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August 8-14, 2002
artsbeat
For decades now Philadelphians have been flocking to Fleisher Art Memorial in South Philly to compete for limited spots in Fleisher’s annual free fine arts classes. The courses, in ceramics, photography and printmaking, draw hundreds more prospective students than the classes can hold. So Fleisher is making a change for adult enrollment -- and never fear, the classes will still be free and placement will still be decided by a random lottery, just a more organized one from now on. Instead of gathering at Fleisher to try to register in one chaotic afternoon, a registration form will be required. Starting Aug. 15, pick one up at Fleisher or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope and they’ll send it to you. Return the form with your first, second and third preferences for the free classes by Sept. 3, and Fleisher will send you a postcard with the results. On Sept. 14, if you’re a lottery winner, show up at Fleisher to register in person, or lose your spot. Phew… It may sound more complicated than ever, but at least it eliminates the potential for angry masses. As for the kids’ classes, that process will remain the same -- those interested in the limited-enrollment children’s classes should attend the walk-in registration on Sept. 14. If you get shut out, try a free drawing, painting or sculpture class or one of Fleisher’s moderately priced workshops.
The Leeway Foundation, giving grants to women artists, and the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, a program funded through Pew and administered by Drexel, both recently announced a new list of grantees. The 12 Leeway recipients were heavy on Fringe-performance grants, including Group Motion's Megan Bridge, New Paradise's Lee Ann Etzold, dancer Valentine Aprile and Sondra Blanchard, who performs physical comedy. Playwright Deborah Stein (Pig Iron's Anodyne and Shut Eye, among others) received a Leeway to cover travel expenses for a trip to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to participate on a writers' panel while Shut Eye is being performed there.
PTI awarded $561,000 to 15 theaters, including Philly Shakespeare Festival ($47,500 to augment productions of Othello and Macbeth), InterAct (the same amount to help pay for playwrights in residence and other administrative costs), the Arden ($80,000 for a production of Sondheim's Pacific Overtures) and Mum Puppettheatre ($19,500 for a new, ensemble-created work based on The Madwoman of Chaillot.)
The nominees for the eighth annual Barrymore Awards (The Greater Philadelphia Theatre Alliance's theater awards) were announced on Wednesday morning (Aug. 7). Mum Puppettheatres representatives in the audience gasped with each nomination -- their production of Equus received the most nods for a play, including Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, Outstanding Direction of a Play (William Roudebush), Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play (Greg Wood as Martin Dysart, also nominated for leading actor in a musical for the Ardens production of James Joyces The Dead), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play (Tobias Segal as Alan Strang), Outstanding Ensemble in a Play, Outstanding Choreography (Robert Smythe), Outstanding Costume Design (Susan Smythe) and Outstanding Sound Design (Aaron Cromie, Roudebush and Robert Smythe). Second place for number of nominations for a play went to Pig Iron Theatre Co.s Flop and Bristol Riverside Theatres The Dresser, each with six nominations. Flops leading ladies, Lee Ann Etzold, Emmanuelle Delpech and Nichole Canuso, were nominated for Outstanding Ensemble in a Play, and were recognized with director Dan Rothenberg for Outstanding Choreography. Rothenberg also picked up a nod for directing. Flop was nominated for Outstanding Overall Production of a Play and for Outstanding New Play, and James Sugg got one of his two sound design nominations for Flop (the other was for the Ardens production of As You Like It, for which Sugg also received an Outstanding Original Music nod).
As for The Dresser, Lenny Haas and Edward Keith Baker were nominated for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play, and the show was also recognized for sound design (John Mock), set design (Nels Anderson) and for Outstanding Overall Production of a Play.
Among the musicals, the Ardens Baby Case came out on top with 11 nominations, including one in a new category, Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical. Actors Jeffrey Coon, Scott Greer, Ben Dibble, Richard Ruiz, Kristine Fraelich and Tracie Higgins were all recognized. Michael Ogborn, the shows creator, was nominated for Outstanding Original Music and for Outstanding New Play. The show was nominated for Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical.
With nine nominations, Villanova Theatres production of Chicago took the second slot for musical nominations, followed by the Princes Lady in the Dark.
Breaking the nominations down by theater company, the Arden once again comes out on top, with 16 nominations anchored by Baby Cases nods plus recognition for As You Like It and The Dead. The Arden is followed by the Prince, with 13 nominations for Lady in the Dark, Adam Guettels Myths and Hymns and Lysistrata. In the third place slot is the Walnut Street Theatre with 11 nominations for Forever Plaid, Damn Yankees, Camila, A Suite in Two Keys and Great Expectations. Other strong showings included Villanova Theatre, who added one nod for Tartuffe (supporting actress Dana Tretta) to their nine Chicago nods, and the Wilma Theater, who received nine nominations for Yellowman, Indian Ink and Patience.
Pig Iron Theatre Company added two nods for Shut Eye to their host of Flop nods, one for Joseph Chaikin and the company for Outstanding Choreography and one for Outstanding Ensemble in a Play.
Bristol Riverside Theatre swept six nods for The Dresser and added one more for Richard Whites supporting role in A Little Night Music.
Peoples Light and Theatre Co., last years front-runner for nominations, received six nods, four for The Merchant of Venice and two for Playhouse Creatures. Freedom Theatre, who swept the awards last year, received two nominations this year, one for choreography for Black Nativity and one for their Performing Arts Training Program (nominated for the Inky and Daily News education and community service award).
The lifetime achievement recipient this year will be Marcia Salvatore, director of the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, a program administered through Pew. The nominees for the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist, which carries a $10,000 prize, are Jorge Cousineau, Nick Embree, Scott Greer, Ian Merrill Peakes and Elizabeth Webster.
Here are the acting and directing award nominations:
Outstanding Overall Production of a Play
The Dresser Bristol Riverside Theatre
Equus Mum Puppettheatre
Edward Albees The Play About the Baby Philadelphia Theatre Company
Flop Pig Iron Theatre Company
Yellowman Wilma Theater
Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical
Baby Case Arden Theatre Co.
Lady in the Dark - Prince Music Theater
Myths and Hymns Prince Music Theater
Chicago Villanova Theatre
Forever Plaid Walnut Street Theater Studio 3
Outstanding Direction of a Play
Edward Keith Baker, The Dresser Bristol Riverside Theatre
James J. Christy, The Merchant of Venice Peoples Light & Theatre Co.
Dan Rothenberg, Flop Pig Iron Theatre Co.
William Roudebush, Equus Mum Puppettheatre
Blanka Zizka, Yellowman Wilma Theater
Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., Chicago Villanova Theatre
Terrence J. Nolen, Baby Case Arden Theatre Co.
Dale Sandish, Forever Plaid Walnut Street Theatre Studio 3
Ted Sperling, Lady in the Dark Prince Music Theater
Eric Rosen, Myths and Hymns Prince Music Theater
Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play
Douglas Campbell, The Dresser Bristol Riverside Theatre
Lenny Haas, The Dresser- Bristol Riverside Theatre
Paul Meshejian, The Merchant of Venice Peoples Light & Theatre Co.
Howard Overshown, Yellowman Wilma Theater
Greg Wood, Equus Mum Puppettheatre
Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play
Janis Dardaris, Playhouse Creatures Peoples Light & Theatre Co.
Dael Orlandersmith, Yellowman Wilma Theater
Karen Vicks, Pretty Fire Act II Playhouse
Grace Zandarski, Indian Ink Wilma Theater
Zuhairah, Sojourner Hedgerow Theatre/First World Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical
Jeffrey Coon, Baby Case - Arden Theatre Co.
Scott Greer, Baby Case Arden Theatre Co.
Darren Lenz, Chicago Villanova Theatre
Jamie Torcellini, Damn Yankees Walnut St. Theatre
Greg Wood, James Joyces The Dead- Arden Theatre Co.
Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical
Charlotte Cloe Fox, Chicago Villanova Theatre
Jackˇe Harry (yes, from 227), Lady Day at Emersons Bar and Grill- Delaware Theatre Co.
Cherry Jones, Lysistrata Prince Music Theater
Andrea Marcovicci, Lady in the Dark Prince Music Theater
Elizabeth Sastre, Camila Walnut St. Theatre
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play
Paul Nolan, The Birthday Party Lantern Theater Co.
John Peakes, King Lear - Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival
Peter Pryor, The Lonesome West Act II Playhouse
Tobias Segal, Equus Mum Puppettheatre
Geoff Sobelle, As You Like It Arden Theatre Co.
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play
Hazel Bowers, The Birthday Party- Lantern Theater Co.
Mollie Hall, A Midsummer Nights Dream Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival
Mary Martello, A Suite in Two Keys Walnut St. Theatre Studio 3
Amanda Schoonover, The Loyalist, Ficticious Theatre Co.
Dana Tretta, Tartuffe Villanova Theatre
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical
Mike Dees, Chicago Villanova Theatre
Ben Dibble, Baby Case - Arden Theatre Co.
Marshall Drew, Forever Plaid Walnut St. Theatre Studio 3
Richard Ruiz, Baby Case - Arden Theatre Co.
Richard White, A Little Night Music Bristol Riverside Theatre
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical
Alma Cuervo, Damn Yankees Walnut St. Theatre
Kristine Fraelich, Baby Case - Arden Theatre Co.
Tracie Higgins, Baby Case Arden Theatre Co.
Cheryl Mazzarini, Chicago Villanova Theatre
Maureen Mueller, Lady in the Dark Prince Music Theater
Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
Over the River and Through the Woods Act II Playhouse
Through the Looking Glass Lantern Theater Co.
Equus Mum Puppettheatre
Flop Pig Iron Theatre Co.
Shut Eye Pig Iron Theatre Co.
Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical
I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now Change Act II Playhouse
Baby Case Arden Theatre Co.
James Joyces The Dead Arden Theatre Co.
Chicago Villanova Theatre
Forever Plaid Walnut St. Theatre Studio 3
For a complete list of nominees, see
theatrealliance.org.
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