The Middletown High School Drama Club
Awards Gallery
The Story of the Awards:  The inspiration for these awards came from The Archies awarded after the PC theater productions of the early 1970's.  These are the serious awards for the person in the cast or crew who goes the furthest beyond the call of duty in preparing for a production.  Our record of winners is included in the list of previous productions, but here are pictures of the actual awards.

The Jimmy - Awarded after plays directed by Jim Ascoli. This award was injured in a car accident in the fall of 2002, and the medallion at the top was replaced by the student of record. Because of this, the MHS Drama Club's new motto had to be changed. It is now "Fighting World Hunger Through Space Exploration."

Jim Ascoli retired from teaching in Middletown in July 2006, but we have decided to continue awarding this trophy after each show.  From the Fall of 2006 onwards it will be awarded for the actor who has contributed the most to the production in ways obvious and subtle.

The Zahmbie - Awarded after plays directed by Kevin Zahm.  Don't even ask about our first attempt at an award for this one.

As of the Fall of 2006, this award will be given after each show to the memebr of the Technical Crew who does the most behind the scenes for each production.
The Jackie - Awarded after plays directed by Jacqueline (Putier) Zahm. There was one presentation (of a different trophy) when Jackie was a student director at MHS.  This particular trophy was awarded after schoos she directed while teaching Biology at South Kingstown High School.  She currently teaches and co-directs at the Joseph H. Gaudet Middle School in Middletown, but there aren't awards after their shows.
 The Margareta - May 2008. Margaret Maurer directed "Twelfth Night." She tossed around several ideas for awards, among them "The Magpie" "The M&M" and "The M-Hour." But in the end, it came down to what was available, and we really like this one, especially in the context of the show itself.
The Joey - Joe Ferreira was the technical director here at Middletown for the first several years of the 1990s.  He took to giving this award after each play to the person on crew who did the most to help the play.  For a while this freed the Jimmy up to be a cast-oriented award.  We are considering re-instating this award.  If anyone knows past winners, please contact us.  Joe is currently working at King Philip Regional High School and doing a great job with their theater productions! The Adam Shepherd - In March 2004, Senior Adam Shepherd directed "Icarus All Over Again."  This award is based on both of his names (note the test tube!).
The Eileen - Awarded after "Steel Magnolias" and any other plays directed by Eileen (Horgan) Harris. The original of this award was lost immediately after it was given out. This reproduction will be given to the next winner, and passed on thereafter. Eileen is a 1990 graduate of MHS, and presently lives in North Kingston.
 The Chicklet - In 1998, a group of six young women in the drama club wanted to do a show of their own. They chose to perform "Talking With" in January of 1999. They selected the play, and directed each other. And they asked us to help with the awards. This, then is the story of the Chicklet.
The Auer - Katherine Auer has directed some plays at South Kingstown High School, and assisted Jackie directing Inherit the Wind in the fall of 2002. This award was made for those ceremonies, but only certificates ended up being distributed. The Schlinkie - Carol Schlink is the director at Mount Hope High School, in the Bristol/Warren School District. Jim Ascoli has played piano for several musicals there, mostly in the past six years, and we decided to build this award for the ceremonies to follow "Fiddler On The Roof" (May 2003).
   
The Geer - coming soon!  We just discovered that this unawarded trophy has been held by Greg Geer since he directed Fools in 1988.  We no know that we're not the only crazy ones in theater!  
   
   
We made some other "statues" in the past, also.  When Greg Geer directed, we made "The Geer" but for some reason we never wrote any awards.  Ed Kirwin directed and we awarded "The Eddie" but the waterproofing wasn't good, and the battery went dead, so Peter DiPippo had to throw it out.  Jon Davis directed and we designed "The Jo(h)n" exactly as you'd picture it, but we never built it and we don't think there was ever an awards ceremony.  Jeannette Knapp directed and we discussed "The Knappie" but also never built or awarded it.