CL Theater Award Nominations 

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL
Ashley Dove - Bat Boy: The Musical (Shelley Parker)
Heather Powell - I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! (Various)
Kelly Chapin Schmidt - West Side Story (Maria)
Leslie Shires - Chicago (Roxie Hart)
Lisa Smith - Cabaret (Sally Bowles)
Melissa Roberge - Nuncrackers (Sister Mary Robert Anne)
Susan Roberts Knowlson - The Last Five Years (Cathy Hyatt)

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL
Bob Walker - Bat Boy: The Musical (Bat Boy)
Buddy Hammonds - Honk, Jr. (Ugly)
Dana Alderman - You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown)
Patrick Brandt - I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! (Various)
Patrick O'Herron - Chicago (Billy Flynn)
Patrick Ratchford - The Last Five Years (Jamie Wallerstein), Cabaret (Cliff Bradshaw)
Travis Osley - Pageant (Miss West Coast)

BEST DIRECTOR, MUSICAL
Alan Poindexter - Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy
Billy Ensley - Bat Boy: The Musical
Glenn T. Griffin - Pageant
Linda Booth - Honk, Jr.
Michael Edwards - I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!
Steve Umberger - Cabaret
Tom Hollis - Chicago

BEST CONDUCTOR/MUSIC DIRECTOR
Bill Congdon - She Loves Me
Craig Spradley - Bat Boy: The Musical
Drina Keen - Chicago
Ginger G. Wyrick and Amy Boger Morris - West Side Story
Jeana Neal Borman - Honk, Jr., The Last Five Years
John Coffey - Cabaret
Scott R. McKenzie - Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
Annette Saunders & Rebecca Tomaszewski - Psycho Beach Party
Billy Ensley - Bat Boy: The Musical
Debra Gillingham - Annie
Eddie Mabry - Chicago, West Side Story
Linda Booth - Honk, Jr., Cabaret
Ron Chisholm - Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy
Stuart Williams and Kathy Caradine - Pageant

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY
Cat Zeggert - Wonder of the World (Cass)
Donna Scott - Rumors (Claire Gantz)
Elizabeth Wells Berkes - Barefoot in the Park (Corie Bratter)
Emily Van Dyke - Psycho Beach Party (Florence "Chicklet" Forrest)
Greta Marie Zandstra - Bright Ideas (Genevra Bradley)
Leslie Beckham - Laughing Wild (Woman)
Nikki Adkins - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (The Mouse)

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY
Brian Robinson - Barefoot in the Park (Paul Bratter)
Lee Thomas - Wonder of the World (Kip)
Marshall Case - Play about the Baby (Man)
Michael Nester - Bright Ideas (Joshua Bradley)
Michael Simmons - Laughing Wild (Man)
Steven Ivey - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (The Boy)
Tony Wright - White Man Dancing (Stuart)

BEST DIRECTOR, COMEDY
Chip Decker - Wonder of the World, Bright Ideas
Jill Bloede - Madeline
Jim Yost - Play About the Baby, Psycho Beach Party
Joanna Gerdy - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, 'Tis the Season
Lon Bumgarner - Betty's Summer Vacation
Terry Loughlin - Over the River and Through the Woods
TJ Derham - Laughing Wild

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Catherine Smith - Copenhagen (Margerethe Bohr)
Christy K. Basa - Our Country's Good (Liz Morden/Lt. Will Dawes)
Cody Harding - Hansel & Gretel (Gretel), The Lesson (The Pupil)
Gloria King - Collected Stories (Ruth Steiner)
Joy Blythe - Wiley & The Hairy Man (Wiley)
Laura Depta - Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano)
Pamela Nichols Galle - 1963 (Sara Jane Chandler)
Tara MacMullen - Mud (Mae)

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Brian Robinson - Take Me Out (Kippy Sunderstrom)
Carl McIntyre - 1963 (Ezra Chandler)
Jeremy Davis - Take Me Out (Darren Lemming)
Mark Scarboro - Lobby Hero (Jeff)
Martin Thompson - Art (Serge)
Peter Smeal - Lonely Planet (Carl)
Simon Donoghue - Copenhagen (Niels Bohr)
Tony Wright - Glengarry Glen Ross (Richard Roma)

BEST DIRECTOR, DRAMA
Alan Poindexter - Oedipus Rex, Hansel & Gretel
Anthony Cerrato - Mud
Dave Mowers - Art
Dennis Delamar - A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas
Jim Yost - 1963
Joanna Gerdy - Wiley & The Hairy Man
Lon Bumgarner - Lobby Hero, Take Me Out
Matt Cosper - The Lesson

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER
Barbara Berry - Lonely Planet
Eric Winkenwerder - Oedipus Rex, Madeline, Art, Cabaret, Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy
Hallie Gray - Bat Boy: The Musical, Wonder of the World, Take Me Out, Bright Ideas
John Hartness - Unidentified Human Remains
John Hartness and Emily Eudy - Pageant
Michael Simmons - A Tree With Arms
Rita AmirAhmadi - Play About the Baby, Boy Gets Girl, Collected Stories, Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Todd O. Wren - I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!

BEST SET DESIGNER
Brian Ruggaber - Cyrano de Bergerac, Collected Stories
Chip Decker - Take Me Out, Bright Ideas
George Gray - 1963
Heather Mitchell and Michael R. Simmons - The Faculty Room
Jim Gloster - Over the River and Through the Woods
Joe Gardner - Barefoot in the Park
Kevin Raper - Madeline
Peter Smeal - Lonely Planet

BEST SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSER
Alan Kaufman - Collected Stories
Anthony Proctor - Scratchy Scratcherton's Revenge
Dean Kluesner/Michael Eld - The Faculty Room
Gary Sivak - Oedipus Rex, Hansel & Gretel, Wiley & The Hairy Man, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Jeff Murdock - A Streetcar Named Desire
Mons Venera - Lenny's Back
T.J. Derham/Michael Simmons - Laughing Wild
The Aqualads - Psycho Beach Party

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Andy Boswell - Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano Prosthetics)
Drew Allison - Hansel & Gretel (Puppet Design)
James Dracy - Omega (Soma Sheep)
Johann Stegmeir & Kimberly Ashton - Oedipus Rex (Bleeding Walls)
Johann Stegmeir & Peter Smeal - Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy (The Horse)
Michael Simmons - Bat Boy: The Musical (Make-Up)
Mike Snow and Chris Brown - Wonder of the World (Helicopter Platform)
Stephen Clifford - Bat Boy: The Musical (The Puppet)
Stuart Williams - Pageant (Make-Up)

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
Amy Akerblom - The Lesson
Annie-Laurie Wheat - Bat Boy: The Musical, Take Me Out
Bob Croghan - Hansel & Gretel, A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas
Courtney Scott - Madeline, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Emily Stephens and Jamey Varnadore - Honk, Jr.
Johann Stegmeir - Oedipus Rex
Rebecca Cairns - Cabaret, Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Stuart Williams, Paul Snatic, and Mardi Gras Costumes - Pageant
Suzy Hartness - Our Country's Good, A Streetcar Named Desire

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MUSICAL
Candice N. Conder - West Side Story (Anybody)
Holly Riley - Anything Goes (Erma)
Johanna Jowett - Bat Boy: The Musical (Mayor Maggie/Ron)
Kathryn Stamas - Cabaret (Fraulein Kost)
Kelly Cusimano - West Side Story (Anita)
Pat Heiss - Annie (Miss Hannigan)
Polly Adkins - Cabaret (Fraulein Schneider)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, MUSICAL
Brian Robinson - Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy (Hold-Your-Nose Billy/King)
Corey Mitchell - You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Snoopy)
Dana Alderman - Chicago (Amos Hart)
Dennis Delamar - Cabaret (Herr Schultz)
Patrick O'Herron - Honk, Jr. (Drake)
Patrick Ratchford - Bat Boy: The Musical (Sheriff/Pan)
Randy Dodson - Pageant (Miss Great Plains)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY
Cinny Strickland - Over the River and Through the Woods (Aida Gianelli)
Cody Harding - Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Suzanne/The Countess/Female Admirer)
Cynthia Barrett - Over the River and Through the Woods (Caitlin O'Hare)
Donna Scott - Bright Ideas (Denise, etc.)
Kirtan Coan - Barefoot in the Park (Mother)
Nicia Carla - Madeline (Ms. Clavel)
Tanya McClellan - Wonder of the World (Various)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY
Doug Spagnola - Play about the Baby (Boy)
Hank West - Betty's Summer Vacation (Mr. Vanislaw)
James Dracy - The Foreigner (S/Sgt. "Froggy" LeSueur)
Michael Edwards - Over the River and Through the Woods (Frank Gianelli)
Michael Nester - Wonder of the World (Captain Mike)
Peter Jaye - Over the River and Through the Woods (Nunzio Cristano)
Peter Smeal - Scratchy Scratcherton's Revenge (Pugo Spunkelmyer)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Barbi VanSchaick - Oedipus (Jocast, Priest, Shepard, Servant)
Beth Pierce - The Lesson (Marie, The Maid)
Catherine Smith - A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas (Ma Ingalls)
Chandler McIntyre - Lobby Hero (Dawn)
Kristen Jones - Boy Gets Girl (Harriet)
Lolly Foy - The Winter's Tale (Paulina)
Nicia Carla - Hansel & Gretel (The Witch)
Tanya McClellan - The Winter's Tale (The Clown)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA
Brett Gentile - Lobby Hero (Bill)
George Gray - Mud (Henry)
Jerry Colbert - 1963 (Zeke Chandler)
Joe Rux - Take Me Out (Mason Marzak)
Mark Sutton - Oedipus Rex (Creon, Tiresias, Messenger), The Lesson (The Professor), A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas (Pa Ingalls)
Matt Cosper - Mud (Lloyd)
Michael R. Simmons - Glengarry Glen Ross (Dave Moss)
Steven Ivey - Wiley & The Hairy Man (The Hairy Man)

BEST CAMEO APPEARANCE, FEMALE
Adyanna Del Torre - West Side Story (Consuela)
Candice Conder - Annie (A Star to Be/Bonnie Boylan)
Jill Bloede - Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy (Captain Nips)
Katie Lowther - Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy (Betsy)
Kelly Chapin Schmidt - Honk, Jr. (Mother Swan)
Kristen Jones - Scratchy Scratcherton's Revenge (Shuffle Go-Nicely)
Samantha Calder - Annie (Molly)
Sierra Santana - Psycho Beach Party (Bettina Barnes)

BEST CAMEO APPEARANCE, MALE
Brandon Lee Upshaw - Honk, Jr. (Greylag)
Carver Johns - Barefoot in the Park (Henry Pepper)
Corey Mitchell - Bat Boy: The Musical (Rev. Hightower)
Gray Rickard - Pageant (Miss Glamouresse 1973)
James Kennedy - Madeline (Pepito)
Joseph J. Baez - Chicago (Aaron/the Jury)
Matt Cosper - Madeline (Lord Cucuface)
Sam Peng - She Loves Me (The Waiter)

BEST ORIGINAL SHOW
Scratchy Scratcherton's Revenge by Stan Peal
Omega by Tony Wright
1963 by Judy Simpson Cook

THEATER EVENT OF THE YEAR
Charlotte Mime Festival & Circus - Omimeo/NCBPAC
City Stage Fringe Festival - Anne Lambert/NCBPAC
Kabuki Magic - Omimeo Mime Theatre
Lifegame - BareBones Theatre Group/Matt Olin

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Austin Herring - Take Me Out (Shane Mungitt)
Brett Gentile - Lobby Hero (Bill), Betty's Summer Vacation (Keith), Bright Ideas (Ross, Coach Angus, etc.)
Emily Hudson - A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Jeremy Davis - Take Me Out (Darren Lemming)
Joe Rux - Scratchy Scratcherton's Revenge (Sticks Pickerwick), Take Me Out (Mason Marzak), Lifegame
Kathryn Stamas - Cabaret (Fraulein Kost)
Lamont Cullen Hulley - Pageant (Miss Industrial Northeast)
Laurie Riffe - A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche DuBois)
Sierra Santana - Psycho Beach Party (Bettina Barnes)

BEST MUSICAL
Bat Boy: The Musical - Actor's Theatre of Charlotte
Cabaret - Theatre Charlotte
Honk, Jr. - CPCC Summer Theatre
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! - Charlotte Rep
Pageant - Off-Tryon Theatre Company
Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy - Children's Theatre
The Last Five Years - CPCC Summer Theatre

BEST COMEDY
Bright Ideas - Actor's Theatre of Charlotte
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Laughing Wild - Carolina Actors Studio Theatre
Over the River and Through the Woods - Charlotte Repertory Theatre
Play About the Baby - BareBones Theatre Group
Psycho Beach Party - BareBones Theatre Group
Wonder of the World - Actor's Theatre of Charlotte

BEST DRAMA
A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas - Children's Theatre
Art - Charlotte Repertory Theatre
Lobby Hero - Actor's Theatre
Lonely Planet - BareBones Theatre Group
Mud - The Farm Theatre
Oedipus Rex - Children's Theatre
Take Me Out - Actor's Theatre
The Lesson - The Farm Theatre

THEATERPERSON OF THE YEAR
Anne Lambert, Chip Decker, Dennis Delamar, Douglas Welton, Jill Bloede, Joanna Gerdy, Keith Martin, Laura Depta, Lon Bumgarner, Matt Cosper, Michael Simmons, Nicia Carla, Pamela Nichols Galle, Peter Smeal, Tom Gabbard