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2023/24 OCP Award Recipients

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July 1, 2024

Congratulations to the 2023/24 OCP Award Recipients! 🏆

We are so grateful and appreciative of the nearly 1,000 community members who contribute their valuable time and talents each year to OCP. Thank you ALL for helping us bring our 99th Season to life. We could not have done it without YOU!

Fonda McGuire Award
GINGER JOHNSON as Carole King – Beautiful The Carole King Musical
SARAH EBKE as Mrs. Dolly Gallager Levi – Hello, Dolly!

Dick Boyd Award
CORK RAMER

Outstanding Ensemble Award
The Play That Goes Wrong
Hello, Dolly!

Mary Peckham Award
WAYNE HUDSON II as Omari – Pipeline
KERRI FORRESTER as Beverly Jenkins – Chicken & Biscuits
RODERICK TILMON as Emcee – Cabaret
MACKENZIE ZORN as Sally Bowles – Cabaret

Barbara Ford Award
STEVE KRAMBECK as Max – The Play That Goes Wrong
EVELYN HILL as Annie – The Play That Goes Wrong
MADDY STARK as Cynthia Weil – Beautiful The Carole King Musical
JUDY RADCLIFF as Fraulein Schneider – Cabaret
MACKENZIE ZIELKE as Irene Molloy – Hello, Dolly!

Charles Jones Award
TOM NEUMANN

Elaine Jabenis Cameo Award
BRENDAN BROWN as Trevor – The Play That Goes Wrong
GIOVANNI RIVERA as Jonathan – The Play That Goes Wrong
TYLER MARSHALL as Drifter – Beautiful The Carole King Musical
MOLLY DAVIS as Fraulein Kost – Cabaret

Jim Eisenhardt Outstanding Youth Award
CHARLOTTE COUCH as Tiny Tim – A Christmas Carol
ANIYAH SKANES as La’Trice Franklin – Chicken & Biscuits

Outstanding Youth Debut Award
MAYA BARTEE as Little Eva/Shirelle – Beautiful The Carole King Musical
JACOBI KRIVOHLAVEK as Fan – A Christmas Carol

Bill Bailey Debut Award
AARON QUINTON-THOMAS BUTLER as Montrellous – Clyde’s
MAX MONAHAN as Chris – The Play That Goes Wrong
LAURENCE KATZ as Barry Mann – Beautiful The Carole King Musical
DAVE CAMPBELL as Rudolph Reisenweber/Train Conductor – Hello, Dolly!

Season 99 Stage Managers
MAGGIE CAROLUS – Clyde’s; Sister’s Christmas Catechism; Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
STEVE PRIESMAN – Beautiful The Carole King Musical; The Play That Goes Wrong
GRACE LUIS – Pipeline; Finding Nemo, JR.
JEANNE SHELTON – A Christmas Carol; Cabaret; Hello, Dolly!
EMMA ALDRICH – Chicken & Biscuits

Backstage Valuable Service Awards
Backstage Crew: ASHLEY CLEM, ROGER DOWNER, EMMA EVANS, MEGAN GRISINGER, KAREN HECTOR, GABBY HIATT, DAWN JACOBSEN, KENZIE JENSEN, JACK LAMMERS, ANGELA LEUSCHEN, MYKAYLA LONG, MIKE NEESON, KEVIN STUDY, LISA WISNIA

Wardrobe: LOU FARMER, SAM GIREOUX, KATELYN MEANS, CRYSTAL TRAPP, CHERI VOSSBERG, BRIANNA WILLIAMS, CECILY ZDAN

Dee and Ed Owen Award
SHIRLEE FONDA

Trustees’ Award
CAROLYN OWEN ANDERSON

Omaha Community Playhouse Staff Milestone Awards
50 Years of Service: JIM OTHUSE, Resident Scenic and Lighting Designer
35 Years of Service: JOHN GIBILISCO, Resident Sound Designer/Production Electrician
35 Years of Service: GREG SCHEER, Production Coordinator
10 Years of Service: AMANDA SEUSS, House Manager

President’s Award
THERESA ROSS, Director of HR and Finance

THANK YOU for an amazing season! 🌟