Encore Awards

Encore Awards

The Encore Awards are the Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa's means to acknowledge and praise our member's dedication and contributions to our productions. They are awarded every year at the VPW annual meeting.

Audience Choice Awards

25th Annual Original One Act Festival

Favorite Production (tie)

How Can I Tell if it's Love?

Eve and Adam

Favorite Script

How Can I Tell if it's Love? by Rand Higbee

Favorite Director

Joan Williamson -- How Can I Tell if it's Love?

Favorite Ensemble Cast (tie)

How Can I Tell if it's Love?

Eve and Adam

Favorite Actors

Rick Anderson -- Maestro (The Conductor)

Rick Anderson --God (Eve and Adam)

Clarence Aumend --Woof (Potions and Pets)

Kid Beat Box -- James Hamlet (The Free Man)

Favorite Actresses

Jessie Barr - Archangel Alice (Eve and Adam)

Deanna Champan - Samantha (Potions and Pets)

Emily Gaulke - Steph (Self Improvement, Old Testament Style)

Karly Macias - Nora (How Can I Tell if it's Love?)

Special Audience Choice Awards

Josh Klingman - Potions and Pets & The Free Man

Sarah Zarzynski - Potions and Pets & The Conductor

We are in the process of trying to gather and organize our history. If you have any information on items that we're missing, (or typos) please e-mail it/them to webmaster@villageplayhouse.org.

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1988 Awards	1989 Awards	1990 Awards	1991 Awards	1992 Awards
1993 Awards	1994 Awards	1997 Awards	1998 Awards	2001 Awards
2007 Awards	2008 Awards	2009 Awards

The Byrll Hoelke Award is named after one of the founding members of both incarnations of the Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa. It is presented to someone who has given of his or her time and energy over a period of years to benefit Community Theatre and the Village Playhouse. It is given in recognition and appreciation of his or her positive contribution and leadership example in the ever uphill crusade to keep community theatre alive and well in the metropolitan Milwaukee area.

	Byrll Hoelke Award Winners
	1982-1983 Season Byrll Hoelke Don Horaitis		1997-1998 Season
	1983-1984 Season Nick & Ann DeLeo John Flessas		1998-1999 Season
	1984-1985 Season Rosie Peterson Evvie Smith		1999-2000 Season
	1985-1986 Season Linda Jaeger		2000-2001 Season
	1986-1987 Season Lloyd Dreger		2001-2002 Season
	1987-1988 Season Judy Schoenfeld		2002-2003 Season
	1988-1989 Season Bob Kafka		2003-2004 Season
	1989-1990 Season Victor White		2004-2005 Season
	1990-1991 Season Tom & Donna Kohls		2005-2006 Season
	1991-1992 Season Tom Zuehlke		2006-2007 Season
	1992-1993 Season Jane Preston		2007-2008 Season
	1993-1994 Season Judy Tarbox		2008-2009 Season
	1994-1995 Season		2009-2010 Season (none)
	1995-1996 Season
	1996-1997 Season Gilbert Shine Barbara Lynch