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2003 Nominators, Judges, and Participating Theatres

On October 27, 2003, the following nominees and award recipients were honored at the Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony, held at the Zellerbach Theatre and hosted by Tony Braithwaite.
*Award Recipient

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play

*In the Blood (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
All My Sons (Arden Theatre Company)
Big Love (The Wilma Theater)
The Magic Fire (The Wilma Theater)
Red (The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

*The Last Five Years (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Bat Boy: The Musical (1812 Productions)
Pacific Overtures (Arden Theatre Company)
Green Violin (Prince Music Theater)
Pal Joey (Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Direction of a Play

*Abigail Adams (In the Blood, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Terrence J. Nolen (All My Sons, Arden Theatre Company)
Blanka Zizka (The Magic Fire, The Wilma Theater)
Blanka Zizka (Red, The Wilma Theater)
Jiri Zizka (Big Love, The Wilma Theater)

Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical

*Rebecca Bayla Taichman (Green Violin, Prince Music Theater)
Joe Calarco (The Last Five Years, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Jennifer Childs (Bat Boy: The Musical, 1812 Productions)
Terrence J. Nolen (Pacific Overtures, Arden Theatre Company)
Laurence Maslon (Pal Joey, Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play

*Kraig Swartz as Sam Peliczowski (Fully Committed, Philadelphia Theatre Company/Act II Playhouse)
Jeffrey DeMunn as Pablo Picasso (A Picasso, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Francis Jue as Hua Wai Mun (Red, The Wilma Theater)
Benjamin Lloyd as The Performer (Heckler, 1812 Productions)
Tom McCarthy as Joe Keller (All My Sons, Arden Theatre Company)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson as The Narrator (Lackawanna Blues, Freedom Repertory Theatre)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play

*Roslyn Ruff as Hester, La Negrita (In the Blood, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Carla Belver as Kate Keller (All My Sons, Arden Theatre Company)
Jennifer Childs as the Madwoman of Chaillot (The Madwoman of Chaillot, Mum Puppettheatre)
Michelle Courvais as Rosemary Kennedy (Rosemary, InterAct Theatre Company)
Lydia Look as Ling (Red, The Wilma Theater)
Claudia Robinson as May N'Kame (Going to St. Ives, InterAct Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical

*Raúl Esparza as Mikhoels (Green Violin, Prince Music Theater)
Ben Dibble as Bat Boy (Bat Boy: The Musical (1812 Productions)
Michael Longoria as Peter Pan (Peter Pan and Wendy, Prince Music Theater)
Hal Robinson as Marc Chagall (Green Violin, Prince Music Theater)
Wayne Wilcox as Jamie (The Last Five Years, Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical

*Christine Andreas as Vera Simpson (Pal Joey, Prince Music Theater)
Chris Calloway as Billie Holiday (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Mary Martello as Meredith Parker (Bat Boy: The Musical, 1812 Productions)
Kate Suber as Bella Chagall (Green Violin, Prince Music Theater)
Nicole Van Giesen as Cathy (The Last Five Years, Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

*Ian Merrill Peakes as Chris Keller (All My Sons, Arden Theatre Company)
Robert Beatty as Chilli/Jabber (In the Blood, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Peter Donat as Polonius (Hamlet, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Johnnie Hobbs, Jr. as Stool Pigeon (King Hedley II, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Al White as Elmore (King Hedley II, Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

*Marcia Saunders as Claire (A Delicate Balance, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Sarah Doherty as Violet (The Boxcar Children, Arden Theatre Company)
Marcia Saunders as Beatrice (A View from the Bridge, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Cathy Simpson as Welfare Lady/Bully (In the Blood, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Susan Wilder as Amalia Berg (The Magic Fire, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

*Romain Frugé as Smee/Nana (Peter Pan and Wendy, Prince Music Theater)
Scott Greer as Shogun's Mother/Merchant/Old Man/Russian Admiral/Older Samurai/Assassin (Pacific Overtures, Arden Theatre Company)
Christopher Innvar as Captain Hook/Mr. Darling (Peter Pan and Wendy, Prince Music Theater)
Joshua Lamon as Mrs. Taylor/Rev. Hightower/Ensemble (Bat Boy: The Musical, 1812 Productions)
Jason J. Michael as Buddy Fidler/Irwin S. Irving (City of Angels, Villanova Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

*Emmanuelle Delpech-Ramey as Madeleine (James Joyce is Dead and so is Paris: The Lucia Joyce Cabaret, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Jeanine Durning as Maria (Green Violin, Prince Music Theater)
Susann Fletcher as Gladys Bumps (Pal Joey, Prince Music Theater)
Christa Justus as Melba Snyder (Pal Joey, Prince Music Theater)
Cheryl Mazzarini as Donna/Oolie (City of Angels, Villanova Theatre)

Outstanding Set Design

*Jerry Rojo (Big Love, The Wilma Theater)
Marina Draghici (Green Violin, Prince Music Theater)
Lewis Folden (The Boxcar Children, Arden Theatre Company)
James Kronzer (Pacific Overtures, Arden Theatre Company)
James F. Pyne, Jr. (A Delicate Balance, The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Lighting Design

*Russell H. Champa (Red, The Wilma Theater)
Russell H. Champa (The Magic Fire, The Wilma Theater)
Jerold R. Forsyth (Big Love, The Wilma Theater)
Chris Lee (The Last Five Years, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Daniel MacLean Wagner (Pacific Overtures, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Costume Design

*Janus Stefanowicz (Big Love, The Wilma Theater)
Marla Jurglanis (Pacific Overtures, Arden Theatre Company)
Mark Mariani (Pal Joey, Prince Music Theater)
Susan Smythe (The Madwoman of Chaillot, Mum Puppettheatre)
Janus Stefanowicz (The Magic Fire, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Sound Design

*James Sugg (Red, The Wilma Theater)
Jamie Moffett (The Screwtape Letters, Lantern Theater Company)
Bill Moriarty (Big Love, The Wilma Theater)
Fabian Obispo (Macbeth, Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival)
Nick Rye (The Tempest, Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Original Music

*Frank London (Green Violin, Prince Music Theater)
Aaron Cromie, Dawn Falato & Dave Jadico (The Madwoman of Chaillot, Mum Puppettheatre)
James Sugg (James Joyce is Dead and so is Paris: The Lucia Joyce Cabaret, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Andy Teirstein (Beauty and the Beast, Enchantment Theatre Company)
Nathan Wang (Red, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Choreography/Movement

*David Dorfman (Green Violin, Prince Music Theater)
Myra Bazell (Pal Joey, Prince Music Theater)
Myra Bazell & Geoffrey Kershner (Pacific Overtures, Arden Theatre Company)
J. Alex Cordaro & Brian Sanders (Big Love, The Wilma Theater)
Jamie H. J. Guan (Red, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding New Play

*A Picasso (By Jeffrey Hatcher, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Hyde, in the Shadows (By Michael Carleton, Fictitious Theatre Company)
Cry Havoc (By Tom Coash, InterAct Theatre Company)
James Joyce is Dead and so is Paris: The Lucia Joyce Cabaret (Conceived and created by Pig Iron Theatre Company, Text by Deborah Stein, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Green Violin (Book & Lyrics by Elise Thoron, Music by Frank London, Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

*In the Blood (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Like Crazy, Like Wow (1812 Productions)
Terra Nova (The Centre Theater)
The Madwoman of Chaillot (Mum Puppettheatre)
The Magic Fire (The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

*Bat Boy: The Musical (1812 Productions)
Pacific Overtures (Arden Theatre Company)
James Joyce is Dead and so is Paris: The Lucia Joyce Cabaret (Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Green Violin (Prince Music Theater)
Pal Joey (Prince Music Theater)

F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist

*Ian Merrill Peakes
Nick Embree
Colleen A. McMillan
James Sugg
Elizabeth Webster

Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award

*1812 Outreach (1812 Productions)
InterAction (InterAct Theatre Company)
Stage Write (Philadelphia Young Playwrights)

Lifetime Achievement Honoree

*Tom McCarthy

Ted & Stevie Wolf New Approaches to Collaborations Honorees

*Mum Puppettheatre & The Philadelphia Orchestra (Swan Lake)
*Vagabond Acting Troupe & University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Three Worlds Intertwined)
*The Wilma Theater & The Philadelphia Orchestra (Every Good Boy Deserves Favor)