2006 The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre
Winners and nominees from the The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre.
2006 The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Rosalyn Coleman | Intimate Apparel |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Jacqueline Antaramian | Nine Parts of Desire |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Mary Martello | The Boys |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Marcia Saunders | The Man from Nebraska |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Erica Bradshaw | The Syringa Tree |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Nick Kourtides | Mission to Mercury |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Jorge Cousineau | Opus |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Bill Moriarty | Syncopation |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Fabian Obispo | The Tempest |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Mark Valenzuela | tick, tick...BOOM! |
| Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design | Willa Kim | Adrift in Macao |
| Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design | Mark Mariani | Dreamgirls |
| Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design | Janus Stefanowicz | Intimate Apparel |
| Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design | Richard St. Clair | The Dinosaur Musical |
| Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design | Janine McCabe | Waiting for the Moon |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, sponsored by Harvey & Virginia Kimmel | Lantern Theater Company | Illumination |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, sponsored by Harvey & Virginia Kimmel | InterAct Theatre Company | InterAction |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, sponsored by Harvey & Virginia Kimmel | Philadelphia Theatre Company | PTC Drama Contact |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award, sponsored by Harvey & Virginia Kimmel | Delaware Theatre Company | Totally Awesome Kids |
| F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist | Ben Dibble | |
| F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist | Matt Saunders, Lee Ann Etzold, Tony Braithwaite, Charlotte Cloe Fox Wind | |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Joe Canuso | Killer Joe |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Terrence J. Nolen | Opus |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Charles McMahon | Richard III |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Matt Pfeiffer | The Foocy |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Ken Marini | The Man from Nebraska |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Terrence J. Nolen | Winesburg, Ohio |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Aaron Posner | A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Richard M. Parison, Jr. | Dreamgirls |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. | Urinetown |
| Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Vincent Marini | Waiting for the Moon |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Aaron Posner, James Sugg, | A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Christopher Durang, Peter Melnick, | Adrift in Macao |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Robert Quillen Camp & the Pig Iron Ensemble | Pay Up |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Anthony Lawton | The Foocy |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Michael Hollinger | Opus |
| Lifetime Achievement Honoree | Robert Hedley | |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Mercedes Ellington | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | John V. Bellomo | Killer Joe |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Samantha Bellomo | Syncopation |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Barby Hobyak Roche | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Andy Blankenbuehler | Waiting for the Moon |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Delaware Theatre Company | A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Prince Music Theater | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Pig Iron Theatre Company | Mission to Mercury |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Mum Puppettheatre | The Wizard of Oz |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Arden Theatre Company | Winesburg, Ohio |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Theatre Exile | Killer Joe |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Arden Theatre Company | Opus |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Pig Iron Theatre Company | Pay Up |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Lantern Theater Company | Richard III |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Lantern Theater Company | The Foocy |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Tony Braithwaite | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Eugene Fleming | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Michael Philip O'Brien | tick, tick...BOOM! |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Jarrod Emick | Waiting for the Moon |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Brian Hissong | Winesburg, Ohio |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Kraig Swartz | Cloud 9 |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Daniel Beaty | Emergence-See! |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Floyd King | I Am My Own Wife |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Pete Pryor | Richard III |
| Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Peter DeLaurier | The Man from Nebraska |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Rachel deBenedet | Adrift in Macao |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Chauntee Schuler, Nova Y. Payton | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Erin Weaver | Jack & the Beanstalk |
| Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Lauren Kennedy | Waiting for the Moon |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Charles Gilbert | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Jay Ansill | A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Jesse Vargas | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Jim Ryan | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Thomas Murray | Winesburg, Ohio |
| Outstanding Original Music | James Sugg | A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama |
| Outstanding Original Music | Peter Melnick | Adrift in Macao |
| Outstanding Original Music | Rob Reale | The Dinosaur Musical |
| Outstanding Original Music | Frank Wildhorn & Jack Murphy | Waiting for the Moon |
| Outstanding Original Music | Andre Pluess & Ben Sussman | Winesburg, Ohio |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, sponsored by the University of the Arts | Arden Theatre Company | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, sponsored by the University of the Arts | Delaware Theatre Company | A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, sponsored by the University of the Arts | Prince Music Theater | Dreamgirls |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, sponsored by the University of the Arts | Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center | Waiting for the Moon |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, sponsored by the University of the Arts | Arden Theatre Company | Winesburg, Ohio |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, sponsored by the Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund | Theatre Exile | Killer Joe |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, sponsored by the Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund | Arden Theatre Company | Opus |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, sponsored by the Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund | Lantern Theater Company | Richard III |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, sponsored by the Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund | Lantern Theater Company | The Foocy |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, sponsored by the Suzanne F. Roberts Cultural Development Fund | The People's Light & Theatre Company | The Man from Nebraska |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by Kieran Timberlake Associates | Tony Cisek | A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by Kieran Timberlake Associates | Bradley Helm | Daughters of Genius |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by Kieran Timberlake Associates | Anne Patterson | Nine Parts of Desire |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by Kieran Timberlake Associates | Dave Jadico | The Foocy |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by Kieran Timberlake Associates | Daniel Ostling | Winesburg, Ohio |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Jeffrey Coon | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Scott Greer | A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Orville Mendoza | Adrift in Macao |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Ben Dibble | Winesburg, Ohio |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Richard Ruiz | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Pearce Bunting, Matt Saunders | Killer Joe |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | John Glover | Some Men |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Kevin Bergen | The Man from Nebraska |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | John Zak | The Tempest |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Erin Weaver | A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Michele Ragusa | Adrift in Macao |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Meghan McGeary | Aspects of Love |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Tonilyn Longo | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Lesley Bevan | Winesburg, Ohio |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Miriam Hyman | The Man from Nebraska |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Hazel Bowers | Agnes of God |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Amanda Schoonover | Killer Joe |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Erika Cuenca | Opus |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Kate Hurster | Richard III |
| PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | James Leitner | A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage: A Mark Twain Musical Melodrama |
| PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | John Stephen Hoey | Nine Parts of Desire |
| PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | Mark O'Maley | Planetary Enzyme Blues |
| PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | Howell Binkley | Waiting for the Moon |
| PECO Energy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | Dennis Parichy | Winesburg, Ohio |
| Special Recognition Award | ComedySportz Philadelphia | |
| Suzanne Roberts Theatre Alliance College Scholarship Award | Joseph Pizzi | |
| Ted & Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations | Arden Theatre Company & Vertigo String Quartet | Opus |
| Ted & Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations | Lantern Theater Company & Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts | The Trial of Richard III |
| The Joseph Cairns, Jr. and Ernestine Bacon Cairns Memorial Scholarship | Erika Wasko | |
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