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       The 2018 TOPPERs Awards Show and Ceremony was held 28 April, 2018 in Wiesbaden, Germany.
       Over 550 people attended including US Army Europe and Garrison Commanders and  Leaders, dignitaries, VIPs and Army Entertainment volunteers.
        See the results, photos and links below.

 

      The 2018 US Army IMCOM Europe Tournament of Plays adjudication period was Feb. 23 to Apr. 3, 2018. 18 shows from 10 different military communities in Germany, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands were entered.
     Professional theater adjudicators from the United States, Canada and Germany attended performances in each community over a six week period. Outstanding achievement was recognized with nominations and awards in all areas of theater production.
     Free theater skills workshops were also presented in each community to provide field staff and program volunteers educational opportunities in acting, directing, youth theatre, dramaturge, auditioning and more.
     TOPPERs nominees were announced and over 45 awards presented at the 2018 TOPPERs Awards Show and Ceremony held April 28, 2018 in Wiesbaden, Germany. The formal, glittering and musical-filled event is considered the premiere US MWR event in Europe.

 

      Over 3,800 Soldiers, Civilians and Family Members contributed 292,322 volunteer man hours putting on live theater in their overseas military communities from April 2017 to April 2018.
      Based on the official rate for volunteerism, US Military communities in Europe received $3,868,507.42 in community support from US Army Europe Entertainment volunteers.

 

2018 TOPPERs Nominations & Winners

 

2018 TOPPERs

Nominations & Winners

Announced and presented on 28 April, 2018 in Wiesbaden, Germany

 

BEST MAKE UP

WINNER: Ashley Hilbert.  The Addams Family.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center.  

Nominations:

  • Ashley Boone, Lynn Kahalekomo & Riley Dickey.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Emma Cammack.  Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater
  • Riley Dickey, Whitney Elan & Ashley Boone.  The Crucible.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Jamie Salazar-Storton, Kayleigh Smith & Heather Luna.  Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse

  

BEST HAIR & WIG DESIGN

WINNER: Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s The Terrace Playhouse

Nominations:

  • Ashley Hilbert.  The Addams Family.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center
  • Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse
  • Perlita Simmons.  The Guardsman.  The SHAPE Performing Arts Centre
  • Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

  

BEST COSTUME DESIGN FOR A PLAY

WINNER: Margi Ritscher.  Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse

Nominations:

  • Christine Kowitz.  The Guardsman.  The SHAPE Performing Arts Centre
  • Kristin Dickey.  The Crucible.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Jessica Duran Steele & Cheryl Navo.  Inherit the Wind. Kaiserslautern's KMC Onstage

BEST COSTUME DESIGN FOR A MUSICAL

WINNER: Ashley Hilbert.  The Addams Family.  The Graf Performing Arts Center

Nominations:

  • Amber Demmon & Margi Ritscher.  Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse.
  • Robin Baker.  Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center
  • Pat Wilson & Linda Dahlstrom.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre

  

BEST SOUND DESIGN FOR A PLAY

WINNER: Peter & the Starcatcher. Wiesbaden’s Amelia Earhart Playhouse

Nominations:

  • Becca Davis.  Eleemosynary. Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater
  • SRA Josh de Guzman.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage
  • Richard Roberts & Alan Buxkemper.  The Taming of the Shrew. The Stuttgart Theatre Center

  

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Winner: Richard Roberts.  Berlin to Broadway.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center

Nominations:

  • SGT Clifford General.  Sister Act.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage
  • Katie Pawlik.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Hilaree Glenn.  Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

  

SPECIAL JUDGES’ CHOICE

For Overall Design Concept and Execution.

Alice in Wonderland

Ramstein's Razz Ma Tazz Community Theatre

 

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN FOR A PLAY

WINNER: Julie-Rose E. Tedrick.  The Crucible.  Aviano Community Theater

Nominations:

  • Andreas Dähn.  Peter & the Starcatcher.  Wiesbaden’s Amelia Earhart Playhouse
  • Hilaree Glenn.  Eleemosynary.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater
  • Cindy Krewson.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

 

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN FOR A MUSICAL

WINNER: Cindy Krewson. Sister Act. Kaiserslautern's KMC Onstage

Nominations:

  • SGT Kevin Bercut & Peter Pollard.  The Addams Family.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center
  • Cindy Krewson.  Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein's Razz Ma Tazz Family Theater.
  • Holger Schröder.  Berlin to Broadway.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center

 

BEST STAGE PROPERTIES & DRESSING FOR A PLAY

WINNER: Jan Helsen, Dan Lamorte & Ashley Watson.  The Guardsman.  The SHAPE Performing Arts Centre

Nominations:

  • Elizabeth Chiavetta.  Peter & the Starcatcher.  Wiesbaden’s Amelia Earhart Playhouse
  • She Kills Monsters.  Brunssum’s Alliance Players. 
  • Becca Davis.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage’

  

SPECIAL JUDGES’ CHOICE

MAJ Chris Hodl

Eleemosynary  Wing Design

Ramstein's Razz Ma Tazz Community Theatre

 

BEST STAGE PROPERTIES & DRESSING FOR A MUSICAL

WINNER: CC Kmon.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater

Nominations:

  • Kezia Huseman, Heather Luna & Parents & Cast.  Beauty & the Beast, Jr.
  • Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse. 
  • Richard Roberts.  Berlin to Broadway. The Stuttgart Theatre Center
  • Emma Cammack.  Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

  

BEST SET DESIGN FOR A PLAY

WINNERS: Cheryl Navo & Eric Danzeiser.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

Nonimations:

  • Dan Lamorte.  The Guardsman.  The SHAPE Performing Arts Centre
  • Brian Sowders.  Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse
  • Peter & Tammie Pollard.  Proof.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center

  

BEST SET DESIGN FOR A MUSICAL

WINNER: Richard Roberts.  Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center

Nominations:

  • Brian Sowders & Vikki Hanrahan.  Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse.
  • MSGT Ken Dickey. Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Jerry Brees.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre

  

BEST ORCHESTRA OR MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT

WINNER: Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center

Nominations

  • Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre.
  • Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

  

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR

WINNER: Suann Strickland.  Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

Nominations:

  • Kara Craven.  Sister Act.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage
  • Shawna Haas.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Alan Buxkemper.  Berlin to Broadway.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center
  • Ciriaco Colella.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre

 

BEST STAGE MANAGER FOR A PLAY

WINNER: Larissa Kramer.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

Nominations:

  • Emily Shumaker.  The Guardsman.  The SHAPE Performing Arts Centre
  • Samantha Dickey.  The Crucible.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Katherine Wellman.  Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse

 

BEST STAGE MANAGER FOR A MUSICAL

WINNER: Christie Cornell.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre

Nominations:

  • Elizabeth Hatch.  The Addams Family.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center
  • Larissa Kramer.  Sister Act.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage
  • MSGT Ken Dickey.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Jan Workman.  I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.  Wiesbaden’s Amelia Earhart Playhouse

  

BEST TECHNICAL DIRECTOR FOR A MUSICAL

WINNER: Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach Terrace Playhouse

Nominations:

  • MSGT Trevor Birch.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Alan Buxkemper.  Berlin to Broadway.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center
  • Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

  

BEST DEBUT IN A PLAY

WINNER: Gavin Gage.  She Kills Monsters.  Brunssum’s Alliance Players

Nominations:

  • Emma Miles.  She Kills Monsters.  Brunssum’s Alliance Players
  • Michael Hanretty.  The Crucible.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Marc Cabe. The Taming of the Shrew.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center

  

BEST MALE DEBUT IN A MUSICAL

WINNER: SFC Direck Whorley.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre

Nominations

  • Matt Foreman.  Sister Act.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

 

BEST FEMALE DEBUT IN A MUSICAL  

WINNER: SFC Tonya Prince.  Sister Act.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

Nominations

  • Mikaela Knudsen.  Sister Act.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage
  • Natalia Rodriguez Surillo.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater

  

BEST ENSEMBLE FOR A MUSICAL

WINNER: Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center

Nominations:     

  • Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse
  • Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater
  • I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.  Wiesbaden’s Amelia Earhart Playhouse

  

BEST ENSEMBLE FOR A PLAY

WINNER: Eleemosynary.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

Nominations:

  • Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse
  • Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage
  • Proof.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center

  

BEST MILITARY ACTRESS IN A PLAY   

WINNER: LTC Brandon Kaye Thomas. The Taming of the Shrew.  Stuttgart Theatre Center

Nominations:

  • Wg Cdr Lydia Scroggs.  The Guardsman.  The SHAPE Performing Arts Centre

 

BEST MILITARY ACTOR IN A PLAY 

WINNER: SPC Mason Brown.  Proof.  Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center

Nominations:

  • SPC Jacob Jansen.  Peter & the Starcatcher.  Wiesbaden’s Amelia Earhart Playhouse.
  • MSGT Trevor Birch.  The Crucible.  Aviano Community Theater
  • SRA Dalton Watson.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

 

BEST MILITARY PERFOMANCE IN A MUSICAL

WINNER: LTC Robert Taylor. Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill.  The Stuttgart Theatre Centre

Nominations:

  • SGT Devon Plues.  The Addams Family.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center.
  • TSGT Chip Kley.  Sister Act.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage.        
  • CPT Herman Lockhart.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre

  

BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY

WINNER: Samantha Talley. Eleemosynary.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

Nominations:

  • Rosie Galloway.  Peter & the Starcatcher.  Wiesbaden’s Amelia Earhart Playhouse.
  • Adison Lenz.  She Kills Monsters.  Brunssum’s Alliance Players.
  • Sam Coyour.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

  

BEST FEMALE YOUTH PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL

WINNER: Samantha Dickey.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater

Nominations:

  • Cassandra Ferguson.  Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse.
  • Annika Daniels-Matthews.  Beauty & the Beast, Jr.   Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse.
  • Alyssa Junkins.  Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater
  • Aurora Powell.  Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

  

BEST MALE YOUTH PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL 

WINNER: David Owen.  The Addams Family.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center

Nominations:

  • Aiden Storton.  Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse.
  • Carson Duplessie .  Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse. 
  • Colby Robertson.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Zane Hills.  Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

  

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

WINNER: Michelle Wallace.  The Guardsman.  The SHAPE Performing Arts Centre

Nominations:

  • Hannah Boone.  The Crucible.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Amanda Debroux-Boals.  The Crucible.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Margi Ritscher.  Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse

  

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

WINNER: Dale Coldwells.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

Nominations:

  • Caden Snider.  She Kills Monsters.  Brunssum’s Alliance Players
  • Charles Foote.  The Guardsman.  The SHAPE Performing Arts     Centre
  • Brian Sowders.  Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse
  • Robin Anderson.  The Taming of the Shrew.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center

  

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

WINNER: Tammy Simmons.  The Addams Family.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center

Nominations:

  • Stephanie Krebs.  Sister Act.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage.
  • Ariel Agunobi.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Violet Knoll.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre
  • Lexi Hills.  Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

  

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

WINNER: Kaleb Birch.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater

Nominations:

  • Todd Bailey.  The Addams Family.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center
  • Bryce Romleski.  Sister Act.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage
  • Henry Fernelius.  Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater
  • Elijah Luna.  Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse

  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY.

WINNER: Steve Thornbrugh.  Proof.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center

Nominations:

  • Coleton Stanley.  She Kills Monsters.  Brunssum’s Alliance Players
  • J.D. Dill.  Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse.
  • Cody Kramer.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage
  • Doug Richesson.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

WINNER: Trude Moellmann.  Lend Me A Tenor.  The Terrace Playhouse

Nominations:

  • Liz Lopez.  The Crucible.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Michelle Yamazaki.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage
  • Meghan Cuscuna.  Proof.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center
  • Sarah Watson.  The Taming of the Shrew.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center

  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

WINNER: Jeremy Cates.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s  Soldiers’ Theatre

Nominations:

  • Lincoln Kmon.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Jeremy Vargas.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre
  • Dean Bruce.  Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse

  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

WINNER: Jacqui Haggerty.  Sister Act.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage      

Nominations:

  • Kacey Dickey.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater
  • Kendall Seifert.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre
  • Kristi Fletcher.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre

  

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY 

WINNER: Tess Steddum.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

Nominations:

  • Rebekah Mason.  Peter & the Starcatcher.  Wiesbaden’s Amelia Earhart Playhouse.
  • Kezia Huseman.  Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse
  • Elizabeth Smith.  Proof.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center

  

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY 

WINNER: Tom Navo.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

Nominations:

  • Rodgerio Esparaza.  The Guardsman.  The SHAPE Performing Arts Centre
  • Travis O. Bruce.  Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse.
  • David Schwab. Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

  

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL 

WINNER: Robin Sampson.  Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre

Nominations:

  • Lindsey Wagner.  The Addams Family.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center         
  • Tracy Coffey.  Berlin to Broadway. The Stuttgart Theatre Center
  • Rebekah Mason. I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.  Wiesbaden’s Amelia Earhart Playhouse

  

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL 

WINNER: Adam Koehler.  I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.  The Amelia Earhart Playhouse

Nominations:

  • Tim Pendergrass.  The Addams Family.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center
  • Nathan Dehnke.  Berlin to Broadway.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center
  • Martin C. Jelonek.  Berlin to Broadway.  Stuttgart Theatre Center

 

BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

WINNER: Cheryl Navo.  Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

Nominations:

  • Hilaree Glenn.  Eleemosynary.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater
  • Vikki Hanrahan.  Lend Me A Tenor. Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse
  • Tammie Pollard.  Proof.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center

  

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

WINNER: Richard Roberts.  Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill.  Stuttgart Theatre Center

Nominations:

  • Vikki Hanrahan.  Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse.
  • Kristin Dickey.  Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater.
  • Kara Craven.  Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

  

BEST FAMILY SHOW

WINNER: Alice in Wonderland.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater

Nominations:

  • Beauty & the Beast, Jr.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse.
  • Mary Poppins, Jr.  Aviano Community Theater

 

BEST PLAY

WINNER: Inherit the Wind.  Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage

Nominations:

  • Eleemosynary.  Ramstein’s Razz Ma Tazz Community Theater
  • Lend Me A Tenor.  Ansbach’s Terrace Playhouse.
  • Proof.  The Grafenwöhr Performing Arts Center

  

BEST MUSICAL

WINNER: Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill.  The Stuttgart Theatre Center

Nominations:

  • Once Upon A Mattress.  Vicenza’s Soldiers’ Theatre
  • I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.  Wiesbaden’s Amelia Earhart Playhouse

 

2018 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY THEATRE REGION X AWARDS. 

(Click names for links to awards citations.)

 

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Celebrity Award Announcement Videos

The celebrities below generously participated in the 2018 TOPPERs Awards Show by announcing award winner's names by video.

Click on the Award to see the awards announcement video. (Under construction.)

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     IMCOM Region Director,
      Mr. Michael D. Formica
 

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              Nina Arianda
         Best Actor in a Play
 

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        Rachel Brosnahan
 

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     Kristin Chenoweth
 

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       Harvey Fierstein
 

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    Lin-Manuel Miranda
 

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     David Hyde Pierce
 

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         Sam Rockwell

 

 

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           Ben Stiller

 

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           Chris Pine
 

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          Kirsten Vangsness
Best Male Debut in a Musical
 
 

 

Awards Show Staff and Performers

PRODUCTION & TECHNICAL CREW
Vic Phillipson

Brian Sowders
Cindy Krewson
Steve Knaup
Tom Navo
David Schwab
Jan Workman
Andres Daehne
Jan Workman
Brian Rausch

Public Address, Mainz

TOPPERs Trophy Assistant
Julianna Knaup

TOPPERs Emcees
Victoria Hanrahan and Dane Winters

TOPPERs Photographer
Sam Akers

VIDEOGRAPHER

Richard Herman

HOSPITALITY CREW
Richard Roberts
Nate Records
Cheryl Navo
Mary Warwick
Krissy Akers
Richard Herman
Julianna Knaup
Sandy Sapatka
Marion Laragy
Valerie Laragy
Marco Vialpando
Kara Craven
Bailey Craven
Stephanie Paoletti
Latoya Engler

TOPPERs Singers
Jeanne Ragonese
Taylor Evans
Tracey Coffey
Rebekah Mason
Sylvia Rausch
SPC Jacob Jansen
David Burmedi
Andreas Kraft
SSgt Anthony Orsillo
J.D. Dill

TOPPERs Music Director
Alan Buxkemper

TOPPERs Musicians
Felix Loewy
Stefan Munster
Craig Basgall

TOPPERs Singers Staging
Richard Roberts

"Come Alive" Choreographer
SSgt Anthony Orsillo

"Come Alive" Assistant Choreographer
Brittany Antoszewski 

“Come Alive” and TOPPERS Singer Costumes

Robin Powell & Brian McGrail, Theatrix

“Come Alive” Dancers
SrA Shelby Dausener
Courtney Quitter
Kaden Senkbeil
Kennidy Senkbeil
Chloe Wright
Hannah Millburg
Jeff Millburg
Zoe Hudzikiewicz
Alyssa Junkins
Aurora Powell
Isaac Ontiveros
Kimberly Unruh
Mia Petritz
Hannah San Pedro
Brittany Lyn Antoszewski
Robin Powell

 

Participating US Army Europe Entertainment and Air Force Theaters

Grafenwoehr Performing Arts Center, USAG Bavaria/Grafenwoehr, Germany. 2018 TOPPERs Trailer

The Terrace Playhouse, USAG Ansbach, Germany. 2018 TOPPERs Trailer

KMC Onstage Main Stage & Studio Theater, USAG Rheinland Pfalz/Kaiserslautern, Germany.  2018 TOPPERs Trailer

Aviano Community Theater, US Air Force Aviano Air Base, Italy. 2018 TOPPERs Trailer

The Stuttgart Theater Center, USAG Stuttgart, Germany. 2018 TOPPERs Trailer

The Amelia Earhart Playhouse, USAG Wiesbaden, Germany. 2018 TOPPERs Trailer

Razz-Ma-Tazz Community Theater, US Air Force Ramstein Air Base, Germany. 2018 TOPPERs Trailer

The Alliance Players, Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum NATO Base, Netherlands. 2018 TOPPERs Trailer

The SHAPE Players Performing Arts Center, USAG SHAPE, Belgium. 2018 TOPPERs Trailer

The Soldiers’ Theatre, USAG Italy/Vicenza, Italy. 2018 TOPPERs Trailer

Entries

Once Upon a Mattress
Vicenza's Soldiers’ Theatre (Italy)

Mary Poppins, Jr. and The Crucible
The Aviano Community Theater (Italy)

Beauty & the Beast, Jr. and Lend Me a Tenor
Ansbach's Terrace Place House (Germany)

The Addams Family and Proof
Grafenwoehr Performing Arts Center (Germany)

She Kills Monsters
The Brunssum Alliance Theater (Netherlands)

The Guardsman
SHAPE Players Performing Arts Center (Belgium)

Sister Act  and Inherit the Wind
Kaiserslautern’s KMC Onstage Main Stage (Germany)

Eleemosynary  and Alice in Wonderland
Ramstein Air Base's Razz Ma Tazz Community Theatre (Germany)

Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill and Taming of the Shrew
The Stuttgart Theater Center (Germany)

Peter & the Starcatcher and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Wiesbaden's Amelia Earhart Playhouse (Germany)