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Best Actor: Leading Role (Youth) Gannon Janisch “Prince Eric” Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR Best Actress: Leading Role (Youth) Emily Pember “Ariel” Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR Now Playing “Sylvia” By. A. R. Gurney November 25,26 A.R. Gurney’s “Sylvia” captivates audiences with the every- day trials of two empty-nesters, Greg and Kate. But when that mid-life crisis is a stray dog (played by human), our notion of “man’s best friend” takes us through the hilarious and the poignant. (Contains strong language) New Year’s Eve Show “Preston and Dahlia: Hate Mail” Additional Awards Presented Pintello Comedy 8191 Swanston Lane • Gilroy pintellocomedy.com (not a complete list) Best Male: Youth Supporting Role Paul Maack Minor Role Tim Piper Ensemble Josh Watts . Best Female: Youth Supporting Role Tegan Leong Minor Role Julia Millward Ensemble Avery Dubenko . Best Male: Teen Supporting Role Ben Snook Minor Role Carter Sepulveda Ensemble Carter Sepulveda “Inspecting Carol” By Daniel Sullivan & The Seattle Repertory Theater Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. Willy Wonka Footloose: The Musical Willy Wonka Footloose: The Musical Best Female: Teen Supporting Role Paetra Rottman Footloose: The Musical Minor Role Rebecca Reynolds Footloose: The Musical Ensemble Lauren DeRosa Footloose: The Musical . Best Male: Adult Supporting Role Chris Souza Willy Wonka Minor Role Joe Hartman Willy Wonka . Best Female: Adult Supporting Role Roberta Vinkhuyzen Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Minor Role (Adult) Carol Harris The 1940’s Radio Hour . Best Show Footloose: The Musical Matthew Russell Hendrickson has been involved with community theater for over 35 years. He is currently a designer’s assistant for Brotin Design, a founding member of a local film production company, Oscar Dante Motion, and is still heavily involved with local theater. GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN November 24,25,26 December 1,2,3,8.9 “A Christmas Carol” meets “The Government Inspector” meets “Noises Off” in this hilarious hit from Seattle. A man who asks to audition at a small theatre is mistaken for an informer for the National Endow- ment for the Arts. Everyone caters to the bewildered wannabe actor and he is given a role in the current production, “A Christmas Carol.” Everything goes wrong and hilarity is piled upon hilarity. A delightful adult comedy for the holidays. Limelight Actors Theater 7341 Monterey Street • Gilroy limelightactorstheater.com “Act One” Adapted by James Lapine November 24,25,26 December 1,2,3,8.9 Growing up in an impoverished family in the Bronx in the 1920s-1930s, Moss Hart dreamed of being part of the glamorous world of the theatre. Forced to drop-out of school at age thirteen, Hart’s famous memoir “Act One” is a classic Horatio Alger story that plots Hart’s unlikely collaboration with the legendary playwright George S. Kaufman. Tony Award-winning writer and director James Lapine has adapted “Act One” for the stage, creating a funny, heartbreaking, and suspenseful play that celebrates the making of a playwright and his Pulitzer Prize winning play “ Once in a Lifetime.” SVCT • 17090 Monterey Road Morgan Hill • svct.org NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 gmhtoday.com 81