Jack Louiso's joyful sense of fun has, for many years, enabled him to get inside the heads of kids he's mentored and entertained. He's taught kids to sing, dance and act at the School for Creative and Performing Arts for two decades and has served as artistic director for the Children's Theatre of Cincinnati since 1992. Those are the obvious reasons why the League of Cincinnati Theatres named him the 2007 recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award and why he was recognized at the 2007 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards event and was inducted into the CEA Hall of Fame.   

During the 10 years that D. Lynn Meyers has served as producing artistic director at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, she's staged 46 regional premieres, helped establish the League of Cincinnati Theatres and served in a leadership role during the league's early years. It seems fitting that, for the 10th anniversary of the CEAs, Meyers received LCT's Award for Continuing Excellence and was inducted into the CEA Hall of Fame.  

Local Actress In A Leading Role In A PlayJulianna Bloodgood as Kelly in Dying City, New Stage CollectiveCourtney Brown as Eurydice in Eurydice, Know Theatre of CincinnatiSara Mackie as Jackie in Mauri  

Local Actress In A Leading Role (Play)Hayley Clark as Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Cincinnati Shakespeare CompanyAnnie Fitzpatrick as Becca in Rabbit Hole, Ensemble Theatre of CincinnatiSherman Frach  

Local Actress In A Leading Role (Play)Corinne Mohlenhoff as Rosalind in As You Like It, Cincinnati Shakespeare CompanyKendall Karg as Lysistrata in Lysistrata, College-Conservatory of MusicApril Leonh  

Local Actress In A Leading Role (Play)Molly Binder as Ben Affleck in Matt & Ben, Know Theatre TribeAnnie Fitzpatrick as an American woman in England in Wayfarer’s Rest, Ensemble Theatre of C