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The kids are more than all right, according to Portland's theater connoisseurs.
On May 28, Portland Civic Theatre Guild announced the nominees for its 37th annual Drammy Awards, which will be awarded at the notoriously flamboyant awards celebration June 29 at the Newmark Theatre.
Northwest Children's Theater won the most nominations, and its complete opposite, Live on Stage's The Rocky Horror Picture Show, came in a close second. Mainstays like Milagro (winner of the Special Achievement Award), Portland Center Stage and Third Rail got plenty of mentions, too (though Third Rail's much-lauded Belleville is noticeably missing). The Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Tobias Andersen—a 50-year theater veteran, Little House on the Prairie actor and founder of Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre.
Winners are picked by the Drammy Committee, a group of 17 local theater critics who collectively attend over local 100 shows a year. There's a niche for every talent with categories ranging from Best Actor to Best Fight Choreography and Best Puppet Design.
See the full list. Or watch local thespians Susannah Mars and Merideth Kaye Clark read "Northwest Children's Theater" again and again and again in Artslandia's video announcement.
WWeek 2015