2015 BroadwayWorld Tampa/St. Petersburg Awards Update 11/27 - Matthew McGee, Katherine Michelle Tanner Lead!

Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld St. Petersburg Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2014 and September 2015. 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.

Voting is now underway for St. Petersburg! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.

Here are the current standings for St. Petersburg:

Best Actor in a Musical (local)
Matthew McGee - Mame - freefall theatre 43%
Justin Gregory Lopez - In The Heights - American Stage 24%
Zachary Hines - Vampire Lesbians of Sodom - Jobsite 10%

Best Actor in a Play (local)
Jesse Carolan-Rodriguez - The Motherfucker with the Hat - Stageworks Theatre 24%
Eric Davis - The Tempest: Esta Isla es Mia - freeFall Theatre 23%
Larry Alexander - Harvey - freeFall Theatre 16%

Best Actress in a Musical (local)
Christie Prades - In The Heights - American Stage 24%
Lulu Picart - Mame - freeFall Theatre 20%
Anne Morrison - Into The Woods - freeFall Theatre 18%

Best Actress in a Play (local)
Katherine Michelle Tanner - The Buffalo Kings - freeFall Theatre 30%
Jessy Quinones - The Motherfucker with the Hat - Stageworks Theatre 18%
Bonnie Agan - Harvey - freeFall Theatre 18%

Best Choreographer (local)
Michael Foley - Into The Woods - freeFall Theatre 25%
Domenic Bisesti - In The Heights - American Stage 23%
Shain Stroff - Mame - freeFall Theatre 21%

Best Community Theater Company
mad Theatre of Tampa 38%
Eight O'Clock Theatre 26%
West Coast Players 17%

Best Costume Design - Play or Musical (local)
Eric Davis - Into the Woods - freeFall Theatre 41%
David Covach - Mame - freeFall Theatre 27%
Bailee Booser - Twelfth Night - Jobsite 10%

Best Director/Musical (local)
Eric Davis - Mame - freeFall Theatre 35%
Karla Hartley - In the Heights - American Stage 32%
Eric Davis - Bright Lights, Big City - freeFall Theatre 21%

Best Director/Play (local)
Eric Davis - The Buffalo Kings - freeFall Theatre 36%
Karla Hartley - The Motherfucker With The Hat - Stageworks Theater 21%
James Oliver - The Tempest: Esta Isla Es Mia - freeFall Theatre 12%

Best Lighting Design - Play or Musical (local)
Mike Wood - Into the Woods - freeFall Theatre 16%
Mike Wood - Mame - freeFall Theatre 16%
Mike Wood - In The Heights - American Stage 16%

Best Music Director - Play or Musical (local)
Michael Raabe - Into The Woods - freeFall Theatre 28%
Michael Raabe - Mame - freeFall Theatre 25%
JP Kavanaugh - In The Heights - American Stage 23%

Best Musical (local)
In The Heights - American Stage 25%
Mame - FreeFall theatre 25%
Into the Woods - freeFall Theatre 24%

Best Play (local)
The Buffalo Kings - freeFall Theatre 27%
Harvey - freeFall Theatre 18%
The Motherfucker With the Hat - Stageworks Theatre 18%

Best Professional Theater Company
freeFall Theatre 57%
American Stage 17%
Stageworks theatre 12%

Best Scenic Design - Play or Musical (local)
Eric Davis - Into the Woods - freeFall Theatre 21%
Steve Mitchell - In The Heights - American Stage 19%
Eric Davis - The Tempest: Esta Isla es Mia - freeFall Theatre 12%

Best Sound Design - Play or Musical (local)
Karla hartley - The motherfucker with the hat - Stageworks theatre 22%
Eric Davis - Harvey - freeFall Theatre 20%
Samuel Kohler - RENT - mad Theatre of Tampa 16%