Christmas Spirts Playbill 2018

SPEAR CARRIER AWARD

K at h r y n Weber i s a n unsung hero both on and off the stage, which is why it comes as no surprise that she is this year’s winner of the Spear Carrier Award, which recognizes an unsung hero in the cast. Off the stage, Kathrynprotects the rights of immigrants and refugees as an attorney with Scott D. Pollock & Associates, P.C. On the stage for her eight years in the Bar Show, you may remember her in some of her favorite roles, which include playing Justice Sotomayor, one of the “forgotten sisters” as Pippa Middleton, and rattling off quick witted puns. Since joining the Bar Show she has also become a mom, twice, and enjoyed playing a pregnant woman accosting a mailman about the dysfunction of the U.S. Postal Service. Kathryn also enjoys the energetic group dance numbers of the Bar Show and loved sleepwalking in “Twitter,”

year law student at the University of Minnesota, yearning to do more theater, she joined a group of other law students who created and performed the University of Minnesota’s first law school musical, “The Wizard of Fritz.” She had never seen the Bar Show prior to auditioning, but feels “very lucky to have the opportunity to sing, dance, and have fun on stage to such a supportive audience.” Thankful for her Bar Show family and friends, she also wants to give “big hugs to my husband and two sons” for all of their love and support. The real reason she auditioned back in 2010? Her father had passed away just eight months after her wedding and she decided that “life’s too short to not do the things we dream of doing.” He may never have seen her dazzle in the Bar Show, but she knows he is with her on stage every night. Kathryn is truly a star in our eyes!

Kathryn Weber

exercising in “Fitness Junk,” and partying with the Obamas in “Shut Up and Dance.” Growing up in Milwaukee, Kathryn’s parents instilled in her a love of theater from an early age. She described herself as “always drawn to acting,” and she participated in band, choir, and even had a “brief stint” performing in her husband’s (then boyfriend’s) band. She received undergraduate degrees in French and International Studies from Marquette University. As a third-

Previous Winners of the “Spear Carrier” Award:

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1972 Nat Kahn 1973 George Gale 1974 Harry Daley 1975 Len Kravets 1976 Henry Synek 1977 Al LaPlante 1978 John P. Coleman 1981 Douglas S. Keyt 1982 Bernard T. Martin 1983 Marvin Juron 1984 Holland C. Capper 1985 Thomas R. Vigil 1986 Howard B. Rockman 1987 J. Warren Whitesel 1988 Thomas W. Tolpin 1989 Eugene R. Propp 1990 Marti Liftin 1991 David H. Pauker 1992 Joseph A. La Gioia 1993 Reena Juron-Schiffman 1994 Ari Rosenthal 1979 Paul Sobol 1980 Allen Gabe

1995 Regina A. Scannicchio 1996 Moira S. Johnson 1997 Barbara Burns 1998 Sally Saber Lane 1999 Danny Teinowitz 2000 Nathan G. Brenner Jr. 2001 Chloe Arlan

2002 Joseph Stone 2003 James Dowdall 2004 Edith Reese 2005 Sara Howard 2006 Bob Nye 2007 Marie Lona 2008 Anndra Masters 2009 Sandy Andina 2010 Harvey Shiffrin 2011 Ellen Duff 2012 Mark Arnecilla 2013 Joyce Wixson 2014 Marc Augustave 2015 Jenny Jeltes 2016 Julia Riley Davila

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