The Toni Awards

What are The Toni Awards? Glad you asked! The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) created this fun night to celebrate all the fun we have had with Kensington Theatre! There will be friends, fun, awards, performances and it is all FREE! Dress is Black Tie… or whatever you feel like wearing! Everyone is welcome.

See you at the 11th Annal Toni Awards in December, 2024!!

2023 Winners!

Magic Moments:

Magic Moments are picked by the directors of the productions:

• Magic Moment in Into the Woods:
  Nikki Merrill and Isaac Carrillo “Creating Milky White”
• Magic Moment in Kensington Symphony Orchestra:
  Emily Wayman
• Magic Moment in Footloose:
  Teyah Owen “Save Teyah: Stuck in the Locker”
• Magic Moment in Improvinators:
  Michelle Willis “Accompanist Extrodinaire”
• Magic Moment in TBC:
  Eowyn Miller, Sayla Butler, and Kameryn Grose “Covering for Eowyn”
• Magic Moment in Arturo Ui:
  Rob Abney “We couldn’t have done it without you!”

Toni Butler “Final Line”

The following Winners were created and voted on by the Kensington Teen Advisory Board:

Service to the Theatre:

Logan Bingham, Cassandra Kerr, and Emma Thomas

Jr. Service to the Theatre:

ELA CREW (past and present!)

Best Mistake On Stage/ Recovery:

“I did that with my sword.” When the tree fell (Rebekah Price as “Red” in Into the Woods)

Best Type Casting:

Lucas Morley as “Ren” in Footloose

Best Behind the Scenes Moment:

“Brainstorming dances for the Judge” (Brigham and Brody in Arturo Ui)

Best Injury:

“Isaac’s Broken Nose” (Kameryn Grose in TBC)

2022 Winners!

Magic Moments:

Magic Moments are picked by the directors of the productions:

• Magic Moment in Xanadu:
  Sterling Turner “Being willing to start the Mello Yello”
• Magic Moment in Kensington Symphony Orchestra:
  The Aaron Anderson Family
• Magic Moment in Hunchback:
  Seth Goldklang “Becoming Quasimodo”
• Magic Moment in Improvinators:
  Logan Bingham “Mrs. Beefkins”
• Magic Moment in TBCjr Girls Only:
  Alyssa Robison and Megan Young “Becoming Confident/Would you rather?”
• Magic Moment in TBCjr:
  Kaden Kuntz “Killing the part of Fat Sam”
• Magic Moment in TBC:
  Elias Miller “Turning things around for Thisbee”
• Magic Moment in A Midsummer Night’s Dream:
  Dallin Remund “Thisss… is Helena/Making Egeus hysterical!”

The following winners were created and voted on by the Teen Advisory Board

Service to the Theatre:

Emily Wayman

Jr. Service to the Theatre:

Sayla Butler

Best Mistake On Stage/ Recovery:

“Falling through the Whale and fixing it” (Britton Forman, Toni Butler, Jerry Berry, Sterling Turner, Princess Academy)

Best Type Casting:

Kaylie Walker as “Helena” (Midsummer)

Best Behind the Scenes Moment:

“Logan’s Lego AT-AT” (Logan Miller, Hunchback)

Best Injury:

“Kira Falling on ‘I’ll Catch you when you fall'” (Chelsea Francis, Xanadu)

2021 Winners!

Magic Moments:

Magic Moments are picked by the directors of the productions:

• Magic Moment in Matilda:
  Abilene Kugler and Isaac Carrillo “Covering for COVID”
• Magic Moment in Kensington Symphony Orchestra:
  Tanner Lindsay and Katie Damon
• Magic Moment in Spelling Bee:
  Dallin Remund “Transforming into an Amazing Comfort Counselor”
• Magic Moment in Improvinators:
  All the Improvinators “Eating Logan”
• Magic Moment in TBCjr Girls Only:
  Cydnee Farmer and Adria Kroff “Surviving the Fire”
• Magic Moment in TBCjr:
  Anna Jones “Making her Character Shine”
• Magic Moment in Urinetown:
  Logan Miller “What a Journey!!”

The following winners were created and voted on by the Teen Advisory Board

Service to the Theatre:

Michelle Willis

Jr. Service to the Theatre:

All the Youth that helped recover from the fire and Jon!

Best Mistake On Stage/ Recovery:

“Old Spice. Old Spice?” (Logan Bingham as “Barfee” in Spelling Bee)

Best Type Casting:

Andrew Butler as “Leaf” in Spelling Bee

Best Behind the Scenes Moment:

“What’s you favorite song?” (Erin Walker as Music Director in Urinetown)

Best Injury:

“Lightning Strike” (The Theatre)

2020 Winners!

Magic Moments:

Magic Moments are picked by the directors of the productions:

• Magic Moment in Tarzan:
  Trenton Conover “Fight Choreography”
• Magic Moment in Kensington Symphony Orchestra:
  Jennifer Hansen “Being Basically Awesome Since the Beginning of Kensington Theatre!”
• Magic Moment in Little Shop of Horrors:
  Tom Bugg and Seth Goldklang “Creating the Magic of Audrey II”
• Magic Moment in Improvinators:
  Logan Bingham “Kensington Live”
• Magic Moment in TBCjr Girls Only:
  Grace Colvin “Creating the ‘Rose Growing in the Cement Moment”
• Magic Moment in TBCjr:
  Sayla Butler “Creating Charisma On and Off Stage”
• Magic Moment in Les Miserables:
  The Entire Cast/Crew/Production Team/Orchestra “Creating a Miracle in COVID-19”
• Luke Gonzales and the Boys “Javert’s Death”

The following winners were created and voted on by the Teen Advisory Board

Service to the Theatre:

Jen Kroff

Jr. Service to the Theatre:

Sterling Turner

Best Mistake On Stage/ Recovery:

Mayzee Mayhem (Mayzee “Dog”, Asher Robinson “Little Gavroche”, & Abilene Kugler “M. Thenardier” Les Miserables)

Best Type Casting:

Carter Burrows, Miles Jeppson, Nathan Fielding (“The Three Tarzans”/Tarzan)

Best Behind the Scenes Moment:

Sterling Conquering the Rotating Stage (Sterling Turner “Stage Manager”/Little Shop)

Best Injury: It’s a Tie!

Trashin’ the Tramp (Isaac Carrillo “Terk”/Tarzan)
Team Marius (Trenton Conover “Marius 2020” & Tanner Tate “Marius 2016″/Les Miserables)

Catch a glimpse of the fun from 2014!

2019 Winners!

Magic Moments:

Magic Moments are picked by the directors of the productions:

• Magic Moment in Tuck Everlasting:
  Lydia Butler and Isaac Carrillo “Winnie’s Story”
• Magic Moment in The Crucible:
  Rob Abney “It is my name!” Speech
• Magic Moment in The Fantasticks:
  Cast of Fantasticks “Finale with Russ”
• Magic Moment in Peter Pan:
  Jacob Berry and Brooklyn Allison “Peter through the Window”
• Magic Moment in TBCjr:
  Jaron MacDonald “Fat Sam”
• Magic Moment in TBCjr Girls Only:
  Aubrey Sims, Lydia Butler, Emily Kroff, Karlee Moser “Love for the Girls”
• Magic Moment in TBC:
  Julia Taylor “The Sea Witch”
• Magic Moment in The Velveteen Rabbit:
  Bennett Kasalliss and Marissa Powell “Velveteen sees the Boy Again”
• Magic Moment in Improvinators:
  Mia Hansen “Audience Inner Song”

The following winners were created and voted on by the Teen Advisory Board

Service to the Theatre:

Kelly Elggren and Shannon Berry

Jr. Service to the Theatre:

Brooklyn Jones

Best Mistake On Stage/ Recovery:

Brody Ririe (“Broken Arrow”, Peter Pan)

Best Type Casting:

Nikki Merrell (“Winnie”, Tuck Everlasting)

Best Behind the Scenes Moment:

Cast of Tuck (“Weeping in the Wings” in Winnie’s Story)

Best Injury:

Maggie Scott/April Kerr (“Luisa Lip Sync”, Fantasticks)

2018 Winners!

Magic Moments:

These Moments were picked by the directors of the productions:

• Magic Moment in Lion King:
  Quincey Sharp and Ethan Smart, “Timon and Pumba”
• Magic Moment in Theatre School:
  Trenton Conover, “Stage Combat Class”
• Magic Moment in The Mystery of Edwin Drood:
  Cassandra Kerr and Megan”
• Magic Moment in West Side Story:
  Preston Rowland, “Riff’s Death”
• Magic Moment in TBCjr:
  Rachel Scherbel, “Ellie”
• Magic Moment in TBC:
  Geoff Beckstrand, Trenton Conover, and Lydia Butler “I Gotcha”
• Magic Moment in How I Became a Pirate:
  Cassandra Kerr, “Sensitive Guy”
• Magic Moment in Improvinators:
  Andrew Butler, “Spiderman”

The following winners were created and voted on by the Teen Advisory Board

Service to the Theatre:

Erin Walker and Jon Kroff

Jr. Service to the Theatre:

Abilene Kugler

Best Mistake On Stage/ Recovery:

Elias Morris (“Bang”, West Side Story),

Best Type Casting:

Gregory Harrison (“Diesel” in West Side Story)

Best Behind the Scenes Moment:

Boys Dance/Dallin (TBCjr)

Best Injury:

Lincoln Sharp (Broke arm falling up stairs Theatre School)

2017 Winners!

These Moments were picked by the directors of the productions:

• Magic Moment in Princess Academy:
  Katie Brown for “The Moment I Knew We Could Pull Off Princess Academy Beautifully”
• Magic Moment in Noises Off:
  Cam and Logan’s “Boxes”
• Magic Moment in Theatre School:
  Geoff Beckstrand’s “Improv Class”
• Magic Moment in Kensington Symphony Orchestra:
  Angel William for “That’s what you get for picking me!”
• Magic Moment in Willy Wonka:
  Jonah Walker, Michelle Willis and Spencer Willis for “Cheer Up, Charlie”
• Magic Moment in TBCjr:
  Quincey Sharp and Adria Kroff for “Bad Guys”
• Magic Moment in Kensington Players:
  Tevan McPeak for “You Are Not Alone”
• Magic Moment in TBC Pippin:
  Garrett Warr for “Kindness”
• Magic Moment in KAPOW:
  Shayla Wimmer for “Trisha”
• Magic Moment in Improvinators:
  Mike and Jill Bearden for “Being You!”

The following nominations were created and voted on by the Teen Advisory Board

Service to the Theatre:

Candice Kugler

Jr. Service to the Theatre:

Adam Willis

Best Mistake On Stage/ Recovery:

Adam Willis’s Costume Save in Pippin

Best Type Casting:

Maggie Scott as “Miri” in Princess Academy

Best Behind the Scenes Moment:

The Goats in Princess Academy

Best Injury:

Geoff Mean’s Body in Noises Off

2016 Winners!

Magic Moments:

These Moments were picked by the directors of the productions:

• Magic Moment in Drowsy Chaperone:
  Tanner Lindsay “For when your are feeling a little blue”
• Magic Moment in Theatre School:
  Jill Bearden “Agony”
• Magic Moment in The Mystery of Edwin Drood:
  Cassandra Kerr and Megan”
• Magic Moment in Les Miserables:
  Lincoln Sharp “Tribute to Eponine”
• Magic Moment in TBC:
  Lydia Butler “Alice”
• Magic Moment in Seussical:
  Jill Bearden and Rebekah Price “Thanks for the Party”
• Magic Moment in Improvinators:
  Shannon Berry “Jill’s Prosthetic Leg”

The following nominations were created and voted on by the Teen Advisory Board

Service to the Theatre:

Paul Butler

Jr. Service to the Theatre:

Jacob Berry

Best Mistake On Stage/ Recovery:

Lily Graham/Les Mis: “Puttin on Tanner’s Mic”

Best Type Casting:

Dallin Remund/Seussical: “Horton”

Best Behind the Scenes Moment:

Geoff Beckstrand and Boys/Les Mis: “Javert’s Suicide”

Best Injury:

Cam/Drowsy Chaperone: “No Voice”

2015 Winners!

Service to the Theatre:

Sheila Antheis

Jr. Service to the Theatre:

Isaac Bradstreet

Magic Moments:

These Moments were picked by the directors of the productions:

• Magic Moment in Tarzan:
  Cordon Johnson, Logan Johnson, Sydney Peebler, and Andy VanDongen, “Kerchak’s Death”
• Magic Moment in TBC:
  Kathryn Hackman and April Kerr, “Power in Silence”
• Magic Moment in Junie B. Jones:
  Alina Mower “Sheldon”
  Paul and Toni Butler “You can be my friend… just for today.”
• Magic Moment in Improvinators:
  Rebekah Price, “Mistaken Snake”

Best Mistake On Stage/ Recovery:

Alina Mower/Junie B. Jones: “Alina’s Locked Door”

Best Type Casting:

Lincoln Johnson/”Baby Tarzan”
Ben Olsen/”Young Tarzan”
Austin Ramsey/”Big Tarzan”
(Three way tie!)

Best Behind the Scenes Moment:

Abby Hambleton/Kensington Booty

2014 Winners!

Service to the Theatre:

MaryLee Hackman

Magic Moments:

These Moments were picked by the directors of the productions:

• Magic Moment in Annie:
  Alyssa Buckner “Tomorrow”
• Magic Moment in See How They Run:
  Geoff Means and Toni Butler “Passed Out”
• Magic Moment in Theatre School:
  Michael Butler “Matilda: Revolting Children”
• Magic Moment in TBC:
  Amberlee Merrill “Children of a Lesser God”
• Magic Moment in Miss Nelson is Missing!:
  Raechel Bunnell “The Cackle”
• Magic Moment in Urinetown:
  The Cast in “Run, Freedom, Run”
• Magic Moment in Improvinators:
  Jill Bearden as “Elasti-Girl”

Best Injury:

James Wilbert Schaefer Jr- Annie

Best Audience Laugh:

Blake Hoopes

Best Mistake On Stage/ Recovery:

Mike Bearden His Pants-

Best Type Casting:

Toni Butler as “Little Sally”- Urinetown

Best Behind the Scenes Moment:

Erin Walker: “Is it subtle enough?”- Teen Boot Camp

Best Best Death so Far with KTC:

“Javert” in Les Miserables, Curtis Nelson and Men