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2006 Nominators, Judges, and Participating Theatres

On October 23, 2006, the following nominees and award recipients were honored at the Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony, held at the Merriam Theater and hosted by Mary Martello.

*Award Recipient

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

*Richard III (Lantern Theater Company)
The Foocy (Lantern Theater Company)
Killer Joe (Theatre Exile)
The Man from Nebraska (The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Opus (Arden Theatre Company)

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

*Winesburg, Ohio (Arden Theatre Company)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Arden Theatre Company)
A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama (Delaware Theatre Company)
Dreamgirls (Prince Music Theater)
Waiting for the Moon (Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)

Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play

*Terrence J. Nolen (Opus, Arden Theatre Company)
Joe Canuso (Killer Joe, Theatre Exile)
Ken Marini (The Man from Nebraska, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Charles McMahon (Richard III, Lantern Theater Company)
Matt Pfeiffer (The Foocy, Lantern Theater Company)

Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical

*Terrence J. Nolen (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. (Urinetown, Villanova Theatre)
Vincent Marini (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Richard M. Parison, Jr. (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
Aaron Posner (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)

Outstanding Musical Direction

*Thomas Murray (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Jay Ansill (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)
Charles Gilbert (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Arden Theatre Company)
Jim Ryan (Urinetown, Villanova Theatre)
Jesse Vargas (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play

*Pete Pryor as Richard of Gloucester (Richard III, Lantern Theater Company)
Daniel Beaty (Emergence-See!, New Freedom Theatre)
Peter DeLaurier as Ken Carpenter (The Man from Nebraska, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Floyd King as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (I Am My Own Wife, The Wilma Theater)
Kraig Swartz as Betty/Edward (Cloud 9, The Wilma Theater)

Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play

*Jacqueline Antaramian (Nine Parts of Desire, The Wilma Theater)
Erica Bradshaw as Salamina, and others (The Syringa Tree, Delaware Theatre Company)
Rosalyn Coleman as Esther (Intimate Apparel, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Mary Martello as Margaret (The Boys, Azuka Theatre)
Marcia Saunders as Nancy Carpenter (The Man from Nebraska, The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical

*Brian Hissong as George Willard (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Tony Braithwaite as Prologus/Pseudolus (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Arden Theatre Company)
Jarrod Emick as F. Scott Fitzgerald (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Eugene Fleming as Jimmy (James Thunder) Early (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
Michael Philip O'Brien as Jonathan (tick, tick...BOOM!, 11th Hour Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical

*Rachel deBenedet as Lureena (Adrift in Macao, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Lauren Kennedy as Zelda Fitzgerald (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Nova Y. Payton as Effie Melody White (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
Chauntee Schuler as Deena Jones (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
Erin Weaver as Jack Trot (Jack & the Beanstalk, The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

*John Zak as Caliban (The Tempest, Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival)
Kevin Bergen as Harry Brown (The Man from Nebraska, The People's Light & Theatre Company)
Pearce Bunting as Ansel Smith (Killer Joe, Theatre Exile)
John Glover as Archie, Scoop, Cemus, Marty, Spencer, Ensemble (Some Men, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Matt Saunders as Chris Smith (Killer Joe, Theatre Exile)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

*Amanda Schoonover as Dottie Smith (Killer Joe, Theatre Exile)
Hazel Bowers as Mother Miriam Ruth (Agnes of God, Luna Theater Company)
Erika Cuenca as Grace (Opus, Arden Theatre Company)
Kate Hurster as Lady Anne, Messenger, Prince Edward, Christopher, Oxford (Richard III, Lantern Theater Company)
Miriam Hyman as Tamyra (The Man from Nebraska, The People's Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

*Orville Mendoza as Tempura (Adrift in Macao, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Jeffrey Coon as Miles Gloriosus (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Arden Theatre Company)
Ben Dibble as Rev. Hartman, Ned, Actor, Townsperson 2 (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Scott Greer as The Mysterious Stranger (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)
Richard Ruiz as Hysterium (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

*Michele Ragusa as Corinna (Adrift in Macao, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Lesley Bevan as Kate Swift (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Tonilyn Longo as Penelope Pennywise (Urinetown, Villanova Theatre)
Meghan McGeary as Giulietta (Aspects of Love, The Media Theatre)
Erin Weaver as Mary Gray (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)

Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by KieranTimberlake Associates

*Bradley Helm (Daughters of Genius, 1812 Productions)
Tony Cisek (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)
Dave Jadico (The Foocy, Lantern Theater Company)
Daniel Ostling (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Anne Patterson (Nine Parts of Desire, The Wilma Theater)

PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

*John Stephen Hoey (Nine Parts of Desire, The Wilma Theater)
Howell Binkley (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
James Leitner (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)
Mark O'Maley (Planetary Enzyme Blues, New Paradise Laboratories)
Dennis Parichy (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)

Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design

*Janus Stefanowicz (Intimate Apparel, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Mark Mariani (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
Janine McCabe (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Richard St. Clair (The Dinosaur Musical, Arden Theatre Company)
Willa Kim (Adrift in Macao, Philadelphia Theatre Company)

Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design

*Nick Kourtides (Mission to Mercury, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Jorge Cousineau (Opus, Arden Theatre Company)
Bill Moriarty (Syncopation, Act II Playhouse)
Fabian Obispo (The Tempest, Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival)
Mark Valenzuela (tick, tick...BOOM!, 11th Hour Theatre Company)

Outstanding Original Music

*Andre Pluess & Ben Sussman (Winesburg, Ohio, Arden Theatre Company)
Peter Melnick (Adrift in Macao, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Rob Reale (The Dinosaur Musical, Arden Theatre Company)
James Sugg (A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama, Delaware Theatre Company)
Frank Wildhorn & Jack Murphy (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)

Outstanding Choreography/Movement

*Mercedes Ellington (Dreamgirls, Prince Music Theater)
John V. Bellomo (Killer Joe, Theatre Exile)
Samantha Bellomo (Syncopation, Act II Playhouse)
Andy Blankenbuehler (Waiting for the Moon, Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center)
Barby Hobyak Roche (Urinetown, Villanova Theatre)

Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play

*Opus (By Michael Hollinger, Arden Theatre Company)
A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama (Book & Lyrics by Aaron Posner, Music by James Sugg, Delaware Theatre Company)
Adrift in Macao (Book & Lyrics by Christopher Durang, Music by Peter Melnick, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
The Foocy (By Anthony Lawton, Lantern Theater Company)
Pay Up (By Robert Quillen Camp & the Pig Iron Ensemble, Pig Iron Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

*Killer Joe (Theatre Exile)
The Foocy (Lantern Theater Company)
Opus (Arden Theatre Company)
Pay Up (Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Richard III (Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

*Mission to Mercury (Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Dreamgirls (Prince Music Theater)
A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama (Delaware Theatre Company)
Winesburg, Ohio (Arden Theatre Company)
The Wizard of Oz (Mum Puppettheatre)

F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist

*Ben Dibble
Tony Braithwaite
Lee Ann Etzold
Matt Saunders
Charlotte Cloe Fox Wind

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

*InterAction (InterAct Theatre Company)
Illumination (Lantern Theater Company)
PTC Drama Contact (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Totally Awesome Kids (Delaware Theatre Company)

Lifetime Achievement Honoree

*Robert Hedley

Ted & Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations

*Arden Theatre Company & Vertigo String Quartet (Opus)
Lantern Theater Company & Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (The Trial of Richard III)

Suzanne Roberts Theatre Alliance College Scholarship Award

*Joseph Pizzi

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

*Erika Wasko

Special Recognition Award

*ComedySportz Philadelphia