EDMT Receives 16 Elly Awards for '06-'07!

EDMT wins every award in the Young People's Musicals catagories — has a record 49 nominations.

Each year, the Sacramento Area Region Theater Alliance (SARTA) hosts the Elly Awards for excellence in theater performance. The Ellys are named after Eleanor McClatchy, the late president of McClatchy newspapers which publishes the Sacramento Bee. McClatchy who died in 1980, was dedicated to support performing arts in the Sacramento region and was a committed theatre patron.

There are 282 nominations in the categories of: drama, comedy, musicals, education, young peoples theater, and originals. Community, college, and high school theaters are eligible for the awards. Volunteer judges, who are dedicated theater lovers, use a standardized point scale to evaluate an array of production elements delineated on the judging form. Judges commit to see every show in their assigned category typically attending up to 50 shows in a year.

2007 EDMT Elly Award Nominees/Winnners:
(Elly Award recipients are notes in yellow.)

Watch a slideshow of the Elly Award evening from Darla Wells Photography.

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Wonderland: Alice's Musical Misadventures
Performed Summer 2006 - Rising Stars Production - Ages 6-11

Musical Direction: Young People’s Musical Connie Mockenhaupt-Jimena
Costume Design: Young People’s Musical Tina Wojcik
Supporting Actress: Young People’s Musical Julia Adams

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42nd Street
Performed Summer 2006 - Main Stage Production - Ages 12-20

Overall Production: Young People’s Musical
Direction: Young People’s Musical Debbie Wilson
Choreography: Young People’s Musical Debbie Wilson
Musical Direction: Young People’s Musical Martin Beal
Costume Design: Young People’s Musical Christine Martorana
Lighting Design: Young People’s Musical Mike Jimena and Phil Kan
Leading Actor: Young People’s Musical Tyler Milliron
Leading Actress: Young People’s Musical Brittany McKenzie
Leading Actress: Young People’s Musical Lauryn Caruso
Supporting Actor: Young People’s Musical Matt Provencal
Supporting Actor: Young People’s Musical Ryan Blanning
Supporting Actor: Young People’s Musical Spencer Borup
Supporting Actress: Young People’s Musical Katherine Cimorelli

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