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2000 Nominators, Judges, and Participating Theatres

On October 16, 2000, the following nominees and award recipients were honored at the Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony, held at the Irvine Auditorium.
*Award Recipient

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play

*The Invention of Love (The Wilma Theater)
Dimly Perceived Threats to the System (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Red Herring (Arden Theatre Company)
Sideman (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Wit (Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

*Dinah Was: The Dinah Washington Musical (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
The Hidden Sky (Prince Music Theater)
Into the Woods (Arden Theatre Company)
Phantom (Walnut Street Theatre)
The Tin Pan Alley Rag (The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Direction of a Play

*Blanka Zizka (The Invention of Love, The Wilma Theater)
James J. Christy (Sideman, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Ken Marini (Dimly Perceived Threats to the System, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Maria Mileaf (Wit, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Terrence J. Nolen (Red Herring, Arden Theatre Company)

Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical

*Ben Levitt (The Hidden Sky, Prince Music Theater)
Charles Abbott (Phantom, Walnut Street Theatre)
Terrence J. Nolen (Into the Woods, Arden Theatre Company)
David Petrarca (Dinah Was: The Dinah Washinton Musical, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Jiri Zizka (The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play

*Martin Rayner (The Invention of Love, The Wilma Theater)
David Chandler (Sideman, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Pete Pryor (Three Days of Rain, Arden Theatre Company)
Greg Wood (Vigil, Walnut Street Theatre Studio 3)
William Zielinski (Rum and Vodka, Brat Productions)

Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play

*Randy Danson (Wit, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Nora Chester (Three Viewings, Delaware Theatre Company)
Janis Dardaris (Sideman, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Millicent Sparks (The Sty of the Blind Pig, Freedom Repertory Theatre)
Ellen Tobie (Collected Stories, Walnut Street Theatre Studio 3)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical

*Christopher Sutton (Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Walnut Street Theatre)
Nat Chandler (Phantom, Walnut Street Theatre)
Darin DePaul (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Jamie Torcellini (La Cage Aux Folles, Walnut Street Theatre)
Rick Wasserman (The Tin Pan Alley Rag, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical

*E. Faye Butler (Dinah Was: The Dinah Washington Musical, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Ana Maria Andricain (The Hidden Sky, Prince Music Theater)
Sondra M. Bonitto (St. Louis Woman, Prince Music Theater)
Kristin Carbone (Phantom, Walnut Street Theatre)
Mary Martello (Into the Woods, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

*Ian Merrill Peakes (Sideman, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Mark Alhadeff (The Invention of Love, The Wilma Theater)
Benjamin Lloyd (Dimly Perceived Threats to the System, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Frank X (Beyond Therapy, Lantern Theater Company)
William Zielinski (Betrayal, Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

*E. Ashley Izard (Beyond Therapy, Lantern Theater Company)
Megan Bellwoar (Collected Stories, Walnut Street Theatre Studio)
Mollie Hall (Wit, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Sarallen (Flyin' West, Delaware Theatre Company)
Jo Twiss (Dancing at Lughnasa, Hedgerow Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

*Joel Blum (The Tin Pan Alley Rag, The Wilma Theater)
Jeffrey Coon (The Snow Queen, Prince Music Theater)
Scott Greer (Into the Woods, Arden Theatre Company)
Nick Ullett (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Bernard Wurger (Phantom, Walnut Street Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

*Carla J. Hargrove (Dinah Was: The Dinah Washington Musical, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Ann Arvia (Phantom, Walnut Street Theatre)
Molly Ephraim (Into the Woods, Arden Theatre Company)
Joilet Harris (St. Louis Woman, Prince Music Theater)
Mary Kate McGrath (Into the Woods, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Set Design

*Michael McGarty (The Invention of Love, The Wilma Theater)
Marie Ann Chiment (Born Yesterday, Delaware Theatre Company)
Hiroshi Iwasaki (Endgame, Villanova Theatre)
James F. Pyne, Jr. (The Road to Mecca, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Paul Wonsek (The Heiress, Walnut Street Theatre)

Outstanding Lighting Design

*Russell H. Champa (The Invention of Love, The Wilma Theater)
Russell H. Champa (Wit, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Jerold R. Forsyth (Cherry Docs, The Wilma Theater)
James Leitner (Red Herring, Arden Theatre Company)
Troy A. Martin-O'Shia (The Hidden Sky, Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Costume Design

*Theoni V. Aldredge & Colleen McMillan (La Cage Aux Folles, Walnut Street Theatre)
Hilary Corbett (The Heiress, Walnut Street Theatre)
Galina Solovyeva (The Snow Queen, Prince Music Theater)
Richard St. Clair (The Snow Queen, Arden Theatre Company & Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Janus Stefanowicz (The Invention of Love, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Sound Design

*Whit MacLaughlin (Drink Me, InterAct Theatre Company)
Charles T. Brastow (Dimly Perceived Threats to the System, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Fabian Obispo (The Skin of our Teeth, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Peter Rydberg (On the Verge, Villanova Theatre)
Peter Rydberg (Endgame, Villanova Theatre)

Outstanding Original Music

*Michael "Hawkeye" Herman (El Paso Blue, Venture Theatre)
Peter Foley (The Hidden Sky, Prince Music Theater)
Eric Jensen (The Snow Queen, Arden Theatre Company/Pig Iron Theatre Company)
John Lionarons (The Adventures of Pinocchio, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Adam Wernick (The Invention of Love, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Choreography

*Richard Stafford (La Cage Aux Folles, Walnut Street Theatre)
Patricia Birch (The Snow Queen, Prince Music Theater)
George Faison (The Tin Pan Alley Rag, The Wilma Theater)
Whit MacLaughlin (Stupor, New Paradise Laboratories)
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (St. Louis Woman, Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding New Play

*Red Herring (By Michael Hollinger, Arden Theatre Company)
Between Men and Cattle (By Richard Kalinoski, InterAct Theatre Company)
Drink Me (By Mary Fengar Gail, InterAct Theatre Company)
The Hidden Sky (By Kate Chisholm, Prince Music Theater)
White People (By J.T. Rogers, Philadelphia Theatre Company))

Outstanding Ensemble

*Sideman (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Dimly Perceived Threats to the System (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Red Herring (Arden Theatre Company)
Stupor (New Paradise Laboratories)
A Vagabond Christmas Carol (Vagabond Acting Troupe)

F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist

*John Lumia
Andre D. Harrington
Pete Pryor
Catharine Slusar
William Zielinski

Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News Education and Community Service Award

*InterAction (InterAct Theatre Company)
1812 Educational Outreach (1812 Productions)
The Rainbow Connection at the Prince (Prince Music Theater)
The Village Youth Theater (The Village of Arts and Humanities)

Lifetime Achievement Honoree

*Adele Magner (Philadelphia Young Playwrights Festival)