2006 PO'OKELA AWARDS
DHT, MVT set the pace in this year's Po'okela Awards
The adjudication process has changed, but the results came out pretty much the same as the Hawaii State Theatre Council announced the recipients of the 2006 Po'okela Awards last night at the Ko'olau Ballrooms.
Key
Army Community Theatre (ACT)
Diamond Head Theatre (DHT)
Hawaii Pacific University (HPU)
Manoa Valley Theatre (MVT)
Paliku Theatre (Paliku)
The Actors Guild (TAG)
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Diamond Head Theatre, the perennial front-runner, received 27 awards in 16 of the 21 categories. Manoa Valley Theatre placed a close second with 26 awards; the Actors Group was third with 11 awards.
DHT's spring production of "La Cage aux Folles" received 11 awards, making it the top award-winner. MVT's "The Foreigner" received eight awards, the most of any nonmusical.
Army Community Theatre, Hawaii Pacific University and Paliku Theatre were also recognized, but two other major theater groups, Kumu Kahua and Honolulu Theatre for Youth, continued their longtime boycott of the "Pokies." The University of Hawaii at Manoa also opted out for this season.
The new system allows each of the three adjudicators to directly bestow two awards in each category -- guaranteeing a minimum or two recipients and a maximum of six. There were four or more honorees in 15 of 21 categories.
Mike J. Humerickhouse received three awards in sound design for different DHT productions; Laurance Paxton received two acting awards, for "A Little Night Music" and "La Cage aux Folles"; and Randl Ask was recognized for directing "Enchanted April" and "Pageant," and for his performance opposite Paxton in "La Cage."
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Winners of the 2006 Po'okela Awards, announced last night:
Overall play: "The Gin Game," HPU; "The Goat or Who Is Sylvia," TAG; "The Foreigner," MVT; "M Butterfly," MVT; "Joe Turner's Come & Gone," TAG
Overall musical: "Cats," ACT; "The Full Monty," DHT; "Pageant," MVT; "South Pacific," Paliku
Director of a musical: Randl Ask, "Pageant," MVT; Ron Bright, "South Pacific," Paliku; John Rampage, "La Cage aux Folles," DHT; Vanita Rae Smith, "Cats," ACT
Director of a play: Randl Ask, "Enchanted April," DHT; Mitchell Milan, "The Gin Game," HPU; Scott Rogers, "Flaming Idiots," MVT; Jerry Tracy, "The Foreigner," MVT
Featured male in a play: Buck Ashford, "Flaming Idiots," MVT; Derrick Brown, "Joe Turner's Come & Gone," TAG; Curtis Duncan, "Joe Turner's Come & Gone," TAG; Erik J. Krummell, "The Foreigner," MVT; Colin Miyamoto, "M Butterfly," MVT; Thomas C. Smith, "The Goat or Who Is Sylvia," TAG
Leading male in a play: Dwight Martin, "M Butterfly," MVT; Don Pomes, "The Gin Game," HPU; David Starr, "The Foreigner," MVT
Featured female in a play: Dusty Behner, "Boston Marriage," TAG; Regina Ewing, "The Foreigner," MVT; Jo Pruden, "Enchanted April," DHT; "Genny Wilson, "The Foreigner," MVT
Leading female in a play: Betty Burdick, "Boston Marriage," TAG; Victoria Gail-White, "The Goat or Who Is Sylvia," TAG; Joyce Maltby, "The Gin Game," HPU; Susan Park, "Betrayed," TAG
Featured male in a musical: Richard Aadland, "La Cage aux Folles," DHT; R. Andrew Doan, "The Full Monty," DHT; Kyle Malis, "Aladdin Jr.," DHT; Wyoming Rossett, "South Pacific," Paliku; Brent Yoshikami, "A Little Night Music," MVT; Keoki Kerr, "Pageant," MVT
Leading male in a musical: Randl Ask, "La Cage aux Folles," DHT; Laurence Paxton, "A Little Night Music," MVT; Laurence Paxton, "La Cage aux Folles," DHT; Matthew Pennaz, "The Full Monty," DHT; Steve Wagenseller, "South Pacific," Paliku
Featured female in a musical: Lisa Konove, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," DHT; Shari Lynn, "La Cage aux Folles," DHT; Sonya Mendez, "South Pacific," Paliku; Zenia Zambrano Moura, "Into the Woods," DHT
Leading female in a musical: Elizabeth Ananij Harrison, "Damn Yankees," ACT; Stefanie Smart, "A Little Night Music," MVT; Shari Lynn, "Aloha Rosie's," HPU
Ensemble cast: "Flaming Idiots," MVT; "Enchanted April," DHT; "Cats," ACT
Choreographer: Grace Bell Humerickhouse, "Cats," ACT; Deanna Luster, "Damn Yankees," ACT; Andrew Sakaguchi, "La Cage aux Folles," DHT
Musical director: Clarke Bright, "South Pacific," Paliku; Lina Jeong Doo, "A Little Night Music," MVT; Lorna Mount, "Cats," ACT; Alethea Train, "La Cage Aux Folles," DHT
Nonresident guest artist: Timothy Albrecht, director/choreographer, "The Full Monty," DHT; Greg Zane, choreographer, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," DHT
Costume design: Bill Doherty, "La Cage aux Folles," DHT; Bill Doherty, Peggy Krock, Randl Ask, Lorena Jones, "Pageant," MVT; Evette Tanouye, "Charlie Brown," Paliku; Carlynn and Rose Wolfe, "Joe Turner's Come & Gone," TAG; Karen G. Wolfe, "Aladdin Jr.," DHT
Hair, wig, makeup design: Jess Aki, "La Cage aux Folles," DHT; Bryan Furer, "Cats," ACT; Greg Howell, "M Butterfly," MVT; Greg Howell, "Pageant," MVT
Lighting design: Stephen Clear, "La Cage aux Folles," DHT; Jack Hufstetler, Jon Vasquez, John-Paul Tai, "Charlotte's Web," Paliku; Dawn Oshima, "Enchanted April," DHT; Derron Peterson, "Cats," ACT
Set design: Karen Archibald, "The Foreigner," MVT; James Davenport, "M Butterfly," MVT; Andrew Doan, "The Goat or Who Is Sylvia," TAG; Dennis Hassan, "Cats," ACT; Johanna Morriss, "Enchanted April," DHT
Sound design: Bobby Hamnett, "The Foreigner," MVT; Mikel J. Humerickhouse, "Enchanted April," DHT; Mikel J. Humerickhouse, "The Full Monty," DHT; Mikel J. Humerickhouse, "La Cage aux Folles," DHT; Jason Taglianetti, "M Butterfly," MVT
Pierre Bowman Award: John Rampage, DHT
Adjudicators Special Awards
» Lisa Matsumoto and Roslyn Catracchia, creators of "The Adventures of Gary and Harry: A Tale of Two Turtles," 'Ohia Productions
» Costume World and Kathe James, costume coordinator, for ACT's "Cats"
» The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival
Excellence in Service Awards
» Randy Ressler, Aloha Performing Arts Co.
» Susan Koontz, ACT
» Marci Taylor-Kaneshige, DHT
» Dennis Markuna and Kristina Larson, HPU
» Kelli Des Jarlais, Hawaii Shakespeare Festival
» Mindy Willer, MVT
» Parent Support Network, Mid-Pacific Institute School of the Arts
» Kokua Paliku, Paliku
» Tomas Tochiki, TAG
» Felicity Johnson, Waimea Community Theatre
