{"id":207066,"date":"2026-06-18T20:35:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T01:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=207066"},"modified":"2026-06-18T20:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T01:35:33","slug":"vwct-holds-annual-awards-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/06\/18\/vwct-holds-annual-awards-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCT holds annual awards banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 60 members, volunteers, performers, directors, designers, supporters and friends gathered at the recent Van Wert Civic Theatre\u2019s awards banquet to celebrate the dedication and countless hours of hard work that made the 2025-2026 season one to remember. Merit, Outstanding and Excellence awards were given out to many individuals.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VWCT-scholarship-winners-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207067\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grace Spieles, Sophia Alvarado, Abbie Mengerink were each awarded a $500 scholarship. <em>Photos submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The production of the year was <em>Bonnie and Clyde<\/em>.\u00a0Trustee\u2019s Awards, determined by the board of the theatre, were given to Chad Kraner, Keith Allen and Terry Plas.\u00a0 For the second year in a row, Van Wert Civic Theatre was able to give $500 scholarships for graduating high school seniors or those attending college to Grace Spieles, Abbie Mengerink and Sofia Alvarado. Special awards were given to the Adolescent and Young Adult Theatre members involved with the world premier of<em> Looking Back, <\/em>written and scored by Perri Webb.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0The evening concluded with eight members of the cast of <em>Dear Edwina Jr.<\/em>, serenading the audience with <em>Sing Your Own Song<\/em> from the show.\u00a0 The show will be performed on June 25-28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;A complete list of winners can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/vwct.org\">vwct.org<\/a> or on the theatre\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/All-VWCT-award-winners-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207068\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dear-Edwina-cast-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207069\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All VWCT award winners are shown, along with the cast of Dear Edwina Jr. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information Over 60 members, volunteers, performers, directors, designers, supporters and friends gathered at the recent Van Wert Civic Theatre\u2019s awards banquet to celebrate the dedication and countless hours of hard work that made the 2025-2026 season one to remember. Merit, Outstanding and Excellence awards were given out to many individuals.\u00a0 The production [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 05:17:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207066"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207071,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207066\/revisions\/207071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}