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2026 US Army IMCOM Europe Tournament of Plays (TOPPERs)

      The 65th annual TOPPERs adjudication will take place from 13 Feb. to 13 Apr. 2026 at US Army Entertainment programs and US Military Theatres across Europe.

 
      The 2026 TOPPERs Awards Show and Ceremony will be held Saturday, 25 April at the at the Wiesbaden Fitness Center on Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany.
 
      Over 600 Army Europe Leaders, VIPS, Entertainment staff and program participants attend the gala dinner and awards show, hosted by IMCOM Europe Region Director, Mr. Tommy Mize. This glittering, musical gala event is considered one of the premiere US Army MWR events in the world.
      Over 50 outstanding achievement awards will be presented by U.S. Military leaders, VIP guests and surprise celebrity awards videos. 

 

For more information, contact:
Dane Winters, IMCOM Europe Entertainment Program Manager
Sembach Kaserne. Bldg. 113.
dane.c.winters.naf@army.mil
Military DSN Tel: (314) 544-9656
Civilian Tel: +49 (0) 611-143-544-9656
2026 TOPPERs Entries

SHOW

THEATER & COMMUNITY

 

Aviano Air Base

Enchanted April

Aviano Community & Schools Theater

School of Rock

Aviano Community & Schools Theater

 

 

 

USAG Wiesbaden

Once Upon A One More Time

The Amelia Earhart Playhouse

Wait until Dark

 

 

USAG Ansbach

Mean Girls

The Ansbach Terrace Playhouse

Exit Stage Left Pursued by a Bear

The Ansbach Terrace Playhouse

 

 

 

USAG Stuttgart

The Addams Family Musical  

The Stuttgart Theatre Center

Clybourne Park

The Stuttgart Theatre Center

 

 

 

USAG SHAPE

Murder on The Orient Express

SHAPE Players Performing Arts Centre

Beetlejuice Jr.

SHAPE Players Performing Arts Centre

 

 

 

USAG Italy/Vicenza

9 to 5: The Musical

The Soldiers’ Theatre

 

 

 

Ramstein Air Base

Clue!

Ramstein Razz Ma Tazz Theatre

 

 

 

USAG Bavaria/Grafenwoehr

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Bavaria Performing Arts

Reunion

Bavaria Performing Arts

Adjudication Schedule
 

 

SHOW

COMMUNITY

TIME

FEB. 12

Thurs.

Enchanted April

Aviano Community & Schools Theater

1800

14

Sat.

Once Upon A One More Time

Amelia Earhart Playhouse

1930

27

Fri.

Mean Girls

Ansbach Terrace Playhouse

1830

28

Sat.

The Addams Family Musical  

Stuttgart Theatre Center

1930

March 6

Fri.

Murder on The Orient Express

SHAPE Players Performing Arts Centre

1900

13

Fri.

9 to 5: The Musical

Soldiers’ Theatre

1900

15

Sun

School of Rock

Aviano Community & Schools Theater

1400

19

Thurs.

Clue!

Ramstein Razz Ma Tazz Theatre

1900

20

Fri.

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Bavaria Performing Arts

1900

21

Sat.

Exit Stage Left Pursued by a Bear

Ansbach Terrace Playhouse

1930

22

Sun

Wait until Dark

Amelia Earhart Playhouse

1500

April 10

Fri.

Beetlejuice Jr.

SHAPE Players Performing Arts Centre

1900

11

Sat.

Piper

KMC Onstage

19:00

12

Sun.

Clybourne Park

Stuttgart Theatre Center

1500

13

Mon

Reunion

Bavaria Performing Arts

1900

Adjudicators and Workshop Leaders

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 theD. Winters edited.png 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.

Awards Show and Ceremony - 25 Apr. 2026
The 2025 TOPPERs Awards Show 
will be held 26 April 2025 at the Wiesbaden Fitness Arena, Building 1631, Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, Wiesbaden, Germany.
 
 
Awards Show Admission
Admission = $20
Family Pass Admission = $50 (Two adults, 2 or more children)
 
Optional Gala Dinner 
Adults = $35
Youth (12 yrs. and under) = $12
 
Awards Show & Ceremony Schedule
1630: No-Host Cocktail Service (Optional)
1700: Arena and seating opens
1800: Gala Dinner service (Optional)
1900-2130: Awards show and presentations
 
Gala Dinner Menu : TO BE ANNOUNCED
 
Entry Show Posters

Under construction

Entry Show Programs

Under Construction

Press Releases, Coverage and Official Photos

Under construction

2026 TOPPERs Awards and Nominations

To be announced on April 25, 2026.

2026 Celebrity Awards Presenters

To be announced

2026 TOPPERs Commercial Sponsors

Under construction

2026 TOPPERS Awards Show Video

To be recorded April 25, 2026