The 23rd Annual Charlotte Theater Awards: The Nominees 

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Gloria King – Bye Bye Birdie (Mae Peterson)

Jalila A. Bowie – Aladdin (Genie)

Leslie Ann Giles – Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Mary Ann the Shovel)

Olivia Edge – Into the Woods (Witch)

Polly Adkins – Grey Gardens (Big Edie Bouvier Beale)

Susan Roberts Knowlson – Scrooge! (Ghost of Christmas Past)

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy

Colby Davis – Biloxi Blues (Arnold Epstein)

Jeremy Shane – ThomThom (Savage Red)

Jerry Colbert – Becky's New Car (Walter Flood)

Jim Esposito – Our Lady of 121st Street (Victor), Uncle Vanya (Professor Serebryakov), Steambath (Old Timer)

Joe Copley – Incorruptible (Brother Martin)

Joshua Ozro Lucero – End Days (Nelson Steinberg)

Robert Haulbrook – Our Lady of 121st Street (Gail), ThomThom (Arthur)

Sidney Horton – Our Lady of 121st Street (Rooftop)

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy

Amy Van Looy – Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Mrs. Yarby, Vampire Jenny, Sheila, Dr. Cone)

Annette Saunders – Uncle Vanya (Yelena Serebryakov)

Barbi VanSchaick – ThomThom (Kate)

Carmen Thwaites – Our Lady of 121st Street (Norca)

Glynnis O'Donoghue – Incorruptible (Marie)

Meagan Douglas – End Days (Rachel Stein)

Paula Baldwin – Barefoot in the Park (Mrs. Ethel Banks)

Sheila Snow Proctor – The Dixie Swim Club (Vernadette Sims)

Best Supporting Actor, Drama

Adam Ewer – Othello (Cassio)

Bill McNeff – Fast Trip to Omaha (Eddie), The Day They Shot John Lennon (Morris)

Charles LaBorde – The Elephant Man (Ross, Bishop How)

Christopher Donoghue – Macbeth (Macduff)

Isaac Josephthal – Treasure Island (Jim Hawkins)

Jermaine Nakia Lee – Tribe (Uncle Jackie)

Justin Younts – Rope (Charles Granillo), The Lion in Winter (King Philip)

Tom Ollis – Reservoir Dogs (Mr. Blonde)

Best Supporting Actress, Drama

Amanda Nicastro – A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella Kowalski)

Christine Dougan – Othello (Emilia)

Cynthia Farbman Harris – The Elephant Man (Mrs. Kendal)

Divina Cook – Fast Trip to Omaha (Connie)

Keely Williams – Steel Magnolias (Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie)

Leshea Stukes – Tribe (Angela)

Mimi Harkness – Trainspotting (Laura, June, Lassie, Mark's Mother, Canadian, Foreman)

Whitney Drury – Rope (Leila Arden)

Best Male Cameo

Buddy Hanson – Welcome to the Monkey House (Diana Moon Glampers)

Chad Calvert – Treasure Island (Billy Bones), Scrooge! (Fezziwig)

Dennis Delamar – Scrooge! (Jacob Marley)

James Dracy – Treasure Island (Blind Pew/Israel Hands)

James K. Flynn – Barefoot in the Park (Telephone Repair Man)

Jon Parker Douglas – Treasure Island (Ben Gunn)

Kristian Wedolowski – Reefer Madness (Jesus, Bacchus)

Mark Sutton – Goodnight Moon (Clock, Cat, Moon)

Matthew Keffer – Goodnight Moon (Cow, Bear, Tooth Fairy)

Michael Sharpe – End Days (Jesus/Steven Hawking)

Nick Asa – The Comedy of Errors (Maid Nell)

Peter Smeal – The Comedy of Errors (Aegeon), Othello (Brabantio)

Best Female Cameo

Amy Wada – A Streetcar Named Desire (Woman, Matron, Neighbor), Welcome to the Monkey House (Angel Waitress, Dancer, Billy's Gang)

Anne Lambert – Into the Woods (Granny/Giantess)

Annette Saunders – Macbeth (Lady Macduff)

Carmen Coulter – Violet (Gospel Soloist, Music Hall Singer, Mabel)

Corlis Hayes – The Comedy of Errors (Dr. Pinch)

Glynnis O'Donoghue – Othello (Bianca)

Heather Bartlett – A Streetcar Named Desire (Eunice Hubbell)

Joanna Gerdy – The Credeaux Canvas (Tess), Incorruptible (Peasant Woman)

Julie Janorschke Gawle – Incorruptible (Abbess Agatha)

Kecia Roberts – Tribe (Alesha)

McKenzie Wilson – Scrooge! (Isabel)

Newcomer of the Year

Abigale Corrigan – The Day They Shot John Lennon (Sally)

Adam Ewer – The Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse), Othello (Cassio)

Berry Newkirk – Reservoir Dogs (Mr. Orange), ThomThom (Thom), Rope (Wyndham Brandon)

Brittany Patterson – Reservoir Dogs (Waitress, Jenny Nash)

Carmen Thwaites – Our Lady of 121st Street (Norca)

Chip Bradley – Every Christmas Story Ever Told (Chip)

Christine Dougan – Othello (Emilia)

Hannah Gundersheim – Annie (Little Orphan Annie)

Isaac Josephthal – Treasure Island (Jim Hawkins)

Joshua Ozro Lucero – End Days (Nelson Steinberg)

Justin Younts – Rope (Charles Granillo), The Lion in Winter (King Philip)

Keely Williams – Steel Magnolias (Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie)

Robert N. Isaac – The Piano Lesson (Lymon), Home (Ceephus)

Zannah Kimbrel – Uncle Vanya (Sonya)

Best Original Show

Fast Trip to Omaha by Don Cook – DC2 Productions

Heaven on Wheels by Tally Sessions and Peter Holland – Actor's Theatre of Charlotte & Once Upon a Blue Ridge Production Company

Mum's the Word by Matt Cosper – Machine Theatre

The Reluctant Lovers by Rachel Jeffries and Christian Hamilton – The Warehouse

ThomThom by Matt Cosper – Machine Theatre

Best Musical

Annie – Theatre Charlotte

Evita – Queen City Theatre Company

Five Course Love – Actor's Theatre of Charlotte

Grey Gardens – Queen City Theatre Company

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change – CPCC Theatre

Reefer Madness – Queen City Theatre Company

Scrooge! – Children's Theatre of Charlotte

The Drowsy Chaperone – CPCC Summer Theatre

Best Comedy

Becky's New Car – Actor's Theatre of Charlotte

Biloxi Blues – Theatre Charlotte