Thank you for your support of the Sioux Falls Stage Awards!
Our fifth annual event took place right here in downtown Sioux Falls on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at the Washington Pavilion’s Belbas Theater. The Stage Awards celebrate the amazing work being done by companies in the Sioux Falls region, and local performers in the our communities’ theatre, dance, comedy and entertainment arenas.
Best Play
Production director Whitney Rappana & actor Debbi Jones accept the award for Best Play on behalf of Monstrous Little Theatre Company’s Natural Shocks.
Best Musical
The cast and crew of the Good Night Theatre Collective’s Spring Awakening accepts the award for Best Musical.
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Best Leading Actress in a Play
Debbi Jones accepts the award for Best Leading Actress in a Play for the Monstrous Little Theatre Company production of Natural Shocks.
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Mary Ridder accepts the award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance in the Good Night Theatre Collective’s Sweeney Todd.
Best Leading Actor in a Play
Cameron Rhode accepts the award for Best Leading Actor in a Play for the Olde Towne Dinner Theatre production of Deathtrap.
Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Coleman Peterson accepts the award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for the Good Night Theatre Collective’s Spring Awakening.
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Mo Hurley accepts her second Sioux Falls Stage Award for Best Featured Actress for the Premiere Playhouse’s production of The Glass Menagerie.
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Maren Engel accepts the award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the Good Night Theatre Collective’s Sweeney Todd.
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Erin Sharp accepts the award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the Premiere Playhouse’s Hearing.
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Matt Morrison accepts the award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in the Good Night Theatre Collective’s Miracle on 34th Street.
Best Direction of a Play
Mighty Corson Art Players board members Melissa Prostrollo, Emily Wilson, Sean Mueller & Logan Leavitt accept the award for Best Direction of a Play on behalf of Brian Schipper for They Promised Her the Moon.
Best Direction of a Musical
Whitney Rappana accepts the award for Best Direction of a Musical for the Good Night Theatre Collective’s Miracle on 34th Street.
Best Play or Musical (Collegiate)
Playwrights Richard Swanson, Grace Ahles & Hanna Beshai and performers Mikennah Oleson & Suki Ford accept the award for Best Play or Musical — Collegiate on behalf of Augustana University’s This is My Body.
Best Performer in a Play or Musical (Collegiate)
Paris Whalen accepts the award for Best Performer in a Play or Musical — Collegiate for the University of Sioux Falls production of Big Fish.
Best Comedy, Variety or Dance Event or Series
Troupe members of the Midtown Coffee Radio Hour Matt Morrison, Wade Gemar, Kristina Harris-Jackson, Maren Engel & Nick Jackson accept the award for Best Comedy, Variety or Dance Event or Series.
Best Improv or Standup Comic
Chris Freier accepts the award for Best Improv or Standup Comic.
Best Dance or Variety Performer
Andrea Ross accepts the award for Best Dance or Variety Performer for her work in the Washington Pavilion’s Live & Local series.
Best Instrumental or Choral Music Event or Series
Members of the Rainbow Chorus of Sioux Falls accept the award for Best Instrumental or Choral Music Event or Series for their Coming Out Concert.
Best Lighting or Sound Design
Matt Cook accepts the award for Best Lighting or Sound Design for his work on the Good Night Theatre Collective’s Sweeney Todd.
Best Scenic or Prop Design
Bob Wendland accepts the award for Best Scenic or Prop Design for his work on the Good Night Theatre Collective’s Sweeney Todd.
Best Costume, Hair or Makeup Design
Sarah Larson accepts the award for Best Costume, Hair or Makeup Design, alongside daughter Harlow, for her work on the Good Night Theatre Collective’s Sweeney Todd.
Best Choreography
Rachel Smith accepts the award for Best Choreography for her work on the Premiere Playhouse’s Oklahoma.
Special Distinctions
Sioux Falls Stage Award of Excellence
Del Hubers accepts the fifth Sioux Falls Stage Award of Excellence for his longstanding dedication to youth music education, including choral and instrumental work with countless area school districts, churches and choral organizations, such as the Singing Boys of Sioux Falls and the Rainbow Chorus of Sioux Falls.
Del Hubers
Awarded for longstanding excellence and dedication to local performing arts, both in direct participation and in fostering support among community members and peers
Amy Eitemiller Morrison Award
Debbi Jones accepts the first-ever Amy Eitemiller Morrison Award for her outstanding work in a variety of performing arts disciplines, her fostering of young talent in our community and her collaboration with countless local arts organizations.
Debbi Jones
Given in memory of one of the original Sioux Falls Stage Awards panelists, awarded to an artist who is multi-disciplinary and tireless in their pursuit of excellence and inspiring others to be artists themselves — an individual whose dedication to craft has made an impact and who possesses unmistakable talent in more than one artistic specialty.
Eligibility & Criteria
Eligibility period is June 2023 through May 2024. Nominees are voted upon by a growing panel of local performing artists and supporters. New panelists are selected the year prior and tasked with patronizing as much local work as they can. To be eligible to be considered, events must be locally produced within 10 miles of the city limits of Sioux Falls by local companies or organizations headquartered within a 10-mile radius. Only original-run productions are eligible in all play/musical categories. Extended runs or remounts from the same company, with predominantly the same creative team and technical designs, remounted or revived within three eligibility years, are only eligible once. Panelists are precluded from voting for themselves. In the categories of Best Comedy, Variety or Dance Event or Series; Best Instrumental or Choral Music Event or Series; Best Play or Musical (Collegiate); Best Lighting or Sound Design; Best Scenic or Prop Design; and Best Costume, Hair or Makeup Design no more than two of five (or three) nominees may be sourced from a single company. In the categories of Best Play, Best Musical, Best Leading Actress and Actor in a Play or Musical, Best Featured Actress and Actor in a Play or Musical, Best Direction of a Play, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Dance or Variety Performer and Best Performer in a Play or Musical (Collegiate), no more than three of five nominees may be sourced from a single company. No performer or director may be nominated more than once in a single category.