The 33rd Annual Carbonell Awards
Held: April 6, 2009; Broward Center for the Performing Arts
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.
Click HERE to view photos from the 33rd Annual Carbonell Awards ceremony.
REGIONAL
PLAYS
PRODUCTION:
- The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company

The Seafarer at Mosaic Theatre Company
DIRECTOR:
- Richard Jay Simon, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company
ACTOR:
- Gregg Weiner, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company
ACTRESS:
- Elizabeth Dimon, Souvenir, Palm Beach Dramaworks

- Elizabeth Dimon and Tom Kenaston in Souvenir at Palm Beach Dramaworks
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
- Dennis Creaghan, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
- Kim Morgan Dean, A Body of Water, Mosaic Theatre Company
MUSICALS
PRODUCTION: Adding Machine, GableStage

Oscar Cheda and Stacy Schwartz in Adding Machine at GableStage
DIRECTOR:
- Joseph Adler, Adding Machine, GableStage
MUSICAL DIRECTOR:
- Eric Alsford, Adding Machine, GableStage
CHOREOGRAPHER:
- Ron De Jesus, The Full Monty, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
ACTOR:
- Oscar Cheda, Adding Machine, GableStage
ACTRESS:
- Maribeth Graham, Adding Machine, GableStage
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
- Jim Ballard, Adding Machine, GableStage

Jim Ballard in Adding Machine at GableStage: Stacy Schwartz, Adding Machine, GableStage
COMBINED (plays & musicals)
NEW WORK:
- William Mastrosimone, Dirty Business, Florida Stage
ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
- Two Sisters and a Piano, The Promethean Theatre
SCENIC DESIGN:
- Sean McClelland, The Seafarer, Mosaic Theatre Company
COSTUME DESIGN:
- Erin Amico, Souvenir, Palm Beach Dramaworks
LIGHTING DESIGN:
- Sevim Abaza, 4.48 Psychosis, The Naked Stage
SOUND DESIGN:
- Marty Mets, 4.48 Psychosis, The Naked Stage
NON-RESIDENT
(Touring, Independent Productions)
PLAYS & MUSICALS COMBINED
PROUCTION:
- Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Broadway Across America at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
ACTOR:
- Jim Brochu, Zero Hour, Broward Stage Door Theatre
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
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
- Julian Gamble, Twelve Angry Men, Broadway Across America at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
- Nancy Opel, The Drowsy Chaperone, Broadway Across America at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts