1996-97 Season

The 22nd Annual Carbonell Awards

Held:  October 27, 1997; Crest Theatre, Delray Beach
Attendance:  (sold out) 320+

 

SPECIAL CARBONELL AWARD CITATIONS

  • The Delray Beach Playhouse and Artistic Director Randolph Del Lago
  • Michael McCord, Artistic Director, Ft. Lauderdale Players

REGIONAL THEATER

 

PLAYS

PRODUCTION:

  • Angels in America, New Theatre
  • Denial, Pope Theatre Company
  • Strange Snow, Florida Shakespeare Theatre
  • Summer Shorts, City Theatre
  • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Coconut Grove Playhouse

DIRECTOR:

  • Joe Adler, The Root, Hollywood Boulevard Theatre (Noah Productions)
  • Juan Cejas, Strange Snow, Flaorida Shakespeare Theatre
  • Rafael de Acha & Deborah Mello, Angels in America, New Theatre
  • Gail Garrisan, Hay Fever, Hollywood Boulevard Theatre
  • Louis Tyrrell, Denial, Pope Theatre Company

ACTOR:

  • Jim Baldwin, Strange Snow, Florida Shakespeare Theatre
  • Dan Leonard, Denial, Pope Theatre Company
  • David Kwiat, Angels in America, New Theatre
  • Eli Wallach, Visiting Mr. Green, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Matthew Wright, Angels in America, New Theatre

ACTRESS:

  • Elizabeth Ashley, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Lauren Klein, Denial, Pope Theatre Company
  • Amy Prosser, The Heiress, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Barbara Sloan, Strange Snow, Florida Shakespeare Theatre
  • Lourelene Snedeker, Hay Fever, Hollywood Boulevard Theatre

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

  • John Archie, The Root, Hollywood Boulevard Theatre (Noah Prods.)
  • David Cirone, Angels in America, New Theatre
  • Bill Hindman, Summer Shorts, City Theatre
  • James Randolph, Angels in America, New Theatre
  • Arland Russell, The Root, Hollywood Boulevard Theatre

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

  • Viki Boyle, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Nell Gwynn, Summer Shorts, City Theatre
  • Joy Johnson, The Heiress, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Margot Moreland, Summer Shorts, City Theatre
  • Angelica Torn, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Coconut Grove Playhouse

 

MUSICALS

PRODUCTION:

  • Beguiled Again, Pope Theatre Company
  • Big River, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Heartbeats, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Little Shop of Horrors, Caldwell Theatre Company

DIRECTOR:

  • David Arisco, Big River, Actors’ Playhouse
  • David Bell, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Kenneth Kay, Little Shop of Horrors, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Jeremy Lawrence, Cabaret Verboten, Pope Theatre Company
  • J. Barry Lewis & Lynnette Barkley, Beguiled Again, Pope Theatre Company

MUSICAL DIRECTOR:

  • Craig D. Ames, Beguiled Again, Pope Theatre Company
  • Tom Dillickrath, Brigadoon, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Jack Gaughan, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • David Truskinoff, Cabaret Verboten, Pope Theatre Company
  • David Truskinoff, Little Shop of Horrors, Caldwell Theatre Company

CHOREOGRAPHER:

  • Pamela Atha, Crazy for You, Royal Palm Dinner Theatre
  • Lynnette Barkley, Beguiled Again, Pope Theatre Company
  • Lynnette Barkley, Little Shop of Horrors, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • David Bell, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Barbara LeGette, Brigadoon, Actors’ Playhouse

ACTOR:

  • Darrin Lamont Byrd, Big River, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Paul Louis, Little Shop of Horrors, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Jonathan Beck Reed, The Will Rogers Follies, Royal Palm Dinner Theatre
  • Bob Rogerson, Heartbeats, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Michael Rupert, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse

ACTRESS:

  • Sandy Edgerton, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Rachel Jones, Little Shop of Horrors, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Kim Cozort, Brigadoon, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Margot Moreland, Meet Me at the Pitkin, Hollywood Playhouse (Waldman Productions)
  • Lourelene Snedeker, Heartbeats, Actors’ Playhouse

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

  • Stephen G. Anthony, Little Shop of Horrors, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Aaron Cimadevilla, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Tom Kenaston, Cabaret Verboten, Pope Theatre Company
  • Josh Mostel, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • La Paree Young, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

  • Susan Dawn Carson, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Rachel Jones, Cabaret Verboten, Pope Theatre Company
  • Margot Moreland, Heartbeats, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Lourelene Snedeker, Cabaret Verboten, Pope Theatre Company
  • Avery Sommers, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse

 

COMBINED (plays & musicals)

NEW WORK:

  • Beguiled Again, created by J. Barry Lewis, Lynnette Barkley and Craig D. Ames, Pope Theatre Company
  • Don’t Stop the Carnival, Jimmy Buffett, music and lyrics, Herman Wouk, book, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Three Forks, by Staci Swedeen, Pope Theatre Company
  • Street Corner Symphony, conceived by Marion J. Caffey, Burt Reynolds Institute for Theatre Training
  • When Cuba Opens Up, by Benjie Aerenson, Florida Shakespeare Theatre

SCENIC DESIGN:

  • Michael Amico, Denial, Pope Theatre Company
  • Michael Amico, Beguiled Again, Pope Theatre Company
  • Carlos Arditti, The Woman in Black, New Theatre
  • Michael Thomas Essad, Summer Shorts, City Theatre
  • David Trimble, Big River, Actors’ Playhouse

COSTUME DESIGN:

  • Heather Barnes, Hay Fever, Hollywood Blvd. Theatre
  • Susan E. Mickey, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Suzette Pare, The Living, Pope Theatre Company
  • Penny Koleos Williams, The Heiress, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Penny Koleos Williams, Little Shop of Horrors, Caldwell Theatre Company

LIGHTING DESIGN:

  • Richard Crowell, The Living, Pope Theatre Company
  • Mike Martin, Strange Snow, Florida Shakespeare Theatre
  • Jeff Quinn, Angels in America, New Theatre
  • Thomas Salzman, The Heiress, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Diane Ferry Williams, Don’t Stop the Carnival, Coconut Grove Playhouse

 

ROAD SHOW

All winning productions presented by PTG-Florida Inc. Winners announced May 28, 1997 at the South Florida Critics Circle Road Show awards luncheon at Victor’s Café, Coral Gables (17 eligible productions 1996-1997).

PRODUCTION:

  • Barrymore, Parker Playhouse and Royal Poinciana Playhouse

DIRECTOR:

  • Gene Saks, Barrymore, Parker Playhouse and Royal Poinciana Playhouses

ACTOR:

  • Christopher Plummer, Barrymore, Parker Playhouseand Royal Poinciana Playhouse

ACTRESS:

  • Faye Dunaway, Master Class, Parker Playhouse and Royal Poinciana Playhouse

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

  • Todd Week, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Broward Center for the Performing Arts and Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

  • Shauna Hicks, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Broward Center for the Performing Arts and Kravis Center for the Performing Arts