2005 The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre
Winners and nominees from the The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre.
2005 The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, sponsored by the Harvey & Virginia Kimmel Arts Education Fund | Philadelphia Young Playwrights | Classic Program of Playwriting Workshops |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Jilline Ringle | Always a Lady: A celebration of funny women for the holidays |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Madi Distefano | Eden |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Stephanie Berry | Fences |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Juliette Dunn | Recent Tragic Events |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Catharine K. Slusar | The Syringa Tree |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | James Sugg | all wear bowlers |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Nick Kourtides | Chasing Nicolette |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Bill Moriarty, Adriano Shaplin, & James Sugg | Hell Meets Henry Halfway |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | John Mock | Looking Over the President's Shoulder |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Jorge Cousineau | Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, sponsored by the Harvey & Virginia Kimmel Arts Education Fund | Theater Catalyst, Inc. | 2nd Stage Program |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, sponsored by the Harvey & Virginia Kimmel Arts Education Fund | Walnut Street Theatre | Adopt-A-School |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, sponsored by the Harvey & Virginia Kimmel Arts Education Fund | InterAct Theatre Company | InterAction |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, sponsored by the Harvey & Virginia Kimmel Arts Education Fund | The Wilma Theater | Wilmagination |
| F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist | James Sugg | |
| F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist | Ben Dibble, Madi Distefano, Geoff Sobelle, Matt Saunders | |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Jiri Zizka | Outrage |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Pete Pryor | Recent Tragic Events |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | James J. Christy | Take Me Out |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Daniel Fish | The Clean House |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Maria Mileaf | The Story |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Joe Calarco | Elegies: A Song Cycle |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Terrence J. Nolen | Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Whit MacLaughlin | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Ethan McSweeny | Chasing Nicolette |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Richard M. Parison, Jr. | The Big Bang |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Pamela Parker | A Higher Place in Heaven |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Adriano Shaplin | Hell Meets Henry Halfway |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Dael Orlandersmith | Raw Boys |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | John Wolfson | The Lives of Bosie |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Bruce Graham | The Philly Fan |
| Lifetime Achievement Honoree | James J. Christy | |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Trey Lyford & Geoffrey Sobelle | all wear bowlers |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Richard Amelius | Cabaret |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Dorothy Wilke | Death and the King's Horseman |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Karen Getz | The Big Bang |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Jewel Walker | Tuesday |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Richard St. Clair | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Constance Hoffman | Chasing Nicolette |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Linda Bee Stockton | Holiday |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Marla Jurglanis | Sleeping Beauty: A Comic Panto in the British Style |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Marla Jurglanis | Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Arden Theatre Company | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Prince Music Theater | Chasing Nicolette |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Philadelphia Theatre Company | Elegies: A Song Cycle |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Delaware Theatre Company | Forever Plaid |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Arden Theatre Company | Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Pig Iron Theatre Company | Hell Meets Henry Halfway |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | 1812 Productions | Recent Tragic Events |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Philadelphia Theatre Company | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | The Vagabond Acting Troupe | The Art of War |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Amaryllis Theatre Company / VSAarts of Pennsylvania | Tuesday |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Richard Amelius | Cabaret |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Bronson Pinchot | Chasing Nicolette |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Thom Sesma | Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Tony Braithwaite | The Big Bang |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Ben Dibble | The Big Bang |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Ernest Perry, Jr. | Fences |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | John Keating, Jamie Harris | Raw Boys |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Jered McLenigan | The Elephant Man |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Bill Irwin | Trumbo |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Jasika Nicole Pruitt | Chasing Nicolette |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Sherri L. Edelen, Donna Migliaccio | Elegies: A Song Cycle |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Audri T. Dalio | Miss Saigon |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Mary Martello | Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Charles Gilbert | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Robert K. Mikulski | Chasing Nicolette |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Kimberly Grigsby | Elegies: A Song Cycle |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Eric Ebbenga | Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Jim Ryan | The Big Bang |
| Outstanding Original Music | David Friedman | Chasing Nicolette |
| Outstanding Original Music | Charles Gilbert | Gemini, the Musical |
| Outstanding Original Music | Jim Ryan, Lee Etzold, Mark Evans, and Janice Rowland | Grease and Desist |
| Outstanding Original Music | Adriano Shaplin & James Sugg | Hell Meets Henry Halfway |
| Outstanding Original Music | Adam Wernick | Outrage |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, sponsored by the University of the Arts | Arden Theatre Company | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, sponsored by the University of the Arts | Prince Music Theater | Chasing Nicolette |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, sponsored by the University of the Arts | Philadelphia Theatre Company | Elegies: A Song Cycle |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, sponsored by the University of the Arts | Arden Theatre Company | Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, sponsored by the University of the Arts | Act II Playhouse | The Big Bang |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, sponsored by the Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund | Philadelphia Theatre Company | Trumbo |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, sponsored by the Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund | 1812 Productions | Recent Tragic Events |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, sponsored by the Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund | The People's Light & Theatre Company | String of Pearls |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, sponsored by the Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund | Philadelphia Theatre Company | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, sponsored by the Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund | The Wilma Theater | The Clean House |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by KieranTimberlake Associates | David Gallo | Fences |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by KieranTimberlake Associates | Mimi Lien | Outrage |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by KieranTimberlake Associates | David P. Gordon | Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by KieranTimberlake Associates | Todd Rosenthal | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by KieranTimberlake Associates | Andrew Lieberman | The Clean House |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Joshua Lamon | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Todd Buonopane | Gemini, the Musical |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Christopher Kale Jones | Olympus on My Mind |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Ben Dibble, Joshua Lamon | Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Ray Anthony Thomas | Fences |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | James Gale | Raw Boys |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Jeb Kreager | Recent Tragic Events |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Kraig Swartz | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Josh Shirley | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Pete Pryor | The Miser |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Rebecca Bellingham | Chasing Nicolette |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Anne DeSalvo | Gemini, the Musical |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Sarah Doherty | Grease and Desist |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | SuEllen Estey | Olympus on My Mind |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Denise Whelan | Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Emmanuelle Delpech-Ramey | Hell Meets Henry Halfway |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Karen Peakes | Noises Off |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Jayne Houdyshell | The Clean House |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Alda Cortese | The Miser |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Jennifer Childs | The Underpants |
| PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | Chris Lee | Elegies: A Song Cycle |
| PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | Jerold R. Forsyth | Outrage |
| PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | Russell H. Champa | Raw Boys |
| PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | John Stephen Hoey | Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | AC Hickox | The Syringa Tree |
| Suzanne Roberts Theatre Alliance College Scholarship Award | Bayla Rubin | |
| Ted & Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations | Theatre Exile & Reconstruction Pictures | cellar |
| The Joseph Cairns, Jr. and Ernestine Bacon Cairns Memorial Scholarship | Ryan Touhey | |
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