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1998 Nominators and Participating Theatres

On October 19, 1998, the following nominees and award recipients were honored at the Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony, held at Walnut Street Theatre and hosted by David Ogden Stiers and Jilline Ringle.
*Award Recipient

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play

*A Midsummer Night's Dream (Arden Theatre Company)
Hedda Gabler (Arden Theatre Company)
Jack and Jill (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Michigan Impossible (Venture Theatre)
Molly's Delicious (Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

*Band in Berlin (American Music Theater Festival)
Blood Brothers (Walnut Street Theatre)
Crazy For You (Walnut Street Theatre)
Little Shop of Horrors (Puttin' on the Ritz)
Merrily We Roll Along (Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Direction of a Play

*Aaron Posner (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Arden Theatre Company)
Edward Keith Baker (The Balkan Women, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Dugald MacArthur (The Steward of Christendom, Lantern Theater Company)
Ken Marini (Jack and Jill, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Harriet Power (A Moon for the Misbegotten, Venture Theatre)

Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical

*Patricia Birch & Susan Feldman (Band in Berlin, American Music Theater Festival)
Charles Abbott (Crazy For You, Walnut Street Theatre)
Peter Donohue, OSA (Into the Woods, Villanova Theatre)
Terrence J. Nolen (Merrily We Roll Along, Arden Theatre Company)
Blanka Zizka (The Threepenny Opera, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play

*Jarlath Conroy (The Steward of Christendom, Lantern Theater Company)
Robert Christophe (Michigan Impossible, Venture Theatre)
Guil Fisher (Cold Storage, Vox Theatre Company)
David Howey (The Merchant of Venice, Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival)
William Leach (Shylock, Walnut Street Theatre Independence Studio on 3)

Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play

*Janis Dardaris (A Moon for the Misbegotten, Venture Theatre)
Grace Gonglewski (Hedda Gabler, Arden Theatre Company)
Sally Mercer (The Lover & A Kind of Alaska, Walnut Street Theatre Independence Studio on 3)
Kathryn Petersen (Jack and Jill, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Maggie Siff (Aunt Dan & Lemon, InterAct Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical

*James Brennan (Crazy For You, Walnut Street Theatre)
Jeffrey Coon (Merrily We Roll Along, Arden Theatre Company)
Guil Fisher (Shenandoah, Living Arts Repertory Theatre)
Tony Freeman (The Goodbye Girl, Walnut Street Theatre)
Christopher Sutton (Blood Brothers, Walnut Street Theatre)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical

*Susan Dawn Carson (Blood Brothers, Walnut Street Theatre)
Tracey Geisler (Little Shop of Horrors, Puttin' on the Ritz)
Jilline Ringle (Merrily We Roll ALong, Arden Theatre Company)
Darcie Roberts (Crazy For You, Walnut Street Theatre)
Miriam Shor (The Threepenny Opera, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

*Robert Christophe (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Arden Theatre Company)
David Bardeen (Molly's Delicious, Arden Theatre Company)
David Grillo (A Question of Mercy, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Greg Wood (Hedda Gabler, Arden Theatre Company)
Frank X (Ghosts, Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

*Maggie Siff (Ghosts, Lantern Theater Company)
Hazel Bowers (Pygmalion, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Susan McKey (Hedda Gabler, Arden Theatre Company)
Sonja Robson (The Lover & A Kind of Alaska, Walnut Street Theatre Independence Studio on 3)
Marcia Saunders (Molly's Delicious, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

*Tony Freeman (Merrily We Roll Along, Arden Theatre Company)
Tif Luckenbill (Blood Brothers, Walnut Street Theatre)
Forrest McClendon (The Threepenny Opera, The Wilma Theater)
George Riddle (Texas Flyer, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Brian Rivell (Little Shop of Horrors, Puttin' on the Ritz)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

*Bethe B. Austin (Texas Flyer, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Jennifer Lee Andrews (Blood Brothers, Walnut Street Theatre)
Linda Pierson (The Threepenny Opera, The Wilma Theater)
Holly Rudkin (Merrily We Roll Along, Arden Theatre Company)
Alyse Wojciechowski (The Goodbye Girl, Walnut Street Theatre)

Outstanding Set Design

*Kevin Knight (Birdy, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
David P. Gordon (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Arden Theatre Company)
David P. Gordon (Indiscretions , The Wilma Theater)
Wesley Maloney-Truitt (Into the Woods, Villanova Theatre)
Christopher Pickart (Molly's Delicious, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Lighting Design

*Brian Nason (Birdy, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Kirk Bookman (Band in Berlin, American Music Theater Festival)
Russell Champa (The Threepenny Opera, The Wilma Theater)
James Leitner (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Arden Theatre Company)
Scott Pinkney (The Balkan Women, Bristol Riverside Theatre)

Outstanding Costume Design

*Janus Stefanowicz (On the Razzle, The Wilma Theater)
Marla J. Jurglanis (Heartbreak House, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Marla J. Jurglanis (Hedda Gabler, Arden Theatre Company)
Larisa Ratnikoff (The Threepenny Opera, The Wilma Theater)
Janus Stefanowicz (Into the Woods, Villanova Theatre)

Outstanding Sound Design

*David Schnirman (Band in Berlin, American Music Theater Festival)
Charles T. Brastow (Beauty & The Beast, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Martin Carrillo (The Tragedy of Joan of Arc, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
James P. Murphy (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Arden Theatre Company)
Richard Tomes (Birdy, Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Outstanding Original Music

*Larry Gatlin (Texas Flyer, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Martin Carrillo (The Tragedy of Joan of Arc, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Fred Goldfine (Michigan Impossible, Venture Theatre)
John Lionarons (Beauty & The Beast, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Michelle Nagy (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Choreography

*Mary Jane Houdina (Crazy For You, Walnut Street Theatre)
Patricia Birch (Band in Berlin, American Music Theater Festival)
Patricia Scott Hobbs (Black Nativity, Freedom Theatre)
Dito van Reigersberg & Suli Holum (The Tragedy of Joan of Arc, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Brian Rivell (Little Shop of Horrors, Puttin' on the Ritz)

Outstanding New Play

*The Balkan Women (By Jules Tasca, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Frankenstein (By Conrad Bishop & Elizabeth Fuller, The Independent Eye)
Mating Cries (By Conrad Bishop & Elizabeth Fuller, The Independent Eye)
Michigan Impossible (By Robert Christophe, Venture Theatre)
Molly's Delicious (By Craig Wright, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble

*Band in Berlin (American Music Theater Festival)
Jack and Jill (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Jitney (Freedom Theatre)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Arden Theatre Company)
The Tragedy of Joan of Arc (Pig Iron Theatre Company)

F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist

*Robert Christophe
David Bradley
Jennifer Childs
Maggie Siff
Eileen Tague

Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News Award for Excellence in Theatre Education

*The New Voices Ensemble (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Performing Arts Training Program (Freedom Theatre)
Summer Theatre Arts Day Camp (Puttin' on the Ritz)
Rainbow Connection Program (American Music Theater Festival)

First Union Award for Community Service

*Bruce Robinson (Mitchell-Robinson Youth Theatre)
The Village of the Arts and Humanities
Ritz Outreach Services (Puttin' on the Ritz)

Lifetime Achievement Honoree

*Frank C. P. McGlinn

Special Recognition Award

*Holley Webster