Outstanding Off Stage Contribution

The Outstanding Off Stage Contribution award is given to a technician who has demonstrated excellence and commitment to technical aspects throughout the season. When these awards were started seven years ago, they weren’t supposed to be a “life-time achievement award.” Each student’s work was to be individually considered for each year. This year is no exception. Excellence is this technician’s trademark. “Good enough” is not in their vocabulary. A powerhouse, a dynamo, a perfectionist, and a caring thespian: this technician always met challenges head-on and was always looking for ways to improve a show, even during the run of a show with sometimes somewhat comical results. I’ve said before that a show can still run even if no one shows up except for the stage manager. This person didn’t have to prove it, but I know that they could have done it. Having worked on every show since their freshman year, having accumulated more thespian points than any other technician at this school, and greatly raising the bar regarding what it means to be a techie, this could be a lifetime achievement award. Perhaps it has simply been delayed. The 2011 recipient for Outstanding Off Stage Contribution to the Theatre goes to Kacy Helwig.

Old but good :-)