Nominations for the DC Theatre Scene Audience Choice Awards, 2012

The writers of DC Theatre Scene have nominated the following from the 274 eligible professional productions appearing on Washington area stages. Voting begins August 7, 2012 and is open to all members of the public who request ballots by August 12. Voting proceeds in two rounds, concluding August 22, 2012.

PRODUCTIONS

BEST RESIDENT PLAYS

A Bright New Boise, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
A Christmas Carol, Olney Theatre
After The Fall,  Theater J
Ah, Wilderness!, Arena Stage
Amelia , Washington Stage Guild
Ana en el tropico, GALA Theatre
Ay Carmela, GALA Theatre.
Cabaret Macabre, Happenstance Theatre
Civilization (All You Can Eat), Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Happy Days, WSC Avant Bard
Imagining Madoff, Theater J
Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Keegan Theatre
Long Days Journey Into Night,  Arena Stage
Lungs, Studio Theatre
Mad Forest, Forum Theatre
Mr. Burns – a Post-Electric Play, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
On the Waterfront, American Century
Or, Rep Stage
Othello, Folger
Really Really, Signature Theatre
Red, Arena Stage
ReEntry, American Records
Savage in Limbo, MetroStage
Shining City, Quotidian Theatre Company
Side Man, Ist Stage
Strange Interlude, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Taming of the Shrew, Folger
Taming of the Shrew, Synetic Theater
The Bacchae, WSC Avant Bard
The Big Meal, Studio Theatre
The Golden Dragon, Studio Theatre
The Heir Apparent, Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Language Archive, Forum Theatre
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Normal Heart, Arena Stage
The Servant of Two Masters, Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Whipping Man, Theater J
Trouble In Mind, Arena Stage

BEST RESIDENT MUSICALS

1776, Ford’s Theatre
A Second Chance, Signature Theatre
Brother Russia, Signature Theatre
Dames at Sea, Infinity Theatre
First You Dream: The Music of Kander and Ebb, Kennedy Center
Hairspray, Signature Theatre
Josephine Tonight!, Metro Stage
Legally Blonde, Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Music Man, Arena Stage
Parade, Ford’s Theatre and Theater J
Puerto Rico…¡Fua!  GALA Theatre
Spring Awakening, Keegan Theatre
The Boy Detective Fails, Signature Theatre
The Sound of Music, Olney Theatre Center
White Christmas, Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia

BEST RESIDENT OPERAS

Lucia di Lammermoor, Washington National Opera
Luisa Fernanda, Teatro de la Luna
Miss Havisham’s Fire, Clarice Smith Center
Nabucco, Washington National Opera
Tosca, Washington National Opera
Werther, Washington National Opera

BEST RESIDENT FAMILY SHOWS

Dr. Dolittle, Imagination Stage
If You Give a Moose a Muffin, Adventure Theatre MTC
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Adventure Theatre
P. Nokio, Imagination Stage
Rapunzel, Imagination Stage
Rapunzel, The Puppet Co.
Tales of Beatrix Potter, The Puppet Co.
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, Imagination Stage

BEST NON-RESIDENT SHOWS

Ann, The Kennedy Center
Basil Twist’s Petrushka,  Shakespeare Theatre Company
Billy Elliot, The Kennedy Center
Equivocation, Arena Stage
Henson Alternative, Stuffed and Unstrung, Howard Theatre
Jersey Boys, National Theatre
Krapp’s Last Tape, The Lansburgh Theatre
Les Miserables,The  Kennedy Center
Monty Python’s Spamalot, Warner Theatre
The Animals And Children Took To The Streets, Studio Theatre

PERFORMANCES

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY

Alexander Strain (Baruch de Spinoza)  New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza, Theater J
Alex Webb (various roles) Amelia, Washington Stage Guild
Alexander Strain (Cale), The Whipping Man, Theater J
Cesar Melendez, as El Nica, in El Inmigrante, Teatro de la Luna
David Deblinger (Jerry Siegel) The History of Invulnerability, Theater J
David Emerson Toney (Simon) The Whipping Man, Theater J
Edward Gero (Mark Rothko), Red, Arena Stage
Evan Casey (Cooper) Really Really, Signature Theatre
Floyd King (Geronte) The Heir Apparent, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Frank Britton (The Professor) The Stenographer, Venus Theatre
Ian Merrill Peakes (Iago) Othello at Folger Theatre
Jeff Keilholtz (Teach) American Buffalo, MET
Josh Sticklin (Aaron) Cuchullain, Keegan Theatre
Joshua Drew (Mayor Soch), Beertown, dog & pony dc
Maboud Ebramhimzadeh (Takatsuki), After The Quake, Rorschach
Michael Kevin Darnall (Tony) Savage in Limbo, MetroStage
Michael Masto (Master Ford) The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Michael Russotto (Will), A Bright new Boise, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Michael Tolaydo (Mortera), New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza, Theater J
Mike Nussbaum (Solomon Galkin) Imagining Madoff,Theater J
Mitchell Hébert (Quentin), After the Fall, Round House Theatre
Patrick Breen (Ned Weeks), The Normal Heart, Arena Stage
Patrick Bussink (Clifford), Side Man, 1st Stage
Paul Morella (Alan) God of Carnage, Signature Theatre
Paul Morella, A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas, Olney Theatre
Ray Ficca (Max Prince), Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Keegan Theatre
Rick Foucheux (Bernard Madoff), Imagining Madoff, Theater J
Rick Foucheux (Nat Miller), Ah, Wilderness!, Arena Stage
Robert Stanton (Charles Marsden), Strange Interlude, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Sheldon Best (Leon) Sucker Punch, Studio Theatre
Steve Beall (John) Shining City, Quotidian Theatre
Steven Epp (Truffaldino), The Servant of Two Masters, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Ted Van Griethuysen (W. H. Auden) The Habit of Art, Studio Theatre
Tom Carman (Crow) The Tooth of Crime, WSC Avant Bard

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Annie Houston (multiple roles) The Big Meal, Studio Theatre
Brooke Bloom (W) Lungs, Studio Theatre
Delia Taylor (Winnie) Happy Days, WSC Avant Bard
Dylan Moore (Regan) Bachelorette, Studio Theatre
E. Faye Butler (Wiletta Mayer)-Trouble in Mind, Arena Stage
Francesca Faridany (Nina Leeds) Strange Interlude, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey (Maggie), After The Fall, Theater J
Helen Carey (Mary) Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Arena Stage
Holly Twyford (Sarah), Time Stands Still, Studio Theatre
Kaiulani Lee, (Mother Jones) Can’t Scare Me, Theater of the First Amendment
Kate Eastwood Norris (Ana), The Book Club Play, Arena Stage
Kate Eastwood Norris (Kate), The Taming of the Shrew, Folger Theatre
Kathryn Meisle (Beatrice), Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Kelly Renee Armstrong (Alma) Yellowman, Rep Stage
Kim Rosen (Haley) Really Really, Signature Theatre
Kimberly Gilbert ( Benedick), Much Ado About Nothing, Taffety Punk’s Riot Grrrls
Lauren Culpepper (Grace) Really Really. Signature Theatre
Lee Mikeska Gardner (Terry Glimmer) Side Man, 1st Stage
Lisa Hodsoll (Josie) A Moon for the Misbegotten, Heritage-O’Neill Theatre Company
Michele Osherow (Sonya)  Afterplay,Quotidian Theatre
Mona Martinez (Carmela) ¡Ay, Carmela!, GALA Theatre
Monalisa Arias (Marela) Ana en el tropico, GALA Theatre
Mundy Spears (Nurse Monahan) Wit, Bay Theatre Company
Nancy Robinette (Essie) Ah, Wilderness!, Arena Stage
Nanna Ingvarsson (Alacandre) The Illusion, Forum Theatre
Natascia Diaz (Denise Savage) Savage in Limbo, MetroStage
Sarah Marshall (Baptista) The Taming of the Shrew, Folger Theatre
Sarah Marshall (Big Hog), Civilization (or All You Can Eat) Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Sarah Marshall, The Golden Dragon, Studio Theatre
Shirleyann Kaladjian (Amelia) Amelia, Washington Stage Guild
Vanessa Lock (Annette) God of Carnage, Signature Theatre

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Brian Sutherland (Dan)  A Second Chance, Signature Theatre
Brooks Ashmanskas (John Adams) 1776, Ford’s Theatre
Burke Moses (Harold Hill), The Music Man, Arena Stage
Euan Morton (Leo Frank), Parade, Ford’s Theatre
James Gardiner (Snoopy) You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Olney Theatre
Jesus Daniel Hernandez, for From My Latin Heart, In Series
Joel Perez, multiple roles,  Puerto Rico Fua! GALA Theatre
John Lescault, (Brother Russia) Brother Russia, Signature Theatre
Kevin McAllister (Jim Conley) Parade, Ford’s Theatre and Theater J
Paul Scanlan (Mauritz), Spring Awakening, Keegan Theatre
Thomas Simpson (Professor Vol Golum) The Boy Detective Fails, Signature Theatre
Vincent Kempski, Melchior, Spring Awakening, Keegan Theatre

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Aisha de Haas (various roles) Josephine Tonight, MetroStage
Ali Hoxie (Wendla) Spring Awakening, Keegan Theatre
Carolyn Cole (Traci Turnblad) Hairspray, Signature Theatre
Diane Sutherland (Jenna) A Second Chance, Signature Theatre
Erin Weaver (Kira) Xanadu, Signature Theatre
Jaime Kelton, Sally, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Olney Theatre
Jenny Fellner (Lucille Frank) Parade, Ford’s Theatre and Theater J
Jessica Lauren Ball (Elle) Legally Blonde the Musical, Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Jessica Lauren Ball (Maria) The Sound of Music, Olney Theatre
Lauren Williams (Penny) Hairspray, Signature Theatre
Sherry Berg (Charlotte) Flora the Red Menace, 1st Stage
Tracy Lynn Olivera (Sister Sophia/Mother Abess u.s.) Sound of Music, Olney Theatre
Zurin Villanueva (Josephine) Josephine Tonight!, MetroStage

BEST ACTOR IN AN OPERA

Michael Chioldi (Enrico) Lucia di Lammermoor, Washington National Opera
Saimir Pirgu (Edgardo) Lucia di Lammermoor, Washington National Opera
Francesco Meli, (Werther) Werther, Washington National Opera
Jose Sacin (peasant-farmer), Luisa Fernanda, Teatro de la Luna
Peter Burroughs (barber) El Barberillo, In Series

BEST ACTRESS IN AN OPERA

Caroline Worra (Charlotte) Before Breakfast, UrbanArias
Elizabeth Futral (Fiordiligi) Cosi fan tutte, Washington National Opera
Jennifer Aylmer (Susan) The Filthy Habit, UrbanArias
Laura Virella (Luisa) Luisa Fernanda, Teatro de la Luna
Patricia Racette ( Floria Tosca) Tosca, Washington National Opera
Sarah Coburn (Lucia) Lucia di Lammermoor, Washington National Opera
Sonia Ganassi (Charlotte) Werther, Washington National Opera

BEST ACTOR IN A FAMILY PLAY

Jason Lott (Newton the Dog) The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful and Her Dog!, The Kennedy Center
Michael Russotto (Moose) “IF You Give a Moose a Muffin, Adventure Theatre
Psalmayene 24 (P. Nokio) P. Nokio, Imagination Stage
Rob McQuay (Hugh Lofting/Dr. Dolittle) Dr. Dolittle, Imagination Stage
S. Lewis Feemster (Chester) Lilly’s Plastic Purse, Adventure Theatre

BEST ACTRESS IN A FAMILY PLAY

Felicia Curry (Lilly) Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Adventure Theatre
Jessica Frances Dukes (Dr. Wonderful) The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful and Her Dog!, The Kennedy Center
Leigh Jameson (Polynesia) Dr. Dolittle, Imagination Stage
Justine Moral (Lucy) The Lion, the Witch & The Wardrobe, Imagination Stage
Tia Shearer (Trixie), Knuffle Bunny, The Kennedy Center

BEST PERFORMER IN A NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION

Adam Grabau (Sir Lancelot and others) Monty Python’s Spamalot, Warner Theatre
John Hurt (Krapp) Krapp’s Last Tape, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Jonathan Haugen (Sir Robert Cecil ) Equivocation, Arena Stage
Sahr Ngaujah (Fela Kuti) FELA!, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Taylor Holland, (Ann Richards), Ann, Kennedy Center
John Tufts (various roles) Equivocation, Arena Stage

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Astro Boy and the God of Comics, Studio Theatre
Big Love, Hub Theatre
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Studio Theatre
Equivocation, Arena Stage
Ideomeneo, In Series
Macbeth, Synetic Theater
Metamorphosis, Constellation Theatre
Othello, Folger Theatre
Othello, Synetic Theater
Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers, No Rules Theatre
Puerto Rico…¡Fua!, GALA Theatre
Really Really, Signature Theatre
Savage in Limbo, MetroStage
Side Man, 1st Stage
Spring Awakening, Keegan Theatre
Taming of the Shrew, Synetic Theater
The Big Meal, Studio Theatre
The Crucible, Keegan Theatre
The Merchant of Venice, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
The Normal Heart, Arena Stage
The Servant of Two Masters, Shakespeare Theatre Company

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