Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Jacksonville Awards; FENCES Leads Best Play!

Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Jacksonville Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2016 and September 2017. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

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Here are the current standings for Jacksonville:

Best Actor in a Musical
David James - Smokey Joe's Cafe - Players by the Sea 11%
Mike Yarick - Floyd Collins - ABET 8%
Lucas Kish - American Idiot - Players by the Sea 7%

Best Actor in a Play
Rodney Holmes - Hand to God - Players by the Sea 7%
Christopher Collinsworth - The Explorers Club - Amelia Community Theatre 7%
Eugene Lindsey Jr - Fences - Player's by the Sea 7%

Best Actress in a Musical
Jazz Zamor - Smokey Joe's Cafe - Player's by the Sea 16%
Isabella Martinez - American Idiot - Players by the Sea 11%
Andrea Adams - Smokey Joe's Cafe - Player's by the Sea 8%

Best Actress in a Play
Shauntel Robinson - Fences - Players by the Sea 15%
Stephanie Santiago - I Oughta Be In Pictures - Limelight Theatre 10%
Brooks Anne Meiersdierks - 'night, Mother - The 5 & Dime, A Theatre Company 7%

Best Director of a Musical
Jereme Raickett - Smokey Joe's Cafe - Player's by the Sea 19%
Jocelyn Geronimo - American Idiot - Players by the Sea 18%
Beth Lambert - The Full Monty - Limelight Theatre 11%

Best Director of a Play
Jereme Raickett - Fences - Player's by the Sea 16%
Lee Hamby - Steel Magnolias - Theatre Jacksonville 13%
Joe Kemper - To Kill a Mockingbird - Theatre Jacksonville 11%

Best Musical
Smokey Joe's Cafe - Player's by the Sea 18%
American Idiot - Players by the Sea 16%
Urinetown the musical - Jacksonville University 8%

Best Musical Director of a Musical
Anthony Felton - American Idiot - Player's by the Sea 18%
Anthony Felton - Smokey Joe's Cafe - Player's by the Sea 18%
Shelli Long - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Limelight Theatre 9%

Best Play
Fences - Players by the sea 17%
To Kill a Mockingbird - Theatre Jacksonville 12%
'night, Mother - The 5 & Dime, A Theatre Company 10%

Best Technical Design of a Musical
American Idiot - Players By the Sea 22%
Smokey Joe's Cafe - Players by the Sea 21%
Urinetown the musical - Jacksonville university 13%

Best Technical Design of a Play
The Full Monty - Limelight Theatre 14%
Sentences - Players By The Sea 13%
Hand to God - Players by the Sea 12%

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2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats

Best Lighting Design - Top 3

1. Jen Schriever, Michael Arden - The Lost Boys

38.3% of votes

2. Jack Knowles - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

11.8% of votes

3. Adam Honoré - CATS: The Jellicle Ball

6.7% of votes

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