BWW Nashville Award Winners Revealed at Midwinter's First Night

Theater folk from throughout Tennessee gathered at Nashville's Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theater on Sunday night for Midwinter's First Night, which included the presentation of the BroadwayWorld Nashville Awards, recognizing performers and productions brought to the stage between October 2013 and September 2014.

Hosted by Jeffrey Ellis, who covers theater, opera and dance for BroadwayWorld Nashville and who has reported on Tennessee theater for more than 30 years, the event included the first-ever "Miss 'Cathy from The Last Five Years' Pageant," which featured seven contestants vying for the title and performing "Still Hurting" from the Jason Robert Brown score.

Winners of the BWW Nashville awards followed a period during which individuals and productions were nominated in some 25 categories, followed by a voting period during which the winners were determined. The list of winners include...

• Best Actor in a Musical ?Justin Boyd - Shrek the Musical - Circle Players
• Best Actor in a Play Raymon Whitt - To Kill a Mockingbird - Robertson County Players
• Best Actress in a Musical Ali B Gorrie - Carrie, The Musical - Street Theatre Company
• Best Actress in a Play Angela Gimlin - Agnes of God - Out Front on Main, Inc.
• Best Choreographer Shauna Smartt Hopkins - A Chorus Line - Hendersonville Performing Arts Center
• Best Community Theater Company Chattanooga Theatre Centre
• Best Costume Design Scott Dunlap - Les Miserables - Chattanooga Theatre Centre
• Best Director of a musical George Quick - Les Miserables - Chattanooga Theatre Centre
• Best Director of a play April Hardcastle-Miles - Charlotte's Web - Lakewood Theater Company
• Best Ensemble Performance in a musical Les Miserables - Chattanooga Theatre Centre and Les Miserables - Cookeville High School
• Best Ensemble Performance in a play Agnes of God - Out Front on Main, Inc.
• Best Featured Actor in a Musical Tyler Jeffrey Adams - Legally Blonde the Musical - Boiler Room Theatre
• Best Featured Actor in a Play Asa Ambrister - Greater Tuna - Miss Jeanne's Mystery Dinner Theatre
• Best Featured Actress in a Musical Madison Gentry - Les Miserables - Cookeville High School
• Best Featured Actress in a Play Shelia Wofford - To Kill A Mockingbird - Chattanooga Theatre Centre
• Best Lighting Design Bill Banks - Les Miserables - Chattanooga Theatre Centre
• Best Musical Les Miserables - Cookeville High School
• Best Musical Direction Michael Choate - Les Miserables - Cookeville High School
• Best Original/New Work Bradley Moore & Michael McFaden - Casey Stampfield The Musical - Music City Theater Company
• Best Play Agnes of God - Out Front on Main, Inc.
• Best Professional Theater Company Cumberland County Playhouse
• Best Set Design Sara Miecielica - Les Miserables - Chattanooga Theatre Centre
• Best Sound Design Paul Hughes - Les Miserables - Chattanooga Theatre Centre
• Best Younger Actor (under age 25) Eli Choate - Les Miserables - Cookeville High
• Best Younger Actress (under age 25) Alie B. Gorrie - Carrie the Musical - Street Theatre Company