Twin City Players Announces 2024-2025 Season Tiffany Award Recipients
Twin City Players Announces
2024-2025 Season Tiffany Award Recipients
The Twin City Players community gathered to celebrate its 37th Annual Tiffany Awards on Saturday, August 16, and recognized the performances and achievements from its 2024-2025 Mainstage Season shows: Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, The Mousetrap, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Unnecessary Farce, Sense & Sensibility, and Anastasia the Musical.
The Tiffany Performance Awards are named after the late Marion Tiffany, an actress, volunteer and charter member of Twin City Players. A secret panel of judges selects each year's winners. Backstage and volunteer contributions are also recognized with various special awards. Following is a list of recipients:
Lead Actor: Character: Show:
Jordan York George Bailey It’s a Wonderful Life
Lead Actress:
Alexa Rae Liberi Inga Young Frankenstein
Supporting Actor:
Jorin Tabbert Igor Young Frankenstein
William Klein Potter / Joseph / Gower / Bert and more It’s a Wonderful Life
Supporting Actress:
Adrienne Glisson Frau Blucher Young Frankenstein
Deborah Christy Mrs. Jennings Sense & Sensibility
Character Actor:
Jarad Medukas The Hermit Young Frankenstein
Will Flaherty Todd Unnecessary Farce
Character Actress:
Claudia Staude Mrs. Boyle The Mousetrap
Youth Award:
Henry Nelson Tommy / Ernie / Sam / Martini / Nick and more It’s a Wonderful Life
Golden Neophyte Actor:
Jakob Prillwitz The Tzar / Count Gregory / Count Ipolitov and more Anastasia
Golden Neophyte Actress:
Marla DePew Karen Brown Unnecessary Farce
Hammy (What a Ham Award):
Jim Richards Agent Frank Unnecessary Farce
Outstanding Ensemble:
Sense & Sensibility
Outstanding Set Design:
Danny & Laura Gilligan Young Frankenstein
Outstanding Costume Design (tie):
Barb Stepka, Reta Trux Sense & Sensibility
Outstanding Lighting Design:
Scott Bradford Young Frankenstein
President's Award:
Kim Kidd
Ilene Nemitz
The Player Award:
John Taylor
Dottie Griffith Distinguished Volunteer Award:
Caitlin Sampsell
Bob Grace Service Award:
Larry Nielsen
Unsung Hero Awards:
Young Frankenstein Cast Young Frankenstein Crew
Toni Mayberry Cassi Holmes
The Mousetrap Cast The Mousetrap Crew
Kraig Kirkdorfer John Golob
It's a Wonderful Life Cast It's a Wonderful Life Crew
Beth Fanning Anastasia Field
Unnecessary Farce Cast Unnecessary Farce Crew
Alexandra Newman Anastasia Field
Sense & Sensibility Cast Sense & Sensibility Crew
Deborah Christy Cassi Holmes
Anastasia the Musical Cast Anastasia the Musical Crew
Elizabeth Gaspari Barb Stepka
About Twin City Players
Formed in 1932, Twin City Players is one of the oldest, continuously operating community theaters in Michigan. It is a volunteer based nonprofit organization that strives to engage the community in quality theatre that changes lives and to be recognized for organizational excellence producing quality performances in southwest Michigan. The TCP Playhouse is located at 600 West Glenlord Road, St. Joseph, MI. For more information about TCP, call 269-429-0400 or visit twincityplayers.org.
