European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Vicki Partin Center won the award Tor Best actress in a musical for her role in the Frankfurt playhouse production of a funny girl. A for a amps Martin Greeson All Europe a a stage in the tournament of p honors awarded for Community theater work for Sas Heidelberg to dude the Giro Best actor co Winner Brian Brady on stage in his Rote in the Heidelberg Roadside theatre production of talk radio. My a it a a to a i i r in r r Romr Quot fit i a Rumm atm 5as Ellie Bothon Best actress daa Nielsen has been performing in Community theater in Wiesbaden and Frankfurt Germany for five years. By Effie Bathen staff writer they Cal l Thorn the oscars. Though of course they re not still for lire Popio who Quot do theater in the american military communities in Europe the All i Europe tournament of plays award bears an uncanny som Blancic to the to Eitown trophy lot excellence m him and last weekend a c own of 380 gathered at the air gone club m Giessen Germany Lor what was the most spangled and Star studded evening of the Community theater season. I Heater is alive and Well in Usa eur Quot said the 1 a edged master of ceremonies. Scot Lahaie As he opened the awards presentation to a room filled with s her Star serums 900 helium filled balloons and t rack log excitement a a a there Are a lot of winners Here and not one loser tie told those representing casts and Crews of 19 productions from 15 communities Trie Competition was sponsored by the Giessen entertainment Branch which had sent three judges to review the stage plays and musicals for several weeks this fall. The Giessen group took up the greasepaint Gauntlet when the u s army Europe the former sponsor of the Competition backed out for financial reasons. Technically the annual award for special achievement in the theater is called a Tony but for those who held the military Community s in their hands trial evening it did t matter a Call it finally somebody behaving me on stage said Dee Nielsen who won this year s award for Best actress m a play she bad focused on Quot being the person she portrayed for her audience she said. Quot what was in my heart i put in their heart Nielsen played Lenny one of three reunited eccentric Sisters in tie drama crimes of the heart produced by the Frankfurt. Germany theater group. For Nielsen the award was the fulfilment of a five year dream she had been nominated for performances in All her plays since she joined a theater group in Wiesbaden Germany a her late 30s at the time Nielsen needed something to pull her up she was struggling through a Samful divorce she explained and finally decided Quot nobody s going to keep me a it s not just Best Nielsen said holding her award. Quot i was Lenny three years theater brings out things that people would t normally do on their own said Manly Hasberger of the Kaiserslautern Germany theater group Good acting is also Quot a reaction to those on stage with you and the people in the audience Quot a what makes a great actor in t acting or training it s tights she said laughing she was referring to her husband s performance As the ghost of John Barrymore m their Community production of the play i hate Hamlet the snug pants apparently added to the playhouse chemistry m her Pimon there s also no Trinter knit family than Community theater Folk said other Kaiserslautern group members in professional theater each new production can bring together new casts and Crews. But in Community groups members often pitch in with any project or role that needs to be done. Not Only do the members usually work As volunteers they also have less rehearsal time and Are required to be More versatile than professionals stage hams can find themselves Center stage for one show and backstage for the next there s nothing be it said Glenn Hasberger who finds Rushing to rehearsal nights a week or getting up on a saturday morning to paint scenery Alt part of the fun but As communities Are drawing Down so Are the final curtains for some Heaters and personnel. That made for a bittersweet evening for Many people hoping for awards. The Kaiserslautern group is losing one director and another one said she might not continue. Thespian Hasberger said it was like losing the head of the family. The key to the Best productions is Good directing said tournament judge Chuck Chestnut. That s who has the responsibility for getting everything to work together by opening night said the director producer playwright and actor Active in worldwide Community theater. It s also Quot getting something from people that they a ten t think they could possibly do a he said. That Oci Udes blending Talent Quot standouts with others Flen on a stage for the first time theater people Are the warmest real or f peer e on Earth he said adding Community theater saves me Sands i dollars m therapist Bills Quot for Chestnut one of the most Gratifying aspects of to eater s that we can Danng has year s tournament he met one Ycong actor. 0 told n m that after his first touch of Foo tight heed it so Wen that he a is headed Back to the slates for aver cd Muj amp a d. His 25 years of experience leads him to recommend television maybe commercials As a More realistic launching Point Lor a career. An of theater saying goes Quot there Are no Small parts just Small this year s tournament judges took that to heart and offered some special awards for minor roles. Jenny Heron 15, earned her miniature trophy for spitting out a few lines of hungarian in the Nurnberg Germany production of the musical Chicago. Originally from Scotland she said she had never Heird hungarian before and Quot just said it the Way i thought it should still according to the judges there Are just certain moments when a performer s Quot presence Quot a however Brief a leaves the audience yearning for More saturday s awards ceremony had its own show stopper when Vicki Partin Sang a piece from her role in the f ran Fud Pia House production of Runny Gnu by even my s end she held the award for Best actress in a musical if you go up stage worry my Are the Gong to acc pm eve or net7, men you re sunk said part who had played Fanny Brice a accepting you me f and come thy Pemon is what Entona is people and the winners Are. Best play Dracula Augsburg Germany enc the Crucible a Mannheim Germany Best musical Chicago Nurnberg Germany Best actor in a play Brian Brady m talk radio a Heidelberg Germany and j d Breve ser in the Ros Ned door a Giessen Germany Bast actor in a musical Leslie f Kay Nunn and John w. Gudenburr in finian s Rainbow a Schwem Lurt Germany Best actress in a play Dee Nielsen in comes of the heart a Frankfurt Germany Best actress in a musical Vicki part in i Unn on i a Frankfurt Best supporting actor in a play Bud Proctor m the Crucible Mannheim Best supporting actor in a musical Costa Conston Lynu in Chicago Nurnberg Best supporting actress in a play sunny col h Lippi runs in the Crucible a Mannheim Best supporting actress in a musical Barbie Martin in funny girl a Frankfurt and Nancy j. Hill in Chicago Nurnberg Best director of a play Wanda Patterson Lor i to boys next door a Giessen Best director of a musical Vicki Hanrahan Loi Chicago a Nurnberg beat orchestra for a musical chicag Nurnberg Best musical director Brigitte Schulz Lor / mans Rainbow a Schweinfurt Best choreography Darryl Levin for Chicago a Nurnberg Best set design for a musical Dympsy Dunn Foi Chicago a Nurnberg Best set design for a play Pete Green Lor Cyrano do Bergerac a Hanau Germany Best lighting design for a musical Ardell Johnson Lor funny Girt a Frankfurt Best lighting design for a play James Bentham Tor Dracula a Augsburg Best technical direction for a musical t Scott Ryan Lor funny Girt a Frankfurt Best technical direction for a play Dracula Augsburg Best makeup for a musical finian s Rainbow a Schweinfurt. Best makeup for a play Dracula a Augsburg special recognition awards set decoration Karin Himmel Harris for Dracula Augsburg original background music t Ina Ensinger for Cyrano de Bergerac a Hanau excellence in scene painting Sarah Maisl old or finian s Rainbow a Schweinfurt theater sound production Frankenstein Bamberg Dracula a Augsburg and a Tiayna Maidel a Wil Flecken Germany ensemble acting the five bodes in Dracula Augsburg and the social worker and his four boys m the boys next door a Giessen minor role Jenni Heron in Ray Viloudaki in Chicago a Nurnberg Patricia Schwab m funny Gnu a f Frankfurt tinker in the boy next door source Giessen let Ergo a rent Branch Page 14 a the stars and stripes saturday november28. 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 15
