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2004 Nominators, Judges, and Participating Theatres

On November 15, 2004, the following nominees and award recipients were honored at the Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony, held at the Academy of Music and hosted by Tony Braithwaite.
*Award Recipient

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play

*Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (The Wilma Theater)
The Comedy of Errors (Lantern Theater Company)
Mary's Wedding (Act II Playhouse)
Permanent Collection (InterAct Theatre Company)
Travels With My Aunt (Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

*Constant Star (Delaware Theatre Company)
The Great Ostrovsky (Prince Music Theater)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (City Theater Company)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Parade (Villanova Theatre)

Outstanding Direction of a Play

*Blanka Zizka (Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, The Wilma Theater)
Michael Brophy (Travels With My Aunt, Lantern Theater Company)
Charles McMahon (The Comedy of Errors, Lantern Theater Company)
Aaron Posner (Mary's Wedding, Act II Playhouse)
William Roudebush (A Christmas Carol, Mum Puppettheatre)

Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical

*Tazewell Thompson (Constant Star, Delaware Theatre Company)
Jesse Cline (The Wild Party, The Media Theatre)
Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. (Parade, Villanova Theatre)
Terrence J. Nolen (Café Puttanesca, Arden Theatre Company)
Douglas C. Wager & Patricia Birch (The Great Ostrovsky, Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Musical Direction

*Dianne Adams McDowell (Constant Star, Delaware Theatre Company)
John Baxindine & Ken Brill (Parade, Villanova Theatre)
Steven Gross (The Great Ostrovsky, Prince Music Theater)
Michael Keck (It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues, Prince Music Theater)
Jim Ryan (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play

*Peter DeLaurier as Librarian (Underneath the Lintel, Lantern Theater Company)
Aaron Cromie as Henry Pulling, Aunt Augusta, Girl in Jodhpurs & Spanish Gentleman (Travels With My Aunt, Lantern Theater Company)
Vaneik Echeverria as Angel Cruz (Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, The Wilma Theater)
John Glover as Martin Gray (Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Bruce McCarty as Gavin Miller (According to Goldman, Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play

*Lynn Redgrave as Ruth Steiner (Collected Stories, Contemporary Stage Company)
Madi Distefano as Dido/Jeremy (Popsicle's Departure, 1989, Brat Productions)
Meg O'Brian as Helen Keller (The Miracle Worker, Hedgerow Theatre)
Karen Peakes as Billie Dawn (Born Yesterday, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Erin Weaver as Mary/Flowers (Mary's Wedding, Act II Playhouse)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical

*David Colbert as Hedwig/Tommy Gnosis (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, City Theater Company)
Hershey Felder as George Gershwin (George Gershwin Alone, Prince Music Theater)
Bob Gunton as David Ostrovsky (The Great Ostrovsky, Prince Music Theater)
Josh Sauerman as Leo Frank (Parade, Villanova Theatre)
Danny Zolli as Joseph (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical

*Mary Martello as The Baroness (Café Puttanesca, Arden Theatre Company)
Nina Donze as Lucille Frank (Parade, Villanova Theatre)
Laura Dysarczyk as Charity (Sweet Charity, The Media Theatre)
Kristine Fraelich as The Narrator (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Rachel Ulanet as Jenny (The Great Ostrovsky, Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

*John Douglas Thompson as Lucius Jenkins (Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, The Wilma Theater)
Bradford William Anderson as Billy Gray (Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Buck Schirner as Boxler (In the Heart of America, InterAct Theatre Company)
Tobias Segal as Jeremiah Collins (According to Goldman, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Geoff Sobelle as Antipholus of Ephesus, Officer, Second Merchant & Zani (The Comedy of Errors, Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

*Karina Mackenzie as Lisa Morrison (Collected Stories, Contemporary Stage Company)
Christie Parker as Claire (Proof, Arden Theatre Company)
Marcia Saunders as Mrs. Gorf, Mr. Pickle, Miss Valooosh & Mr. Gorf (Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Arden Theatre Company)
Danielle Skraastad as Mary Jane Hanrahan (Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, The Wilma Theater)
Karen Vicks as Nita/Philip, etc (Nickel & Dimed, Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

*Lenny Haas as Henry (The Fantasticks, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Ben Dibble (Harry Chapin: Remember When the Music, Act II Playhouse)
Jonathan Hadary as Epstein (The Great Ostrovsky, Prince Music Theater)
John O'Hara (Harry Chapin: Remember When the Music, Act II Playhouse)
Edward Staudenmayer as Simon Lieboswitz (The Great Ostrovsky, Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

*Jennie Eisenhower as Kate (The Wild Party (The Media Theatre)
Barbara D. Mills (It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues, Prince Music Theater)
Louise Pitre as Rose (The Great Ostrovsky, Prince Music Theater)
Kimberly Rehfuss (Harry Chapin: Remember When the Music, Act II Playhouse)
Rachel Ulanet as Cis (Casino Paradise, Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Set Design

*Donald Eastman (Constant Star, Delaware Theatre Company)
Beowulf Boritt (Talley's Folly, Delaware Theatre Company)
Thom Bumblauskas (Mary's Wedding, Act II Playhouse)
Nick Embree (Permanent Collection, InterAct Theatre Company)
Jerry Rojo (Wintertime, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Lighting Design

*James Leitner (Mary's Wedding, Act II Playhouse)
Jerold R. Forsyth (Wintertime, The Wilma Theater)
Thomas C. Hase (Julius Caesar, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Charles S. Reece (The Woman in Black, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Robert Wierzel (Constant Star, Delaware Theatre Company)

Outstanding Costume Design

*Merrily Murray-Walsh (Constant Star, Delaware Theatre Company)
Charlotte Cloe Fox Wind (Don Juan, Villanova Theatre)
Millie Hiibel (The Comedy of Errors, Lantern Theater Company)
Marla Jurglanis (Born Yesterday, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Janus Stefanowicz (Parade, Villanova Theatre)

Outstanding Sound Design

*Fabian Obispo (Constant Star, Delaware Theatre Company)
Aaron Cromie & John Mock (A Christmas Carol, Mum Puppettheatre)
Lindsay Jones (Julius Caesar, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
James Sugg (Moby Dick-Rehearsed, Brat Productions)
Shannon Zura (Talley's Folly, Delaware Theatre Company)

Outstanding Original Music

*Cy Coleman (The Great Ostrovsky, Prince Music Theater)
Michael Ogborn (Café Puttanesca, Arden Theatre Company)
Polly Pen (Embarrassments, The Wilma Theater)
Jim Ryan (Something Wonderful Right Away: Improv for The Holidays, 1812 Productions)
Andy Teirstein (The Snow Queen, Enchantment Theatre Company)

Outstanding Choreography/Movement

*Aaron Cromie (The Comedy of Errors, Lantern Theater Company)
Richard Amelius (Sweet Charity, The Media Theatre)
Patricia Birch (The Great Ostrovsky, Prince Music Theater)
Barby Hobyak Roche (Parade, Villanova Theatre)
Tazewell Thompson (Constant Star, Delaware Theatre Company)

Outstanding New Play

*Permanent Collection (By Thomas Gibbons, InterAct Theatre Company)
According to Goldman (By Bruce Graham, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Adapted for the stage by Scott Greer, Michael Hollinger, Tony Lawton & Aaron Posner, 1812 Productions)
An Artist's Workshop (Conceived by Alden Moore, Written by Raelle Myrick Hodges, Azuka Theatre Collective)
Popsicle's Departure, 1989 (By Madi Distefano, Brat Productions)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

*The Comedy of Errors (Lantern Theater Company)
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (The Wilma Theater)
Rose Selavy Takes a Lover in Philadelphia (New Paradise Laboratories)
Travels With My Aunt (Lantern Theater Company)
The Uneasy Chair (1812 Productions)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

*Constant Star (Delaware Theatre Company)
Café Puttanesca (Arden Theatre Company)
It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues (Prince Music Theater)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Parade (Villanova Theatre)

F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist

*Jorge Cousineau
Madi Distefano
Nick Embree
Andre D. Harrington
Geoff Sobelle
James Sugg

Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award

*Rainbow Connection Program (Prince Music Theater)
InterAction (InterAct Theatre Company)
Playwrights Retreats (Philadelphia Young Playwrights)
Wilmagination (The Wilma Theater)

Lifetime Achievement Honoree

*Louis Lippa

Ted & Stevie Wolf New Approaches to Collaborations Honoree

*Random Acts of Theater & KitchenAid's The Book and The Cook (A Catered Affair by Arje Shaw and Front of House by Michael A. Carson)

The Suzanne Roberts Theatre Alliance Scholarship Award

*Jaclyn Robinson