The Annual Lyric Awards Ceremony & Cast Party!

The 2006 Final Cast Party and Lyric Awards

Sunday, April 2, 2006 - 6pm

Fetterly Playhouse for the Arts

3467 Sonoma Boulevard, Suite 10

Vallejo, California 94590

  Vallejo Music Theatre held their 7th Annual Lyric Awards April 2nd at the Fetterly Playhouse for the Arts to an audience of 91 actors and guests.  Stacey Loew, Events Chair and Don Kelly, newly hired Office Manager for VMT presented the awards.  Songs from the now closed 39th Season were sung by the lead performers from “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and “Gypsy.” 

The handsome Lyric Awards went to:

Female Actor in a Lead Role – Adele Margrave of Vallejo for her role as the Stepmother in “Cinderella”

Male Actor in a Lead Role – Wayne Goodman of Vallejo for his role as Fats Waller in “Ain’t Misbehavin’”

Female Actor in a Supporting Role – Mary-Elizabeth Gregory of Suisun as Dainty June in “Gypsy”

Male Actor in a Supporting Role – Ronnie DePriest of Benicia for “Ain’t Misbehavin’”

Most Notable Bit Part – Randi Storm of Napa as Mazeppa in “Gypsy”

Young Actor in an Adult Production – Caleb Alexander as a Newsboy in “Gypsy”

Director for “Gypsy” – Harry Diavatis of Green Valley

Musical Director for “Gypsy” – Kristy Juliano of Vallejo

Choreographer for “Gypsy” – Liz Andrews of Suisun

The Footlight Award given to the Behind the Scenes person who had the most impact on a production went to
Lynn L. Combs for costume designs for “Ain’t Misbehavin’”

The Best Production for the season picked by the judges was “Gypsy”

VMT also presented its “Golden Trench Award” to Joyce Scharf,
a well deserving community member who has supported not only VMT, but other groups as well and has worked with many (who, by the way, also celebrated here 80th birthday at the event).