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The Barrymore Awards

The Barrymore Awards recognize professional theatre in the Greater Philadelphia region, honoring local artists and theatre companies while increasing public awareness of the richness and diversity of our city's thriving theatre community.

The Barrymore Awards program is currently paused for the 2021-22 season due to COVID-19. To submit a show listing for our website, newsletter, and social media, visit https://www.theatrephiladelphia.org/advertise-with-us.

The next season of adjudication will begin on July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023. Applications will open soon.

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Applications for the The Philadelphia Award for Social Insight (Formerly the Brown Martin Philadelphia Award) are currently open for the 2021-22 season. Learn More and Apply.

 

Special Awards

2019 Award Nominees and Recipients

2019 Outstanding Outdoor Theatre Production

Contradict This! A Birthday Funeral for Heroes
The Bearded Ladies Cabaret
Birds of North America
Theater with a View
King Lear
Shakespeare in Clark Park
The Beast of Nubia
Theatre in the X
Whisper’s Gone
Theatre Exile

2019 Outstanding Leading Performance in a Play

Brandi Burgess
Cry It Out
Simpatico Theatre
Justin Jain
The Great Leap
InterAct Theatre Company
Zuhairah
Gem of the Ocean
Arden Theatre Company
Akeem Davis
Gem of the Ocean
Arden Theatre Company
Keith Illidge
UNTITLED
Inis Nua Theatre Company
McKenna Kerrigan
Hapgood
Lantern Theater Company
Jennifer Kidwell
A Hard Time
Pig Iron Theater Company
Jered McLenigan
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
The Wilma Theater
Geneviève Perrier
Betrayal
Lantern Theater Company
Brandon J. Pierce
Kill Move Paradise
The Wilma Theater
Chuja Seo
Salt Pepper Ketchup
InterAct Theatre Company & Passage Theatre Company
Lindsay Smiling
How To Catch Creation
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Leah Walton
Indecent
Arden Theatre Company
Ruby Wolf
Box Clever
Inis Nua Theatre Company

2019 Outstanding Media Design

Sadah "Espii" Proctor, Carlos Del Castillo Aceves
Morir Sonyando
Passage Theatre Company
Christopher Ash
Sweat
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Jorge Cousineau
74 Seconds... To Judgement
Arden Theatre Company
Jorge Cousineau
Boycott Esther
Azuka Theatre
Lyell Hintz
The Great Leap
InterAct Theatre Company

2019 Outstanding Overall Production of a Play

Gem of the Ocean
Arden Theatre Company
Boycott Esther
Azuka Theatre
Indecent
Arden Theatre Company
Kill Move Paradise
The Wilma Theater
Morir Sonyando
Passage Theatre Company
The Great Leap
InterAct Theatre Company
xoxo moongirl
Almanac Dance Circus Theatre

2019 Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

The Color Purple
Theatre Horizon
Once
Arden Theatre Company
The Appointment
Lightning Rod Special
The Bridges of Madison County
Philadelphia Theatre Company

2019 Outstanding Direction of a Play

James Ijames
Gem of the Ocean
Arden Theatre Company
C. Ryanne Domingues
Morir Sonyando
Passage Theatre Company
Jerrell L. Henderson
UNTITLED
Inis Nua Theatre Company
Maura Krause
Boycott Esther
Azuka Theatre
Kathryn MacMillan
The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged
Tiny Dynamite
Kittson O’Neill
Moby Dick
Hedgerow Theatre
Rebecca Wright
Indecent
Arden Theatre Company

2019 Outstanding Direction of a Musical

Amina Robinson
The Color Purple
Theatre Horizon
Claire Moyer
The Monster in the Hall
Inis Nua Theatre Company
Terrence J. Nolen
Once
Arden Theatre Company
Eva Steinmetz
The Appoointment
Lighting Rod Special

2019 Outstanding Scenic Design

Thom Weaver
Gem of the Ocean
Arden Theatre Company
D'Vaughn Agu
Nina Simone: Four Women
People's Light
Melpomene Katakalos
The Great Leap
InterAct Theatre Company
Paul E Kuhn
All My Sons
Curio Theatre Company
Marie Laster
UNTITLED
Inis Nua Theatre Company
Colin Mcllvaine
Among the Dead
Theatre Exile
Matt Saunders
Kill Move Paradise
The Wilma Theater

2019 Outstanding Costume Design

Levonne Lindsay
Gem of the Ocean
Arden Theatre Company
Natalia de la Torre
Three Sisters Two
Ego Pro Classic Theater
Elizabeth S. Ennis
The Color Purple
Theatre Horizon
Meghan E. Healey
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
The Wilma Theater
Jillian Keys
Treasure Island
Arden Theatre Company
Mark Mariani
The Bridges of Madison County
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Rosemarie McKelvey
Cinderella: A Musical Panto
People's Light

2019 Outstanding Lighting Design

Thom Weaver
Gem of the Ocean
Arden Theatre Company
Isabella Byrd
Such Things As Vampires
People's Light
Alyssandra Docherty
Completeness
Theatre Exile
Alyssandra Docherty
The Color Purple
Theatre Horizon
Oona Curley
Nina Simone: Four Women
People's Light
Maria Shaplin
Indecent
Arden Theatre Company
Thom Weaver
Kill Move Paradise
The Wilma Theater

2019 Outstanding Sound Design

Daniel Ison
Gem of the Ocean
Arden Theatre Company
Elizabeth Atkinson
Once
Arden Theatre Company
Christopher Colucci
The Heir Apparent
Lantern Theater Company
Melissa Dunphy
Hype Man: A Break Beat Play
InterAct Theatre Company
Justin Ellington
Kill Move Paradise
The Wilma Theater
Daniel Ison
UNTITLED
Inis Nua Theatre Company
Shannon Zura
Boycott Esther
Azuka Theatre

2019 Outstanding Original Music

Zak Berkman & Jessie Fisher
Such Things As Vampires
People's Light
Alex Bechtel
The Appointment
Lightning Rod Special
Melissa Dunphy
Among the Dead
Theatre Exile
Larry Fowler
Hype Man: A Break Beat Play
InterAct Theatre Company
Jamison Foreman
The Monster in the Hall
Inis Nua Theatre Company
Robi Hager
Basic Witches
Hager Productions
Mel Hsu
xoxo moongirl
Almanac Dance Circus Theatre

2019 Outstanding Choreography/Movement

Nicole Burgio and Ben Grinberg
xoxo moongirl
Almanac Dance Circus Theatre
Sanchel Brown
The Color Purple
Theatre Horizon
Zachary Chiero
Fly Eagles Fly
Tribe of Fools
Jeremy Dumont
42nd Street
Bucks County Playhouse
Eli Lynn
Tis Pity She's A Whore
The Philadelphia Artists' Collective
Steve Pacek
Once
Arden Theatre Company
Annie Wilson
Indecent
Arden Theatre Company

2019 Outstanding Music Direction

Amanda Morton
The Color Purple
Theatre Horizon
Jamison Foreman
The Monster in the Hall
Inis Nua Theatre Company
Amanda Morton
The Bridges of Madison County
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Jason Neri
Ragtime
Eagle Theatre
Ryan Touhey
Once
Arden Theatre Company

2019 Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

Gem of the Ocean
Arden Theatre Company
A Hard Time
Pig Iron Theatre Company
Awake and Sing!
Quintessence Theatre Group
Box Clever
Inis Nua Theatre Company
Indecent
Arden Theatre Company
Kill Move Paradise
The Wilma Theater
Treasure Island
Arden Theatre Company

2019 Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

The Color Purple
Theatre Horizon
Once
Arden Theatre Company
The Appointment
Lightning Rod Special
The Monster in the Hall
Inis Nua Theatre Company

2019 F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist

Jaylene Clark Owens
J Hernandez
Dan O'Neil
Gabriela Sanchez
Maria Shaplin

2019 Brown Martin Philadelphia Award

The Color Purple
Theatre Horizon
Boycott Esther
Azuka Theatre
Kill Move Paradise
The Wilma Theater
Morir Sonyando
Passage Theatre Company
The Appointment
Lightning Rod Special

2019 June and Steve Wolfson Award for an Evolving Theatre Company

Lightning Rod Special
Applied Mechanics
Curio Theatre Company
Simpatico Theatre
Tiny Dynamite

2019 Victory Foundation Award for Outstanding Theatre Education Program

Theatre Horizon
ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships
Lantern Theater Company
People's Light
Yes! And...Collaborative Arts

2019 Lifetime Achievement Award

Ed Shockley

2019 Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play/Musical

Emily Acker
Boycott Esther
Azuka Theatre
Kash Goins
74 Seconds... To Judgement
Arden Theatre Company
Jess Conda, Jenn Kidwell, Mel Krodman
A Hard Time
Pig Iron Theatre Company
Christina Anderson
How To Catch Creation
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Erlina Ortiz
Morir Sonyando
Passage Theatre Company
Josh Wilder
Salt Pepper Ketchup
InterAct Theatre Company & Passage Theatre Company
Alice Yorke with Eva Steinmetz, Alex Bechtel, Scott R Sheppard, and the ensemble / Music and Lyrics - Alex Bechtel
The Appointment
Lightning Rod Special

2019 Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical

Sarah Gliko
The Bridges of Madison County
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Jessica M. Johnson
The Color Purple
Theatre Horizon
Katherine Fried
Once
Arden Theatre Company
Hanna Gaffney
Oliver!
Quintessence Theatre Group
Tessa Grady
42nd Street
Bucks County Playhouse
Claris Park
The Monster in the Hall
Inis Nua Theatre Company
Sav Souza
Basic Witches
Hager Productions
Robert Zelaya
Evita
The Resident Theatre Company

2019 Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play

Danielle Leneé
Gem of the Ocean
Arden Theatre Company
Brian Anthony Wilson
Gem of the Ocean
Arden Theatre Company
Rachel Brodeur
Box Clever
Inis Nua Theatre Company
Walter DeShields
Sweat
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Alexandra Expinoza
Boycott Esther
Azuka Theatre
Adam Hammet
Measure for Measure
Lantern Theater Company
Anthony Martinez-Briggs
Kill Move Paradise
The Wilma Theater
Susan McKey
The Christians
Bristol Riverside Theatre
Claris Park
Among the Dead
Theatre Exile
Lawrence Pressman
Awake and Sing!
Quintessence Theatre Group
Bianca Sanchez
Hype Man: A Break Beat Play
InterAct Theatre Company
Jahzeer Terrell
Three Sisters, Two
EgoPro Classic Theater
Johanna Tolentino
Morir Sonyando
Passage Theatre Company
Rob Tucker
This is the Week That Is
1812 Productions

2019 Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical

Ebony Pullum
The Color Purple
Theatre Horizon
Brett Ashley Robinson
The Appointment
Lightning Rod Special
Miche Braden
Nina Simone: Four Women
People’s Light
Newton Buchanan
Honk! The Musical
Delaware Theatre Company
Rachel Camp
The Bridges of Madison County
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Charlie DelMarcelle
Once
Arden Theatre Company
Eleni Delopoulos
The Monster in the Hall
Inis Nua Theatre Company
Terran Scott
Minors
Lantern Theater Company
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