21st Annual Artie Awards: 2010-2011
Date: June 6, 2011
Location: Town Ballroom
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Lisa Ludwig, Norman Sham &
Doug Weyand
Music Direction: Michael G. Hake
The 2010-2011 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)
Production of a Play:
Aunt Dan and Lemon, Torn Space
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, ICTC
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Road Less Traveled Productions
Macbeth, Shakespeare in Delaware Park
Ruined, Ujima Theatre Company
Production of a Musical:
The Furies of Mother Jones, Subversive Theatre Collective
James Joyce’s The Dead, ICTC
Little Shop of Horrors, ALT
My Fair Lady, MusicalFare
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, MusicalFare
Direction of a Play:
Scott Behrend, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Eileen Dugan, Macbeth
Saul Elkin, Lebensraum
Drew McCabe, The Pride
Greg Natale, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Direction of a Musical:
Megan Callahan, The Furies of Mother Jones
Derek Campbell, James Joyce’s The Dead
Susan Drozd, My Fair Lady
Loraine O’Donnell, Gutenberg! The Musical
Bret Runyon, Little Shop of Horrors
Choreography:
Kristy Schupp, My Fair Lady
Kristy Schupp, Shout!
Amy Taravella, Little Shop of Horrors
Michael J. Walline, Click Clack Moo
Doug Weyand, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Ensemble of a Play:
Aunt Dan and Lemon, Torn Space
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, ICTC
Glengarry Glen Ross, ALT
Libation Bearers: Electra: Screw You Mom, Brazen Faced Varlets
The Temperamentals, BUA
Ensemble of a Musical:
Forever Plaid, Kavinoky Theatre
The Furies of Mother Jones, Subversive Theatre Collective
James Joyce’s The Dead, ICTC
Shout!, MusicalFare
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, MusicalFare
Actor in a Play:
Gary Darling, Inherit the Wind
Hugh Davis, Ruined
Chris Kelly, The Pride
Jim Maloy, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Jay Pichardo, Screen Play
Actress in a Play:
Kristin Tripp Kelly, Aunt Dan and Lemon
Barbara Link LaRou, The Grand Manner
Annette Daniels Taylor, Ruined
Lisa Vitrano, Bitch Bares All
Rebecca Ward, 4:48 Psychosis
Supporting Actor in a Play:
Joseph Demerly, Present Laughter
Rolando Gomez, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Willie Judson, Ruined
Kevin Kelleher, Next Fall
Chris Standart, Mookie Cranks a Tater
Supporting Actress in a Play:
Sheila McCarthy, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Mary Moebius, Next Fall
Shanntina Moore, Ruined
Tess Spangler, Over the Pub
Verneice Turner, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Actor in a Musical:
Christian Brandjes, My Fair Lady
Matthew Mooney, Little Shop of Horrors
Timothy Newell, Gutenberg! The Musical
Brian Riggs, James Joyce’s The Dead
Marc Sacco, [title of show]
Actress in a Musical:
Susanna Breese, Little Shop of Horrors
Edith Grossman, My Fair Lady
Debbie Pappas, James Joyce’s The Dead
Michele Marie Roberts, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sharon Strait, The Furies of Mother Jones
Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Todd Benzin, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Louis Colaiacovo, James Joyce’s The Dead
Philip Farugia, My Fair Lady
Marc-Jon Filippone, Working
John Kaczorowski, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Nicole Marrale Cimato, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Lisa Dee, Working
Ellen Horst, My Fair Lady
Amy Jakiel, Shout!
Leah Russo, The Furies of Mother Jones
Set Design:
David Butler, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Tom Izard, The Furies of Mother Jones
Ron Schwartz, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Zach Serafin, Bitch Bares All
Kenneth Shaw, Inside Out
Lighting Design:
Chris Cavanagh, Macbeth
Amilcar Hill, Ruined
Franklin Lavoie, Fillmore
John Rickus, Bitch Bares All
Patty Rihn, Fall of the House of Usher
Costume Design:
Ladoris Burton, Crumbs from the Table of Joy
Kari Drozd, James Joyce’s The Dead
Kenneth Shaw, The Mandrake
Maura Simmons-Price, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Dixon Reynolds, Macbeth
Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
Donna Hoke, The Couple Next Door
Richard Lambert & Steve Borowski, Fillmore
Meg Quinn, Inside Out
Gary Earl Ross, Murder Squared
Ibn Shabazz, Insidious
Career Achievement:
Meg Quinn
22nd Annual Artie Awards: 2011-2012
Date: June 4, 2012
Location: Town Ballroom
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Amy Jakiel, Lisa Ludwig
Music Direction: Michael G. Hake
The 2011-2012 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)
Production of a Play:
A Wrinkle in Time, TOY
Emperor and Galilean, Torn Space
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), New Phoenix
Secrets of the Trade, BUA
Time Stands Still, Kavinoky
Production of a Musical:
Avenue Q, MusicalFare
Floyd Collins, ART
42nd Street, Kavinoky
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, ALT
Oliver!, MusicalFare
Direction of a Play:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Peter Pan
Lara D. Haberberger, Comedy of Queerers
David Oliver, Emperor and Galilean
Meg Quinn, A Wrinkle in Time
Robert Waterhouse, Time Stands Still
Direction of a Musical:
Jeffrey Coyle, Floyd Collins
Chris Kelly, Oliver!
Norman Sham, 42nd Street
Michael Walline, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Doug Weyand, Avenue Q
Choreography:
Kelly Cammarata, 42nd Street
Robert Cooke, Oliver!
Hilda Ramos, For Colored Girls…
Michael Walline, A Grand Night for Singing
Doug Weyand, Avenue Q
Ensemble of a Play:
Comedy of Queerers, Brazen-Faced Varlets
For Colored Girls…, Ujima
The Divine Sister, BUA
Peter Pan, New Phoenix
Superior Donuts, Road Less Traveled
Ensemble of a Musical:
Avenue Q, MusicalFare
Floyd Collins, ART
Marvelous Wonderettes, O’Connell & Company
Nunsense: A-Men, O’Connell & Company
Oliver!, MusicalFare
Actor in a Play:
Adriano Gatto, Emperor and Galilean
Steve Jakiel, Superior Donuts
Jimmy Janowski, Secrets of the Trade
Brian Mysliwy, La Bete
Michael Seitz, Avow
Actress in a Play:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Come Back Little Sheba
Kristen Tripp Kelly, Time Stands Still
Beverly Crowell, A Raisin in the Sun
Lisa Ludwig, Secrets of the Trade
Josephine Hogan, Vivien
Supporting Actor in a Play:
Patrick Cameron, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Stan Klimecko, Driving Miss Daisy
David C. Mitchell, Laughter on the 23rd Floor
David Lundy, Emperor and Galilean
Gerry Maher, Superior Donuts
Supporting Actress in a Play:
Heather Fangsrud, Lady Killers
Ellen Horst, Imagining Madoff
Maureen Porter, A Delicate Balance
Stephanie Bax, Killer Joe
Wendy Hall, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Actor in a Musical:
Louis Colaiacovo, A Class Act
Steve Copps, Floyd Collins
John Fredo, One More for My Baby
Brian Riggs, Oliver!
Marc Sacco, Avenue Q
Actress in a Musical:
Mary Craig, Three Sistahs
Kelly Copps, 42nd Street
Amy Jakiel, Avenue Q
Loraine O’Donnell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Debbie Pappas, 42nd Street
Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Jacob Albarella, Avenue Q
J.R. Finan, Floyd Collins
Don Gervasi, One More for My Baby
John Kaczorowski, A Grand Night for Singing
Eric Rawski, Oliver!
Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Kerrykate Abel, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Charmagne Chi, Avenue Q
Mary Coppola Gjurich, A Class Act
Cassie Gorniewicz, Oliver!
Pamela Rose Mangus, Floyd Collins
Set Design:
Dyan Burlingame, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Greg Faust, Emperor and Galilean
David King, Time Stands Still
Ron Schwartz, La Bete
Kenneth Shaw, A Wrinkle in Time
Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, Turn of the Screw
Chris Cavanagh, Peter Pan
John Rickus, A Wrinkle in Time
John Rickus, St. Nicholas
Patricia Rihn, Procession
Costume Design:
Kari Drozd, Oliver!
Dixon Reynolds, La Bete
Tiffany Hassan Tarver, For Colored Girls…
Todd Warfield, The Birds Attack
Jessica Wegrzyn, Emperor and Galilean
Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
The Birds Attack, Jimmy Janowski
Clean Break, Darryl Schneider
Ghost of Fort Niagara, Neal Radice
Greenspan and the Trilobites, Michael Fanelli
Lady Killer, Brazen-Faced Varlets
Career Achievement:
Kathleen Betsko Yale
23rd Annual Artie Awards: 2012-2013
Date: June 3, 2013
Location: Town Ballroom
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Charmagne Chi and Amy Jakiel
Music Direction: Michael G. Hake
This year marked the first Artie Awards without an intermission.
This Artie ceremony marked another tie – for Actress in a Musical.
Sheila McCarthy’s win in the Actress in a Play category marked an Artie RECORD – She is the first actor/actress to win an Artie in all 4 competitive acting categories for her gender.
The 2012-2013 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)
Production of a Play:
American Buffalo, Irish Classical Theatre Company
August: Osage County, Kavinoky
The Clean House, Road Less Traveled
33 Variations, MusicalFare
The Whipping Man, Jewish Repertory Theatre
Production of a Musical:
Knuffle Bunny, TOY
The Music Man, MusicalFare
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Kavinoky
Next to Normal, Irish Classical Theatre Company
‘Swonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, MusicalFare
Direction of a Play:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Cloud 9
Derek Campbell, The Clean House
Dan Shanahan, A Streetcar Named Desire
Christopher Standart, Angels in America, Part I
Robert Waterhouse, August: Osage County
Direction of a Musical:
Chris Kelly, The Music Man
Fortunato Pezzimenti, Next to Normal
Norman Sham, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Michael Walline, Knuffle Bunny
Michael Walline & Doug Weyand, ‘Swonderful: The New Gershwin Musical
Choreography:
Kelly Cammarata,The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Bobby Cooke, Hair
Bobby Cooke, The Music Man
Michael Walline, Knuffle Bunny
Michael Walline & Doug Weyand, ‘Swonderful: The New Gershwin Musical
Ensemble of a Play:
August: Osage County, Kavinoky
Dancing at Lughnasa, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Fox on the Fairway, Kaleidoscope
From the Mississippi Delta, Road Less Traveled
L’Imitation of Life, BUA
Ensemble of a Musical:
Crowns, Paul Robeson Theatre
First Lady Suite, ART
Next to Normal, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Rent, MusicalFare
‘Swonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, MusicalFare
Actor in a Play:
Hugh Davis, Stick Fly
Brian Mysliwy, American Buffalo
Dee Lamont Perry, The Whipping Man
Brian Riggs, Angels in America, Part I
Christopher Standart, Tru
Actress in a Play:
Beth Donohue, 33 Variations
Tilke Hill, A Streetcar Named Desire
Sheila McCarthy, August: Osage County
Victoria Perez, The Clean House
Candace Whitfield, Stick Fly
Supporting Actor in a Play:
Christian Brandjes, A Streetcar Named Desire
Adriano Gatto, 33 Variations
Chris Kelly, Cloud 9
Victor Morales, On the Waterfront
Eric Rawski, Frozen
Supporting Actress in a Play:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, August: Osage County
Morgan Chard, 33 Variations
Ellen Horst, 33 Variations
Margaret Massman, The Clean House
Mary McMahon, The Clean House
Actor in a Musical:
Jacob Albarella, Cannibal! The Musical!
Anthony Alcocer, The Dead English
John Fredo, ‘Swonderful: The New Gerswin Musical
John Kaczorowski, The Music Man
Brian Mysliwy, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Actress in a Musical: (tie)
Nicole Marrale Cimato, ‘Swonderful: The New Gershwin Musical
Maria Droz, Knuffle Bunny
Amy Jakiel, The Music Man
Debbie Pappas, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jenn Stafford, Next to Normal
Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Joey Bucheker, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Patrick Cameron, Next to Normal
Bobby Cooke, And the World Goes ‘Round
Steve Copps, The Dead English
Marc Sacco, Rent
Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Arin Lee Dandes, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Jackie Davis, First Lady Suite
Amy Jakiel, Rent
Renee Landrigan, Next to Normal
Anne Roaldi, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Set Design:
Lynne Koscielniak, The Clean House
Michael Lodick, On the Waterfront
Kenneth Shaw, The Borrowers
Kristina Siegel, Blood on the Cat’s Neck
Todd Warfield, L’Imitation of Life
Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, Next to Normal
Chris Cavanagh, On the Waterfront
Todd Proffitt, Knuffle Bunny
John Rickus, The Clean House
Patty Rihn, Blood on the Cat’s Neck
Costume Design:
Donna Massimo, Richard III
Loraine O’Donnell, Cloud 9
Dixon Reynolds, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Todd Warfield, L’Imitation of Life
Jessica Wegrzyn, Blood on the Cat’s Neck
Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
The Wonderful World of Peter Williams by Phil Davis, Sr.
2012 End of the Road by Jon Elston
Seeds by Donna Hoke
The Scavenger’s Daughter by Gary Earl Ross
The Dead English by Justin Karcher and Steven E. Sitzman
Career Achievement:
Mary Kate O’Connell
24th Annual Artie Awards: 2013-2014
Date: June 2, 2014
Location: Town Ballroom
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Charmagne Chi and Alan Trinca
Music Direction: Michael G. Hake
There were 7 performances from musical theater nominees. In addition to the traditional performances from nominees in the Production of a Musical category, two of the Ensemble of a Musical nominees also performed. The other three Ensembles were already performing as nominees in the Production category.
The 2013-2014 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)
Production of a Play:
A Clockwork Orange, Torn Space Theatre
Clybourne Park, Road Less Traveled
Miracle on South Division Street, Kavinoky Theatre
A View From the Bridge, Subversive Theatre Collective
A Woman of No Importance, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Production of a Musical:
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, ART
Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings, O’Connell & Company
Into the Woods, Second Generation Theatre
Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, TOY
The Who’s Tommy, MusicalFare
Direction of a Play:
Megan Callahan, Uncle Vanya
Josephine Hogan, A Woman of No Importance
Randall Kramer, Red
David Oliver, A Clockwork Orange
Kurt Schneiderman, A View From the Bridge
Direction of a Musical:
Chris Cavanagh, The Who’s Tommy
Jeffrey Coyle, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson
Joseph Demerly, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Chris Kelly, Into the Woods
Michael Walline, Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings
Choreography:
Kelly Cammarata, The Big Band Theory
Amy Taravella, Buffalo Moon
Michael Walline, Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings
Michael Walline, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley
Doug Weyand, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Ensemble of a Play:
Bounty, New Phoenix
Clybourne Park, Road Less Traveled
Dog Sees God, Theater Jugend
Robin Hood, TOY
A View From the Bridge, Subversive
Ensemble of a Musical:
Adrift in Macao, MusicalFare
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, ART
Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings, O’Connell & Company
The Gospel at Colonus, Ujima
The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, TOY
Actor in a Play:
Jimmy Janowski, Blanche Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer
Tom LaChiusa, A View From the Bridge
Paul Todaro, Red
Alan Trinca, A Clockwork Orange
Matthew Witten, An Iliad
Actress in a Play:
Josie DiVincenzo, Dai
Eileen Dugan, Good People
Ellen Horst, Miracle on South Division Street
Mary Kate O’Connell, The Lady With All the Answers
Lisa Vitrano, A View from the Bridge
Supporting Actor in a Play:
Jeffrey Coyle, A View from the Bridge
Kurt Erb, The Normal Heart
Tom Loughlin, Hamlet
David Mitchell, Clybourne Park
Vincent O’Neill, The Plough and the Stars
Supporting Actress in a Play:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, A Woman of No Importance
Diane Curley, Clybourne Park
Andrea Gollhardt, A View from the Bridge
Danica Riddick, Race
Kathleen Betsko Yale, A Woman of No Importance
Actor in a Musical:
Jacob Albarella, A Year with Frog and Toad
Bobby Cooke, Into the Woods
Steve Copps, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson
Joe Donohue III, The Who’s Tommy
Ben Michael Moran, La Cage aux Folles
Actress in a Musical:
Charmagne Chi, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Kelly Copps, Adrift in Macao
Wendy Hall, Buffalo Moon
Loraine O’Donnell, Into the Woods
Michele Marie Roberts, The Who’s Tommy
Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Jacob Albarella, The Who’s Tommy
Dudney Joseph, La Cage aux Folles
Franklin LaVoie, Buffalo Moon
Ben Michael Moran, Adrift in Macao
Eric Rawski, The Wizard of Oz
Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Michele Costa, Buffalo Moon
Arin Lee Dandes, Into the Woods
Beth Donohue, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley
Kay Kerimian, Adrift in Macao
Zoe Viola Scruggs, The Gospel at Colonus
Set Design:
Dyan Burlingame, An Iliad
Michael Lodick, Bounty
Greg Natale, A View from the Bridge
Reed Rankin, Race
Kristina Siegel, A Clockwork Orange
Lighting Design:
Michael Lodick, A View from the Bridge
Neal Radice, To the Top
Tony Rajewski, Shine
John Rickus, An Iliad
Patty Rihn, A Clockwork Orange
Costume Design:
Ann Emo, Dai
Ann Emo, School for Husbands
Loraine O’Donnell, Venus in Fur
Dixon Reynolds, A Woman of No Importance
Lindsay Salamone, Captain Jett Bettington and the Adventures on Planet Earth
Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
Bounty by New Phoenix Theatre Company
Little Robert by Mark Humphrey
Night Work by Neal Radice
Shine by Matthew LaChiusa
Two Weeks Until the Rest of My Life by Paulette Harris
Career Achievement:
Tom Dudzick
Katharine Cornell Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Visiting Artist:
(awards go to all listed below:)
Steven Fales, Confessions of a Mormon Boy at BUA
Tovah Feldshuh, Golda’s Balcony at 710 Main Theatre
25th Annual Artie Awards: 2014-2015
Date: June 1, 2015
Location: 710 Main Theatre (formerly Studio Arena)
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Charmagne Chi and Amy Jakiel
Music Direction: Michael G. Hake
For the 25th Anniversary of the Artie Awards, the ceremony was moved to Shea’s 710 Theatre (formerly Studio Arena Theatre).
This Artie ceremony marked another tie – for Actress in a Play.
The 2014-2015 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)
Production of a Play:
After Miss Julie, Irish Classical Theatre Company
All Quiet on the Western Front, New Phoenix Theatre
Death of a Salesman, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Journey’s End, Kavinoky Theatre
Water by the Spoonful, Road Less Traveled
Production of a Musical:
Ain’t Misbehavin’, MusicalFare Theatre
Assassins, Second Generation
The Drowsy Chaperone, MusicalFare Theatre
Seussical, Theatre of Youth
She Loves Me, Kavinoky Theatre
Direction of a Play:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Chris Kelly, Tom Sawyer
Greg Natale, Death of a Salesman
Jessica Rasp, Mothers and Sons
Robert Waterhouse, All Quiet on the Western Front
Direction of a Musical:
Chris Cavanagh, Assassins
Mary Craig, Shake ‘em on Down
Chris Kelly, The Drowsy Chaperone
Michael Walline, Ain’t Misbehavin’
Todd Warfield, Poseidon! An Upside Down Musical
Choreography:
Joey Bucheker, Poseidon! An Upside Down Musical
Bobby Cooke, The Drowsy Chaperone
Matthew Mooney, Spring Awakening
Kristy E. Schupp, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Michael Walline, Ain’t Misbehavin’
Ensemble of a Play:
After America: Wasteland 2015, Road Less Traveled
Arrivals and Departures, Kavinoky Theatre
The Graduate, Alleyway
Grapes of Wrath, Subversive
Tom Sawyer, New Phoenix Theatre
Ensemble of a Musical:
Ain’t Misbehavin’, MusicalFare Theatre
Gee’s Bend, Paul Robeson Theatre
Hello, Again!, American Repertory Theater of WNY
Poseidon! An Upside Down Musical, BUA
Shake ‘em on Down, Paul Robeson Theatre
Actor in a Play:
Christian Brandjes, Journey’s End
Christopher Evans, After Miss Julie
John Fredo, Death of a Salesman
Brian Mysliwy, Beau Jest
Matt Witten, Lombardi
Actress in a Play: (tie)
Anne Gayley, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Ellen Horst, Death of a Salesman
Kristen Tripp Kelley, Beauty Queen of Leenane
Anne Hartley Pfohl, Mothers and Sons
Lisa Vitrano, The Un-American
Supporting Actor in a Play:
Kevin Craig, The Liar
Chris Kelly, Beauty Queen of Leenane
Greg Natale, Orphans
Christopher Standart, The Crucible
Guy Wagner, All Quiet on the Western Front
Supporting Actress in a Play:
Anne Roaldi Boucher, After Miss Julie
Caitlin Coleman, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Josephine Hogan, Beauty Queen of Leenane
Tanika Holmes, In the Red and Brown Water
Bethany Sparacio, The Liar
Actor in a Musical:
Charles A. Everhart, Sr., Shake ‘em on Down
Jimmy Janowski, Poseidon! An Upside Down Musical
Ben Michael Moran, Assassins
Eric Rawski, The Drowsy Chaperone
Norm Sham, She Loves Me
Actress in a Musical:
Kerrykate Abel, Poseidon! An Upside Down Musical
Annette Christian, Gee’s Bend
Mary Craig, Shake ‘em on Down
Mary Coppola Gjurich, Jerry’s Girls
Debbie Pappas, She Loves Me
Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Anthony Alcocer, The Drowsy Chaperone
Leon Copeland, Gee’s Bend
Tom Owen, She Loves Me
Michael Seitz, Poseidon! An Upside Down Musical
Alan Trinca, The Drowsy Chaperone
Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Charmagne Chi, Carousel
Katy Miner, Hello Again!
Loraine O’Donnell, She Loves Me
Michele Marie Roberts, Assassins
Cecilia Snow, Ain’t Misbehavin’
Set Design:
Paul Bostaph, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Dyan Burlingame, Water by the Spoonful
David Dwyer, After Miss Julie
David King, Journey’s End
Kristina Siegel, Lulu
Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, Death of a Salesman
Chris Cavanagh, All Quiet on the Western Front
Todd Proffitt, The Night Before Christmas
John Rickus, Water by the Spoonful
Emma Schimminger, Songs for a New World
Costume Design:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Kari Drozd, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Ann Emo, The Liar
Dixon Reynolds, Fallen Angels
Kenneth Shaw, Seussical
Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
Jon Elston, After America: Wasteland 2015
Anna Kay France, The Un-American
Paulette Harris, How I Got Over
Gary Earl Ross, Guns of Christmas
Robert Waterhouse, All Quiet on the Western Front
Career Achievement:
Javier Bustillos
Michael G. Hake
Katharine Cornell Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Visiting Artist:
(awards go to all listed below:)
Rebecca Elkin, Beau Jest, JRT
Kate LoConti, After Miss Julie, ICTC
26th Annual Artie Awards: 2015-2016
Date: June 6, 2016
Location: 710 Main Theatre
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Charmagne Chi and Amy Jakiel
Music Direction: Allan Paglia
The 2015-2016 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)
Production of a Play:
City of Conversation, Kavinoky Theatre
Daniel’s Husband, Buffalo United Artists
My Name is Asher Lev, Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY
Of Mice and Men, New Phoenix Theatre
The Shipment, Torn Space Theatre
Production of a Musical:
In the Heights, MusicalFare Theatre/Raices Theatre Company
Joe Hill’s Last Will, Subversive Theatre Collective
A Little Night Music, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Ring of Fire, MusicalFare Theatre
The Wild Party, Second Generation Theatre
Direction of a Play:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Of Mice and Men
Joyce Stilson, Quickies ’16
Daniel Shanahan, The Shipment
Steve Vaughan, Twelfth Night
Drew McCabe, House of Blue Leaves
Direction of a Musical:
Chris Kelly, A Little Night Music
Randall Kramer, In the Heights
Victoria Perez, Ordinary Days
Neal Radice, Granny Bird
Michael Walline, Ring of Fire
Choreography:
Robin Barker, Stompin’ at the Savoy
Bobby Cooke, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Dominic Giambra, Carrie
Jon Lehrer, The Yeats Project
Michael Walline, In the Heights
Ensemble of a Play:
Appropriate, Road Less Traveled
El Hajj Malik, Ujima Theatre Company
House of Blue Leaves, American Repertory Theatre
King O’ the Moon, Kavinoky Theatre
Quickies ’16, Alleyway Theatre
Ensemble of a Musical:
Granny Bird, Alleyway Theatre
Ordinary Days, O’Connell & Company
Ring of Fire, MusicalFare Theatre
Sisters of Swing, MusicalFare Theatre
Stompin’ at the Savoy, Paul Robeson Theatre
Actor in a Play:
Richard Lambert, Harvey
Brian Mysliwy, Fully Committed
Greg Natale, Of Mice and Men
Eric Rawski, Daniel’s Husband
Larry Rowswell, Mark of Cain
Actress in a Play:
Diane DiBernardo Blenk, House of Blue Leaves
Kristen Tripp Kelley, City of Conversation
Kate LoConti, Outside Mullingar
Kathleen Macari, Wait Until Dark
Bonnie Jean Taylor, Nora
Supporting Actor in a Play:
Raymond Boucher, Compulsion or the House Behind
Gregory Gjurich, End of the Rainbow
Shabar Rouse, Detroit ’67
Adam Yellen, Twelfth Night
Tom Zindle, My Name is Asher Lev
Supporting Actress in a Play:
Annette Christian, Detroit ’67
Lisa Ludwig, Judgment at Nuremberg
Aleks Malejs, City of Conversation
Anne Hartley Pfohl, Daniel’s Husband
Danica Riddick, Farragut North
Actor in a Musical:
Jacob Albarella, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Ricky Marchese, In the Heights
John Profeta, Joe Hill’s Last Will
PJ Tighe, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Matt Witten, A Little Night Music
Actress in a Musical:
Kelly Copps, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Arianne Davidow, The Wild Party
Elena Victoria Feliz, In the Heights
Jennel Pruneda, Ordinary Days
Jenn Stafford, A Little Night Music
Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Anthony Alcocer, A Little Night Music
Kevin Craig, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Alejandro Gomez, In the Heights
Rolando Gomez, In the Heights
Zak Ward, Ring of Fire
Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Nicole Cimato, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Katie Clark, Ring of Fire
Pamela Rose Mangus, A Little Night Music
Victoria Perez, In the Heights
Melinda Capeles Rowe, Stompin’ at the Savoy
Set Design:
Paul Bostaph, Of Mice and Men
Dyan Burlingame, Speed of Light
David King, Both Your Houses
Chris Schenk, In the Heights
Kristina Siegel, The Shipment
Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, Both Your Houses
Brian Cavanagh, The Yeats Project
Chris Cavanagh, Judgment at Nuremberg
John Rickus, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Patty Rihn, Nora
Costume Design:
Kelly Copps, The Wild Party
Kari Drozd, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Lise Christine Harty, A Little Night Music
Benjamin Streeter, City of Conversation
Jessica Wegrzyn, The Yeats Project
Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
Donna Hoke, Safe
Bella Poynton, Speed of Light
Neal Radice, Granny Bird
Gary Earl Ross, Mark of Cain
Todd Warfield, Load More Guys
Career Achievement:
Tony Conte
Katharine Cornell Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Visiting Artist:
(awards go to all listed below:)
Ali MacGraw, Love Letters, 710 Main Theatre
Ryan O’Neal, Love Letters, 710 Main Theatre
Natasha Drena, End of the Rainbow, Kavinoky Theatre
Gary-Kayi Fletcher, Detroit 67′, Paul Robeson Theatre
27th Annual Artie Awards: 2016-2017
Date: June 5, 2017
Location: Shea’s 710 Theatre
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Charmagne Chi and Amy Jakiel
Music Direction: Allan Paglia
This year, for the first time, there were 6 nominees in all categories except for Set Design, Lighting Design, Costume Design and New Play.
The 2016-2017 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)
Production of a Play:
The Collection, Torn Space
The Father, Kavinoky Theatre
Jitney, Paul Robeson Theatre
The Motherfucker with the Hat, Road Less Traveled Productions
The Shakespeare Stealer, Theatre of Youth
The Winslow Boy, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Production of a Musical:
American Idiot, American Repertory Theatre of WNY
Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!,” Theatre of Youth
Evita, MusicalFare Theatre
Million Dollar Quartet, MusicalFare Theatre
Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical, MusicalFare Theatre
Urinetown, Subversive Theatre Collective
Direction of a Play:
Willie Judson, Jitney
Chris Kelly, The Shakespeare Stealer
Katie Mallinson, Dinner with Friends
Victoria Perez, The Motherfucker with the Hat
Dan Shanahan & Melissa Meola, The Collection
Robert Waterhouse, The Father
Direction of a Musical:
Jeffrey Coyle, Urinetown
Randall Kramer, Evita
Matthew LaChiusa, American Idiot
Drew McCabe, Breast in Show
Michael Walline, Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”
Doug Weyand, Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical
Choreography:
Bobby Cooke, Gypsy
John Fredo, Sophisticated Ladies
Clarissa Lynn Maloy, American Idiot
Bonnie Jean Taylor, Louisiana Bacchae
Michael Walline, Fancy Nancy
Doug Weyand, Urinetown
Ensemble of a Play:
Dinner with Friends, Road Less Traveled Productions
The Father, Kavinoky Theatre
It’s Only a Play, Buffalo United Artists
Jitney, Paul Robeson Theatre
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Subversive Theatre Collective
The Underpants, American Repertory Theatre of WNY
Ensemble of a Musical:
American Idiot, American Repertory Theatre of WNY
Evita, MusicalFare Theatre
It Shoulda Been You, O’Connell & Company
Million Dollar Quartet, MusicalFare Theatre
Sophisticated Ladies, MusicalFare Theatre
Urinetown, Subversive Theatre Collective
Actor in a Play:
Anthony Alcocer, The Motherfucker with the Hat
Christian Brandjes, The Country House
Thomas LaChiusa, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
David Lamb, The Father
Robert Rutland, The Winslow Boy
Roosevelt Tidwell, Jitney
Actress in a Play:
Barbara Link LaRou, The Country House
Kate LoConti, The Winslow Boy
Aleks Malejs, Grounded
Shantinna Moore, The Submission
Victoria Perez, Mariela in the Desert
Melinda Capeles Rowe, The Motherfucker with the Hat
Supporting Actor in a Play:
Fisher, Jitney
Rolando Gomez, The Motherfucker with the Hat
Connor Graham, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Greg Howze, The Motherfucker with the Hat
Stan Klimecko, Sweet Bird of Youth
Tom Makar, After the Revolution
Supporting Actress in a Play:
Maria Droz, Cleopatra
Christina Foster, Jitney
Debbie Pappas, A View from the Bridge
Darleen Pickering Hummert, The Great God Pan
Joyce Stilson, I’m Fine
Lisa Vitrano, The Winter’s Tale
Actor in a Musical:
Steve Copps, Company
Jeffrey Coyle, Urinetown
Jordan Levin, American Idiot
Marc Sacco, Evita
Christopher Teal, American Idiot
Leonard Ziolkowski, Buffalo Pinnochio
Actress in a Musical:
Bethany Burrows, Urinetown
Sára Kovácsi, It Shoulda Been You
Loraine O’Donnell, Gypsy
Debbie Pappas, Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical
Michele Marie Roberts, Evita
Jenn Stafford, Urinetown
Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Joey Bucheker, It Shoulda Been You
Louis Colaiacovo, Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical
Joseph Donohue III, Million Dollar Quartet
John Fredo, Gypsy
Dudney Joseph, Jr., Sophisticated Ladies
Ben Michael Moran, Sophisticated Ladies
Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Cecelia Barron, Sophisticated Ladies
Charmagne Chi, Company
Arianne Davidow, Gypsy
Sara Kow-Falcone, American Idiot
Tammy Hayes McGovern, Breast in Show
MaryKate O’Connell, It Shoulda Been You
Set Design:
Paul Bostaph, Lips Together, Teeth Apart
David King, The Father
Kristina Siegel, The Collection
Kenneth Shaw, The Shakespeare Stealer
Chris Wilson, The Trial of Trayvon Martin
Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, Grounded
Hasheen DeBerry, The Trial of Trayvon Martin
Katie Ludwig, American Idiot
John Rickus, Frankenstein
Patty Rihn & Carly Todaro-Rickus, Rhapsody
Costume Design:
James Cichocki, Buffalo Quickies
Kari Drozd, Sophisticated Ladies
Jimmy Janowski & Todd Warfield, Cleopatra
Dixon Reynolds, Sweet Bird of Youth
Kenneth Shaw, The Shakespeare Stealer
Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
Matthew Crehan Higgins, Christmas in July
Richard Lambert, Buffalo Pinnochio
Neal Radice, I’m Fine
Gary Earl Ross, The Trial of Trayvon Martin
Robert Waterhouse, Louisiana Bacchae
Career Achievement:
Jimmy Janowski
28th Annual Artie Awards: 2017-2018
Date: June 4, 2018
Location: Shea’s 710 Theatre
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Charmagne Chi and Amy Jakiel
Music Direction: Allan Paglia
This year, one new category was added (Outstanding Character Performance) and one category was refined (Outstanding Lighting Design becomes Outstanding Technical Element, which can include lighting, projections, etc).
This year, there were also 6 nominees in all categories, including Design categories.
The 2017-2018 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)
Production of a Play:
The Christians, Road Less Traveled Productions
Disgraced, Road Less Traveled Productions
The Night Alive, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Sight Unseen, Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY
Skeleton Crew, Paul Robeson Theatre
Stupid F***ing Bird, American Repertory Theatre of WNY
Production of a Musical:
Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope, Paul Robeson Theatre
The Full Monty, Subversive Theatre Collective
Once, MusicalFare
Peter and the Starcatcher, MusicalFare
The Producers, Kavinoky Theatre
Stellaluna, Theatre of Youth
Direction of a Play:
Brian Cavanagh, The Night Alive
Lara Haberberger, ’night, Mother
Paulette D. Harris, Skeleton Crew
Willie Judson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Chris Kelly, Significant Other
Michael Lodick, Stupid F***ing Bird
Direction of a Musical:
Susan Drozd, Violet
Susan Forbes, The Full Monty
Carlos R.A. Jones, Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope
Chris Kelly, Peter and the Starcatcher
Matthew LaChiusa, Jesus Christ Superstar
Kyle LoConti, Stellaluna
Choreography:
Kristy Cavanagh, Violet
John Fredo, Smokey Joe’s Cafe
Nancy Hughes, The Full Monty
Carlos R.A. Jones, Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope
Michael Walline, Once
Doug Weyand, Pretty Funny
Ensemble of a Play:
Desde el Puente: Christmas Edition, RAICES Theater Company
Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief, Brazen Faced Varlets
Design For Living, Irish Classical Theatre
Hellcab, ART/Polyanna Productions
Significant Other, BUA
That Championship Season, New Phoenix
Ensemble of a Musical:
Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope, Paul Robeson Theatre
Killer Rack, Alleyway Theatre
Once, MusicalFare
The Producers, Kavinoky Theatre
Smokey Joe’s Cafe, MusicalFare
Stellaluna, Theatre of Youth
Actor in a Play:
Kevin Craig, The Foreigner
Matthew DiVita, Significant Other
David Hayes, The Christians
John Profeta, How I Learned to Drive
Nick Stevens, Visiting Mr. Green
Roosevelt Tidwell, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Actress in a Play:
Caitlin Baeumler Coleman, Sons & Lovers
Heather Fangsrud, ‘night Mother
Kristen Tripp Kelley, Disgraced
Kate LoConti, The Constant Wife
Verneice Turner, Skeleton Crew
Priscilla Young-Anker, ‘night Mother
Supporting Actor in a Play:
Mark Donahue, That Championship Season
Chris Evans, Ben Butler
David Lundy, Sight Unseen
David Marciniak, The Nether
Aaron Moss, The Christians
Adam Yellen, The Night Alive
Supporting Actress in a Play:
Melinda Capeles-Rowe, Desde el Puente: Christmas Edition
Christina Foster, Skeleton Crew
Cassie Gorniewicz, The Night Alive
Candice Kogut, Stupid F***ing Bird
Bonnie Jean Taylor, Far Away
Lisa Vitrano, The Christians
Actor in a Musical:
Anthony Alcocer, The Full Monty
Steve Copps, Peter and the Starcatcher
Fisher, Blackberry Daze
Dudney Joseph, Jr., Violet
Brian Mysliwy, The Producers
Norm Sham, The Producers
Actress in a Musical:
Danielle Green, Blackberry Daze
Renee Landrigan, Once
MaryKate O’Connell, Dear World
Debbie Pappas Sham, Mamma Mia!
Michele Marie Roberts, Violet
Emily Yancey, Killer Rack
Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Joey Bucheker, Killer Rack
Jeffrey Coyle, The Full Monty
Philip Farugia, Once
Gregory Gjurich, The Producers
Ben Michael Moran, Smokey Joe’s Café
Roger VanDette, Dear World
Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Arianne Davidow, The Producers
Amy Jakiel, Once
Pamela Rose Mangus, The Full Monty
Katy Miner, Dear World
Zoe Scruggs, Smokey Joe’s Café
Maggie Zindle, Violet
Character Performance:
Todd Benzin, The Producers
Sandra Gilliam, Blackberry Daze
Ellen Horst, The Awful Truth
Jordan Levin, Peter and the Starcatcher
Eric Rawski, Cinderella
Christopher Standart, It Can’t Happen Here
Set Design:
Paul Bostaph, The Night Alive
Dyan Burlingame, The Nether
David King, The Producers
Lynne Koscielniak, Disgraced
Kristina Siegel, Far Away
Chris Wilson, My Old Lady
Technical Achievement:
George Grace, Graphic/Scenic/Illustrations/Projections, The Full Monty
Adam Kreutinger, Puppet Design, Stellaluna
John Rickus, Lighting Design, The Nether
Justin Rowland, Sound Design, Far Away
John Shotwell, Sound Design, The Christians
Todd Warfield, Special Effects, Killer Rack
Costume Design:
Kari Drozd, Peter and the Starcatcher
Ann Emo, Design for Living
Elaine Heckler, The Full Monty
Bethany Kasperek, The Awful Truth
Maura Simmonds-Price, It’s A Wonderful Life
Jessica Wegrzyn, Far Away
Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Cinderella
Philip Farugia, the score for Pretty Funny
Donna Hoke, Sons & Lovers
Mark Humphrey, Roommates
Neal Radice, Killer Rack
Grant Golden and Rebecca Ritchie, Way Back When
Career Achievement:
Darleen Pickering Hummert
Katharine Cornell Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Visiting Artist:
(awards go to all listed below:)
Afrim Gjonbalaj for his performance in Disgraced
Diane Curley for her performance in The Awful Truth
Harlan Penn for set design at the Paul RobesonTheatre
Candice Whitfield for her performance in Disgraced
Marisa Guida, for her musical play, Pretty Funny
29th Annual Artie Awards: 2018-2019
Date: June 3, 2019
Location: Shea’s 710 Theatre
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Charmagne Chi and Amy Jakiel
Music Direction: Allan Paglia
This year, Outstanding Character Performance was re-titled Performance in a Featured Role.
The 2018-2019 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)
Production of a Play:
Between Riverside and Crazy, Road Less Traveled Productions
Equivocation, The Kavinoky Theatre
Frost/Nixon, Irish Classical Theatre Company
The Jungle Book, Theatre of Youth
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Torn Space
Sive, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Production of a Musical:
1776: The Musical, O’Connell & Company
Big Fish, Second Generation Theatre
La Lupe: My Life, My Destiny, Raíces Theatre Company
Ragtime, MusicalFare Theatre
Silence! The Musical, Buffalo United Artists
Spamalot, The Kavinoky Theatre
Direction of a Play:
Brian Cavanagh, Frost/Nixon, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Paulette D. Harris, Native Son, Paul Robeson Theatre
Vincent O’Neill, Sive, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Fortunato Pezzimenti, Golden Boy, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Dan Shanahan, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Torn Space
Todd Warfield, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, Buffalo United Artists
Direction of a Musical:
Randall Kramer, Ragtime, MusicalFare Theatre
Lynne Kurdziel Formato, Spamalot, The Kavinoky Theatre
Victoria Pérez, La Lupe: My Life, My Destiny, Raíces Theatre Company
Steve Vaughan, 1776: The Musical, O’Connell & Company
Michael Walline, Big Fish, Second Generation Theatre
Doug Weyand, Murder for Two, MusicalFare Theatre
Choreography:
Carlos R.A. Jones, Purlie, Paul Robeson Theatre
Lynne Kurdziel Formato, Spamalot, The Kavinoky Theatre
Carly Luksch, Heathers: The Musical, American Repertory Theatre of Western New York
Michael Walline, Big Fish, Second Generation Theatre
Michael Walline, Ragtime, MusicalFare Theatre
Michael Walline, Late in the Evening, MusicalFare Theatre
Ensemble of a Play:
Equivocation, The Kavinoky Theatre
Golden Boy, Irish Classical Theatre Company
The Jungle Book, Theatre of Youth
The Life and Death of King John, New Phoenix Theatre
Sense & Sensibility, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Sive, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Ensemble of a Musical:
1776: The Musical, O’Connell and Company
Big Fish, Second Generation Theatre
Desde el Puente: Musical Edition, Raíces Theatre Company
Late in the Evening, MusicalFare Theatre
Parade, American Repertory Theatre of Western New York
Silence! The Musical, Buffalo United Artists
Actor in a Play: (tie)
Ray Boucher, Sive, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Chris J. Handley, Talley’s Folly, Jewish Repertory Theatre
Jack Hunter, Frost/Nixon, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Jimmy Janowski, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, Buffalo United Artists
Stan Klimecko, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Torn Space
Ben Michael Moran, Angels in America, Second Generation Theatre
Actress in a Play:
Kristin Bentley, Angels in America, Second Generation Theatre
Bethany Burrows, After the Fall, Subversive Theatre Collective
Marie Costa, King John, New Phoenix Theatre
Lisa Ludwig, Annapurna, New Phoenix Theatre
Aleks Malejs, Sive, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Christine Turturro, The Undeniable Sound of Right Now, Road Less Traveled Productions
Supporting Actor in a Play:
Augustus Donaldson, Jr., Native Son, Paul Robeson Theatre
Al Garrison, King Hedley II, Paul Robeson Theatre
Adriano Gatto, Equivocation, The Kavinoky Theatre
Dudney Joseph Jr., Angels in America, Second Generation Theatre
Patrick Moltane, Sive, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Adam Yellen, Frost/Nixon, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Supporting Actress in a Play:
Cassie Cameron, Golden Boy, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Diane DiBernardo, The Undeniable Sound of Right Now, Road Less Traveled Productions
Kiana Duggan-Haas, Sive, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Janae Leonard, Native Son, Paul Robeson Theatre
Maureen Anne Porter, The Ladies Foursome, Desiderio’s Dinner Theatre
Renita Shadwick, King Hedley II, Paul Robeson Theatre
Actor in a Musical:
Louis Colaiacovo, Big Fish, Second Generation Theatre
Philip Farugia, Murder for Two, MusicalFare Theatre
Greg Gjurich, Spamalot, The Kavinoky Theatre
London Lee, Purlie, Paul Robeson Theatre
Jordan Levin, Parade, American Repertory Theatre of Western New York
Lorenzo Shawn Parnell, Ragtime, MusicalFare Theatre
Actress in a Musical:
Melinda Capeles, La Lupe: My Life, My Destiny, Raíces Theatre Company
Maria Droz, Silence! The Musical, Buffalo United Artists
Melissa Leventhal, Mother Jones in Heaven(and Hell), Subversive Theatre Collective
Pamela Rose Mangus, 1776: The Musical, O’Connell & Company
Jenny Marie McCabe, Little Shop of Horrors, O’Connell & Company
Michele Marie Roberts, Big Fish, Second Generation Theatre
Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Jacob Albarella, Big Fish, Second Generation Theatre
Kyle Baran, Ragtime, MusicalFare Theatre
Steve Copps, Spamalot,The Kavinoky Theatre
Tim Goehrig, Parade, American Repertory Theatre of Western New York
Alejandro Gabriel Gomez, Desde el Puente: Musical Edition, Raíces Theatre Company
Peter Palmisano, Sweeney Todd, The Kavinoky Theatre
Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Charmagne Chi, Silence! The Musical, Buffalo United Artists
Arin Lee Dandes, Spamalot, The Kavinoky Theatre
Dominique Kempf, Ragtime, MusicalFare Theatre
Victoria Perez, Big Fish, Second Generation Theatre
Michele Marie Roberts, Spamalot, The Kavinoky Theatre
Emily Yancey, 1776: The Musical, O’Connell & Company
Performance in a Featured Role:
Charmagne Chi, Ragtime, MusicalFare Theatre
Jake Hayes, Little Shop of Horrors, O’Connell & Company
Kevin Kennedy, Spamalot, The Kavinoky Theatre
Marc Sacco, Sweeney Todd, The Kavinoky Theatre
David Spychalski, Big Fish, Second Generation Theatre
Christopher Standart, Philosophus, Alleyway Theatre
Set Design:
Paul Bostaph, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Dyan Burlingame, The Undeniable Sound of Right Now, Road Less Traveled Productions
David Dwyer, Talley’s Folly, Jewish Repertory Theatre
Bethany Kasperek, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Road Less Traveled Productions
Lynne Koscielniak, The Illusion, Road Less Traveled Productions
Kenneth Shaw, The Jungle Book, Theatre of Youth
Technical Achievement:
Tom Makar, sound design, Hamlet, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Brian Milbrand, video design, 1984, The Kavinoky Theatre
Chester Popiolkowski, sound design, The Jungle Book, Theatre of Youth
John Rickus, lighting, The Illusion, Road Less Traveled Productions
Brett Runyon, puppet design, Little Shop of Horrors, O’Connell & Company
Bob Van Valin, video design, Fahrenheit 451, Subversive Theatre Collective
Costume Design:
Jenna Damberger, The Illusion, Road Less Traveled Productions
Kari Drozd, Frost/Nixon, Irish Classical Theatre Company
A. Lise Harty, Sense & Sensibility, Irish Classical Theatre Company
Dixon Reynolds, The Three Musketeers, Road Less Traveled Productions
Kenneth Shaw, The Jungle Book, Theatre of Youth
Jess Wegrzyn/Kelly Copps/Sarah Bos, Big Fish, Second Generation Theatre
Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (adaptation), Torn Space
King John (adaptation), Larry Smith, New Phoenix Theatre
Late in the Evening, Michael Walline, MusicalFare Theatre
Once In My Lifetime: A Buffalo Football Fantasy, Donna Hoke, Shea’s Smith Theatre
The Sidewalk Stageplay (adaptation), Paulette Harris and Edreys Wajed, Paul Robeson Theatre
Tales of the Driven, Kurt Schneiderman, Subversive Theatre Collective
Career Achievement:
Jay Desiderio
Katharine Cornell Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Visiting Artist:
(awards go to all listed below:) Chris Hatch, Much Ado About Nothing – SIDP
Tom Dudzick, Christmas Over the Tavern – MusicalFare
Alphonso Walker, Jr., Native Son – Paul Robeson Theatre
Edward G. Smith, King Hedley II – Paul Robeson Theatre
30th Annual Artie Awards: 2019-2020 (COVID-19)
Date: November 1, 2021
Location: Kavinoky Theatre
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Charmagne Chi and Amy Jakiel
Music Direction: Philip Farugia
This year, the Artie Awards were originally scheduled to be held on Monday, June 15, 2020.
However, because of COVID-19, the Artie ceremony was postponed until COVID restrictions were lifted to allow the community to gather together, marking the ONLY time an Artie Ceremony did not take place in the early summer.
Outstanding Production nominees were announced on WBFO’s Theater Talk on Friday, July 24th.
All other nominees were announced via Facebook Live over two days: August 5 & August 12, 2020.
The ceremony was eventually held at the Kavinoky Theatre on November 1, 2021.
The 2019-2020 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)
Production of a Play:
Kiss of the Spider Woman, New Phoenix Theatre
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare in Delaware Park
Pipeline, Ujima Theatre Company
Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Irish Classical Theatre Company
To Kill a Mockingbird, Kavinoky Theatre
Production of a Musical:
Fun Home, MusicalFare Theatre
Hairspray, Kavinoky Theatre
Nine, Second Generation Theatre
Passing Strange, Ujima Theatre Company
The Toxic Avenger, Second Generation Theatre
Direction of a Play:
Michael Doben, Mercury Fur
Lorna C. Hill, Pipeline
Kyle LoConti, To Kill A Mockingbird
Victoria Perez, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Fortunato Pezzimenti, Tis Pity She’s a Whore
Carly Weiser, Bright Colors and Bold Patterns
Direction of a Musical:
Susan Drozd, Fun Home
Lorna C. Hill, Passing Strange
Carlos Jones, Hairspray
Loraine O’Donnell, Bridges of Madison County
Victoria Perez, Nine
Doug Weyand, The Toxic Avenger
Choreography:
Naila Ansari, Passing Strange
Bobby Cooke & Nancy Hughes, West Side Story
Carlos Jones, Hairspray
Michael Walline, Elf: The Musical
Doug Weyand, The Toxic Avenger
Ensemble of a Play:
The Antipodes, Road Less Traveled Productions
El Coqui Espectacular, Raices Theatre Company
Mercury Fur, Subversive Theatre
She Kills Monsters, Subversive Theatre
Two Trains Running, Paul Robeson Theatre
Ensemble of a Musical:
Fun Home, MusicalFare Theatre
Izzy, New Phoenix Theatre
Miss Nelson is Missing, Theatre of Youth
Passing Strange, Ujima Theatre
The Toxic Avenger, Second Generation Theatre
Actor in a Play: (tie)
Chris Avery, To Kill A Mockingbird
James Cichocki, Bright Colors and Bold Patterns
Rick Lattimer, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Roosevelt Tidwell III, Two Trains Running
Dan Urtz, Hand to God
Actress in a Play:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Lisette DeJesus, El Coqui Espectacular
Diane DiBernardo, Lost in Yonkers
Josie DiVincenzo, What I Thought I Knew
Shantinna Moore, Pipeline
Supporting Actor in a Play:
Lucas Colon, Mercury Fur
Rolando Gomez, Tis Pity She’s A Whore
Patrick Moltane, To Kill A Mockingbird
Ricky Needham, The Boys Upstairs
Tom Owen, The Navigators
Johnny Rowe, Pipeline
Supporting Actress in a Play:
Cassie Cameron, The Antipodes
Ellen Horst, Lost in Yonkers
Kristen Tripp Kelley, The Antipodes
Alex Malejs, Tis Pity She’s A Whore
Shantinna Moore, To Kill A Mockingbird
Emily Yancey, Factory for Murders
Actor in a Musical:
Brian Brown, Passing Strange
Steve Copps, Bridges of Madison County
Preach Freedom, Passing Strange
Chris J. Handley, Fun Home
Ben Michael Moran, Nine
Actress in a Musical:
Bethany Burrows, The Toxic Avenger
Robyn Lee Horn, Fun Home
Maeghan McDonald, Hairspray
Michele Marie Roberts, Bridges of Madison County
Curtis Lovell, Cookin’ at the Cookery
Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Jacob Albarella, Miss Nelson is Missing
Alejandro Gabriel Gomez, West Side Story
John Kreuzer, Young Frankenstein
Nicholas Lama, Elf: The Musical
Raphael Santos, The Toxic Avenger
Dylan Zalikowski, The Toxic Avenger
Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Kelly Copps, Nine
Renee Landrigan, Izzy
Pamela Rose Mangus, Young Frankenstein
Blaise Mercedes, West Side Story
Jenn Stafford, The Toxic Avenger
Ember Tate, Cookin’ at the Cookery
Performance in a Featured Role:
Ann DeFazio, Hairspray
Chris J. Handley, The Tempest
Peter Horn, Loves Labours Lost
Lorenzo Shawn Parnell, Hairspray
Marc Sacco, Hairspray
Norman Sham, The Tempest
Set Design:
Paul Bostaph, Hairspray
Dyan Burlingame, The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid
Chris Cavanagh, The Toxic Avenger
David King, To Kill A Mockingbird
Neal Radice, The Navigators
Technical Achievement:
Chris Cavanagh – Lighting Design – The Toxic Avenger
Adam Kreutinger – Puppet Design – Hand to God
Tom Makar – Sound Design/Score – The Tempest
Katie Menke – Sound Design – The Antipodes
John Rickus – Lighting Design – The Antipodes
Roy Walker – Properties – Tis Pity She’s a Whore
Costume Design:
Jenna Damberger, The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid
Kari Drozd, Elf: The Musical
Lindsay Salamone, The Toxic Avenger
Kenneth Shaw, The Tempest
Jessica Wegrzyn, Indecent
Career Achievement:
Neal Radice
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