Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Jacksonville Awards; Players By The Sea 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
Mike Yarick - Floyd Collins - ABET 9%
Lucas Kish - American Idiot - Players by the Sea 7%
David James - Smokey Joe's Cafe - Players by the Sea 7%

Best Actor in a Play
Rodney Holmes - Hand to God - Players by the Sea 8%
Christopher Collinsworth - The Explorers Club - Amelia Community Theatre 8%
Brandon Paris - The Laramie Project - Jacksonville University 8%

Best Actress in a Musical
Jazz Zamor - Smokey Joe's Cafe - Player's by the Sea 15%
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 16%
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
Jocelyn Geronimo - American Idiot - Players by the Sea 19%
Jereme Raickett - Smokey Joe's Cafe - Player's by the Sea 17%
Beth Lambert - The Full Monty - Limelight Theatre 10%

Best Director of a Play
Jereme Raickett - Fences - Player's by the Sea 16%
Lee Hamby - Steel Magnolias - Theatre Jacksonville 12%
Joe Kemper - To Kill a Mockingbird - Theatre Jacksonville 11%

Best Musical
American Idiot - Players by the Sea 17%
Smokey Joe's Cafe - Player's by the Sea 17%
Urinetown the musical - Jacksonville University 9%

Best Musical Director of a Musical
Anthony Felton - American Idiot - Player's by the Sea 19%
Anthony Felton - Smokey Joe's Cafe - Player's by the Sea 16%
Shelli Long - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Limelight Theatre 10%

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 18%
Urinetown the musical - Jacksonville university 14%

Best Technical Design of a Play
Sentences - Players By The Sea 14%
The Full Monty - Limelight Theatre 13%
Steel Magnolias - Theatre Jacksonville 12%

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