2008 – 2009 Henry Awards Nominees and Winners (in red)
Outstanding Season for a Theatre Company
Arvada Center Curious Theatre Company Denver Center Theatre Company Paragon Theatre Company Vintage Theatre Productions
Outstanding Production of a Play Eurydice, Curious Theatre Company Glengarry Glen Ross, Denver Center Theatre Company Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Shadow Theatre Company Streetcar Named Desire, Vintage Theatre Productions The Miracle Worker, Denver Center Theatre Company
Outstanding Production of a Musical Les Miserables. Arvada Center Quilters, Denver Center Theatre Company Side Show, PHAMALY The Producers, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre Woody Guthrie’s American Song, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Outstanding Direction of a Play Rick Bernstein, Move Over Mrs. Markham, Miners Alley Playhouse Craig A. Bond, A Streetcar Named Desire, Vintage Theatre Productions A. Lee Massaro, The Crucible, Arvada Center Jeffrey Nickelson, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Shadow Theatre Company Chip Walton, Euryidice, Curious Theatre Company
Outstanding Direction of a Musical Michael Duran, The Producers, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre Peter Glazer, Woody Guthrie's American Song, Colorado Shakespeare Festival Rod A. Lansberry, Les Miserables, Arvada Center Penny Metropulos, Quilters, Denver Center Theatre Company Steve Wilson, Side Show, PHAMALY
Outstanding Musical Director Neal Dunfee, The Producers, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre Scott Lubinski, Side Show, PHAMALY David Nehls, Evita, Arvada Center David Nehls, Les Miserables, Arvada Center Jeff Waxman, Woody Guthrie’s American Song, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Outstanding Actor in a Play Gene Gillette, The Crucible, Arvada Center Cajardo Lindsey, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Shadow Theatre Company Eric Mather, The Visitor, Miners Alley Playhouse Christian Mast, Move Over Mrs. Markham, Miners Alley Playhouse Scott McLean, This is How it Goes, Paragon Theatre
Outstanding Actress in a Play Kathleen M. Brady, A Trip to Bountiful, Denver Center Theatre Company Gabriella Cavallero, 26 Miles, Curious Theatre Company Rachel Fowler, Rabbit Hole, Curious Theatre Company Judy Phelan-Hill, Kimberly Akimbo, Vintage Theatre Productions Haley Johnson, A Streetcar Named Desire, Vintage Theatre Productions
Outstanding Actor in a Musical Scott Beyette, The Producers, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre Seth Caikowski, Jekyll and Hyde, Performance Now Seth Caikowski, Oklahoma, Town Hall Arts Center Randal Keith, Les Miserables, Arvada Center Wayne Kennedy, Annie, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre Wayne Kennedy, The Producers, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre
Outstanding Actress in a Musical Jenna Bainbridge, Side Show, PHAMALY Kathleen M. Brady, Quilters, Denver Center Theatre Company Regan Linton, Side Show, PHAMALY Elisa Spencer, Oklahoma, Town Hall Arts Center Megan Van de Hey, Gypsy, Town Hall Arts Center Reyna Von Vett, Leadville or Bust, 1883 Productions
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play Patrick Collins, Streetcar Named Desire, Vintage Theatre Productions Mike Hartman, Glengarry Glen Ross, Denver Center Theatre Company Sean Mellott, Rabbit Hole, Curious Theater Company Ian Merrill Peakes, Glengarry Glen Ross, Denver Center Theatre Company Jeffrey Roark, “The Crucible,” Arvada Center
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play Erica Sarzin-Borrillo, Eccentricities of a Nightingale; Germinal Stage Denver Michelle Grimes, The Little Foxes, Vintage Theatre Productions Julie Jesneck, The Trip to Bountiful, Denver Center Theatre Company Libby Rife, Kimberly Akimbo, Vintage Theatre Productions Megan Van De Hey, The Skin of Our Teeth, Aurora Fox Arts Center
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical Leonard Barrett, Side Show, PHAMALY Stephen Day, Les Miserables, Arvada Center Wayne Kennedy, Les Miserables, Arvada Center Jeffrey Roark, Evita, Arvada Center Markus Warren, Les Miserables, Arvada Center
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical Amy Board, Les Miserables, Arvada Center Beth Flynn, Les Miserables, Arvada Center Valerie Hill, Les Miserables, Arvada Center Zina Mercil, The Producers, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre Elizabeth Welch, Les Miserables, Arvada Center
Outstanding Ensemble Performance 12 Angry Men, Spotlight Theatre Company As You Like It, Modern Muse Theatre Company Glengarry Glen Ross, Denver Center Theatre Company Les Miserables, Arvada Center Musketeer, Buntport Noises Off, Denver Center Theatre Company
Outstanding New Play Dusty and the Big Bad World, Cusi Cram, Denver Center, Theatre Company Morisot Reclining, William Kovacsik, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company Musketeer, Buntport Company, Buntport Theatre Company Seal. Stamp. Send. Bang., Buntport Company, Buntport Theatre Company Sunsets and Margaritas, Jose Cruz Gonzales, Denver Center Theatre Company
Outstanding Choreography Alicia Dunfee, The Producers, Boulder’s Dinner Theater Kitty Skillman Hilsabeck, Evita, Arvada Center Kitty Skillman-Hilsabeck, Les Miserables, Arvada Center Kelly Kates - Oklahoma, Town Hall Arts Center Debbie Stark/Cindy Bray, Side Show, PHAMALY
Outstanding Costume Design
Sally A. Burkes/Jane Shafer, Les Miserables, Arvada Center
Chris Campbell, Evita, Arvada Center
Brenda King, Morisot Reclining, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company
David K Mickelson, Richard III, Denver Center Theatre Company
Linda Morken, The Producers, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre
Anne Murphy, Three Musketeers, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Ann Piano, Hay Fever, Miners Alley Playhouse
Reyna Von Vett, Leadville or Bust, 1883 Entertainment
Outstanding Lighting Design Dan Darnutzer, Quilters, Denver Center Theatre Company Gail J. Gober, Les Miserables, Arvada Center Shannon McKinney, Curse of the Starving Class, Curious Theatre Company Shannon McKinney, Eurydice, Curious Theatre Company Jen Orf, Love Song, Paragon Theatre
Outstanding Scenic Design Amy Campion, Annie, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre Michael R. Duran, Eurydice, Curious Theatre Company Nick Kargel, A Streetcar Named Desire, Vintage Theatre Productions David LaFont, Love Song, Paragon Theatre Brian Mallgrave, Les Miserables, Arvada Center
Outstanding Sound Design El Armstrong, The Skin of Our Teeth, Aurora Fox Arts Center Ray Berry, A Streetcar Named Desire, Vintage Theatre Productions Craig Breitenbach, Quilters, Denver Center Theatre Company Brian Freeland, Eurydice, Curious Theatre Company Steve Stevens, Les Miserables, Arvada Center
Special Awards
Lifetime Achievement
Robert Wells.
Outstanding Regional Theatre
Theatre Aspen
Outstanding Children’s Theater
Denver Children’s Theatre at the Mizel Center.
Outstanding Stage Management
Paul Behrhorst