2005 Topper Awards

The primary purpose of the Tournament of Plays is to encourage individual and group excellence in US Forces community theatre programs throughout Europe. The goal is to promote, instruct, and recognize outstanding achievements in areas of performance and technical theatre. A team of professional judges is travelling Europe from tip to tail, watching performances of every plays and musical entered in the competition.

Following each show, the cast, crew, and staff will be given a thirty-minute verbal critique, conducted in the theatre facility. The judges will share their impressions of the productions, and will offer praise together with constructive recommendations for enhancing future efforts. Awards will be decided upon in a variety of technical and performance categories, including Best Drama, Comedy, and Musical; Best Actress and Actor; Set, Sound and Lighting Designs, etc. The official judging period for this Tournament of Plays is from the end of February to the beginning of April.

Here is the information we ran about registering for the Topper Awards Show.

Here are a few photos from the gala event

Here is the full list of all Winners and Nominations.   

Entries

Anything Goes, Ansbach Terrace Playhouse, Germany
Little Shop of Horrors, Aviano Air Base, Italy
Red Herring, Bamberg Stable Theatre, Germany
California Suite, Darmstadt Performing Arts Center, Germany
The 1940's Radio Hour, Black Comedy, Garmisch Players, Germany
The Belle of Amherst, Aspects of Love, Giessen Keller Theatre, Germany
Allocating Annie, Pirates of Penzance, Hanau Five Pfenning Playhouse, Germany
School for Scandal, Heidelberg Roadside Theater, Germany
Godspell, Kaiserslautern KMC Onstage, Germany
Little Shop of Horrors, Kitzingen Performing Arts Center, Germany
Steel Magnolias, RAF Alconbury Community Theatre, England
Cinderella, Ramstein Razz-Ma-Tazz Family Theatre, Germany
Eclipsed, Spangdahlem ACT Eifel, Germany
Polish Joke, Steel Magnolias, Stuttgart Theatre Center, Germany
The Food Chain, Beauty & The Beast, SHAPE Entertainment Center, Belgium
By Strouse, Vincenza Soldiers' Theatre, Italy
Chicago, Vilseck Bavarian Arts Guild, Germany
The Passion of Dracula, A Thousand Clowns, Wiesbaden Amelia Earhart Playhouse, Germany