THE 2012 BARRYMORE AWARD NOMINEES ARE:
OUTSTANDING OVERALL PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
The Aliens – theatreexile
Angels in America part one: Millennium Approaches – Wilma Theater
Body Awareness – Wilma Theater
The Outgoing Tide – Philadelphia Theatre Company
TWELFTH NIGHT – Pig Iron Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING OVERALL PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Crowns – Delaware Theatre Company
A Grand Night for Singing – Walnut Street Theatre
The King and I – Walnut Street Theatre
Ordinary Days – 11th Hour Theatre Company
The Scottsboro Boys – Philadelphia Theatre Company
INDEPENDENCE FOUNDATION AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Kenneth Lin – Fallow – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
Eisa Davis – The History of Light – Passage Theatre Company
Ray Saraceni – Maroons: The Anthracite Grid – The Centre Theater
Madi Distefano – MEANWHILE… – Brat Productions
Jacqueline Goldfinger – Slip/Shot – Flashpoint Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Blanka Zizka – Angels in America part one: Millennium Approaches – Wilma Theater
Anne Baker – Body Awareness Wilma Theater
James J. Christy – The Outgoing Tide – Philadelphia Theatre Company
Sanford Robbins – Skin of Our Teeth – Resident Ensemble Players
Dan Rothenberg -TWELFTH NIGHT- Pig Iron Theatre Company
Matt Pfeiffer -The Whipping Man – Arden Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Bruce Lumpkin – A Grand Night for Singing – Walnut Street Theatre
Kevin Ramsey – Crowns – Delaware Theatre Company
Bud Martin – My Fair Lady – Act II Playhouse
Joe Calarco – Ordinary Days – 11th Hour Theatre Company
Pete Pryor – Treasure Island: A Musical Panto – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Aubrey Decker – Angels in America part one: Millennium Approaches -Wilma Theater
Dustin Ingram – Body Awareness – Wilma Theater
Frank X – The Island – Lantern
Richard Poe – The Outgoing Tide – Philadelphia Theatre Company
Graham Smith – Shipwrecked! – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
THE CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Lavita Shaurice – Antigone – Quintessence Theatre Group
Grace Gonglewski – Body Awareness – Wilma Theater
Mary Martello – Body Awareness – Wilma Theater
Genevieve Perrier – Private Lives – Lantern
Elizabeth Heflin- Skin of Our Teeth – Resident Ensemble Players
GARFIELD REFINING COMPANY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Fran Prisco – A Grand Night for Singing – Walnut Street Theatre
Michael Philip O’Brien – A Grand Night for Singing – Walnut Street Theatre
Doug Eskew – Crowns – Delaware Theatre Company
Rodney Hicks – The Scottsboro Boys – Philadelphia Theatre Company
Richard Ruiz – Treasure Island: A Musical Panto – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
GARFIELD REFINING COMPANY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jennie Eisenhower – A Grand Night for Singing – Walnut Street Theatre
Barbara D. Mills – Crowns – Delaware Theatre Company
Rachel York – The King and I – Walnut Street Theatre
Elisa Matthews – The Sound of Music – The Media Theatre
Ann Crumb – Wings – The Media Theatre
EARL GIRLS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Thom Weaver – Knives in Hens – theatreexile
David Gordon -The Outgoing Tide – Philadelphia Theatre Company
Takeshi Kata – Skin of Our Teeth – Resident Ensemble Players
Stefanie Hansen – The Cripple of Inishmaan – Resident Ensemble Players
Maiko Matsushima – TWELFTH NIGHT – Pig Iron Theatre Company
PECO AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Thom Weaver – The Aliens – theatreexile
Thom Weaver – Body Awareness – Wilma Theater
Thom Weaver – Knives in Hens – theatreexile
R. Lee Kennedy – The Outgoing Tide – Philadelphia Theatre Company
Matthew Richards – Skin of Our Teeth – Resident Ensemble Players
Tyler Micoleau – TWELFTH NIGHT – Pig Iron Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Rosemarie McKelvey – Body Awareness – Wilma Theater
Martha Hally – Skin of Our Teeth – Resident Ensemble Players
Rosemarie McKelvey – Shipwrecked! – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
Rosemarie McKelvey – Treasure Island: A Musical Panto – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
Olivera Gajic – TWELFTH NIGHT – Pig Iron Theatre Company
CLEAR SOUND AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
Christopher Colucci & Daniel Perelstien – Knives in Hens – theatreexile
Christopher Colucci – The Mouse Trap – Walnut Street Theatre
Dan Perelstein – Shipwrecked! – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
James Sugg – TWELFTH NIGHT – Pig Iron Theatre Company
Christopher Colucci – The Whipping Man – Arden Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC
Robert Kaplowitz – Body Awareness – Wilma Theater
Christopher Colucci – Of Mice and Men – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
Robert Maggio – The Outgoing Tide – Philadelphia Theatre Company
Daniel Perelstein – Shipwrecked! – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
Rosie Langabeer – TWELFTH NIGHT – Pig Iron Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
David Jenkins – A Grand Night for Singing – Walnut Street Theatre
e’ Marcus Harper – Crowns – Delaware Theatre Company
Eric Ebbenga – Ordinary Days – 11th Hour Theatre Company
Eric Ebbenga – The Scottsboro Boys – Philadelphia Theatre Company
Rosie Langabeer – TWELFTH NIGHT – Pig Iron Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT
Michelle Gaudette – A Grand Night for Singing – Walnut Street Theatre
Jenn Rose – Robin Hood – Arden Theatre Company
Samantha Bellomo – Shipwrecked! – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
Samantha Bellomo – Treasure Island: A Musical Panto – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
Brett Cassidy – TWELFTH NIGHT – Pig Iron Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Aubie Merrylees – The Aliens – theatreexile
James Ijames – Angels in America part one: Millennium Approaches – Wilma Theater
Benjamin Pelteson – Angels in America part one: Millennium Approaches – Wilma Theater
Christopher Coucill – Body Awareness – Wilma Theater
Scott Greer – TWELFTH NIGHT – Pig Iron Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Mary Martello – August: Osage County – Arden Theatre Company
Mary Elizabeth Scallen – Angels in America part one: Millennium Approaches – Wilma Theater
Elizabeth Heflin – Noises Off – Resident Ensemble Players
Genevieve Perrier – Reason to be Pretty – Philadelphia Theatre Company
Kathleen Pirkl Tague – Skin of Our Teeth – Resident Ensemble Players
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Austin Ku -The King and I – Walnut Street Theatre
Forrest McClendon -The Scottsboro Boys – Philadelphia Theatre Company
JC Montgomery – The Scottsboro Boys – Philadelphia Theatre Company
Clinton Roane – The Scottsboro Boys – Philadelphia Theatre Company
Chris Faith -Treasure Island: A Musical Panto – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
Tom Teti – Treasure Island: A Musical Panto – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Donna Jones – Crowns -Delaware Theatre Company
Joliet F. Harris – Crowns -Delaware Theatre Company
Kimberly S. Fairbanks – Crowns – Delaware Theatre Company
Lauren Blackwell – Crowns – Delaware Theatre Company
Manna Nichols – The King and I – Walnut Street Theatre
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY
Angels in America part one: Millennium Approaches– Wilma Theater
The Aliens– theatreexile
Body Awareness – Wilma Theater
God of Carnage – Walnut Street Theatre
Shipwrecked! – Peoples Light & Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL
A Grand Night for Singing– Walnut Street Theatre
Crowns – Delaware Theatre Company
Ordinary Days– 11th Hour Theatre Company
The Scottsboro Boys– Philadelphia Theatre Company
Treasure Island: A Musical Panto– Peoples Light & Theatre Company
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Jiri Zizka (1953 – 2012)
Jiri Zizka, born in Prague and educated at Charles IV University, became an Artist in Residence at the Wilma in 1979 and co-Artistic Director in 1981, where he directed over 70 productions. Some of the highlights included Orwell’s Animal Farm, Camus’ The Stranger, Brecht’s Mother Courage, Capeks’ The Insect Comedy, Weiss’ Marat/Sade, his own adaptation of Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Brecht/Weill’s Happy End, Orwell’s 1984 (also at the Kennedy Center and Off-Broadway), Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist and the U.S. Premiere of Havel’sTemptation (a co-production with Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival). Jiri also directed a feature film of Václav Havel’s Largo Desolato, adapted by Tom Stoppard, starring F. Murray Abraham, for PBS’s Great Performances. He wrote and directed Inquest of Love, a film nominated for an Emmy® Award. His theater credits also include George F. Walker’s Love and Anger, Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan, David Gow’s Cherry Docs (with David Strathairn), Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound, Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy, Stephen Sondheim’s Passion, Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Stoppard’s Indian Ink, Arthur Miller’s Resurrection Blues, Charles L. Mee’s Big Love and Wintertime. He also directed a co-production between the Wilma and The Philadelphia Orchestra of Tom Stoppard’s and André Previn’s Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, a play for actors and a philharmonic orchestra, at The Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall. Jiri directed Tom Stoppard’s Night and Day, Itamar Moses’ Outrage, Ken Ludwig’s Shakespeare in Hollywood, Mark Saltzman’s The Tin Pan Alley Rag (Carbonell Award for Best Director), Caryl Churchill’s A Number, Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman (six Barrymore nominations), Sarah Schulman’s adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel Enemies, A Love Story, Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, Roy Smiles’ Ying Tong andSchmucks, Terry Johnson’s Hysteria, and the U.S. Premiere of Václav Havel Leaving. In 2010, Jiri moved into a consulting relationship with the Wilma in order to pursue other artistic endeavors. He died on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at the age of 58.
THE BROWN MARTIN PHILADELPHIA AWARD
-Fallow by Kenneth Lin – People’s Light & Theatre Company
-Our Class by Tadeusz Slobodzianek – Wilma Theatre
-Slip/Shot by Jacqueline Pardue Goldfinger – Flashpoint Theatre Company
-Branch by Walt Vail – Society Hill Playhouse
-The Tempermentals by Jon Marans – Maukingbird Theatre Company
The Brown Martin Philadelphia Award seeks to honor those plays that best lead audiences to a better
understanding of the unique experience of particular segments of our global community. Through their
accurate and insightful representation of perspectives unique to gender, ethnicity, religion, age, and other categories of specialized experience, these plays will enlighten us and help us to better appreciate different points of view without demanding that we agree with them. The award carries with it a $25,000 cash prize.
F. OTTO HAAS AWARD FOR AN EMERGING PHILADELPHIA THEATRE ARTIST
-Charlotte Ford
-Jacqueline Pardue Goldfinger
-Justin Jain
-Steve Pacek
-Thom Weaver
Funded by Carole Haas Gravagno through The CHG Charitable Trust, this award comes with a $10,000 cash prize for the recipient and $1,000 for each finalist. The only one of its kind in the nation, the F. Otto Haas Award is intended to support the artist’s living expenses so that they can focus on their craft as well as to encourage theatre artists to remain in the Philadelphia community.
