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PROFESSIONAL THEATER
Play of the Year: The Miracle Worker (Syracuse Stage).
Other nominees: The Boys Next Door; The Clean House; The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; Radio Golf (Syracuse Stage).
Director of the Year: Anthony Salatino (Rent; Syracuse Stage).
Other nominees: Paul Barnes, The Miracle Worker; Timothy Bond, Radio Golf; Linda Hartzell, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Syracuse Stage); Rachel Lampert, Mary’s Wedding (Kitchen Theatre Company).
Actress of the Year: Marie Kemp (The Boys Next Door; Syracuse Stage).
Other nominees: Jacqueline Baum, The Miracle Worker; Marie Eife, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; Marie Kemp, The Boys Next Door; Anna O’Donoghue, The Miracle Worker; Kristen Sieh, The Turn of the Screw (Syracuse Stage).
Actor of the Year: Sean Patrick Fawcett (The Boys Next Door; Syracuse Stage).
Other nominees: Jordan Barbour, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; Richard Brooks, Radio Golf; Curzon Dobell, The Turn of the Screw; William Hall Jr., The Boys Next Door (Syracuse Stage).
SUMMER SEASON
Production of the Season: Chicago (Cortland Repertory Theatre).
Other nominees: Anything Goes (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse), 42nd Street, Hairspray (Merry-Go-Round); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Souvenir (Cortland Repertory).
Actress of the Season: Lena Mary Amato, Hairspray (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse).
Other nominees: Rin Allen, Chicago (Cortland Repertory); Julie Cardia, Anything Goes (Merry-Go-Round); Julie Kavanaugh, 42nd Street (Merry-Go-Round); April Woodall, Souvenir (Cortland Repertory).
Actor of the Season: Kerby Thompson, Chicago (Cortland Repertory Theatre).
Other nominees: Christopher Carl, 42nd Street (Merry-Go-Round); Austin VanDyke Colby, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Cortland Repertory); Todd Lattimore, Anything Goes (Merry-Go-Round); Nicholas Wilder, Rumors (Cortland Repertory); Darryl Winslow, Hairspray (Merry-Go-Round).
COMMUNITY THEATER
Play of the Year: The Graduate (Covey Theatre Company).
Other nominees: Art (Covey Theatre); Henry V x 7 (CNY Shakespeare); Lovers (Barbour Family); Wrong Window! (The Talent Company).
Musical of the Year: The Marvelous Wonderettes (Rarely Done Productions).
Other nominees: Man of La Mancha (Salt City Center for the Performing Arts); Reefer Madness (Not Another Theater Company); 13 (Gifford Family Theatre); Urinetown (Baldwinsville Theatre Guild); A Year with Frog and Toad (Appleseed Productions).
Leading Actress in a Musical: Julia Berger, Disenchanted (Rarely Done Productions).
Other nominees: Christine Lightcap, Curtains! (Talent Company); Cathleen O’Brien, Man of La Mancha (Salt City Center); Jennifer Pearson, Urinetown (Baldwinsville Theatre Guild); Rita Worlock, Nuncrackers (Encore Presentations).
Supporting Actress in a Musical: Sarah Weiler, The Marvelous Wonderettes (Rarely Done Productions).
Other nominees: Jodie Baum, Urinetown (Baldwinsville Theatre Guild); Julia Berger, Curtains! (Talent Company); Kathy Egloff, Into the Woods (Not Another Theater Company); Aubry Panek, The Marvelous Wonderettes (Rarely Done); Maria Pedro, Curtains! (Talent Company).
Leading Actor in a Musical: Dan Bostick, A Year with Frog and Toad (Appleseed Productions).
Other nominees: Bill Coughlin, Curtains! (Talent Company); Ben Standford, A Year with Frog and Toad (Appleseed); Josh Taylor, Urinetown (Baldwinsville Theater Guild); Jimmy Wachter, Judy’s Scary Little Christmas (Rarely Done); Henry Wilson, Jesus Christ Superstar (Salt City Center).
Supporting Actor in a Musical: Garrett Heater, Judy’s Scary Little Christmas (Rarely Done Productions).
Other nominees: Bill Ali, Man of La Mancha (Salt City Center); Stephfond Brunson, Reefer Madness (Not Another Theatre Company); Jimmy Curtin, Curtains! (Talent Company); Alex Graham, A Year with Frog and Toad (Appleseed); Casey Ryan, Curtains! (Talent Company).
Leading Actress in a Play: Maureen Harrington, The Graduate (Covey Theatre Company).
Other nominees: Binaifer Dabu, Shadowlands (Appleseed); Anne Fitzgerald, Arsenic and Old Lace (Appleseed); Katharine Gibson, The Romanovs (Covey Theatre); Kathleen Kennedy, The Crucible (Appleseed); Kasey McHale, The Bad Seed (Encore Presentations).
Supporting Actress in a Play: Katheryn Guyette, The Graduate (Covey Theatre Company).
Other nominees: Amy Blumer, The Romanovs (Covey Theatre); Anne Fitzgerald, Tonight at 8:30 (Appleseed); Kimberly Panek, The Graduate (Covey Theatre); Lauren Pisano, Henry V x 7 (CNY Shakespeare); Korrie Strodel, Wrong Window! (Talent Company).
Leading Actor in a Play: Rob Fonda, The Graduate (Covey Theatre Company).
Other nominees: Trevor Hill, Othello (Baldwinsville Theatre Guild); Josh Mele, Art (Covey Theatre); Tom Minion, Shadowlands (Appleseed); Robb Sharpe, Exonerated (Rarely Done); David Witanowski, The Romanovs (Covey Theatre).
Supporting Actor in a Play: Michael O’Neill, Art (Covey Theatre Company).
Other nominees: Maxwel Anderson, Othello (Baldwinsville Theatre Guild); David Minikhiem, Exonerated (Rarely Done); Bill Molesky, Art (Covey Theatre); Joe Pierce, A Few Good Men (Not Another Theatre Company); Jon Wilson, Wrong Window! (Talent Company).
Director of the Year/Play: Garret Heater.
Other nominees: Matt Chiorini, Katie Lemos Brown, Christine Lightcap, Dan Tursi, William Edward White.
Director of the Year/Musical: Dan Tursi.
Other nominees: Steve Braddock, Bob Brown, Colin Keating, Deborah Taylor & Heather Jensen.
Musical Director of the Year: Frederick Willard.
Other nominees: Nadine Cole, Roy George, Colin Keating, Josh Smith, Dan Williams.
Best Original New Production: The Romanovs (Covey Theatre Company).
Other nominees: Deadline: Kent Clark, Mild Mannered Reporter (Acme Mystery Company); Fiddler on the Loose (Acme Mystery); Reach (Encore Presentations); Take All My Loves (Studio 24);
Non-performing Person of the Year: Barbara Bova.
Other nominees: Steve Braddock, Navroz Dabu, Tim Hahn, Dan Randall, Barbara Toman.
Choreographer: Shannon Tompkins, Curtains! (The Talent Company).
Other nominees: Jodi Bova-Mele, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type (Gifford Family Theater); Stephfond Brunson, Urinetown (Baldwinsville Theatre Guild); Tara Huss Davis, Jesus Christ Superstar (Salt City Center); Taryn Herman, A Year with Frog and Toad (Appleseed); Jimmy Wachter, Disenchanted (Rarely Done).
Costumer: Debra Ritchey, The Marvelous Wonderettes (Rarely Done Productions).
Other nominees: Shirley Blakeley, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Gifford Family Theatre); Garrett Heater, The Romanovs (Covey Theatre); Jeanette Reyner, Curtains! (Talent Company); Barbara Toman, Arsenic and Old Lace (Appleseed).
SANDRA C. HAASE MEMORIAL SALT AWARD
Tony Vadala.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
(Currently Active)
Robert Steingraber
Other nominees: Steve Braddock, Sharee Lemos, Karen Procopio, Cynthia Schippers, Dan Stevens.
HALL OF FAME
(No Longer Active)
Mark Wright.
Other nominees: Armand Magnarelli, Holly Wilson, Sheila Shattuck, Millie Sovik, Phil Swender.
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
Production of the Year: Curtains! (The Talent Company).
Actress of the Year: Anne Fitzgerald.
Actor of the Year: David Minikhiem.
