The Eighth Annual Ambie Awards for Excellence in Theater was presented at Le Petit on Monday, February 21, 2011. Over $1,300 was raised for NOCCA High School’s Theater Department (though the copious bar proceeds went to Le Petit).
The nominees were (winners denoted by *):
Uniquest Theatrical Experience:
*Fantastic Mister Fox, The CAC and HI-YAH! Forbidden Broadway, Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré Lisa Sings Lee, Le Chat Noir Some Times at the All Ways, Scott Heron/The Marigny Theater & AllWays Lounge Wine Lovers, Solomon Group, Holly-Anne Ruggiero & Le Petit Theatre
Best Production of a Musical:
Grey Gardens, Le ...Read More
The Eighth Annual Ambie Awards for Excellence in Theater was presented at Le Petit on Monday, February 21, 2011. Over $1,300 was raised for NOCCA High School’s Theater Department (though the copious bar proceeds went to Le Petit).
The nominees were (winners denoted by *):
Uniquest Theatrical Experience:
*Fantastic Mister Fox, The CAC and HI-YAH! Forbidden Broadway, Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré Lisa Sings Lee, Le Chat Noir Some Times at the All Ways, Scott Heron/The Marigny Theater & AllWays Lounge Wine Lovers, Solomon Group, Holly-Anne Ruggiero & Le Petit Theatre
Best Production of a Musical:
Grey Gardens, Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré & Southern Rep Into the Woods, JPAS Summer Youth Musical Theatre (East Bank) *The Producers, JPAS The Threepenny Opera, AllWays Lounge & Cripple Creek Violet, NOCCA Stage Company When Pigs Fly, Theatre 13
Best Production of a Drama:
Autobahn, Delgado Community College Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, Anthony Bean Community Theater Frozen, Crescent Theatre Collective In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, Southern Rep The Madwoman of Chaillot, Cripple Creek Theatre Company *The Twilight of the Golds, Actor’s Theatre of New Orleans
Best Production of a Comedy:
Fully Committed, Isidore Newman High School *Little Murders, Cripple Creek Theatre Company Matt and Ben, Theatre 13 The Mystery of Irma Vep, RickyGraham/Jeff Roberson/Le Chat Noir The Really Desperate Housewives of Stepford Parish, Running With Scissors The Santaland Diaries, Le Chat Noir
Best Original Work:
The Everlasting Bonfire, Jim Fitzmorris/The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane Fantastic Mister Fox, Arthur Mintz with Bryan Spitzfaden/The CAC and HI-YAH! Go Ye Therefore...,Rebecca Mwase & Kathy Randels/ArtSpot Productions *Laugh, Cry, Scream & Shout, Tabitha Bethune & Stylist B The Really Desperate Housewives of Stepford Parish, Running With Scissors
Best Director of a Musical:
A.J. Allegra, Urinetown Blake Coheley, Violet Ricky Graham, Hairspray Aimee Hayes, Grey Gardens *Dennis Monn, The Threepenny Opera Robert Mulholland, The Producers
Best Director of a Play:
Andrea Carlin, Little Murders Ricky Graham and Jeffery Roberson, The Mystery of Irma Vep Glenn Meche, Frozen René J.F. Piazza, The Twilight of the Golds *Ashley Sparks, Go Ye Therefore... Emilie Whelan, The Madwoman of Chaillot
Best Actor in a Musical (tie):
*A. J. Allegra, The Producers Larry Johnson, Evita Sean Patterson, Hairspray Adam Segrave, Urinetown Cliff Thompson, [title of show] *Chris Wecklein, The Producers
Best Actress in a Musical:
Leslie Castay, Grey Gardens *Jade Coates, Into the Woods Dianna Duffy, Hairspray Pandora Gastelum, The Threepenny Opera Janie Heck, Violet Prinsey Walker, The Wiz
Best Actor in a Play:
Ethan Andersen, Fully Committed Benjamin Clement, Dinner With Friends Damany S. Cormier, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men *Keith Launey, Frozen T. Joe Seibert, The Twilight of the Golds Jackson Townsend, Little Murders
Best Actress in a Play:
Tabitha Bethune, Laugh, Cry, Scream & Shout Vanessa Cloke, Dinner With Friends Liz Mills, reasons to be pretty Jennifer Pagan, The Madwoman of Chaillot *Diana Shortes, Frozen Peggy Walton-Walker, The Piano Teacher
Best Featured Actor in a Musical:
Brooks Braselman, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Roland "Butch" Caire, Jr., Hairspray Bob Edes, Jr., The Producers Andy Golden, Into the Woods Josh Kagler, The Wiz *Armando L. Leduc, The Producers
Best Featured Actress in a Musical:
Becky Allen, The Threepenny Opera *Jennifer DeLatte, Singin’ in the Rain Monica R. Harris, The Threepenny Opera Kesha McKey, Hairspray Julie Montalbano, Into the Woods Janet Shea, Grey Gardens
Best Featured Actor in a Play:
Anthony Bean, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men *Tim Bellow, Jr., To Kill a Mockingbird Brooks Braselman, Auntie Mame Bob Edes, Jr., The Really Desperate Housewives of Stepford Parish Brian Peterson, The Really Desperate Housewives of Stepford Parish James Howard Wright, The Twilight of the Golds
Best Featured Actress in a Play:
Samantha Beaulieu, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men Nadine Cutno, Steal Away Ashley Ricord, Steel Magnolias Rachel Robinson, reasons to be pretty *Janet Shea, Steel Magnolias Emilie Whelan, Little Murders
Best Ensemble:
Almost, Maine (Vera Aaron, David Hanks, Dylan Miller, Gabriela C. Rivera) Dinner With Friends (Chelle Ambrose, Benjamin Clement, Leon Contavesprie, Vanessa Cloke) *Forbidden Broadway (Leslie Castay, Dianna Duffy, Vatican Lokey, Cliff Thompson) Matt and Ben (Jessica Podewell, Nancy Upton) The 39 Steps (Sean Patterson, Gary Rucker, Jessie Terrebonne, Shad Willingham) When Pigs Fly (William Bryant, Kyle Daigrepont, Jermaine Keelen, Patrick Mendelson, Brian Peterson)
Best Costume Design:
Kristen Bruce, Jarrad Legania, Urinetown Cecile Casey Covert, The Mystery of Irma Vep Linda Fried, Hairspray *Katie Gelfand, The Madwoman of Chaillot Kelly James-Penot, The Producers Valerie Johnson and Edward Cox, When Pigs Fly
Best Lighting Design:
Hannah Adams, Go Ye Therefore... Joshua Courtney, To Kill a Mockingbird Su Gonczy, The Mystery of Irma Vep Paul Hackenmueller, Hairspray *Joan Long, In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play Selena Poznak, The Threepenny Opera
Best Set Design:
*Martin Andrew, afterlife: a ghost story Elizabeth Broomall, Into the Woods Geoffrey Hall, The Misanthrope Michael P. Kramer, Steel Magnolias Arthur Mintz, Fantastic Mister Fox David Raphel, In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
Best Choreography:
Blake Cohely, Hairspray Blake Cohely & Kesha McKey, Urinetown *Griffin Collins, The Wiz Alton Geno, The Producers Jaune Buisson Hebert, Curtains Karen Hebert & Kevin Champagne, When Pigs Fly
Best Music Director:
Ben Childress, Into the Woods John Giraud, Evita *Harry Mayronne/Walter McClements, The Threepenny Opera Jeremy Pierre, The Wiz Jesse Reeks, Forbidden Broadway Eric Shimelonis, Grey Gardens
Best Sound Design:
Alden Eagle, Little Murders Rene Duffourc and Bryan Spitzfaden, Fantastic Mister Fox Thad Griffin, The Mystery of Irma Vep *Mike Harkins, afterlife: a ghost story Jeremy J. Lee, In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play Eric Shimelonis, With A Bang
Best Hair (inc. wigs) and Make-Up Design:
Erin Alexander, The Threepenny Opera *Chris Arthur, The New Century Christopher S. Arthur/Oliver Manhattan, Steel Magnolias Andrea Carlin, The Madwoman of Chaillot Linda & Don Guillot, The Music Man Gerard Kelly, Carolyn Barrois, The Mystery of Irma Vep
Best Original Music:
Aeryk & Morella: Laura Laws, Edward Payne & Anastacia Ternasky, Oedipus: Category 5 The Bally Who?, Fantastic Mister Fox *Ratty Scurvics, The Madwoman of Chaillot
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