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In its fifth year, the Ivey Awards proved that show people know how to have a good time -- even on a Monday night.
Honorees such as Greta Oglesby and Dudley Riggs spent the post-party celebrating their wins with friends, family members and the entire theater community.
Scott Mayer, who founded the Iveys, noted that seeing Riggs talking backstage to Don Stoltz, who started the Old Log Theater, was his favorite moment of the night. "Those two people are responsible for really changing our theater community," he said.
Funny enough, improv-authority Riggs, who was honored for lifetime achievement, said he was caught off guard when his name was called. "It was pretty much a surprise," he said, adding, "I'm impressed and overwhelmed."
Oglesby, who calls Minnesota home, had to make a special trip from Chicago, where she is working on a revival of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." She was honored for her work in the Guthrie Theater's "Caroline, or Change," and her performance during the ceremony received two standing ovations.
"I didn't know how much I'd fall in love with Caroline," she said. "I wished I could buy a ticket and see what everybody else sees."
Sometimes being an audience member in the Minnesota theater community really has perks.
Sara Glassman • 612-673-7177
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