June 2025 - Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • Set Dressing - Linda Granger, Over the River
June 2022 - Lansing City Pulse PULSAR Awards
  • Best Featured Actors in a Musical: Hannah Roman and Miles Nowlin, West Side Story
  • Best Female Lead in a Musical (tied): Kayal Muthuraman, West Side Story
June 2021 - Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • Honorable Mention: Alex Cousins, West Side Story, Lead Actor in a Musical
  • Honorable Mention: Matt Eldred, Guys and Dolls, Supporting Actor in a Musical
  • Supporting Actress in a Musical, West Side Story, Tianna Leon
  • Set (Non-Professional) Harvey, Tom Ferris, Jim Lorenz and Bob Gehrls
  • Set Dressing (Non-Professional) Harvey, Susan DeRosa
  • Lead Actor, The Lion in Winter, Kevin Burnham
June 2020 - Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • Set Design: Something’s Afoot – Jim Lorenz
  • Special Effects: Something’s Afoot - Bob Gehrls
  • Set Dressing: Something’s Afoot - Linda Granger with assistance from Julie Anne Dodds, Nansie Strobel and Susan DeRosa
  • Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: Something’s Afoot – Ben Holzhausen
  • Special Thespie Award – The Lion in Winter Kevin and Tanya Burnham
    • The shutdown halted the show after two performances, so most of the voters weren’t able to see it. Those who did, however, said the married Burnhams were excellent playing a married couple that was royal and in disarray.
June 2019 - Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • Scenography: On Golden Pond, Julie Dodds and Linda Granger
June 2018 – Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • Best Character Actor: Bob Robinson, Farce of Habit
  • Set Dressing: Farce of Habit: Christina Clark-Cassidy with additional contributions by Jean Burk, Susan DeRosa, Linda Granger and Mary Herrbach
  • The Robert Busby Award for overall contributions to local theater: Starlight Dinner Theatre and its founder, Linda Granger
    • For 13 seasons, Granger and her theater have shown dedication and perseverance, while building a loyal audience and filling some key gaps. They’ve provided light comedies – plus in some years, ambitious musicals – in a setting (dinner theater) that otherwise would have been missing from Lansing Area.

June 2018 - Lansing City Pulse PULSAR Awards
  • PROPS/Set Dressing – Farce of Habit - Linda Granger with additional contributions by Christina Clark-Cassidy, Jean Burk, Susan DeRosa and Mary Herrbach
June 2017 – Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • Set Design – Tom Ferris Man for LaMancha tied with Jeff Boerger for a Peppermint Creek Show
  • Musical Director – James Geer Man of LaMancha

June 2017 - Lansing City Pulse PULSAR Awards
  • Best Lead Actor in a Musical: Martin Underhill, Man of LaMancha 
June 2016 – Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • Props – Jean Burk, Linda Granger, Ruth Howard, Mary Pomeroy "You Can’t Take it With You"
June 2015 – Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • Lead Actress in a Musical – Paula Sheynerman – Camelot
  • Best Supporting Actress – Laura Croff in Susan’s Secret
  • Oversized Props in The Garage Sale, Philip Benedict, Linda Granger, Sherin Grossi, Cathy Wotring
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June 2015 – Lansing City Pulse PULSAR Awards
  • Best Lead Actor in a Musical – Martin Underhill
  • Nominations for Best Supporting Actor – Ed Baker
  • Nomination for Best Lead Actor – Joseph Baumann "Camelot"
  • Nomination for Best Lead Actress – Paula Sheynerman "Camelot"
  • Nomination for Costumes – Christine Kennedy "Camelot"
  • Nomination for Hair and Make-up – Miranda Sue Hartman "Camelot"
  • Nomination for Musical Direction – James Geer "Camelot"
  • Nomination for Best Director – Linda Granger "Camelot"
  • Nomination for Best Musical – Camelot
June 2014 – Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • Character actress: Tie: Carolyn Conover, “Over the River,” Williamston; Jane Zussman, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” Starlight Theatre.
  • Set dressing: Linda Granger, “Butterflies are Free,” Starlight
June 2013 – Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • LSJ Thespie Article: “Starlight — whose popular comedies sometimes elude awards — had one of its best years. “Steel Magnolias” won three Thespies, “Curious Savage” won one and they shared a special award. This year has two posthumous awards involving “Steel Magnolias.” Winifred Olds, a towering figure in local theater who died at 88, played the eccentric Ouiser; Diane Erley, who died at 66, worked on the elaborate props.”
  • Supporting actress: Linda Granger, “STEEL MAGNOLIAS” and Laura Croff Wheaton, “CURIOUS SAVAGE”.
  • Featured actress: Winifred Olds, “STEEL MAGNOLIAS”
  • Set dressing and properties: Diane Erley and Mary Pomeroy, “STEEL MAGNOLIAS”
June 2011 – Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • Supporting actress: Carol Ferris, “THE HALLELUJAH GIRLS”
  • Featured actor: Rick Dethlefsen, “THE HALLELUJAH GIRLS”
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June 2011 – City Pulse PULSAR Awards
  • Nomination for Featured Actress: Winifred Olds for “A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED”
  • Nomination for Props/Set Dressing: Diane Erley, Althea Phillips and technical crew for “A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED”.
June 2010 – Lansing State Journal SPECIAL THESPIE Award
  • “Linda Granger, for her extraordinary work at building the Starlight Dinner Theatre into a successful and popular operation.”
​June 2007 – Lansing State Journal THESPIE Awards
  • Set Design – Bill Woodland, “PICNIC"
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