Each year South Florida’s answer to the Tony Awards, the Carbonell Awards, pays tribute to the very best in local professional theatre. South Florida revelers gathered on Monday April 1st, 2013 to celebrate the 37th Annual Carbonell Award. The ceremonies were attended by South Florida theatre-goers, actors, producers, directors, cast and crew members alike at the Amaturo Theater at Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
The annual Carbonell Awards ceremony is designed to raise scholarships for students in the tri-county area to study at accredited colleges and universities for careers in the visual and performing arts, and in journalism. Along with New York’s Drama Desk and Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Awards, the Carbonell Awards are among the nation’s senior regional arts awards and predate others including Washington, D.C.’s Helen Hayes and Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards. For additional information on the Carbonell Awards you may visit their website at www.carbonellawards.org.
Internationally-renowned sculptor Manuel Carbonell is the creator, namesake and Grand Benefactor of South Florida’s Carbonell Awards. Mr. Carbonell designed the original solid bronze-and-marble award in 1976. Born in 1918 in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba and educated throughout Europe, he fled Cuba’s totalitarian regime in 1959. His art works now adorn museums, galleries, private collections and public projects throughout the free world.
This Year’s Nominees (winners designated with an asterisk*)
Best New Work:
Baby GirL, by Kim Ehly, Kutumba Theatre Project
A Measure of Cruelty, by Joe Calarco, Mosaic Theatre
*Moscow, by Michael McKeever, Zoetic Stage
Off Center of Nowhere, by David Sirois, Alliance Theatre Lab
roomies, by Mark Della Ventura, Alliance Theatre Lab
Best Production of a Play:
A Delicate Balance, Palm Beach Dramaworks
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Caldwell Theatre Company
I Am My Own Wife, Zoetic Stage
Moscow, Zoetic Stage
*Ruined, GableStage
Best Director/Play:
*Joseph Adler, Ruined, GableStage
William Hayes, A Delicate Balance, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Margaret M. Ledford, The Turn of the Screw, The Naked Stage
Margaret M. Ledford, The Unseen, The Promethean Theatre
Stuart Meltzer, I Am My Own Wife, Zoetic Stage
Best Actor/Play:
John Archie, Driving Miss Daisy, Plaza Theatre
Dennis Creaghan, A Delicate Balance, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Ethan Henry, King Hedley II, M Ensemble
Brandon Morris, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Caldwell Theatre Company
*Tom Wahl, I Am My Own Wife, Zoetic Stage
Best Actress/Play:
Katherine Amadeo, The Turn of the Screw, The Naked Stage
*Lela Elam, Ruined, GableStage
Betsy Graver, Venus in Fur, GableStage
Harriet Oser, Driving Miss Daisy, Plaza Theatre
Laura Turnbull, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Best Supporting Actor/Play:
Alex Alvarez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, GableStage
Alex Alvarez, The Unseen, The Promethean Theatre
Matthew Korinko, Rumors, Stage Door Theatre
Kevin Reilley, The Birds, Mosaic Theatre
*Robert Strain, Ruined, GableStage
Best Supporting Actress/Play:
Renata Eastlick, Ruined, GableStage
Lela Elam, Moscow, Zoetic Stage
*Elena Maria Garcia, Moscow, Zoetic Stage
Angie Radosh, A Delicate Balance, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Jade Wheeler, Ruined, GableStage
Best Production of a Musical:
Cabaret, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Cabaret Verboten, Arts Garage
Hello Dolly!, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
*The Music Man, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Next to Normal, Actors’ Playhouse
Best Director/Musical:
David Arisco, Next to Normal, Actors’ Playhouse
Jeremy Lawrence, Cabaret Verboten, Arts Garage
J. Barry Lewis, The Fantasticks, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Mark Martino, The Music Man, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
*Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Hello Dolly!, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Best Actor/Musical:
Jim Ballard, The Fantasticks, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Josh Canfield, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Actors’ Playhouse
Matthew William Chizever, My Fair Lady, Stage Door Theatre
*Matt Loehr, The Music Man, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Christopher Kent, The Last Five Years, Actors’ Playhouse
Best Actress/Musical:
Mandy Bruno, The Music Man, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Janet Dacal, The Last Five Years, Actors’ Playhouse
Jodie Langel, Next to Normal, Actors’ Playhouse
*Vicki Lewis, Hello Dolly!, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Kate Shindle, Cabaret, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Best Supporting Actor/Musical:
Cliff Burgess, The Fantasticks, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Nick Duckart, Next to Normal, Actors’ Playhouse
Wayne Legette, Cabaret Verboten, Arts Garage
*Matt Loehr, Hello Dolly!, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Dennis O’Bannion, The Music Man, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Best Supporting Actress/Musical:
Sarah Amengual, Next to Normal, Actors’ Playhouse
Amy Miller Brennan, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Actors’ Playhouse
Daniella Dalli, Hello Dolly!, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Elizabeth Dimon, The Music Man, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
*Angie Radosh, Cabaret, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Musical Direction/Musical:
Eric Alsford, Next to Normal, Actors’ Playhouse
Craig Ames, The Fantasticks, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Helen Gregory, Hello Dolly!, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Emmanuel Schvartzman, The Last Five Years, Actors’ Playhouse
*Anne Shuttlesworth, The Music Man, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Best Choreography/Musical:
Dave Campbell, All Night Strut, Stage Door Theatre
Barbara Flaten, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Actors’ Playhouse
Marsha Milgrom Dodge, Hello Dolly!, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
*Shea Sullivan, The Music Man, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Jennifer Werner, Cabaret, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Best Scenic Design:
*Michael Amico, Talley’s Folly, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Lyle Baskin, Ruined, GableStage
Tim Bennett, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Caldwell Theatre Company
Michael McKeever, I Am My Own Wife, Zoetic Stage
Philip Witcomb, Amadeus, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Best Lighting Design:
Ron Burns, Talley’s Folly, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Luke Klingberg, I Am My Own Wife, Zoetic Stage
*Margaret M. Ledford, The Turn of the Screw, The Naked Stage
Jeff Quinn, Ruined, GableStage
Ben Wilhelm, Death and Harry Houdini, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Best Costume Design:
Alberto Arroyo, Moscow, Zoetic Stage
Gail Baldoni, Hello Dolly!, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
*Jose M. Rivera, The Music Man, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Fabio Toblini, Amadeus, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Ellis Tillman, Ruined, GableStage
Best Sound Design:
*Matt Corey, The Birds, Mosaic Theatre
Matt Corey, A Steady Rain, GableStage
Matt Corey, The Unseen, The Promethean Theatre
Phil Pallazzolo, David Hart, Last Call, First Step Productions
Thomas M. Shorrock, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Caldwell Theatre Company
Best Ensemble Production:
Cabaret Verboten, Arts Garage
The Pitmen Painters, Palm Beach Dramaworks
roomies, Alliance Theatre Lab
*Rumors, Broward Stage Door
Twentieth Century Way, Island City Stage and Empire Stage
George Abbot Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts Recipient:
*Mario Ernesto Sanchez, founder and producing artistic director of Teatro Avante and the International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami.
