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My 10th Foundation nomination for acting was for
Charlie Brown
- I didn't win, but it's always a pleasure to be nominated!
Some highlights from recent years in local theatre
(as Grant Fitch or as Tyler Grant Fitch)
(708) 951-0223
grant@grantfitch.com
Over the last few years, I've been fortunate enough to be cast in a number of wonderful plays and musicals. Most of
these shows were with theatre troupes which are members of the Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theatre
Foundation. The
Foundation
hosts an Oscar-like awards evening every October, where nominated productions
perform excerpts, envelopes are opened, and award winners give tearful and/or funny speeches. It's great fun, and
I've been honored a few times by them, as you'll see in the italics below - I've been thrilled to receive two
awards and several more nominations for my acting, and to have been involved in several nominated and award-
winning shows. (You can follow the above link to learn more about the Foundation and its member theatres.)
1998
"1776," Tri-Town Players - Dickinson
won Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," Marian Theatre Guild - Voice of the Book
1999
"Pirates of Penzance," Highland Park - Pirate King
nominated Best Lead Actor in a Musical
"Shadowlands," Genesius Guild - Christopher Riley
2000
"Twelve Angry Men," Lake Central Theatre Guild - Foreman
winner, Best Play
"Falsettos," Footlight Players - Mendel
nominated Best Lead Actor in a Musical
nominated, Best Musical
"Dear Ruth," Genesius Guild - Lt. William Seawright
nominated Best Lead Actor in a Play
2001
"She Loves Me," Chicago Street Theatre - Sipos
nominated Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
"Inherit the Wind," Genesius Guild - Matthew Harrison Brady
nominated Best Lead Actor in a Play
2002
co-directed "The Curious Savage" at Whiting High School with wife Kerry
"Mary Poppins," Highland Park - Mr. Banks
co-directed "Rehearsal for Murder" at Whiting High School
2003
"Same Time, Next Year," Footlight Players - George
won Best Lead Actor in a Play
co-directed "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" at Whiting High School
"Wit," Memorial Opera House - Dr. Jason Posner
later revived for performances at Footlight and at Towle Theater
"Once Upon a Mattress," Genesius Guild - Sir Studley
nominated, Best Musical
"A Christmas Carol," Memorial Opera House - one-man show
2004
"A Girl Could Get Lucky," The Milk Pail, Dundee, IL - Andy
co-directed "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - ABRIDGED" at Whiting High School
"Personals," Genesius Guild - Louis and others
cast nominated Best Ensemble
adapted and directed "Lear" at Genesius Guild - also played Kent
nominations for fight choreography and for actress Claire Harter ('Regan')
understudied "The Petrified Forest" at the
Center for Visual and Performing Arts
, Munster
stage crew for "She Loves Me" at the CVPA
2005
did props and backstage crew for "The Thing About Men" at Munster's CVPA
backstage crew for "Jolson & Co." at the CVPA
"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Abridged," Memorial Opera House -
Hamlet and many, many others
nominated Best Ensemble with costars John Parker and Jason Utesch
nominated Best Supporting Actor in a Play
nominated, Best Play
"Dracula," Genesius Guild - Renfield
"A Christmas Carol," Genesius Guild &
Crown Point Community Theatre
- one-man show
2006
"My Fair Lady," Crown Point Community Theatre - Henry Higgins
"The Foreigner," L'arc en Ciel Theatre Group - Charlie Baker
won Best Play
nominated Best Lead Actor in a Play
"Same Time, Next Year," a revival of the 2003 production at LCTG - George
"A Christmas Carol," LCTG & CPCT- one-man show
2007
"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," Genesius Guild - Charlie Brown
nominated Best Lead Actor in a Musical
"All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," Genesius Guild - Ensemble of Storytellers
