The annual Artios Awards, presented by the Casting Society of America for outstanding achievement in casting, were presented at a Nov. 1 ceremonies in the Grand Ballroom of Los Angeles' Beverly Hilton Hotel and the Penthouse Lobby of New York's American Airlines Theatre.
The 2005 nominees for stagework (*with winners in bold) were as follows:
DRAMATIC THEATER CASTING
*Doubt, Nancy Piccione & David Caparelliotis
Julius Caesar, Daniel Swee
Sight Unseen, Nancy Piccione & David Caparelliotis
Twelve Angry Men, Jim Carnahan & Mele Nagler
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Jay Binder & Jack Bowdan
COMEDY THEATER CASTING
Glengarry Gelnross, Bernard Telsey & William Cantler
Reckless, Nancy Piccione & David Caparelliotis
Steel Magnolias, Bernard Telsey & William Cantler
*The Pillowman, Jim Carnahan
The Rivals, Daniel Swee
MUSICAL THEATER CASTING
Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang, Jim Carnahan
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bernard Telsey
*Spamalot, Tara Rubin
The Light in the Piazza, Janet Foster
Wicked (National Tour), Bernard Telsey OFF-BROADWAY THEATER CASTING
After Ashley, Cindy Tolan
Fat Pig, Bernard Telsey & William Cantler
*Hurlyburly, Judy Henderson
The Foreigner, Mele Nagler
The Oldest Profession, Bernard Telsey & William Cantler
REGIONAL THEATER (LORT)
110 in the Shade, Bruce H. Newberg
Hamlet, Bernard Telsey & William Cantler
*Intimate Apparel, Mele Nagler & Amy Lieberman
The Matchmaker, Liz Woodman
The School for Scandal, Amy Lieberman
L.A. THEATER A Little Night Music, Jim Carnahan
Anna in the Tropics, Ted Hann & Paul Fouquet
Applause, Bruce H. Newberg
*As You Like It, Michael Donovan
Doubt, Richard Hicks
Also of note to the theatre community, John Papsidera and Wendy O'Brien, the casting gurus behind HBO's film version of Ruben Santiago-Hudson's stageshow Lackawanna Blues, were honored for Movie of the Week Casting. And stage director Joe Mantello — who is known for working with star-studded casts (Glengarry Glen Ross, The Odd Couple, the upcoming Three Days of Rain with Julia Roberts) — was awarded the New York's Apple Award for his significant contribution to the New York Theatre community.
For more information, visit the Casting Society of America's website at www.castingsociety.com.
