — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hattiloo Theatre
- Emily Luce — Hamlet, Next Stage Theatre Memphis
- Jeremy Allen Fisher — Frankenstein, Germantown Community Theatre
- Joshua Crawford — Job, Circuit Playhouse
Costume Design
Division I — Musicals
**🏆 Winner: Amie Eoff & Lindsay Schmeling — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis**
Nominees:
- Em Rossi — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
- Marsena Sellers — Dreamgirls, Hattiloo Theatre
- Melody Douglas & Patricia Smith — Jubilee, Hattiloo Theatre
- Waverly Strickland — Seussical, Circuit Playhouse
Division I — Plays
🏆 Winner: The Legend of Quetzalcoatl — Cazateatro
Nominees:
- Amie Eoff — Always a Bridesmaid, Next Stage Theatre Memphis
- Ashley Whitten Kopera — The Drowning Girls, New Moon Theatre
- Melody Douglas — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hattiloo Theatre
- Cahleesi Bedell — Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Hattiloo Theatre
Hair, Wig & Makeup Design
Division I — Musicals
🏆 Winner: Em Rossi — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Nominees:
- Marsena Sellers & Deja Patton — Dreamgirls, Hattiloo Theatre
- Godspell — Germantown Community Theatre
- Seussical — Circuit Playhouse
- Rence Phillips & Ellen Ring — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis
Division I — Plays
🏆 Winner: Frankenstein — Germantown Community Theatre
Nominees:
- Sky Bell — A Tuna Christmas, Circuit Playhouse
- Deja Patton — Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Hattiloo Theatre
- Deja Patton — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hattiloo Theatre
- The Legend of Quetzalcoatl — Cazateatro
Set Design
Division I — Musicals
**🏆 Winner: Jack Netzel-Yates — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis**
Nominees:
- Jack Netzel-Yates — Mamma Mia!, Theatre Memphis
- Kiah Kayser — Seussical, Circuit Playhouse
- Rachel Crenshaw — Nunsense, Germantown Community Theatre
- Tim McMath — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
Division I — Plays
🏆 Winner: Ekundayo Bandele — Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Hattiloo Theatre
Nominees:
- Chris Sterling — Job, Circuit Playhouse
- Chris Sterling — The Drowning Girls, New Moon Theatre
- Ekundayo Bandele — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hattiloo Theatre
- Jack Netzel-Yates — Noises Off, Theatre Memphis
Props Design
Division I — Musicals
**🏆 Winner: Jack Netzel-Yates — Something Rotten!, Theatre Memphis**
Nominees:
- Aliza Moran — Godspell, Germantown Community Theatre
- Iza Bateman — Sweeney Todd, Playhouse on the Square & Opera Memphis
- Jack Netzel-Yates — Mamma Mia!, Theatre Memphis
- Rachel Crenshaw — Nunsense, Germantown Community Theatre
Division I — Plays
🏆 Winner: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding — Hattiloo Theatre
Nominees:
- Jack Netzel-Yates — Always a Bridesmaid, Next Stage Theatre Memphis
- Jack Netzel-Yates — Noises Off, Theatre Memphis
- Laurie Boller — The Drowning Girls, New Moon Theatre
- Melody Douglas — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hattiloo Theatre
