Great news for Hand-to-Mouth
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- May
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Got some great news I thought I’d share.
Buchanan’s Hand-To-Mouth Players theatre company won five awards at the Eastern States Theatre Association’s annual festival, ESTAFest08/Original Works, held in Newark, Delaware earlier this month. The awards were given for HTM’s production of the one-act play, “Fostered Ideal,” by Bradley Vile.
Among the honorees were cast members Cathy Jewell, Kurt Lauer, Rose Tavano and David Thompson, director Sally Simon and stage manager Gary Simon. The company won the following awards:
- Original Works Outstanding Production First Place Award,
- Outstanding Ensemble Performance,
- Excellence in Direction (Sally Simon),
- Outstanding Achievement in Set Design, and
- Outstanding Achievement in Acting (Rose Tavano).
The Eastern States Theatre Association is six member organizations from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and is a Member of the American Association of Community Theatres. Its primary function is to hold an annual ESTA Fest/Original Works Festival, and on alternate years to select one community theatre production from among its member states to go on to the AACT National Festival.
Hand-to-Mouth’s production was among 15 plays presented at ESTA Fest, 8 of which were original plays, from which Hand-to-Mouth’s production was chosen.
“Fostered Ideal,” which is a play about a dysfunctional family, was originally presented as part of HTM Players’ 16th Annual Playwright/Director’s Workshop in September 2007 in Buchanan under the artistic direction of Anne Rogers Pearl and Gary Simon.
It won the People’s Choice Award for Best Production at the New York State’s 2007 TANYS Festival.
and-To-Mouth Players is a not-for-profit community theatre, that has been producing plays in the area for over 40 years, including comedies, dramas, one-acts, workshops, musicals, and original works.
The group is dedicated to the promotion of cultural life in the community, and it’s home is the Trinity Boscobel Church in Buchanan.
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