Tampa Bay theater continues to shine, and at this past weekend's Theatre Tampa Bay awards, local judges recognized that talent. Here are 2018 Theatre Tampa Bay awards, announced at Saturday night's awards gala.
Outstanding Production of a Musical: Daddy Long Legs, freeFall Theatre
Outstanding Production of a Play: The Royale, American Stage
Outstanding Director of a Play: Lisa Tricomi, The Royale, American Stage
Outstanding Director of a Musical: Deanna Dys, The Music Man, St Pete Opera
Outstanding Music Direction: Mark Sforzini, La Traviata, St. Pete Opera
Outstanding Choreography/Fight Direction: Carolina Esparza, The Royale, American Stage
Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Play: Aygemang Clay, Jay “The Sport” Jackson, The Royale, American Stage
Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical: Keith Harris, Papageno, The Magic Flute, St. Pete Opera
Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Play (tie): Jenny Lester (Daphna Feygenbaum, Bad Jews, American Stage) and Vickie Daignault (Cast, The Year of Magical Thinking, Stageworks Theatre)
Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Musical: Jennifer Byrne, June, Musical of Musicals, freeFall Theatre
Outstanding Performance by a Featured Actor in Play: Kim Sullivan, Wynton, The Royale, American Stage
Outstanding Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Scott Daniel, Roger Debris, The Producers, American Stage
Outstanding Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Rokia Shearin, Nina, The Royale, American Stage
Outstanding Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (three-way tie): Becca McCoy (Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, The Music Man, St Pete Opera); Colleen Cherry, Streetsinger/Dolly, The Threepenny Opera, Jobsite Theater); and Maggie Mularz, Lucy/Ensemble, The Threepenny Opera, Jobsite Theater)
Outstanding Lighting Design >$500K: Joseph P. Oshry, The Royale, American Stage
Outstanding Lighting Design <$500K: Joseph P. Oshry, In the Time of the Butterflies, Stageworks Theatre
Outstanding Costume Design >$500K: Glenn Breed, The Magic Flute, St. Pete Opera
Outstanding Costume Design <$500k: Beth Tepe-Robertson, 5300 Bluebird Lane, Lab Theatre Project
Outstanding Set Design >$500K: Jerid Fox, The Royale, American Stage
Outstanding Set Design <$500K: Frank Chavez, In the Time of the Butterflies, Stageworks Theatre
Outstanding Sound Design >$500K: Benjamin T. Ismail, The Royale, American Stage
Outstanding Sound Design <$500K: Shawn Paonessa, 1984, Jobsite Theater
Outstanding Ensemble: The Royale, American Stage
Jeff Norton Dream Grant: Brian Shea
Emerging Artist Dream Grant: Kidany R. Camilo
Judges awarded two Judges Discretionary Awards. Katrina Stevenson won the “Outstanding Performance by an Actress while hanging upside down on a silk” for her role in The Tempest at Jobsite Theatre and the Barbershop Quartet from St. Pete Opera’s The Music Man took home “Outstanding Barbershop Quartet.”
Grace Stewart (Innovocative Theatre), Judy Heintzelman (freeFall Theatre), Teah Banks (Jobsite Theatre), and Peggy Huey (Tampa Rep) won The Spark Award.
