1997-98 Season

The 23rd Annual Carbonell Awards

Held:  November 23, 1998; Colony Theatre, Miami Beach
Attendance:  approximately 425

 

REGIONAL

PLAYS

PRODUCTION:

  • A Park In Our House, Florida Stage
  • Cloud Tectonics, New Theatre
  • Goodbye, My Friduchita, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Gross Indecency: The Three Trials Of Oscar Wilde, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Himself, Caldwell Theatre Company

DIRECTOR:

  • Benny Sato Ambush, A Park In Our House, Florida Stage
  • Juan Cejas, Burn This, Florida Shakespeare Theatre
  • Rafael de Acha, Cloud Tectonics,” New Theatre
  • Michael Hall, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Barbara Lowery, Goodbye, My Friduchita, Coconut Grove Playhouse

ACTOR:

  • James Baldwin, Burn This, Florida Shakespeare Theatre
  • Len Cariou, Himself, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • J.C. Cutler, Private Eyes, Florida Stage
  • John Felix, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Bill Hindman, Clarence Darrow, New Theatre

ACTRESS:

  • Judith Delgado, Goodbye, My Friduchita, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Jacqueline Knapp, Himself, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Carmen Pelaez, Rum and Coke, Area Stage
  • Jessica K. Peterson, A Park In Our House, Florida Stage
  • Barbara Sloan, Burn This, Florida Shakespeare Theatre

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

  • Gordon Brode, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • John Felix, Himself, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Israel Garcia, Cloud Tectonics, New Theatre
  • Peter Haig, Summer Shorts, City Theatre
  • Steve Wise, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Caldwell Theatre Company

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

  • Barbara Bradshaw, After-Play, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Suzanna Hay, To Kill A Mockingbird, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Delma Miranda, Goodbye, My Friduchita, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Kim Ostrenko, Simpatico, Florida Shakespeare Theatre
  • Lourelene Snedeker, Incorruptible, Florida Stage

 

MUSICALS

PRODUCTION:

  • Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Hot ‘n’ Cole, Florida Stage
  • No Way To Treat A Lady, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • She Loves Me, Actors’ Playhouse
  • West Side Story, Actors’ Playhouse

DIRECTOR:

  • Jack Allison, Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • David Arisco, She Loves Me, Actors’ Playhouse
  • David Arisco, West Side Story, Actors’ Playhouse
  • J. Barry Lewis, Hot ‘n’ Cole, Florida Stage
  • Jeffrey B. Moss, No Way To Treat A Lady, Coconut Grove Playhouse

MUSICAL DIRECTOR:

  • Tom Dillickrath, She Loves Me, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Tom Dillickrath, West Side Story, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Scott Kasbaum, Hot ‘n’ Cole, Florida Stage
  • John Mulcahy, No Way To Treat A Lady, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Susan Kingwill, Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill, Coconut Grove Playhouse

CHOREOGRAPHER:

  • Gwen Arment, Milk and Honey, Royal Palm Dinner Theatre
  • Pam Atha, Mack and Mabel, Royal Palm Dinner Theatre
  • Lynnette Barkley, Romance/Romance, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Jim Hoskins, Hot ‘n’ Cole, Florida Stage
  • Barbara LeGette, West Side Story, Actors’ Playhouse

ACTOR:

  • Mike Burstyn, Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • John Fionte, Mack and Mabel, Royal Palm Dinner Theatre
  • Timothy C. Johnson, West Side Story, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Barry J. Tarallo, She Loves Me, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Lenny Wolpe, No Way To Treat A Lady, Coconut Grove Playhouse

ACTRESS:

  • Irene Adjan, Mack and Mabel, Royal Palm Dinner Theatre
  • Kim Cozort, Hot ‘n’ Cole, Florida Stage
  • Kim Cozort, She Loves Me, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Marilyn Caskey, Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Ruth Williamson, No Way To Treat A Lady, Coconut Grove Playhouse

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

  • Gary Marachek, She Loves Me, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Peter Haig, She Loves Me, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Terrell Hardcastle, West Side Story, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Francisco Padura, Das Barbecu, Actors’ Playhouse
  • James Puig, She Loves Me, Actors’ Playhouse

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

  • Ann Hurst, Milk and Honey, Royal Palm Dinner Theatre
  • Amy Langer, West Side Story, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Stephanie McNeil, Mack And Mabel, Royal Palm Dinner Theatre
  • Margot Moreland, She Loves Me, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Connie SaLoutos, West Side Story, Actors’ Playhouse

 

COMBINED (play & musical)

 

NEW WORK:

 

  • Ferris Wheel, by Janyce Lapore, Florida Shakespeare Theatre
  • The Garden of Hannah List, by Michael McKeever, Florida Stage
  • Goodbye, My Friduchita, by Dolores Sendler, Coconut Grove Playhouse,
  • Himself, by Shiela Walsh, lyrics by Walsh and Jonathan Brielle, original music by Brielle (play with music), Caldwell Theatre Company

SCENIC DESIGN:

  • Michael Amico, Incorruptible, Florida Stage
  • Michael Amico, She Loves Me, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Tim Bennett, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Richard Crowell, The Garden of Hannah List, Florida Stage
  • Dorset Noble, West Side Story, Actors’ Playhouse

COSTUME DESIGN:

  • Mary Lynne Izzo, She Loves Me, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Mary Lynne Izzo, West Side Story, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Ellis Tillman, No Way To Treat A Lady, Coconut Grove Playhouse
  • Penny Koleos Williams, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Penny Koleos Williams, Romance/Romance, Caldwell Theatre Company

LIGHTING DESIGN:

  • Ginny Adams, Mack and Mabel, Royal Palm Dinner Theatre
  • Richard Crowell, The Garden of Hannah List, Florida Stage
  • Suzanne M. Jones, Hot ‘n’ Cole, Florida Stage
  • Stuart Reiter, West Side Story, Actors’ Playhouse
  • Thomas Salzman, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Caldwell Theatre Company

SOUND DESIGN:

  • Pascal Jacquelin, Simpatico, Florida Shakespeare Theatre
  • David Pair, Hot ‘n’ Cole, Florida Stage
  • Steve Shapiro, Cloud Tectonics, New Theatre
  • Steve Shapiro, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Caldwell Theatre Company
  • Steve Shapiro, No Way To Treat A Lady, Coconut Grove Playhouse

 

ROAD SHOW:

All winning productions presented by PTG-Florida Inc. and were announced at South Florida Critics’ Circle Road Show Awards luncheon at the National Hotel, Miami Beach, May 21, 1998.

PRODUCTION:

  • Show Boat, Broward Center for the Performing Arts

DIRECTOR:

  • Harold Prince, Show Boat, Broward Center for the Performing Arts

ACTOR:

  • Mark Nelson, as Einstein, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Parker Playhouse and Royal Poinciana Playhouse

ACTRESS:

  • Charlotte D’Amboise, as Roxie Hart in Chicago, Broward Center for the Performing Arts

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

  • Michel Bell, as Joe in Show Boat, Broward Center for the Performing Arts

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

  • Jo Ann Hawkins White, as Queenie in Show Boat, Broward Center for the Performing Arts