THE BARRYMORE AWARD NOMINEES FOR 2010 ARE:
Outstanding Overall Production of a Play: Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater; The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company; The History Boys - Arden Theatre Company; If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Arden Theatre Company; Welcome to Yuba City - Pig Iron Theatre Company
Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre; Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre; The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company; The Story of My Life - Act II Playhouse; Sunday in the Park with George - Arden Theatre Company
Outstanding Direction of a Play: Gabriel Quinn Bauriedel - Welcome to Yuba City - Pig Iron Theatre Company; James J. Christy - Rabbit Hole - Arden Theatre Company; Walter Dallas - Blue Door - Arden Theatre Company; Madi Distefano - A 24-Hour The Bald Soprano - Brat Productions; Anne Kauffman - Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater
Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Joe Calarco - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company; Bruce Lumpkin - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre; Bud Martin - The Story of My Life - Act II Playhouse; Kimberly Reilly & Matt Silva - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Devon Theater; Richard Stafford - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION: Patrick Brady - Closer Than Ever - Bristol Riverside Theatre; Eric Ebbenga - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company; Eric Ebbenga - Sunday in the Park with George - Arden Theatre Company; Douglass G. Lutz - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre; Collin Maier - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Devon Theater
OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY: Jeremy Bobb as Max Garrett - Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater; Tony Braithwaite as Sam - Fully Committed - Montgomery Theater; Keith J. Conallen as Stephen - The Long Christmas Ride Home - Azuka Theatre; Scott Greer as John - Shining City - Theatre Exile; Steve Pacek as Mouse - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Arden Theatre Company
THE CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Grace Gonglewski as Becca - Rabbit Hole - Arden Theatre Company; Patrice Johnson as Veronica - Coming Home - The Wilma Theater; Ceal Phelan as Madeleine - The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company; Mary Elizabeth Scallen as Winnie - Happy Days - Lantern Theater Company; Cheryl Williams as Frances - The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company; C. Kelly Wright as Pearl Johnson - Black Pearl Sings! - InterAct Theatre Company
GARFIELD REFINING COMPANY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Ben Dibble as Freddy Benson - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre; Mark Jacoby as Tevye - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre; Steve Pacek as Seymour - Little Shop of Horrors - 11th Hour Theatre Company & Theatre Horizon; Hugh Panaro as Fagin - Oliver! - Walnut Street Theatre; Paul Schoeffler as Lawrence Jameson - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre
GARFIELD REFINING COMPANY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Janine DiVita as Nancy - Oliver! - Walnut Street Theatre; Sherri L. Edelen as Margaret Johnson- The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company; Liz Filios as Narrator - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Devon Theater; Maggie Lakis as Audrey - Little Shop of Horrors - 11th Hour Theatre Company & Theatre Horizon; Mary Martello as Golde - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY: Peter DeLaurier as Kent - King Lear - The People's Light & Theatre Company; Andrew Kane as Hotspur, Ensemble - Henry IV, Part I - Lantern Theater Company; Kes Khemnu as Simon, Rex, Jesse - Blue Door - Arden Theatre Company; Stephen Novelli as Gloucester - King Lear - The People's Light & Theatre Company; Pete Pryor as Mickey - Any Given Monday - Act II Playhouse & Theatre Exile
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Brooke Bloom as Becky Shaw - Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater; Kim Carson as Cordelia - King Lear - The People's Light & Theatre Company; Janis Dardaris as Susan Slater - Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater; Charlotte Ford - Welcome to Yuba City - Pig Iron Theatre Company; Sarah Sanford as Wendy - Hunter Gatherers - Theatre Exile
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Nick Dalton as Perchik - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre; Charles Pistone as Signor Naccarelli, et al - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company; Fran Prisco as André Thibault - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre; Matthew Scott as Fabrizio Naccarelli - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company; Marcus Stevens as Motel - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Whitney Bashor as Clara Johnson - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company; Jennie Eisenhower as Julie - Show Boat - The Media Theatre; Rita Markova as Tzeitel - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre; Mary Martello as Muriel - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre; Gianna Yanelli as Hodel - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN: Michael Fagin - The Light in the Piazza -Philadelphia Theatre Company; David P. Gordon - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Arden Theatre Company; Dave Jadico- The Foocy - Delaware Theatre Company; Mimi Lien - Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater; Mimi Lien - Welcome to Yuba City - Pig Iron Theatre Company
PECO AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN: Jack Jacobs - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre; R. Lee Kennedy - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company; Thom Weaver - Blue Door - Arden Theatre Company; Thom Weaver - The Breath of Life -Lantern Theater Company; Thom Weaver - The Foocy - Delaware Theatre Company
EARL GIRLS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN: Colleen Grady - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre; Mark Mariani - The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company; Rosemarie E. McKelvey - Snow White - The People's Light & Theatre Company; Rosemarie E. McKelvey - Sunday in the Park with George - Arden Theatre Company; Richard St. Clair - Golden Age - Philadelphia Theatre Company
CLEAR SOUND AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN: Christopher Colucci - The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company; Christopher Colucci - The Long Christmas Ride Home - Azuka Theatre; Jorge Cousineau - The History Boys - Arden Theatre Company; Mark Valenzuela - The Story of My Life - Act II Playhouse; Ryan Rumery - Golden Age - Philadelphia Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC: Christopher Colucci - The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company; Christopher Colucci - Rabbit Hole - Arden Theatre Company; Tim Harbeson - Cabinet of Wonders, An Impossible History - Gas & Electric Arts; Robert Kaplowitz - Blue Door - Arden Theatre Company; Michael Ogborn - Snow White - The People's Light & Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT: John Bellomo & Tony "Hitman" Stetson- The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity - InterAct Theatre Company; John Bellomo - Hunter Gatherers -Theatre Exile; J. Alex Cordaro - Henry IV, Part I - Lantern Theater Company; Michelle Gaudette - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre; Angela Pomo - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Devon Theater
INDEPENDENCE FOUNDATION AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY: Any Given Monday - By Bruce Graham - Act II Playhouse & Theatre Exile; Cabinet of Wonders, An Impossible History - By Kira Obolensky - Gas & Electric Arts; Grace, or the Art of Climbing - By Lauren Feldman - Nice People Theatre Company; Welcome to Yuba City - By Pig Iron Theatre Company & Deborah Stein - Pig Iron Theatre Company; When We Go Upon the Sea - By Lee Blessing - InterAct Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY: A 24-Hour The Bald Soprano - Brat Productions; Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater; The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company; The History Boys - Arden Theatre Company; Welcome to Yuba City - Pig Iron Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Montgomery Theater; Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre; Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Devon Theater; The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company; The Story of My Life - Act II Playhouse
The Brown Martin Philadelphia Award: Black Pearl Sings! - InterAct Theatre Company; Language Rooms - The Wilma Theater; Nathan the Wise - The People's Light & Theatre Company
The Ted and Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations: Enchantment Theatre Company & The Philadelphia Orchestra - The Firebird; InterAct Theatre Company & Mural Arts Program - City of Numbers; Lantern Theater Company & DaVinci Art Alliance - Henry IV, Part I
Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award: 1812 Productions - 1812 Outreach; B. Someday Productions - Of Mythic Proportions; Philadelphia Young Playwrights - Annual Playwriting Festival
F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist: James Ijames; Steve Pacek; Sarah Sanford; Amanda Schoonover; Thom Weaver
Special Recognition Award: Pete Pryor - Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship recipient
Major support for the Barrymore Awards is provided by Actors' Equity Association, The Charlotte Cushman Foundation, The CHG Charitable Trust, Clear Sound, CRW Graphics, Drucker & Scaccetti, P.C., Earl Girls Theatrical Equipment, Garfield Refining Company, Independence Foundation, PECO, The Virginia Brown Martin Fund, William Penn Foundation, and The Wyncote Foundation.
The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia strengthens and leads the region's richly diverse theatre community, by promoting awareness and serving as a resource for information, professional development and advocacy. Tickets for the Barrymore Awards Ceremony and more information are available online at www.phillytheatretix.com or by calling (215) 413-7150.
