Hale Theatre Wins 16 ariZoni Awards

Arizona's version of the Tony awards took place at the Tempe Center for the Arts on Monday, September 16th. Forty theatres participated around the valley including youth, contracted, and non-contracted theatres. Hale Theatre, who falls under non-contracted, swept sixteen awards, receiving the most earned out of all theatres valley wide.

The ariZoni Theatre Awards is a not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting the visibility and growth of theatre in the Valley of the Sun & Maricopa County. Most importantly, after completion of an exhaustive judging process, (involving close to 100 Adjudicators) awards of excellence are presented to those individuals who have excelled in performance and production during the just-completed season.

Hale's hit straight play of the season, "The 39 Steps", received rave reviews from audience members around the valley and took home eight awards, including best production, director, hair and makeup, props, lighting, sound design, scenic design and supporting actor. David Hale Dietlein, owner of Hale Theatre won best director of a play for "The 39 Steps" as well as best director of a musical for "The Price of Freedom".

This season, Cambrian james took on the feat of directing and choreographing the musical comedy, "Damn Yankees". His hard work and love of the craft was rightly noted as he took home best director and choreographer. The awards for "Damn Yankees" didn't just end with Cambrian, it also earned the highest ariZoni title of best overall musical.

Actors at Hale Theatre also earned the highest honors this year winning best lead actor, lead actress, supporting actor and supporting actress.

Owner David Dietlein says, "We always work hard to provide quality family Broadway entertainment to the valley. It's great when you are recognized for all your hard work. Everyone at our theatre plays a valuable role. None of what we do is possible without everyone's hard work and dedication to the arts."

AWARD LIST

*Overall Production...................................Hale Theatre - The 39 Steps

*Overall Musical.........................................Hale Theatre - Damn Yankees

Lead Actor in a Musical..............................Mark Kleinman - South Pacific

Lead Actress in a Musical...........................Emily Evans - Damn Yankees

Supporting Actress in a Musical.................Kate E. Cook - Damn Yankees

Supporting Actor in a Play..........................Gary Caswell - The 39 Steps

Director of a Musical...................................David Dietlein - The Price of Freedom

Director of a Musical...................................Cambrian james - Damn Yankees

Director of a Play.........................................David Dietlein - The 39 Steps

Choreographer.............................................Cambrian james - Damn Yankees

Costume Design............................................Corrin Dietlein & Pam Oborn - The Secret Garden

Property Design............................................David Dietlein - The 39 Steps

Hair and Makeup Design..............................Cambrian james - The 39 Steps

Lighting Design..............................................Jeff Davis - The 39 Steps

Sound Design.................................................David Dietlein - The 39 Steps

Scenic Design.................................................David Dietlein, Adam DeVaney & Ben Garcia - The 39 Steps

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