Chanticleer, American Midwest Ballet among nominees for 2019 Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards

Performing Arts Awards Categories and Nominees:

Outstanding Actor (Musical)

· Jodi Vaccaro — Ragtime (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· J. Isaiah Smith — Ragtime (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Katie Miller — Into the Woods (Papillion-La Vista Community Theatre)

· Torisa Walker — Legally Blonde: The Musical (Creighton University)

· Angie Heim — Fun Home (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Mackenzie Dehmer — The Bridges of Madison County (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Nadia Williams — The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (The Union for Contemporary Art)

· Steve Krambeck — Shrek, The Musical (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Josh Peyton — Of Mice and Men (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Teri Fender — Men in Boats (Omaha Community Play)

· Steve Krambeck — One Man, Two Guv'nors (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Jonathan Purcell — Indecent (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Devel Crisp — The Blues of Knowing Why (Great Plains Theater Conference at The Union for Contemporary Art)

· Felicia Webster — The Blues of Knowing Why (Great Plains Theater Conference at The Union for Contemporary Art)

· Giovanni Quezada — Leading Ladies (Florence Community Theatre)

· Anna Jordan — I and You (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Men in Boats (Omaha Community Game)

· Leading Ladies (Florence Community Theatre)

· An Act of God (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Baskerville (Bellevue Little Theatre)

· One Man, Two Guv'nors (Omaha Community Playhouse)

Excellent Comedy Ensemble

· Yer Mom's Comedy Show

· Plenty of entertainment

Outstanding Director (Musical)

· Kimberly Faith Hickman — Ragtime (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Denise Chapman — The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (The Union for Contemporary Art)

· Roxanne Wach — Fun Home (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Kimberly Faith Hickman — Shrek, The Musical (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Suzanne Withem — Little Women (Chanticleer Community Theatre)

· Matt Gutschick — Elf, The Musical (The Rose Theatre)

· Amy Lane — Legally Blonde: The Musical (Creighton University)

Outstanding Director (Game)

· Amy Lane — Men on Boats (Omaha Community Play)

· Susan Clement-Toberer — Indecent (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Ablan Roblin — Of Mice and Men (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Denise Chapman — More than Neighbors (Great Plains Theater Conference at The Union for Contemporary Art)

· Beth Thompson — She Kills Monsters (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Amy Lane and Beth Thompson — The Flora and the Fauna (Independent Production)

· Anthony Clark-Kaczmarek — One Man, Two Guv'nors (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Indecent (Bluebarn Theatre)

· The Woodsman (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Of Mice and Men (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· More from the neighbors (The Union for Contemporary Art)

· The Blues of Knowing Why (Great Plains Theater Conference at The Union for Contemporary Art)

· Bold Girls (Brigit Saint Brigit Theater Company)

· The Flora and The Fauna (Independent Production)

Outstanding Local Dance Production

· Waiting for reality — tbd. dance team and Nik Fackler (Kaneko)

· Nutcracker Delights — Ever After Productions

· The Wizard of Oz — American Midwest Ballet (Orpheum Theater)

· Midland University Dance Exhibition — Midland University (Kimmel Theatre)

· Queerniverse Burlesque

· The Africa Djawa — Connecting African Culture

Excellent poet of local performance

· Heidi Prairiesong Hermanson

· Ragtime (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Fun Home (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Matilda, The Musical (The Rose Theatre)

· The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (The Union for Contemporary Art)

· Legally Blonde: The Musical (Creighton University)

· Little Women (Chanticleer Community Theatre)

· Into the Woods (Papillion-La Vista Community Theatre)

Excellent premiere of a new, original, local script

· The Blues of Knowing Why — Christopher Maly (Great Plains Theater Conference at The Union for Contemporary Art)

· More from Neighbors — Denise Chapman (The Union for Contemporary Art)

· Handling — Shayne Kennedy (Creighton University)

· Return to Niobrara — Mary Katheryn Nagle (The Rose Theatre)

· EPIC — Ellen Struve (Great Plains Theater Conference at Metropolitan Community College)

· The Doll Maker's Gift — book by EllaRose Chary and Fran Sillau. music by Brian Feinstein; lyrics by Sammy Buck (The Rose Theatre)

· Insert — Ashley Laverty (Kerfuffle)

· The White Gander — Jill Anderson (The Ollie Webb Center)

Outstanding Supporting Actor (Musical)

· Robyn Helwig — Into the Woods (Papillion-La Vista Community Theatre)

· Joey Hartshorn — The Bridges of Madison County (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Jordan Smith — Shrek, The Musical (Omaha Community Play)

· Melissa King — Matilda, The Musical (The Rose Theatre)

· Jon Flower — Ragtime (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Dara Hogan — Ragtime (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Brandi Smith — The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (The Union for Contemporary Art)

· Joey Galda — Matilda, The Musical (The Rose Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actor (Game)

· Yone Edegbele — Men in Boats (Omaha Community Game)

· Mike Palmreuter — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Brendan Brown — She Kills Monsters (Omaha Community Game)

· Daena Schweiger — Men in Boats (Omaha Community Play)

· Ezra Colon — Indecent (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Leanne Hill-Carlson — Indecent (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Carrie Beth Stickrod — She Kills Monsters (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Anthony Holmes — More Than Neighbors (The Union for Contemporary Art)

Excellent Choreographer

· Sue Gillespie Booton — Matilda, The Musical (The Rose Theatre)

· Sue Gillespie Booton — Elf, The Musical (The Rose Theatre)

· Michelle Garrity — Ragtime (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Julian Adair — Nutcracker Delights (Ever After Productions)

· Melanie Walters — Indecent (BLUEBARN Theatre)

Excellent Costume Design

· Lindsay Pape — Shrek, The Musical (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Lindsay Pape — Ragtime (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Amanda Fehlner — She Kills Monsters (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Jenny Pool — The Woodsman (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Lora Kaup — Legally Blonde: The Musical (Creighton University)

· Deborah Overturff — The Wizard of Oz (American Midwest Ballet)

Excellent lighting design

· Chris Wood — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Craig Moxon — Matilda, The Musical (The Rose Theatre)

· Stephen Williams — Indecent (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Jim Othuse — Fun Home (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Joshua Mullady — I and You (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Joey Lorincz — Beauty & The Beast (Ralston Community Theatre)

· Rick Goble — Men in Boats (Omaha Community Playhouse)

Excellent Music Direction

· Jim Boggess — Ragtime (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Liz Stinman — Into The Woods (Papillion-La Vista Community Theatre)

· Jerry Brabec — Matilda, The Musical (The Rose Theatre)

· Jennifer Novak Haar — Fun Home (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Jim Boggess — Shrek, The Musical (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Jim Boggess — The Bridges of Madison County (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Liz Stinman — Little Women (Chanticleer Community Theatre)

· Hal France and Olga Smola — Indecent (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Robyn Helwig — Baskerville (Bellevue Little Theatre)

· Darin Kuehler — Shrek, The Musical (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Amy Reiner — The Woodsman (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Darin Kuehler — Ragtime (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Amy Reiner — Indecent (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Darin Kuehler — She Kills Monsters (Omaha Community Playhouse)

Excellent Scenic Design

· Ben Adams — Into the Woods (Papillion-La Vista Community Theatre)

· Steven Williams — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Omaha Community Player)

· Tim McMath — Matilda, The Musical (The Rose Theatre)

· Jim Othuse — Men in Boats (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Adam Rowe — Elf, The Musical (The Rose Theatre)

· Kathy Voecks — The Return to Niobrara (The Rose Theatre)

· Bill Van Deest — The Blues of Knowing Why (Great Plains Theater Conference at The Union for Contemporary Art)

· Jay Hanson and John Gibilisco — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Bill Kirby — Indecent (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· John Gibilisco — Men in Boats (Omaha Community Play)

· Molly Welsh — I and You (BLUEBARN Theatre)

· Bill Kirby — Legally Blonde: The Musical (Creighton University)

Excellent performance by a young actor

· Maddie Smith — Matilda, The Musical (The Rose Theatre)

· Pieper Roeder — Ragtime (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Dina Salzman — The Secret Garden (University of Nebraska at Omaha)

· Riley Perez — She Kills Monsters (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Alyssa Riha — The Voice of the Prairie (Lofte Community Theatre)

· Dominic Torres — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Omaha Community Playhouse)

· Sasha Dennenberg — Fun Home (Omaha Community Playhouse)

See the full list of Visual Arts nominees and more at oea-awards.org/current-nominees.