Syracuse New Times S.A.L.T. Awards 2010

(Syracuse Area Live Theater)

the TONY awards of upstate New York

the glitziest, most fun night of the year

for the entire live theater community

Sunday, April 25, 5:30 p.m. at the Palace Theater, James St., Eastwood.

For info call 315-422-7011

Also...

Family Times SALTY Awards

(Syracuse Area Live Theater YOUTH)

Sunday, May 23

5:30 p.m. in the New Times Theater

For info call 315-422-7011 or go to www.familytimes.biz

SYRACUSE AREA LIVE THEATER 2009 AWARD

PROFESSIONAL THEATER

Play of the Year: The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Syracuse Stage).

Director of the Year: Robert Moss.

COMMUNITY THEATER

Play of the Year: Agnes of God (Simply New).

Musical of the Year: Sweeney Todd (Wit’s End).

Leading Actress in a Musical: Jodie Baum, Sweeney Todd (Wit’s End).

Supporting Actress in a Musical:. Tina Lee, Sweeney Todd (Wit’s End).

Leading Actor in a Musical: Josh Mele, Sweeney Todd (Wit’s End).

Supporting Actor in a Musical: David Witanowski, The Producers (Talent Company).

Leading Actress in a Play: Karis Wiggins, Agnes of God (Simply New).

Supporting Actress in a Play: Katharine Gibson, Agnes of God (Simply New).

Leading Actor in a Play: Bill Molesky, The Importance of Being Earnest (Simply New).

Supporting Actor in a Play: Rob Fonda, Dog Sees God (Rarely Done).

Director of the Year/Play: John Nara.

Director of the Year/Musical: David Witanowski.

Musical Director of the Year: Jon Balcourt.

Non-Performing Person of the Year: Navroz Dabu.

SUMMER SEASON

Production of the Season: Souvenir (Kitchen Theatre Company).

Actress of the Season: Maureen Quigley, Church Basement Ladies (Merry-Go-Round).

Actor of the Season: Tad Wilson, Les Miserables (Merry-Go-Round).

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

(Currently Active)

Kate Huddleston.

HALL OF FAME

(No Longer Active)

Barbara Gibbons.

CHOREOGRAPHER OF
THE YEAR

Shannon Tompkins, Sweeney Todd (Wit’s End).

COSTUMER OF THE YEAR

Jeanette Reyner, The Producers (Talent Company).

BEST ORIGINAL NEW
PRODUCTION

Color Me Streisand (Rarely Done).

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS

Production of the Year: The Producers.

Actress of the Year: Katie Lemos.

Actor of the Year: Joe Spado.

SANDRA C. HAASE AWARD

Brenda Neuss.

Other nominees: Barb Bova, Dan Randall, Kevin Surrette

SALT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

Evan Andrew Davies, Nottingham, Playwriting.

Morgan Alexandra Cambs, Manlius Pebble Hill, Acting.

Ryan MacConnell, Chittenango, Musical Theater.

Syracuse New Times SALT Awards

scheduled for 6pm April 26, 2009 at Syracuse Stage

People's Choice nominees will be announced in the March 18 issue of the Syracuse New Times. Thank you for voting--we received over 1000 votes.

The Syracuse New Times SALT Awards will be presented on April 26, 7 p.m., at Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St. Tickets are $25 at the door or $20 by mail using check or credit card to New Times SALT Tickets, 1415 W. Genesee St., Syracuse 13204. For information, call 422-7011.

PROFESSIONAL THEATER

Play of the Year: The Bomb-itty of Errors, Doubt, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Syracuse Stage); Souvenir (Kitchen Theatre Company).

Director of the Year: Tim Bond, Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, Robert Moss, Anthony Salatino, M. Burke Walker.

COMMUNITY THEATER

Play of the Year: Agnes of God, The Importance of Being Earnest, Safe Sex, Three Viewings (Simply New); Dog Sees God (Rarely Done); Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Wit’s End Players).

Musical of the Year: Bath House: The Musical, Children’s Letters to God (Rarely Done); Side by Side by Sondheim (Salt City Center for the Performing Arts); Sweeney Todd (Wit’s End); The Producers (Talent Company).

Leading Actress in a Musical: Jodie Baum, Sweeney Todd (Wit’s End); Elizabeth Abriola Fern, Cathleen O’Brien, Side by Side by Sondheim (Salt City); Katie Lemos, The Producers (Talent Company).

Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Lorraine Grande, Bye, Bye, Birdie (Cazenovia College); Tina Lee, Sarah Naughton, Sweeney Todd (Wit’s End); Danielle Lovier, High School Musical (Talent Company).

Leading Actor in a Musical: Ryan Boyle, Joe Spado, The Producers (Talent Company); Josh Mele, Sweeney Todd (Wit’s End); Dana Sovocool, Side by Side by Sondheim (Salt City); Jimmy Wachter, Color Me Streisand (Rarely Done).

Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Alec Funiciello, Children’s Letters to God (Rarely Done); Andrew King, Sweeney Todd (Wit’s End); Dan Tursi, Jimmy Wachter, David Witanowski, The Producers (Talent Company).

Leading Actress in a Play: Binaifer Dabu, Plaza Suite (Appleseed); Kate Huddleston, Karis Wiggins, Agnes of God (Simply New); Rosemary Palladino-
Leone, Three Viewings (Simply New); Aubrey Panek, The Eight: Reindeer
Monologues (Simply New).

Supporting Actress in a Play: Jodie Baum, Dog Sees God (Rarely Done); Susan Blumer, The Importance of Being Earnest (Simply New); Jodi Bova, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Rarely Done); Katharine Gibson, Agnes of God (Simply New); Erin Race, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (Appleseed).

Leading Actor in a Play: Garrett Heater, Bill Molesky, The Importance of Being Earnest (Simply New); Tom Minion, Romance (Rarely Done); Gennaro Parlato, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Rarely Done).

Supporting Actor in a Play: J. Brazill, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Rarely Done); Rob Fonda, Dog Sees God (Rarely Done); Lanny Freshman, Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Wit’s End); Alan Stillman, Dracula (Appleseed); Alan Stillman,
Romance (Rarely Done).

Director of the Year/Play: Judith Harris, Garrett Heater, John Nara, Dan Tursi.

Director of the Year/Musical: Christine Lightcap, David Lowenstein, Dan Tursi, David Witanowski.

Musical Director of the Year:
Jon Balcourt, Nadine Cole, Roy George, Sarah Pickett.

Non-Performing Person of the Year: Navroz Dabu, Marie Felice, Neil Novelli, Karen Procopio, Jeanette Reyner.

SUMMER SEASON

Production of the Season: A Few Good Men (Cortland Repertory Theatre); All Shook Up, Les Miserables (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse); Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Playboy of the Western World (Hangar Theatre); Souvenir (Kitchen Theatre Company).

Actress of the Season: Patricia Dell, Souvenir (Kitchen); Noel Molinelli, All Shook Up (Merry-Go-Round); Maureen Quigley, Church Basement Ladies (Merry-Go-Round); Morgan Reis, Leading Ladies (Cortland Rep).

Actor of the Season: Aaron Berk, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Hangar); David Sattler, All Shook Up (Merry-Go-Round); Jonathan Self, A Few Good Men (Cortland Rep); Scott Wakefield, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Cortland Rep); Tad Wilson, Les Miserables (Merry-Go-Round).

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

(Currently Active)

Todd Ellis, Kate Huddleston, Millie Sovik, Dan Tursi.

HALL OF FAME

(No Longer Active)

Earl Colvin, Barbara Gibbons, Arthur Storch, Kevin Surrette, Holly Wilson.

CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Caira Cramer, High School Musical (Talent Company); Michael Groesbeck, The Producers (Talent Company); Ken Prescott, Nunsensations (Talent Company); Shannon Tompkins, Sweeney Todd (Wit’s End).

COSTUMER OF THE YEAR

Garrett Heater, The Importance of Being Earnest (Simply New); Niki Raymond, Safe Sex (Simply New); Jeanette Reyner, The Producers (Talent Company); Barbara Toman, Communicating Doors (Appleseed).

BEST ORIGINAL NEW PRODUCTION

Color Me Streisand (Rarely Done); With a Twist of Love (Rarely Done); Tales from the Salt City (Syracuse Stage); The Blue Vein Society (Paul Robeson Company); Tony and the Soprano (Kitchen).

SALT Awards Winners for 2007 Productions

PROFESSIONAL THEATER

Play of the Year: Frozen (Redhouse). Other nominees: Death of a Salesman, Gem of the Ocean, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Syracuse Stage).

Director of the Year: Robert Moss. Other nominees: Timothy Douglas, Gerard Moses, Tim Ocel, Anthony Salatino

TOURING ROAD SHOWS

Production of the Year: Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy (Famous Artists). Other nominees: Annie, Phantom of the Opera (Famous Artists), Menopause: The Musical (Syracuse Stage).

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD

Production of the Year: Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical (Rarely Done Productions). Other nominees: Always. . . Patsy Cline (Opening Night Productions), A Man for All Seasons (Simply New Theatre), Grease (Theatre ’90), 1776 (Appleseed Productions).

Actress of the Year: Becky Bottrill. Other nominees: Patricia Catchouny, Kristie Grant, Nora O’Dea, Kimberly Panek, Melissa Pearsall.

Actor of the Year: Gerrit Vander Werff Jr. Other nominees: Tom Ciancaglini, Paul Gundersen, Chris Kimpel, Gennaro Parlato, Andrew Pollock, Michael O’Neill.

SANDRA C. HAAS MEMORIAL AWARD

Mel Rivkin. Other nominees: Heather Buck, Patricia Elise Catchouny, Earl Colvin, Binaifer Dabu, Debbie Ritchey.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

(Currently Active)

Bonnie Nye. Other nominees: David Feldman, Len Fonte, Kate Huddleston, Bill Morris, Robert Steingraber.

HALL OF FAME AWARD

(No Longer Active)

Monsignor Charles Borgognoni. Other nominees: Derek Coleman, Dan Dossert, Arthur Storch.

SALT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

Katherine Davis (Camden High School); Elizabeth Gleason (Jordan-Elbridge High School), Ana Thornton (Christian Brothers Academy), Mark Weatherup (Bishop Ludden High School). Other finalists: Erica Diederich, Bianca Lupi, Leonardo “Dino” Petrera, Christopher Wiacek (Cicero-North Syracuse High School), Emily Dunuwila (Fayetteville-Manlius High School), Thomas Green (Henninger High School), Bridget Greene (East Syracuse-Minoa High School), MiKayla Hawkinson (Liverpool High School), Samantha Rey, Kara Tripoli, Jordan Westfall (Westhill High School), Lauren Sageer (West Genesee High School).

SUMMER SEASON

Production of the Season: Doubt (Hangar Theatre). Other nominees: Fiddler on the Roof, The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Cortland Repertory Theatre), Hair (Hangar), Miss Saigon, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse).

Actress of the Season: Wendy Barrie Nelson, Doubt (Hangar). Other nominees: Kimberly Burns, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Merry-Go-Round); Piper Goodeve, Hair (Hangar); Amy Griffin, Peter Pan (Merry-Go-Round); Amy Haldin, The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Cortland Rep); Vonetta Mixson, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Merry-Go-Round).

Actor of the Season: Drew Battles, Doubt (Hangar). Other nominees: Claus Evans, Fiddler on the Roof (Cortland Rep); James Van Treuren, Peter Pan (Merry-Go-Round).

COMMUNITY THEATER

Play of the Year: Kiss of the Spider Woman (Simply New). Other nominees: A Man for All Seasons, A Picasso (Simply New); Sin: A Cardinal Deposed (Rarely Done).

Director of the Year/Play: John Nara. Other nominees: Len Fonte, Thomas Quinn, Dan Tursi, Jon Wilson.

Leading Actor in a Play: Michael O’Neill, A Man for All Seasons (Simply New). Other nominees: Tom Minion, Sin: A Cardinal Deposed (Rarely Done); Bill Molesky, A Picasso (Simply New); Tom Quinn, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Simply New).

Leading Actress in a Play: Shannon Tompkins, A Picasso (Simply New). Other nominees: Maureen Harrington, Lowdown Lies (Armory Square Playhouse); Angela Newman, Baby with the Bathwater (Rarely Done); Nora O’Dea, Steel Magnolias (Theatre ’90); Karis Wiggins, Frozen (Redhouse).

Supporting Actor in a Play: Gennaro Parlato, A Man for All Seasons (Simply New). Other nominees: Brendan Cole, Lowdown Lies (Armory Square); Bob Fullenbaum, Sin: A Cardinal Deposed (Rarely Done); Bill Molesky, A Man for All Seasons (Simply New).

Supporting Actress in a Play: Binaifer Dabu, Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight (Simply New). Other nominees: Binaifer Dabu, A Man for All Seasons (Simply New); Anne Fitzgerald, Baby with the Bathwater (Rarely Done); Jennifer Flynn, Lowdown Lies (Armory Square); Judy Schmid, Sin: A Cardinal Deposed (Rarely Done).

Musical of the Year: Chess (Simply New). Other nominees: 1776 (Appleseed); Musical of Musicals: The Musical (Rarely Done); The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Wit’s End Players).

Director of the Year/Musical: John Nara. Other nominees: Dustin Czarny, Dan Tursi, David Witanowski.

Leading Actor in a Musical: Dana Sovocool, Chess (Simply New). Other nominees: Mark Bell Jr., Footloose (Talent Company); Bob Brown, The Will Rogers Follies (Wit’s End); Chris Kimpel, Grease (Theatre ’90).

Leading Actress in a Musical: Dani Gottuso, Chess (Simply New). Other nominees: Katherine Clare Bilofsky, Footloose (Talent Company); Aubry Ludington-Panek, Musical of Musicals: The Musical (Rarely Done); Sarah Naughton, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Wit’s End), Melissa Pearsall, Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical (Rarely Done).

Supporting Actor in a Musical: Paul Gundersen, 1776 (Appleseed). Other nominees: David Baker, Footloose (Talent Company); Shawn Forster, Footloose (Talent Company); Richard Harris, The Fantasticks (Wit’s End); Casey Ryan, Chess (Simply New).

Supporting Actress in a Musical: Jodie Baum, Musical of Musicals: The Musical (Rarely Done). Other nominees: Jodie Baum, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Wit’s End); Christine Lightcap, Lucky Stiff (Talent Company); Tamaralee Shutt, Footloose (Talent Company); Katja Zarolinski, Chess (Simply New).

Musical Director of the Year: Fred Willard. Other nominees: Jon Balcourt, Jennifer K. Bellor, Michael Copps, Colette Hebert.

Best Choreography: Bob Durkin, Footloose (Talent Company). Other nominees: Katherine Clare Bilofsky, Cruizin’ Thru the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s (Wallace and Zimmer Productions); Jodi Bova, Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical (Rarely Done); Andrea Colabufo, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Wit’s End); Katlyn Morahan and Pamela Petroff, Disney’s High School Musical (Talent Company); Shannon Tompkins, The Will Rogers Follies (Wit’s End).

Best Costuming: David R. Witanowski, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Wit’s End). Other nominees: Paul Hernandez, Chess (Simply New); John Poorman, The Octette Bridge Club (Appleseed); Niki Raymond, A Man for All Seasons (Simply New); Jeannette Reyner, Lucky Stiff (Talent Company); Debbie Ritchey and Eugene Taddeo, The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode (Rarely Done).

Best Original New Production: Lowdown Lies (Armory Square Playhouse). Other nominees: Cruizin’ Thru the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s (Wallace and Zimmer Productions); Guilt by Association (Simply New); Idol: The Musical (Syracuse Civic Theatre); Michael and Elizabeth, Vivian and Pete (Salt City Center for the Performing Arts).

Non-Performing Person of the Year: Karel Blakeley. Other nominees: Navroz Dabu, Debra Ritchey, Cindy Shippers.

For additional information on the SALT AWARDS and previous SALT AWARD Winners visit the "unofficial" SALT Website at: www.SALTawards.net

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