Trophy Wife

And The Wife Takes a Del

The Wife post-ceremony

Trophy Wife won two Dels last night at the IO West’s first-annual Del Close Awards. Nominated in 3 ensemble categories (Best Team Name, Best Harold Performed, Best Harold Team), Trophy Wife won for Best Team Name and Best Harold Team.

Several members of Trophy Wife were nominated in other categories. Zabeth Russell and Eric Hunicutt won a Del for their two-person show Applebottom Gang as Best Show in the IO West’s Andy Dick Black Box Theater. Eric won again for a Goal! show. And Zabeth won again for Most Memorable Line. Her line was from a Trophy Wife show and is, indeed, memorable: “Do you think it’s easy having a child with an 11-inch clitoris in class?â€?

Opus, Zabeth, and Kevin with various Dels

The awards ceremony itself was a lavish affair. Craig Cackowski served as the announcer, Josh Dubose as the host, and a cavalcade of IO West’s finest were the presenters. The night celebrated improv as an art form, the IO West as a community, and self-congratulation as an acceptable thing to do on a hot summer night in Los Angeles.

Best Dressed: Irene White

As with any awards ceremony, talk inevitably turns to debating who was the best dressed person at the event. I’d like to say that award goes to everyone. The entire theater was dressed to the nines: Miles Stroth in a seersucker suit; Ali Davis in a dress fit for a queen; Nick Armstrong in an outfit that was part P.T. Barnum, part Liberace. Again, I’d like to say that everyone wins Best Dressed, but there is, in fact, a clear and singular winner for Best Dressed: our coach Irene White.

Check out Kevin’s photos from the event.