Awards
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Life Member Award
This young man was but a child when he did his first show with RLT. He did sound on the production of Shut Your Eyes and Think of England in April 1986. He later learned to set and run lights under the mentorship of Harold Woodward. Harold loved the kid. He remained up in the booth for many years, proving his talents in that craft and became thee go-to lighting guy. Then...one day… he decided to audition for a role. And this began the new “on-stage chapter” of Kelly Munce’s RLT story. He’s has gone back and forth from up in the booth to on the stage for decades. From Dimmer to Detective…. From Gobo to Golf Pro… From Lighting-Plot to Lion. We are very pleased to award the Life Member Award to Kelly Munce in recognition and appreciation of 37 years of dedication to Regina Little Theatre. |
Kelly Munce
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The Sampson J. Goodfellow Award, more commonly known as the Sammy Award, is presented annually to a volunteer for
- Most valuable contribution to Regina Little Theatre
- Outstanding contribution in the art of theatre
Lana de Lint
This year’s recipient has been involved in RLT since before 1985. They have appeared on stage and off; they’ve come and gone over the years with their changing family obligations and subsequently involved that changing family into the Regina Little Theatre family. In fact, one of their biggest contributions was bringing their mother to the RLT doorstep and pretty much leaving her here. We are rewarding her contributions this year for her assistance with the bar for every show. It is no small feat to haul all the inventory around, set up the cooler and then smile at all us ridiculous actors all night. We congratulate Lana de Lint as our newest Sammy Award winner.
To view a complete list of Sammy Award recipients, click here.
To view a complete list of Sammy Award recipients, click here.
The Freddy Award was first presented at the end of the 2011-2012 season in honour of retiring board member Fred Gallagher. Fred's years of service and tireless efforts as treasurer, set builder, and office manager typify the best of RLT. It is fitting that this award is bestowed on those unsung heroes who are "the heart of RLT."
Joanne Wehrle was heavily involved in RLT during the 1980's and intermittently until just recently, when she volunteered to work on our Archives project. This is a monumental task that was first begun by the late Irv Richards. With our 100th anniversary just around the corner, Nora Berg, who has had the Archives as a part of her portfolio on the Board of directors for years, approached Joanne about partnering on this important project. Her enthusiasm, attention to detail, document design acumen and dedication are appreciated more than she could ever realize. She has spent countless hours digging for clippings and photos on line, formatting them and compiling them onto one external hard drive. Once completed, the binders will be updated, scanned and worked into an electronic format. This will be one of the most complete archives out there! Thank you, Joanne, for your endless hours behind the scenes!
To view a complete list of Freddy Award recipients, click here.
Joanne Wehrle was heavily involved in RLT during the 1980's and intermittently until just recently, when she volunteered to work on our Archives project. This is a monumental task that was first begun by the late Irv Richards. With our 100th anniversary just around the corner, Nora Berg, who has had the Archives as a part of her portfolio on the Board of directors for years, approached Joanne about partnering on this important project. Her enthusiasm, attention to detail, document design acumen and dedication are appreciated more than she could ever realize. She has spent countless hours digging for clippings and photos on line, formatting them and compiling them onto one external hard drive. Once completed, the binders will be updated, scanned and worked into an electronic format. This will be one of the most complete archives out there! Thank you, Joanne, for your endless hours behind the scenes!
To view a complete list of Freddy Award recipients, click here.
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The Jacqui Award This the second time RLT is presenting this award. Named In honour of Jacqui Shumiatcher, it is known as “the Jacqui”.
This award which was developed to recognize the philanthropic support RLT has received over the years is given to an individual or group to acknowledge the importance of their contributions made to Regina Little Theatre Society. This award will be presented to one recipient per year (but not necessarily every year). For her many years of support, on and around the stage, and specifically for her years of green room sponsorship, I am pleased to present this year’s Jacqui to Kim Oberthier. To view a complete list of Jacqui Award recipients, click here. |
Kim Oberthier
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Pat Wilson
The Red Door Award
In 2022 we lost a good friend to our group. Rick Harvey had been a member of RLT since 1975. He acted and directed, but primarily he was thee set builder and decorator. Back then, we would rehearse out of a small building on Sask Drive. On show weeks, on a Wednesday all those available would load the set on a truck during the day and haul it to either Dark Hall, or Sheldon Williams High School Theatre or the Centre of the Arts Shumiatcher theatre. That night we would do tech/ dress and the show would go on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This meant that Rick was always there tweaking the set , and making last-minute touch ups. Dress rehearsal and sometimes opening night you had to be careful not to touch the walls because the paint might still be wet. He was a perfectionist and took great pride in his work. He did really great work. Rick’s last show was working on the set of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 2013. The famous RED DOOR on that set was a piece of art. As this ominous door was in the seedier side of London where Mr. Hyde would frequent, Rick was proud of the fact he added a bit of vomit to the paint job. (Not real vomit!)
In 2022 we lost a good friend to our group. Rick Harvey had been a member of RLT since 1975. He acted and directed, but primarily he was thee set builder and decorator. Back then, we would rehearse out of a small building on Sask Drive. On show weeks, on a Wednesday all those available would load the set on a truck during the day and haul it to either Dark Hall, or Sheldon Williams High School Theatre or the Centre of the Arts Shumiatcher theatre. That night we would do tech/ dress and the show would go on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This meant that Rick was always there tweaking the set , and making last-minute touch ups. Dress rehearsal and sometimes opening night you had to be careful not to touch the walls because the paint might still be wet. He was a perfectionist and took great pride in his work. He did really great work. Rick’s last show was working on the set of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 2013. The famous RED DOOR on that set was a piece of art. As this ominous door was in the seedier side of London where Mr. Hyde would frequent, Rick was proud of the fact he added a bit of vomit to the paint job. (Not real vomit!)
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To honour Rick Harvey, we have established a new award - The Red Door Award For An Outstanding Visual Accomplishment. Our first recipient has worked on many sets for RLT, a few this year alone and they always do great work. For their beautiful Making God Laugh Set, which included that great fence which was wonderful, we would like to present Pat Wilson with the first ever Red Door Award.
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Rick Harvey
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Some presenters at the 2023 RLT Volunteer Appreciation Gala
Ken Spencer
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Stacey Paus
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John Chaput
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Dallas Duffus
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Nora Berg
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Jean Taylor
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HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
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Carol Gay Bell
Nora Berg Dan Carr John Chaput Faye Daborn Dallas Duffus Keith Foster Jean Freeman Fred Gallagher Lyn Goldman Dennis Hughes Arlene Janzen Chuck Jordan Pat Mackay |
Rod McLeod
Joan Miller Cathy Moberly Kelly Munce Bill Nistor Cheryl Scherle Darcy Scherle Bonnie Senger Ken Spencer Jean Taylor Barry Uncles Pat Wilson Marianne Woods |
