{"id":107,"date":"2025-05-15T17:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T17:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2025-05-15T17:31:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T17:31:16","slug":"festival-2007","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/blog\/festival-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>CULTURAL ARTS CENTER<br \/>\n15 WEST PATRICK ST.<br \/>\nFREDERICK,MD<br \/>\nJanuary 12, 13 &amp;14, 2007<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Participants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rockville Little Theatre \u201cReaders Digest \u2013 Not\u201d by Jim Gustavson *<br \/>\nSandy Spring Theatre Group \u201cMemory Garden\u201d by Mark Scharf *<br \/>\nSilver Spring Stage \u201cThe Brute\u201d a comedy by Anton Chekhov<br \/>\nLaurel Mill Playhouse \u201cWhy Not?\u201d by Erica Smith *<br \/>\nColonial Players of Annapolis\u201cThe Veritas Machine\u201d by Michael Stang *<br \/>\nSilver Spring Stage\u201cThe Gold Lunch\u201d by Ron Carlson<br \/>\nNewtowne Players of Lexington Park \u201cTime Flies\u201d by David Ives<br \/>\nPort Tobacco Players \u201cNever Swim Alone\u201d by Daniel MacIvor<br \/>\nThurmont Thespians \u201cRounding Third (Condensed)\u201d by Richard Dresser<br \/>\nCedar Lane Stage of Bethesda \u201cAn Honest Arrangement\u201d by David Wiener *<br \/>\nMontgomery Playhouse \u201cA Skewed Nude\u201d Kim Zelonis *<br \/>\nHard Bargain Players \u201cTough Choices for the New Century\u201d by Jane Anderson<\/p>\n<p>* Indicates unpublished original script.<\/p>\n<h4>Winners:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Production<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8220;The Brute&#8221; Silver Spring Stage (Advancing)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Production<br \/>\n<\/strong> &#8220;Never Swim Alone&#8221; Port Tobacco Players (Advancing)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Production Runner Up<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Time Flies&#8221; Newtowne Players<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ed-Ro-Char Award for Technical Excellence<\/strong><br \/>\nSpence Watson &#8220;Rounding Third&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cliff Smith Award for Excellence in Directing<\/strong><br \/>\nJames Kleyle &#8220;Never Swim Alone&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adjudicators Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall Visual Impact (for Tough Choices for a Tough Play)<\/strong><br \/>\nDavid Standish, and the Merritt Family Scene Shop, for<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Costume Design<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Cast of &#8220;Tough Choices for the New Century&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Costume Design<\/strong><br \/>\nAnnie Whitmore of &#8220;Time Flies&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Original Script<\/strong><br \/>\nKim Zelonis &#8220;A Skewed Nude&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Performances:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Susan Fischer &#8211; &#8220;Tough Choices for the New Century&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meg Johannessen &#8211; &#8220;A Skewed Nude&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Raley-Dale &#8211; &#8220;Time Flies&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brittany Duff &#8221; &#8211; A Skewed Nude&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Julie Silvestro Waite &#8211; &#8220;Why Not&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Toni Carmine &#8211; &#8220;The Brute&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>David Timmerman &#8211; &#8220;Never Swim Alone&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Tusing &#8211; &#8220;Never Swim Alone&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jacqueline Burson &#8211; &#8220;Never Swim Alone&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CULTURAL ARTS CENTER 15 WEST PATRICK ST. FREDERICK,MD January 12, 13 &amp;14, 2007 Participants: Rockville Little Theatre \u201cReaders Digest \u2013 Not\u201d by Jim Gustavson * Sandy Spring Theatre Group \u201cMemory Garden\u201d by Mark Scharf * Silver Spring Stage \u201cThe Brute\u201d a comedy by Anton Chekhov Laurel Mill Playhouse \u201cWhy Not?\u201d by Erica Smith * Colonial&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/108"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}