Honoring excellence in Philly-area professional theatre (which includes downtown Philadelphia, Delaware, suburban Philadelphia and parts of New Jersey), the 17th annual Barrymore Awards repreent work in the 2010-11 season. The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia is behind the awards.

Golden Age, Master Class and Some Men playwright Terrence McNally was the recipient of the Distinguished Artist Award, a new honor "recognizing theatre artists of national and international renown who choose to bring their talents to Philadelphia."

When regional awards ceremonies include a category recognizing new works, it generally indicates the health of a theatre community. Five new scripts were nominated for the Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play: Jacqueline Goldfinger's the terrible girls by Azuka Theatre; D.W. Gregory's Molumby's Million by The Centre Theater; Michael Hollinger's Ghost-Writer by Arden Theatre Company; David Ingram, Anthony Lawton, Jennifer Childs, & Dave Jadico's Our Show of Shows by 1812 Productions; and Tarell Alvin McCraney's Run, Mourner, Run by Flashpoint Theatre Company. The winner was Hollinger's Ghost-Writer, a play about questions of authorship.

The F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist, which includes a $10,000 cash prize, went to James Ijames.

Nominees and Recipents of the 2011 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre (recipients in bold with an asterisk) OUTSTANDING OVERALL PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Around the World in 80 Days — Delaware Theatre Company
*In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater
Let Me Down Easy — Philadelphia Theatre Company
My Wonderful Day — The Wilma Theater
The Lieutenant of Inishmore — Theatre Exile

OUTSTANDING OVERALL PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Miss Saigon — Walnut Street Theatre
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Theatre Horizon
*The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company
The Great American Trailer Park Musical — 11th Hour Theatre Company & Montgomery Theater
The Threepenny Opera — Arden Theatre Company

INDEPENDENCE FOUNDATION AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Jacqueline Goldfinger — the terrible girls — Azuka Theatre
D. W. Gregory — Molumby's Million —The Centre Theater
*Michael Hollinger — Ghost-Writer — Arden Theatre Company
David Ingram, Anthony Lawton, Jennifer Childs, & Dave Jadico — Our Show of Shows — 1812 Productions
Tarell Alvin McCraney — Run, Mourner, Run — Flashpoint Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Leonard Foglia — Let Me Down Easy — Philadelphia Theatre Company
Richard Hamburger — My Wonderful Day — The Wilma Theater
Matt Pfeiffer — The Lieutenant of Inishmore — Theatre Exile
Aaron Posner — Around the World in 80 Days — Delaware Theatre Company
*Blanka Zizka — In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
*Matthew Decker — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Theatre Horizon
Anne Kauffman — The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company
Bruce Lumpkin — Miss Saigon — Walnut Street Theatre
Terrence J. Nolen — The Threepenny Opera — Arden Theatre Company
Megan Nicole O'Brien — The Great American Trailer Park Musical — 11th Hour Theatre Company & Montgomery Theater

OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Charlie DelMarcelle — Dublin by Lamplight — Inis Nua Theatre Company
*Dan Hodge — Around the World in 80 Days — Delaware Theatre Company
James Ijames — Around the World in 80 Days — Delaware Theatre Company
Jeremiah Wiggins — In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater
Greg Wood — Around the World in 80 Days — Delaware Theatre Company

THE CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Farah Bala — Around the World in 80 Days — Delaware Theatre Company
Grace Gonglewski — A Moon for the Misbegotten — Arden Theatre Company
Kate Eastwood Norris — Lucy — Delaware Theatre Company
Lavita Shaurice — My Wonderful Day — The Wilma Theater
Catharine Slusar — Iron — Theatre Exile
*Anna Deavere Smith — Let Me Down Easy — Philadelphia Theatre Company

GARFIELD REFINING COMPANY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Scott Greer — The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company
Damon Kirsche — A Passing Wind — Kimmel Center
Mel Sagrado Maghuyop — Miss Saigon — Walnut Street Theatre
*Rob McClure — The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company
Stephen Schellhardt — Little Women — Bristol Riverside Theatre

GARFIELD REFINING COMPANY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
*Melinda Chua — Miss Saigon — Walnut Street Theatre
Jennie Eisenhower — Little Women — Bristol Riverside Theatre
Mary Martello — The Threepenny Opera — Arden Theatre Company
Ali Stroker — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Philadelphia Theatre Company
Leah Walton — The Great American Trailer Park Musical — 11th Hour Theatre Company & Montgomery Theater

EARL GIRLS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Brian Sidney Bembridge — Around the World in 80 Days — Delaware Theatre Company
Brian Sidney Bembridge — The Lieutenant of Inishmore — Theatre Exile
*Alexis Distler — In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater
Riccardo Hernandez — Let Me Down Easy — Philadelphia Theatre Company
Louisa Thompson — The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company

PECO AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Paul Black — The 39 Steps — Walnut Street Theatre
Jerold R. Forsyth — Ghost-Writer — Arden Theatre Company
John Hoey — The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company
Dan Ozminkowski — Let Me Down Easy — Philadelphia Theatre Company
*Thom Weaver — In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
*Oana Botez-Ban — In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater
Olivera Gajic — The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company
Rachel Healy — Around the World in 80 Days — Delaware Theatre Company
Marla Jurglanis — Legacy of Light — People's Light & Theatre
Charlotte Cloe Fox Wind — Ghost-Writer — Arden Theatre Company

CLEAR SOUND AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN AND ORIGINAL MUSIC
*Christopher Colucci — In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater
John Lionarons — Dublin by Lamplight — Inis Nua Theatre Company
Chas Marsh — Between Trains — Gas & Electric Arts
Andre Pluess — Around the World in 80 Days — Delaware Theatre Company
Ryan Rumery — Let Me Down Easy — Philadelphia Theatre Company
Mat Wright — Marat/Sade — EgoPo Classic Theater

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
*Alex Bechtel — My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra — Walnut Street Theatre
Dan Kazemi — The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company
Douglass G. Lutz — Miss Saigon — Walnut Street Theatre
Ryan Touhey — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Theatre Horizon
Mat Wright — Marat/Sade — EgoPo Classic Theater

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT
John V. Bellomo — Superior Donuts — Arden Theatre Company
Samantha Bellomo — The Adventures of Tom Sawyer — People's Light & Theatre
Jenny Jacobs & John V. Bellomo — The Beaux' Stratagem — Villanova Theatre
Jenn Rose — The Great American Trailer Park Musical — 11th Hour Theatre Company & Montgomery Theater
*Waldo Warshaw & Aaron Cromie — The Lieutenant of Inishmore — Theatre Exile

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Pearce Bunting — The Lieutenant of Inishmore — Theatre Exile
Dan Hodge — The 39 Steps — Walnut Street Theatre
*James Ijames — Superior Donuts — Arden Theatre Company
Anthony Lawton — Our Show of Shows — 1812 Productions
Luigi Sottile — In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Opal Alladin — In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater
Opal Alladin — My Wonderful Day — The Wilma Theater
*Krista Apple — In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater
Kate Czajkowski — In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater
Kelly O'Sullivan — My Wonderful Day — The Wilma Theater

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Carl Clemons-Hopkins — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Theatre Horizon
Aaron Cromie — The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company
*Michael Doherty — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Theatre Horizon
Steve Pacek — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Theatre Horizon
Kim Sullivan — The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
*Rachel Camp — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Theatre Horizon
Kim Carson — Little Women — Bristol Riverside Theatre
Jennie Eisenhower — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Theatre Horizon
Alex Keiper — The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company
Elisa Matthews — Little Women — Bristol Riverside Theatre

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY
Around the World in 80 Days — Delaware Theatre Company
Art — Act II Playhouse
Dublin by Lamplight — Inis Nua Theatre Company
*In the Next Room, or the vibrator play — The Wilma Theater
My Wonderful Day — The Wilma Theater

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL
Little Women — Bristol Riverside Theatre
Miss Saigon — Walnut Street Theatre
*The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Theatre Horizon
The Flea and the Professor — Arden Theatre Company
The Great American Trailer Park Musical — 11th Hour Theatre Company & Montgomery Theater

F. OTTO HAAS AWARD FOR AN EMERGING PHILADELPHIA THEATRE ARTIST
Charlotte Ford
*James Ijames
Rob McClure
Steve Pacek
Thom Weaver

BROWN MARTIN PHILADELPHIA AWARD
Amaryllis Theatre Company — Lydia
Arden Theatre Company — Superior Donuts
*Passage Theatre — Love and Communication
Philadelphia Theatre Company — Race
Philadelphia Young Playwrights — Young Voices and Monologues

TED AND STEVIE WOLF AWARD FOR NEW APPROACHES TO COLLABORATIONS
*Robert Smythe and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia — Stravinsky's l'Histoire du Soldat — Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

EXCELLENCE IN THEATRE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
*Otis Hackney — Principal, South Philadelphia High School — The Wilma Theater/1812 Productions/Philadelphia Young Playwrights

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
*Harry Dietzler ― Executive and Artistic Director, Upper Darby Summer Stage

BARRYMORE TRIBUTE FOR A DISTINGUISHED ARTIST IN THE THEATRE
*Terrence McNally ― Playwright