Tampa Bay's Professional Theaters Announce Winners of First Jeff Norton Awards

Tampa Bay's professional theaters announce the winners of the first annual Jeff Norton Theater Awards, held Monday, August 22 at The Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College. The event was hosted by four theaters: American Stage, Gorilla Theatre, Jobsite Theater, and Stageworks Theatre. The evening was emceed by Brendan McLaughlin, anchor of ABC Action News, with co-host Jen Holloway. Packy Boukis and John Paul Boukis of Only You consulting managed the event.

Awards were being given in ten categories by 20 presenters from the local theater community: Keith Arsenault, Erin Coalson, T. Hampton Dohrman, Steve Fisher, John Fleming, Andrea Graham, Kathy Greenberg, Crystal Haralambou, Karla Hartley, Gavin Hawk, Bob Devin Jones, Mark Leib, Paul McColgan, Richard Miller, Michael Murphy, Jan E. Ray, Christopher Rutherford, Bill Sharpe, David Warner, and T. Scott Wooten. Award categories are: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Lighting Design, Best Sound Design, Best Costume Design, Best Set Design, and three special awards. The nominees for this first year's event represent audience favorite performances over the past season in Tampa Bay theater, and awards were presented for each theater.

The winners in the order presented are:

Adrin Puente, The Mystery Of Irma Vep
Award for Best Costume Design, American Stage

Jennifer Cunningham, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
Award for Best Costume Design, Gorilla Theatre

Katrina Stevenson, Einstein's Dreams
Award for Best Costume Design, Jobsite Theater

Mike and Kathy Buck, God Of Isaac
Award for Best Costume Design, Stageworks Theatre

Brian Webb Russell, Barefoot In The Park
Award for Best Supporting Actor, American Stage

Glenn Gover, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
Award for Best Supporting Actor, Gorilla Theatre

Spencer Meyers, The Taming Of The Shrew
Award for Best Supporting Actor, Jobsite Theater

Slake Counts, A Lesson Before Dying
Award for Best Supporting Actor, Stageworks Theatre

T. Scott Wooten, Opus
Award for Best Sound Design, American Stage

Lynne Locher, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
Award for Best Sound Design, Gorilla Theatre

David Jenkins, The Odd Couple
Award for Best Sound Design, Jobsite Theater

Joseph P. Oshry, The Mystery Of Irma Vep
Award for Best Lighting Design, American Stage

Megan Byrne, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
Award for Best Lighting Design, Gorilla Theatre

Brian Smallheer, Eistein's Dreams
Award for Best Lighting Design, Jobsite Theater

Jonelle Meyer, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
Award for Best Supporting Actress, Gorilla Theatre

Summer Bohnankamp, The Odd Couple
Award for Best Supporting Actress, Jobsite Theater

Gloria Bailey, A Lesson Before Dying
Award for Best Supporting Actress, Stageworks Theatre

Jeffrey Dean, The Mystery Of Irma Vep
Award for Best Set Design, American Stage

Jake Kavanagh, Sweet Storm
Award for Best Set Design, Gorilla Theatre

Brian Smallheer, Mindgame
Award for Best Set Design, Jobsite Theater

T. Williams, A Lesson Before Dying
Award for Best Set Design, Stageworks Theatre

Todd Olson, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Award for Best Director, American Stage

Bridget Bean, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
Award for Best Director, Gorilla Theatre

Karla Hartley, Yellowman
Award for Best Director, Jobsite Theater

Karla Hartley, MOMologues
Award for Best Director, Stageworks Theatre

Special Award from Gorilla Theatre
Jerid Fox and Joel Gennari

Special Award from Jobsite Theater
Greta Man

Special Award from Stageworks Theatre
Andrea Graham

Richard B. Watson, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Award for Best Actor, American Stage

Christopher Swan, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
Award for Best Actor, Gorilla Theatre

Paul Potenza, The Odd Couple
Award for Best Actor, Jobsite Theater

Joshua Goff, A Lesson Before Dying
Award for Best Actor, Stageworks Theatre

Christine Decker, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Award for Best Actress, American Stage

Caroline Jett, The Lion in Winter
Award for Best Actress, Gorilla Theatre

Fani Green, Yellowman
Award for Best Actress, Jobsite Theater

Heather Krueger, As Bees In Honey Drown
Award for Best Actress, Stageworks Theatre

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