BWW-CLE Professional Theater Tributes--2019

Greater Cleveland is blessed with a vital theater scene.  It the purpose of BROADWAY WORLD.COM-PROFESSIONAL CLEVELAND THEATER TRIBUTES (BWW-CLE Theater Tributes), to recognize theatrical experiences and theater personnel that, in the subjective view of this reviewer, deserve distinctive mention.

            

Special recognition to:

•Terri Kent (director) and Martin Cespedes (choreographer) for their creative and outstanding productions of MAN OF LA MANCHA (Porthouse) and HAIR (Kent State University)

•Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre Program for staging the Collegiate Premiere of KINKY BOOTS and its sensational production under the direction of Victoria Bussert with Gregory Daniels (Choreography) and Mathew Webb (Musical Direction).  As well as their continually praised Senior Showcase in New York, where students earn their gateways to Broadway productions, and their production of ONCE in coordination with Beck Center.

            

•Set designs of NATIVE GARDENS (Jason Ardizzone-West) and TINY HOUSES (Arnulfo Maldonado) @ Cleveland Play House

•Costume designs by Leah Piehl, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW @ Great Lakes Theater and Inda Blatch-Geib, AIDA @ Karamu

•Co-production of THE IMPACT OF SHUFFLE ALONG by Karamu (Tony Sias) and The Musical Theater Project (Bill Rudman) for placing a spotlight on the story of the first all African American written, produced and performed hit Broadway musical

•Playwrights Local for its important production of LIVE BODIES FOR SALE, playwright Christopher Johnston’s tale of sex trafficking in the Cleveland area 

•Patrick Ciamacco for staging the outstanding production of KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN @ Blank Canvas featuring a sensitive performance by Scott Esposito

•Clyde Simon for presenting the intriguing HOMOS OR EVERYONE IN AMERICA @ convergence-continuum with a bravo performance by Kieron Cindric

•Tarah Flanagan for her compelling solo performances in both AN ILIAD and EVERY BRILLIANT THING at Cleveland Play House

•Sean Derry of none-too-fragile for staging TWO with award-winning performances by Derdriu Ring and David Peacock

•Celeste Cosentino of Ensemble for her staging of THE PENELOPIAD starring the power-house performance of Amy Fritsche, as well as BY THE BOG OF CATS starring the incomparable Derdriu Ring.

•T. Paul Lowry for his continued excellence in Projection Design (NETHER, 

33 1/3, STUPID FUCKING BIRD, WAKEY, WAKEY)

•Nicole Sumlin for her over-arching performance in LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL at Beck Center (musical direction by Ed Ridley).

•Additional attention-demanding productions:  Seat of the Pants--THE END OF THE TOUR, Great Lakes Theatre --WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, JULIUS CAESAR; Cleveland Play House—SHERWOOD--THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, NATIVE GARDENS, and PIPELINE, Dobama--NETHER, STUPID FUCKING BIRD and WAKEY, WAKEY, none-too-fragile—WOODY’S ORDER!, Karamu—AIDA, Cain Park--RAGTIME

If any names are spelled incorrectly, or there are errors in identifications, please let me know so I can change the permanent record of these citations.

If you would like to read any of my reviews for the year, please go to www.royberko.info, enter the blog and click on “2019 Reviews” or click on the name of the producing theatre and scroll through their performances. Reviews from previous years may also be accessed.

BWW-CLE Professional Theater Tributes--2017

Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, Cleveland Critics Circle)

Greater Cleveland is blessed with a vital theater scene.  It the purpose of BROADWAY WORLD.COM-CLEVELAND PROFESSIONAL THEATER TRIBUTES (BWW-CLE Theater Tributes), to recognize theatrical experiences that, in the subjective view of this reviewer, were excellent and deserve recognition.

Only shows performed in 2017 which I reviewed were considered.  With the exception of Outstanding National Touring Production, selections were limited to local professional presentations though actors, directors and technicians who were imported by local theatres for their productions were considered.  Actors are separated by gender, but not equity or lack of union affiliation, or leading or supporting roles. 

Designees are listed in alphabetical, not in rank order.
   
OUTSTANDING NON-MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS
EQUUS, Blank Canvas Theatre
HANDS TO GOD, Dobama Theatre
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, Cleveland Play House
HOW TO BE A RESPECTABLE JUNKIE, Dobama Theatre
MARJORIE PRIME, Dobama Theatre
SALVAGE, none-too-fragile
THE FLICK, Dobama Theatre
WELL, Ensemble Theatre

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL THEATER PRODUCTIONS
FLOYD COLLINS, Blank Canvas Theatre
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, Great Lakes Theater
NEWSIES, Porthouse Theatre
ROCK OF AGES, Cain Park Theatre
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, Lakeland Civic Theatre

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORS OF A NON-MUSICAL
Celeste Cosentino, WELL, Ensemble Theatre
Laura Kepley, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, Cleveland Play House
Mathew Wright, HAND TO GOD, Dobama Theatre
Nathan Motta, THE FLICK, Dobama Theatre
Pat Ciamacco, EQUUS, Blank Canvas Theatre
Sean Derry, SALVAGE, none-too-fragile
Shannon Sindelar, MARJORIE PRIME, Dobama Theatre

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORS OF A MUSICAL
Joanne May Hunkins, ROCK OF AGES, Cain Park Theater
Martin Friedman, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, Lakeland Civic
    Theatre
Pat Ciamacco, FLOYD COLLINS, Blank Canvas Theatre
Terri Kent, NEWSIES, Porthouse Theatre
Victoria Bussert, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, Great Lakes Theater

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A THEATER PRODUCTION
Kevin D. Marr II, ROCK OF AGES, Cain Park Theater
Martin Céspedes (with Mary Sheridan), BRING IT ON:  THE MUSICAL, Beck
 Center/Baldwin Wallace University
MaryAnn Black, NEWSIES, Porthouse Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES BY A MALE IN A NON-MUSICAL
Abraham Adams, OCCUPATION DAD, Ensemble Theatre
Antonio DeJesus, EQUUS, Blank Canvas Theatre
Christopher M. Bohan, HOW TO BE A RESPECTABLE JUNKIE, Dobama
    Theatre
David Lenahan, IN THE CLOSET, convergence-continuum
David Peacock, A SKULL IN CONNEMARA, none-too-fragile
Gordon Hinchen, THE FLICK, Dobama Theatre
Luke Wehner, HANDS TO GOD, Dobama Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A NON-MUSICAL
Derdriu Ring, SALVAGE, none-too-fragile
Dorothy Silver, MARJORIE PRIME, Dobama Theatre
Kelly Strand, SALVAGE, none-too-fragile
Laura Starnick, WELL, Ensemble Theatre
Lisa Louise Langford, brownsville song (b-side for tray), Dobama Theatre
Madeline Lambert, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, Cleveland Play House

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A MUSICAL
Alex Syiek, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, Great Lakes Theater
Corey Moch, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, Great Lakes Theater
Douglas F. Bailey, ROCK OF AGES, Cain Park Theatre
Michael Snider, FLOYD COLLINS, Blank Canvas Theatre
Shane Patrick O’Neill, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, Lakeland Civic
    Theatre

RISING STAR (PROMISING NEWCOMER)
Antonio DeJesus, EQUUS, Blank Canvas Theatre
Colin Frothingham, SHERLOCK HOLMES:  THE BAKER STREET
        IRREGULARS, Dobama Theatre
Jabri Little, brownsville song (b-side for tray), Dobama Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES BY A FEMALE IN A MUSICAL
Katelyn Cassidy, NEWSIES, Porthouse Theatre
Keri Rene Fuller, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, Great Lakes Theater
Trinidad Snider, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, Lakeland Civic
    Theatre

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN OF NON-MUSICALS or MUSICALS
Collette Pollard, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, Cleveland Play House
Cory Molner, IN THE CLOSET, convergence-continuum
Laura Carlson Tarantowski, brownsville song (b-side for tray), Dobama Theatre
Trad A Burns, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, Lakeland Civic Theatre
Wilson Chin, BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY, Cleveland Play House

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION
Jonathan Swoboda, NEWSIES, Porthouse Theatre
Jordan Cooper, ROCK OF AGES, Cain Park Theatre
Jordan Cooper, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, Lakeland Civic Theatre

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN IN A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL
Cyrus O. Taylor, brownsville song (b-side for tray), Dobama Theatre
Cyrus O. Taylor, HOW TO BE A RESPECTABLE JUNKIE, Dobama Theatre
Daniel Perelstein, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, Cleveland Play House
Erick T. Lawson, MARJORIE PRIME, Dobama Theatre
Victoria Deiorio, BASKERVILLE, Cleveland Play House

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN IN A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL
Aimee Kluiber, CITY OF ANGELS, Beck Center
Kim Krumm Sorenson, HAMLET, Great Lakes Theater
Lex Liang, BASKERVILLE, Cleveland Play House
Lex Liang, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, Cleveland Play House

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN IN A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL
Bryanna Bauman, WELL, Ensemble Theatre
Marcus Dana, brownsville song (b-side for tray), Dobama Theatre
Marcus Dana, HOW TO BE A RESPECTABLE JUNKIE, Dobama Theatre
Peter Maradudin, BASKERVILLE, Cleveland Play House
Rick Martin, HAMLET, Great Lakes Theater

OUTSTANDING ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL
Caite Hevner, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, Cleveland Play House
Pat Ciamacco, FLOYD COLLINS, Blank Canvas Theatre
T. Paul Lowry, brownsville song (b-side for tray), Dobama Theatre
T. Paul Lowry, THINGS AS THEY ARE, Playwrights Local

OUTSTANDING NATIONAL TOURING PRODUCTION
ON YOUR FEET, Playhouse Square
SOMETHING ROTTEN, Playhouse Square

LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dorothy Silver for her years of leadership service to the Jewish Community Center and Karamu and many impressive performances in Cleveland area theatres and national films.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

•Bill Rudman, Musical Theater Project, for bringing musical theater exposure and knowledge to a variety of audiences who might otherwise not become theater patrons.

•Faye Sholiton for stoking and keeping the ember of Jewish theater alive in the Cleveland area.

•Gina Vernaci for her persistence and creativity in making Play House Square a major national center for touring theater.

•Patrick Ciamacco (Blank Canvas), Sean Derry and Ilana Alanna Romansky (none –too-fragile), Clyde Simon (convergence-continuum), Greg Caeser (Caeser’s Forum) and Celeste Cosentino (Ensemble)--for being the financial and energy sources of “mom and pop” professional theater in Northeastern Ohio.

If any names are spelled incorrectly, or there are errors in identifications, please let me know so I can change the permanent record on www.royberko.info.

If you would like to read any of my reviews for the year, please go to www.royberko.info, enter the blog and click on “2017 Reviews” or click on the name of the producing theatre and scroll through their performances. Reviews from previous years may also be accessed.

BWW-Cle Theater Tributes--2016 (BROADWAYWORLD-CLEVELAND PROFESSIONAL THEATER TRIBUTES)

Greater Cleveland is blessed with a vital theater scene.  It has been the purpose of the TIMES THEATER TRIBUTES, now known as BROADWAYWORLD-CLEVELAND REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL THEATER TRIBUTES (BWW-Cle Theater Tributes), to recognize theatrical experiences that, in the subjective view of this reviewer, were excellent and deserve recognition.

These awards are separate and distinct from the Broadwayworld.com awards which were open to public nominations and voting.

Only shows performed in 2016 which I reviewed were considered.  With the exception of Outstanding National Touring Production, selections were limited to local presentations though actors, directors and technicians who were imported by local theatres for their productions were considered.  Actors are separated by gender, but not equity or lack of union affiliation, or leading or supporting roles. 

Nominees designated by a * indicates my recognition as the most proficient in that category.  In rare cases more than one person is designated as “most proficient.”  Special recognition designees are listed in alphabetical order, not in a rank order.
   
2016 OUTSTANDING NON-MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS
*THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, none-too-fragile
ALL THE WAY, Cleveland Play House
ANNAPURNA, none-too-fragile
CLYBOURNE PARK, CWRU/CPA MFA Acting Program
LINES IN THE DUST, Cleveland Public Theatre
LUNA GALE, Cleveland Play House
OBJECTIVELY/REASONABLE (A COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING OF TAMIR
           RICE), Playwrights Local
SANS MERCI, none-too-fragile
SEX WITH STRANGERS, Cleveland Play House
THE MOUNTAINTOP, Cleveland Play House
THE NIGHT THOREAU SPENT IN JAIL, Ensemble Theatre
THE REALISTIC JONESES, Dobama
THE REVISIONIST, Dobama
THE WHIPPING MAN, none-too-fragile

2016 OUTSTANDING MUSICAL THEATER PRODUCTIONS
*MY FAIR LADY, Great Lakes Theater
FOOTLOOSE, Porthouse
IN THE HEIGHTS, Beck Center/Baldwin Wallace University
RING OF FIRE, Porthouse
THE LITTLE MERMAID, Beck Center
THE TOXIC AVENGER, Cain Park

2016 OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A NON-MUSICAL
*Sean Derry, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, none-too-fragile
Austin Pendleton, LUNA GALE, Cleveland Play House
Beth Woods, LINES IN THE DUST, Cleveland Public Theatre
Celeste Cosentino, THE NIGHT THOREAU SPENT IN JAIL, Ensemble Theatre
Donald Carrier, CLYBOURNE PARK, CWRU/CPA MFA Acting Program
Giovanna Sardelli, ALL THE WAY, Cleveland Play House
Joanie Schulz, SEX WITH STRANGERS, Cleveland Play House
Katori Hall, THE MOUNTAINTOP, Cleveland Play House
Leighann Delorenzo, THE REVISIONIST, Dobama
Sean Derry, ANNAPURNA, none-too-fragile
Sean Derry, THE WHIPPING MAN, none-too-fragile
Shannon Sindelar, THE REALISTIC JONESES, Dobama

2016 OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
*Victoria Bussert, MY FAIR LADY, Great Lakes Theater
Amanda Dehnert, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Cleveland Play House
Nathan Motta, THE TOXIC AVENGER, Cain Park
Scott Spence, THE LITTLE MERMAID, Beck Center
Steven C. Anderson, RING OF FIRE, Porthouse
Terri Kent, FOOTLOOSE, Porthouse
Victoria Bussert, IN THE HEIGHTS, Beck Center/Baldwin Wallace University

2016 OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A THEATER PRODUCTION
*Martin Céspedes, Billy Elliot, Beck Center
Greg Daniels, IN THE HEIGHTS, Beck Center/Baldwin Wallace University
Gregory Daniels, MY FAIR LADY, Great Lakes Theater
Martin Céspedes, HEATHERS the musical, Beck Center
Martin Céspedes, RUTHLESS!, Beck Center
Martin Céspedes, THE LITTLE MERMAID, Beck Center
MaryAnn Black, FOOTLOOSE, Porthouse

2016 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A NON-MUSICAL
*Geoff Knox, THE NIGHT THOREAU SPENT IN JAIL, Ensemble Theatre
Andrew Gobmas, THE REVISIONIST, Dobama
Chris Richards, THE REALISTIC JONESES, Dobama
Jeffrey Grover, ANNAPURNA, none-too-fragile
Keith Stevens, TALLY’S FOLLY, Actors’ Summit
Michael Mauldin, MARGIN OF ERROR, Ensemble Theatre
Ro Boddie, THE MOUNTAINTOP, Cleveland Play House
Sean Booker, LANDFORD WILSON:  TAKE 5, Cesear’s Forum
Sean Hudock, SEX WITH STRANGERS, Cleveland Play House
Skip Corris, LINES IN THE DUST, Cleveland Public Theatre
Steve Vinovich, ALL THE WAY, Cleveland Play House

2016 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A NON-MUSICAL
*Derdriu Ring, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, none-too-fragile
*Dorothy Silver, THE REVISIONIST, Dobama
Ashley Aquilla, OBJECTIVELY/REASONABLE (A COMMUNITY RESPONSE     TO THE SHOOTING OF TAMIR RICE), Playwrights Local
Carly Germany, MARIE ANTOINETTE @ Dobama
Derdriu Ring, ANNAPURNA, none-too-fragile
Holly Holsinger, FRANKENSTEIN’S WAKE, Cleveland Public Theatre
Juliet Brett, MR. WOLF, Cleveland Play House
Maya Jones, HARBOR, convergence-continuum
Monette Magrath, SEX WITH STRANGERS, Cleveland Play House
Nicole Sumlin, LINES IN THE DUST, Cleveland Public Theatre
Rachel Lee Kolis, A KID LIKE JAKE, none-too-fragile

2016 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A MUSICAL
*Matthew Wright, RUTHLESS!, Beck Center
Ellis C. Dawson III, THE TOXIC AVENGER, Cain Park
Jason Leupold, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, Lakeland Civic Theatre
M. A. Taylor, MY FAIR LADY, Great Lakes Theater
Paul Schwensen, FOOTLOSE, Porthouse
Tom Ford, MY FAIR LADY, Great Lakes Theater

RISING STAR (PROMISING NEWCOMER)
*J. R. Heckman, THE LITTLE MERMAID, Beck Center
*Calista Zajac, RUTHLESS!, Beck Center

2016 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES BY A FEMALE IN A MUSICAL
*Natalie Green, THE TOXIC AVENGER, Cain Park
Calista Zajac, RUTHLESS!, Beck Center
Colleen Longshaw, SISTER ACT, Porthouse
Jillian Kates, MY FAIR LADY, Great Lakes Theater
Katharine DeBoer, BILLY ELLIOT, Beck Center
Kathleen Rooney, THE LITTLE MERMAID, Beck Center
Neely Gavaart, THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, Lakeland Civic Theatre
Trinidad Snider, INTO THE WOODS, Lakeland Civic Theatre

2016 OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN OF A NON-MUSICAL or MUSICAL
*Philip Whitcomb, THE GOOD PEACHES, Cleveland Play House/Cleveland
    Orchestra
Douglas Puskas, LINES IN THE DUST, Cleveland Public Theatre
Douglas Puskas, THE LITTLE MERMAID, Beck Center
Jeff Herman, MY FAIR LADY, Great Lakes Theater
Michael Schweikardt, LUNA GALE, Cleveland Play House
Robert Mark Morgan, ALL THE WAY, Cleveland Play House
Russell Metheny, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Great Lakes Theater
Timothy R. Mackabee, MR. WOLF, Cleveland Play House
Trad A Burns, HEATHERS the musical, Beck Center
Trad Burns, INTO THE WOODS, Lakeland Civic Theater

2016 OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION
*Larry Goodpaster, THE LITTLE MERMAID, Beck Center
Jennifer Korecki, SISTER ACT, Porthouse
Joel Mercier, MY FAIR LADY, Great Lakes Theater
Jonathan Swoboda, FOOTLOOSE, Porthouse
Jordan Cooper, INTO THE WOODS, Lakeland Civic Theatre
Jordan Cooper, THE TOXIC AVENGER, Cain Park
Larry Goodpaster, HEATHERS the musical, Beck Center
Travis Smith, RING OF FIRE, Porthouse

2016 OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN IN A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL
*Beau Reinker THE KNIFE IS MONEY, THE FORK IS LOVE, convergence
 continuum
Carlton Guc, THE LITTLE MERMAID, Beck Center
Daniel McNamara, LINES IN THE DUST, Cleveland Public Theatre
James C. Swonger, THE GOOD PEACHES, Cleveland Play
 House/Cleveland Orchestra
Jeremy Dobbins, THE REALISTIC JONESES, Dobama
Joe Court, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Great Lakes Theater
Josh Horvath, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Cleveland Play House
Kevin Rutan, SAME TIME NEXT YEAR, Actors’ Summit
Richard Ingraham, MARIE ANTOINETTE, Dobama
Trad A Burns, INTO THE WOODS, Lakeland Civic Theatre

2016 OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN IN A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL
*Charlotte M. Yetman, MY FAIR LADY, Great Lakes Theater
Andrea Hood, LOVE’S LABOURS LOST, Great Lakes Theater
Anne Medlock, FOOTLOOSE, Porthouse
Tesia Dugan Benson, MARIE ANTOINETTE, Dobama

2016 OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN IN A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL
*Jeff Hermann, THE LITTLE MERMAID, Beck Center
Kevin Ozan, THE WHIPPING MAN, none-too-fragile
Marcus Dana, MARIE ANTOINETTE, Dobama
Marcus Dana, THE REALISTIC JONESES, Dobama
Rick Martin, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Great Lakes Theater

2016 OUTSTANDING ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN A NON-MUSICAL OR MUSICAL
*Adam Zeek, THE LITTLE MERMAID, Beck Center
Ben Gantose, INCENDARIES, Cleveland Public Theatre/Ohio City Theatre
    Project
Dan Scully, ALL THE WAY, Cleveland Play House
Dan Scully, THE MOUNTAINTOP, Cleveland Play House
Mike Tuta and Jeremy Dobbins, MARIE ANTOINETTE, Dobama
Perren Hedderson and Zac Hudak, THE 39 STEPS, Blank Canvas
Val Kozlenko, 44 PLAYS FOR 44 PRESIDENTS, Cleveland Public Theater

2016 OUTSTANDING NATIONAL TOURING PRODUCTION
*FUN HOME, Play House Square
KINKY BOOTS, Play House Square
WRESTLING JERUSALEM, Cleveland Public Theatre

LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

David Frazier, the beloved stage performer who appeared in more than 150 Cleveland productions, made his earthly curtain call on March 13, 2016.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Cleveland Play House and the Cleveland Orchestra on their impressive world premiere production of THE GOOD PEACHES.

Playwrights Local for creating a venue for local playwrights to develop their works.

Raymond Bobgan on the occasion of his 10 years of creative leadership at Cleveland Public Theatre.

Victoria Bussert on her 30th anniversary with Great Lakes Theatre.

Near West Theatre for its commitment to empowering children, teens and adults through transformational arts

If any names are spelled incorrectly, or there are errors in identifications, please let me know so I can change the permanent record on www.royberko.info.

If you would like to read any of my reviews for the year, please go to www.royberko.info, enter the blog and click on “2016 Reviews” or click on the name of the producing theatre and scroll through their performances. Reviews from previous years may also be accessed.