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2005 Nominators, Judges, & Participating Theatres

On October 10, 2005, the following nominees and award recipients were honored at the Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony, held at the Merriam Theater and hosted by Harriet Levy (aka Todd Waddington), Jennifer Childs, and Ben Dibble.
*Award Recipient

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, sponsored by the Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund

*Take Me Out (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
The Clean House (The Wilma Theater)
Recent Tragic Events (1812 Productions)
String of Pearls (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Trumbo (Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, sponsored by the University of the Arts

*Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Arden Theatre Company)
A Year With Frog and Toad (Arden Theatre Company)
The Big Bang (Act II Playhouse)
Chasing Nicolette (Prince Music Theater)
Elegies: A Song Cycle (Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play

*Maria Mileaf (The Story, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
James J. Christy (Take Me Out, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Daniel Fish (The Clean House, The Wilma Theater)
Pete Pryor (Recent Tragic Events, 1812 Productions)
Jiri Zizka (Outrage, The Wilma Theater)

Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical

*Terrence J. Nolen (Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Arden Theatre Company)
Joe Calarco (Elegies: A Song Cycle, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Whit MacLaughlin (A Year With Frog and Toad, Arden Theatre Company)
Ethan McSweeny (Chasing Nicolette, Prince Music Theater)
Richard M. Parison, Jr. (The Big Bang, Act II Playhouse)

Outstanding Musical Direction

*Kimberly Grigsby (Elegies: A Song Cycle, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Eric Ebbenga (Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Arden Theatre Company)
Charles Gilbert (A Year With Frog and Toad, Arden Theatre Company)
Robert K. Mikulski (Chasing Nicolette, Prince Music Theater)
Jim Ryan (The Big Bang, Act II Playhouse)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play

*Bill Irwin as Dalton Trumbo (Trumbo, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Jamie Harris as Billy (Raw Boys, The Wilma Theater)
John Keating as Shane (Raw Boys, The Wilma Theater)
Jered McLenigan as Merrick (The Elephant Man, The Centre Theater)
Ernest Perry, Jr. as Troy Maxson (Fences, Arden Theatre Company)

Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play

*Madi Distefano as Breda (Eden, Brat Productions)
Stephanie Berry as Rose (Fences, Arden Theatre Company)
Juliette Dunn as Waverly Wilson (Recent Tragic Events, 1812 Productions)
Jilline Ringle (Always a Lady: A celebration of funny women for the holidays, 1812 Productions)
Catharine K. Slusar as Lizzie et al. (The Syringa Tree, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical

*Tony Braithwaite as Boyd (The Big Bang, Act II Playhouse)
Richard Amelius as Emcee (Cabaret, The Media Theatre)
Ben Dibble as Jed (The Big Bang, Act II Playhouse)
Bronson Pinchot as Valere (Chasing Nicolette, Prince Music Theater)
Thom Sesma as Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical

*Mary Martello as Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Arden Theatre Company)
Audri T. Dalio as Kim (Miss Saigon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Sherri L. Edelen (Elegies: A Song Cycle, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Donna Migliaccio (Elegies: A Song Cycle, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Jasika Nicole Pruitt as Nicolette (Chasing Nicolette, Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

*Kraig Swartz as Mason (Take Me Out, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
James Gale as William (Raw Boys, The Wilma Theater)
Jeb Kreager as Ron (Recent Tragic Events, 1812 Productions)
Pete Pryor as Cleante (The Miser, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Josh Shirley as Shane (Take Me Out, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Ray Anthony Thomas as Gabriel (Fences, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

*Jayne Houdyshell as Virginia (The Clean House, The Wilma Theater)
Jennifer Childs as Gertrude Deuter (The Underpants, Arden Theatre Company)
Alda Cortese as Frosine (The Miser, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Emmanuelle Delpech-Ramey as Prince (Hell Meets Henry Halfway, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Karen Peakes as Brooke Aston (Noises Off, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

*Joshua Lamon as Snail/Ensemble (A Year With Frog and Toad, Arden Theatre Company)
Todd Buonopane as Herschel (Gemini, the Musical, Prince Music Theater)
Ben Dibble as Anthony Hope (Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Arden Theatre Company)
Christopher Kale Jones as Mercury (Olympus on My Mind, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Joshua Lamon as Tobias Ragg (Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

*Rebecca Bellingham as Gwendolyn (Chasing Nicolette, Prince Music Theater)
Anne DeSalvo as Maria/Lucille (Gemini, the Musical, Prince Music Theater)
Sarah Doherty as Rosie (Grease and Desist, Brat Productions & Tapestry Theatre)
SuEllen Estey as Charis (Olympus on My Mind, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Denise Whelan as Beggar Woman (Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by KieranTimberlake Associates

*Mimi Lien (Outrage, The Wilma Theater)
David Gallo (Fences, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
David P. Gordon (Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Arden Theatre Company)
Andrew Lieberman (The Clean House, The Wilma Theater)
Todd Rosenthal (Take Me Out, Philadelphia Theatre Company)

PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

*John Stephen Hoey (Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Arden Theatre Company)
Russell H. Champa (Raw Boys, The Wilma Theater)
Jerold R. Forsyth (Outrage, The Wilma Theater)
AC Hickox (The Syringa Tree, Arden Theatre Company)
Chris Lee (Elegies: A Song Cycle, Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Outstanding Costume Design

*Richard St. Clair (A Year With Frog and Toad, Arden Theatre Company)
Constance Hoffman (Chasing Nicolette, Prince Music Theater)
Marla Jurglanis (Sleeping Beauty: A Comic Panto in the British Style, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Marla Jurglanis (Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Arden Theatre Company)
Linda Bee Stockton (Holiday, Bristol Riverside Theatre)

Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design

*Bill Moriarty, Adriano Shaplin, & James Sugg (Hell Meets Henry Halfway, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Jorge Cousineau (Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Arden Theatre Company)
Nick Kourtides (Chasing Nicolette, Prince Music Theater)
John Mock (Looking Over the President's Shoulder, Delaware Theatre Company)
James Sugg (all wear bowlers, 1812 Productions)

Outstanding Original Music

*David Friedman (Chasing Nicolette, Prince Music Theater)
Charles Gilbert (Gemini, the Musical, Prince Music Theater)
Jim Ryan in collaboration with Lee Etzold, Mark Evans, and Janice Rowland (Grease and Desist, Brat Productions & Tapestry Theatre)
Adriano Shaplin & James Sugg (Hell Meets Henry Halfway, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Adam Wernick (Outrage, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Choreography/Movement

*Jewel Walker (Tuesday, Amaryllis Theatre Company / VSAarts of Pennsylvania)
Richard Amelius (Cabaret, The Media Theatre)
Karen Getz (The Big Bang, Act II Playhouse)
Trey Lyford & Geoffrey Sobelle (all wear bowlers, 1812 Productions)
Dorothy Wilke (Death and the King's Horseman, Lantern Theater Company)

Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play

*The Lives of Bosie (By John Wolfson, Hedgerow Theatre)
Hell Meets Henry Halfway (By Adriano Shaplin, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
A Higher Place in Heaven (By Pamela Parker, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
The Philly Fan (By Bruce Graham, Theatre Exile)
Raw Boys (By Dael Orlandersmith, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

*Tuesday (Amaryllis Theatre Company / VSAarts of Pennsylvania)
The Art of War (The Vagabond Acting Troupe)
Hell Meets Henry Halfway (Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Recent Tragic Events (1812 Productions)
Take Me Out (Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

*Elegies: A Song Cycle (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
A Year With Frog and Toad (Arden Theatre Company)
Chasing Nicolette (Prince Music Theater)
Forever Plaid (Delaware Theatre Company)
Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Arden Theatre Company)

F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist

*James Sugg
Ben Dibble
Madi Distefano
Matt Saunders
Geoff Sobelle

Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, sponsored by the Harvey & Virginia Kimmel Arts Education Fund

*Classic Program of Playwriting Workshops (Philadelphia Young Playwrights)
2nd Stage Program (Theater Catalyst, Inc.)
Adopt-A-School (Walnut Street Theatre)
InterAction (InterAct Theatre Company)
Wilmagination (The Wilma Theater)

Lifetime Achievement Honoree

*James J. Christy

Ted & Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations

*Theatre Exile & Reconstruction Pictures (cellar)

Suzanne Roberts Theatre Alliance College Scholarship Award

*Bayla Rubin

The Joseph Cairns, Jr. and Ernestine Bacon Cairns Memorial Scholarship

*Ryan Touhey