Member Recognition

Recognition Received by MCP Members at Virtual Annual Awards Ceremony of 2021

Each year, Mason Community Players honors a number of members for their dedication and community spirit. These members are honored at the group's annual banquet. The 2021 Banquet was celebrated as a Virtual Awards Ceremony on January 9th.

Some of the awards are humorous; some are in appreciation for service during the year and some are to honor the continued and dedicated service of many years. All are given in a spirit of gratitude for the members who give so much of their time, their talent, their skill and their knowledge to make MCP a success. Listed below are the individuals who were recognized for their "contributions" in 2020.

Honored this year:

Bloody Smurfs (drawing blood in the service of MCP)
Pat Germano ... cut himself with a circular saw in the construction of The Importance of Being Earnest
Mary Stan Fizer ... fell up the stairs to the stage while carrying a chair, tripped and fell scraping her knee during set up for The Importance of Being Earnest 
Brandon Blair ... scraped his finger while constructing the open walls on the set of The Importance of Being Earnest
Jess Bunn ...bent her pinky finger back until it bled as she wheeled around the tech shelf grabbing things for The Importance of Being Earnest
Abby Farmer ... Wrynn Olszewski drilled into her finger when they were building the back wall of the set of The Importance of Being Earnest
Eric Grimm ... during the exit from Theatre 42, while loading stage platforms into the container, his hand found a screw sticking out of the bottom and his hand was impaled on said screw. He bled.
Eric Grimm ... during the exit from Theatre 42, while moving flats, his hand got stuck between a stack of flats and doors. He bled.
Eric Grimm ... during the exit from Theatre 42, while loading the container (again), he fell a number of times getting multiple scrapes on his legs and knees, which, of course, bled.

MO-Trin Awards (harming one's self in the service of MCP without loss of blood)
Missy Gary ... caught her pinky finger in the door of her car while on the way to rehearsal for The Importance of Being Earnest
Gaylene May Schumacher ... during The Importance of Being Earnest, she was cleaning and cleaning the rugs in the lobby to get ready for the show, she vacuumed so hard that she got two huge blisters, both of which popped causing great pain
Gaylene May Schumacher  ... during the exit from Theatre 42, whacked herself with a ladder
Eric Grimm ... during the exit from Theatre 42, fell down the stairs from the props loft to the main floor carrying furniture and receiving many bumps and bruises
Mary Stan Fizer ... accepting on behalf of the piece of furniture which Eric used to break his fall and was so damaged that it needed to be burned on the next bonfire
The Ultimate Mo-Trin
Amy Sullivan ... during curtain call for The Importance of Being Earnest,  she fell from the low rise to the stage floor, breaking the ball at the top of the humerus and shattering her wrist. This as also been dubbed the 991 Mo-Trin Award!

Honorary packets of Mo-Trin were given to most of the winners, but she does not think she has enough Mo-Trin to supply to Amy and she will just have to make do with a bottle of Mo-Trin.

Most Community Player (chosen by vote of cast, crew, staff of show)
For The Importance of Being Earnest
Technicians: Brandon Blair, Mary Stan Fizer
Performer: Stephen Catlin

Magnet Mayhem (given by Catlin Family to highlight some occurrence from the past year)
Inducted Mary Beringer and Jacqlyn Schott into MCP's "High Five Club", For all those who helped in the exit from Theatre 42, the magnet reads ... MCP had to "exit stage left" and I was there to help! 

A new recognition was introduced this year. Honored as the first
Silver Star Service Recipients 
Inducted as the class of 2020 were
The Late Christena Fox (25 years)
Timothy Geering (25 years) 
Frances X. Harpen (25 years) 
Mary Beth Benken-Riesenberg (26 years) 
The Late James W. Burton (26 years) 
Thomas Caruso (26 years) 
Sara Davis (26 years) 
Tom Davis (26 years) 
Dolores Wilt (26 years) 
The Late Ray Wilt (26 years) 
The Late Thomas E. Fox, Jr. (27 years) 
Caroline Poedtke (27 years) 
Susan Berger (28 years) 
Paula Johansen Triplett (28 years) 
Stephen Catlin (31 years) 
Lawrence Catlin (32 years) 
Linda Wilt Geering (32 years) 
Theresa "Terry" Kahle (35 years) 
Maureen "Mo" Rettig (35 years) 
Laureen Catlin (38 years) 
Phil Catlin (38 years) 
Rebecca L. McLaughlin (42 years) As individuals reach 25 years of service they will be inducted into the Silver Stars. Each member receives a commemorative pin and the names of the members are engraved on a plaque under the year in which they reached 25 years of service. 

A new plaque was unveiled to honor 
Recipients of Significant Awards from ACT CIncinnati, Inc. (ACT) or the Ohio Community Theatre Association (OCTA) Engraved on the plaque for past awards are 
Thomas E. Fox, Jr. (ACT's 2005 Art Rouse Award) 
Laureen Catlin (OCTA 2010 Spirit of Community Theatre Award) 
Rebecca L. McLaughlin (ACT's 2018 Roger Grooms Award) 
Peyton Corbin Hahn (An ACT 2019 Rising Star) 
Perry Gary (OCTA 2019 Spirit of Community Theatre Award) 
Laureen Catlin (ACT's 2019 Art Rouse Award) 
Jess Bunn (An ACT 2020 Rising Star Award) 
Joel Lind (OCTA 2020 Spirit of Community Theatre Award) 

The plaque will be updated any year in which an MCP is honored by one of these organizations

Silver Service Awards (named by any group member for service above and beyond the call of duty)
Brandon Blair, Sonya Neff, Gail Rudolph, Larry Catlin, Matt Lisa, Gaylene May Schumacher, Becca McLaughlin, Phil Catlin, Laureen Catlin, Mary Stan Fizer, Eric Grimm, and Maureen "Mo" Rettig 

Catlin Award (chosen by the previous recipient and given to a member whose participation is or began because of their devotion to family or friend)
Mike Bohanan

Jason Holt Award honoring the Technician of the Year (chosen via vote by the Board of Directors for dedication to the technical aspects of productions throughout the year)
Jon Scheiding

Vice-President's Award (chosen by the Vice-President to honor dedicated service by a member for 5 or less years)
Bonnie Emmer

President's Award (chosen by the President to honor dedicated service by a member for 6 to 10 years)
Perry Gary

Terry Family Founder's Award (chosen by the Terry Family from nominations submitted from the members of the Board of the individual most responsible for administrative support during the year)
Eric Grimm

Dallas W and Helen Bowyer Award (chosen via vote by the Board of Directors for dedicated service in a critical aspect of theatre over a period of many years ... at least 5)
Robert Terry

Grace Campbell Award (chosen via vote by the Board of Directors for continued dedicated service over many years ... at least 5 ... in many areas of theatre) 
Tess Catlin