Durang, Wildhorn, Etc. Among Barrymore Award Nominees

Christopher Durang, Frank Wildhorn, Lauren Kennedy and Jarrod Emick were among those who scored Barrymore Award nominations.  Nominations for the 2006 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre were recently announced by the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia; the awards ceremony, hosted by Mary Martello, will take place at the Merriam Theatre on October 23rd at 7 PM.

Waiting for the Moon, the Frank Wildhorn-Jack Murphy musical about F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald staged by the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center, received eight nominations, while the Christopher Durang-Peter Melnick play with music Adrift in Macao, presented by the Philadelphia Theatre Company, scored six.  Other theatres to receive multiple nominations include the Arden Theatre Company, The Wilma Theater and the Prince Music Theater (for its critically acclaimed production of Dreamgirls).

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The nominations (as well as special awards) are as follows:

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play
The Foocy (Lantern Theater Company)
Killer Joe (Theatre Exile)
The Man from Nebraska (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Opus (Arden Theatre Company)
Richard III (Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Arden Theatre Company)
A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama (Delaware Theatre Company)
Dreamgirls (Prince Music Theater)
Waiting for the Moon (Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Winesburg, Ohio (Arden Theatre Company)

Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play
Joe Canuso (Killer Joe, Theatre Exile)
Ken Marini (The Man from Nebraska, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Charles McMahon (Richard III, Lantern Theater Company)
Terrence J. Nolen (Opus, Arden Theatre Company)
Matt Pfeiffer (The Foocy, Lantern Theater Company)

Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. (Urinetown, Villanova Theatre)
Vincent Marini (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Terrence J. Nolen (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Richard M. Parison, Jr. (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
Aaron Posner (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)

Outstanding Musical Direction
Jay Ansill (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)
Charles Gilbert (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Arden Theatre Company)
Thomas Murray (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Jim Ryan (Urinetown, Villanova Theatre)
Jesse Vargas (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play
Daniel Beaty (Emergence-See!, New Freedom Theatre)
Peter DeLaurier as Ken Carpenter (The Man from Nebraska, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Floyd King as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (I Am My Own Wife, The Wilma Theater)
Pete Pryor as Richard of Gloucester (Richard III, Lantern Theater Company)
Kraig Swartz as Betty/Edward (Cloud 9, The Wilma Theater)

Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play
Jacqueline Antaramian (Nine Parts of Desire, The Wilma Theater)
Erica Bradshaw as Salamina, and others (The Syringa Tree, Delaware Theatre Company)
Rosalyn Coleman as Esther (Intimate Apparel, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Mary Martello as Margaret (The Boys, Azuka Theatre)
Marcia Saunders as Nancy Carpenter (The Man from Nebraska, The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical
Tony Braithwaite as Prologus/Pseudolus (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Arden Theatre Company)
Jarrod Emick as F. Scott Fitzgerald (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Eugene Fleming as Jimmy (James Thunder) Early (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
Brian Hissong as George Willard (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Michael Philip O'Brien as Jonathan (tick, tick...BOOM!, 11th Hour Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical
Rachel deBenedet as Lureena (Adrift in Macao, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Lauren Kennedy as Zelda Fitzgerald (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Nova Y. Payton as Effie Melody White (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
Chauntee Schuler as Deena Jones (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
Erin Weaver as Jack Trot (Jack & the Beanstalk, The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play
Kevin Bergen as Harry Brown (The Man from Nebraska, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Pearce Bunting as Ansel Smith (Killer Joe, Theatre Exile)
John Glover as Archie, Scoop, Cemus, Marty, Spencer, Ensemble (Some Men, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Matt Saunders as Chris Smith (Killer Joe, Theatre Exile)
John Zak as Caliban (The Tempest, Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play
Hazel Bowers as Mother Miriam Ruth (Agnes of God, Luna Theater Company)
Erika Cuenca as Grace (Opus, Arden Theatre Company)
Kate Hurster as Lady Anne, Messenger, Prince Edward, Christopher, Oxford (Richard III, Lantern Theater Company)
Miriam Hyman as Tamyra (The Man from Nebraska, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Amanda Schoonover as Dottie Smith (Killer Joe, Theatre Exile)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical
Jeffrey Coon as Miles Gloriosus (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Arden Theatre Company)
Ben Dibble as Rev. Hartman, Ned, Actor, Townsperson 2 (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Scott Greer as The Mysterious Stranger (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)
Orville Mendoza as Tempura (Adrift in Macao, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Richard Ruiz as Hysterium (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical
Lesley Bevan as Kate Swift (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Tonilyn Longo as Penelope Pennywise (Urinetown, Villanova Theatre)
Meghan McGeary as Giulietta (Aspects of Love, The Media Theatre)
Michele Ragusa as Corinna (Adrift in Macao, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Erin Weaver as Mary Gray (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)

Outstanding Set Design
Tony Cisek (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)
Bradley Helm (Daughters of Genius, 1812 Productions)
Dave Jadico (The Foocy, Lantern Theater Company)
Daniel Ostling (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Anne Patterson (Nine Parts of Desire, The Wilma Theater)

PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
Howell Binkley (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
John Stephen Hoey (Nine Parts of Desire, The Wilma Theater)
James Leitner (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)
Mark O'Maley (Planetary Enzyme Blues, New Paradise Laboratories)
Dennis Parichy (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Costume Design
Mark Mariani (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
Janine McCabe (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Richard St. Clair (The Dinosaur Musical, Arden Theatre Company)
Janus Stefanowicz (Intimate Apparel, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Willa Kim (Adrift in Macao, Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design
Jorge Cousineau (Opus, Arden Theatre Company)
Nick Kourtides (Mission to Mercury, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Bill Moriarty (Syncopation, Act II Playhouse)
Fabian Obispo (The Tempest, Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival)
Mark Valenzuela (tick, tick...BOOM!, 11th Hour Theatre Company)

Outstanding Original Music
Peter Melnick (Adrift in Macao, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Andre Pluess & Ben Sussman (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Rob Reale (The Dinosaur Musical, Arden Theatre Company)
James Sugg (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)
Frank Wildhorn (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)

Outstanding Choreography/Movement
John V. Bellomo (Killer Joe, Theatre Exile)
Samantha Bellomo (Syncopation, Act II Playhouse)
Andy Blankenbuehler (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Mercedes Ellington (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
Barby Hobyak Roche (Urinetown, Villanova Theatre)

Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play
A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama (Book & Lyrics by Aaron Posner, Music by James Sugg, Delaware Theatre Company)
Adrift in Macao (Book & Lyrics by Christopher Durang, Music by Peter Melnick, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
The Foocy (By Anthony Lawton, Lantern Theater Company)
Opus (By Michael Hollinger, Arden Theatre Company)
Pay Up (By Robert Quillen Camp & the Pig Iron Ensemble, Pig Iron Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
The Foocy (Lantern Theater Company)
Killer Joe (Theatre Exile)
Opus (Arden Theatre Company)
Pay Up (Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Richard III (Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical
Dreamgirls (Prince Music Theater)
Mission to Mercury (Pig Iron Theatre Company)
A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama (Delaware Theatre Company)
Winesburg, Ohio (Arden Theatre Company)
The Wizard of Oz (Mum Puppettheatre)

F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theatre Artist
Tony Braithwaite
Ben Dibble
Lee Ann Etzold
Matt Saunders
Charlotte Cloe Fox Wind

Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award
Illumination (Lantern Theater Company)
InterAction (InterAct Theatre Company)
Programs for Youth (Delaware Theatre Company)
PTC Drama Contact (Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Robert Hedley

Ted & Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations
Arden Theatre Company & Vertigo String Quartet (Opus)
Lantern Theater Company & Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (The Trial of Richard III)