And the Chesley Award Winners Are!
And the winners are;
2022 Chesley Award Recipients
Leading Actress in a Musical
Jori Gonzales as Esmeralda
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Supporting Actress in a Musical
Patricia Glass as Lina LaMont
Singin’ in the Rain
Youth Performer in a Leading Role
Kate Kasten as Kim MacAfee
Bye, Bye Birdie
Youth Performer in a Supporting/Feature Role
Kate Loscutoff as Olaf
Frozen
Leading Actor in a Musical
Eddie Voyce as Quasimodo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Supporting Actor in a Musical
Darryl Strohl-DeHerrera as Mr. MacAfee
Bye, Bye Birdie
Leading Actress in a Play
Ania Mieszkowska as the Stage Manager
Our Town
Supporting Actress in a Play
Emily Delk as Mrs. Gibbs
Our Town
Featured Performance in a Play
Alyssa Marie Mathews as The Girl
Our Town
Featured Performance in a Musical
Gil Sebastian as Roscoe Dexter
Singin’ in the Rain
Best Ensemble
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Favorite Production
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Nadine Salonites Board of Trustees Award
Doyle Tuman & James Glica-Hernandez
James Glica-Hernandez Memorial Scholarship Award
Journey Ostlind
Hershey Award of Excellence for Youth Theatre
Sammy Rosendale
Guild Award
Brady Thomas
Lou Anderson Tech (Tekkie) Crew Award
Josh Hilliard
GENE A. CHESLEY
Gene A. Chesley (1935-1981) was a highly regarded scenic designer, theatre historian and teacher. Chesley taught in the Dramatic Art Department at the University of California, Davis, from 1963 until his death at the age of 46 in 1981. As a UCD faculty member, Chesley began an eleven-year project to identify and document extant historic theatres, opera houses and performance halls in all fifty states. He became a renowned authority on American theatres built between 1800 and 1914, and a strong advocate for the renovation and preservation of theatres.
Gene Chesley’s interest in documenting America’s historic theatres began in 1964 when he noticed a dilapidated local opera house. “When I first came to the Davis campus, I lived in Woodland for six months. I realized that the Woodland Opera House was there and the scenery was there too. Later on, some colleagues and myself made an effort to save the scenery and create some interest.” The Woodland Opera House renovation inspired Chesley’s search for other old theatres in California and then nationwide.