2007

Junior Section

NOMINATIONS AND RECIPIENTS 2007
* Denotes Winner
Junior Production of the Year
Sweet Charity, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Hot Mikado, Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
*Urinetown, St Michael’s Grammar School
Fiddler on the Roof, Parade College with Catholic Ladies’ College

Direction of a Junior Production
Richard O’Shaughnessy, The Mikado, Xavier College / Genazzano FCJ College
David Crawshaw, Sweet Charity, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Nick Evans / Dawson Hann, Hot Mikado, Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
*Merryn Anstee, Urinetown, St Michael’s Grammar School
Alan Burrows, Fiddler on the Roof, Parade College with Catholic Ladies’ College
Stephen O’Neil, Hot Mikado, Ballarat Grammar

Musical Direction of a Junior Production
*Margaret Arnold, Hot Mikado, Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Natalie Calia, Urinetown, St Michael’s Grammar School
Jonathan Skovron, Seussical, Leibler Yavneh College
Sian Parry, Once Upon A Mattress, St Leonard’s College

Junior Male Performer in a Leading Role
Mattthew Whitty, Ko-Ko, The Mikado, Xavier College / Genazzano FCJ College
Jarred Kieser, Joseph, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Mount Scopus Memorial College
David Vatousios, Ko-Ko, Hot Mikado, Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Sam Gipson, Officer Lockstock, Urinetown, St Michael’s Grammar School
Jordan White, Bobby Strong, Urinetown, St Michael’s Grammar School
*Stephen Valeri, Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof, Parade College with Catholic Ladies’ College

Junior Female Performer in a Leading Role
*Annabel Barton, Charity Hope Valentine, Sweet Charity, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Isabella Thomas, Yum-Yum, Hot Mikado, Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Annika Childs, Hope Cladwell, Urinetown, St Michael’s Grammar School
Rebecca Sabatino, Dolly Levi, Hello, Dolly!, Westbourne Grammar School

Junior Male in a Supporting Role
Jack Pearson, Gaston, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Ivanhoe Grammar School
Stuart O’Gorman, Cogsworth, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Ivanhoe Grammar School
Gabriel Strangio, Caldwell B. Cladwell, Urinetown, St Michael’s Grammar School 
*Robert Holian, Cornelius, Hello, Dolly!, Westbourne Grammar School 
David Delmenico, Dentist, Little Shop of Horrors, Glen Waverley Secondary College

Junior Female in a Supporting Role
*Lauren Midgley, Katisha, Hot Mikado, Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Lisa Wright, Little Sally, Urinetown, St Michael’s Grammar School
Danielle Sexton, Penelope Pennywise, Urinetown, St Michael’s Grammar School
Tessa Pavilach, Katisha, Hot Mikado, Ballarat Grammar

Five Awards for Excellence 
Stacy Gardoll, settings, The Mikado, Xavier College / Genazzano FCJ College
Tracy Watt, settings, Urinetown, St Michael’s Grammar School 
Susan Lewis, choreography, Sweet Charity, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Felicity Pearson, choreography, Hot Mikado, Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road 
Peter Tulloch, wardrobe, Hot Mikado, Ballarat Grammar.
Judges’ Awards 

Judges’ Awards will be presented to individuals associated with productions by Catchment Players of Darebin, Carey Musical Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College and BLOC Music Theatre.
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Nominations and Recipients
2008
Junior Section
* denotes the winner
Junior Production of the Year
*Anything Goes, Carey Musical Theatre Company
West Side Story, M² Theatre Company
Pippin, Ballarat Grammar
Urinetown, Ballarat and Clarendon College
Children of Eden, St Leonard’s College
* Seussical, St Joseph’s College
Cabaret, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road

Direction of a Junior Production
David Crawshaw, Anything Goes, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Natalie Ciardulli, West Side Story, M² Theatre Company
Peter Tulloch, Pippin, Ballarat Grammar
Melissa Casey, Urinetown, Ballarat and Clarendon College
Kim Anderson, Children of Eden, St Leonard’s College
* Janine McLean, Seussical, St Joseph’s College
Dawson Hann / Felicity Pearson / Tony Scanlon, Cabaret, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road

Musical Direction of a Junior Production
Jason Digby, Anything Goes, Carey Musical Theatre Company
* Peter Cavenagh, West Side Story, M² Theatre Company
Adrian Szondy, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Knox School
Steven Belcher, Urinetown, Ballarat and Clarendon College
Amy Wert, Seussical, St Joseph’s College
Margaret Arnold / David Mowat, Cabaret, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road

Junior Male Performer in a Leading Role
Luke Bilotta, Tony, West Side Story, M² Theatre Company
Robert Holian, Harry Witherspoon, Lucky Stiff, Westbourne Grammar School
Abraham Theobald-Warren, Leading Player, Pippin, Ballarat Grammar
Luke McLean, Bobby Strong, Urinetown, Ballarat and Clarendon College
* Paul Harris, Officer Lockstock, Urinetown, Ballarat and Clarendon College
Lyndon Watts, Cat in the Hat, Seussical, St Joseph’s College
Josh Robson, Billy Crocker, Anything Goes, Carey Musical Theatre Company

Junior Female Performer in a Leading Role
Christina Kay, Reno Sweeney, Anything Goes, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Nikita Angelofsky, Maria, West Side Story, M² Theatre Company
Isobel Yates, Gertrude McFuzz, Seussical, The Ivanhoe Grammar School, Plenty Campus
Jenna Mann, Millie Dillmount, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Knox School
Michaela Powell, Gertrude McFuzz, Seussical, St Joseph’s College
* Chiara Hunter, Sally Bowles, Cabaret, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Dimity Kirkwood, Audrey, Little Shop of Horrors, St Michael’s Grammar School

Junior Male in a Supporting Role
* Oliver Wicks, Moonface Martin, Anything Goes, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Matthew Cox, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, Anything Goes, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Mark-Henry Decrausaz, Elisha Whitney, Anything Goes, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Bryan Colling, Caldwell B. Cladwell, Urinetown, Ballarat and Clarendon College
Thomas Watson, Mr McQueen, Urinetown, Ballarat and Clarendon College
Daniel Ridolfi, Iago, Disney’s Aladdin Jr, Catchment Players of Darebin
Nick Eynaud, Genie, Disney’s Aladdin Jr, Catchment Players of Darebin

Junior Female in a Supporting Role
Katie Wood, Erma, Anything Goes, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Ruby Mountford, Evangeline Harcourt, Anything Goes, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Danielle Stamatakis, Anita, West Side Story, M² Theatre Company
* Gillian Fernandes, Mayzie La Bird, Seussical, Emmaus College
Lauren Midgeley, Fraulein Schneider, Cabaret, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Annabelle Tudor, Fraulein Kost, Cabaret, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road

Six Awards for Excellence 
Six Awards for Excellence will be presented to individuals associated with productions by M² Theatre Company, Carey Musical Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College, St Joseph’s College, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road and Ballarat Grammar.

Judges’ Awards|
Judges’ Awards will be presented to individuals associated with productions by Catchment Players of Darebin, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road, ACTion, M² Theatre Company and People’s Playhouse / Kidz 4 Kidz. 
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Nominations and Recipients

2009    * Denoted Recipient

Junior Production of the Year

 Calamity Jane, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Ragtime (School Edition), Donvale Christian College
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Melbourne High School / The MacRobertson Girls’ High School
 * Thoroughly Modern Millie, Westbourne Grammar School
 * Hair, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Seussical, ACTion Youth Theatre

Direction of a Junior Production

David Crawshaw, Calamity Jane, Carey Musical Theatre Company
James Cutler, Ragtime (School Edition), Donvale Christian College
Kylene Cook / George Marotous, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Melbourne High School / The MacRobertson Girls’ High School
Christine McGowen, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Westbourne Grammar School
Karl McNamara, Urinetown, Glen Waverley Secondary College
Angela Phillips, Jesus Christ Superstar, Elisabeth Murdoch College
 * Dawson Hann / Felicity Pearson, Hair, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road

Musical Direction of a Junior Production

 Lesley White, Ragtime (School Edition), Donvale Christian College
 * Carla Barnett / Kate Zampatti, Fiddler on the Roof, Christian College Geelong
Natalie Calia, Hot Mikado, St Michael’s Grammar School
Trevor Jones, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Melbourne High School / The MacRobertson Girls’ High School
Sharon O’Brien / Geoff Hayhow, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Westbourne Grammar School
Margaret Arnold / Ben Marsland, Hair, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road

Junior Male Performer in a Leading Role 

Jack Van Staveren, Emcee, Cabaret, Ivanhoe Grammar School (Ridgeway Campus)
Ben Hodges, Nick Piazza, Fame – The Musical, St Monica’s College, Epping
David Delmenico, Bobby Strong, Urinetown, Glen Waverley Secondary College
Daniel Smorgon, Woof, Hair, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
 * Maxwell Simon, Claude, Hair, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Alex Beckitt, Horton the Elephant, Seussical, ACTion Youth Theatre

Junior Female Performer in a Leading Role

 Christina Kay, Calamity Jane, Calamity Jane, Carey Musical Theatre Company
Rachael Conway, Mother, Ragtime (School Edition), Donvale Christian College
Ashleigh Harbinson, Gertrude McFuzz, Seussical, Rosebud Secondary College
Emma Hoy, Belle, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Melbourne High School / The MacRobertson Girls’ High School
 * Chloe McDonald, Millie Dillmount, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Westbourne Grammar School
Hayley Edwards, The Cat in the Hat, Seussical, ACTion Youth Theatre
Ebony Puopolo, Gertrude McFuzz, Seussical, ACTion Youth Theatre 

Junior Male in a Supporting Role

James Dinopoulos, Archibald Grosvenor, Patience, Xavier College / Genazzano FCJ College
 * Mark Yeates, Tateh, Ragtime (School Edition), Donvale Christian College
Charles Grounds, Harry Houdini, Ragtime (School Edition), Donvale Christian College
Caleb Vines, Motel, Fiddler on the Roof, Christian College Geelong
Josiah Lulham, Herr Schultz, Cabaret, Ivanhoe Grammar School (Ridgeway Campus)
Alex Neal, Ernst Ludwig, Cabaret, Ivanhoe Grammar School (Ridgeway Campus)
Nick Eynaud, Queen of Hearts, Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, Jr, Catchment Players of Darebin
Daniel Ridolfi, White Rabbit, Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, Jr, Catchment Players of Darebin

Junior Female in a Supporting Role

 Katie Batrouney, Emma Goldman, Ragtime (School Edition), Donvale Christian College
Ashleigh Farnsworth, Yente, Fiddler on the Roof, Christian College Geelong
Maritza Sibanda, Babette, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Melbourne High School / The MacRobertson Girls’ High School
 * Melanie Harkin, Miss Dorothy Brown, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Westbourne Grammar School
Fiona Holt, Muzzy van Hossmere, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Westbourne Grammar School
Tayla Smith, Little Sally, Urinetown, Glen Waverley Secondary College
Annabelle Tudor, Jeannie, Hair, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road

Five Awards for Excellence

Awards for Excellence will be presented to individuals associated with productions by Rosebud Secondary College, Catchment Players of Darebin, The Adamson Theatre Company at Wesley St Kilda Road, Ivanhoe Grammar School (Plenty Campus) and BLOC Music Theatre.

Judges’ Awards

Judges’ Awards will be presented to individuals associated with productions by Ballarat and Clarendon College, Catchment Players of Darebin, Elisabeth Murdoch College, ACTion Youth Theatre and Glen Waverley Secondary College.