The 61st Annual Chanticleer Awards

Weathervane's Annual Volunteer-Recognition Event!
The Chanticleer Awards are Weathervane's version of the Tony Awards — but combined with the populist spirit of the People's Choice Awards!

Weathervane's friends and supporters gatherered at the Playhouse on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, for a very night that honored the Playhouse's volunteers — both on stage and behind the scenes — for their commitment, time and talents given during the 2011-2012 season.

THE 2012 CHANTICLEER AWARD WINNERS

The Erin Dillon Youth Recognition Award
Nina DiSalvo and Brooke Lytton

The Producer’s Award
Roger Dieringer
Bunny Lazarow Lacey
Jeff Bixby

Best Actor in a Musical
Patrick Dukeman as Man in Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Jo McGarvey as Ida in See How They Run

Best Technical Design Element in a Dietz Theater Series or Holiday Special Production
Tie: Todd Dieringer, designer of set and properties for Three Tall Women
and
Jerry Mirman, designer of sound and properties for It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Karen L. Wood as Mrs. Tottendale in The Drowsy Chaperone

Best Sound Design
Ian S. Haberman for Amadeus

Best Lead Actor in a Play
Alex Cikra as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus

Best Technical Element in a Young Actor Series Production
Tie: Michele McNeal, designer of properties for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
and
Julia “J.J.” McAdams, designer of properties for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

The Trustee’s Award
Alan Scott Ferrall, Weathervane Playhouse’s Resident Technical Director and Scenic Designer

The Lifetime Achievement Award
Margaret J. Dietz

Best Lighting Design
Michael Sferro and Julia “J.J.” McAdams for Amadeus

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Ryan F. Bergeron as Adolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Benjamin Fortin as Puck in Shakespeare in Hollywood

Best Lead Actor in a Dietz Theater Series or Holiday Special Production
Marc Jackson as Eugene in Yellowman

Best Lead Actress in a Musical
Amanda Davis as The Drowsy Chaperone in The Drowsy Chaperone

Best Properties Design
Jennifer Maxson Draher, Todd Dieringer and Jamie Oriti for The Drowsy Chaperone

Best Lead Actress in a Play
Jennifer Hayek as Penelope Toop in See How They Run

Best Actress in a Dietz Theater Series or Holiday Special Production
Nichole Strong as Alma in Yellowman

The Best Production of the 2011-2012 Season
The Drowsy Chaperone
Jason Bryan Maurer, Stage Manager
Gwen Arment, Director and Choreographer
John Ebner, Musical Director

THE TOP VOLUNTEERS FOR THE 2011-2012 SEASON

The 2012 Chanticleer Awards also celebrated those individuals who volunteered their invaluable time and talents to the 2011-2012 season, which ran from Aug. 1, 2011 to July 31, 2012.

Weathervane Playhouse's No. 1 Volunteer of the Year
Jason Bryan Maurer with 903.5 volunteer hours logged during the 2011-2012 season 

No. 2 – Jeff Bixby (741 hours)
No. 3 – Sue Smith (726 hours)
No. 4 – Amanda Davis (613.5 hours)
No. 5 – Adam Vigneault (601.5 hours)
No. 6 – Roger Dieringer (585.5 hours)
No. 7 – Todd Dieringer (546.5 hours)
No. 8 – Marci Paolucci (501.5 hours)
No. 9 – Ruth Richardson (443 hours)
No. 10 – Karen L. Wood (425 hours)
No. 11 – Karen Burridge (401.5 hours)
No. 12 – Noah Casino (401.5 hours)
No. 13 – Cait McNeal (399 hours)
No. 14 – Chistopher Ha (369 hours)
No. 15 – Hannah Conkle (336 hours)
No. 16 – Bunny Lazarow Lacey (333.25 hours)
No. 17 – Richard Worswick (327.5 hours)
No. 18 – Hannah Case (324.5 hours)
No. 19 – Beau Reinker (315.5 hours)
No. 20 – Tom Stephan (308 hours)
No. 21 – Scott K. Davis (283.25 hours)
No. 22 – Marc Jackson (274 hours)
No. 23 – Emma Picht (272.5 hours)
No. 24 – Patrick Dukeman (248.5 hours)
No. 25 – Nichole Strong (235 hours)