Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, et al. Nominated for IRNE Awards!

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards recognize the extraordinary wealth of talent in the Boston theatre community, and this year's nominations have just been announced. IRNE Reviewers include among others David Brooks Andrews, Sheila Barth, Jules Becker, Kay Bourne, Beverly Creasey, Shirley Esthimer, Richard Fahey, Guy Giampapa, Norm Gross, Nancy Grossman, Bryce Lambert, Beatrice Lee, Kilian Melloy and Larry Stark.

With four theaters ranging in capacity from the 90 seat BCA Plaza Black Box to the 370 seat Wimberly Theatre in the Calderwood Pavillion, the Boston Center for the Arts serves as an affordable home for its resident theater companies and other visiting companies throughout the year, and supports interaction between these artists and Boston’s diverse audiences. lick below for lists of IRNE Award Recipients and Nominees by year.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Small Theater Nominations

Best New Play
Hotel Nepenthe by John Kuntz (Actors Shakespeare Project)
The Farm by Walt McGough (Boston Playwrights Theatre)
Priscilla Dreams the Answer by Walt McGough (Fresh Ink Theatre)
Outside the Wire by Jimi Stanton (Cornerstone Stage Co.)
Mortal Terror by Robert Brustein (Modern Theatre)

Best Set Design
Brian Milauskas: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Next Door Arts Center)
John Randell: The Secret Garden (Longwood Players)
Nathan Lee/Danielle Fauteux Jacques: Uncle Vanya (Apollinaire Theatre Co.)
Jenna McFarland Lord: The Drowsy Chaperone (SpeakEasy Stage Co.)
Jenna McFarland Lord: Collected Stories (New Repertory Theatre)
Erik Diaz: The Drowsy Chaperone (Turtle Lane Playhouse)
James Fluhr: The Road to Mecca (Boston Center for American Performance)

Best Lighting Design
P.J. Strachman: Spring Awakening (F.U.D.G.E.)
Scott Clyve: Big River (Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
Jeff Adelberg: Hotel Nepenthe (Actors Shakespeare Project)
John Malinowski: 9 Circles (Publick Theatre)
John R. Malinowski: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Wheelock Family Theatre)
Karen Parsons: Afterlife: A Ghost Story (New Repertory Theatre)
Aaron Sherkow: The Road to Mecca (BCAP)

Best Costume Design
Seth Bodie: The Drowsy Chaperone (SpeakEasy Stage Company)
Richard Itczak: The Drowsy Chaperone (Turtle Lane Playhouse)
Emily Woods Hogue: Or, (Lyric Stage Company)
Leslie Held: Arabian Nights (Nora/Underground Railway Theatre)
Lisa Simpson: The Phantom Toll Booth (Wheelock Family Theatre)
Cotton Talbot-Minken: The Crazy Locomotive (Imaginary Beasts)
Charles Schoonmaker: Nine (SpeakEasy Stage)

Best Sound Design
Bill Barclay: Hotel Nepenthe (Actors Shakespeare Project)
Paul Matta: The Secret Garden (Longwood Players)
Dewey Dellay: Hysteria (Nora Theatre Company)
David Remedios: Afterlife: A Ghost Story (New Rep)
John A. Stone: Sunfish (Stoneham Theatre)

Best Choreography
Karen Fogerty: The Drowsy Chaperone (Turtle Lane Playhouse)
David Connolly: The Drowsy Chaperone (SpeakEasy Stage Co.)
Joe DeMita: Carousel (F.U.D.G.E.)
Donald Gregorio: The Full Monty (Turtle Lane Playhouse)
Karen Fogerty: Chicago (Metro Stage Co.)
Ilyse Robbins: 42nd Street (Stoneham Theatre)

Best Solo
Jeff Gill: The Auerbach Dynasty (Ken Dooley Producer)
Tim Spears: House (Boston Center for American Performance)
Sean A. Cote: Junkie (Argos Productions)

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