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Motif’s 2017 RI Theater Awards You can now vote on the 2017 Motif Theater Awards. Thank you for participating and supporting our theater community. For now, please vote and pass this link on to your friends! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/38CWVBS Here’s a list of all the nominees – but you can’t vote below — go to the survey!! For a key to the abbreviations we’re using, check here. And many many thanks to the folks who helped – all the nominators, proofreaders, writers and fact checkers. Some of you put in significant time, some significant wisdom, and all are appreciated. If we made a mistake, please let us know right away at [email protected]!! Winners will be announced at a free public event on August 13th at Fete Music Hall in PVD. Theater/Production Nomination Company/School Improv/Audience Particpation Bring Your Own Improv – Bring Your Own Improv Fool’s Pudding – Providence Improv Guild Live Bait – AS220 Micetro Improv – CTC Wage House – Wage House Whodunnit – CTC – Youth Production of the Year – Bicycle Play! – The Manton Avenue Project Trinity Academy for the The Odd Couple – Female Version – Performing Arts Futureworlds: Uprising – AS220 Youth Hairspray Jr. – Footlights Jr. Seussical the Musical Jr. – Swamp Meadow Singin’ in the Rain Jr. – Academy Beacon Charter High School The Addams Family Musical – for the Arts – Favorite Variety Show/Cabaret – Charlie Hall’s Ocean State Follies – Empire Revue – Foster Follies at Swamp Meadow – Shakespereotica – Speak Sleazy Saturdays at the Dark Lady – Sweet Little Variety Show – The TropiGals – – Spoken Word Artist – Astrid Drew – Charlotte Abotosi – Christopher Johnson – Jared Paul – Reza Clifton – Vatic Kuumba – – – Musical – Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage – Trinity Billy Elliot – OSTC Blues in the Night – Academy The Cradle Will Rock – Head Trick Sister Act – TBTS Spring Awakening – Wilbury – Favorite Musical Production Number – “Electricity,” Billy Elliot – OSTC “I Just Might,” 9 to 5 – LTFR “No More Wasted Time,” If/Then – Academy “Puttin’ On The Ritz,” Young Frankenstein – SLP “The Aretha Franklin Medley,” Beehive – TBTS “Totally Fucked,” Spring Awakening – Wilbury – Male Lead in a Musical – Charlie Thurston as Beowulf – Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage – Trinity Christopher Swan as King Marchan – Victor/Victoria – OSTC Diego Guevara as Melchior – Spring Awakening – Wilbury Ian Hudgins as Larry Foreman – The Cradle Will Rock – Head Trick Jason Shealhy as Billy Bigelow – Carousel – Swanhurst Joseph Raposa as Franklin Hart – 9 to 5 – LTFR – Female Lead in a Musical – Eden Casteel as Victor/Victoria – Victor/Victoria – OSTC Elizabeth Dennis as Elizabeth – If/Then – Academy Katrina Pavao as Wendla – Spring Awakening – Wilbury Katrina Rossi as Moll/Sadie – The Cradle Will Rock – Head Trick Shandy Monte-Rapoza as Judy – 9 to 5 – LTFR – Best Supporting Male in a Musical – Aaron Blanck as Ernst – Spring Awakening – Wilbury Joe Wilson Jr. as Beowolf – Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage – Trinity Matt Gorgone as Georg – Spring Awakening – Wilbury Nishan Lawton as Linus – You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown – Studio Paul Lucenti as Stephen – If/Then – Academy Peter Bowden in Various Roles – The Cradle Will Rock – Head Trick – Supporting Female in a Musical – Amy McGuirk as Mrs Mister/Dr. Specialist – The Cradle Will Rock – Head Trick Ariel Batista as Kate – If/Then – Academy Jessie March as Ilse/Fanny Gabor – Spring Awakening – Wilbury Katie Manchester Silva as Soloist – Blues in the Night – Academy Kristin Wetherington as Norma – Victor/Victoria – OSTC Stefanie LaFontaine as Snoopy – You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown – Studio – Musical Direction – Alex Tirrell – Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat – Encore Rep Kristin Bond – If/Then – Academy Matt Requintina – Spring Awakening – Wilbury Noah Fields – The Cradle Will Rock – Head Trick Anthony Torelli – Young Frankenstein – SLP – Choreography for a Musical – Ali Kenner-Brodsky – Spring Awakening – Wilbury Julia Gillis – Bring it On – Academy Mia Berube – Young Frankenstein – SLP Michael Maio – Godspell – Barker Michael Susko – Grease – New Bedford Trisha McGowan – You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown – Studio – Summer Production – 12th Night – Colonial Bring it on – Academy Sister Act – TBTS The Revenger’s Tragedy – Head Trick The Tempest – TRIST – Theater Concessions – Attleboro Community Theatre – Over the Top produced for Wilbury Festival of New Works by Bonky – Dolls, for integrated oreos (PVD) Community Players – Daydream Theater Company – Trinity Rep – – Most Exciting Creative Collaboration – “re-Source” – Christian Swenson & Friends play Human Jazz – AS220 & Multiple Artists !City Arts! & Brown In The Heights, Brown University Theatre – University Theatre: Festival Ballet & Tony Romeo & Juliet (collaboration) – Estrella Brown University & Monique Side Show Freaks & Circus Injuns – Mojica (with LeAnne Howe & Jorge Luis Morejón) Training Day – Bonky Dolls & RISD – Best Fight Choreography – A Furtive Movement, Vatic Kuumba – AS220 Walking Shadow Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra, Jacob J Zentis – Company Macbeth, Ryan Stevenson – CTC Mr Burns, Brien Lang – Wilbury – Best Fests – 24 Hour Play Festival – CTC Festival 51 – Festival 51 Fringe Fest – Wilbury Funda Fest – RI Black Storytellers (RIBS) Modern Movement Festival – AS220 One Act Play Festival – Artists’ Exchange Queer Arts Festival – AS220 – Social Media Campaign for a Show – A Furtive Movement – Vatic Kuumba at AS220 Beowulf – Trinity James Franco and Me – Epic Lend Me A Tenor – RISE Marat/Sade – Out Loud You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Studio Theater Company – COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY – – Male Performance – Ben Church as Nick – The Great Gatsby – URI Clarence Donath as Capulet – Romeo and Juliet – CCRI Constantine Tsouros as Peter Pan – Peter and the Starcatcher – RWU Jason Roth as J. Robert Oppenheimer – The Love Song of J. Robert – Brown Oppenheimer Ray Fournier as Frank – School for Lies – URI Richard Flores as Usnavi De La Vega – In the Heights – Brown – Female Performance – Addison Powers as Black Stache – Peter and the Starcatcher – RWU Catia Ramos as Celimene – School for Lies – URI Celine Montaudy as Margaret – Good People – URI Katie Westgate as Nurse – Romeo and Juliet – CCRI Maya Blake as Hecuba – Hecuba – Brown University Theatre Victoria Jessop as Mary Ann – When We Were Young and Unafraid – CCRI – Direction – Alan Hawkridge, School for Lies – URI Ashley Teague, Invasion! – Brown Lori Lee Wallace, Peter and the Starcatcher – RWU Paula McGlasson, Spring Awakening – URI Spencer Golub, The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer – Brown Ted Clement, Romeo and Juliet – CCRI – Favorite Overall Production – By The Way, Meet Vera Stark – Brown Good People – URI In The Heights – Brown Peter and the Starcatcher – RWU School for Lies – URI When We Were Young and Unafraid – CCRI – Set Design – Anya Klepikov – The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer – Brown Katryne Hecht – Seussical – RIC Kent Homchick – Spring Awakening – URI Luke Sutherland – Romeo and Juliet – CCRI Miranda Friel – In The Heights – Brown – Costume Design – Alison Carrier – The Great Gatsby – URI David T. Howard – School for Lies – URI Josh Cape – Hecuba – Brown Marilyn Salvatore – Romeo and Juliet – CCRI Ron Cesario – By The Way, Meet Vera Stark – Brown – Favorite Ensemble Performance – Appropriate – Trinity Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Epic Coriolanus – Out Loud Cradle Will Rock – Head Trick Flu Season – Burbage Marat / Sade – OutLoud – Dance – – Dance Production of the Year – Ali Kenner Brodsky’s “PARt” – Jamestown Arts Center Commencement Dance Concert (Producer: Michelle Bach-Coulibaly) – Brown Nutcracker – IMC Princess & the Pea – SBRI Reunion: Meg Sullivan and Eloise Gold – AS220 Twas the Night Before Christmas – PBT – Principal Male Dancer of the Year – Anh Vo – Brown Azamat Asangul Uulu – IMC Boyko Dossev in Cinderella – Festival Jason Vu – Brown Michael Bolger – PBT Shane Farrell – SBRI – Prinicipal Female Dancer of the Year – Brenna DiFrancesco – Festival Brooke DiFrancesco – IMC Elizabeth Gharavi – PBT Jennifer Ricci – Festival Sarah Hsu – Brown Doppelganger Dance Shura Baryshnikov – Collective – PROFESSIONAL – – Male Lead – Chris Perrotti as Johnny – Frankie & Johnny – 2nd Story Joe Wilson Jr. as Martin Luther King Jr. – The Mountaintop – Trinity Richard Donelly as Sims – The Nether – The Gamm Tom Gleadow as Henry Drummond – Inherit the Wind – OSTC Tony Estrella as Teach – American Buffalo – Gamm – Female Lead – Eden Casteel as Victor/Victoria – Victor/Victoria – OSTC Emily Lewis as Frankie – Frankie & Johnny – 2nd Story Jeanine Kane as Elizabeth – King Elizabeth – Gamm Joanne Fayan as Shirley Valentine – Shirley Valentine – 2nd Story Mia Ellis as Camae – The Mountaintop – Trinity Phyllis Kay as Toni – Appropriate – Trinity – Supporting Male – Brandon Whitehead as Matthew Harrison Brady – Inherit the Wind – OSTC F. William Oakes as The Old Man – Prelude to a Kiss – 2nd Story Fred Sullivan Jr. as Bo – Appropriate – Trinity Jeff Church as Septimus Hodge – Arcadia – Gamm Jude Sandy as Demetrius – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Trinity Kevin Broccoli as Yvan – Art – 2nd Story – Supporting Female – Angela Brazil as Rachel – Appropriate – Trinity Rebecca Gibel as Hermia – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Trinity Casey Seymour Kim as Detective Morris – The Nether – Gamm Lara Hakeem as Rita – Prelude to a Kiss – 2nd Story Paula Faber as Mother – Harold and Maude – 2nd Story Valerie Westgate as Gregg Adams – The Best of Everything – 2nd Story Wendy Overly as Mary’s Nurse – King Elizabeth – Gamm – Direction – Fred