2019 Barrymore Nominees by Category
The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre are a nationally recognized symbol of excellence for professional theatre in the Greater Philadelphia region, honoring local artists and theatre companies while increasing public awareness of the richness and diversity of our city's thriving theatre community. Below are 2019's Barrymore Nominees by Category.
The Barrymore Awards
2019 Nominees by Category
Outstanding Overall Production of a Play
Boycott Esther (Azuka Theatre)
Indecent (Arden Theatre Company)
Gem of the Ocean (Arden Theatre Company)
Kill Move Paradise (The Wilma Theater)
Morir Sonyando (Passage Theatre Company)
The Great Leap (InterAct Theatre Company)
xoxo moongirl (Almanac Dance Circus Theatre)
Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical
Once (Arden Theatre Company)
The Appointment (Lightning Rod Special)
The Bridges of Madison County (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
The Color Purple (Theatre Horizon)
Outstanding Direction of a Play
C. Ryanne Domingues (Morir Sonyando, Passage Theatre Company)
Jerrell L. Henderson (UNTITLED, Inis Nua Theatre Company)
James Ijames (Gem of the Ocean, Arden Theatre Company)
Maura Krause (Boycott Esther, Azuka Theatre)
Kathryn MacMillan (The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged, Tiny Dynamite)
Kittson O’Neill (Moby Dick, Hedgerow Theatre)
Rebecca Wright (Indecent, Arden Theatre Company)
Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Claire Moyer (The Monster in the Hall, Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Terrence J. Nolen (Once, Arden Theatre Company)
Amina Robinson (The Color Purple, Theatre Horizon)
Eva Steinmetz (The Appointment, Lightning Rod Special)
Outstanding Leading Performance in a Play
Zuhairah (Gem of the Ocean, Arden Theatre Company)
Brandi Burgess (Cry It Out, Simpatico Theatre)
Akeem Davis (Gem of the Ocean, Arden Theatre Company)
Keith Illidge (UNTITLED, Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Justin Jain (The Great Leap, InterAct Theatre Company)
McKenna Kerrigan (Hapgood, Lantern Theater Company)
Jennifer Kidwell (A Hard Time, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Jered McLenigan (Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, The Wilma Theater)
Geneviève Perrier (Betrayal, Lantern Theater Company)
Brandon Pierce (Kill Move Paradise, The Wilma Theater)
Chuja Seo (Salt Pepper Ketchup, InterAct Theatre Company & Passage Theatre Company)
Lindsay Smiling (How To Catch Creation, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Leah Walton (Indecent, Arden Theatre Company)
Ruby Wolf (Box Clever, Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical
Katherine Fried (Once, Arden Theatre Company)
Hanna Gaffney (Oliver!, Quintessence Theatre Group)
Sarah Gliko (The Bridges of Madison County, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Tessa Grady (42nd Street, Bucks County Playhouse)
Jessica M. Johnson (The Color Purple, Theatre Horizon)
Claris Park (The Monster in the Hall, Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Sav Souza (Basic Witches, Hager Productions)
Robert Zelaya (Evita, The Resident Theatre Company)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play
Rachel Brodeur (Box Clever, Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Walter DeShields (Sweat, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Alexandra Espinoza (Boycott Esther, Azuka Theatre)
Adam Hammet (Measure for Measure, Lantern Theater Company)
Danielle Leneé (Gem of the Ocean, Arden Theatre Company)
Anthony Martinez-Briggs (Kill Move Paradise, The Wilma Theater)
Susan McKey (The Christians, Bristol Riverside Theatre)
Claris Park (Among the Dead, Theatre Exile)
Lawrence Pressman (Awake and Sing!, Quintessence Theatre Group)
Bianca Sanchez (Hype Man: A Break Beat Play, InterAct Theatre Company)
Jahzeer Terrell (Three Sisters, Two, EgoPo Classic Theater)
Johanna Tolentino (Morir Sonyando, Passage Theatre Company)
Rob Tucker (This is the Week That Is, 1812 Productions)
Brian Anthony Wilson (Gem of the Ocean, Arden Theatre Company)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical
Miche Braden (Nina Simone: Four Women, People’s Light)
Newton Buchanan (Honk! The Musical, Delaware Theatre Company)
Rachel Camp (The Bridges of Madison County, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Charlie DelMarcelle (Once, Arden Theatre Company)
Eleni Delopoulos (The Monster in the Hall, Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Ebony Pullum (The Color Purple, Theatre Horizon)
Brett Ashley Robinson (The Appointment, Lightning Rod Special)
Terran Scott (Minors, Lantern Theater Company)
Outstanding Choreography / Movement
Nicole Burgio and Ben Grinberg (xoxo moongirl, Almanac Dance Circus Theatre)
Sanchel Brown (The Color Purple, Theatre Horizon)
Zachary Chiero (Fly Eagles Fly, Tribe of Fools)
Jeremy Dumont (42nd Street, Bucks County Playhouse)
Eli Lynn (Tis Pity She's A Whore, The Philadelphia Artists' Collective)
Steve Pacek (Once, Arden Theatre Company)
Annie Wilson (Indecent, Arden Theatre Company)
Outstanding Scenic Design
D'Vaughn Agu (Nina Simone: Four Women, People's Light)
Melpomene Katakalos (The Great Leap, InterAct Theatre Company)
Paul E Kuhn (All My Sons, Curio Theatre Company)
Marie Laster (UNTITLED, Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Colin Mcllvaine (Among the Dead, Theatre Exile)
Matt Saunders (Kill Move Paradise, The Wilma Theater)
Thom Weaver (Gem of the Ocean, Arden Theatre Company)
Outstanding Costume Design
Natalia de la Torre (Three Sisters Two, EgoPo Classic Theater)
Elizabeth Ennis (The Color Purple, Theatre Horizon)
Meghan E. Healey (Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, The Wilma Theater)
Jillian Keys (Treasure Island, Arden Theatre Company)
Levonne Lindsay (Gem of the Ocean, Arden Theatre Company)
Mark Mariani (The Bridges of Madison County, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Rosemarie McKelvey (Cinderella: A Musical Panto, People's Light)
Outstanding Lighting Design
Isabella Byrd (Such Things As Vampires, People's Light)
Alyssandra Docherty (Completeness, Theatre Exile)
Alyssandra Docherty (The Color Purple, Theatre Horizon)
Oona Curley (Nina Simone: Four Women, People's Light)
Maria Shaplin (Indecent, Arden Theatre Company)
Thom Weaver (Gem of the Ocean, Arden Theatre Company)
Thom Weaver (Kill Move Paradise, The Wilma Theater)
Outstanding Media Design
Christopher Ash (Sweat, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Jorge Cousineau (74 Seconds...To Judgment, Arden Theatre Company)
Jorge Cousineau (Boycott Esther, Azuka Theatre)
Lyell Hintz (The Great Leap, InterAct Theatre Company)
Sadah "Espii" Proctor, Carlos Del Castillo Aceves (Morir Sonyando, Passage Theatre Company)
Outstanding Sound Design
Elizabeth Atkinson (Once, Arden Theatre Company)
Christopher Colucci (The Heir Apparent, Lantern Theater Company)
Melissa Dunphy (Hype Man: A Break Beat Play, InterAct Theatre Company)
Justin Ellington (Kill Move Paradise, The Wilma Theater)
Daniel Ison (Gem of the Ocean, Arden Theatre Company)
Daniel Ison (UNTITLED, Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Shannon Zura (Boycott Esther, Azuka Theatre)
Outstanding Original Music
Alex Bechtel (The Appointment, Lightning Rod Special)
Zak Berkman & Jessie Fisher (Such Things As Vampires, People's Light)
Melissa Dunphy (Among the Dead, Theatre Exile)
Larry Fowler (Hype Man: A Break Beat Play, InterAct Theatre Company)
Jamison Foreman (The Monster in the Hall, Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Robi Hager (Basic Witches, Hager Productions)
Mel Hsu (xoxo moongirl, Almanac Dance Circus Theatre)
Outstanding Music Direction
Jamison Foreman (The Monster in the Hall, Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Amanda Morton (The Bridges of Madison County, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Amanda Morton (The Color Purple, Theatre Horizon)
Jason Neri (Ragtime, Eagle Theatre)
Ryan Touhey (Once, Arden Theatre Company)
Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
A Hard Time (Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Awake and Sing! (Quintessence Theatre Group)
Box Clever (Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Gem of the Ocean (Arden Theatre Company)
Indecent (Arden Theatre Company)
Kill Move Paradise (The Wilma Theater)
Treasure Island (Arden Theatre Company)
Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical
Once (Arden Theatre Company)
The Appointment (Lightning Rod Special)
The Color Purple (Theatre Horizon)
The Monster in the Hall (Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play/Musical
Kash Goins (74 Seconds...To Judgment, Arden Theatre Company)
Jess Conda, Jenn Kidwell, Mel Krodman (A Hard Time, Pig Iron Theatre Company)
Emily Acker (Boycott Esther, Azuka Theatre)
Christina Anderson (How To Catch Creation, Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Erlina Ortiz (Morir Sonyando, Passage Theatre Company)
Josh Wilder (Salt Pepper Ketchup, InterAct Theatre Company & Passage Theatre Company)
Alice Yorke with Eva Steinmetz, Alex Bechtel, Scott R Sheppard, and the ensemble / Music and Lyrics - Alex Bechtel (The Appointment, Lightning Rod Special)
Outstanding Outdoor Theatre Production
Birds of North America (Theater with a View)
Contradict This! A Birthday Funeral for Heroes (The Bearded Ladies Cabaret)
King Lear (Shakespeare in Clark Park)
The Beast of Nubia (Theatre in the X)
Whisper’s Gone (Theatre Exile)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ed Shockley
F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist
Jaylene Clark Owens
J Hernandez
Dan O'Neil
Gabriela Sanchez
Maria Shaplin
Brown Martin Philadelphia Award
Boycott Esther (Azuka Theatre)
Kill Move Paradise (The Wilma Theater)
Morir Sonyando (Passage Theatre Company)
The Appointment (Lightning Rod Special)
The Color Purple (Theatre Horizon)
June and Steve Wolfson Award for an Evolving Theatre Company
Applied Mechanics
Curio Theatre Company
Lightning Rod Special
Simpatico Theatre
Tiny Dynamite
Victory Foundation Award for Outstanding Theatre Education Program
ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships
Lantern Theater Company
People’s Light
Theatre Horizon
Yes! And...Collaborative Arts
*Article updated on October 1st, 2019 to include the Nominees for Oustanding Outdoor Theatre Production
