Each year on Thanksgiving we celebrate the anniversary of opening The Pocket in 1980 and present awards to employees and others that have assisted us in the past year or years.
The Circle of the Golden Mask Award honors two people that went above and beyond the call of duty of theater, be it direction staff, musicians, choreographers or, of course, our very talented actors and actresses …. or the two that flattered us the most if we didn’t have any of those.
Lucille Green was a long time friend and patron of PST who came to every show, usually more than once. She loved The Pocket, we loved her, and was quite the character even though she tested the patience of our kitchen staff by sending back everything she ordered… at least once. It is for this last reason that she is the namesake for the Lucille Green Award in which we recognize exceptional customer service for the year. We certainly couldn’t survive without our teenagers who end up doing a lot of the grunt work which includes dealing with tons of popcorn and dirty dishes...also the one least likely to go to reform school. Thus, the Keen Teen Award.

Circle of the Golden Mask
(Theatre Award)
1990
Steve Lovett Sally Hileman
1991
Jeff Vance Elaine Benson
1992
Mark Stoddard Susan Brame
1993
Doug Kolbo Rosemary Kolbo
1994
Phil White Karen Krell
1995
David Lambert Jane Goodman
1996
Troy Hutchison Lisa Quinones
1997
Dennis Millegan Lorie J. Clark
1998
Scott Latham Alice Montgomery
1999
Elliot Figg Andi Allen
2000
Andy Long Erin McGrew
2001
David Meyer Jamie Baker Knapp
2002
Greg Pugh Rebecca Brooks
2003
Jeff Bush Lisa Cotie
2004
Dan Morrow Dona Safran
2005
Kevin Thrasher Stacie Reichmuth
2006
Michael Roe Francis Seman
2007
Kevin Michael Fuld Trista Wyly
2008
Bill Otstott Shannon Rasmussen
2009
Bobby Maxwell Vicki Booker
2010
Jon-Paul McGowan Sarah Box
2011
Andrew Dillon Christina McGowan
2012
Matt Stepanek Laurie Tirmenstein
2013
Master Daniel Baugh Lauren Hearn
2014
Nick Haley Shanna Gobin
2015
Joey Dietz Blair Hutchinson
2016
Michael Speck Nikki DeShae
2017
Stevie Witkowicz Stephanie Jackson
2018
Timothy Flippo Sarah Hearn
2019
Lucille Green Award
(Employee)
1994 -- Elise Titus
1995 -- Shanon Dickinson
1996 -- Francie Beall
1997 -- Janett Bollman
1998 -- Meghan Dickinson
1999 -- Chelsea Spencer
2000 -- John Conn
2001 -- Hal Finley
2002 -- Courtney Struble
2003 -- Zaron White
2004 -- Ron Stone
2005 -- Tim Rogers
2006 -- Chris Hoes
2007 -- Blair Hutchison
2008 -- David Garcia
2009 -- Joey Garcia
2010 -- Fin Bennett
2011 -- Daniel Bembenek
2012 -- Allan Anderson
2013 -- Patrick Jackson
2014 -- Kent Ladewig
2015 -- Aaron Rohmer
2016 -- Diane Fidler
2017 -- Scott McRaney, Jr.
2018 -- Michael Franklin
2019 -- Paris Freeman

Keen Teen Award
(Special Young'un)
1999 -- Audra Figg
2000 -- Ricky Bielenski
2001 -- Brendan Pleasants
2002 - Katie Curtis and Liz Roberts
2003 - Weslea Rose Finley and Garrett Lowen Dobbs
2004 - Ashley Davis
2005 - Janette Akin
2006 - Sarah Merino
2007 - Mailea Finley
2008 - Dylan Smith
2009 - Savannah Rose Saxton
2010 - Penny Nambo
2011 - Sean Hoes
2012 - Jeff Fowler
2013 - Matt Merino
2014 - Allie Hafertepe
2015 -- Jesus Rodriguez
2016 -- Will Moffett
2017 -- Samuel Mouncil
2018 -- Ayhana Flowers
2019 -- Kayla Anderson