2008 The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre
Winners and nominees from the The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre.
2008 The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Ark Media Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Matt Saunders | Bug |
| Ark Media Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Jeb Kreager | Frozen |
| Ark Media Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Chris Faith | Grace |
| Ark Media Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Peter Pryor | Othello |
| Ark Media Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play | Kes Khemnu | The Piano Lesson |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Grace Gonglewski | Bug |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Mary Martello | Frozen |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Amanda Schoonover | Mr. Marmalade |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Kim Carson | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play | Geneviève Perrier | Skylight |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | James Sugg | Bug |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Jorge Cousineau | Eurydice |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Fabian Obispo | Mary's Wedding |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Christopher Colucci | Suburban Love Songs |
| Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design | Jorge Cousineau | The Happiness Lecture |
| Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design | Janus Stefanowicz | Age of Arousal |
| Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design | Lisa Zinni | Go, Dog. Go! |
| Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design | Colleen Grady | Les Misérables |
| Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design | Richard St. Clair | Sleeping Beauty |
| Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design | Charlotte Cloe Fox Wind | The Illusion |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award Prize, sponsored by the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund | 1812 Productions | 1812 Outreach |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award Prize, sponsored by the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund | Montgomery Theater | Access Education |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award Prize, sponsored by the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund | Lantern Theater Company | Classroom Connections |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award Prize, sponsored by the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund | Delaware Theatre Company | Delaware Young Playwrights Festival |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award Prize, sponsored by the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund | Philadelphia Theatre Company | PASSPORT Theater Residency Program |
| Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award Prize, sponsored by the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund | Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival | The Open Door Project |
| F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist | Matt Pfeiffer | |
| F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist | Kala Moses Baxter, Jeb Kreager, Sarah Sanford, Charlotte Cloe Fox Wind | |
| Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Jeffrey Coon | Assassins |
| Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Steve Luker | Dear World |
| Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Dito van Reigersberg | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Hugh Panaro | Les Misérables |
| Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical | Paul Schoeffler | Les Misérables |
| Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Mary Gutzi | Dear World |
| Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Kim Carson | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Cary Michele Miller | Peter Pan |
| Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Ann Crumb | Souvenir |
| Garfield Refining Company Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical | Erin Weaver | Treasure Island |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Matt Pfeiffer | Bug |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Blanka Zizka | Eurydice |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Whit MacLaughlin | Frozen |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Ken Marini | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| Harmelin Media Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play | Dan Kern | Skylight |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Y York | Getting Near to Baby |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Larry Loebell | House, Divided |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Luigi Pirandello, Louis Lippa, | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | Bill Irwin | The Happiness Lecture |
| Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play | David Davalos | Wittenberg |
| Lifetime Achievement Honoree | Dolly Beechman Schnall | |
| Macy's Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Arden Theatre Company | Assassins |
| Macy's Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Walnut Street Theatre | Les Misérables |
| Macy's Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | Walnut Street Theatre, Independence Studio on 3 | The Irish... And How They Got That Way |
| Macy's Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical | 11th Hour Theatre Company | The World Goes 'Round |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Samantha Bellomo | Go, Dog. Go! |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Chu Shan Zhu | M. Butterfly |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Lee Ann Etzold & Whit MacLaughlin | Prom |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Karen Getz | Suburban Love Songs |
| Outstanding Choreography/Movement | Bill Irwin | The Happiness Lecture |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Terrence J. Nolen | Assassins |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Kevin Glaccum | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Mark Clements | Les Misérables |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Marc Robin | Peter Pan |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Steve Pacek | The World Goes 'Round |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Mum Puppettheatre | Animal Farm |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Arden Theatre Company | Go, Dog. Go! |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Theatre Exile | Mr. Marmalade |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | 1812 Productions | Suburban Love Songs |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Play | Philadelphia Theatre Company | The Happiness Lecture |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Eric Ebbenga | Assassins |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Ethan Popp | Being Alive |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Troy Herion | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Douglass G. Lutz | Les Misérables |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Dan Kazemi | The World Goes 'Round |
| Outstanding Original Music | Toby Twining | Eurydice |
| Outstanding Original Music | Michael Keck | I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda |
| Outstanding Original Music | Robert Maggio | M. Butterfly |
| Outstanding Original Music | Fabian Obispo | Mary's Wedding |
| Outstanding Original Music | Michael Ogborn | Treasure Island |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | Arden Theatre Company | Assassins |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | Azuka Theatre | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | Walnut Street Theatre | Les Misérables |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | Walnut Street Theatre, Independence Studio on 3 | The Irish... And How They Got That Way |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | 11th Hour Theatre Company | The World Goes 'Round |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play | Theatre Exile | Bug |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play | The Wilma Theater | Eurydice |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play | InterAct Theatre Company | Frozen |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play | The People's Light & Theatre Company | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| Outstanding Overall Production of a Play | Lantern Theater Company | Skylight |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by Kieran Timberlake Associates LLP | Beowulf Boritt | Art |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by Kieran Timberlake Associates LLP | Matt Saunders | Bug |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by Kieran Timberlake Associates LLP | Mimi Lien | Eurydice |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by Kieran Timberlake Associates LLP | Michael Fagin | M. Butterfly |
| Outstanding Set Design, sponsored by Kieran Timberlake Associates LLP | Dirk Durossette | Skylight |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Scott Greer | Assassins |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | James Sugg | Assassins |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Jeffrey Coon, Scott Greer | Les Misérables |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical | Chris Faith | Treasure Island |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | William Zielinski | Bug |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Triney Sandoval | Eurydice |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Jeb Kreager | Mr. Marmalade |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Peter DeLaurier | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play | Yaegel T. Welch | The Piano Lesson |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Mary Martello | Assassins |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Gwendolyn Jones | Dear World |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Christina DeCicco | Les Misérables |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Julie Craig | Les Misérables |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical | Danielle Herbert | West Side Story |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Catharine K. Slusar | Mr. Bailey's Minder |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Marcia Saunders | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Ceal Phelan | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Lee Ann Etzold | The Happiness Lecture |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play | Geneviève Perrier | The Lonesome West |
| PECO Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | Joshua Schulman | Art |
| PECO Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | Tyler Micoleau | Eurydice |
| PECO Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | Chris Lee | M. Butterfly |
| PECO Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | Tyler Micoleau | Mary's Wedding |
| PECO Award for Outstanding Lighting Design | David O'Connor | Skylight |
| The Ted and Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations | Arden Theatre Company & Christ Church | Our Town in Old City |
| The Ted and Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations | Philadelphia Young Playwrights & Mural Arts Program | Poetic Life and The Choices We Make |
| The Ted and Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations | Theatre Exile & American Society of Capoeira & Arts from Brazil | Roosters |
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