Hip Hip Hooray! August Adventure 2012 was a huge success! Cadence Theatre Company and SPARC incorporated the talents of 178 children and youth and cast them in three shows at two venues as they presented Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Kids and Thorougly Modern Millie JR.!

Congratulations and thanks are in order for the artists and staff that composed our wonderful 2011/2012 season! We have been nominated for 16 Richmond Theatre Critics Circle awards in 7 categories and we could not have done it without you. And Congratulations to all of the artists in the Richmond theatre community! We look forward to celebrating with you at the ceremony on October 14 at 7:00pm at the November Theater. Tickets are $15, proceeds benefit the Richmond Theatre Artists Fund, and can be purchased at the Virginia Repertory Theater box office (804) 282-2620.

Cadence Theatre Company in partnership with Virginia Repertory Theatre nominations:

Best Play

• August: Osage County
• Kimberly Akimbo

Best Direction – Play

• Anna Johnson, Kimberly Akimbo
• Keri Wormald, August: Osage County

Best Actress – Play

• Melissa Johnston Price, August: Osage County
• Irene Ziegler, Kimberly Akimbo

Best Supporting Actor – Play

• Richard Koch, Kimberly Akimbo
• Matthew Mitchell, Kimberly Akimbo
• Adrian Rieder, In the Next Room or the vibrator play

Best Supporting Actress – Play

• Katie McCall, August: Osage County
• Carolyn Meade, August: Osage County
• Jill Bari Steinberg, Kimberly Akimbo
• Jody Smith Strickler, August: Osage County

Outstanding Achievement in Set Design

• Brian Barker, In the Next Room or the vibrator play
• Phil Hayes, August: Osage County

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

• Jesse Senechal, Kimberly Akimbo

And a very special shout out to Cadence’s Artistic and Managing Director, Anna Johnson. She directed Blue Mountain Christmas for Virginia Repertory Theatre, which was nominated for Best Locally-Developed New Work.

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