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The Owosso Argus Press
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| First presented in June 1976 and called the "Sam Awards" at that time in honor of master of ceremonies, and first president Samuel Reiter. Later called The Argus Awards and often abbreviated as "The Argies". Comedy Awards were also instituted in 1976 and called the "Sally Awards" after presenter Sallysue Gale. |
| 1975 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | |
| Actress | Anna Pennington, Of Thee I Sing | Amy Mead, Annie Get Your Gun | Deb Knipe, Crimes of the Heart | Helene Robers, Nunsense | Diana Lett, Fiddler on the Roof | Kathy Kowalski, Wizard of Oz | Mistie Jordan, Will Rogers Follies |
| Actor | Ed Alderman, Harvey | Ari B Adler, Anatomy of a Murder | John Gehringer, Anything Goes | John Gehringer, Lend Me a Tenor | Ron Wilson, Fiddler on the Roof | Brad Oliver, The Boys Next Door | John Hill, Will Rogers Follies |
| Supporting Actor | Norm Smith, Of Thee I Sing | Jeff Murdoch, Annie Get Your Gun | Paul Kuhlman, Anything Goes | Eric Dawe, Lend Me a Tenor | Jon Bearup, The Rainmaker | Chuck Bump, The Boys Next Door | Tony Hornus, A Few Good Men |
| Supporting Actress | Kathy Golombisky, Of Thee I Sing | Rhonda Abrams, Annie Get Your Gun; Flora Davis, Steel Magnolias; Lyn Freeman, Steel Magnolias | Debbie Johnson, Anything Goes | Deb Knipe, Lend Me a Tenor | Jill Scollon, Marigolds | Mistie Jordan, The Boys Next Door | Cleon Grooms, Will Rogers Follies |
| Minor Actor | Mark Van Epps, Cary Bashore, Chris Miller, Little Shop | John Foland, A Few Good Men | |||||
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| Rookie of the Year | Lyn Freeman | Bob McNamara & Carrie Warman | John Emmendorfer | Chris Miller | Mistie Jordan | John Hill | |
| Director | Terrill Whitney, Of Thee I Sing | Suzanne Gibbons and Deb Knipe, Annie Get Your Gun | Al Moll, Anything Goes | Linda Keenan, Lend Me a Tenor | Stephen Morrin, Fiddler on the Roof | Tucker Hale, Wizard of Oz and Lyn Freeman & Don Peters, The Boys Next Door | Charlie Keenan, A Few Good Men |
| Show | I Never Sang For My Father, Linda Phaneuf | Anything Goes | Lend Me a Tenor | Fiddler on the Roof | The Wizard of Oz | Will Rogers Follies | |
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| Hal Sautter Award | John Michailo II & Laura Park | Mike Wesseldyk | Matt Van Epps | Joe Scott | Larry Alpert | ||
| President's Award | Terrill Whitney | Board of Directors and Mark Van Epps | Ruth McKay & Julie Shaw | Charles Arvin | |||
| Set Design | John Morovitz, Annie Get Your Gun | David O'Berry & Charlie Keenen, Anything Goes | Dave O'Berry, Best Little Whorehouse | Mark Van Epps & Kathy Denby, Little Shop of Horrors | Mark Van Epps & Kathy Denby, Wizard of Oz | ||
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| Technical
Achieve- ment |
Andy Ames | Mark Van Epps, lighting design, Rainmaker | Charlie Keenan | Michael Jordan | |||
| Special Recognition | Michael Jordan, special efx | ||||||
| Director Award | Carl Smith, Steel Magnolias | Amy Marsiglia, Anything Goes | Tucker Hale, Nunsense | Lisa Beauchamp, Fiddler on the Roof | |||
| Director Award | Adam Stewart, Annie Get Your Gun | Ruth McKay, Nurse Jane | Jeff Murdoch, Lend Me a Tenor | Julie Stapleman, Little Shop of Horrors | |||
| Director Award | Don Peters, Anatomy of a Murder | Kathi Ames, Crimes of the Heart | John Emmendorfer, Best Little Whorehouse | Ron Smith, Marigolds | |||
| Director Award | Don Peters, Act of Imagination | ||||||
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| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
| Actress | Mandy Bashore, Joseph | Jen Yoell, The Odd Couple | Kathy Kowalski, Jimmy Dean | Anna Owens, Music Man | |||
| Actor | John Morovitz, I Hate Hamlet | John Nowaczyk Oliver! | Jerry Frezon, Moon Over Buffalo | Bill Durr, Music Man | |||
| Supporting Actor | Dave O'Berry, Joseph | Josh Pyne, Oliver! | Jason Henry, big | Tim Ruwart, Music Man | |||
| Supporting Actress | Beth Watson, I Hate Hamlet | Donna Herrle, Oliver! | Anna Owens, big | Julie Shaw, Music Man | |||
| Minor Actor | Jim Hill, Fantasticks | Jerry Frezon, Oliver! | Lyman Woodard, Forever Plaid | Chuck Bump, 12 Angry Jurors | |||
| Minor Actress | Deb Johnson, Joseph | Julie Downs, The Odd Couple | Mary Jo Carmody, big | Emily Buysse, Music Man | |||
| Rookie of the Year | Jeff Wanko | Julie Downs | Tim Smith | Steven Hoshal | |||
| Director | Mark Van Epps, Mistie Jordan, Joseph | John Morovitz & Jerry Frezon, The Odd Couple; Lyn Freeman, Postmortem | John Morovitz, big | Jeff Murdoch, Music Man | |||
| Show | Joseph | Oliver! | Forever Plaid | Music Man | |||
| Special Production | OSB | OSB | Swing Band | Back to Broadway | |||
| Hal Sautter Award | Joe Scott | Patrick Carmody | Mark Van Epps | Douglas Strong | |||
| President's Award | Jerry Frezon | Brad Oliver | Paul Kuhlman | John Morovitz | |||
| Set Design | Michael Jordan, Joseph | Oliver! | Tucker Hale & Tim Samson, Jimmy Dean | John Morovitz, Heidi | |||
| Choreography | Deb McMillian, big | Angie Cooper, Music Man | |||||
| Lighting Design | Michael Jordan | Carl Ludington, big | Timothy Samson & Mark Van Epps, Heidi | ||||
| Costume Design | Joanne Morovitz, Oliver! | Chris Lepard, King's Garden | Joanne Morovitz, Music Man | ||||
| Sound Design | Jerry Frezon | Charly Kincaid, big | Charly Kincaid | ||||
| Technical
Achieve- ment |
Ron & Millie Smith | Charly Kincaid | Jan Scott & Janeen Cenkush | ||||
| Special Recognition | Don & Mary Rice | ||||||
| Director Award | Patrick Newton, Oliver! | Libby Van Epps, King's Garden | Tim Smith, Just So Stories | ||||
| Director Award | Millie Smith, Postmortem | Christy Frick & Tim Samson, Jimmy Dean | Jim Brichan, Heidi | ||||
| Director Award | Jerry Frezon, The Odd Couple | Rick Priester, big | Verna Hautamaki, Music Man | ||||
| Director Award | Linda Keenan, Moon Over Buffalo | Dennis Bohac, 12 Angry Jurrors | |||||
| Director Award | Mary Jo Carmody, Forever Plaid | Kitty Kuhlman, Second Time Around | |||||
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| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Actress | Anna Owens, King & I | Sarah Ferden, Sound of Music | Mary Jo Damm-Strong, River | Stacey Woodworth, Streetcar Named Desire | |||
| Actor | Artis White, King & I | Jason Luft, Brighton Beach Memoirs | Michael Windnagle, River | Jason Woodworth, Streetcar Named Desire | |||
| Supporting Actor | Christian Van Epps, King & I | Jerry Dahlberg, Sound of Music | Doug Strong, River | Michael Crawford, Cinderella | |||
| Supporting Actress | Erin Kurrle, Steel Magnolias | Anna Owens, Brighton Beach Memoirs | Helen Griffus, River | Laura Bates, Cinderella | |||
| Minor Actor | Gus Cook, King & I | Jerry Frezon, Guys & Dolls | John Morovitz, River | Curt Richard, Father of the Bride | |||
| Minor Actress | Molly Schlachter, Charlie Brown | Anelise Hoshal, Brighton Beach Memoirs | Erin RW Kurrle, River | Rhonda Abrams, Father of the Bride | |||
| Rookie of the Year | Kristen Harvard | Steve Weede | Jim Matla | Mike Reath | |||
| Director | Linda & Charlie Keenan, King & I | John Morovitz & Mary Jo Damm-Strong, To Kill a Mockingbird | Jeff Murdoch, Beauty & Beast | Helen Griffus, Cinderella | |||
| Show | The King & I | Sound of Music | Beauty & Beast | Fiddler on the Roof | |||
| Special Production | Footloose (Argue Press People's Choice Award) | Back to Broadway: Motwon | none | none | |||
| Hal Sautter Award | Joe Scott | Marian Towsley | Chris Sprink | Tom Perkin | |||
| President's Award | Dennis Bohac | Jerry Frezon | Jeff Murdoch | Heather Kruszkowski | |||
| Set Design | John Emmendorfer, King & I | Bryan Dryer & Amy LePino, Guys & Dolls | Jason Woodworth & Matt Maslowski Romeo | Nate Tykocki, Cinderella | |||
| Choreography | Lacy Monroe, King & I | Garrett Bradley, Sweet Charity | Jason Woodworth, Romeo & Juliet | Morgan Walters, Cinderella | |||
| Lighting Design | Carl Ludington, King & I | Matt Maslowski, Guys & Dolls | Renee Pullman & Ashlyn Gurley, Romeo | Matt Maslowski, A Streetcar Named Desire | |||
| Costume Design | Joanne Morovitz, King & I | Bryan Dryer & Sherry Monroe, Guys & Dolls | Connie Murdoch, Nancy Perkins & Suzanne Hemond, Beauty | Traci Gulick, Cinderella | |||
| Sound Design | Mike McClung, King & I | Rod Bradley & Lisa Bradley, Sweet Charity | Mat Maslowski, Beauty | Mike McClung, Cinderella | |||
| Technical
Achieve- ment |
Mike McClung | Matt Maslowski | Bryan Dryer | Nate Tykocki | |||
| Special Recognition | Chuck Bump, Kitty Kuhlman, Barb Moll, Jessica Dryer, Dave Louwsma, Mary Rice, Mardie Hornus, Mike Kruszkowski, Julie Shaw, Randy Bartlett, John Emmendorfer, Cheri Bruff, Bill Constine, Millie Smith | Mary Jo Damm-Strong, Jim Matla, Bryan Dryer, Joel Perkin, Annelise Hoshal, Terry Bigger | Greg Bennett, Barb Moll, Al Moll, Jerry Frezon, Anna Owens, Sue Henry, Jim Malta, John Morovitz, Morgan Walters, Jordan Lawton | ||||
| Director Award | Kari Riggio, Charlie Brown | Steve Weede, To Kill a Mockingbird | Eric Law, Romeo & Juliet | Nate Tykocki, Mike Kurszkowski, Cinderella | |||
| Director Award | Kari Riggio, A Midsummer's Night's Dream | Mike Kurszkowski, Guys & Dolls | Harry Wilson & John Michailo II, Forum | Mary Jo Damm-Strong, Streetcar Named Desire | |||
| Director Award | Sherry Monroe, Holiday at Lebowsky | Millie Smith, Sound of Music | Kate & Nate Tybocki, Beauty | Don Peters, Pat Peters, Fiddler on the Roof | |||
| Director Award | Sherry Monroe, King & I | Kari Riggio, Brighton Beach Memoirs | Joel Perkin, River | Joseph Moore, Pete Abrams, Father of the Bride | |||
| Director Award | Sheila Ralph, Steel Magnolias | Sue Bendix & Joe Scott, Back to Broadway: Motwon | Holiday at Lebowsky, Annelise Hoshal | The Quick Family, Mulan | |||
| Director Award | Linden Martin, Sweet Charity | Lacy Monroe, Grease | |||||
| Director Award | All OCP, Holiday Show | ||||||
| Workshop Achievement | Matthew Gerding, Primary Workshop | ||||||
| Workshop Achievement | Jordyn Lawton, Secondary Workshop |
