Posted by Complete list of nominations for the Connecticut Critics Circle Awards with winners in bold.
Outstanding Sound Design
David Budries – Picasso at the Lapin Agile Long Wharf Theatre
Kate Marvin – Elevada Yale Repertory Theatre
Adam Phalen – Forever Long Wharf Theatre
Jane Shaw – Hamlet Hartford Stage
Matt Tierney – The Caucasian Chalk Circle Yale Repertory Theatre
Outstanding Costume Design
Tracy Christensen – Guys & Dolls Goodspeed Musicals
Jessica Ford – The Liar Westport Country Playhouse
Fabio Toblini – Hamlet Hartford Stage
Fabio Toblini – Kiss Me, Kate Hartford Stage
Alejo Vietti – Holiday Inn Goodspeed Musicals
Outstanding Lighting Design
David Lander – Ether Dome Hartford Stage
John Lassiter – Fiddler on the Roof Goodspeed Musicals
Tyler Micoleau – Elevada Yale Repertory Theatre
Matthew Richards – Hamlet Hartford Stage
Matthew Richards – Reverberation Hartford Stage
Outstanding Set Design
Andromache Chalfant – Reverberation Hartford Stage
Alexander Dodge – Kiss Me, Kate Hartford Stage
Alexander Dodge – Private Lives Hartford Stage
Chika Shimizu – The Caucasian Chalk Circle Yale Repertory Theatre
James Youmans – Ether Dome Hartford Stage
Special Awards
Shawn Boyle – Projections for Elevada Yale Repertory Theatre
Summer Theatre of New Canaan – DramaRama Program
Split Knuckle Theater Group – for Endurance
Outstanding Debut
Curtis J. Cook – Brownsville Song Long Wharf Theatre
Carl Lundstedt – Reverberation Hartford Stage
Dina Shihabi – Picasso at the Lapin Agile Long Wharf Theatre
Brittany Vicars – Hamlet Hartford Stage
Outstanding Ensemble
Altar Boyz Playhouse on Park
Brandon Beaver
Nick Bernardi
Adam Cassel
Greg Laucella
Mark G. Merritt
Brock Putnam
Picasso at the Lapin Agile Long Wharf Theatre
Penny Balfour
Grayson DeJesus
Tom Riis Farrell
Ronald Guttman
David Margulies
Dina Shihabi
Jake Silberman
Jonathan Spivey
Robbie Tann
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Playhouse on Park
Kevin Barlowski
Hillary Ekwall
Emily Kron
Steven Mooney
Maya Naff
Joel Newsome
Norman Payne
Natalie Sannes
Scott Scaffidi
Woody Sez TheaterWorks
David Finch
David M. Lutken
Leenya Rideourt
Helen J. Russell
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Edward James Hyland – Hamlet Hartford Stage
Greg Keller – Elevada Yale Repertory Theatre
Andrew Long – Hamlet Hartford Stage
Carl Lundstedt – Reverberation Hartford Stage
Max Gordon Moore – Arcadia Yale Repertory Theatre
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Scott Cote – Guys & Dolls Goodspeed Musicals
Stephen DeRosa – Sing For Your Shakespeare Westport Country Playhouse
Noah Marlowe – Holiday Inn Goodspeed Musicals
John Payonk – Fiddler on the Roof Goodspeed Musicals
Nick Reynolds – Hairspray Summer Theatre of New Canaan
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Rebekah Brockman – Arcadia Yale Repertory Theatre
Rebekah Brockman – The Liar Westport Country Playhouse
Kate Forbes – Hamlet Hartford Stage
Kristin Harlow – Angels in America Playhouse on Park
Tonya Pinkins – War Yale Repertory Theatre
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Elizabeth DeRosa – Fiddler on the Roof Goodspeed Musicals
Barrie Kreinik – Fiddler on the Roof Goodspeed Musicals
Sharon Malane – Hairspray Summer Theatre of New Canaan
Susan Mosher – Holiday Inn Goodspeed Musicals
Megan Sikora – Kiss Me, Kate Hartford Stage
Outstanding Choreography
Richard Amelius – All Shook Up Ivoryton Playhouse
Peggy Hickey – Kiss Me, Kate Hartford Stage
Denis Jones – Holiday Inn Goodspeed Musicals
Alex Sanchez – Guys & Dolls Goodspeed Musicals
David Wanstreet – Fingers and Toes Ivoryton Playhouse
Killen Award – Presented by James Bundy
Carmen de Lavallade
Dancer, actor and teacher, Carmen de Lavallade was a key member as teacher and performer in the early days of Yale Repertory Theatre under the tenure of founding Artistic Director Robert Brustein. During that time, she was a powerfully influential teacher to a generation of actors at Yale School of Drama, including Meryl Streep, who has often cited de Lavallade as having a profound influence on the shaping of her talent in those early days. Some of de Lavallade’s performances — including in The Tempest and especially her Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream — are often cited as some of the best ever at the Rep, indeed in Connecticut.
Now 84, de Lavallade is performing her solo autobiographical show, As I See It, which will be playing at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas during the week of the awards ceremony.
Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical
David Edwards – La Cage Aux Folles Ivoryton Playhouse
Preston Ellis – All Shook Up Ivoryton Playhouse
Michael Damian Fasano – Footloose Seven Angels
Adam Heller – Fiddler on the Roof Goodspeed Musicals
Noah Racey – Holiday Inn Goodspeed Musicals
Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical
Nancy Anderson – Guys & Dolls Goodspeed Musicals
Danielle Bowen – All Shook Up Ivoryton Playhouse
Elissa DeMaria – Little Shop of Horrors MTC Mainstage
Patti Murin – Holiday Inn Goodspeed Musicals
Rebecca Spigelman – Hairspray Summer Theatre of New Canaan
Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play
Zach Appelman – Hamlet Hartford Stage
Aaron Krohn – The Liar Westport Country Playhouse
Luke MacFarlane — Reverberation Hartford Stage
Tom Pecinka – Arcadia Yale Repertory Theatre
Steven Skybell – The Caucasian Chalk Circle Yale Repertory Theatre
Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play
Laurel Casillo – Elevada Yale Repertory Theatre
Margaret Colin – Second Mrs. Wilson Long Wharf Theatre
Keilly McQuail – Bad Jews Long Wharf Theatre
Nikki Walker – Intimate Apparel Westport Country Playhouse
Shaunette Renée Wilson –
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Yale Repertory Theatre
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Richard Amelius – All Shook Up Ivoryton Playhouse
Gordon Greenberg – Holiday Inn Goodspeed Musicals
Susan Haefner – …Spelling Bee Playhouse on Park
Rob Ruggiero – Fiddler on the Roof Goodspeed Musicals
Darko Tresnjak – Kiss Me, Kate Hartford Stage
Outstanding Director of a Play
James Bundy – Arcadia Yale Repertory Theatre
Jackson Gay – Elevada Yale Repertory Theatre
Penny Metropulos – The Liar Westport Country Playhouse
Darko Tresnjak – Hamlet Hartford Stage
Maxwell Williams – Reverberation Hartford Stage
Outstanding Production of a Play
Arcadia Yale Repertory Theatre
Elevada Yale Repertory Theatre
Hamlet Hartford Stage
Reverberation Hartford Stage
The Liar Westport Country Playhouse
Outstanding Production of a Musical
All Shook Up Ivoryton Playhouse
Fiddler on the Roof Goodspeed Musicals
Holiday Inn Goodspeed Musicals
Kiss Me, Kate Hartford Stage
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Playhouse on Park
Two on the Aisle 