42nd Volunteer party - 34th Annual ACTie awards
31st Anniversary in Capitol Theatre
Aberdeen Community Theatre celebrated a successful 2023 Season, and honored hundreds of volunteers at its annual Volunteer Party on January 20, 2024.
ACT relies on volunteers to fill a wide variety of roles backstage, on stage, and off stage, in order to support our mission of providing quality entertainment and opportunities for people of all ages.
Hundreds of volunteers sing, dance, act, build sets, make costumes, operate lights and sound, do hair and makeup, usher, assist with office or facility tasks, and much more - every year. Their generous gifts of time and talent are vital to our success: we simply could not do it without our volunteers. We are grateful to each and every one of you for "GETTING INTO THE ACT!!"
Here's a look at this year's "ACTie" awards.
Special note: any volunteers who were unable to attend the awards event may pick up their certificates at the ACT office, 417 S. Main Street, during normal business hours.
ACTie award winners from left to right:
Volunteer of the Year - Haley Salem
Golden Quill Award & Betty Anderson A-Stitch-In-Time - Michelle Schaunaman
Performer of the Year - Tony Kollman
Business of the Year - McQuillen Creative Group, Eliot Lucas accepting award
Techie of the Year - Jessa Zimmer
Newcomer of the Year - Kylee Carlson
Donald H. Hall Lifetime Achievement - Daniel Yurgaitis
ACT's Artistic/Managing Director - James L. Walker
Debut Performer of the Year - Chuck Gabriel
Other ACTie award winners include:
Techie of the Year - Renee Galbraith (please pick up your award)
Betty Anderson A-Stitch-In-Time - Megan Hinkle (please pick up your award)
Betty Anderson A-Stitch-In-Time - Brittany Merkel (please pick up your award)
Debut Techie of the Year - Jaycee Nelson (please pick up your award)
Orchestra Member of the Year - Tanner Shultis (please pick up your award)
2023 Season Debuts:
"Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook"
Madelynn Erdmann (please pick up your award)
James Ferguson (please pick up your award)
Olivia Hatzenbuhler (please pick up your award)
Chloecherie Heagley (please pick up your award)
Elijah Martin (please pick up your award)
Macy Schnabel (please pick up your award)
Miah Wipf (please pick up your award)
"How To Eat Like A Child"
Elliott Hanson (please pick up your award)
Jamison Frericks (please pick up your award)
McKenna Hamson (please pick up your award)
Eiler Jensen (please pick up your award)
Grace Mayer (please pick up your award)
Lauryn Robinson (please pick up your award)
"9 to 5 the Musical"
Jennifer Appl (please pick up your award)
Dylan Barkmeier
Kylee Carlson
Josh Davis (please pick up your award)
Chuck Gabriel
Lucas Galvin (please pick up your award)
Shawn Hepola (please pick up your award)
Cate Knapp (please pick up your award)
Kaitlynn Loos (please pick up your award)
Jaycee Nelson (please pick up your award)
Ashton Ormand (please pick up your award)
Masyn Schutter (please pick up your award)
"For Better"
Jessica Appl (please pick up your award)
"Murder at Cafe Noir"
Tim Moffett
"A Hallimark Christmas for Beth"
Jacob Miller
Leanna Miller
Anneliese Miller
Eli Miller
Tracy Vogel
Nepotism is Relative (A Wild Family Affair)
Jessica & Jennifer Appl (please pick up your award)
Jason, Jennifer, Dylan & Eden Barkmeier; Jackson & Ava Rott
Josh, Jenna & Alainna Bowen
John & Tierra Cassens (please pick up your award)
Gary & Heather Darling (please pick up your award)
Marilyn & Emily Davis (please pick up your award)
Paul & Jean Dutt (please pick up your award)
Aysia & Sakura Eggena (please pick up your award)
Tracy & Madelynn Erdmann (please pick up your award)
James & Jean Ferguson (please pick up your award)
Kristen & Hannah Gasperich (please pick up your award)
Journey & Sienna Gray (please pick up your award)
Matt, Lori & Jill Harmel (please pick up your award)
Steph & Chase Hawkinson
Fred, Rachel, Charlie & Peter Hemke (please pick up your award)
Jay & Missy Hill (please pick up your award)
Josh, Becky & Eiler Jensen (please pick up your award)
Mike & Catherine Knapp (please pick up your award)
Tony & Liza Kollman
Christine & Jill Lepkowski (please pick up your award)
Eliot Lucas & Nicole Christiansen
Greg, Barb, Katie & Emily Magera
Joel & Sarah Mann (please pick up your award)
Mark & Mary Marion (please pick up your award)
Bethe Martian; Lily & Daisy Williams (please pick up your award)
Amelia & Elijah Martin (please pick up your award)
Cherise, Bradley & Grace Mayer (please pick up your award)
Craig & Audrey McFarland (please pick up your award)
Russ, Lisa, & Shaun McNeely
Justin & Emily Meidinger
Jacob, Leanna, Anneliese & Eli Miller
Mike & Rita Moe
Eryn, Jayden & Kai Nerdig (please pick up your award)
Lucky, Joan & Thatcher Peterson (please pick up your award)
Courtney, Jackson & Ava Rott (please pick up your award)
Aaron & Haley Salem
Elizabeth, Elsa & Haydler Schiferl
Kraig Schlaht & Teresa Levsen
Brian, Juli, Erica & Natalie Schultz
Jeremy & Masyn Schutter (please pick up your award)
George P. & Sandy Sullivan
Alex & Paige Tiede
John, Tracy, Alice, Coen, Penelope & Eva Vogel
Bill & Mary Wieland (please pick up your award)
Larry, Margaret & Elizabeth Wild
Jessa & Raylee Zimmer
Glutton for Punishment (10 out of 10 performances in "Murder at Café Noir")
Nicole Christiansen
Chuck Gabriel
Liza Kollman
Nancy Miller
Juli Schultz
Chesnee Wagner
Brenda Weishaar
Jessa Zimmer
Season Specialist
Renee Galbraith ((please pick up your award)
Barb Imberi
Liza Kollman
Christine Lepkowski (please pick up your award)
Elizabeth Schiferl
Juli Schultz
Ashley Westby
Ashley Wysk (please pick up your award)
Jessa Zimmer
Schizophrenic Star
Jason Honerman
Eliot Lucas
Diane Leitheiser (please pick up your award)
Kylee Carlson
Arlyn Rusche
Haley Salem