Awards and Alumni
Grand Canyon University has received numerous awards for the outstanding work from our College of Fine Arts and Production.
ariZoni Awards:
- Best Light Design: Claude Pensis, Turn of the Screw 2009-2010
- Best Light Design: Claude Pensis, Don Pasquale 2008-2009
- Best Light Design: Claude Pensis, Electro 2001-2002
- Best Supporting Actress: Lori Winzeler, Twelfth Night 2001-2002
- Choreography: Irene Stojanov, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 2001-2002
- Best Scenic Design: Paul Bridgeman, Two Gentleman of Verona 1999-2000
- Best Scenic Design: Paul Bridgeman, Playboy of the Western World 1999-2000
- Best Direction: Claude Pensis, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1999-2000
- Best Direction: Claude Pensis, Cosi Fan Tutte 1999-2000
- Best Supporting Actress: Meridith Kaelin, Cosi Fan Tutte 1999-2000
- Best Supporting Actress: Holly Sheridan, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1999-2000
- Best Supporting Actress: Gina Addink, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1999-2000
- Best Costume Design: Nola Yergen-Jennings, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1999-2000
- Best Make-up & Hair Design: Kay Gray, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1999-2000
- Best Make-up & Hair Design: Wendy Hayes, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1999-2000
- Best Supporting Actor: Philip Dawkins, The Memorandum 1997-1998
- Best Direction: Claude Pensis, The Memorandum 1997-1998
- Best Supporting Actor: Phil Morgan, The Tempest 1995-1996
- Best Scenic Design: Paul Bridgeman, The Tempest 1995-1996
- Best Light Design: Claude Pensis, The Tempest 1995-1996
- Best Light Design: Claude Pensis, Gas One 1994-1995
The East Valley Tribune Maxie Awards:
- Honorable Mention, Best Actress in a Musical: Kathleen Bowman, Little Women 2002 - 2003.
- Honorable Mention, Best College Production: Little Women 2002- 2003
- Best College Production: An Enemy of the People 2001-2002
- Honorable Mention, Best Actor: JonMark Shillington, An Enemy of the People 2001-2002
- Honorable Mention, Best Costume Design: Nola Yergen-Jennings, An Enemy of the People 2001-2002
- Best Supporting Actress: Gina Addink, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1999-2000
- Honorable Mention, Best College Production: Who Will Carry the Word? 1998-1999
- Honorable Mention, Best Light Design: Claude Pensis, Who Will Carry the Word? 1998-1999
New Times Best of Phoenix:
- Best Best-Kept Theatrical Secret 1993
- Best College Theatre 1994
The Greater Phoenix Theater Critics Circle Award:
- Best Production 1918 1993-1994
