Polls closed Tuesday night for the Upstate Theatre Awards – formerly the Carolina Curtain Call Awards – and the winners have been tabulated. And there were some surprises indeed – Newsies and Bright Star were early favorites to take home the top prizes. Thank you to all who voted and thank you Upstate theatres for another year (or half year) of incredible stage magic.
Please note any entries that did not follow directions or write-ins that were outside the specified dates of September 1, 2019 – August 31, 2020 were not counted.
Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners. And the envelope please…
The Kim Granner Lifetime Achievement Award
KIM GRANNER
(CCC will share the beautiful comments voters have written about Kim with her family).
Best Musical That Never Was Due to Covid-19
9 to 5: The Musical at Centre Stage (re-scheduled for March 2022)
Best Play That Never Was Due to Covid-19
The Dixie Swim Club – Greenville Theatre (re-scheduled for July 2021)
MUSICAL of the Year (Professional)
Little Shop of Horrors – Centre Stage
MUSICAL of the YEAR (Non-Professional Large House)
Lost Highway – Spartanburg Little Theatre
MUSICAL of the YEAR (Non-Professional Medium/Small House)
Into the Woods – The Market Theatre Company
PLAY of the YEAR (Professional)
The Crucible – The Warehouse Theatre
PLAY of the YEAR (Non-Professional Large House)
A Raisin in the Sun – Greenwood Community Theatre
PLAY of the YEAR (Non-Professional Medium/Small House)
The Pink Unicorn – Proud Mary Theatre Company
MUSIC SHOW of the YEAR
I Feel Good: A Trip to Motown – Centre Stage
ORIGINAL PLAY or MUSICAL of the Year
The Inspector of Oz – Misfit Theatre Company
SOLO SHOW of the YEAR
The Pink Unicorn – Proud Mary Theatre Company
Virtual Play of the Year
TIE: Couples – Centre Stage and The Men From the Boys – Proud Mary Theatre Company
Virtual Music Series of the Year
Upstate Sings – Producer Tim St. Clair II
Virtual Musical Performance of the Year – Solo
(no winner)
Virtual Musical Performance of the Year – Ensemble
This is Me – Upstate Sings
DIRECTOR of the YEAR – MUSICAL
Kevin Treu – Lost Highway (Spartanburg Little Theatre)
DIRECTOR of the YEAR – PLAY
Clark Nesbitt – A Raisin in the Sun (Greenwood Community Theatre)
MUSIC DIRECTOR of the YEAR
Tim St. Clair – Newsies (Greenville Theatre)
CHOREOGRAPHER of the YEAR
Kimberly Ferreira – Newsies (Greenville Theatre)
ACTORS of the YEAR in a LEADING ROLE (MUSICAL)
Mitch Smith – Lost Highway (Spartanburg Little Theatre)
TIE: Mary Evan Giles – Little Shop of Horrors (Centre Stage) and John C. Leggett – Newsies (Greenville Theatre)
ACTORS of the Year in a SUPPORTING ROLE (MUSICAL)
Miranda Barnett – Hedwig and the Angry Inch (The Warehouse Theatre)
Javy E. Pagan – Little Shop of Horrors (Centre Stage)
ACTORS of the YEAR in a LEADING ROLE (PLAY)
Miriam Miles Burgess – A Raisin in the Sun (Greenwood Community Theatre)
Kelly Davis – The Pink Unicorn (Proud Mary Theatre Company)
ACTORS of the YEAR in a SUPPORTING ROLE (PLAY)
Andre Gregory- A Raisin in the Sun (Greenwood Community Theatre)
Antoinette Hall – A Raisin in the Sun (Greenwood Community Theatre)
SCENIC DESIGNER of the YEAR – MUSICAL
Clint Walker – Little Shop of Horrors (Centre Stage)
SCENIC DESIGNER of the YEAR (PLAY)
Rick Connor – And Then There Were None (Spartanburg Little Theatre)
COSTUME DESIGNER of the YEAR – MUSICAL
Elizabeth Gray – Mamma Mia! (Spartanburg Little Theatre)
COSTUME DESIGNER of the YEAR – PLAY
TIE: Margaret Rose Caterisano – The Crucible (The Warehouse Theatre)
Elizabeth Gray – And Then There Were None (Spartanburg Little Theatre)
HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGNER of the YEAR – MUSICAL
Victor DeLeon – Little Shop of Horrors (Centre Stage)
HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGNER of the YEAR – PLAY
Elizabeth Gray – And Then There Were None (Spartanburg Little Theatre)
LIGHTING DESIGNER of the YEAR – MUSICAL
Kevin Frazier – Hedwig and The Angry Inch (The Warehouse Theatre)
LIGHTING DESIGNER of the YEAR – PLAY
Maranda DeBusk – The Crucible (The Warehouse Theatre)
SOUND DESIGNER of the YEAR – MUSICAL
Stephanie Freeman – Lost Highway (Spartanburg Little Theatre)
SOUND DESIGNER of the YEAR – PLAY
Cory Granner – The Game’s Afoot (Greenville Theatre)
VIDEO/PROJECTIION DESIGNER of the YEAR
Rick Connor, Cory Granner & Graham Shaffer – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Greenville Theatre)
