2026 US Army IMCOM Europe Tournament of Plays (TOPPERs)

Andrea Huber is an internationally renowned performer and director.

A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, she is also an Irene Ryan National Acting Award Winner.

As an opera singer and musical theatre performer, she has performed at the Krefeld-Moenchengladbach Opera House; the Graz Opera House; the Vienna Staatsoper; the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich; the Prague State Opera; the Opernhaus Zürich; and other major opera houses in Europe. She has also performed as an actress and singer in South Africa, Norway, Greece and the US.

Recently, Andrea appeared in Nine and Kiss of the Spiderwoman in Baden bei Wien in Austria and presented her one-woman Kurt Weill show in Graz, Austria.

As a director, Andrea directed The Marriage of Figaro for the Boston Opera Collaborative. She also directed Oliver! and Sweeney Todd at the former Roadside Theater in Heidelberg.

Andrea has served as an adjudicator and workshop leader for past US Army TOPPERs, the IMCOM E One Page Play Festival, and the IMCOM E One Act Play Festival.

Andrea is a certified Music Therapist with her own practice at Making Waves  and a corporate consultant with Siemens Austria International.

Jonathon Lamer has served as a TOPPERs Adjudicator and Workshop Leader since 2011.

Jonathon is a Los Angeles based professional actor with a long list of credits. Originally from East Alton, Il., he has appeared in regional theaters in St. Louis, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Memphis and Little Rock as well as in theatres all over the greater Los Angeles area.

He appeared in the HBO original films Soul of the Game, and Truman, as well as the independent features Lovely by Surprise and Night Sights. Commercial credits include PetSmart, Kroger’s and Amarillo National Bank. He also is on the roster of talent for Vérité, a legal service which provides mock trial environments to help lawyers prepare for cases.

Jonathon has adjudicated educational theater festivals across California; is a resident artist at The Chance Theater in Anaheim; and is a Respondent at the Lenaea Theatre Festival in Sacramento. Jonathon is a certified AACT adjudicator.

Dane Winters received his M.F.A. in Acting and Directing from Trinity University at the Dallas Theatre Center. He has been a member of US Army Europe Entertainment for 39 years having served as Music Center Director in Bamberg, Germany (1986-88); Theater Center Director and Entertainment Director in Stuttgart, Germany (1988-2000) and Entertainment Director in Heidelberg, Germany (2000-2012).

As an actor/singer, Dane has appeared in The Woman in Black, All My Sons, The Mystery of Irma Vep, A Funny Thing Happened on the Forum, Once Upon a Mattress, Art, Hello Dolly!, Hay Fever, Torch Song Trilogy, Pride & Prejudice, Black Comedy, Three Penny Opera, Henry V, Twelfth Night, et al.  

Stage direction credits include Jekyll & Hyde, Little Shop of Horrors, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Honk!, Titanic, The Lion in Winter, Dracula, My Fair Lady, The Secret Garden, Anything Goes, Prelude to a Kiss, Lost in Yonkers, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Crazy for You, Noises Off, The Sound of Music, et al. Dane was also the voice director for the English language version of the video game "Two Worlds."  

As a producer/designer, he has staged the American amateur premiere of ​​​​​​Les Misérables. He has also produced and directed Beauty & the Beast, School for Scandal, Victor/Victoria, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Charlotte's Web, Gypsy, Cats, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Rumors, Steel Magnolias, The Will Rogers Follies, Aspects of Love, et al. 

Dane is on the faculty of the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, where he is an acting teacher. He also serves as the Region X representative to the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT).

Dane is currently the IMCOM Europe Entertainment Program Manager located in Sembach, Germany.

Dane has received numerous awards for his direction, set and lighting designs, and innovative programming. He was awarded with the AACT David C. Bryant Outstanding Service Award; the US Army Entertainment James T. Martin Lifetime Service Award; and numerous Commanders’ Achievement and Civilian Service Medals. Dane’s programming and theatre direction has earned four US Army Entertainment Irving Berlin Awards.

28th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee - Bavaria Performing Arts

* Stars & Stripes. 27 April 2026 News Story.

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Mr. Mark Jacobson

Mr. Dominic Burgess

Ms. Carrie Preston

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      Thank you to our generous 2026 TOPPERs Commercial Sponsors for helping make our 65th annual Awards Show possible.

To be recorded April 25, 2026

2026 TOPPERs Production Staff

Stage Managers………………………………………………..................Richard Herman & Mike Malone

Light & Sound Crew………....………………....Cindy Krewson, Brian Rausch & Steve Knaup

Video Production & Technical Director...……………………...............................Victor Phillipson

Video Recording……………………………………………….........................................................Andreas Dähn

Ticket Sales and Guest Relations……..Autumn Mann, Jon Townson & Sara Warner

                                                                                         & The Amelia Earhart Volunteers

Production Support…….…..…….…………………........USAG Wiesbaden MWR & NAF Support

Photography.......Travis Thurston, USAG Wiesbaden Marketing & Alix von Ansbach                     

Trophy Assistants….…………………......................Lillianna Greene & Nathaniel Greene

Camera Operators………….................Eric Hodeen, Parker Hodeen & Kevin Dunnaway

Front of House Managers…………….Autumn Mann, Naythen Rinehart & Rachel Harper

Front of House Staff……………….…………………..Army Entertainment Staff & Volunteers

Production Assistants………………...Marissa Blake, Sarah Viola Wilson & Arianna Heck

Producer……..……………..……..….………………………..Dane Winters, IMCOM Europe/G9

2026 Adjudicators…................Andrea Huber-Burda, Jonathon Lamer & Dane Winters                                                               

Marketing & Sponsorship Support...…………Martin Heinen & USAG Wiesbaden Marketing                                                                                                                            

TOPPERs Emcees….…………...…………………………...Victoria Hanrahan & Dane Winters

2026 TOPPERs Singers…………….........Sarah Viola Wilson, David Wilson, Jeanne Ragonese,                                                                                                              Justin Heredia & Don Williamson 

TOPPERs Singers Musical Numbers Created & Adapted by....................Sarah Viola Wilson                   

2026 TOPPERs Band

Conductor…....………………….………..…………..................................................................Alan Buxkemper, Piano