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2009 Nominees & Recipients

2009 Voters & Participating Theatres

On October 5, 2009, the following nominees and award recipients were honored at the 15th Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony held at the Walnut Street Theatre.

Award Recipient Award Recipient

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play

Award Recipient Something Intangible (Arden Theatre Company)
No Child… (Delaware Theatre Company)
The Hothouse (Lantern Theater Company)
Rock ‘n’ Roll (The Wilma Theater)
Scorched (The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

Award Recipient Cinderella (The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Avenue X (11th Hour Theatre Company)
Candide (Arden Theatre Company)
Altar Boyz (Bristol Riverside Theatre)
The Producers (Walnut Street Theatre)

Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play

Award Recipient Terrence J. Nolen (Something Intangible – Arden Theatre Company)
Anne Marie Cammarato (No Child… - Delaware Theatre Company)
Kathryn MacMillan (The Hothouse – Lantern Theater Company)
Blanka Zizka (Rock ‘n’ Roll – The Wilma Theater)
Blanka Zizka (Scorched – The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

Award Recipient Pete Pryor (Cinderella – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Christopher Gattelli (Altar Boyz – Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Terrence J. Nolen (Candide – Arden Theatre Company)
Megan Nicole O’Brien (Avenue X – 11th Hour Theatre Company)
Patricia Raine (Thoroughly Modern Millie – The Media Theatre)
Marc Robin (The Producers – Walnut Street Theatre)

Outstanding Musical Direction

Award Recipient Dan Kazemi (Avenue X – 11th Hour Theatre Company)
Gary Adler (Altar Boyz – Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Eric Ebbenga (Grey Gardens – Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Douglass G. Lutz (The Producers – Walnut Street Theatre)
Collin Maier (It’s a Wonderful Life! A Live Radio Play – Prince Music Theater)

Ark Media Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play

Award Recipient Ian Merrill Peakes as Tony Wiston (Something Intangible – Arden Theatre Company)
Walter Charles as Doc Bartelli/Gustav Von Meyerhoff (Something Intangible – Arden Theatre Company)
Keith Conallen as Dave (Jump/Cut – Flashpoint Theatre Company)
Scott Greer as Dale Wiston (Something Intangible – Arden Theatre Company)
Paul L. Nolan as Roote (The Hothouse – Lantern Theater Company)
Kevin Ramsey as Man (No Child… – Delaware Theatre Company)

Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play

Award Recipient Kate Eastwood Norris as Eleanor/Adult Esme (Rock ‘n’ Roll – The Wilma Theater)
Elena Bossler as Anna Bella (Anna Bella Eema – Gas & Electric Arts)
Edwina Findley as Sadie (Gee’s Bend – Arden Theatre Company)
Sally Mercer as Sonia Feldman (Something Intangible – Arden Theatre Company)
Chandra Thomas as Woman (No Child… – Delaware Theatre Company)

Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical

Award Recipient Michael Philip O’Brien as Pasquale (Avenue X – 11th Hour Theatre Company)
Ben Dibble as Candide (Candide – Arden Theatre Company)
Ben Dibble as Leo Bloom (The Producers – Walnut Street Theatre)
Scott Greer as Voltaire/Pangloss (Candide – Arden Theatre Company)
John Pinto, Jr. as Mark, The Sensitive One (Altar Boyz – Bristol Riverside Theatre)

Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical

Award Recipient Jennie Eisenhower (Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits – Walnut Street Theatre, Independence Studio on 3)
Kim Carson as Ella Opfinder/Cinderella (Cinderella – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Danielle G. Herbert (Respect: A Musical Journey of Women – Act II Playhouse)
Ellie Mooney (Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits – Walnut Street Theatre, Independence Studio on 3)
Courtney Romano as Millie Dillmont (Thoroughly Modern Millie – The Media Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

Award Recipient Jered McLenigan as Freddie Filmore (It’s a Wonderful Life! A Live Radio Play – Prince Music Theater)
Damon Bonetti as David (Orange Flower Water – Luna Theater Company)
Doug Hara as Leo Baxter (Something Intangible – Arden Theatre Company)
David Ingram as Alexander Stern (The Rant – InterAct Theatre Company)
Pete Pryor as Jake Laurents (It’s a Wonderful Life! A Live Radio Play – Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

Award Recipient Janis Dardaris as Nazira/Nawal 60-65 (Scorched – The Wilma Theater)
Jolly Abraham as Elhame/Sawda (Scorched – The Wilma Theater)
Jacqueline Antaramian as Jihane/Nawal 40-45 (Scorched – The Wilma Theater)
Kala Moses Baxter as Nella (Gee’s Bend – Arden Theatre Company)
Aadya Bedi as Nawal 14-19 (Scorched – The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

Award Recipient Forrest McClendon as Roscoe (Avenue X – 11th Hour Theatre Company)
Jeffrey Coon as Franz Liebkind (The Producers – Walnut Street Theatre)
Andrew Kane as Tom Cat (Cinderella – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Robert McClure as Carmen Ghia (The Producers – Walnut Street Theatre)
Christopher Patrick Mullen as Barnaby, The Valet (Cinderella – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

Award Recipient Mary Martello as Old Woman (Candide – Arden Theatre Company)
Amy Bodnar as Ulla (The Producers – Walnut Street Theatre)
Elena Bossler as Sudsy Squirrel (Cinderella – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Maggie Fitzgerald as Flea (Cinderella – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Erin Weaver as Invasia Loosestrife (Cinderella – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)

Outstanding Set Design

Award Recipient James Kronzer (Something Intangible – Arden Theatre Company)
Ola Maslik (Scorched – The Wilma Theater)
James F. Pyne, Jr. (Le Dindon (An Absolute Turkey) – Villanova Theatre)
Matt Saunders (American Buffalo –Theatre Exile)
Glen Sears (O Captain, My Captain: Whitman's Lincoln – Walnut Street Theatre, Independence Studio on 3)

PECO Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Award Recipient F. Mitchell Dana (Something Intangible – Arden Theatre Company)
Paul Black (The Producers – Walnut Street Theatre)
Joshua L. Schulman (Rock ‘n’ Roll – The Wilma Theater)
Thom Weaver (Scorched – The Wilma Theater)
Thom Weaver (American Buffalo –Theatre Exile)

Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design

Award Recipient Rosemarie E. McKelvey (Something Intangible – Arden Theatre Company)
Oana Botez-Ban (Rock ‘n’ Roll – The Wilma Theater)
Colleen Grady (The Producers – Walnut Street Theatre)
Marla J. Jurglanis (A Tale of Two Cities – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Rosemarie E. McKelvey (Cinderella – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Charlotte Cloe Fox Wind (Le Dindon (An Absolute Turkey) – Villanova Theatre)

Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design

Award Recipient Jorge Cousineau (Scorched – The Wilma Theater)
Christopher Colucci (The Hothouse – Lantern Theater Company)
Jorge Cousineau (Something Intangible – Arden Theatre Company)
Nick Kourtides (The Producers – Walnut Street Theatre)
Jeff Lorenz (It’s a Wonderful Life! A Live Radio Play – Prince Music Theater)

Outstanding Original Music

Award Recipient Michael Ogborn (Cinderella – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Amir ElSaffar (Scorched – The Wilma Theater)
Michael Keck (Doubt: A Parable – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Daniel Kluger (The Persians – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Nick Rye (Hysteria – The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Choreography/Movement

Award Recipient Christopher Gattelli (Altar Boyz – Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Samantha Bellomo (Cinderella – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Karen Cleighton (Thoroughly Modern Millie – The Media Theatre))
Marc Robin (The Producers – Walnut Street Theatre)
Jenn Rose (Avenue X – 11th Hour Theatre Company)

Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play

Award Recipient Something Intangible (By Bruce Graham – Arden Theatre Company)
Cinderella (By Kathryn Petersen, Music & Lyrics by Michael Ogborn – The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
My Name is Asher Lev (By Aaron Posner – Arden Theatre Company)
The Rant (By Andrew Case – InterAct Theatre Company)
This is the Week That Is: The Election Special! (By Alex Bechtel, Tony Braithwaite, Jennifer Childs, Dave Jadico, Anthony Lawton, Don Montrey, Thomas E. Shotkin, Susan Riley Stevens & Steven Wright – 1812 Productions)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

Award Recipient Scorched (The Wilma Theater)
Anna Bella Eema (Gas & Electric Arts)
It’s a Wonderful Life! A Live Radio Play (Prince Music Theater)
No Child… (Delaware Theatre Company)
Something Intangible (Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

Award Recipient Cinderella (The People’s Light & Theatre Company)
Altar Boyz (Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Avenue X (11th Hour Theatre Company)
Candide (Arden Theatre Company)
The Producers (Walnut Street Theatre)

The Ted and Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations

Award Recipient Delaware Theatre Company & The Ferris School for Boys (No Child…)
Arden Theatre Company & The Philadelphia Museum of Art (Gee’s Bend)
Ego Po Productions & Orchestra 2001 (Bluebird)
Theatre Horizon & Montgomery County Workers (Our Community Works Project)
Walnut Street Theatre & Please Touch Museum (Berenstain Bears’ Family Matters: The Junk Food Edition)
The Wilma Theater & Moore College of Art and Design (Scorched: an exhibition)

Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award

Award Recipient Lantern Theater Company (Classroom Connections)
B. Someday Productions (Of Mythic Proportions)
Enchantment Theatre Company (The Magic of Masks)
Montgomery Theater (Access Education)
Philadelphia Young Playwrights (Annual Playwriting Festival)

F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist

Award Recipient Charlotte Cloe Fox Wind
Kala Moses Baxter
Troy Herion
Sarah Sanford
Nicholas Wardigo

Lifetime Achievement Award

Award Recipient Dugald MacArthur

Special Recognition Award

Award Recipient Deen Kogan