Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
2008 co-production with American Musical Theatre of San Jose and
The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle of CABARET brings second Ivey Award
recognition to Ordway Center.
SAINT
PAUL, MN—Ordway Center for the Performing Arts received a 2008 Ivey
Award (www.iveyawards.com) for sets, costumes, direction and choreography
of their production of CABARET! This is the second year Ordway center
has received recognition, having won in 2007 for their production
of Love, Janis.
At the award ceremony, held Monday, September 22, 2008 at the Historic
State Theatre in Minneapolis, the evaluator who recommended the award
for this production was quoted as saying that the sets and costumes
transported the audience back to a different time.
Producing Artistic Director James Rocco accepted the award on behalf
of Ordway Center and fellow producing partners American Musical Theatre
of San Jose and the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington. CABARET
was a true co-production in the sense that the actors, artists and
technicians were a collective from all three cities. The show’s direction
was by Bill Berry, choreography by Bob Richard, set and lighting
design was by Tom Sturge, costume design was by Thomas G. Marquez,
and hair and make-up design was by Sharon Ridge. Cabaret starred
Tari Kelly as Sally Bowles; Nick Garrison as the Emcee, and Louis
Hobson as Cliff Bradshaw.
Recognized as one of the leading nonprofit performing arts centers
in the nation, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors
January 1, 1985. Home to a wide variety of arts performances, each
year Ordway Center presents and produces award winning productions
in its Theater Season; comprehensive, multicultural performing arts
programs in its planet Ordway® Target® season; and serves approximately
50,000 children and adults in its Education at Ordway Center programs.
In addition, each year Ordway Center hosts and presents the Flint
Hills International Children's Festival, with exceptional international
performing arts geared towards the Midwest’s youngest audience members
and their families. Ordway Center provides a home for three Resident
Arts Organizations: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, The Minnesota
Opera, and The Schubert Club. Ordway Center is proud to sponsor the
Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, a professionally
guided academic and artistic environment serving students grades
nine through twelve, which opened September 2005. During the 2005-2006
Season, Ordway Center served an audience of more than 320,000 from
throughout the Midwest. Please see the Ordway Center for the Performing
Arts website at ordway.org for more information.
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