Monday, July 14, 2008

HCTF 2008 BEST OF FESTIVAL WINNERS

The 2008 Hub City Theatre Festival, which ran this past weekend at Cite des Arts, announced its selections for this year's Best of Festival Awards.

The festival uses a three-person adjudication board to determine winners in six categories. This year, adjudicators included Jack Reedy, a local theatre veteran; Ronnie Daigle, a board member of PASA; and Carmen Nicholson, a board member of Evangeline Players.

This year's festival included ten productions from local theatre companies and independent artists. Awards were presented to a winner and a runner-up.

This year's winners were:

Best Production: "Gertrude Stein and a Companion," Firelight Theatre. Runner up: "Momma Jass" by Austin Sonnier.

Audience Favorite: "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," Eunice Players. Runner up: "The Lamp" by Cindy Brown.

Best Play: "Committed" by Cody Daigle. Runner up: "Momma Jass" by Austin Sonnier.

Best Production Design: "Gertrude Stein and a Companion," Firelight Theatre. Runner up: "The Exile of Joe Gagliano" by Chere Coen.

Best Actor: Cody Daigle, "Committed." Runner up: Jerrod Arabie, "The Exile of Joe Gagliano."

Best Actress: Bria Hobgood, "Gertrude Stein and a Companion." Runner up: Laura Blum, "Gertrude Stein and a Companion."

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