B. IDEN PAYNE NOMININEES 2004-2005

Plays for Youth

Outstanding Production of a Play for Youth
Charlotte’s Web (Second Youth Family Theatre)
James and the Giant Peach (Scottish Rite Children’s Theatre)
Schoolhouse Rock! The Musical (Zachary Scott Theatre Center)
Trail of Tears: Walking the Choctaw Road (Ballet Austin and Pollyanna Theatre Company)
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip

Outstanding Director of a Play for Youth
Judy Matetzschk (Trail of Tears)
Linda Nenno (Schoolhouse Rock! The Musical)
Whitney Presley (Charlotte’s Web)
J. Richard Smith (The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip)

Outstanding Actor in a Play for Youth
Rex Heller (Mathew Cuthbert, Anne of Green Gables)
Skip Johnson (Red, Patterns)
Bobby Malone (Mottel, The Wise Men of Chelm)

Outstanding Actress in a Play for Youth
Dianna Dorman (Ben Bulba, Treasure Island!)
Sharon Drane (Marilla Cuthbert, Anne of Green Gables)
Michelle Keffer (Rita, Manzi: The Adventures of Young Cesar Chavez)
Betsy McCann (Anansi, Tangled Tricksters II)
Barrett Nash (Capable, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip)

Music Theatre

Outstanding Production of Music Theatre
At Home With Dick (Rubber Repertory)
Crowns (Zachary Scott Theatre Center)
Genghis Khan (Salvage Vanguard Theater)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Austin Playhouse)
A Ride With Bob (Bismeaux Productions)

Outstanding Director of Music Theatre
Sidney Brammer & CK McFarland (A Ride With Bob)
Josh Meyer & Matt Hislope (At Home With Dick)
Don Toner (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)

Outstanding Lead Actor in Music Theatre
Ray Benson (himself, A Ride With Bob)
Keith Gipson (Genghis Khan, Genghis Khan)
Todd Porter (Dad, Saint Enid and the Black Hand)
Dick Price (Dick, At Home With Dick)
Tyler Rhodes (Batboy, Batboy: The Musical)
Rick Roemer (John Jasper, Clive Paget, The Mystery of Edwin Drood)

Outstanding Lead Actress in Music Theatre
Catherine Berry (everyone, Spin)
Jill Blackwood (Amneris, Aida)
Jill Blackwood (Edwin Drood, Alice Nutting, The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Minkyung Lee (Hoelun, Genghis Khan)
Toni Smith (Meredith, Batboy: The Musical) )

Outstanding Featured Actor in Music Theatre
Timothy Curry I (ensemble, Crowns)
LeRoy Nienow (Governor, Innkeeper, Man of La Mancha)
Rick Perkins (W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel et al., A Ride With Bob)
Espie Randolph (Mereb, Aida)
Michael Stuart (Durdles, Nick Cricker, The Mystery of Edwin Drood)

Outstanding Featured Actress in Music Theater
Jacqui Cross (ensemble, Crowns)
Jacqui Cross (Princess Puffer, Angela Prysock, The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Kia Dawn Fulton (ensemble, Crowns)
Janis Stinson (ensemble, Crowns)
Kendra Treichler (Fräulein Schneider, Cabaret)

Comedies

Outstanding Production of a Comedy
The Dog in the Manger (Austin Shakespeare Festival)
Enchanted April (Austin Playhouse)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Austin Shakespeare Festival)
Reefer Madness (Bedlam Faction)

Outstanding Director of a Comedy
Ellie McBride (The Jinn)
Guy Roberts (The Dog in the Manger)
Guy Roberts and Ian Manners (A Midsummer Night’s Dream [ASF])
Shawn Sides (Cherrywood)
Don Toner (Enchanted April)

Outstanding Lead Actor in of a Comedy
Corey Gagne (Bud, Pageant [Hyde Park])
Guy Roberts (Teodoro, The Dog in the Manger)
David Stahl (Lenny Ganz, Rumors)
Brent Werzner (Ben Wilcott, The Intergalactic Nemesis: Twin Infinity)
Ben Wolfe (Tristan, The Dog in the Manger)

Outstanding Lead Actress in of a Comedy
Barbara Chisholm (performer, Blown Sideways Through Life)
Kelsey Kling (Trudy, Pageant [Hyde Park])
Karen Kuykendall (Frances Nail, I’m Not the Woman I Was)
Lauri Raymond (Rose Arnott, Enchanted April)
Lara Toner (Lotty Wilton, Enchanted April)

Outstanding Featured Actor in of a Comedy
Mark Banks (Jefferson et al., House Arrest)
Robert Deike (Don Adriano de Armado, Love’s Labor’s Lost)
Corey Gagne (Bottom, Pyramus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream [ASF])
Robert Matney (Randy, Pageant [Hyde Park])
Kelly McDaniel (Doctor, The Flu Season)
Nick Walker (Bush et al., Citizen Quién?)

Outstanding Featured Actress in of a Comedy
Jill Blackwood (Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream [ASF])
Liz Fisher (Marcela, The Dog in the Manger)
Elizabeth Mason (Agnes, Reefer Madness)
Carla Nickerson (author et al., House Arrest)
Marijane Vandivier (Mrs. Graves, Enchanted April)

Dramas

Outstanding Production of a Drama
The Death of a Cat (Salvage Vanguard Theater)
"Master Harold" . . . and the Boys (Sam Bass Community Theatre)
Not Clown (Physical Plant Theater)
Omnium-Gatherum (Zachary Scott Theatre Center)
Wake for the Dark Poet: The Antonin Artaud Project (VORTEX Repertory Company)

Outstanding Director of a Drama
Heather Barfield (Wake for the Dark Poet)
Jason Neulander (The Death of a Cat)
Dave Steakley (Omnium-Gatherum)
Carlos Treviño (Not Clown)
Dennis Whitehead (“Master Harold” … and the Boys)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama
Scott Daigle (Artaud, Wake for the Dark Poet)
Jeffrey Mills (Brother, The Death of a Cat)
Chuck Ney (Henry Boyd, The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley)
Marc Pouhé (Sam, “Master Harold” … and the Boys)
Guy Roberts (Iago, Othello)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama
Janelle Buchanan (Suzie, Omnium-Gatherum)
Shannon Grounds (Hilary, Pauline, Where Are They Now?)
Christa Kimlicko Jones (Maggie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Jenny Larson (Sister, The Death of a Cat)
Bobbie Oliver (Bessie, Marvin’s Room)

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Drama
Mark Banks (Willie, “Master Harold” … and the Boys)
Joel Citty (Sheriff Arlen Bird, Ham)
Dan Dietz (Doctor, The Death of a Cat)
Steven Fay (Colonel Carbery, Appointment With Death)
Dirk van Allen (Big Daddy, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Drama
Carla Nickerson Adams (Jessye Norman, Angela King, Elaine Brown, Mrs. Young-      Soon Han, Twilight: Los Angeles 1992)
Mary Agen Cox (Big Mama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Jo Beth Henderson (Vhall, hOle)
Gina Houston (Queen Malkah, Katie Miller, Elvira Evers, Maxine Waters, Marie,
Twilight: Los Angeles 1992)
Helen Merino (Lydia, Omnium-Gatherum)

Cast

Outstanding Cast Performance
Charlotte’s Web (Second Youth Family Theatre)
Nightswim (State Theater Company)
Not Clown (Physical Plant Theater)
Schoolhouse Rock! The Musical (Zachary Scott Theatre Center)
The Water Principle (Hyde Park Theatre)

Youth Performer

Outstanding Youth Performance
Shae Boyd (Baby, The Velveteen Rabbit)
Hannah Clark (Ferdie, The Velveteen Rabbit)
Kathleen Fletcher (Dorothy Parker, Vitriol and Violets)
Clint Gilfillan (Rex, The Velveteen Rabbit)
Scott Swincher (James, James and the Giant Peach)

Technical Achievement Awards

Outstanding Set Design:
Ann Marie Gordon (Saint Enid and the Black Hand)
Kim Gritzer (The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip)
Christopher McCollum (Nightswim)
Chase Staggs (The Death of a Cat)
Leilah Stewart (Cherrywood)

Outstanding Lighting Design :
Jason Amato (Crowns)
Jason Amato (Omnium-Gatherum)
Don Day (Ham)
Diana Duecker (The Death of a Cat)
Matt Frey (Nightswim)

Outstanding Sound Design:
John Lewis (Spin)
Phillip Montoya (A Midsummer Night’s Dream [ASF])
Robert Pierson and Carlos Treviño (Not Clown)
Allen Robertson (Omnium-Gatherum)
Chad Salvata (Wake for the Dark Poet)

Outstanding Costume Design:
Laura Cannon (Cherrywood)
Laura Cannon (The Death of a Cat)
Sarah Lankenau (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Ia Layadi (Trail of Tears)
Buffy Manners (A Midsummer Night’s Dream [ASF])

Outstanding Music Director:
Ray Benson (A Ride With Bob)
Allen Robertson (Crowns)
Allen Robertson (Hank Williams: Lost Highway)
Dennis Whitehead (Batboy: the Musical)

Outstanding Choreographer
Robert Corkill, Linda Nenno, Scott Schroeder and Dennis Whitehead
    (Schoolhouse Rock 2)
Carlos Ferreira (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Gina Patterson (Trail of Tears)
Nina Standifer (The Velveteen Rabbit)

Outstanding Original Script:
Jennifer Lynn Cameron (The Little Mermaid)
John Fleming (The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley)
Kirk Lynn (The Jinn)
Steve Moore and Carlos Treviño (Not Clown)
C. Denby Swanson (The Death of a Cat)

Outstanding Original Score:
Jon Nelson and Adam Sultan (Fear of a Führer)
Dick Price (At Home With Dick)
Graham Reynolds (The Death of a Cat)
Graham Reynolds (Genghis Khan)