YOUNG PLAYERS FESTIVAL AWARDS 2024
Adjudicator; Richard Keown

Junior Young Players Awards
Outstanding achievement – Willow Rosen  (The Grimmuss, KVS)
Outstanding achievement – Layla Hechinger (The Grimmuss, KVS)
Outstanding achievement– Ella Thomson (The Good Little Wolf, KVS)
Adjudicator’s Choice – Sarah Maclean (Director, KVS)
Llew Vale Community Bank Best Production  –  Koonwarra Village School (The Grimmuss)

Senior Young Players Awards
Outstanding achievement – Liam Fuery (A Tale of Two Balconies, Leongatha Lyric Youth Committee)
Outstanding achievement – Olive Roodenburg (Sticks & Stones, Wesley College)
Outstanding achievement – Nathanael Johnston (Of Gods & Cows, PI Village High School)
VDL Encouragement Award – Julia Millson (Sticks & Stones, Wesley College)
Llew Vale Community Bank Best Production – Wesley College (Sticks & Stones)

OPEN FESTIVAL AWARDS 2024

Bruce Crowl Award – Most Outstanding Production:
* TheatreBox – Beyond the Vows
FAMDA – The Midnight Muse
Gemco – Uke Belong to Me
ARK Theatre – For Old Times Sake
Here There & Everywhere Theatre – Theatre is Life!

Runner-up – Best Play: 
* Gemco – Uke Belong to Me

Annesley & Margaret Keown Award – Most Outstanding Director
* Tanya Ryder-Phillips – Beyond the Vows, TheatreBox
Pixie Jones – The Midnight Muse, FAMDA
Mandy McGarrigle – Uke Belong to Me, Gemco
Jimmy Dunne & Alan Ashby – For Old Times Sake, Ark Theatre
Phillip A Mayer– Theatre is Life!, Here There & Everywhere

Most Outstanding Male Actor
* Matt Philips – Beyond the Vows, TheatreBox
Ben Peake – Turbulence, Flashlight Theatre
Etienne Goessens – Fight for the Future, Bairnsdale Production Line
Sam Galvin – Uke Belong to Me, Gemco
Aeron Savige – Theatre is Life!, Here There & Everywhere

Most Outstanding Female Actor
* Michelle Drinnan – Uke Belong to Me, Gemco
Natalie Burns – Turbulence, Flashlight Theatre Company
Emma McKay  – The Midnight Muse, FAMDA
Claire Hanley – Beyond the Bows, TheatreBox
Krissi Creighton  – Theatre is Life!, Here There & Everywhere

Most Outstanding Male Support Actor
* Aran Mulholland – The Midnight Muse, FAMDA
Tim Carter – Nearly Departed, Bairnsdale Production Line
Jimmy Dunne – For Old Times Sake, ARK Theatre
Alan Ashby – For Old Times Sake, ARK Theatre
Luke Witham – Theatre is Life!, Here There & Everywhere

Most Outstanding Female Support Actor
* Kate McManus – Beyond the Vows, TheatreBox
Diana Thompson – Turbulence, Flashlight Theatre
Xanthe Moser – Fight for the Future, Bairnsdale Production Line
Orla McCarty – The Door, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
Maggie Darragh – Theatre is Life!, Here There & Everywhere

Playwright’s Award
* Phillip A Mayer – Theatre is Life!, Here There & Everywhere

Design Award:
* Song Selections, Set & Costumes – Uke Belong to Me, Gemco

Adjudicator’s Choice Award
* Gavin Williams – Douglas Monologue, Frankston Theatre Group