| OCR Text |
Show Potguts salute best of 83-84 theater season by Rick Brough The Potgut Awards program doesn't hand out gold, silver and bronze medals. But occasionally it provides an ego. boost to some deserving actor or actresses. It's also good for birdcage linings and fishwrap. Yes, it's time to take stock of last season's achievements in local theater. The 1983-84 season witnessed witness-ed a number of changes. Plays were a bit smaller-scale than usual, but also better. The Shakespeare Festival Festi-val of the Intermountain Acting Ensemble blossomed. (This year we are putting them in a separate category. The festival is locally produced, and yet in terms of the actors shouldn't be lumped with the Park City productions.) "THIS is the Place" inaugurated one of Park City's most intriguing theatrical developments. It has become the most popular production ever from Park City Performances. (This is in part because of shrewd marketing, and in part due to a script that aims to hit the audience where it lives. ) Let us note one final irony. The experimental play "True West" was clearly a commercial failure. But it probably came as close to its potential, aualitv-wise. as did "Place." PCP's announcement that it may do an original play next winter is good news. It means the group will not neglect the experi mental path in theater. As usual, the awards are sometimes uneven. There is a wealth of talent in some categories, a drought in others. (Sometimes that simply happens because, say, plays in a season have a lot of good lead roles and few juicy parts in support. ) Leslie Miller helped with reviews this year, and we would like to thank her for consulting us on the award choices. She is free to take credit for the good choices here, and to disavow the bad ones. No one will agree with us completely. There will be questions of "why did he win?" or "It's incredible he forgot So-and-so!" So why doesn't someone re-institute the Actors Award Dinner this time for both Park City Performances and the Intermountain Actors Ensemble. Here, then, are the Fourjth Annual Potgut Awards: Best Dramatic Production : "Deathtrap," directed by Craig Clyde. Honorable Mention: "Prisoner of Second Avenue" Best Actor in a Dramatic Production : Dan Rogers, "Deathtrap" Honorable Mention: Chuck Folkerth, "Prisoner of Second Avenue" Dan Balestrero, "Deathtrap " Best Actress: Debra Merrill, "Prisoner of Second Avenue" Honorable Mention: Anne Bumett, "Two for the Seesaw" Best Supporting Actor: Duane Fouse, "Prisoner of Second Avenue " Best Supporting Actress: TRobin Riley, "Deathtrap" Special group award in drama: Jean Holmes, Cathy Morris and Robin Riley as Mel's sisters in "Prisoner of Second Avenue" Best Musical Production: "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," directed by Ed Britt Honorable Mention: -"The Fantasticks" "Stop the World, I Want to get Off" Best Musical Actor: Richard Russell, "Fantasticks " Honorable Mention: Richard Scott, "Charlie Brown" Ric Kirschner, "Stop the World" Moe Mandrell, "This is the Place" Best Musical Actress: Maggie Reno, "Charlie Brown" Honorable Mention: Jay e Maynard, "Stop the World" Barbara Bramble, "The Fantasticks" Fanta-sticks" Leslie Luyken, "This is the Place" Best Supporting .Musical Actor: Curt Graf, "Charlie Brown" Ilonorable Mention: Robbie Smith, "Charlie Brown" Roger Fuller, "The Fantasticks" Fantas-ticks" Dennis Sullivan, "The Fantasticks." Fantas-ticks." Collyn Adamson, "Charlie Brown" Steve Chin, "Mame" Blake Pierce, "The Fantasticks" Fantas-ticks" Best Supporting Musical Actress: Jackie Craigle, "Mame" Honorable Mention: Val Thurnell, "Charlie Brown" Colleen Wimmer, "This is the Place" Special group musical award: Ann MacQuoid, Page Morris and Mike Phillips as the terribly uppity Upsons in "Mame.' SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, 1983 Best Play: "Hamlet" directed by Tony Leger Best Actor: J. Omar Hansen, as "Hamlet" Best Actress : Linda Black, as Ophelia in "Hamlet" Best All-Around: Brent Matthews and Shaun Weaver. |
