31^st Annual Carbonell Awards

Regional Theater Nominations

Curtain 7:30 p.m. sharp, Monday, April 9 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Amaturo Theatre, 201 SW 5^th Ave., Fort Lauderdale.

The awards benefit raises scholarships for South Florida arts students, with sponsorships beginning at $200. For sponsorships and group sales information, go to www.carbonellawards.org or call Miami Playbill at 305-624-5001, ext. 40.

Regular tickets are $50, $75. Advance reservations are being taken immediately at www.carbonellawards.org, with box office sales available beginning Feb. 5 at the Broward Center's AutoNation box office, www.browardcenter.org, 954-462-0222.

The Award Ceremony is currently presented by the Broward Performing Arts Center Foundation, The Broward Center for the Performing Arts and Southern Playbill Publications.

Produced by Jean Ann Ryan Productions, directed & choreographed by Jean Ann Ryan for the 3^rd time. With the Peter Graves Orchestra. Hosts and guest stars to be announced.

South Florida's theater and arts honors are named after sculptor Manuel Carbonell, designer and donor of the statuettes signifying the region's finest shows, performances and career achievement.

The 31^st annual regional theater awards are the first under a new system patterned after programs in cities such as Washington, D.C., with separate nominating and judging panels. The panels included a total of 30 members. Twenty nominators screened approximately 100 eligible productions and recommended 49 for nomination consideration by a panel of 10 judges. Judges determined the nominations in an open meeting, and vote secretly to select winners.

Nominees and special award honorees will be honored at a gala invitation-only reception March 26.

By show (29 shows)

10 = The Full Monty (Actors' Playhouse)

10 = The Tin Pan Alley Rag (Jupiter)

6 = The Pillowman (GableStage)

5 = Dealer's Choice (Mosaic)

5 = A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (New Vista)

5 = Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Actors' Playhouse)

5 = Lend Me a Tenor (Caldwell)

5 = Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (PB Dramaworks)

4 = Beyond the Rainbow (Florida Stage)

4 = Cradle of Man (Florida Stage)

4 = Ella (Florida Stage)

4 = Five Course Love (Actors' Playhouse)

3 = Guys and Dolls (Jupiter)

3 = Intimate Apparel (GableStage)

3 = Opus (Florida Stage)

3 = Terminal Baggage (Mad Cat)

2 = Address Unknown (GableStage)

2 = Farenheit 451 (GableStage)

2 = Lincolnesque (New Theatre)

2 = The Mystery of Irma Vep (Sol Theatre Project)

2 = The Price (PB Dramaworks)

2 = Rabbit Hole (Mosaic)

2 = Splitting Infinity (Florida Stage)

2 = Summer Shorts (City Theatre)

1 = Five Guys Named Moe (Stage Door)

1 = The Impressionists (Caldwell)

1 = Just a Kiss (New Theatre)

1 = The Sunken Living Room (New Theatre)

1 = Whose Life Is It, Anyway? (Inside Out)

By theater (14 companies)

19 = Actors' Playhouse

17 = Florida Stage

13 = Maltz Jupiter Theatre

13 = GableStage

7 = Mosaic Theatre Company

7 = Palm Beach Dramaworks

6 = Caldwell Theatre Company

5 = New Vista Theatre Company

4 = New Theatre

3 = Mad Cat Theatre Company

2 = City Theatre

2 = Sol Theatre Company

1 = Inside Out Theatre Company

1 = Stage Door Theatre Company

 

By county

48 = Palm Beach

41 = Miami-Dade

11 = Broward 

COMBINED (plays & musicals)

Best New Work (play or musical) (award to author): Ivonne Azurdia and Paul Tei, Terminal Baggage, Mad Cat Theatre Company; Catherine Bush, Just A Kiss, New Theatre; David Caudle; The Sunken Living Room, New Theatre and Southern Rep; Melanie Marnich, Cradle of Man, Florida Stage; Michael McKeever, The Impressionists, Caldwell Theatre Company.  

Best Ensemble Production (play or musical): Dealer's Choice, Mosaic Theatre; Lend Me A Tenor, Caldwell Theatre Company; Opus, Florida Stage; Summer Shorts, City Theatre; Terminal Baggage, Mad Cat Theatre Company.

PLAYS

Best Production of a Play (award to producing organization): Dealer's Choice, Mosaic Theatre; Lend Me A Tenor, Caldwell Theatre Company; Opus, Florida Stage; The Pillowman, GableStage; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Palm Beach Dramaworks. 

Best Director/Play: Joseph Adler, The Pillowman, GableStage; William Hayes, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Palm Beach Dramaworks; Paul Tei, Dealer's Choice, Mosaic Theatre; Louis Tyrrell, Opus, Florida Stage; Joe Warik, Lend Me A Tenor, Caldwell Theatre Company.  

Best Actor/Play: Antonio Amadeo, The Pillowman, GableStage; Ken Clement, Address Unknown, GableStage; Ken Clement, Rabbit Hole, Mosaic Theatre; Avi Hoffman, Address Unknown, GableStage; Gordon McConnell, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,Palm Beach Dramaworks.

Best Actress/Play: Kameshia Duncan, Intimate Apparel, GableStage; Sandra Ives, Whose Life Is It Anyway? Inside Out Theatre Company; Jennifer Mendenhall, Cradle of Man, Florida Stage; Wendy Michaels, Rabbit Hole, Mosaic Theatre; Lisa Morgan, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Palm Beach Dramaworks.  

Best Supporting Actor/Play: Todd Allen Durkin, Dealer's Choice, Mosaic Theatre; Erik Fabregat, Terminal Baggage, Mad Cat Theatre Company; Peter Haig, The Price, Palm Beach Dramaworks; Clint Hooper, Lincolnesque, New Theatre; David Perez-Ribada, The Pillowman, GableStage.

Best Supporting Actress/Play: Lela Elam, Intimate Apparel, GableStage; Patti Gardner, The Price, Palm Beach Dramaworks; Margery Lowe, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Palm Beach Dramaworks; Connie SaLoutos, Lend Me A Tenor, Caldwell Theatre Company; Stacy Schwartz, Lincolnesque, New Theatre. 

MUSICALS

Best Production of a Musical (award to producing organization): Beyond the Rainbow, Florida Stage; Ella, Florida Stage; Five Course Love, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; The Full Monty, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Maltz Jupiter Theatre. 

Best Director/Musical: David Arisco, The Full Monty, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Michael Larsen, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, New Vista Theatre Company; Ron Peluso, Beyond the Rainbow, Florida Stage; Rob Ruggiero Ella, Florida Stage; Jiri Zizka, The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Maltz Jupiter Theatre. 

Best Actor/Musical: Fred Berman, The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Terrell Hardcastle, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, Avi Hoffman, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, New Vista Theatre Company; Tally Sessions, The Full Monty, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Alton Fitzgerald White, The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Maltz Jupiter Theatre. 

Best Actress/Musical: Jody Briskey, Beyond the Rainbow, Florida Stage; Janet Dacal, Five Course Love, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Tina Fabrique, Ella, Florida Stage; Norah Long, Beyond the Rainbow, Florida Stage; Tia Speros, Guys and Dolls, Maltz Jupiter Theatre.  

Best Supporting Actor/Musical: Oscar Cheda, Five Course Love, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Brian M. Golub, The Full Monty, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Gary Marachek, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, New Vista Theatre Company; Richard Ruiz, Guys and Dolls, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Reggie Whitehead, The Full Monty, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.

Best Supporting Actress/Musical: Irene Adjan, The Full Monty, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Maribeth Graham, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, New Vista Theatre Company; Stacy Schwartz, The Full Monty, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Lourelene Snedeker, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Idara Victor, The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Maltz Jupiter Theatre. 

Musical Direction/Musical:  Eric Alsford, The Full Monty, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Brad Ellis, The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Sherman Frank, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, New Vista Theatre Company; Danny Holgate, Ella, Florida Stage; Kevin Wallace, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre. 

Choreography/Musical: Chrissi Ardito, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; George Faison, The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Barbara Flaten, The Full Monty, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Ron Hutchins, Five Guys Named Moe, Stage Door Theatre; Daniel Pelzig, Guys and Dolls, Maltz Jupiter Theatre. 

DESIGN (plays & musicals)

Best Scenic Design: Tim Bennett, Lend Me A Tenor, Caldwell Theatre Company; Richard Crowell, Splitting Infinity, Florida Stage; David P. Gordon, The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Robert Hooker and Jim Gibbons, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Sol Theatre Project; Sean McClelland, Dealer's Choice, Mosaic Theatre.

Best Lighting Design: Richard Crowell, Splitting Infinity, Florida Stage; John D. Hall, The Pillowman, GableStage; Suzanne M. Jones, Cradle of Man, Florida Stage; Eric Nelson, Fahrenheit 451, GableStage; Patrick Tennent, The Full Monty, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.

Best Costume Design: Erin Amico, Intimate Apparel, GableStage; Vickie Esposito, The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Mary Lynne Izzo, Five Course Love, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Meredith Lasher, Summer Shorts, City Theatre; Ellis Tillman, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.

Best Sound Design: Carl Casella and T. Richard Fitzgerald, The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Matt Corey,The Pillowman, GableStage; Matt Corey, Fahrenheit 451, GableStage; Ryan Rumery, Cradle of Man, Florida Stage; Marc Scott, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Sol Theatre Project.

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