The Perry Award for Outstanding Stage Management is no longer awarded based entirely on a reviewer score. This award is now based on nominations submitted by either the producer or the director of the stage manager's production. Like other special awards, nominees will be considered by the NJACT Board of Directors, who will conduct a vote to determine a winner.

What You Need to Submit

• Completed NJACT Nomination Form (Download Here)


• Your Nomination Letter (See details below)


• Letters of Recommendation (optional)

Deadline for 2009-2010 Season

• June 30th, 2010

Past Award Recipients:

• Hayley Wolosz, Joseph…, St. Catherine’s of Bologna, 2009


• Tina Lee, Tales from the Porch, Circle Players, 2009


• Debby Hennessy, Little Women, Chatham, 2008


• Sandy Chiappino, Follies, Bergen County Players, 2007


• Gineen Morosco, Oklahoma, Temple Shalom Players, 2006


• Stephanie Simons Neal, Educating Rita, Villagers, 2005


• Anne Bertasso, The Music Man, Roche Player, 2004


• Martha Thalheimer, Children of Eden, MOC Musical Theater, 2003


• Sara Copp, Blithe Spirit, Chatham Players, 2002


• Melanie Martiak, Last Night at Ballyhoo, Ocean County College , 2001


• Leslie Dwarin, Later Life, Oakland , 2000


• John Torzewski, 42nd Street, ShowKids Invitational Theater, 1999

Rules and Requirements

• Only a show's producer or director may nominate a stage manager for this award.



• Several people may be nominated together as stage managers for a single production by a single theater company in a single season, but no more than three people may be nominated together for the same production.



• Only stage managers who have managed a production during the current season may be nominated.



• Outstanding Stage Management nominees must be nominated for their work on a specific production and not for accumulative contributions to multiple productions.



• A stage manager may only be nominated once for one show per production company each season. A stage manager may only be nominated more than once in a season if he or she is being nominated by different theater companies for work on different productions.



• NJACT reserves the right to not award a Perry for Outstanding Stage Management if the board determines there is no nominee sufficiently deserving in that season.



• The person or persons nominating the stage manager must complete the nomination form, which provides additional information about the production for which the stage manager is being nominated.



• The person or persons nominating the stage manager must write a thorough and thoughtful nomination letter that explains in detail why the nominee is most deserving of being awarded the Perry for Outstanding Stage Management for that particular production. The content of the letter is at the discretion of the nominating parties. We recommend you focus on extraordinary efforts or overcoming especially difficult challenges. Also, we recommend you touch on as many of the following areas as possible:



• Coordinating the audition process.



• Creating the rehearsal schedule and managing rehearsals.



• Keeping the prompt book, managing script changes, keeping/creating lists of props, lighting cues, sound cues, costumes, etc. for each scene.



• Coordinating between the various departments such as costumes, scenic design, sound, lighting, house management, etc.



• Assembling and training the backstage crew.



• Running the show during the performance.



• Smooth, efficient scene changes.



• Timely execution of cues.



• Supervising load-in and load-out.



• Additional materials such as letters of recommendation from cast and crew members who worked on the production with the nominee are welcome, but not required.



• The NJACT Board of Directors will cast their vote based on information gathered from the nomination form, the nomination letter and the scores received by NJACT reviewers for the show for which the Stage Manager is being nominated. If any of these three items is not available by the June 30th deadline, or is deemed incomplete, the nominated stage manager will not be eligible for consideration.

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