Tibbits’ Summer Theatre is Nominated for 2024 BroadwayWorld Michigan Awards
COLDWATER – Tibbits 2024 Summer Theatre has been nominated for a variety of awards on “BroadwayWorld,” an online theatre news publication. The site hosts regional awards for productions across the globe, with winners decided by a popular vote. Votes can be cast at: https://www.broadwayworld.com/michigan/awards/, and voting will conclude on 12/31/24. Tibbits Opera House was nominated in all 16 categories for Michigan regional theatre, with multiple nominees in nearly every category. The Tibbits Opera House 2024 Summer Theatre nominees are as follows**:
Best Choreography or Play or Musical
- Riley Bannister (RENT)
- Riley Bannister (SWEENEY TODD)
- David Craven (FOREVER PLAID)
Best Costume Design of a Play or Musical
- Dusti Donbrock (PROOF)
- Ashlynn Swauger (FOREVER PLAID)
- Ashlynn Swauger (RENT)
- Jade Zhang (SWEENEY TODD)
Best Direction of a Musical
- David Craven (FOREVER PLAID)
- Mychelle Hopkins (SWEENEY TODD)
- Brian Sage (RENT)
Best Direction of a Play
- Charles Burr (OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS)
- Brenda Sparks (PROOF)
Best Ensemble
- Proof
Best Lighting Design of a Play or Musical
- Jamie Gresens (FOREVER PLAID)
- Jamie Gresens (OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS)
- Jamie Gresens (RENT)
- Jamie Gresens (SWEENEY TODD)
- Charlie Packard (PROOF)
Best Music Direction and Orchestra Performance
- Cynthia Garn (FOREVER PLAID)
- Steve Zumbrun (RENT)
- Steve Zumbrun (SWEENEY TODD)
Best Musical
- Rent
- Sweeney Todd
Best Performer in a Musical
- Jose Emilio Escoto (FOREVER PLAID)
- Jose Emilio Escoto (RENT)
- Paul Kerr (SWEENEY TODD)
- Jason Koch (RENT)
- Emma Kops (SWEENEY TODD)
- Cade Ostermeyer (RENT)
- Brenda Sparks (SWEENEY TODD)
- Jessica Vanek (RENT)
- Brennan Wood (FOREVER PLAID)
- Isaiah Young (RENT)
Best Performer in a Play
- Natalie Hurdle (PROOF)
- Paul Kerr (OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS)
- Gloria Logan (OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS)
- Jackson Poulin (OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS)
- Peter Riopelle (PROOF)
- Brenda Sparks (OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS)
- Chad Tallon (OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS)
Best Play
- Over the River and Through the Woods
- Proof
Best Scenic Design of a Play or Musical
- Charlie Packard (PROOF)
Best Sound Design of a Play or Musical
- Jake McDivitt (FOREVER PLAID)
- Jake McDivitt (OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS)
- Jake McDivitt (RENT)
- Jake McDivitt (SWEENEY TODD)
- Brenda Sparks (PROOF)
Best Supporting Performer in a Musical
- Patrick Cogan (SWEENEY TODD)
- Jose Emilio Escoto (SWEENEY TODD)
- Aidan Kelly (SWEENEY TODD)
- Sarah Grace Odom (RENT)
- Matthew Palmer (SWEENEY TODD)
- Matty Palmer (SWEENEY TODD)
- Jackson Poulin (SWEENEY TODD)
- Michael Reed (RENT)
Best Supporting Performer in a Play
- Mark Ashin (PROOF)
- Sara King (PROOF)
- Lindsay Rosser (OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS)
Favorite Local Theatre
- Tibbits Opera House
**All nominees were submitted by BroadwayWorld readers, and are reflected in this release as they are in the polls. In the case of multiple nominees in a category, they are displayed in alphabetical order. If the same performer is nominated for multiple shows, the shows themselves are placed in alphabetical order as well.