The Christi Awards are a wonderful and fun evening to celebrate great performances by our actors young and old. On the first Saturday in June we gather to honor exceptional performances from that season. Our actors love the opportunity to dress-up, walk the red carpet with their castmates & family while they enjoy some great hors devours, musical performances from the season, and celebrating those who gave use these wonderful moments.
The Christi Award name is an abbreviated version of Christian to honor our name and God for giving us the abilities to do all that we do on stage. The award is an etched crystal award where a star is being carved out of the top of a mountain. This reflects what we do at CFT, chip away at the rough edges until we help create a star!
And the 2023 Christi goes to....
BEST ACTOR
Joel Whitesell.................Jack Kelly................."Newsies Jr."
BEST ACTRESS
Praise Meehan................Katherine ................."Newsies Jr."
BEST FEATURED ACTOR
Maxwell Stoll.....................Davey......................"Newsies Jr."
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS
Sarah Le-Porterfield...........Lucille....................."Junie B. Jones Jr."
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Harrison Stoll......................Joseph Pulitzer......."Newsies Jr."
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Grace Meehan....................Medda Larkin.........."Newsies Jr."
COMEDIC ACTOR
Thomas Dixon.....................Jack Scott..............."High School Musical 2 Jr."
COMEDIC ACTRESS
Nina Kirby.............................Hannah.................."Newsies Jr."
BEST ENSEMBLE
Scooter Gibson.....................Romeo...................."Newsies Jr."
BEST MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Praise Meehan..........Watch What Happens........."Newsies Jr."
BEST CAMEO
Della Quattrochi.............Gladys Gutzman............"Junie B. Jones Jr."
RISING STAR (1st Community Theater Show)
Rhett Brown.....................Les..............................."Newsies Jr."
BEST NEWCOMER (First CFT Show)
Margherita Barioli.............Pigtails........................."Newsies Jr."
AUDIENCE FAVORITE MALE
Tom Porterfield................Fredrick Elliot................"Banshee at the Bijou"
AUDIENCE FAVORITE FEMALE
Julie Fine.........................Greta Dane..................."Banshee at the Bijou"
THEATER HERO AWARD
Chris Hamill
BEST SHOW of the Season
"Newsies Jr."