Who won the Chancie Awards?

Wylie Aitken, Jocelyn L. Buckner, Wade Williamson, Chancie Award winner Monika Pena, and Casey Long at the 2018 Season Bash and Chancie Awards

On the evening of Monday, November 19th, we honored artists from the last year at our annual Season Bash, an exclusive event to celebrate the exciting work on our stages this past year and offer sneak preview performances from next year’s season. This consistently sold-out event has always existed to celebrate significant achievement and to recognize outstanding talent. This year, we honored that mission by presenting 7 artistic awards, a Star Company Member Award and a Star Volunteer Award. There was also special recognition given to, and our Season Producers, Bette & Wylie Aitken. Nominees and recipients are listed below, with a photo gallery from the event.

This year, the event was once again co-hosted by Season Producer Wylie Aitken and Chance Founding Artist Casey Long, who kicked off the event by recognizing all the artists from the previous year, the Board of Directors, and our Honorary Producers. Next up, we began our trip down memory lane, starting with last year’s Secret Garden all the way up through The Other Place. Chance Resident Members and Board Members then briefly spoke about this past years productions as well as our On the Radar Series, partnership with TACFA and production of The Little Mermaid, and Chance Theater’s Education and Outreach programs.

The evening also included a special moment to remember and honor Courtny Greenough, a beloved member of the Chance family for many years. Her family was presented the Star Company Member Award as a small token of her impact on all of us at Chance Theater.

Thank you to all our artists who continue to contribute their talent to the advancement of our mission, to the producers who make it possible for us to present bold and personal work, and our Board and Company for being amazing, and here’s to a wonderful upcoming 2019 Season!

CHANCIE AWARD NOMINEES & WINNERS

Star Volunteer Award
Ryan Brodkin

Star Company Member Award
Courtny Greenough

Outstanding Specialty Design
Matthew Aldwin McGee, Puppet Design for Big Fish — WINNER
Megan Hill, Props Designer for James and the Giant Peach
Nick Santiago, Projection Designer for Big Fish
Nick Santiago, Projection Designer for The Other Place

Outstanding Lead Design
Fred Kinney, Scenic Designer for Violet — WINNER
Masako Tobaru, Lighting Designer for Big Fish
Bradley Kaye, Scenic Designer for Big Fish
Bradley Lock, Costume Designer for Big Fish
Christopher Scott Murillo, Scenic Designer for Good People

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play
Karen Webster as Dottie, Good People — WINNER
Jonathan Fisher as Owen, Elevada
Lola Kelly as June, Elevada

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical
Rachel Oliveros Catalano as The Witch, Big Fish– WINNER
Michael J. Isennock as Amos Calloway, Big Fish
Chris Kerrigan as Preacher, Violet

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play
Jacqueline Wright as Juliana, The Other Place — WINNER
Robert Foran as Mike, Good People
Amanda Zarr as Margaret, Good People

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical
Monika Peña as Violet, Violet — WINNER
Laura M. Hathaway as Sandra Bloom, Big Fish
Jeff Lowe as Edward Bloom, Big Fish

Outstanding Direction
Jocelyn A. Brown, Director of Good People — WINNER
Matthew McCray, Director of The Other Place
Oanh Nguyen, Director of Big Fish