Ohio Community Theatre Association
Northwest Region
Northwest had their regional on June 27, 2026 at:
Maumee Indoor Theatre
601 N. Conant Street
Maumee, Ohio 43537
The list of award winners are as follows:
Love, Loss, and What I Wore ~ Waterville Playshop
The Cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore – Excellence in Ensemble
Mitch Antesky – Excellence in Special Art
Joe Barton – Merit in Set Design
Joe Barton – Merit in Directing
When the World Was Green, A Chef's Fable ~ Actors Collaborative Toledo **ALTERNATE**
Jeffrey J. Albright – Outstanding in Acting as Old Man
Rin Moran – Excellence in Acting as Interviewer
Joe Capucini – Merit in Directing
Bonnie & Clyde ~ Van Wert Civic Theatre **INVITEE**
Jerry Zimmerman – Outstanding in Directing
Amy Boley & Jerry Zimmerman – Excellence in Set Design
Kristin Lee – Excellence in Choreography
Terri Spencer – Excellence in Musical Direction
The Cast of Bonnie & Clyde – Outstanding in Ensemble
Taylor Hesseling – Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance as Preacher
Hannah Davis – Merit in Musical Theatre Performance as Blanche Barrow
Ashton Szabados – Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance as Clyde Barrow
Cheyenne Weber – Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance as Bonnie Parker
Nick Long – Excellence in Acting as Buck Barrow
Douglas Long Jr. -Merit in Acting as Ted Hinton
Cheyenne Weber & Hanna Davis – Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance Duet as Blanche & Bonnie
Spirit of Community Theatre winner:
Mitchell Antesky
Grant Recipients:
Toledo Repertoire Theatre
Waterville Playshop
Northwest regional reps Scott and Mitchell Antesky present to Tammy Fitch of Waterville Playshop, the $25 Speedway gift card she recently won during an OCTA Northwest Region's "Dine to Donate" fundraiser. Everyone can use free gas to get to rehearsal! Congrats, Tammy!
Member groups in the Northwest region are:
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Meet Your Northwest Regional Reps
Mitchell Antesky, Lead Rep Northwest Region
Mitchell Antesky, the Northwest Lead Regional Representative, celebrates 2025 as his 40th year of involvement with the Ohio Community Theatre Association (OCTA). He began his journey on the state conference stage, later representing several theaters in the Northwest region and consistently participating in regional festivals and state conferences. In the early 1990s, he took on the role of regional representative, and in 2015, he received the prestigious Dick Beal Award for his exemplary service as a regional representative.Since 2012, Mitchell has served as an OCTA adjudicator, has also held the position of Guide/Responder Coordinator, where he successfully connected a record number of theaters with guides. Additionally, he has garnered numerous awards at the regional and state level for set design and has previously chaired the set design competition at the state conference.
Scott Antesky, Regional Rep Northwest Region
Scott’s OCTA adventure kicked off in 2011, after three years of attending regional and State Festivals, in the audience and on various technical crews. There he was, a Northwest Regional Rep, and he was soon also juggling the region’s website, social media and organizing many aspects of the successful Northwest Regional Festivals. His enthusiasm soon found him on the Executive Board as 3rd Vice President, rocking the fundraising world. Over the next five years, he curated a variety of branded merchandise, the likes of which had never been seen before and managed the eBay store. After a short hiatus to catch his breath, he returned with a mission: to boost membership and pump up theater participation by visiting local theaters and spreading the word about OCTA’s benefits. Always one to proclaim, “Let’s make theater magic happen!”
Eve Barman, Regional Rep Northwest Region
Eve is a student at the University of Toledo studying technical theatre and design. In addition to being an OCTA regional representative they are a member of Issue Box Theatre’s board as well as Horizon Youth Theatre’s youth board. Eve enjoys stage managing, sound designing and acting, having worked on 40+ local shows in the last 3 years alone. In their free time outside of theatre they show horses, play tennis, crochet and run.