About OTP
OTP Awards
Old Town Playhouse recognizes volunteer achievement and dedication through several different awards, most given annually, and also in its most significant honor, the Old Town Playhouse Hall of Fame. Awards include (see below for description and awardees):
Old Town Playhouse Hall of Fame
Volunteer of the Year
The Peg Brace Award
The Old Town Playhouse Hall of Fame Award is the organization's highest honor. It is awarded to those individuals who have served the Playhouse for over 10 years and have contributed immeasurably to the health, growth and development of the organization. Members of the OTP Hall of Fame are:
| Vern and Bev Atwood | Jeanette Mason |
| Bob and Barbara Bradford | Jim Matthews |
| Dave Campbell | Dr. John and Elnora Milliken |
| Phoebe Collins | Steve Morse |
| Bryan Crough | Phil Murphy |
| Camilla and Ance Damoose | June Neal |
| Gerald and Pat Hager | Ken Parker |
| Doug and Margaret Hill | Joe Rice |
| Florence "Pinkie" Hoffman | Tom Schill |
| Denni Don Hunting | Nancy Sundstrom |
| Kasey Kilpatrick | Kathy Verstraete |
| Don Kuehlhorn | Wizard® |
| Bob Lerew | Peg Brace |
Volunteer of the Year - the OTP Volunteer of the Year is selected annually by the Artistic Committee. It is awarded to the person, or persons, who have given the most to the overall success of the performance season. Past recipients are:
2020 William Rockford
2019 Melissa May
2018 Danielle Pelshaw
2017 Anne & Chuck Moeser
2016 Arnie Taddia
2015 Karen Gardner & Bill Hershey
2014 Linda Crandall & Jeanne Ramick
2013 Kerr Anderson
2012 Lori Wheldon
2011 Sheri Wallace
2010 Brett Nichols
2009 Bradley Roswell
2008 Tom Webb
2007 Margaret Schaal
2006 Hedges Macdonald
2005 Cinder Conlon & Joe Rice
2004 Deb Bowman & Denni Don Hunting
2003 Al Thompson
2002 Peg Brace
2001 Al Lien
2000 Betty Gordon
1999 Don Kuehlhorn
1998 Jeff Kroeger & Matt McCormick
1997 Grace Hanninen & Paulette Parsons
1996 Gary Bolton
1995 Terry Lawrence & Billie Thompson
1994 Larry Hains & Kathy Verstraete
The Peg Brace Award - First awarded in 2007 to long-standing OTP champion Peg Brace as the “Unsung Hero” award, the "Peg Brace Award,” is given by the Volunteer Committee in honor of those who silently and without drama go above and beyond for the Old Town Playhouse. Past recipients are:
2020 Dick Cieslik
2019 Elizabeth Stewart
2018 Kathy Kelto
2017 Lori Wheldon
2016 Jeff Kroeger
2015 Bernadette Gropusso
2014 Barbara & Dan Goodearl
2013 Gary Bolton
2012 Paulette Parsons
2011 Joe Rice
2010 Denni Don Hunting
2008 Margaret Schaal
2007 Peg Brace
Old Town Playhouse
Main Stage Theatre
148 E. Eighth Street
at the corner of
Cass & East 8th St.
OTP Studio Theatre
620 Railroad Place
at the corner of
East 8th and Woodmere
