South Seneca Falcon Players’ Production of ‘Letters to Daddy’ Recognized for Three  TANYS Awards

The Theatre Association of NYS (TANYS) recently recognized the South Seneca Falcon Players production of “Letters to Daddy” with the following awards:

  • Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting to the Cast

  • Meritorious Achievement in Choreography to Chad Eastman

  • Meritorious Achievement in Direction to Tina Bauder

The South Seneca Falcon Players are proud members of TANYS, the Theatre Association of NYS. TANYS’ mission is to foster the contribution of theatre to the lives of the citizens of New York State; promote high standards of theatre practice through education and example; and encourage exchanges of information and knowledge through people-to-people and theatre-to-theatre exchanges. 

It serves all types of nonprofessional theatre companies including secondary schools, colleges, and community theatre. 

TANYS offers adjudication services to its member organizations, where a trained person experienced in theatre offers objective, constructive feedback to the cast and production team that help the performers and company learn and grow. Awards are given for noteworthy achievement and are the same standards whether a production is mounted by a community, college, or high school group.  

The award categories are: Meritorious Achievement- Advanced theatrical skill noted; Excellence- Theatrical skill base not routinely noted in non-professional theatre; and Outstanding Achievement - Theatrical skill base rarely seen in non-professional theatre.

The S.S. Falcon Players are grateful to TANYS for their feedback on its productions. Many of our alumni theatre students and our entire Production Team have been recipients of awards from TANYS over the years.  

“We are most excited about our award for Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting to the Cast of Letters to Daddy,” Bauder said. “A strong ensemble is filled with actors who play well defined individual characters telling a story together. An ensemble award recognizes the importance of every actor in the story.”

“This was a very young and inexperienced cast going into rehearsals this season,” Bauder continued.” 

“It took a lot of love,” Bauder added, “patience and determined adult & student roll modeling and leadership to make this production such a success. These awards speak to the heart and determination of the cast and the directors to show up every day with a positive attitude; to work through the tough stuff; to be vulnerable; to never give up; to work together to create something beautiful that we hope will continue to bring people together in discussion and actions long after the lights have dimmed on the stage. “

Bauder noted that the S.S. Falcon Players would like to thank everyone who helped support the creation of our production of Letters to Daddy, with a special thank you to all of the community businesses and organizations whose donations helped make our musical production such a great experience for everyone involved on stage, behind the scenes and in the audience.