Barrymore Award Winners Include PIAZZA, BECKY SHAW, et al.

Tonight, October 4, 2010, the following people were honored with Barrymore Awards at the 16th Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony at the Walnut Street Theatre.

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play

Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater
The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company
The History Boys - Arden Theatre Company
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Arden Theatre Company
Welcome to Yuba City - Pig Iron Theatre Company

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre
Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company
The Story of My Life - Act II Playhouse
Sunday in the Park with George - Arden Theatre Company

Outstanding Direction of a Play

Gabriel Quinn Bauriedel - Welcome to Yuba City - Pig Iron Theatre Company
James J. Christy - Rabbit Hole - Arden Theatre Company
Walter Dallas - Blue Door - Arden Theatre Company
Madi Distefano - A 24-Hour The Bald Soprano - Brat Productions
Anne Kauffman - Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

Joe Calarco - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Bruce Lumpkin - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
Bud Martin - The Story of My Life - Act II Playhouse
Kimberly Reilly & Matt Silva - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Devon Theater
Richard Stafford - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre

Outstanding Music Direction

Patrick Brady - Closer Than Ever - Bristol Riverside Theatre
Eric Ebbenga - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Eric Ebbenga - Sunday in the Park with George - Arden Theatre Company
Douglass G. Lutz - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
Collin Maier - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Devon Theater

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play

Jeremy Bobb as Max Garrett - Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater
Tony Braithwaite as Sam - Fully Committed - Montgomery Theater
Keith J. Conallen as Stephen - The Long Christmas Ride Home - Azuka Theatre
Scott Greer as John - Shining City - Theatre Exile
Steve Pacek as Mouse - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Arden Theatre Company

The Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play

Grace Gonglewski as Becca - Rabbit Hole - Arden Theatre Company
Patrice Johnson as Veronica - Coming Home - The Wilma Theater
Ceal Phelan as Madeleine - The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company
Mary Elizabeth Scallen as Winnie - Happy Days - Lantern Theater Company
Cheryl Williams as Frances - The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company
C. Kelly Wright as Pearl Johnson - Black Pearl Sings! - InterAct Theatre Company

Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical

Ben Dibble as Freddy Benson - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre
Mark Jacoby as Tevye - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
Steve Pacek as Seymour - Little Shop of Horrors - 11th Hour Theatre Company & Theatre Horizon
Hugh Panaro as Fagin - Oliver! - Walnut Street Theatre
Paul Schoeffler as Lawrence Jameson - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre

Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical

Janine DiVita as Nancy - Oliver! - Walnut Street Theatre
Sherri L. Edelen as Margaret Johnson - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Liz Filios as Narrator - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Devon Theater
Maggie Lakis as Audrey - Little Shop of Horrors - 11th Hour Theatre Company & Theatre Horizon
Mary Martello as Golde - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

Peter DeLaurier as Kent - King Lear - The People's Light & Theatre Company
Andrew Kane as Hotspur, Ensemble - Henry IV, Part I - Lantern Theater Company
Kes Khemnu as Simon, Rex, Jesse - Blue Door - Arden Theatre Company
Stephen Novelli as Gloucester - King Lear - The People's Light & Theatre Company
Pete Pryor as Mickey - Any Given Monday - Act II Playhouse & Theatre Exile 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

Brooke Bloom as Becky Shaw - Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater
Kim Carson as Cordelia - King Lear - The People's Light & Theatre Company
Janis Dardaris as Susan Slater - Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater
Charlotte Ford - Welcome to Yuba City - Pig Iron Theatre Company
Sarah Sanford as Wendy - Hunter Gatherers - Theatre Exile

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

Nick Dalton as Perchik - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
Charles Pistone as Signor Naccarelli, et al - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Fran Prisco as André Thibault - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre
Matthew Scott as Fabrizio Naccarelli - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Marcus Stevens as Motel - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

Whitney Bashor as Clara Johnson - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Jennie Eisenhower as Julie - Show Boat - The Media Theatre
Rita Markova as Tzeitel - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
Mary Martello as Muriel - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Walnut Street Theatre
Gianna Yanelli as Hodel - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre

Outstanding Set Design

Michael Fagin - The Light in the Piazza -Philadelphia Theatre Company
David P. Gordon - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Arden Theatre Company
Dave Jadico - The Foocy - Delaware Theatre Company
Mimi Lien - Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater
Mimi Lien - Welcome to Yuba City - Pig Iron Theatre Company

PECO Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Jack Jacobs - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
R. Lee Kennedy - The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Thom Weaver - Blue Door - Arden Theatre Company
Thom Weaver - The Breath of Life -Lantern Theater Company
Thom Weaver - The Foocy - Delaware Theatre Company 

Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design

Colleen Grady - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
Mark Mariani - The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company
Rosemarie E. McKelvey - Snow White - The People's Light & Theatre Company
Rosemarie E. McKelvey - Sunday in the Park with George - Arden Theatre Company
Richard St. Clair - Golden Age - Philadelphia Theatre Company

Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design

Christopher Colucci - The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company
Christopher Colucci - The Long Christmas Ride Home - Azuka Theatre
Jorge Cousineau - The History Boys - Arden Theatre Company
Mark Valenzuela - The Story of My Life - Act II Playhouse
Ryan Rumery - Golden Age - Philadelphia Theatre Company

Outstanding Original Music

Christopher Colucci - The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company
Christopher Colucci - Rabbit Hole - Arden Theatre Company
Tim Harbeson - Cabinet of Wonders, An Impossible History - Gas & Electric Arts
Robert Kaplowitz - Blue Door - Arden Theatre Company
Michael Ogborn - Snow White - The People's Light & Theatre Company

Outstanding Choreography/Movement

John Bellomo & Tony "Hitman" Stetson - The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity - InterAct Theatre Company
John Bellomo - Hunter Gatherers -Theatre Exile
J. Alex Cordaro - Henry IV, Part I - Lantern Theater Company
Michelle Gaudette - Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
Angela Pomo - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Devon Theater

Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play

Any Given Monday - By Bruce Graham - Act II Playhouse & Theatre Exile
Cabinet of Wonders, An Impossible History - By Kira Obolensky - Gas & Electric Arts
Grace, or the Art of Climbing - By Lauren Feldman - Nice People Theatre Company
Welcome to Yuba City - By Pig Iron Theatre Company & Deborah Stein - Pig Iron Theatre Company
When We Go Upon the Sea - By Lee Blessing - InterAct Theatre Company

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

A 24-Hour The Bald Soprano - Brat Productions
Becky Shaw - The Wilma Theater
The Breath of Life - Lantern Theater Company
The History Boys - Arden Theatre Company
Welcome to Yuba City - Pig Iron Theatre Company

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Montgomery Theater
Fiddler on the Roof - Walnut Street Theatre
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Devon Theater
The Light in the Piazza - Philadelphia Theatre Company
The Story of My Life - Act II Playhouse

The Brown Martin Philadelphia Award

Black Pearl Sings! - InterAct Theatre Company
Language Rooms - The Wilma Theater
Nathan the Wise - The People's Light & Theatre Company

The Ted and Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations

Enchantment Theatre Company & The Philadelphia Orchestra - The Firebird
InterAct Theatre Company & Mural Arts Program - City of Numbers
Lantern Theater Company & DaVinci Art Alliance - Envisioning Henry IV, Part I

Major support for the Barrymore Awards is provided by Actors' Equity Association, The Charlotte Cushman Foundation, The CHG Charitable Trust, Clear Sound, CRW Graphics, Drucker & Scaccetti, P.C., Earl Girls Theatrical Equipment, Garfield Refining Company, Independence Foundation, PECO, The Virginia Brown Martin Fund, William Penn Foundation, 88.5 WXPN, The Wyncote Foundation, and Ted & Stevie Wolf.

The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia strengthens and leads the region's richly diverse theatre community, by promoting awareness and serving as a resource for information, professional development and advocacy. Tickets for the Barrymore Awards Ceremony and more information are available online at www.phillytheatretix.com or by calling (215) 413-7150.