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1999 Nominators and Participating Theatres

On October 7, 1999, the following nominees and award recipients were honored at the Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony, held at the Irvine Auditorium and hosted by Marina Sirtis and James Brennan.
*Award Recipient

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play

*Lebensraum (InterAct Theatre Company)
Coyote on a Fence (Arden Theatre Company)
A Flea In Her Ear (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Hard Times (The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

*Floyd Collins (Prince Music Theater)
Bed and Sofa (The Wilma Theater)
Box Office of the Damned (1812 Productions)
Grand Hotel (Walnut Street Theatre)
Violet (Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Direction of a Play

*Seth Rozin (Lebensraum, InterAct Theatre Company)
James J. Christy (Coyote on a Fence, Arden Theatre Company)
James J. Christy (Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Terrence J. Nolen (The Grapes of Wrath, Arden Theatre Company)
Tazewell Thompson (A Flea In Her Ear, The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical

*Tina Landau (Floyd Collins, Prince Music Theater)
Jennifer Childs & Peter Pryor (Box Office of the Damned, 1812 Productions)
Bruce Lumpkin (Grand Hotel, Walnut Street Theatre)
Terrence J. Nolen (Violet, Arden Theatre Company)
Blanka Zizka (Bed and Sofa, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play

*Roger Guenveur Smith (A Huey P. Newton Story, Freedom Repertory Theatre & Painted Bride Art Center)
Harry Althaus (Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Pearce Bunting (Coyote on a Fence, Arden Theatre Company)
David Ingram (A Flea In Her Ear, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
William Zielinski (Coyote on a Fence, Arden Theatre Company)

Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play

*Alma Cuervo (The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Janis Dardaris (Orpheus Descending, The Wilma Theater)
M'el Dowd (Three Tall Women, Walnut Street Theatre)
Jennifer Rohn (How I Learned to Drive, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Sally Mercer (Lovers & Executioners, Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical

*Romain Frugé (Floyd Collins, Prince Music Theater)
Ron Bohmer (Bed and Sofa, The Wilma Theater)
David Hess (Grand Hotel, Walnut Street Theatre)
Jeff McCarthy (Bed and Sofa, The Wilma Theater)
Abe Reybold (Anything Goes, Walnut Street Theatre)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical

*Ann Crumb (Bed and Sofa, The Wilma Theater)
Jennifer Lee Andrews (Triumph of Love, Walnut Street Theatre)
Linda Pierson (Violet, Arden Theatre Company)
Jill Powell (Grand Hotel, Walnut Street Theatre)
Jilline Ringle (Box Office of the Damned, 1812 Productions)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

*Joe Guzmán (Lovers & Executioners, Lantern Theater Company)
Scott Greer (Lebensraum, InterAct Theatre Company)
Boris McGiver (The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Harry Philibosian (Lebensraum, InterAct Theatre Company)
William Zielinski (Rough Crossing, Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

*Isa Thomas (The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Evalyn Baron (Hotel Suite, Walnut Street Theatre)
Hazel Bowers (Lettice & Lovage, Hedgerow Theatre)
Jayne Houdyshell (Orpheus Descending, The Wilma Theater)
Catharine K. Slusar (Lebensraum, InterAct Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

*Guy Adkins (Floyd Collins, Prince Music Theater)
Kevin R. Free (Violet, Arden Theatre Company)
Tony Freeman (Grand Hotel, Walnut Street Theatre)
Timothy Charles Johnson (Violet, Arden Theatre Company)
Todd Waddington (Box Office of the Damned, 1812 Productions)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

*Mary Martello (Triumph of Love, Walnut Street Theatre)
Bethe B. Austin (Brigadoon, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Kim Huber (Floyd Collins, Prince Music Theater)
Anah Jyoti Klate (Violet, Arden Theatre Company)
Kimberly Rehfuss (Box Office of the Damned, 1812 Productions)

Outstanding Set Design

*David P. Gordon (Bed and Sofa, The Wilma Theater)
D. Patrick Boylen (Coyote on a Fence, Arden Theatre Company)
John Farrell (Grand Hotel, Walnut Street Theatre)
David P. Gordon (Hard Times, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Jerry Rojo (Orpheus Descending, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Lighting Design

*Scott Zielinski (Floyd Collins, Prince Music Theater)
Russell Champa (Bed and Sofa, The Wilma Theater)
Jerold R. Forsythe (The Grapes of Wrath, Arden Theatre Company)
Thomas C. Hase (Hard Times, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Trey Lyford (Gentlemen Volunteers, Pig Iron Theatre Company)

Outstanding Costume Design

*Jeffrey Fender (A Flea In Her Ear, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Santo Loquasto (Grand Hotel, Walnut Street Theatre)
Margaret McCarty (Machinal, Villanova Theatre)
Ilona Somogyi (Hard Times, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Catherine Zuber (Triumph of Love, Walnut Street Theatre)

Outstanding Sound Design

*James Sugg (Gentlemen Volunteers, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Robert Murphy (Hard Times, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Seth Rozin & Ron Schindlinger (Lebensraum, InterAct Theatre Company)
Dan Moses Schreier (Floyd Collins, Prince Music Theater)
Marc Anthony Thompson (A Huey P. Newton Story, Freedom Repertory Theatre & Painted Bride Art Center)

Outstanding Original Music

*Adam Wernick (Séance, Mum Puppettheatre)
Jay Ansill (Charlotte's Web, Arden Theatre Company)
Jay Ansill (The Grapes of Wrath, Arden Theatre Company)
Vince di Mura (More Grimm Tales, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Marc Anthony Thompson (A Huey P. Newton Story, Freedom Repertory Theatre & Painted Bride Art Center)

Outstanding Choreography

*Quinn Bauriedel, Solveig Holum, Dan Rothenberg & Dito van Reigersberg (Cafeteria, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Karen Getz (Box Office of the Damned, 1812 Productions)
Sharon Halley (Brigadoon, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Dito van Reigersberg & Dan Rothenberg (The Lorca Cycle, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Richard Stafford (Grand Hotel, Walnut Street Theatre)

Outstanding New Play

*The Chosen (Adapted by Aaron Posner & Chaim Potok from the novel by Chaim Potok, Arden Theatre Company)
Bee-Luther-Hatchee (By Thomas Gibbons, InterAct Theatre Company)
Gentlemen Volunteers (Conceived and created by Pig Iron Theatre Company with text by Solveig Holum, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Lives of the Saints (By David Ives, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
The Lorca Cycle (Conceived and created by Pig Iron Theatre Company with text by Dan Rothenberg & Dito van Reigersberg, Pig Iron Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble

*Lebensraum (InterAct Theatre Company)
Box Office of the Damned (1812 Productions)
A Flea In Her Ear (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Gentlemen Volunteers (Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Hard Times (The People's Light & Theatre Company)

F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist

*Jennifer Childs
Deborah Block
Anthony Lawton
John Lumia
Forrest McClendon

Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News Award for Excellence in Theatre Education

*Children at Risk (Delaware Theatre Company)
Kids: The Heart of the Arts (Montgomery County Cultural Center)
Teen AIDS Prevention Drama and Dance Troupe (AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey)

Lifetime Achievement Honoree

*John E. Allen, Jr.