Twenty-Seventh Season: 1974-75
Best Costumes ……………………… Colleen Fordyce for “The Corn is Green”
Best Sound ………………………….. Jody Mummert for “The Girl in the Freudian Slip”
Best Lighting Design ……………… Jo Baker for “The Bat”
Best Set Design …………………….. Don Mummert for “Jack and the Beanstalk”
Best Cameo Actress ………………. Melody Mummert in “The Girl in the Freudian Slip”
Best Cameo Actor …………………. David Painter in “The Corn is Green”
Best Supporting Actress ………… Ginger Scott in “The Curious Savage”
Best Supporting Actor …………… Don Mummert in “The Girl in the Freudian Slip”
Best Lead Actress …………………. Pam Abas in “The Corn is Green”
Best Lead Actor ……………………. John Sherod in “The Girl in the Freudian Slip”
Best Director ……………………….. Nancy Shankweiler for “The Corn is Green”
Best Production of the Year …… “The Corn is Green” directed by Nancy Shankweiler
Twenty-Sixth Season: 1973-74
Best Costumes …………………………. Jody Mummert for “The Wizard of Oz”
Best Sound Design …………………….. Pat Delana for “Strange Bedfellows”
Best Lighting ……………………………. Del Andrews & John Charchalis for “Tiger At the Gates”
Best Set Design …………………………. Milo Needles & Jim Branson for “Tiger At The Gates”
Best Cameo Actress …………………… Bunny Gunter in “Strange Bedfellows”
Best Cameo Actor ……………………… Merrill Hansen in “Everybody Loves Opal”
Best Supporting Actress ……………… Pam Abas in “Night Watch”
Best Supporting Actor ………………… (Tie) Loyd K. Thompson in “Strange Bedfellows” AND
………………………………………………… Bruce Abas in “A Thousand Clowns”
Best Lead Actress ………………………. Patricia Branson in “Everyone Loves Opal”
Best Lead Actor …………………………. William Shankweiler in “A Thousand Clowns”
Best Director……………………………… Vaughn Price for “A Thousand Clowns”
Best Production of the Year………….. “A Thousand Clowns” directed by Vaughn Price
A Special Citation was presented to Sheridan Gill for long and devoted service to the Theater
Twenty-Fifth Season: 1972-73
Best Costumes …………………… Jan Van Schuyler for “The Lion in Winter”
Best Sound Design ……………… Don Cederstrom for “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”
Best Lighting Design …………….. Dan Andrews for “Play it Again Sam”
Best Set Design …………………… Paul Moehlmann & Vaughn Price for “Night of the Iguana”
Best Supporting Actress ……….. (Tie) Rebecca Woodworth in “Gigi” AND
………………………………………….. Ardith Tate in “Gigi”
Best Supporting Actor ………….. Loyd K. Thompson in “Arsenic and Old Lace”
Best Lead Actress ……………….. Pat Patterson in “The Lion in Winter”
Best Lead Actor ………………….. Steve Drakulich in “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”
Best Director ………………………. Keith Patterson for “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”
Best Production of the Year ……. “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” directed by Keith Patterson
Twenty-Fourth Season: 1971-1972
Best Costumes ………………………….. Gloria Salladay for “Auntie Mame”
Best Sound Design …………………….. (Tie) Ray Strickland for “Don’t Drink the Water” AND
………………………………………………. Keith Patterson for “Hansel and Gretel”
Best Lighting Design …………………… Ray Strickland for “Plaza Suite”
Best Set Design …………………………. Kelly Matthews for “Don’t Drink the Water”
Best Supporting Actress ……………… Mardi Bell in “Auntie Mame”
Best Supporting Actor ………………… John Voulkos in “Don’t Drink the Water”
Best Lead Actress ………………………. Pat Branson in “Don’t Drink the Water”
Best Lead Actor …………………………. John Gordon in “Auntie Mame”
Best Director …………………………….. John Voulkos for “Plaza Suite”
Best Production of the Year …………. “Don’t Drink the Water” directed by Don Mummert
“Lifetime Patron Membership” awarded to Paul H. Troutner and William Langroise
Twenty-Third Season: 1970-1971
Best Properties ………………………. (Tie) Kay Stowell for “Wait Until Dark” AND
………………………………….. Irene Godbout & Sheila Wagner for “Cactus Flower”
Best Set Design………………………..Vaughn Price for “Blithe Spirit”
Costumes………………………………..Jan Van Schulyer for “Devil’s Disciple”
Best Supporting Actress …………… Vicki Danielson in “Dylan”
Best Supporting Actor …………….. (Tie) Don Mummert in “Wait Until Dark” AND
……………………………………………. Jim Erickson in “Cactus Flower”
Best Lead Actress …………………… Nancy Suiter in “Cactus Flower”
Best Lead Actor ……………………… Michael Reinbold in “Dylan”
Best Director………………………….. William Shankweiler for “Blithe Spirit”
Best Production of the Year …….. “Cactus Flower” directed by Vaughn Price
Twenty-Second Season: 1969-1970
Best Supporting Actress ……………….. Pam Abas in “Ten Little Indians”
Best Supporting Actor ………………….. Michael Reinbold in “Androcles and the Lion”
Best Lead Actress ………………………… (Tie) Sharon Purdy in “Roman Candle” AND
…………………………………………………. Patricia Patterson in “Antigone”
Best Lead Actor …………………………… H. Paul Kliss in “Antigone”
Best Director ………………………………. William Shankweiler for “Ten Little Indians”
Best Production of the Year ………….. “Ten Little Indians” directed by William Shankweiler
Twenty-First Season: 1968-1969
Best Costumes ……………………. Kay Stowell for “The Madwoman of Chaillot”
Best Lighting Design ……………. Ken Weaver & Aldrich Bowler for “The Fantasticks”
Best Set Design ………………….. Andrew Wight for “The Philadelphia Story”
Best Supporting Actress ………. Margot Bown in “The Madwoman of Chaillot”
Best Supporting Actor………….. James H. Hawley, Jr. in “The Biggest Thief in Town”
Best Lead Actress………………… Helen Bonnell in “The Madwoman of Chaillot”
Best Lead Actor………………….. Jay Sherlock for “The Odd Couple”
Best Director………………………. Vaughn Price for “The Odd Couple”
Special Award for Sound Effects to Keith Patterson for “Stalag 17”
Twentieth Season: 1967-68
Best Costumes………… Faye Peters & Jan Van Schuyler for “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Best Staging ……………… Maynard Smith & Del Bowman for “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Best Lighting …………………. Bob Elliott for “Summer and Smoke”
Best Supporting Actress ….. Pam Abas in “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Best Supporting Actor …….. Jerry Hall in “Barefoot in the Park”
Best Lead Actress ………….. Patricia Patterson in “Summer and Smoke”
Best Lead Actor ……………. Charlie Wilson in “No Time For Sergeants”
Best Director ………………….. (Tie) Keith Patterson for “Summer and Smoke” AND
…………………………………….. Jay Sherlock for “Barefoot in the Park”
Scholarship presented to Marilyn Miller
Nineteenth Season: 1966-67
Best Supporting Actress………… Luella Zundel in “Our Town”
Best Supporting Actor…………… Steve Conover in “The Play’s the Thing”
Best Lead Actress………………… Terri DeLatour in “A Majority of One”
Best Lead Actor…………………… J. Edwin Spence in “Never Too Late”
Best Director……………………….. Vaughn Price for “Never Too Late”
Eighteenth Season: 1965-66
Best Supporting Actress……………. Martha Zermer in “Take Her, She’s Mine”
Best Supporting Actor……………….. Steve Conover in “Of Mice and Men”
Best Lead Actress…………………….. Rebecca Woodworth in “The Glass Menagerie”
Best Lead Actor……………………….. Jake Davidson in “Of Mice and Men”