The 27th Annual Carbonell Awards

November 18, 2002

Road show Awards (No Nominees):

Best Production–”Proof,” Broadway in South Florida presentation at the Royal Poinciana Playhouse.

Best Director–Daniel Sullivan, “Proof.”

Best Actor–Robert Foxworth, “Proof.”

Best Actress–Chelsea Altman, “Proof.”

Regional Awards

COMBINED (Plays and Musicals)

Best New Work (play or musical) (award to author): Nilo Cruz, Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams, New Theatre;  Teo Castellanos, NE 2nd Avenue, Miami Light Project & Coconut Grove Playhouse; Lee Blessing, Black Sheep, Florida Stage; W: Mario Diament, Smithereens, New Theatre; Ivonne Azurdia, Portrait, Mad Cat Theatre Company

Best Ensemble Production (play or musical) (award to producer, citations to performers): Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Pump Boys and Dinettes, Hollywood Playhouse; W: James Joyce’s The Dead, GableStage; 4 Guys Named Jose & Una Mujer Named Maria, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Cobb, Mosaic Theatre.

PLAYS

Best Production of a Play (award to producer): W:  A Lesson Before Dying, GableStage; Hamlet, New Theatre; Orphans, Caldwell Theatre Company; Proof, Coconut Grove Playhouse; Caught in the Net, Coconut Grove Playhouse.

Best Director/Play: Joseph Adler, Boy Gets Girl, GableStage; Rafael de Acha, Hamlet, New Theatre; W: Joseph Adler, A Lesson Before Dying, GableStage; Ray Cooney, Caught in the Net, Coconut Grove Playhouse; Bruce Lecure, Orphans, Caldwell Theatre Company.

Best Actor/Play: W: John Archie, A Lesson Before Dying, GableStage; Paxton Whitehead, Caught in the Net, Coconut Grove Playhouse; David Mann, Hamlet, New Theatre; Peter Haig, Nixon’s Nixon, GableStage;Sheaun McKinney, A Lesson Before Dying, GableStage.

Best Actress/Play: April Henry, Jazz Like a Drug, Juggerknot Theatre Company; Pamela Roza, Boy Gets Girl, GableStage; W: Anney Giobbe, Proof, Coconut Grove Playhouse; Cynthia Caquelin, The Play About the Baby, GableStage; Sally Levin, The Waverly Gallery, New Theatre.

Best Supporting Actor/Play: Robert Strain, Tom Walker, New Theatre; W: Ken Clement, Tom Walker, New Theatre; Paul Tei, Black Sheep, Florida Stage; David Kwiat, Smithereens, New Theatre; Michael Vines, A Lesson Before Dying, GableStage.

Best Supporting Actress/Play: Dorothy Morrison, Proposals, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Harriet Oser, Concertina’s Rainbow, Caldwell Theatre Company; Marta Velasco, Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams, New Theatre; Autumn Horne, Boy Gets Girl, GableStage; W: Lisa Morgan, Tom Walker, New Theatre.

MUSICALS

Best Production of a Musical (award to producer): Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; W: James Joyce’s The Dead, GableStage; 4 Guys Named Jose & Una Mujer Named Maria, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Ruthless, Hollywood Playhouse; The Soul of Gershwin, Coconut Grove Playhouse.

Best Director/Musical: David Arisco, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; W: Joseph Adler, James Joyce’s The Dead, GableStage; Michael Larsen, Ruthless, Hollywood Playhouse; Peter Moore, The Soul of Gershwin, Coconut Grove Playhouse; Bill Catellino, The Spitfire Grill, Florida Stage.

Best Actor/Musical: Lego Louis, The King and I, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Stephen G. Anthony, James Joyce’s The Dead, GableStage; W: Wayne LeGette, Ruthless, Hollywood Playhouse; Walter Charles, The Immigrant, Coconut Grove Playhouse; Jerry Gulledge, My Favorite Year, Broward Stage Door Theatre.

Best Actress/Musical: Kathryn Blake, The Spitfire Grill, Florida Stage; Lissette Gonzalez, 4 Guys Named Jose & Una Mujer Named Maria, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; W: Connie SaLoutos, Sweet Charity, Broward Stage Door Theatre; Stacey Schwartz, Ruthless, Hollywood Playhouse; Kay Brady, James Joyce’s The Dead, GableStage.

Best Supporting Actor/Musical: Heath Kelts, James Joyce’s The Dead, GableStage; Christopher Kent, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; W: Reggie Whitehead, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Wayne Steadman, Man of La Mancha, Hollywood Playhouse; Fausto Pineda, The King and I, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.

Best Supporting Actress/Musical: Susan Brownfield, The King and I, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; W: Maribeth Graham, Ruthless, Hollywood Playhouse; Lissa Grossman, Ruthless, Hollywood Playhouse; Laura Anne Hodos, Ruthless, Hollywood Playhouse; Wen Zhang, The King and I, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.

Musical Direction/Musical: David Nagy, The King and I, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; W: David Nagy, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Jeffrey Hodgson, James Joyce’s The Dead, GableStage; Eric Alsford, Man of La Mancha, Hollywood Playhouse; Joseph Vass, The Soul of Gershwin, Coconut Grove Playhouse.

Choreography/Musical: W: Barbara Flaten, The King and I, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Barbara Flaten, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Andrew Fiacco, Man of La Mancha, Hollywood Playhouse; Maria Torres, 4 Guys Named Jose & Una Mujer Named Maria, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Robert Craig Dawson, Sweet Charity, Broward Stage Door Theatre.

DESIGN AWARDS

Best Scenic Design: M.P. Amico, Proposals, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; W: Rich Simone, James Joyce’s The Dead, GableStage; M.P. Amico, The King and I, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Tim Bennett, Out of Season, Caldwell Theatre Company; Steve Lambert, Proof, Coconut Grove Playhouse.

Best Lighting Design: Stuart Reiter, The King and I, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; W: Travis Neff, Portrait, Mad Cat Theatre Company; Eric Nelson, The Soul of Gershwin, Coconut Grove Playhouse; Jim Fulton, The Spitfire Grill, Florida Stage; Thomas Salzman, Orphans, Caldwell Theatre Company.

Best Costume Design: Anne Toewe, James Joyce’s The Dead, GableStage; W: Mary Lynn Izzo, The King and I, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; Lynda Peto, Black Sheep, Florida Stage; Estela Vrancovich, Man of La Mancha, Hollywood Playhouse; Estela Vrancovich, Ruthless, Hollywood Playhouse.

Best Sound Design: Steve Shapiro, Proof, Coconut Grove Playhouse; Steve Shapiro, Caught in the Net, Coconut Grove Playhouse; Steve Shapiro, NE 2nd Avenue, Coconut Grove Playhouse; W: M. Anthony Reimer, Hamlet, New Theatre; Nate Rausch, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.