2006 Elly Award Winners

Megan and I attended the 2006 Elly Awards ceremony at Sacramento's Crest Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 24. The cast from Urinetown (one of the five musicals nominated for Best Overall Production) performed "Snuff That Girl," which seemed quite different without the drums and horns, but was great nonetheless.

Unfortunately, this year they judged musicals and plays separately in both the Young People's and Education categories, resulting in an additional 22 awards. Multiply 22 awards by 5 nominees, then the time it takes to name them all and for all their friends to clap and you've got a too-long-by-hours ceremony. At least the time spent waiting was rewarded by seeing a few colleagues give acceptance speeches.

In the Musicals category, Urinetown won:

• Choreography: Valerie Gnassounou
• Direction: John White

In the Drama category, Delta's production of Dark of the Moon won:

• Supporting Actress: Joanna Bernazzani
• Costume Design: Beverly Norcross
• Lighting Design: John White
• Set Design: John White
• Overall Production

The complete awards list can be downloaded here:
SARTA-Elly-Awards-2006.pdf