Ambie Awards for 2005

Le Chat Noir 2/6/2006 (schedule)

Producer: Brian Sands · Patrick Shannon · Ambush Magazine

Category: Awards

"Serious and off-kilter theater honors, selected and hosted by Ambush critics Patrick Shannon and Brian Sands....benefiting the Contemporary Arts Center and the New Orleans Performing Arts Fund."

The Third Annual Ambie Awards

(winners marked with a *)

Unique Theatrical Experience

*Girl with a Pearl Necklace, Jeffery Roberson/Writer & Performer; Mark Cortale/Producer
I’m Still Here, Me!, Ricky Graham, Le Chat Noir
Noh Performance from Japan, Jefferson Performing Arts Society
When a Lady Loves, Karen Akers, Le Chat Noir

Best Production of a Musical

At The Club Toot Sweet On Bourbon Street, Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
*Candide, Summer Lyric Theatre
Hair, Artists’ Cooperative Theater
My O My, Le Chat Noir
Some Enchanted Evening, Brandt Blocker Presents
West Side Story, Summer Lyric Theatre

Best Production of a Drama

*Bash, Tulane University
Fifteen Minutes at Midway, Tulane University
Nickel and Dimed, Loyola University
The State of Mississippi and the Face of Emmett Till, Dillard University
The Story, Anthony Bean Community Theater
Three Days of Rain, InSideOut Productions

Best Production of a Comedy

Baby with the Bathwater, Delgado Community College
*The Bible (abridged), Le Petit Theatre
*Grenadine McGunkle’s Double-Wide Christmas Miracle!, Running With Scissors
Joey & Mary’s Italian/Irish Comedy Wedding, Sandi Roads Productions
The Owl and the Pussycat, Minacapelli’s Dinner Playhouse
What the Butler Saw, Skyfire Theater

Best Original Work

Burn K-Doe Burn!, Rob Florence
Fifteen Minutes at Midway, Sheila Bosworth/Emily Brown/Jim Fitzmorris/Laura Harrington/Matthew Maguire
Grenadine McGunkle’s Double-Wide Christmas Miracle!, Lisa Picone/Richard Read/Dorian Rush
*My O My, Carl Walker/Kevin Allman
The Vulgar Soul, John Biguennet

Best Director of a Musical

Brandt Blocker, Some Enchanted Evening
*Ricky Graham and Karen Hebert, At The Club Toot Sweet On Bourbon Street
B. Michael Howard, Candide
B. Michael Howard & Edmond Kresley, West Side Story
Carl Walker, My O My

Best Director of a Play

Ron Gural & Jim Fitzmorris, Fifteen Minutes at Midway
Anne James, Nickel and Dimed
Rickie Luke, The Owl and the Pussycat
Gary Rucker, The Bible (abridged)
*Carl Walker, Bash
Jim Winter, Three Days of Rain

Best Actor in a Musical

Joe Akin, West Side Story
*Bob Edes, Jr., At The Club Toot Sweet On Bourbon Street
*Michael Larche, Seussical the Musical
Vatican Lokey, Jesus Christ Superstar
Kyle Malone, Candide

Best Actress in a Musical

Michelle Marcotte, Seussical the Musical
Melissa Marshall, Candide
*Sarah Jane McMahon, West Side Story
Jessie Terrebone, At The Club Toot Sweet On Bourbon Street

Best Actor in a Play

Harold Evans, Burn K-Doe Burn!
Mike Harkins, Three Days of Rain
*Barret O’Brien, The Vulgar Soul
Sean Patterson, Greater Tuna
Gary Rucker, Greater Tuna

Best Actress in a Play

Lois Crandell, The Golden Age
Lara Grice, The Merchant of Venice
Dana Ortt, Romantic Comedy
Ashley Ricord, Three Days of Rain
Caroline Schmidt, Invisible Friends
*Tameka Smith, The State of Mississippi and the Face of Emmett Till

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Chris Carey, Some Enchanted Evening
Nigel Columbus, West Side Story
Randy Juneau, Seussical the Musical
*Sean Patterson, At The Club Toot Sweet On Bourbon Street
Matthew Ragas, Pageant
Stephen Sutton, Hair

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Sasha Masakowski, Seussical the Musical
Chase Kamata, West Side Story
Gabrielle Porter, Some Enchanted Evening
Flo E. Presti, Some Enchanted Evening
Janet Shea, Some Enchanted Evening
*Amanda Zirkenbach, At The Club Toot Sweet On Bourbon Street

Best Featured Actor in a Play

Jason Junius, The Maids X 2
Steven Marlbrough, Harvey
Dane Rhodes, The Vulgar Soul
George J. Sanchez, What the Butler Saw
*Michael Santos, Our Country’s Good
Peter Steinau, Bash

Best Featured Actress in a Play

Becky Allen, Okra
*Claudia Baumgarten, The Maids X 2
Bianca Chapman, Spunk
Adella Gautier, HouseWarming
Jessica Podewell, A Bunch of Baloney/Native Tongues 4
Aiesha Volow, Bash

Best Ensemble

The Bible (abridged) (Sean Patterson, Robert Richardson, Gary Rucker)
*Fifteen Minutes at Midway (Shana Doyle, Ty Hosler, Lauren Katz, Sean Mellott, Richard Moore, Courtney Pauroso, Nick Reginio, Daniel Rubin, Kathleen Small, Mark Staufenberg)
Grenadine McGunkle’s Double-Wide Christmas Miracle! (Brad Caldwell, Bill Dykes, Rebecca Frank, Adam Hawkins, Jim Jeske, Rod Lemaire, Elizabeth Pearce, Lisa Picone, Ashley Ricord, Dorian Rush)
My O My (Bob Edes, Doug Parks, Brian Peterson, Shawn Ryan, Paul Soileau)
Nickel and Dimed (Jessica Berger, Kerry Cahill, Holly Cassard, Meghan Collins, Monica Harris, Sean Patterson)
Some Enchanted Evening (Amy Alvarez, Brooke Arata, Lauren Bevis, Chris Carey, Keith Claverie, Megan Dearie, Molly France, Terri Gervais, John Haas, Westley Keiser, Katie Mann, Brady McKellar, Kallie Miller, Tywon Morgan, Gabrielle Porter, Flo E. Presti, Lindsey Price, Jeremy Reese, Janet Shea)

Best Costume Design

Cecile Casey Covert & Roy Haylock, At The Club Toot Sweet On Bourbon Street
Charlotte Lang, Candide
*Charlotte Lang, Seussical the Musical
Charlotte Lang, West Side Story
Sarah Smith, Grenadine McGunkle’s Double-Wide Christmas Miracle!
Patty Spinale, My O My

Best Lighting Design

Michael J. Brown, Big River
*Scott Cally, Our Country’s Good
Jonathan Foucheaux, Seussical the Musical
Martin Sachs, Fifteen Minutes at Midway
Rusty Tennant, New Orleans Suite
Dan Zimmer, Starmites

Best Set Design

Jessica Cook, Our Country’s Good
Rick Paul, Candide/West Side Story
Chad Talkington, The Golden Age
*Chad Talkington, Tennessee in the Quarter
Bill Walker, At The Club Toot Sweet On Bourbon Street

Best Choreography

*Jaune Buisson, Seussical the Musical
Susan Domangue, Joey & Mary’s Italian/Irish Comedy Wedding
Kelly Fouchi, Big River
Kirk Gagnon & Casey Leigh, Hair
Karen Hebert, At The Club Toot Sweet On Bourbon Street

Best Music Director

Brandt Blocker, Seussical the Musical
Brandt Blocker, Some Enchanted Evening
Lori Dewitt, Big River
*C. Leonard Raybon, West Side Story
Larry Sieberth, My O My
Jefferson Turner, At The Club Toot Sweet On Bourbon Street

Best Sound Design

*Josh Duplantier, Nickel and Dimed
Nicholas Frederick & David Rigamer, Starmites
Ciara Jeffery, The State of Mississippi and the Face of Emmett Till
Ann Shapiro, Fifteen Minutes at Midway
Eric Shim, The Vulgar Soul

Staff

	Patrick Shannon	....	Producer
	Brian Sands	....	Producer

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