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It was a big night for South Florida theater as a year’s worth of blood, sweat, and tears paid off at the 38th-Annual Carbonell Awards, held at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
All in all, Miami-Dade County ran the show with a total of nine awards, but it was Fort Lauderdale-based company Island City Stage who took home all six of its nominated categories, sweeping the ceremony. Not to worry, the Miami companies at the Zoetic Stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center and the Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre rounded out the top three.
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The Timekeepers of Island City Stage may have stolen the show with awards in Best Production of a Play, Best Director/Play, Best Actor/Play, and more, but the Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre came in as runner-up with a total of five trophies. In the Heights won Best Production of a Musical as well as Best Actor/Musical (Nick Duckart), and Best Musical Direction (Emmanuel Schvartman). The playhouse also took Best Supporting Actor/Musical (Gabriel Zenone) and Best Actress/Musical (Amy Miller Brennan) with Ruthless!.
The Zoetic Stage won big with four awards, including Best New Work/Play or Musical with Fear Up Harsh, Best Actress/Play with Karen Stephens in Fear Up Harsh, Best Supporting Actor/Play for Todd Allen Durkin’s performance in All New People, and Best Ensemble Production/Play or Musical for All New People.
Check the full list of winners below, and make sure to continue to support local theater in Miami and the rest of the tri-county area. We’ve got a community of real winners, but in the end, it’s all for you.
Carbonell Award Winners, 2013
Best New Work/Play or Musical
Fear Up Harsh, Christopher Demos Brown, Zoetic Stage
Best Production of a Play
The Timekeepers, Island City Stage
Best Director/Play
Michael Leeds, The Timekeepers, Island City Stage
Best Actor/Play
Michael McKeever, The Timekeepers, Island City Stage
Best Actress/Play
Karen Stephens, Fear Up Harsh, Zoetic Stage
Best Supporting Actor/Play
Todd Allen Durkin, All New People, Zoetic Stage
Best Supporting Actress/Play
Angie Radosh, Exit the King, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Best Production of a Musical
In the Heights, Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Best Director/Musical
Patrick Fitzwater, Next to Normal, Slow Burn Theatre Company
Best Actor/Musical
Nick Duckart, In the Heights, Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Best Actress/Musical
Amy Miller Brennan, Ruthless!, Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Best Supporting Actor/Musical
Gabriel Zenone, Ruthless!, Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Best Supporting Actress/Musical
Lourelene Snedeker, The Sound of Music, The Wick
Best Musical Direction
Emmanuel Schvartzman, In the Heights, Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Best Choreography
Denis Jones, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Best Scenic Design/Play or Musical
Michael McClain, The Timekeepers, Island City Stage
Best Lighting Design/Play or Musical
Preston Bircher, The Timekeepers, Island City Stage
Best Costume Design/Play or Musical
Brian O’Keefe, The Lion in Winter, Palm Beach Dramaworks
Best Sound Design/Play or Musical
David Hart, The Timekeepers, Island City Stage
Best Ensemble Production/Play or Musical
All New People, Zoetic Stage
Awards by County
9 Miami-Dade
6 Broward
5 Palm Beach
Awards by Theater
6 Island City Stage
5 Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
4 Zoetic Stage
2 Palm Beach Dramaworks
1 Maltz Jupiter Theatre
1 Slow Burn Theatre Company
1 The Wick
Awards by Production
6 The Timekeepers, Island City Stage
3 In the Heights, Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
2 All New People, Zoetic Stage
2 Fear Up Harsh, Zoetic Stage
2 Ruthless!, Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
1 Exit the King, Palm Beach Dramaworks
1 The Lion in Winter, Palm Beach Dramaworks
1 Next to Normal, Slow Burn Theatre Company
1 The Sound of Music, The Wick
1 Thoroughly Modern Millie, Maltz Jupiter Theatre
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