Performance awards have been presented to talented RLT actors since the 1949-50 season. Read more about the awards and how they are awarded.
Here are the winners since 1982. For earlier seasons, see Curtain Up! Raleigh Little Theatre's Fifty Years.
2006-2007
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Rob Jenkins as Artie Shaughnessy in The House of Blue Leaves
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Joan J as Lena Younger (Mama) in A Raisin in the Sun
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (tie)
Rob Bryant, Jr. as Joseph Asagai in A Raisin in the Sun
Jaret Preston as Malcolm McGregor in The Full Monty
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Jackie Marriott as Ruth Younger A Raisin in the Sun
Best Cameo Performance: Lormarev Jones as Grandmere in Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood
Best Show:
A Raisin in the Sun directed by Linda O'Day Young
2005-2006
Best Leading Actress: Mary Rowland as Vivian Bearing in Wit
Best Leading Actor: Greg Flowers as George Hay in Moon Over Buffalo
Best Suporting Actress: Jackie Marriott as Pat in The Story
Best Supporting Actor: Pepper Jobe as Jaime McLean in Filthy Rich
Best Cameo: Staci Alston as Latisha in The Story
Best Production: Wit
The 2005-2006 Cantey Award Winners (l-r): Staci Alston, Greg Flowers' wife, Pepper Jobe, Jackie Marriott, Mary Rowland.
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The 2005-2006 Cantey Award for Best Production, Wit (l-r): Director Haskell Fitz-Simons and Lead Mary Rowland.
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2004-2005
Best Leading Actress: Maggie Rasnick as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Leading Actor: Seth Blum as Randolph P. McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Suporting Actress: Blair Tecklenberg as Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel
Best Supporting Actor: Kurt Benrud as Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Cameo: John T. Hall as Starkeeper in Carousel
Best Production: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The 2004-2005 Cantey Award Winners (l-r): John Hall, Rick Young (Director of Cuckoo's Nest), Kurt Benrud, Linda Young (Director of Cuckoo's Nest), Seth Blum.
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2003-2004
Best Actress:
Whitney Boreiko as Sarah Norman in Children of A Lesser God
Best Actor:
Adam Gsegner as James Leeds in Children of A Lesser God
Best Supporting Actress:
Adrienne Morton as Mary in How The Other Half Loves
Best Supporting Actor:
Jack Prather as William in How The Other Half Loves
Best Cameo:
Missy Dapper as Edna Klein in Children of A Lesser God
Best Production:
Children of A Lesser God
Cantey Award Winners (l-r): Whitney Boreiko, Adrienne Morton (Adrienne's husband accepted on her behalf), Missy Dapper, Jack Prather
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Sam Parker, Director of Children of A Lesser God
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2002-2003
Best Actress: Mary Rowland as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Actor: David McClutchey as John Barrymore in I Hate Hamlet
Best Supporting Actress: Patsy Clarke as Lillian Troy in I Hate Hamlet
Best Supporting Actor: (tie)
Brent Wilson as Sir Harry in Once Upon A Mattress
Rob Jenkins as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Cameo: Brent Wilson as Henry in The Fantasticks
Best Production: I Hate Hamlet
Award winners (l-r): Brent Wilson, Rob Jenkins, David McClutchey, Mary Rowland, and Patsy Clarke
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Rod Rich, Director of the 2002-2003 Best Production, I Hate Hamlet.
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2001-2002
Best Actress: Rose Martin, Smoke on the Mountain
Best Actor: John Adams, H.M.S. Pinafore
Best Supporting Actress: Donna Sullivan-Khouri, Smoke on the Mountain
Best Supporting Actor: John Murphy, Over the River and Through the Woods
Best Cameo: Susan Durham-Lozaw, H.M.S. Pinafore
Best Production: Communicating Doors
2001-2002 Cantey Award Winners (l-r): Susan Durham-Lozaw, John Adams, Rose Martin, Donna Sullivan-Khouri, John Murphy
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Winners prior to 2001-2002
2000-2001 award winners:
Best Actress: Barbette Hunter, Home
Best Actor: David McClutchey, Terra Nova
Best Supporting Actress: Alison Lawrence, Brigadoon
Best Supporting Actor: Cain Bilbrey, Terra Nova
Best Cameo: Dexter Morgan, Little Shop of Horrors
Best Production: Terra Nova
1999-2000 award winners:
Best Actress: Joan J, The Old Settler
Best Actor: Lamont Wade, Fiddler on the Roof
Best Supporting Actress: Barbette Hunter, The Old Settler
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Jones, Into the Woods
Best Cameo: Brent Wilson, Into the Woods
Best Production: Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
1998-1999 award winners:
Best Actress: Rebecca Johnston, Lettice & Lovage
Best Actor: Martin Thompson, Man of La Mancha
Best Supporting Actress: Jo Brown, Always ... Patsy Cline
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Stephens, Master Harold & the boys
Best Cameo: Devon Bennett, Lettice & Lovage
Best Production: Always ... Patsy Cline
1997-1998 award winners:
Best Actress: Mary Rowland, Death and the Maiden
Best Actor: Joe Youg, Inherit the Wind
Best Supporting Actress: Rose Martin, Oklahoma!
Best Supporting Actor: David Britt, Sylvia
Best Cameo: Rob Jenkins, Arsenic and Old Lace
Best Production: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1996-1997 award winners:
Best Actress: Yolanda Rabun, archy and mehitabel
Best Actor: Roger Jones, The Woman in Black
Best Supporting Actress: Bunny Safron, Beyond Therapy
Best Supporting Actor: David Britt, Beyond Therapy
Best Cameo: Allison Ma'luf, Crimes of the Heart
Best Production: The Pirates of Penzance
1995-1996 award winners:
Best Actress: Anne Matson, Getting Out
Best Actor: John Murphy, To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Supporting Actress: Devon Bennett, Getting Out
Best Supporting Actor: Tyrone Hicks, A Few Good Men
Best Cameo: Frank Vanella, Rumors
Best Production: A Few Good Men
1994-1995 award winners:
Best Actress: Rebecca Johnston, Dancing at Lughnasa
Best Actor: David Potter, Fool for Love
Best Supporting Actress: Denise Michelle Penven-Crew, The Dining Room
Best Supporting Actor: Dan Mason, The Dining Room
Best Cameo: Shakespeare Ngo, City of Angels
Best Production: The Dining Room
1993-1994 award winners:
Best Actress: Allison Lawrence-Smith, Guys and Dolls
Best Actor: Roger Jones, Terra Nova
Best Supporting Actress: Miriam Neer, The Cemetery Club
Best Supporting Actor: David Henderson, Smoke on the Mountain & Terra Nova
Best Cameo: William Hartigan, Guys and Dolls; David McCormack, Guys and Dolls
Best Production: Desire Under the Elms and Smoke on the Mountain
1992-1993 award winners:
Best Actress: Mary Rowland, A Shayna Maidel
Best Actor: Bruce Laks, Speed-The-Plow
Best Supporting Actress: Patti Thorpe, Nunsense
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Jones, Lend Me a Tenor
Best Cameo: John T. Hall, Ghosts
Best Production: Nine
1991-1992 award winners:
Best Actress: Bunny Safron, Gemini
Best Actor: Roger Jones, A Walk in the Woods
Best Supporting Actress: Nancy Whelan Bennett, The Boys Next Door
Best Supporting Actor: Stuart Byham, The Boys Next Door
Best Cameo: David Bartlett, Big River
Best Production: Me and My Girl
1990-1991 award winners:
Best Actress: Alison Lawrence-Smith, The King and I
Best Actor: Eric Carl, Equus; Jonathan Meiburg, The Diviners
Best Supporting Actress: Nancy Watkins, The King and I
Best Supporting Actor: Stuart Byham, The Diviners
Best Cameo: Jennifer Scott McNair, Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Best Production: Brighton Beach Memoirs; The King and I
1989-1990 award winners:
Best Actress: Becky Johnston, Steel Magnolias
Best Actor: Alan Criswell, All My Sons
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Klekas, Steel Magnolias
Best Supporting Actor: Mitch Butts, All My Sons
Best Cameo: David Bartlett, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Best Production: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1988-1989 award winners:
Best Actress: Saravette Trotter, Toys in the Attic
Best Actor: Martin Thompson, Sweeney Todd; Dennis Rogers, Golden Pond
Best Supporting Actress: Barbette Hunter, The Wiz
Best Supporting Actor: Spencer Jenkins, The Wiz; Dan Mason, Cinderella; Terry Shippee, Cinderella
Best Cameo: Becky Johnston, Sweeney Todd
Best Production: Sweeney Todd
1987-1988 award winners:
Best Actress: Saravetter Trotter, Morning's at Seven
Best Actor: Dennis Rogers, Morning's at Seven
Best Supporting Actress: Marykate Cunningham, Noises Off
Best Supporting Actor: Jordan Smith, Morning's at Seven
Best Cameo: Euan Bagshaw, Noises Off
1986-1987 award winners:
Best Actress: Alison Lawrence-Smith, Once Upon a Mattress
Best Actor: Brent Wilson, Evita
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Bunce, Once Upon a Mattress
Best Supporting Actor: Rod Rich, Once Upon a Mattress
Best Cameo: Teresa Moore, Once Upon a Mattress
Best Production: Evita
1985-1986 award winners:
Best Actress: Carolyn Fitz-Simons, The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Best Actor: John T. Hall, The Little Foxes; Rod Rich, The Boys from Syracuse
Best Supporting Actress: Saravette Trotter, Little Foxes
Best Supporting Actor: Chris Shields, Anything Goes
Best Cameo: Jo Brown, The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Best Production: Little Foxes
1984-1985 award winners:
Best Actress: Shannon Bailey, A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Actor: Jason M. Weeks, A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Supporting Actress: Sara Wood, A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Supporting Actor: John T. Hall, The Student Prince
Best Cameo: Joseph Butler Chrietzberg, A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Production: A Streetcar Named Desire
1983-1984 award winners:
Best Actress: Beth Dettman, Saint Joan
Best Actor: Dan Mason, Cabaret
Best Supporting Actress: Marion Fitz-Simons, Deathtrap
Best Supporting Actor: David Ring, Cabaret
Best Cameo: Rebecca Johnston, Pinocchio
Best Production: Deathtrap
1982-1983 award winners:
Best Actress: Gloria King, Move Over Mrs. Markham
Best Actor: Ron Campbell, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Best Supporting Actress: Lorena Goodwin, Move Over Mrs. Markham
Best Supporting Actor: J. Kelly Gay III, Move Over Mrs. Markham
Best Cameo: Dennis Rogers, A Funny Thing Happened on he Way to the Forum
Best Production: Move Over Mrs. Markham
For award winners before 1982, see Curtain Up! Raleigh Little Theatre's Fifty Years.
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