{"id":81,"date":"2025-05-12T18:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2025-05-12T18:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:38:51","slug":"festival-1998","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/blog\/festival-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>1998 &#8211; Prince George&#8217;s Publik Playhouse<br \/>\nCheverly, Maryland<\/h3>\n<h4>Award Winners<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Production (tie)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Patient A&#8221; &#8211; Cedar Lane Stage<br \/>\n&#8220;Midnight Caller&#8221; &#8211; Silver Spring Stage<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Runner Up (tie)<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;The Valentine Fairy&#8221; &#8211; Montgomery Playhouse<br \/>\n&#8220;Specter&#8221; &#8211; Burtonsville Players<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cliff Smith Award for Excellence in Directing (Tie)<\/strong><br \/>\nLori Sampson &#8211; &#8220;Patient A&#8221; &#8211; Cedar Lane Stage<br \/>\nJack Sbarbori &#8211; &#8220;Midnight Caller&#8221; &#8211; Silver Spring Stage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ed-Ro-Char Award for Technical Excellence<\/strong><br \/>\nJack Sbarbori &#8211; &#8220;Midnight Caller&#8221; &#8211; Silver Spring Stage<\/p>\n<p><strong>David S. Schroeder Award<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>for The Spirit and Pursuit of Excellence in Acting<\/strong><br \/>\nNorma Ozur &#8211; &#8220;Apollo Redux&#8221; &#8211; Greenbelt Arts Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Judges Discretionary Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding New Script<\/strong><br \/>\nJames Riordan &#8211; &#8220;Apollo Redux&#8221; &#8211; Greenbelt Arts Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ensemble Performance<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Little Women&#8221; &#8211; Burtonsville Players<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Lighting<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Patient A&#8221; &#8211; Silver Spring Stage<br \/>\n&#8220;The Man Who Turned Into A Stick (Death)&#8221; &#8211; Hard Bargain Players<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Music<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Apollo Redux&#8221; &#8211; Greenbelt Arts Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Use of Live Sound<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Sure Thing&#8221; &#8211; Bowie Community Theatre<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Contemporary Costumes<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Specter&#8221; &#8211; Burtonsville Players<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Period Costumes<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;On the Harmfulness of Tobacco&#8221; &#8211; Bethesda Little Theatre<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Set Design<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;The Man Who Turned Into A Stick\u00a0(Death)&#8221; &#8211; Hard Bargain Players<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Judges Award for Cross-Cultural Exploration<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;The Man Who Turned Into A Stick\u00a0(Death)&#8221; &#8211; Hard Bargain Players<\/p>\n<p><strong>Judges Torch Award for Keeping the Classics Alive<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;On the Harmfulness of Tobacco&#8221; &#8211; Bethesda Little Theatre<br \/>\n&#8220;The Man of Destiny&#8221; &#8211; Port Tobacco Players<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Performance Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wayne T. Carr &#8211; &#8220;Patient A&#8221; &#8211; Cedar Lane Stage<br \/>\nJennifer Davis-Ford &#8211; &#8220;Crocodile&#8221; &#8211; Silver Spring Stage<br \/>\nColleen Delaney &#8211; &#8220;Midnight Caller&#8221; &#8211; Silver Spring Stage &amp; &#8220;The Valentine Fairy&#8221; &#8211; Montgomery Playhouse<br \/>\nJerry Green &#8211; &#8220;The Man of Destiny&#8221; &#8211; Port Tobacco Players<br \/>\nMichelle Osherow &#8211; &#8220;Midnight Caller&#8221; &#8211; Silver Spring Stage<br \/>\nMarilyn Osterman &#8211; &#8220;Midnight Caller&#8221; &#8211; Silver Spring Stage<br \/>\nLori Sampson &#8211; &#8220;Patient A&#8221; &#8211; Cedar Lane Stage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1998 &#8211; Prince George&#8217;s Publik Playhouse Cheverly, Maryland Award Winners Outstanding Production (tie) &#8220;Patient A&#8221; &#8211; Cedar Lane Stage &#8220;Midnight Caller&#8221; &#8211; Silver Spring Stage First Runner Up (tie) &#8220;The Valentine Fairy&#8221; &#8211; Montgomery Playhouse &#8220;Specter&#8221; &#8211; Burtonsville Players Cliff Smith Award for Excellence in Directing (Tie) Lori Sampson &#8211; &#8220;Patient A&#8221; &#8211; Cedar Lane&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","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=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/82"}],"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=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}