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Music Theatre Guild of Victoria
Junior Section
COMMENDATIONS 2014
Junior Production of the Year
Avenue Q (School Edition), Catchment Players
Hairspray, The Peninsula School
Direction of a Junior Production
Nathan Firmin, Avenue Q (School Edition), Catchment Players
Dayna Tinline, The Addams Family, Notre Dame College
Marcus Pinnell / Dawson Hann, The Witches of Eastwick, The Adamson Theatre
Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Musical Direction of a Junior Production
Kelly Trenery, Avenue Q (School Edition), Catchment Players
Simon Stone, Hairspray, The Peninsula School
Junior Male Performer in a Leading Role
Andrew Stainsby, Seymour Krelborn, Little Shop of Horrors, Westbourne Grammar
School
Ryan Stewart, The Engineer, Miss Saigon (School Edition), Melbourne High
School/Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
Benji Splitter, Man in Chair, The Drowsy Chaperone, The King David School
Liam Charleston, Horton the Elephant, Seussical, Class Act Productions
Junior Female Performer in a Leading Role
Olivia Marin, Kate Monster, Avenue Q (School Edition), Catchment Players
Annie Driver, Tracey Turnblad, Hairspray, Parade College with Mercy College
Rianna Maloney, Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz, Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s
College
Sian Crowe, Tracey Turnblad, Hairspray, The Peninsula School
Jade Seneviratne, Tracey Turnblad, Hairspray, Donvale Christian College
Elise Zolis, Gertrude McFuzz, Seussical, Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s
College
Millie Lalor, Alexandra Spofford, The Witches of Eastwick, The Adamson Theatre
Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Meg Duncan, Sukie Rougemont, The Witches of Eastwick, The Adamson Theatre
Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Junior Male in a Supporting Role
Hugo Donath, Scarecrow, The Wizard of Oz, Mount Scopus Memorial College
Gideon Cohen, Tinman, The Wizard of Oz, Mount Scopus Memorial College
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Tom Atkinson, Ringmaster, Barnum, Whitefriars and Siena Colleges
Daniel Allaoui, Edna Turnblad, Hairspray, Parade College with Mercy College
Christopher Burgess, Hickory/Tinman, The Wizard of Oz, Hart Theatre Company, St
Leonard’s College
Christopher Snitkjaer, Hunk/Scarecrow, The Wizard of Oz, Hart Theatre Company, St
Leonard’s College
James Loton, Reverend Shaw Moore, Footloose, M2 Theatre Company (Marcellin
College/Our Lady of Mercy College)
Joel Armour, Edna Turnblad, Hairspray, Donvale Christian College
Tom Sargent, Fester Adams, The Addams Family, Notre Dame College
Samuel Rowe, Evelyn Oakleigh, Anything Goes, Emmaus College Performing Arts
Alex Rafaniello, Wilbur Turnblad, Hairspray, Caulfield Grammar School
Robert Downie, Seaweed Stubbs, Hairspray, Caulfield Grammar School
Junior Female in a Supporting Role
Victoria Sithole, Motormouth Maybelle, Hairspray, Parade College with Mercy
College
Mareesa Ballao, Vi Moore, Footloose, M2 Theatre Company (Marcellin College/Our
Lady of Mercy College)
Madeleine Corbel, Motormouth Maybelle, Hairspray, The Peninsula School
Choreography
Lisa-Maree Callaghan, Barnum, Whitefriars and Siena Colleges
Alanna Volker, The Wizard of Oz, Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
Kristy Pinnell / Taryn Hughes, The Witches of Eastwick, The Adamson Theatre
Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Dancers
Andy Seymour, Seaweed, Hairspray, Elisabeth Murdoch College
Kade Hughes, Young Peter, The Boy from Oz, Overnewton Anglican Community
College
Wardrobe
Bianca Gualtieri, The Wizard of Oz, Mount Scopus Memorial College
Susan Handasyde, Disney The Little Mermaid Jr, St Michael’s Grammar School
Melanie Buckingham, BLOC Music Theatre, Disney My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s
Musical Tale
Settings
Chris White, The Wizard of Oz, Mount Scopus Memorial College
Judy Leech/John Rice, Miss Saigon (School Edition), Melbourne High
School/Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School
Crisanne Fox, The Wizard of Oz, Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
Georgie Green/Sam Mackie/Richard Congreve, Hairspray, The Peninsula School
Stuart Dodge, Disney Peter Pan Jr, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
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Geoff Crisp / Nathan Crisp / Dale Duncan / Keegan Just, Seussical, Class Act
Productions
Lighting
Brad Alcock, The Wizard of Oz, Mount Scopus Memorial College
Jason Bovaird, Barnum, Whitefriars and Siena Colleges
Ron Gavin, The Wizard of Oz, Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
Jason Bovaird / Moving Light Productions, The Witches of Eastwick, The Adamson
Theatre Company at Wesley College St Kilda Road
Also
Amara Jensen / Mark McDowell / Louise McMahon, Production Conception and
Design, Jesus Christ Superstar (School Production), Beaconhills College
Michael Cooper and creative teams, Production Design, The Who’s Tommy, Aitken
College
Dean Pearce, The Crocodile (construction), Disney Peter Pan Jr, Williamstown
Musical Theatre Company
Stage Crew, Disney The Little Mermaid Jr, St Michael’s Grammar School