9 Elly stage nominations
for Y-S acting company

YUBA CITY -- 8/13/02 (YSN) The Acting Company received eight of the 200-plus Elly award nominations for excellence in the 2001 theater season, the Sacramento Area Regional Theater Alliance announced.

TAC nominees included Pierrette Jensen for her direction of Snoopy in the "Young Peoples" category, and Michael Campbell and Candee Jensen as leading adult male and female actors, respectively, in Snoopy.

Pierrette said word came of her nomination on her 25th wedding anniversary. "It was a like gift...and Candee (her daughter) was pretty excited, too," she said.

Julie Bryson was nominated for best supporting actor (female) in Snoopy, as well.

The versatile Foster Campbell was nominated for best female supporting actor in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

Staci Johnson's "Lend Me a Tenor"figured large in the nominations. Johnson was nominated for best direction for the play, and the play itself was nominated for best overall production, SARTA announced.

Matt Mhoon was nominated for best supporting actor (male) for his role in Tenor, and Nancy Perillo's set design for Tenor was nominated for an Elly.

Ellys are named for the philanthropic arts supporter Eleanor McClatchy of the McClatchy newspaper fortune.