Spamalot, Pillowman, Doubt Casting Directors and Mantello Receive Artios Awards

The Artios Awards, which honor achievement in casting, honored the casting directors of Spamalot, Doubt and The Pillowman on November 1st. Ceremonies for the annual awards were held at the Grand Ballroom of Los Angeles' Beverly Hilton Hotel and the Penthouse Lobby of the American Airlines Theatre in New York.

The Artios Awards are chosen and presented by The Casting Society of America. In addition to the regular awards, an Apple Award was given to director Joe Mantello (The Odd Couple, Wicked, Assassins, Take Me Out) for his "significant contribution to the New York theatre community." John Papsidera and Wendy O'Brien, who handled the casting for the HBO movie adaptation of the stage hit Lackawanna Blues, were also presented with an Artios for Movie of the Week casting. Film director and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill, Wyatt Earp) received the Career Achievement Award.

The list of Artios Awards winners (in theatrical categories) is as follows:

Dramatic Theater Casting

Doubt, Nancy Piccione & David Caparelliotis
Julius Caesar, Daniel Swee
Sight Unseen, Nancy Piccione & David Caparelliotis
Twelve Angry Men, Jim Carnahan & Mele Nagler
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Jay Binder & Jack Bowdan

Comedy Theater Casting

Glengarry Glen Ross, Bernard Telsey & William Cantler
Reckless, Nancy Piccione & David Caparelliotis
Steel Magnolias, Bernard Telsey & William Cantler
The Pillowman, Jim Carnahan
The Rivals, Daniel Swee

Musical Theater Casting

Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang, Jim Carnahan
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bernard Telsey
Spamalot, Tara Rubin
The Light in the Piazza, Janet Foster
Wicked (National Tour), Bernard Telsey

Off-Broadway Theater Casting

After Ashley, Cindy Tolan
Fat Pig, Bernard Telsey & William Cantler
Hurlyburly, Judy Henderson
The Foreigner, Mele Nagler
The Oldest Profession, Bernard Telsey & William Cantler

Regional Theater (LORT)

110 in the Shade, Bruce H. Newberg
Hamlet, Bernard Telsey & William Cantler
Intimate Apparel, Mele Nagler & Amy Lieberman
The Matchmaker, Liz Woodman
The School for Scandal, Amy Lieberman

L.A. Theater

A Little Night Music, Jim Carnahan
Anna in the Tropics, Ted Hann & Paul Fouquet
Applause, Bruce H. Newberg
As You Like It, Michael Donovan
Doubt, Richard Hicks

Visit the Casting Society of America at www.castingsociety.com for more information.