Award recipients will be announced at the Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony Nov. 15 at the Academy of Music on the Avenue of the Arts.
Among the nominees are Arden Theatre's world premiere staging of Michael Ogborn's intimate musical Café Puttanesca; the actresses in a Wilmington, DE, staging of Collected Stories, which starred Lynn Redgrave in a staging by the new troupe called Contemporary Stage Company; Cy Coleman's musical The Great Ostrovsky; Thomas Gibbons' new play, Permanent Collection, and more.
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The 2004 Barrymore nominees are:
Outstanding Overall Production of a Play
Mary's Wedding - Act II Playhouse
Permanent Collection - InterAct Theatre Company
The Comedy of Errors - Lantern Theater Company
Travels With My Aunt - Lantern Theater Company
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train - The Wilma Theater Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - City Theater Company
Constant Star - Delaware Theatre Company
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center
The Great Ostrovsky - Prince Music Theater
Parade - Villanova Theatre Outstanding Direction of a Play
Michael Brophy - Travels With My Aunt - Lantern Theater Company
Charles McMahon - The Comedy of Errors - Lantern Theater Company
Aaron Posner - Mary's Wedding - Act II Playhouse
William Roudebush - A Christmas Carol - Mum Puppettheatre
Blanka Zizka - Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train - The Wilma Theater Harold Prince Award For Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Jesse Cline - The Wild Party - The Media Theatre
Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. - Parade - Villanova Theatre
Terrence J. Nolen - Café Puttanesca - Arden Theatre Company
Tazewell Thompson - Constant Star - Delaware Theatre Company
Douglas C. Wager - The Great Ostrovsky - Prince Music Theater Outstanding Musical Direction
John Baxindine & Ken Brill - Parade - Villanova Theatre
Steven Gross - The Great Ostrovsky - Prince Music Theater
Michael Keck - It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues - Prince Music Theater
Dianne Adams McDowell - Constant Star - Delaware Theatre Company
Jim Ryan - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play
Aaron Cromie - Travels With My Aunt - Lantern Theater Company
Peter DeLaurier - Underneath the Lintel - Lantern Theater Company
Vaneik Echeverria - Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train - The Wilma Theater
John Glover - The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Bruce McCarty - According to Goldman - Philadelphia Theatre Company Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play
Madi Distefano - Popsicle's Departure, 1989 - Brat Productions
Meg O'Brian - The Miracle Worker - Hedgerow Theatre
Karen Peakes - Born Yesterday - The People's Light & Theatre Company
Lynn Redgrave - Collected Stories - Contemporary Stage Company
Erin Weaver - Mary's Wedding - Act II Playhouse Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical
David Colbert - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - City Theater Company
Hershey Felder - George Gershwin Alone - Prince Music Theater
Bob Gunton - The Great Ostrovsky - Prince Music Theater
Josh Sauerman - Parade - Villanova Theatre
Danny Zolli - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical
Nina Donze - Parade - Villanova Theatre
Laura Dysarczyk - Sweet Charity - The Media Theatre
Kristine Fraelich - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center
Mary Martello - Café Puttanesca - Arden Theatre Company
Rachel Ulanet - The Great Ostrovsky - Prince Music Theater Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play
Bradford William Anderson - The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Buck Schirner - In the Heart of America - InterAct Theatre Company
Tobias Segal - According to Goldman - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Geoff Sobelle - The Comedy of Errors - Lantern Theater Company
John Douglas Thompson - Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train - The Wilma Theater Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play
Karina Mackenzie - Collected Stories - Contemporary Stage Company
Christie Parker - Proof - Arden Theatre Company
Marcia Saunders - Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Arden Theatre Company
Danielle Skraastad - Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train - The Wilma Theater
Karen Vicks - Nickel & Dimed - Philadelphia Theatre Company Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical
Ben Dibble - Harry Chapin: Remember When the Music - Act II Playhouse
Lenny Haas - The Fantasticks - The People's Light & Theatre Company
Jonathan Hadary - The Great Ostrovsky - Prince Music Theater
John O'Hara - Harry Chapin: Remember When the Music - Act II Playhouse
Edward Staudenmayer - The Great Ostrovsky - Prince Music Theater Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical
Jennie Eisenhower as Kate - The Wild Party - The Media Theatre
Barbara D. Mills - It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues - Prince Music Theater
Louise Pitre - The Great Ostrovsky - Prince Music Theater
Kimberly Rehfuss - Harry Chapin: Remember When the Music - Act II Playhouse
Rachel Ulanet - Casino Paradise - Prince Music Theater Outstanding Set Design
Beowulf Boritt - Talley's Folly - Delaware Theatre Company
Thom Bumblauskas - Mary's Wedding - Act II Playhouse
Donald Eastman - Constant Star - Delaware Theatre Company
Nick Embree - Permanent Collection - InterAct Theatre Company
Jerry Rojo - Wintertime - The Wilma Theater Outstanding Lighting Design
Jerold R. Forsyth - Wintertime - The Wilma Theater
Thomas C. Hase - Julius Caesar - The People's Light & Theatre Company
James Leitner - Mary's Wedding - Act II Playhouse
Charles S. Reece - The Woman in Black - Bristol Riverside Theatre
Robert Wierzel - Constant Star - Delaware Theatre Company Outstanding Costume Design
Charlotte "Cloe" Fox Wind - Don Juan - Villanova Theatre
Millie Hiibel - The Comedy of Errors - Lantern Theater Company
Marla Jurglanis - Born Yesterday - The People's Light & Theatre Company
Janus Stefanowicz - Parade - Villanova Theatre
Merrily Murray-Walsh - Constant Star - Delaware Theatre Company Outstanding Sound Design
Aaron Cromie & John Mock - A Christmas Carol - Mum Puppettheatre Lindsay Jones - Julius Caesar - The People's Light & Theatre Company Fabian Obispo - Constant Star - Delaware Theatre Company James Sugg - Moby Dick-Rehearsed - Brat Productions Shannon Zura - Talley's Folly - Delaware Theatre Company Outstanding Original Music
Cy Coleman - The Great Ostrovsky - Prince Music Theater Michael Ogborn - Café Puttanesca - Arden Theatre Company Polly Pen - Embarrassments - The Wilma Theater Jim Ryan - Something Wonderful Right Away: Improv for The Holidays - 1812 Productions Andy Teirstein - The Snow Queen - Enchantment Theatre Company Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Richard Amelius - Sweet Charity - The Media Theatre Patricia Birch - The Great Ostrovsky - Prince Music Theater Aaron Cromie - The Comedy of Errors - Lantern Theater Company Barby Hobyak Roche - Parade - Villanova Theatre Tazewell Thompson - Constant Star - Delaware Theatre Company Outstanding New Play
Popsicle's Departure, 1989 - By Madi Distefano - Brat Productions
Permanent Collection - By Thomas Gibbons - InterAct Theatre Company
According to Goldman - By Bruce Graham - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men - Adapted for the stage by Scott Greer, Michael Hollinger, Tony Lawton & Aaron Posner - 1812 Productions
An Artist's Workshop - Conceived by Alden Moore, Written by Raelle Myrick Hodges - Azuka Theatre Collective Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
The Uneasy Chair - 1812 Productions
The Comedy of Errors - Lantern Theater Company
Travels With My Aunt - Lantern Theater Company
Rose Selavy Takes a Lover in Philadelphia - New Paradise Laboratories
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train - The Wilma Theater Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical
Café Puttanesca - Arden Theatre Company
Constant Star - Delaware Theatre Company
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center
It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues - Prince Music Theater
Parade - Villanova Theatre F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theatre Artist
Jorge Cousineau
Madi Distefano
Nick Embree
Andre D. Harrington
Geoff Sobelle
James Sugg Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award
InterAction - InterAct Theatre Company
Playwrights Retreats - Philadelphia Young Playwrights
Rainbow Connection Program - Prince Music Theater
Wilmagination - The Wilma Theater Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Louis Lippa Ted & Stevie Wolf New Approaches to Collaborations Honorees
Random Acts of Theater & Kitchen Aid's The Book and The Cook - A Catered Affair by Arje Shaw and Front of House by Michael A. Carson
