The Carbonell Panel

Composition
The skills and experiences of the panelists vary considerably yet all have a great knowledge of the theatre, whether professionally (as directors, actors, designers, etc.), journalists, academically (professors of drama, language, etc.), or as experienced theatergoers.

Click here to read the 2009 voting panelists’ bios.

Requirements
• Panelists donate their time and travel. There is no monetary compensation.

• Candidates for the panel must have resided in South Florida and actively attended theater for the past five years.

• Panelists must have access to the Internet to receive information and forward reports.

• Members of the recommendation panel must submit reports by noon on the Monday following the opening night of the assigned show.

• Members of the recommendation panel who cannot attend a show appointed to them must arrange to be covered by another member of the recommendation panel.

• Members of the recommendation panel are required to attend all of the shows assigned. Any nominator who misses a show without scheduling an authorized substitute will receive a warning and may be placed on probation with the understanding that if any other shows are missed, that individual may be removed immediately from the nominator pool.

• Members of the judging panel must see 90 percent of all recommended shows.

• Members of the judging panel must report attendance to the Carbonell administration.

• Panelists must evaluate productions to which they have been assigned with complete impartiality.

• Panelists must refrain from suggesting to anyone advance knowledge of a nomination/win before the Carbonell administration makes those determinations public.

• Panelists must immediately communicate to the Carbonell administration if, for any reason, there may be a real or perceived conflict of interest with any artist or theatre.