Theatre Palisades held its 43rd annual meeting and awards show at Pierson Playhouse in late July. Members and guests enjoyed a buffet dinner under the trees outside the theater, and in the show that followed, they were entertained by performers from past and future productions. Thirty-five local kids gave a preview of ‘Forty-Second Street,’ which is the TP Kids musical that played last week. ‘Buddy Holly and the Crickets,’ along with local residents Martha Hunter and George Lissandrello, took us back a few years with their number from ‘The Buddy Holly Story,’ which will open at Theatre Palisades on August 18 and run through October 15. Palisadians Arnold Hofer, Ray Kerner, Bill Minderhout, and Monica Gilsanz were given Special Recognition Awards from the board of Theatre Palisades. Other residents receiving awards were Andrew Frew for lighting design for ‘All My Sons’; Bill Prachar for sound design for ‘All My Sons’; Dale Hale for graphic design for ‘Baby’; Joyce Gale Smith for costume design for ‘Plaza Suite’; Ashley Black for her cameo role in ‘Plaza Suite’; and Shirley Churgin as producer of ‘ All My Sons.’ Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’ also received awards for lead actress, Joanna Churgin; featured actor, Steve Pierick; supporting actress, Dale Waddington Horowitz; and director, Sherry Coon. Other awards were given to Jack Winnick, lead actor in ‘Plaza Suite’; Steve Larkin, supporting actor in ‘Bad Seed’; Madison McCann, featured actress in ‘Bad Seed;’ and Sam Pitman, cameo in ‘Plaza Suite.’ Theatre Palisades’ Cristofer Cariello Award was presented to Sherman Wayne.
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