Suzi Bass Awards 2013 Nominees and Winners

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION – MUSICAL The Ghastly Dreadfuls: The Last Ghast (Center for Puppetry Arts) Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Next to Normal (Alliance Theatre) Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Zorro (Alliance Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION – PLAY Equus (Actor’s Express) Fly (Theatrical Outfit) Time Stands Still (Horizon Theatre) A Walk in the Woods (Serenbe Playhouse) The Whipping Man (Alliance Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION – TYA The Adventures of Mighty Bug (Center for Puppetry Arts) Brer Rabbit and Friends (Center for Puppetry Arts) Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat (Center for Puppetry Arts) Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood (Aurora Theatre/Synchronicity Theatre) Unnecessary Monsters (Aurora Theatre) The Velveteen Rabbit (Serenbe Playhouse)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION – MUSICAL Justin Anderson – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Alan Kilpatrick – Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Jon Ludwig – The Ghastly Dreadfuls: The Last Ghast (Center for Puppetry Arts) Scott Schwartz – Next to Normal (Alliance Theatre) Anne Towns – The Drowsy Chaperone (Aurora Theatre)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION – PLAY Lisa Adler – Time Stands Still (Horizon Theatre) Justin Anderson – Angry Fags (7 Stages) David Crowe – Equus (Actor’s Express) Melissa Foulger – Wolves (Actor’s Express) Alexander Greenfield – The Whipping Man (Alliance Theatre) Patdro Harris – Fly (Theatrical Harris) OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION BJ Brown – Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Fred Lassen – Zorro (Alliance Theatre) Michael Monroe – The Fabulous Lipitones (Theatrical Outfit) Ann-Carol Pence – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Boko Suzuki – Next to Normal (Alliance Theatre)

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY Rafael Amargo – Zorro (Alliance Theatre) Karen Hebert – Anything Goes (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Jevares C. Myrick – Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Sarah Turner Sechelski – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Bethany Smith – Tarzan (Legacy Theatre) Suzi Bass Awards 2013 Nominees and Winners

OUTSTANDING LEAD FEMALE ACTOR – MUSICAL Christy Baggett – Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Liberty Cogen – Kiss of the Spider Woman (Actor’s Express) Natasha Drena – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Catherine Porter – Next to Normal (Alliance Theatre) Allison Wilhoit – Legally Blonde (Atlanta Lyric Theatre)

OUTSTANDING LEAD FEMALE ACTOR – PLAY Kate Buddeke – Good People (Alliance Theatre) Carolyn Cook – Time Stands Still (Horizon Theatre) Veronika Duerr – The Summer of Daisy Fay (Marietta Theatre) Crystal Fox – What I Learned in Paris (Alliance Theatre) Minka Wiltz – Every Tongue Confess (Horizon Theatre)

OUTSTANDING LEAD MALE ACTOR – MUSICAL Kevin Harry – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Kevin Harry – Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Adam Jacobs – Zorro (Alliance Theatre) Bryant Smith – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Craig Waldrip – Kiss of the Spider Woman (Actor’s Express) OUTSTANDING LEAD MALE ACTOR – PLAY Nick Arapoglou – My Name is Asher Lev (Theatrical Outfit) Andrew Benator – Seminar (Actor’s Express) Rob Cleveland – Master Harold…and the Boys (Aurora Theatre) Allan Edwards – A Walk in the Woods (Serenbe Playhouse) Theo Harness – Visiting Mr. Green (Stage Door Players)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR – MUSICAL Leslie Bellair – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Mary Nye Bennett – Legally Blonde (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Natascia Diaz – Zorro (Alliance Theatre) Marcie Millard – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Adrienne Reynolds – Shakin’ the Rafters (True Colors Theatre) OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR – PLAY Suehyla El-Attar – Angry Fags (7 Stages) Suehyla El-Attar – Swell Party (Georgia Ensemble Theatre) Ann Marie Gideon – Time Stands Still (Horizon Theatre) Tess Malis Kincaid – Swell Party (Georgia Ensemble Theatre) Bernardine Mitchell – Every Tongue Confess (Horizon Theatre) OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR – MUSICAL Jimi Kocina – Sweet Charity (Aurora Theatre) Anthony Rodriguez – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Bryant Smith – Kiss of the Spider Woman (Actor’s Express) Michael Stiggers – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Googie Uterhardt – Next to Normal (Alliance Theatre) Suzi Bass Awards 2013 Nominees and Winners

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR – PLAY Barrett Doyle – Seminar (Actor’s Express) Chris Kayser – Time Stands Still (Horizon Theatre) Brian Kurlander – My Name is Asher Lev (Theatrical Outfit) J.C. Long – The Tempest (Atlanta Shakespeare Company) John Stewart – The Whipping Man (Alliance Theatre)

OUTSTANDING ACTING ENSEMBLE – MUSICAL Beehive (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) – Mary Nye Bennett, Christy Clark, Kayce Grogan-Wallace, Jamie Wood Katz, Lisa Manuli, and Chimere Scott The Fabulous Lipitones (Theatrical Outfit) – Daniel Hilton, Tom Key, William S. Murphey, and Glenn Rainey The Ghastly Dreadfuls: The Last Ghast (Center for Puppetry Arts) – Scott E. DePoy, Kristin Haverty, Reay Kaplan, Jon Ludwig, Spencer G. Stephens, Robert Strickland, and Jason Von Hinezmeyer The Gifts of the Magi (Theatrical Outfit) – Caroline Arapoglou, Nick Arapoglou, Jeff McKerley, Bernardine Mitchell, Glenn Rainey, and Adrienne Reynolds I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Stage Door Players) – Laura Floyd, Erin Meadows, Craig Waldrip, and Jeremy Wood

OUTSTANDING ACTING ENSEMBLE – PLAY The Book Club Play (Horizon Theatre) – John Benzinger, Bryan Brendle, Danielle Deadwyler, Wendy Melkonian, Maria Rodriguez-Sager, and Dan Triandiflou Fly (Theatrical Outfit) – John E. Doyle, Fenner Eaddy, Joel Ishman, Brian Kurlander, Eric J. Little, J.C. Long, and Doc Waller Lark Eden (Aurora Theatre) – Rachel Garner, Naima Carter Russell, and Minka Wiltz Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Center for Puppetry Arts) – Luis R. Hernandez, Reay Kaplan, Klimchak, and Rudy Roushdi Wolves (Actor’s Express) – Brian Crawford, Kate Donadio, Clifton Guterman, and Joe Sykes

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN – MUSICAL Jamie Bullins – The Ghastly Dreadfuls: The Last Ghast (Center for Puppetry Arts) Amanda McGee – Tarzan (Legacy Theatre) Lindsey Paris – Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Tom Piper – Zorro (Alliance Theatre) Alan Yeong – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre)

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN – PLAY Jamie Bullins – Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Center for Puppetry Arts) Anné Carole Butler – The Tempest (Atlanta Shakespeare Company) Lex Liang – What I Learned in Paris (Alliance Theatre) Alexandra Matthews – The Great McAnigan (The Collective Project) Linda Patterson – Swell Party (Georgia Ensemble Theatre)

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN – MUSICAL Mike Baldassari – Next to Normal (Alliance Theatre) Liz Lee – The Ghastly Dreadfuls: The Last Ghast (Center for Puppetry Arts) Ben Ormerod – Zorro (Alliance Theatre) Mary Parker – Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Mike Post – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Suzi Bass Awards 2013 Nominees and Winners

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN – PLAY André C. Allen – The Mountaintop (True Colors Theatre) Rob Dillard and Mary Parker – Fly (Theatrical Outfit) Liz Lee – Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Center for Puppetry Arts) Liz Lee – The Whipping Man (Alliance Theatre) Ben Tilley – Wolves (Actor’s Express)

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN – MUSICAL Kat Conley – Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Joshua Flannigan – The Ghastly Dreadfuls: The Last Ghast (Center for Puppetry Arts) Phillip Male – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre) Tom Piper – Zorro (Alliance Theatre) Kevin Rigdon – Next to Normal (Alliance Theatre)

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN – PLAY Isabel Curley-Clay and Moriah Curley-Clay – Betrayal (Aurora Theatre) Isabel Curley-Clay and Moriah Curley-Clay – Time Stands Still (Horizon Theatre) Collette Pollard – Good People (Alliance Theatre) Jason Sherwood – The Whipping Man (Alliance Theatre) F. Elaine Williams – Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Center for Puppetry Arts)

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN – MUSICAL Mimi Epstein, Gregory Montague, and Kristin Von Hinezmeyer – The Ghastly Dreadfuls: The Last Ghast (Center for Puppetry Arts) Kai Harada – Zorro (Alliance Theatre) Bobby Johnston – Hair (Serenbe Playhouse) Bobby Johnston – Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre) Daniel Terry – Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre)

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN – PLAY Dan Bauman – It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Stage Door Players) Dan Bauman – Wolves (Actor’s Express) Laura Cole – The Tempest (Atlanta Shakespeare Company) Brian Kettler, Klimchak, and Gregory Montague – Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Center for Puppetry Arts) Jonathan Summers – Fly (Theatrical Outfit)

OUTSTANDING WORLD PREMIERE David H. Bell – Shakin’ the Rafters (True Colors Theatre) David Lauby – The Great McAnigan (The Collective Project) Topher Payne – Angry Fags (7 Stages) Topher Payne – Swell Party (Georgia Ensemble Theatre) Steve Yockey – Wolves (Actor’s Express) AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD Aurora Theatre

SPIRIT OF SUZI AWARD Chris Manos