The 33rd Annual Carbonell Awards

April 6, 2009

South Florida’s oldest and most prestigious arts honors were bestowed in a ceremony at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in a benefit performance which raises scholarships for South Florida arts students.  The event included a special tribute honoring Carbonell Awards co-founder and executive director Jack Zink who covered the arts for all of the region’s major newspapers for nearly 40 years before his death last summer.

COMBINED (plays & musicals)

Best New Work (award to author): William Mastrosimone, Dirty Business, Florida Stage

Best Ensemble Production: (award to producing organization): Two Sisters and a Piano, The Promethean Theatre

PLAYS

Best Production of a Play (award to producing organization): The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company

Best Director/Play: Richard Jay Simon, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company

Best Actor/Play: Gregg Weiner, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company

Best Actress/Play: Elizabeth Dimon, Souvenir, Palm Beach Dramaworks

Elizabeth Dimon and Tom Kenaston in Souvenir at Palm Beach Dramaworks

Best Supporting Actor/Play: Dennis Creaghan, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company

Best Supporting Actress/Play: Kim Morgan Dean, A Body of Water, Mosaic Theatre Company

MUSICALS

Best Production of a Musical: Adding Machine, GableStage

Best Director/Musical: Joseph Adler, Adding Machine, GableStage

Best Actor/Musical:  Oscar Cheda, Adding Machine, GableStage

Best Actress/Musical: Maribeth Graham, Adding Machine, GableStage

Best Supporting Actor/Musical: Jim Ballard, Adding Machine, GableStage

Best Supporting Actress/Musical: Stacy Schwartz, Adding Machine, GableStage

Musical Direction/Musical: Eric Alsford, Adding Machine, GableStage

Choreography/Musical: Ron De Jesus, The Full Monty, Maltz Jupiter Theatre

DESIGN (plays & musicals)

Best Scenic Design: Sean McClelland, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company

Best Lighting Design: Sevim Abaza, 4.48 Psychosis, The Naked Stage

Best Costume Design: Erin Amico, Souvenir, Palm Beach Dramaworks

Best Sound Design: Marty Mets, 4.48 Psychosis, The Naked Stage

Stock/Road Show Awards (Touring, Independent Productions, Plays and Musicals Combined)

Best Production: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Broadway Across America at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Best Actor: Jim Brochu, Zero Hour, Broward Stage Door Theatre

Best Actress: Judy Kaye, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Broadway Across America at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Best Supporting Actor: Julian Gamble, Twelve Angry Men, Broadway Across America at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Best Supporting Actress: Nancy Opel, The Drowsy Chaperone, Broadway Across America at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts