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IRNE Awards

THE THEATER MIRROR
proudly announces the

INDEPENDENT REVIEWERS OF NEW ENGLAND'S
AWARD RECIPIENTS
& FINAL BALLOT NOMINEES
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The Kenneth A. McDonald Award

for a Life in the Theatre

Ron Ritchell & Polly Hogan

founders of the Lyric and Lyric West

BEST SET DESIGN

SMALL COMPANY

Richard Chambers

for "The Blowin of Baile Gall"
@ THE BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
James Byrne
for "Trumpet of The Swan" @ WHEELOCK FAMILY THEATRE
Ronald L. Dion
for "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" @ TURTLE LANE PLAYHOUSE
Judy Gailen
for "Alice" @ EMERSON & ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Tim Joswick
for "Tuck Everlasting" @ WHEELOCK FAMILY THEATRE
David Miller
for "Bee-Luther-Hachee" @ ZEITGEIST STAGE COMPANY

LARGE COMPANY

Alexander Dodge

for "A Month in The Country"
@ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
John Lee Beatty
for "Proof" @ YE WILBUR THEATRE
Alexander Dodge
for "Heartbreak House" @ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE
Dex Edwards
for "Ragtime" @ NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE
Ricardo Hernandez
for "Uncle Vanya" @ AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

SMALL COMPANY

Karen Perlow

for "Bat Boy @ SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY &
"Dirty Blonde" @ THE LYRIC STAGE OF BOSTON INC.

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
John Ambrosone
for "Woman in Black" @ THE MERRIMACK REPERTORY COMPANY
Jonathan Bonner
for "Alice" @ EMERSON & ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Jeff Gardiner
for "Jekyll & Hyde @ TURTLE LANE PLAYHOUSE

LARGE COMPANY

Christopher Alkerlind

for "Uncle Vanya"
@ AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED
Jeff Croiter
for "A Month in The Country" @ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE

Peter Davidson
for "Copenhagen" @ THE COLONIAL THEATRE
Natasha Katz
for "Beauty And The Beast" @ THE COLONIAL THEATRE

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

SMALL COMPANY

Emily Dunn

for "Tartuffe"
@ THE NEW REPERTORY THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Gail Astrid Buckley
for "Dirty Blonde" @ THE LYRIC STAGE OF BOSTON INC. &
"Blues for an Alabana Sky" @ THE OUR PLACE THEATRE PROJECT
Sarah Jonson
for "Alice" @ EMERSON & ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Stacey Stephens
for "The Wild Party" @ SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY

LARGE COMPANY

Michael Krass

for "A Month in The Country"
@ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Santo Loquasto
for "Ragtime" @ NORTH SHORE THEATRE COMPANY
Robert Morgan
for "The Full Monty" @ THE COLONIAL THEATRE
Pamela Scofield
for "Cinderella" @ THE REAGLE PLAYERS
Edit Szucs
for "Uncle Vanya" @ AMERICAN REPERTORY COMPANY

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

SMALL COMPANY

Marshal Hughes

for "Alice"
@ EMERSON & ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

NOMINEES INCLUDED
Inita Van Buren
for "Raisin!" @ STRAND THEATRE: UP YOU MIGHTY RACE THEATRE COMPANY
Leslie Woodies
for "Sweet Charity" @ TURTLE LANE PLAYHOUSE

LARGE COMPANY

Peggy Hickey

for "Singin' in The Rain"
@ THE REAGLE PLAYERS

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Rob Ashford
for "Marty" @ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE
Candace Jennings
for "Ragtime" @ NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE
Jerry Mitchell
for "The Full Monty" @ THE COLONIAL THEATRE
Matt West
for "Beauty And The Beast" @ THE COLONIAL THEATRE

SPECIAL CABARET AWARDS

Will McMillan

for the Cabaret Connection

John O'Neil

for Cabaretfest

BEST CABARET GROUP

TIE:

At The Movies: Fully Animated

@ SCULLERS

Songs Degenerate And Others

@ THE MARKET THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
"Much Ado About Broadway"
@ STONEHAM THEATRE
"Ida Zecco & Friends"
@ THE REGATTA BAR

LARGE COMPANY

Richard Rodgers Tribute

@ SYMPHONY HALL

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
SpeakEasy Stage Company
for "Back to Bacharach" @ THE COPLEY THEATRE

BEST CABARET FEMALE

SMALL COMPANY TIE:

Carol O'Shaughnessy

for "Jumpin Jams" & "Ring-A-Ding"
@ WEST ROXBURY PUB & SCULLERS

Jan Peters

for "Somebody Come And Play"
@ SCULLERS

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Sophia Bilides
for "Make Someone Happy" @ SCULLERS & THE CAMBRIDGE CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION
Maryann Zschau
for "Movin' On"@ THE LYRIC STAGE OF BOSTON INC.

LARGE COMPANY

Barbara Cook

for "Mostly Sondheim"
@ SYMPHONY HALL

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Jim Bailey
as Judy Garland @ SYMPHONY HALL
Audra MacDonald
for "Happy Songs" @ SYMPHONY HALL

BEST CABARET MALE

SMALL COMPANY

Dane Vannatter

for "The Legends of Swing"
@ THE MUSEUM OF OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Brian DeLorenzo
for "How Was I To know" @ SCULLERS
Kent French
for "The Four Loves" @ SCULLERS
Richard Skipper
as Carol Channing @ THE CROWN & ANCHOR

LARGE COMPANY

Hershey Felder

for "Gershwin Alone"
@ AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
James Barbour
for "Back to Broadway" @ THE STUART STREET PLAYHOUSE

BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE

SMALL COMPANY

Annette Miller

for "Golda's Balcony"
@ SHAKESPEARE & CO.

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Dred Gerestant
in "Dred" @ THEATRE OFFENSIVE
Paula Plum
in "Miss Price" @ BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE
Marc Wolf
for "Americans Asking And Telling" @ TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY

LARGE COMPANY

Kate Mulgrew

for "Tea at Five"
@ AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Hershey Felder
for "Gershwin Alone" @ AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE
Jimmy Tingle
for "Jimmy Tingle in The Promised Land" @ JIMMY TINGLE'S OFF-BROADWAY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

SMALL COMPANY
TIE:

Maureen Keiller

for "The Wild Party" & "Frankie & Johnny at The Claire de Lune"
@ SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY & THE LYRIC WEST

Susan McConnell

for "The Blowin of Baile Gall" @ THE BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Kim Anton
for "The Seagull" @ THE HOVEY PLAYERS
Merle Perkins
for "The Wild Party" @ SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY
Naeemah A. White-Peppers
for "Bee-Luther-Hachee" & "In The Blood" @ ZEITGEIST STAGE COMPANY

LARGE COMPANY

Alice Duffy

for "A Month in The Country"
@ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Heidi Blickenstaff
for "The Full monty" @ THE COLONIAL THEATRE
Eartha Kitt
for "Cinderella" @ THE WANG THEATRE
Karen MacDonald
for "Uncle Vanya" @ AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

TIE:

SMALL COMPANY

Dorian Christian-Baucum

for "Blues for An Alabama Sky"
@ OUR PLACE THEATRE PROJECT

Forrest Walter

for "American notes"
@ COYOTE THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Steven Barkheimer
for "As You Like It" @ THE PUBLICK THEATRE
Elbert Joseph
for "Trumpet of The Swan" @ WHEELOCK FAMILY THEATRE
Michael Nurse
for "American Notes" @ COYOTE THEATRE &
"Riff Raff" @ UBIQUITY STAGE

LARGE COMPANY

Jeremiah Kissel

for "A Month in The Country"
@ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Jason Butler
for "Observe The Sons of Ulster Marching Toward The Somme" @ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY & YE WILBUR THEATRE
Mark Setlock
for "A Month in The Country" @ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY

BEST ACTRESS

SMALL COMPANY

Paula Plum

for "W;t" @ THE LYRIC WEST &
"Miss Price" @ BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Nancy Carroll
for "Bailegangaire" @ THE SUGAN THEATRE COMPANY &
"The Unexpected Man" @ THE NORA THEATRE COMPANY
Korinne T. Hertz
for "Spinning into Butter" @ THE THEATRE COOPERATIVE
Jacqui Parker
for "Blues for An Alabama Sky" @ OUR PLACE THEATRE PROJECT
Maryanne Zschau
for "Dirty Blonde" @ THE LYRIC STAGE OF BOSTON INC.

LARGE COMPANY

Fiona Shaw

for "Medea"
@ YE WILBUR THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Paulette Ivory
for "Aida" @ THE WANG CENTER
Linda Powell
for "Uncle Vanya" @ AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE
Jennifer Van Dyck
for "A Month in The Country" @ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY

BEST ACTOR

SMALL COMPANY

Miguel Cervantes

for "Bat Boy"
@ SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Larry Coen
for "Dirty Blonde" @ THE LYRIC STAGE OF BOSTON INC.
Billy Meleady
for "The Blowin of Baile Gall" @ THE BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE
Jerry Robbins
for "The Lion in Winter" @ THE HOVEY PLAYERS
Darius Williams
for "Hamartia Blues" @ THEATRE OFFENSIVE

LARGE COMPANY

Justin Theroux

for "Observe The Sons of Ulster Marching Toward The Somme"
@ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPAN & YE WILBUR THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Len Cariou
for "Copenhagen" @ THE COLONIAL THEATRE
Tom Derrah
for "Uncle Vanya" @ THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE
Arliss Howard
for "Uncle Vanya" @ THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE
John C. Reilly
for "Marty" @ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY

BEST ENSEMBLE PLAYING

SMALL COMPANY

"Bat Boy"

@ SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
"Alice"
@ EMERSON & ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
"The Lepers of Baile Baiste"
@ THE SUGAN THEATRE COMPANY
"Twilight in Los Angeles"
@ COMPANY ONE
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
@ COYOTE THEATRE

LARGE COMPANY

"The Full Monty"

@ THE COLONIAL THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
"Henry V"
@ COMMONWEALTH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
"A Month in The Country"
@ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY
"Singin' in The Rain"
@ THE REAGLE PLAYERS
"Uncle Vanya"
@ AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE

BEST DIRECTOR

SMALL COMPANY

Paul Daigneault

for "Bat Boy"
@ SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Lesley Chapman
for "Off The Map" & "Spinning into Butter" @ THE THEATRE COOPERATIVE
Marshall Hughes & Melia Bensussen
for "Alice" @ EMERSON & ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Jeff Robinson
for "Blues for An Alabama Sky" @ OUR PLACE THEATRE PROJECT
Spiro Veloudos
for "Glengarry Glen Ross" @ THE LYRIC STAGE OF BOSTON INC.

LARGE COMPANY

TIE:

Kirby Ward

for "Singin' in The Rain"
@ THE REAGLE PLAYERS

Janos Szasz

for "Uncle Vanya"
@ AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
Michael Blakemore
for "Copenhagen" @ THE COLONIAL THEATRE
Nicholas Martin
for "A Month in The Country" @ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY
Deborah Warner
for "Medea" @ YE WILBUR THEATRE

BEST NEW PLAY

SMALL COMPANY

Ronan Noone

for "The Blowin of Baile Gall" & The Lepers of Baile Baiste"
@ THE BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE & THE SUGAN THEATRE COMPANY

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
"Hamartia blues" by Letitia Neely
@ THEATRE OFFENSIVE
"Miss Price" & "Jump Rope" by Jonathan Kuntz
@ BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE & NEXT STAGES
"Painted Alice" by William Donnelly
@ THE INDUSTRIAL THEATRE

LARGE COMPANY

Tony Kushner

for "Homebody Kabul"
@ TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
"Gershwin Alone" by Hershey Felder
@ AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE

BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION

SMALL COMPANY

"Bat Boy"

@ SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
"Alice"
@ EMERSON & ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
"Jekyll & Hyde"
@ TURTLE LANE PLAYHOUSE
"Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
@ THE FOOTLIGHT CLUB
"The Wild Party"
@ SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY

LARGE COMPANY

"Singin' in The Rain"

@ REAGLE PLAYERS

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
"Beauty And The Beast"
@ THE COLONIAL THEATRE
"The Full Monty"
@ THE COLONIAL THEATRE
"Ragtime"
@ NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE

BEST PRODUCTION

SMALL COMPANY

"Glengarry Glen Ross"

@ THE LYRIC STAGE OF BOSTON INC

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
"Bailegangaire"
@ THE SUGAN THEATRE COMPANY
"Blues for An Alabama Sky"
@ OUR PLACE THEATRE PROJECT
"A Lesson Before Dying"
@ THE NEW REPERTORY THEATRE
"The Weir"
@ MERRIMACK REPERTORY COMPANY

LARGE COMPANY

"Medea"

@ YE WILBUR THEATRE

NOMINEES INCLUDED:
"Copenhagen"
@ THE COLONIAL THEATRE
"A Month in The Country"
@ THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY
"Uncle Vanya"
AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE

The evening's festivities were made possible by the generosity of

Toby Langerman

of THE ANTIQUE COMPANY, 31 Washington Street in Brookline Village

AND

Chobee Hoy

of CHOBEE HOY ASSOCIATES, REALTORS, 18 Harvard Street in Brookline Village

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