Angus L. Bowmer Award for Drama
Angus Bowmer founded the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. His enthusiasm and determination led to an increase in festival attendance, from 500 people in 1935 to more than 320,000 by the late 1980s. He directed 30 productions and performed 32 Shakespearean roles in 43 stagings at the festival.
Award Winners and Finalists: Drama
Note: Winners indicated in boldface type; as of 2003, this award is given in even-numbered years.
2013
Susan Mach of Portland, A Noble Failure
Steve Patterson of Portland, Immaterial Matters
Andrea Stolowitz of Portland, Antarktikos
Rich Rubin of Portland, Costa Rehab
C.S. Whitcomb of Wilsonville, Lear’s Follies
2012
No award given.
2011
Marc Acito of Portland & C.S. Whitcomb of Wilsonville, Holidazed
Wayne Harrel of Portland, Second Bloom
Susan Mach of Portland, The Lost Boy
George Taylor of Beaverton, Good Citizens
Molly Best Tinsley of Ashland, Glacial Genes
2009/2010
No award given.
2008
Dori Appel of Ashland, Hat Tricks
Jacklyn Maddux of Portland, Strange Sightings in the Great Southwest
Steve Patterson of Portland, Lost Wavelengths
Francesca Sanders of Portland, I Become a Guitar
George Taylor of Beaverton, Renaissance
2007
No award given.
2006
Doug Baldwin, Wrestling with Charlotte
Shelly Lipkin, Sylver Beaches
Richard Moeschl, Arthur’s Dreams
Keith J. Scales, What Mad Pursuit
Molly Best Tinsley, Fission
2005
No award given.
2004
Shelly Lipkin of Lake Oswego, Louanne Moldovan &
Sherry Lamoreaux of Portland, Vitriol and Violets
Gay Monteverde of Portland, The Arabian Nights
Steve Patterson of Portland, Altered States of America
2003
No award given.
2002
No award given.
2001
Dori Appel of Ashland, Lost and Found
Timothy E. Craig of McMinnville, Oregon Dawn
Charles Deemer of Portland, Seven Plays
Nancy Masaitis of Portland, Awe & Wonder
Barbara Pongracz of Lake Oswego, 3rd Time’s the Charm
2000
Sandra de Helen of Portland, The Bobbsey Twins Go to Hell
Melinda Pittman of Portland, Wonderbroads
William Sharp of Portland, Ain’t Nothin’ But a Bunch of Bull
1999
Dori Appel of Ashland, The Lunatic Within
Dori Appel of Ashland, Mother, Tree, Cat
Bryan Marvis of Oceanside, Dream True
Bryan Marvis of Oceanside, The Loner
1998
Dori Appel of Ashland, Freud’s Girls
Charles Deemer, Bedrooms and Bars
Charles Deemer, Famililly
Dorothy Velasco, Ever the Dragon
1997
Doug Baldwin of Portland, Drawing Down Clio
Wayne Harrel of Portland, Song of the Bow
Merilee Karr of Portland, The Diamond Orchard
1996
Jan Baross, Mata Hari
Susan Mach, Angle of View
D. Roberts, Picasso in the Backseat
Dorothy Velasco, Mother May I
Sharon Whitney, The Amazing Adventures of Coco-Kab
1995
No award given.
1994
Rachael Burchard, Alone
Myra Donnelley, Still Life
Jessica Litwak, A Pirate’s Lullaby
Greg Tozian, Fort Byron
Sharon Whitney, Rumpelstiltskin
1993
No award given.
1992
Nancy Klementowski, After the Light Goes
Steve Patterson, Bombardment
E.J. Westlake, The Disappearance and Death of Amelia Earhart
1991
No award given.
1990
George Evans, Swimming in Grace
Charles van Steenburgh, The Lonely Treble
Sharon Whitney, Five Minute Wars
1989
Jan Baross, The Woman Who Walked with a List
Dan Duling, Holding Patterns
Tad Savinar, The 4 Mickies
1988
Carolyn Gage, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc
Nancy Klementowski, Small Combo Blues
Tad Savinar, Brushfires
