2011 Cecil Award Nominations

Every year, the Dodge College faculty honor the graduating senior class (at both the Graduate and Undergraduate levels) with an awards ceremony named for our original building's namesake, Cecil B DeMille. 

The show, which is planned, produced, and executed entirely by a staff of students every spring right before Commencement, is a huge student event, with a red carpet entrance, pre-party with live music and themed decorations, and a light reception after the event.  The entire school comes dressed to the nines, and although tthe tickets run $30, it typically attracts the wider Chapman audience, with many friends and family in attendance, and usually sells out.

You can find more information about the Cecils on the official website (where you can also purchase tickets online).

…And the nominees are:

• United States of Tara – “Out of the Closet” by Donna Foronda
• Coyotes – “Pilot” by Katrina Mathewson
• Mad Men – “Sins of the Father” by Jaz Persing & Jessica Phelps
• Higher Education – “Pilot” by Devonie Royal-Gordon
• Scarlet Glass – “Pilot” by James Sweeney

• Starsfall by Nolan Lynch
• An Endangered Species by James Ramsay
• Last Knight of Sudan by Ryan Riley
• We Are Miserable by Sean Williams
• The Unjust by Russell C. Wojtusiak

• Ian Dalesky
• Hannah d'Angerio
• Ngoc Ho
• Jenny Hou
• Kai de Mello-Folsom

• Cameron Audia
• Molly Cornyn
• Kiah Jones
• Samantha Price
• Beth Wickman

• Traci Hays for Lions Among Men
• Vinnie Pompo for 16-Bit Sunrise
• Grant Reed for Incest! The Musical
• Taylor Rummell for Inside Out
• Michael Tacca for Burmese Refugee

• Michael Aronson for Manifesto
• Jon Byron for Nothing Falls Forever
• Jonada Jashari for The Stone on the Shore
• Gursimran Sandhu for Homecoming
• Jonathan Thompson for The Bullet Catcher

• Conor Brown
• Matt Gallenstein
• Maddie Johnson
• James Sweeney
• Jana Winternitz

• Nicole Case for Incest! The Musical
• Micah Embry for The Drop
• Andy Hengl for Lions Among Men
• Breanna Wing for Sirk
• Breanna Wing for The Way I Saw You

• Jeremy Yunjiao Chen for Nothing Falls Forever
• Michael Cruz for Homecoming
• Michael Tsung-Ying Yang for The Stone on the Shore
• Michael Tsung-Ying Yang for The Bullet Catcher

• Paulina Bryant for Pocket Elephant
• Greg Cotton for The Entangled
• Andrew Finch for Riley
• Jordan Raabe for Incest! The Musical
• Nicholas Wiesnet for The Drop

• Michael Candelori for Homecoming
• Libby Ruth Green for Nothing Falls Forever
• Libby Ruth Green for Tartelette
• Yousef Linjawi for The Stone on the Shore
• John MacDonald for The Bullet Catcher

• Bryan Chojnowski for The Tomorrow Machine
• Matt Perez and Evan Kinnard for Black Death
• Chase Levin, Hunter Schmidt, Peter Dibble, Ryan Matsunaga, and Kevin Riach for Airship

• Keith Funkhouser for The Science of Death
• Alexander Gaeta for Domestic
• Alex Ma for Inside Out
• Thomas Ouziel for The Drop
• Sean Yap for The Entangled

• Jeff Brown for The Bullet Catcher
• Andy Carney for Nothing Falls Forever
• Ericka Concha for The Stone on the Shore
• Alexander N. Popowych for Homecoming
• Veronica Zabrocki for Beneath

• Matt Kendrick for Lions Among Men
• Matt Kendrick for Riley
• Jeremy Marrow for Inside Out
• Billy Peake for The Entangled
• Billy Peake for Pocket Elephant

• Adam Blum for Chinese Takeout
• Jeff Brown for Nothing Falls Forever
• Andrew Carney for The Bullet Catcher
• Ericka Concha for The Stone on the Shore
• Alexander N. Popowych for Homecoming

• Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County (Spring 2011) by Allen Baclig, Heather Silveira, Kelsey Dover, Lauren Bruschi, Melissa Rubbelke, and Teresa Biviano
• Chance Theater (Fall 2010) by Loren Diaz, Rachel Ferrell, Alyssa Mihm, Alli Rosen, Aimee Swenson, and Eric Willcockson
• Pacific Symphony (Spring 2011) by Kristen Entringer, Nicole Fait, Alicia Fraticelli, Rafe Olson, Katie Reynolds, and Madison Williams
• All for Equality: A Public Relations Campaign for Orange County Human Relations by Alyssa Aoki, Teresa Bernabe, Maddy Duyck, Samantha Roper, and Cassie Zanone
• Thomas House Temporary Shelter: Ending the Cycle of Povertyby Kacie Femling, Molly Phillip, Shauna Fleming, Jessie McDaniel, and Allison See 

• EROS by Lauren Harris, Brittni Wedel, Caressa Alan, Taylor Galyan, Ashli Smith, and Jhoanne Mecija
• Eau De Roma by Jana Winternitz, Timothy Kressin, Matthew Jekowsky, Niels Lindelien, and Andrew Kemp
• Carbon Creative Group by Taylor Turner, Brittany Rausch, Jessica Becker, Jenna Nakasu, Kristen Entringer, and Emily Sopo
• Agent-C by Nicole Santo, Simon Blockley, Anna Duffy, Bobby Evers, Veronica Brothwell, and Kate Eglen
• imADgine by Kelsey Anderson, Laura Brewer, Amber Hedrick, Kristen Hinkley, Sara Traugott, and Kyle Pidot 

• Doritos by Tim Kressin, Seth Larson, Greg Balkin, Casey McAdams, David Dye, Katrina Chen, and Adora Malcolm
• The Great American Condom Campaign by Trojan by Caressa Alan, Allen Baclig, Laura Brewer, Lara Deford, and Corbin Scott
• Mothers Against Facebook by Tim Kressin, Seth Larson, Greg Balkin, Casey McAdams, David Dye, Katrina Chen, and Adora Malcolm
• Think Before You Post by Simon Blockey, Lauren Harris, Nicole Merritt, Jenna Nakasu, and Kyle Pidot
• What A Life by Zack Fettel, Robert Flicker, Kara Rutkin, Kelsey Lounsbury, and Brittni Wedel

• Hold My Hand – James Parker, Ruby Stocking, Vivi Thomasi, and Bobby Moser
• Nowhere Land – Erick Zenteno
• Positive to Positive – James Parker, Trisha Vo, Matt Diamond, Amber Hurley, and Vivi Thomasi
• Transit [Singapore exchange] – Haley Quartarone, Regina Tan, Emily Manheim, Juvia Chua, Dan Duran, and Eysham Cohen
• We Come From Jambiani – Bobby Moser, MJ Lat, Madeline Standish, David Nonberg, Lauren Shea, and Josefine Boormann

• Samantha Cortese
• Rachael Jerse
• Jeff Levitt
• Stephen Nelson
• Bryan Ziebelman

• Higher Education – Creator/Executive Producer: Devonie Royal-Gordon; Supervising Producer Katrina Jameson
• Coyotes – Creator/Executive Producer:  Katie Mathewson; Supervising Producer Davey Johnson
• Freshman Fables – Creator/Executive Producer: Jonathan Myers
• WHCC News with Allison – Creator/Executive Producer: Tara Walker
• The Pledge – Creator/Executive Producer: Josh Forgy

• Chapman News – Producers: Stephen Nelson, Sam Cortese, Bryan Ziebelman, Majo Mansilla
• The OC Bucket List – Producers:  Samantha Andre, Margot Czuropski; Executive Producer: Cameron Wohlschlaeger
• Panther Sports Line – Producers: Stephen Nelson, Jeff Levitt, Sam Cortese, Bryan Ziebelman
• Dirty Laundry: On the Street with Celeste and Heston – Producers: Chantel Houston, Victor Amezquita; Executive Producer: Cameron Wohlschlaeger

• Burmese Refugee
• Domestic
• Incest! The Musical
• Lions Among Men
• Pocket Elephant

• The Bullet Catcher
• Homecoming
• Manifesto
• Nothing Falls Forever
• The Stone on the Shore