Hickory – The Hickory Community Theatre will present its annual Kay Awards this Sunday, August 30th at 7:00pm. This year’s ceremony will be a live streaming event, presented online via Facebook Live and YouTube.
Acting awards will be presented for Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role – Male and Female, Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role – Male and Female, Outstanding Actor in a Character Role – Male and Female, and Outstanding Newcomer Actor – Male in Female. The evening culminates with the award for Outstanding Ensemble.
The Kay Awards are the Theatre’s annual celebration of its volunteers. In addition to the acting categories, awards are also presented to the Volunteer of the Year, the Technical Volunteer of the Year and a special Charles E. Jeffers Award for outstanding achievements on behalf of the Theatre.
The Kay Awards are named for Kay Johnson, one of the founding members of the Theatre. The Charles E. Jeffers Award is named for Mr. Jeffers, in honor of his 55 years of service to the Theatre.
The nominees in the acting categories are:
Kay Awards
Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role
• Will Duncan (“Will Shakespeare” in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE)
• Corey Robert Knighton (“Jack Kelly” in NEWSIES)
• Joshua Propst (“Walter ‘Teach’ Cole in AMERICAN BUFFALO)
• Jordan A. Randall (“Walter Lee Younger” in RAISIN IN THE SUN)
• Mathew Thomas-Reid (“Berger” in HAIR)
• Jeremy Whitener (“Miss Trunchbull” in MATILDA)
Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role
• Elisabeth Bokhoven (“Olympe de Gouges” in THE REVOLUTIONISTS)
• Charlotte Dick (“Sheila” in HAIR)
• Hannah Morrison (“Matilda” in MATILDA)
• Mikeala Skelton (“Katherine” in NEWSIES)
• Sophie Marie Stanley (“Viola De Lesseps” in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE)
• Kathy Walker (“Lena Younger” in RAISIN IN THE SUN)
Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role
• Mason Burr (“Crutchie” in NEWSIES)
• Nathan Crabtree (“Mr. Wormwood” in MATILDA)
• James Grose (“Gordon Pugh” in THE FARNDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY MURDER MYSTERY)
• Donovan Harper (“Hud” in HAIR)
• Mark Alton Rose (“Donny DuBrow” in AMERICAN BUFFALO)
• David Sandoval (“Race,” “Manhattan Newsie” in NEWSIES)
Outstanding Female Actress in a Supporting Role
• Iris DeWitt (“Medda Larkin, Nun” in NEWSIES)
• Darda Dibble (“Felicity Dior” in THE FARNDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY MURDER MYSTERY)
• Taralee L. Fairclough (“Miss Honey” in MATILDA)
• Kayla Simone Ferguson (“Dionne” in HAIR)
• Emma Lee Kurts (“Marie Antoinette” in THE REVOLUTIONISTS)
• Dior Scott (“Ruth Younger” in RAISIN IN THE SUN)
Outstanding Male Actor in a Character Role
• Donovan Harper (“Joseph Asagai” in RAISIN IN THE SUN)
• Donovan Harper (“Christopher ‘Kit’ Marlowe” in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE)
• J. David Ingle (“Doctor,” “Cook,” “Mechanic,” “Sergi” in MATILDA)
• J. David Ingle (“Seitz” in NEWSIES)
• Branden Nuhfer (“Margaret Mead” in HAIR)
• Jordan Smith (“Bobby” in AMERICAN BUFFALO)
Outstanding Female Actor in a Character Role
• Heather Baynes (“Mrs. Wormwood” in MATILDA)
• Christy Rhianna Branch (“Charlotte Corday” in THE REVOLUTIONISTS)
• Sonya Briggs (“Hannah,” “Nun,” “Customer” in NEWSIES)
• Allison Finch (“Waitress,” “Court Lady” in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE)
• Jill Roberts (“Queen Elizabeth” in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE)
• Joy McManus Rodgers (“Nurse” in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE)
Outstanding Male Newcomer
• Maddox Anderson (“Bruce” in MATILDA)
• Raylen Christian (“Mush,” “Darcy,” “Brooklyn Newsie,” “Refuge Inmate” in NEWSIES)
• Terry Evans (“Theodore Roosevelt, Nunzio, Police Officer” in NEWSIES)
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• Toré Ledford (“Hubert” in HAIR)
• Kurt Sigmon (“Edmund Tilney” in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE)
Outstanding Female Newcomer
• Marianne Anderson (“Big Kid” in MATILDA)
• Sheena Forbes (“Mother” in HAIR)
• Ajah Harold (“Beneatha Younger” in RAISIN IN THE SUN)
• Danica Marr (“Ike,” “Bowery Beauty,” “Manhattan Newsie” in NEWSIES)
• Lauren Piselli (“Mistress Quickly,” “Waitress,” “Court Lady” in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE)
• Sydra Yarnell (“Jeanie” in HAIR)
Outstanding Ensemble
• THE FARNDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY MURDER MYSTERY
• HAIR
• MATILDA
• THE REVOLUTIONISTS
• NEWSIES
• AMERICAN BUFFALO
• A RAISIN IN THE SUN
• SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
