[NEohioPAL]Berko--Time Theatre Tributes for 2003 theatre

[Roy Berko]

TIMES THEATRE TRIBUTES--2003

Roy Berko

(Member, American Theatre Critics Association)

--Times Newspapers--
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News
Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times

Greater Cleveland is blessed with a vital theatre
scene.  It is the purpose of the TIMES THEATRE
TRIBUTES to recognize theatrical experiences that, in
the mind of this reviewer, were excellent.  
	
No attempt is made to name the best in each
classification.  Actors were not separated by gender
or leading or supporting roles.  It is also recognized
that I did not see all of the productions in the area,
so only shows performed in 2003 that I reviewed were
considered.  Selections are limited to locally
produced performances, so none of the professional
touring shows are recognized, though actors, directors
and technicians who were imported by local theatres
were considered.
	
Thanks to the following for making the theatre scene
in the Cleveland area vital and exciting.  

PRODUCTIONS
‘ARMS AND THE MAN’--Great Lakes Theatre Festival
‘BAT BOY’--Cain Park
‘BOY MEETS GIRL’---Beck
‘CHERRY DOCS’--Halle/JCC
‘DIRTY BLONDE’--Cleveland Play House
‘FIDDLER ON THE ROOF’--Cain Park
‘FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE’--Ensemble
‘IN THE BLOOD’--Dobama
‘THE CHOSEN’--Halle/JCC
‘THE DOMINO HEART’----Dobama
‘THE FIX’---Beck 

DIRECTING
Victoria Bussert--ANYTHING GOES--Great Lakes Theatre
Festival
Victoria Bussert--BAT BOY--Cain Park
Joyce Casey--THE DOMINO HEART--Dobama 
Licia Colombi--‘FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE
LUNE’--Ensemble
Charles Fee--ARMS AND THE MAN--Great Lakes Theatre
Festival
Seth Gordon--PROOF--Cleveland Play House
Peter Hackett--DIRTY BLONDE--Cleveland Play House
Sarah May--BOY MEETS GIRL--Beck
Sonya Robbins--IN THE BLOOD--Dobama
Dorothy Silver---THE CHOSEN--Halle/JCC
Reuben Silver--CHERRY DOCS--Halle/JCC 
Clyde Simon--SINCERELY YOURS--convergence-continuum
Scott Spence--THE FIX--Beck
Fred Sternfeld--FIDDLER ON THE ROOF--Cain Park

PERFORMANCE
MaryAnn Black--OKLAHOMA--Porthouse
Adina Bloom--BAT BOY--Cain Park
Sean Booker--SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION--Charenton
Theatre
Lucy Bredeson-Smith--PICNIC--Actors’ Summit
Sherri Britton--THE CREDEAUX CANVAS--Ensemble
Toni Cervino--INTO THE WOODS--Lakeland College
Meg Chamberlain--MRS. BOB CRATCHIT’S WILD CHRISTMAS
BINGE--Cleveland 	Public Theatre
Glenn Colerider--THE DOMINO HEART--Dobama
Rosario Costanzo--OKLAHOMA--Porthouse
Nina Domingue--SINCERELY YOURS--convergence-continuum
Cody Dove--Second City-Cleveland
Carla Dunlavey--THE DOMINO HEART--Dobama
Sean Fitzgerald--KIMBERLY AKIMBO--Dobama
Paul Floriano--THE FIX--Beck
Dan Folino--THE FIX--Beck
Margaret Ford-Taylor--FOREST CITY--Cleveland Play
House
Tom Frey--DIRTY BLONDE--Cleveland Play House 
Tom Fulton----TARTUFFE--Actors’ Summit
Tom Fulton--FIDDLER ON THE ROOF--Cain Park
Paul Kaiser--BOY MEETS GIRL--Beck
Charles Kartali--FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE
LUNE--Ensemble
Julia Kolibab--‘FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE
LUNE--Ensemble 
Kayce L. Cummings--OKLAHOMA--Porthouse
Andrew May--TARTUFFE--Great Lakes Theatre Festival
Rasheryl McCreary--IN THE BLOOD--Dobama
Elizabeth Meadows Rouse--DIRTY BLONDE--Cleveland Play
House
Lara Mielcarek--EACH DAY DIES WITH
SLEEP--convergence-continuum
Mitch 	McCarrel--BAT BOY--Cain Park
Laura Perrotta--ARMS AND THE MAN--Great Lakes Theatre
Festival
Scott Plate--CHERRY DOCS--Halle/JCC
Derdriu Ring--PROOF--Cleveland Play House
Trinidad Rosado--RAGTIME--Cassidy Theatre
Rhoda Rosen--V-E DAY--Dobama
Steve Routman--ANYTHING GOES--Great Lakes Theatre
Festival
Geoffrey Short--RAGTIME--Cassidy
Reuben Silver--THE CHOSEN--Halle/JCC
Sean Szaller--THE CHOSEN--Halle/JCC
Kristopher Thompson-Bolden--A CHORUS LINE--Porthouse 
Elizabeth Ann Townsend--BOY MEETS GIRL--Beck 
Wayne Turney--HAMLET--Great Lakes Theatre Festival
Eric van Baars--OKLAHOMA--Porthouse
Greg Violand--1776--Beck 
Greg Violand--LA CAGES AUX FOILES--Beck
Gary Walker--A CHORUS LINE--Porthouse
Gary Walker--BAT BOY--Cain Park 
Ensemble performance--Rasheryl McCreary, Victor
Dickerson, Anthony Elfonzia, 	Renee Matthews-Jackson,
Kevin Brewer and Cassandra Vincent--IN THE 
BLOOD--Dobama
Ensemble Performance--Gary Walker, Adina Bloom, Scott
Plate, Emily Krieger, Patrick 	Janson, Phillip
Carroll, Alana Simone Purvis, Hannah Laird, Fabio
Polanco and 	Mitch McCarrell--BAT BOY--Cain Park

TECHNICAL
Michael Ganio--scenic design--PROOF--Cleveland Play
House
Larry Gorjup--sound design--THE CHOSEN--Halle/JCC 
Corby Grubb’s sound design--FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE
CLAIR DE LUNE-- 	Ensemble
Jeff Herrmann--lighting design--FIDDLER ON THE
ROOF--Cain Park
Jeff Herrmann--scenic design--FIDDLER ON THE
ROOF--Cain Park
Jeff Herrmann--scenic design--THE TALE OF THE
ALLERGIST’S WIFE --Dobama
Andrew Kaletta--lighting design--IN THE BLOOD--Dobama
Tony Kovacic-- scenic design--CHERRY DOCS--Halle/JCC
Todd Krispinsky--scenic design--IN THE BLOOD-Dobama
Don McBride--scenic design--BOY MEETS GIRL--Beck
Don McBride--scenic design--THE FIX--Beck
Vincent Polowy--lighting design--THE CREDEAUX
CANVAS--Ensemble

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Leonard DiCosimo--musical direction--BAT BOY--Cain
Park
Larry Goodpaster--musical direction--THE FIX--Beck
Steven Gross--musical direction--ANYTHING GOES--Great
Lakes Theatre Festival
Larry Hartzell--musical direction--FIDDLER ON THE
ROOF--Cain Park

CHOREOGRAPHER
MaryAnn Black--choreography--A CHORUS LINE--Porthouse
John R. Crawford--choreography--OKLAHOMA--Porthouse
Janiece Kelley-Kiteley--choreography--BAT BOY--Cain
Park
Janet Watson--choreography--ANYTHING GOES--Great Lakes
Theatre Festival
Eric van Baars--choreography--FIDDLER ON THE
ROOF--Cain Park

OTHER
Wayne S. Turney--Script adaptation--TARTUFFE--Actors’
Summit 
Beck Center--outstanding variety of productions
Cleveland Public Theatre--Black Box Theatre--creative
use of performance space 
Bill Ransom--original music--IN THE BLOOD--Dobama


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