2008-2009 Prana Awards!
Prana Productions 1st Annual Awards For Excellence, Amusement & All-Around Enjoyment!
Eligible: Anyone who appeared in a Prana Production, 2007-08 Season (Little Women, Ramona Quimby, The Secret Garden, Inherit the Wind, Arsenic & Old Lace, Anne of Green Gables)
Best Chemistry (Human-Inanimate
Object)
Alessandro-The Coatrack (Ramona)
Rachel-The Feather Duster (Little Women)
Beth-The Plunger (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Rachel-Knitting Needles (Ramona)
Colleen-Carafe of Wine (Anne of GG)
Best Chemistry (Human,
Non-romantic)
Frankie and Crockett (The Secret Garden)
Rachel and Stephanie (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Beth and Shelby (Anne of Green Gables)
Beth and Maggie (Anne of Green Gables)
Talia and Paige (Ramona Quimby)
Nina, Maggie, Maddy, Carrie (Little Women)
Best Chemistry (Human,
Romantic)
Jinny & Matt (Little Women)
Jinny & Bobby (Inherit the Wind)
Jinny & Alessandro (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Dayna & Andy (Little Women)
Joseph & Alexa (Little Women)
Alessandro & Erin (Ramona)
Best Kiss
Jinny & Matt (LW)
Joseph & Alexa (LW)
Andy & Dayna (cheek) (LW)
Interrupted Alessandro & Jinny (AOL)
Threatened Bobby & Jinny (ITW)
Best Special Effect
Broken Slate (Anne of Green Gables)
Pillow as Mr. Hoskins (AOL)
Doll as Mr. Spenalzo (AOL)
Fake Cigarette (Ramona)
Remote Control/TV Sounds (Ramona)
Blowing out the electric candle (Secret Garden)
Best Crying
Beth Hobbs Anne of GG
Maddy Murphy Little Women
Crockett Henderson Secret Garden
Best Dance
Alessandro-The Coatrack (Ramona) (choreography by Alessandro and Phil)
Three Little Maids (Lilly, Frankie, Maddy - Little Women) (chor. By Michelle
Clancy)
Rachel-Knitting Needles (Ramona) (chor. By Michelle Clancy)
Alessandro & Erin (Ramona) (chor. By Michelle Clancy)
Goin to the Chapel (Lilly, Frankie, Bailey - Ramona) (chor. By Michelle Clancy)
The Gardner’s Party (LW cast) (chor. By Julie Murphy)
Scene We Could Watch Again &
Again
Colleen’s Drunk Scene (Anne of Green Gables)
Rachel’s Dance with the Knitting Needles (Ramona)
Erin & Alessandro’s Dance (Ramona)
Abby & Talia fighting over the remote (Ramona)
Going to see Three Little Maids (including the Can-Can) (Little Women)
Ben being interviewed in court (Inherit the Wind)
Sara & Meg shoving Mr. Spenalzo’s Legs Back in the Window Seat (Arsenic & Old
Lace)
Best Mistake of the Year
Sara & Meg shoving Mr. Spenalzo’s Legs Back in the Window Seat (Arsenic & Old
Lace)
(* this is the one clear winner of the year!!!)
Runner-up mistakes (would have been a winner in any other year!!!)
Jinny’s mustache falling off (The Secret Garden)
Best Line
Won’t offer even a suck (Carrie, Little Women)
* Everyone had one in Ramona!
You bad’un, laying your badness on a robin! (Ben, Secret Garden)
I’m just workin at the feed store (Ben, Inherit the Wind)
Mortimer, we don’t try to stop you from doing things you like to do (Rachel,
AOL, tie)
Now don’t you two boys start quarreling the minute you see each other (Steph,
AOL tie)
Whereever you left it, Charlie! (Ashley, Anne of Green Gables)
Is she plum daft or what? (Beth, Anne of GG)
Rookie of the Year
Ashley Arnold (Charlie, Anne of Green Gables)
Erica Brouillette (Martha, The Secret Garden)
Shelby Cheever (Matthew, Anne of Green Gables)
Emily Dunn (Josie, Anne of Green Gables)
Paige Gallagher (schoolchild and NYC child, Little Women)
Narrators (Medha, Emmy, Kaileigh, Harris, Katie) – Secret Garden
Crockett Henderson (all four school year plays!)
* Abby Gray (Beth, Little Women, Ramona, ITW)
* Meg Lacey (all the plays!)
* didn’t realize it was their first year!!!
Best Song
“Forget Your Pots” – Adam Greenberg (Ramona) Original Score by Joanne Hines
“Ramona” – Alessandro (Ramona)
“Angels We Have Heard on High” – Maddy (Little Women)
“Three Little Maids from School” (Little Women)
Best Costumes
Beth (hysterical, Teddy, Arsenic & Old Lace)
Jinny (custom made by Janet Henderson, Inherit the Wind)
Maggie Naughton (authentic, Ramona Quimby)
Dayna Altman (most authentic, Little Women)
Special award to Phil’s bar-mitzvah suit, worn from Joseph in four shows in a
row!
Actor’s favorite – puffy pink
dress (Beth – Little Women and every opportunity she gets!)
Actor’s least favorite – pastel 70s gown (Rachel – Ramona)
Best Able to Fit into Roberta’s old clothes
Paige Smalley (Ramona)
Jamie Altman (Ramona)
Nina Doonan (Little Women)
Rachel Pollinger (ITW)
The “there are no small parts” award
Jamie Altman (Waitress, Ramona Quimby)
Ashley Arnold (Anne of Green Gables)
Beth Hobbs (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Rachel Pollinger (Inherit the Wind)
Ben Rutberg (Inherit the Wind)
Maddy Murphy (Inherit the Wind)
Leading Men
Nick Varrell & Matthew Curtis - Inherit the Wind
Alessandro Arena-Derosa – Arsenic & Old Lace
Crockett Henderson – The Secret Garden
Hannah Fried-Tanzer – Gilbert, Anne of Green Gables
Leading Ladies
Maggie Naughton – Anne of Green Gables
Talia Zais – Ramona Quimby
Frankie Servidio – The Secret Garden
Rachel Pollinger and Stephanie Toronto – Arsenic & Old Lace
Nina Doonan and Dayna Altman – Little Women
Supporting Men
Joseph, Andy, Jake, Alessandro and Matt (Little Women)
Alessandro – Ramona
Joseph and Amber - Secret Garden
Best Classroom Scene
Colleen and class (Little Women)
Beth and class (Ramona Quimby)
Shelby and class (Anne of Green Gables)
Teacher’s Pet Award
Izzy Doonan (Little Women)
Frankie Servidio (Ramona Quimby)
Emily Dunn (Anne of Green Gables)
Most Motherly
Jillian Glynn (LW)
Beth Hobbs (Anne of GG)
Maggie Naughton (Ramona and ITW)
Most Fatherly
Shelby Cheever (Anne of GG)
Abby (Ramona)
Jake (LW)
Joseph (SG)
Scariest
Sara Lucchini (Jonathan, Arsenic & Old Lace)
Rachel Curtis (minister, Inherit the Wind)
Best Comic Timing
Alessandro Arena-DeRosa (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Ashley Arnold (Anne of Green Gables)
Adam Meltzer (Ramona Quimby)
Ben Rutberg (Inherit the Wind)
Stephanie Toronto (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Rachel Pollinger (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Meg Lacey (Arsenic & Old Lace and Anne of Green Gables)
Colleen Fitzpatrick (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Frankie Servidio (Ramona Quimby)
The entire cast of Arsenic & Old Lace!
Best Ingenue Lead
Jinny Pollinger (Little Women)
Jinny Pollinger (Inherit the Wind)
Jinny Pollinger (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Best Death Scene
Abby Gray (Little Women)
Matthew Curtis (Inherit the Wind)
Mr. Spenalzo (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Shelby Cheever (offstage – Anne of GG)
Joseph Duda (presumed, after blackout – Arsenic & Old Lace)
Best Accent
Crockett Henderson (The Secret Garden)
Frankie Servidio (The Secret Garden)
Erica Brouillette (The Secret Garden)
Amber Ahronian (The Secret Garden)
Colleen Fitzpatrick (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Maddy Murphy (Inherit the Wind)
Erin Clancy (Inherit the Wind)
Meg Lacey (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Ben Rutberg (Inherit the Wind)
Rachel Pollinger (Inherit the Wind and The Secret Garden)
Hannah Fried-Tanzer (Little Women)
Most like their part in real life
Nina in Little Women
Talia in Ramona
Crockett in Secret Garden
Amber in Secret Garden
Maggie in Anne of Green Gables
Shelby in Anne of Green Gables (even though she played an older man)
Family forever award
Dayna, Nina, Maggie, Maddy and Carrie – Little Women
Roberta’s picks for
Best large ensemble and crowd pleaser– Little Women
Best creative team and most fun – Ramona Quimby
Best performances by rookies & young leads – Secret Garden
Best serious show/most intense – Inherit the Wind
Best small ensemble and tightest direction – Arsenic & Old Lace
You laugh, you cry award – Anne of Green Gables
Best experiment: Night, Mother (Direction, Jacqui Jursek, Actors Julie Murphy and Dawn Anderson)
Student Crew awards
Direction
Phil Bassett and Laura Baker (RQ)
Phil and Sarah Bassett (AOL and Anne of GG)
Stage Management:
Nick Varrell (LW)
Sarah Bassett (RQ)
Beth Hobbs (SG)
Nina Doonan (ITW)
Costumes and Crew:
Abby Gray, Jinny Pollinger, Matthew Curtis, Meg Lacey, many more!
Tech staff:
Drew Madden, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Rachel Pollinger, Bobby Murphy
Most aerobic backstage work:
Meg Lacey, Matthew Curtis, Abby Gray and Jinny Pollinger (bed making/moving in Secret Garden!)
Special recognition
Playreading committee
Adult creative staff: Julie
Murphy, Joanne Hines, Michelle Clancy, Janet Henderson, Nick Morana, Mike
Bassett
Adult crew and assistants: Jen Bassett-Glynn, Cathy Disciullo, Sheryl Altman
All the parents!!!
Love you all!
Roberta