2005-2006 Drammy Awards
June 12, 2006
What an eclectic night! If you were there, then you know already who was recognized with Drammy Awards for outstanding achievement in Portland theatre. If you weren’t there, follow the link above to review the list of award recipients on the Drammy Web site. Then congratulate them one and all.
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Looking around the room, you had to ask yourself, "Is this a golden age for Portland theater?" Could be. What a crowd.
"The feel-good show of the year."
And you can quote me on that.
And Isabella Chappell -- no one is more deserving of a lifetime achievement award than she! What a wonderful person!
How do we get pictures from the event? and does anyone know the rebroadcast schedule of the ceremony?
Stayed tuned -- Both are in the works and will be posted to the Drammy site (www.drammy.info) as soon as they are available.
We'll also send an announcement on PDXBackstage.
I'll post the info here too as soon as it's available.
Just a note to say thanks to Don Crossley, Slayden Scott and all the others who gave a "shout out" to Stage Managers and crew.
I should have mentioned Nicole Gladwin last night; not only is she a great SM, but a great light board op. She hits cues like nobody else, and is reliable and repeatable. And with "Faust", there were a couple of cues she had to take on either a word, part of a word, or a gesture so the timing worked.
Thak you Nicole!
Aww... thanks Jeff! I was planning on berating you solely because of the cues off of people snapping their fingers. It only went so well because I'd learned on version 1! You've got me well trained.
The compliment is much appreciated.
It would be interesting to hear thoughts on so many awards going to out of towners, at times the only nod in a category. When the Drammys went to outstanding rather than best, it cured the "apples to oranges" comparisons ... fantastic move. The same can be said with PDX talent vs. visitors. There is a blessing in stepping into a town where the ghosts of your previous performances cannot follow. It is also really anticlimactic when half the awards are accepted by someone else ... PDX talent and visitors alike.
I have a hard time believing there was only a single performance by a supporting actress, in either a play or a musical, that merited recognition.
Anonymous 9:36 ... Well, then, share some luvin' about who YOU thought was good. Kick some compliments around, even. Spread the word; have a positive influence. Celebrate what you think was outstanding!
I too was annoyed by the number of awards given to out of towners.
we have a town full of great designers, and to acknowledge the out of towners so heavily is sad and sort of a slap in the face of the locals.
But very happy about Third Rail. That group raises the bar for everyone in the community.
Anonymous 12:47,
I think awards going to out-of-towners is a good wake-up call that we need to step up our game here in PDX. It is telling that a majority of the accepted-on-behalf awards went to the companies that can afford to hire out for their shows. I don't want to start a money vs. art discussion, but I do think that, with money, one can more fully explore the artistic ends of a show.
I found myself wondering if the awards shouldn't be split into two parts -- perhaps based on company budgets. Pick a limit, say $1,000,000. Something like outstanding lighting design for a company under the limit and outstanding for a company at or over the limit. Same for acting categories.
Oy, ve. Why make it so complicated? If something is outstanding, something is outstanding. And with each category allowing up to 4 winners (and only a handful of categories reaching that maximum this year), there's obviously room for everyone at the table -- if, of course, enough Drammy members consider their work outstanding.
Oy, ve. Why make it so complicated? If something is outstanding, something is outstanding. And with each category allowing up to 4 winners (and only a handful of categories reaching that maximum this year), there's obviously room for everyone at the table -- if, of course, enough Drammy members consider their work outstanding.
By "their work" I guess you could consider that to mean, "Their work" as 2 Drammy members won awards from themselves. If you want to award a lifetime award to a committe member, usually you wait until they leave the committee. I have no bone to pick with her winning, but it should have been next year.
And outstanding with a million dollar budget and a hundred dollar budget are two very different things.
I would of liked to see Enrique Arias win outstanding achievment as a supporting actor as well for his portrayal of Kiko in "Clean". I thought he turned in a heartbreaking performance. Also, if there were a category for stage managers my vote would have been for Tamara Carroll. She Rocks!!!!
Any idea when you will post info on the Drammy's rebroadcast & picture information? Don't want to miss it! Thanks.
Drammy ceremony photo gallery online!
Thank you to photographer Jim Leisy who captured the ceremony in pictures, which can be viewed in this online gallery: http://www.jimleisy.com/drammyland/index.html
Prints are available: $5 for a 8.5 x 11 inkjet (or one-time $25 fee for a digital file for use by organizations on Web sites or in print promotions). For details: 503-708-3387 or jim@jimleisy.com.
Also, on the Drammy site at www.drammy.info, you'll find new slide shows with photos from the winning productions on the "current season" page and various random other photos on the home page.
As for the rebroadcast schedule on local cable access TV -- still waiting to hear on that. Will post when it's available.
I just went down the list and only counted 9 out-of-town awards (two of which went to the same guy) out of 40 awards - not such a heavy hit when you consider that the theaters which produce the largest seasons are also the ones which have the resources to look regionally or nationally for talent.
And of course I have something to say about giving awards to committee members - this has been debated thoroughly every year I was on the committee, and there are people on both sides each time. Personally, although I didn't argue this in those debates, I didn't feel that my work should be automatically excluded because I chose to serve on the committee. I would have accepted that decision, however, had it been the consensus of the group. I know that my presence on the committee raised the awareness of the technical elements (perhaps sound in particular) for many members. While this may not have resulted in more technical awards, it at least resulted in more discussion about the merits of design work even in productions in which the acting didn't rise past folks' "outstanding" threshhold.
I'd also like to assure you that the whole budget thing is also discussed regularly, and it is unanimously understood that someone can do an outstanding job with a 25-cent budget, or a crappy job with $25,000. It is easier, in many ways, when you have a big budget, to be sure. On the other hand, it strangles you to an extent. The funky creativity which develops, successfully, when you have 12 clip lights and some Christmas lights in a tiny space like the backdoor theatre would probably fail miserably on a big stage. The other side of that is that there are so many expectations on a big stage (like seeing people's faces!) that you can't afford to be experimental or you'll get complaint calls from your regulars.
Well, you get the idea...
There are all kinds of folks on the committee, with opinions about what they like and don't like. No one is naive enough to think that money equals talent, and everyone knows that their decisions as a group are not always going to be popular with everyone.
On a more positive note, expect to see more recognition of playwrights/scripts this year as the committee is suddenly full of literary folks!
In any case, I will miss the discussions, oh yeah - and the free tickets...
So, I know that you always look back and wish you said… but I have to thank people that I missed when I got the award Monday night – sorry I just was too overwhelmed. I have had the privilege to work with Kristan Seemal twice now and he is an amazing director and a dream to collaborate with. To the actors, for whom this design would have NEVER been possible, because they endured 6 weeks of electrical cords sticking them (James), splitting super glued seams (David), and standing for hours while I tied knots (Amaya). The amount of support I got from the actors in this process despite the difficulty their costumes presented at times allowed me to go further than I could have otherwise and they really deserve recognition for that. Thanks so much!
still no announcement on the rebroadcast, is this going to happen?
Yes, it's going to happen!
I just spoke with the kind folks at Portland Community Media Television and they said they have finished editing the program (I actually have a DVD in my hands) and they will notify me of the cablecast schedule any day now.
It will be broadcast several times, so you should have plenty of opportunity to catch it.
Stay tuned!
Watch the 2006 awards ceremony on cable access TV!
Portland Community Media Television has announced the following schedule of when the 2006 Drammy Awards Ceremony will be shown:
Thursday 7/27/2006, 6:00 PM, Channel 23
Saturday 7/29/2006, 2:00 PM, Channel 22
Monday 7/31/2006, 11:00 PM, Channel 22
Monday 8/7/2006, 4:00 PM, Channel 11
Monday 8/14/2006, 11:30 AM, Channel 23
www.pcmtv.org
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