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As we’ve been doing for years, Motif seeks to recognize the excellence in local theater at many different levels. We polled the critics and theater companies themselves– about their own best work and the best work they saw. Here’s who they picked! At our awards show, coming in late August, we’ll have technical and critics’ choice awards– but most of all, we want to know what you, the audience, thought. Please vote for your favorites– for the performances and productions that moved, astonished or touched you.
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Improv / Audience Participation
BYOI (Bring Your Own Improv)
Bit Players
Improv Jones
Live Bait
Micetro Improv (@The Contemporary Theater)
Providence Improv Guild
Youth Production of the Year
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant – The Wilbury Group
Dear Edwina – Jamestown Community Theatre
Little Mermaid Jr. – Academy Players
My Son Pinocchio – Encore Kids
The Addams Family – Uncommon Theatre Company
The Wizard of Oz – Encore Kids
Musical of the Year
A Brief History of The Earth and Everything in It – Elemental Theatre Collective
Assassins – Contemporary Theater Co.
Cabaret – The Wilbury Group
Les Misérables – Ocean State Theatre Co.
Oliver! – Trinity Repertory Co.
Sweet Charity – The Community Players
Male in a Musical
Fred Scheff – Les Misérables – Ocean State Theatre
Fred Sullivan Jr. – A Christmas Carol – Trinity Repertory Co.
Kevin Broccoli – Sweet Charity – The Community Players
Sandy Remington – Fiddler on the Roof – The Community Players
Stephen Berenson – Oliver! – Trinity Repertory Co.
Timothy John Smith – Oliver! – Trinity Repertory Co.
Female in a Musical
Alyssa Gorgone – Les Misérables – Ocean State Theatre
Angela Brazil – A Christmas Carol – Trinity Repertory Co.
Beth Ann Baker – Singin’ in the Rain – New Bedford Festival Theatre
Katie Travers – Cabaret – The Wilbury Group
Lisa Ziniti Palmer – Sweet Charity – The Community Players
Rachael Warren – Oliver! – Trinity Repertory Co.
Summer Stock Production
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – The Rhode Island Shakespeare Theater
Annie – Theatre by the Sea
La Cage Aux Folles – Theatre by the Sea
Singin’ in the Rain – New Bedford Festival Theatre
College / University
Male Performance
David Groccia – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – RIC
David Sackal – Chicago – URI
Jeff Ararat – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot – CCRI
Neil Jeronimo – Arsenic and Old Lace – RIC
Tyler Indyck – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – RIC
Female Performance
Aimee-Rose Willet – Arsenic and Old Lace – RIC
Julia Bartoletti – Chicago – URI
Marina Tejada – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot – CCRI
Sarah Pothier – Prelude to a Kiss – RIC
Direction
Bill Wilson – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – RIC
Linda Sutherland – Arsenic and Old Lace – RIC
Paula McGlasson – Chicago – URI
Theodore R. Clement – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot – CCRI
Production
Antigone – Salve Regina
Arsenic and Old Lace – RIC
Chicago – URI
Crimes of the Heart – URI
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – RIC
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot – CCRI
Set Design
Cheryl deWardener – Chicago – URI
Katryne Hecht – Arsenic and Old Lace – RIC
Katryne Hecht – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – RIC
Luke Sutherland – Spitfire Grill – CCRI
Costume
Charlotte Dunning Burgess – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – RIC
David T. Howard – Chicago – URI
Leslie Ford and Brandy Lee Silva – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot – CCRI
Michael Dates – Arsenic and Old Lace – RIC
Dance
Production of the Year
Coppelia – The State Ballet of Rhode Island
Cowboys – Cadets & Collaborative Works – The State Ballet of Rhode Island
Orchis (from Boundless Plotnikov) – Festival Ballet Providence
Peter Pan – Festival Ballet Providence
The Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff – Island Moving Co.
Principal Dancer of the Year
Brenna DiFrancesco – Festival Ballet Providence
Brooke DiFrancesco – Island Moving Co.
Peg Chobanian – The State Ballet of Rhode Island
Vilia Putrius – Festival Ballet Providence
Professional Theater
Male Lead
Brian McEleney – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike – Trinity Repertory Co.
Fred Sullivan – Jr. – Laughter on the 23rd Floor – Ocean State Theatre
Jim O’Brien – Blackbird – Gamm Theatre
Stephen Thorne – The Grapes of Wrath – Trinity Repertory Co.
Steve Kidd – The Big Meal – Gamm Theatre
Tony Estrella – Macbeth – Gamm Theatre
Female Lead
Angela Brazil – Veronica Meadows – Trinity Repertory Co.
Anne Scurria – The Grapes of Wrath – Trinity Repertory Co.
Janice Duclos – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike – Trinity Repertory Co.
Jeanine Kane – Good People – Gamm Theatre –
Karen Carpenter – The Big Meal – Gamm Theatre
Mia Ellis – Intimate Apparel – Trinity Repertory Co.
Supporting Male
Joe Wilson Jr. – A Christmas Carol – Trinity Repertory Co.
Mauro Hantman – Intimate Apparel – Trinity Repertory Co.
Richard Donnelly – The Big Meal – Gamm Theatre
Steve Kidd – Macbeth – Gamm Theatre
Timothy Crowe – A Lie of the Mind – Trinity Repertory Co.
Supporting Female
Britt Faulkner – A Lie of the Mind – Trinity Repertory Co.
Casey Seymour Kim – Good People – Gamm Theatre
Karen Gail Kessler – The Diary of Anne Frank – Ocean State Theatre Co.
Tangela Large – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike – Trinity Repertory
Wendy Overly – Macbeth – Gamm Theatre
Direction
Amiee Turner – Les Misérables – Ocean State Theatre Co.
Brian McEleney – Grapes of Wrath – Trinity Repertory Co.
Fred Sullivan – Jr. – Macbeth – Gamm Theatre
Janice Duclos – Intimate Apparel – Trinity Repertory Co.
Rachel Walshe – Good People – Gamm Theatre
Tyler Dobrowsky – The Big Meal – Gamm Theatre
Production of the Year
A Christmas Carol – Trinity Repertory Co.
A Lie of the Mind – Trinity Repertory Co.
Good People – Gamm Theatre
Laughter on the 23rd Floor – Ocean State Theatre Co.
Macbeth – Gamm Theatre
The Grapes of Wrath – Trinity Repertory Co.
New Work
A Brief History of The Earth and Everything in it – Elemental Theatre Co.
Veronica Meadows – Trinity Repertory Co.
Set Design
Eugene Lee – Oliver! – Trinity Repertory Co.
Jessica Hill – Good People – Gamm Theatre
Bert Scott – La Cage Aux Folles – Theatre by the Sea
Patrick Lynch – Veronica Meadows – Trinity Repertory Co.
Costume
Brian Horton – 42nd Street – Ocean State Theatre Co.
Marcia Zammarelli – La Cage Aux Folles – Theatre by the Sea
Marilyn Salvatore – Macbeth – Gamm Theatre
William Lane – Grapes of Wrath – Trinity Repertory Co.
Semi-Professional
(Non-union)
Male Lead
Ed Shea – Freud’s Last Session – 2nd Story Theatre
Jeff Church – Orson’s Shadow – Burbage Theatre Co.
Michael Puppi – Angels in America – Epic Theatre Co.
Ricardo Pitts-Wiley – Othello – Mixed Magic Theatre
Rudy Cabrera – Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train – Mixed Magic Theatre
Female Lead
Allison Crews – The Great God Pan – Epic Theatre Co.
Amber Kelly – Blasted – The Wilbury Group
Andrea Flax – Lucy – Daydream Theatre
Emily Lewis – The Other Place – Epic Theatre Co.
Lara Hakeem – Sylvia – 2nd Story Theatre
MJ Daly – For Colored Girls – Mixed Magic Theatre
Supporting Male
Andrew Iacovelli – Dr. Cerberus – Burbage Theater Co.
Bradford J. Greer – The Great God Pan – Epic Theatre Co.
Jo-an Peralta – Blasted – The Wilbury Group
Kevin Broccoli – The Lyons – 2nd Story Theatre
Ted Clement – Picasso at the Lapin Agile – Counter-Productions Theatre Co.
Tom Chace – God of Carnage – Mixed Magic Theatre
Supporting Female
Hannah Lum – Othello – Mixed Magic Theatre
Meghan Rose Donnelly – The Great God Pan – Epic Theatre Co.
Melissa Corbett – Lucy – Daydream Theatre Co.
Sharon Carpentier – Sylvia – 2nd Story Theatre
Stephanie Traversa – Cloud Nine – Contemporary Theatre Co.
Valerie Remillard Myette – Picasso at the Lapin Agile – Counter Productions Theatre Co.
Direction
Jonathan Pitts-Wiley – Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train – Mixed Magic Theatre
Josh Short – Blasted – The Wilbury Group
Kevin Broccoli & Jill Jones – Angels in America – Epic Theatre Co.
Lara Hakeem – The Other Place – Epic Theatre Co.
Mark Peckham – The Lyons – 2nd Story Theatre
Ted Clement – Nico was a Fashion Model – Counter-Productions Theatre
Production of the Year
Angels in America – Epic Theatre Co.
Blasted – The Wilbury Group
Orson’s Shadow – Burbage Theatre Co.
Picasso at the Lapin Agile – Counter-Productions Theatre Co.
The Lyons – 2nd Story Theatre
The Other Place – Epic Theatre Co.
Best New Work
Lucy – Daydream Theatre
Nico was a Fashion Model – J. Julian Christopher – Counter-Productions Theatre Co.
The Lyons – 2nd Story Theatre
The One-Acts – The Artists-Exchange
Set Design
Meghan Rose Donnelly- Fuddy Meers – Contemporary Theatre Co.
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train – Mixed Magic Theatre
Monica Shinn – Blasted – The Wilbury Group
Ted Clement – Picasso at the Lapin Agile – Counter-Productions Theatre Co.
Trevor Elliott – Seven Keys to Baldpate – 2nd Story Theatre
Costume
Big Nazo – A Christmas Carol – The Rhode Island Shakespeare Co.
Jessie Darrell – Seven Keys to Baldpate – 2nd Story Theatre
Ron Cesario – The Dupe – 2nd Story Theatre
Sylvi Re – Cabaret – The Wilbury Group
Community Theater
Male Lead
Alex Aponte – Nobody’s Perfect – Theatre Works
Brian Lopes – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Little Theatre of Fall River
Derek Laurendo – Come Blow Your Horn – Theatre Co. of RI
John Sheppard – Plaza Suite – Academy Players
Matthey J. Bolles – Three One Acts Plus – Jamestown Community Theatre
Michael Zola – Doubt – The Players at Barker Playhouse
Female Lead
Allie Fasano – Three One Acts Plus – Jamestown Community Theatre
Cathy Fox – Arsenic & Old Lace – The Community Players
Connie Anderson – A Christmas Carmella – Theatre Works – Inc.
Lisa Scotti-Johnson – Plaza Suite – Academy Players
Lisa Ziniti Palmer – Sweet Charity – The Community Players
Supporting Male
Gian DiCostanzo – Hairspray – RI Stage Ensemble
Greg Bonin – Les Misérables – The Encore Repertory Co.
James Reilly – Three One Acts Plus – Jamestown Community Theatre
Larry Calabro – Arsenic & Old Lace – The Community Players
Michael Evora – Sweet Charity – The Community Players
Seann Jackson – Plaza Suite – Academy Players
Supporting Female
Elizabeth Hopkins – Come Blow Your Horn – Theatre Co. of RI
Emma Fitzgerald – Hay Fever – RI Stage Ensemble
Karen Kessler – Fiddler on the Roof – The Community Players
Lauren Faith Odenwalder – Woman in Mind – The Players at Barker Playhouse
Nicole Franklin – Les Misérables – The Encore Repertory Co.
Paige Barry – Plaza Suite – Academy Players
Direction
Alfred A. Fortier III – Les Misérables – The Encore Repertory Co.
Greg Geer – Sweet Charity – The Community Players
Lynn Nadrowski – King of the Moon – Theatre Works – Inc.
Mary S. Wright – Dear Edwina – Jamestown Community Theatre
Mike Landry – Godspell – Shining Light Productions
Peggy Pires – Arsenic and Old Lace – The Community Players
Production of the Year
Come Blow Your Horn – Theater Co.of RI
Nobody’s Perfect – Theatre Works – Inc.
Sweet Charity – The Community Players
The Long Slide Home – The Players at Barker Playhouse
Three One Acts Plus – Jamestown Community Theatre
Set Design
Al Forgione – Shrek – The Encore Repertory Co.
Dan Clement – Woman in Mind – The Players at Barker Playhouse
Mike Landry – Godspell – Shining Light Productions
Vic Turenne – Arsenic and Old Lace – The Community Players
Costume
Caroline Tillinghast – Annie – Curtain Call Players
Laurea Osborne – Sweet Charity – The Community Players
Lauren Schmidt – Shrek – The Encore Repertory Co.
Luanne Crimmins – Godspell – Shining Light Productions
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CONGRATULATIONS to the entire cast and production team–and to playwright Eliza G.C. Collins!–for our nomination as Best New Production(Community Theater) for A LONG SLIDE HOME. Now VOTE, early and often! (And don't forget to vote for Lauren as Best Supporting in WOMAN IN MIND….)
Where are the lighting design and sound design nominees listed?
Great set of nominations. One huge noticeable snub is the deaf actor who was in Tribes at Epic Theatre. I thought he delivered a beautiful performance where he made us feel what it is like to be a deaf individual struggling to fit in the society. That is an example of a true breakthrough performance along with Stephanie Traversa. And the supporting cast was exceptional.
Does anyone know when voting closes?