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1995 Nominators and Participating Theatres

On October 23, 1995, the following nominees and award recipients were honored at the Inaugural Barrymore Awards Ceremony, held at the Zellerbach Theatre at the Annenberg Center and hosted by Blythe Danner and Tom McCarthy.

“If you'd harnessed the radiance, you could have illuminated the city of Philadelphia for a month!” – Philadelphia Inquirer Theatre Critic Clifford A. Ridley, on the First Annual Barrymore Awards

*Award Recipient

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play

*Master Class (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Distant Fires (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Of Mice and Men (Philadelphia Drama Guild)
Road (The Wilma Theater)
Sign of the Lizard (The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

*A Little Night Music (Arden Theatre Company)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Philadelphia Drama Guild)
Black Nativity (Freedom Theatre)
Chicago (Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Lust (Walnut Street Theatre)

Outstanding Direction of a Play

*Mary B. Robinson (Of Mice and Men, Philadelphia Drama Guild)
*Blanka Zizka (Road, The Wilma Theater)
Deborah Block (Jeffrey, The Fabulous Theatre Company)
Leonard Foglia (Master Class, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
David Ingram (Distant Fires, The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

*Ossie Jones (Black Nativity, Freedom Theatre)
Bob Carlton (Lust, Walnut Street Theatre)
David Gordon (Shlemiel the First, American Music Theater Festival)
Terrence J. Nolen (A Little Night Music, Arden Theatre Company)
Kim Okada (Old Aunt Dinah's Sure Guide to Dreams and Lucky Numbers, American Music Theater Festival)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play

*Pearce Bunting (Road, The Wilma Theater)
James Colby (Of Mice and Men, Philadelphia Drama Guild)
Johnnie Hobbs, Jr. (Black Picture Show, Freedom Theatre)
Tuck Milligan (Of Mice and Men, Philadelphia Drama Guild)
Frank X (Louis' Lottery, The Independent Eye)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play

*Zoe Caldwell (Master Class, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Jennifer Childs (Good Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, Arden Theatre Company)
Juliette Dunn (Lovers, Arden Theatre Company)
Grace Gonglewski (Taming of the Shrew, Arden Theatre Company)
Juanita Vega (Beast on the Moon, Venture Theatre)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical

*Denis Lawson (Lust, Walnut Street Theatre)
Obba Bobatunda (Jelly Roll!, American Music Theater Festival)
Michael Licata (Chicago, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Don Mayo (Ain't Misbehavin', Philadelphia Drama Guild)
Paul Sands (Shlemiel the First, American Music Theater Festival)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical

*Alison Fraser (Gunmetal Blues, The Wilma Theater)
Yvonne Campbell (Chicago, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Katherine Peters (Old Aunt Dinah's Sure Guide to Dreams and Lucky Numbers, American Music Theater Festival)
Allyson Tucker (Chicago, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Susan Wilder (A Little Night Music, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

*Peter Pryor (Road, The Wilma Theater)
Peter Pryor (Short Stuff C, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Edward Scamon (Of Mice and Men, Philadelphia Drama Guild)
Brian A.D. Wilson (Fences, Bushfire Theatre of Performing Arts)
Jonathan Zak (Scapin, Villanova Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

*Susan McKey (Good Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, Arden Theatre Company)
Carla Belver (Short Stuff C, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Susan McKey (Here She Is, Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays)
Deborah Seif (Jeffrey, The Fabulous Theatre Company)
Ruth Williamson (You Should Be So Lucky, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

*Jerold Goldstein (Gunmetal Blues, The Wilma Theater)
Paul Asaro (Jelly Roll!, American Music Theater Festival)
Robert Christophe (Black Nativity, Freedom Theatre)
Callum Keith-King (A Little Night Music, Arden Theatre Company)
John Stovicek (Bad Girls Upset by the Truth, American Music Theater Festival)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

*Grace Gonglewski (A Little Night Music, Arden Theatre Company)
Jennifer Childs (Bad Girls Upset by the Truth, American Music Theater Festival)
Lisa McMillan (Mame, Walnut Street Theatre)
Matt Rochester (Black Nativity, Freedom Theatre)
Donna Ryan (Chicago, Bristol Riverside Theatre)

Outstanding Set Design

*David P. Gordon (Sign of the Lizard, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Peter B. Harrison (All in the Timing, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Robert Israel (Shlemiel the First, American Music Theater Festival)
James F. Pyne, Jr. (A Little Night Music, Arden Theatre Company)
James F. Pyne, Jr. (Misalliance, The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Lighting Design

*Jerold Forsyth (Gunmetal Blues, The Wilma Theater)
Michael Gilliam (Old Aunt Dinah's Sure Guide to Dreams and Lucky Numbers, American Music Theater Festival)
Donald Holder (All in the Timing, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Brian MacDevitt (Master Class, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
James F. Pyne, Jr. (Sign of the Lizard, The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Costume Design

*Theresa Graziano (School for Scandal, Simply Classic Theatre Company)
Barbard Forbes (Mame, Walnut Street Theatre)
Marla Jurglanis (A Little Night Music, Arden Theatre Company)
M. Michael Montgomery (Sign of the Lizard, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Janus Stefanowicz (Candide, Villanova Theatre)

Outstanding Sound Design

*Eileen Tague (Road, The Wilma Theater)
Elizabeth Fuller (Marie Antionette, The Independent Eye)
John Gromada (Master Class, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Conny Lockwood (A Little Night Music, Arden Theatre Company)
Darren L. West (Old Aunt Dinah's Sure Guide to Dreams and Lucky Numbers, American Music Theater Festival)

Outstanding Original Music

*Elizabeth Fuller (Marie Antoinette, The Independent Eye)
Edward Barnes (Old Aunt Dinah's Sure Guide to Dreams and Lucky Numbers, American Music Theater Festival)
Kevin Francis (Kafka's Smile, Novel Stages)
Sonny Hexter & Darryl Washington (Black Picture Show, Freedom Theatre)
Robert Maggio (Of Mice and Men, Philadelphia Drama Guild)

Outstanding Choreography

*Patricia Scott Hobbs (Black Nativity, Freedom Theatre)
Pepsi Bethel (Jelly Roll!, American Music Theater Festival)
Marcia Milgrow Dodge (A Little Night Music, Arden Theatre Company)
Julia Lopez (Sign of the Lizard, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Susan Streeter (Chicago, Bristol Riverside Theatre)

Outstanding Production of a New Play

*Master Class (By Terrence McNally, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
An Empty Plate at the Café de Grand Boeuf (By Michael Hollinger (Arden Theatre Company)
Midnight Hour (By James Campbell, Freedom Theatre)
Shadow Shaver (Conrad Bishop & Elizabeth Fuller, The Independent Eye)
Sign of the Lizard (The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble

*Distant Fires (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
All in the Timing (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Black Nativity (Freedom Theatre)
Road (The Wilma Theater)
Short Stuff C (The People's Light & Theatre Company)

F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist

*Grace Gonglewski
Deborah Block
Michael Hollinger
Peter Pryor
Lisa White

Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News Award for Excellence in Theatre Education

*Mum Puppettheatre

Lifetime Achievement Honoree

*Albert Benzwie

Special Recognition Award

*Mum Puppettheatre (for Puppetry)