Artie Awards Archive

Date: May 22, 2006
Location: Town Ballroom
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Lisa Ludwig & Norman Sham
Music Direction: Michael G. Hake 

There was no Career Achievement award this year.

The 2005-2006 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)

Production of a Play:
Amadeus, ICTC
The Cocktail Hour, Kavinoky
Good, Jewish Repertory Theatre/ICTC
No Niggers, No Dogs, No Jews, Paul Robeson Theatre
Quills, Torn Space

Production of a Musical:
Always...Patsy Cline, Kavinoky
Jacques Brel is Alive & Well and Living in Paris, ICTC
Naked Boys Singing, BUA
Sammy & Me, MusicalFare
Urinetown, MusicalFare

Direction of a Play:
Derek Campbell, Juno and the Paycock
David Lamb, The Cocktail Hour
Fortunato Pezzimenti, Amadeus
Dan Shanahan, 'Night Mother
Christopher Standart, Quills

Direction of a Musical:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Jacques Brel is Alive & Well...
Randall Kramer, Urinetown
Paul Todaro, Man of La Mancha
Michael J. Walline, Naked Boys Singing
Todd Warfield, Buffalo Zings

Choreography:
Kelli Bocock-Natale & Kathy Weese, Jacques Brel is Alive & Well...
Michele Gigante, Man of La Mancha
Michael J. Walline, Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Michael J. Walline, Masque of Beauty & the Beast
Michael J. Walline, Naked Boys Singing

Ensemble of a Play:
Amadeus, ICTC
Glengarry Glen Ross, Ujima
No Niggers, No Dogs, No Jews, Paul Robeson Theatre
Quills, Torn Space
Valhalla, BUA

Ensemble of a Musical:
Buffalo Zings, O'Connell & Co.
Jacques Brel is Alive & Well..., ICTC
Man of La Mancha, Kavinoky
Naked Boys Singing, BUA
Urinetown, MusicalFare

Actor in a Play:
Jimmy Janowski, I Am My Own Wife
Jim Mohr, The Cocktail Hour
David Oliver, Quills
Peter Palmisano, Amadeus
Brian Riggs, The Good Thief

Actress in a Play:
Kerrykate Abel, Salome
Anne Gayley, The Cocktail Hour
Leah Russo, Number the Stars
Renita Shadwick, No Niggers, No Dogs, No Jews
Joyce Stilson, Book of Liz

Supporting Actor in a Play:
Joseph Demerly, Salome
Gerry Maher, Juno and the Paycock
Paul Todaro, Romeo & Juliet
Dan Walker, Glengarry Glen Ross
Richard Wesp, Celadine

Supporting Actress in a Play:
Arlene Clement, Good
Caitlin Coleman, Valhalla
Kristin Tripp Kelly, Loot
Lisa Vitrano, Good
Katie White, Valhalla

Actor in a Musical:
Louis Colaiacovo, The Last Five Years
Robert J. Cooke, Jacques Brel is Alive & Well...
Chris Critelli, Urinetown
John Fredo, Urinetown
Brian Riggs, Jacques Brel is Alive & Well...

Actress in a Musical:
Stephanie Bax, Desperate Measures
Kelly Ann Krupski, Always...Patsy Cline
Bethany Moore, Urinetown
Kathy Weese, The Last Five Years
Maggie Zindle, Man of La Mancha

Supporting Actor in a Musical:
David Butler, Buffalo Zings
Tom Owen, Urinetown
Marc Sacco, Naked Boys Singing
Ron Swick, Desperate Measures
Tom Zindle, Man of La Mancha

Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Lisa Ludwig, Always...Patsy Cline
Mary Kate O'Connell, Buffalo Zings
Loraine O'Donnell, Urinetown
Kim Piazza, Columbus
Michele Marie Roberts, Urinetown

Set Design:
David King, Celadine
David King, The Cocktail Hour
Neal Radice, Columbus
Chris Schenk, Urinetown
Ken Shaw, Number the Stars

Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, Masque of Beauty & the Beast
Chris Cavanagh, Urinetown
Michael Lodick, The Devils
John Malinowski, No Niggers, No Dogs, No Jews
Keith Wharton, Deathtrap

Costume Design:
Geraldine Duskin, Amadeus
Olivia Ebsary, Urinetown
Jenipher Gurney, Celadine
Tessa Lew, Quills
Kenneth Shaw, Masque of Beauty & the Beast

Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
Buffalo Zings by David Butler, Neil Garvey, Amy Barlow Liberatore, Mary Kate O'Connell, Loraine O'Donnell, Reed Rankin, Ron Swick, Todd Warfield & Deep Throat
Casual Sex Diaries by Matthew Crehan Higgins
Peddler's Bones by Jon Elston
Salome by Chris Kelly & Jimmy Janowski
What Good Ole Days by Mary Craig, June L. Saunders Duell & Paulette Harris

Katharine Cornell Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Visiting Artist:
(awards went to all listed below:)
Richard Howe, Juno and the Paycock, ICTC
Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, Urinetown, MusicalFare
Chris Lee, Sammy & Me, MusicalFare
Michele Ragusa, Bad Dates, Studio Arena Theatre
Ann Randolph, Squeeze Box, Alleyway
Eric Jordan Young, Sammy & Me, MusicalFare
John Warren, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, ICTC

Date: June 4, 2007
Location: Town Ballroom
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Loraine O'Donnell & Norman Sham
Music Direction: Michael G. Hake

Artie Citations of Excellence were given to the Buffalo Infringement Festival and to the Buffalo Central Terminal.

There was no Career Achievement Award this year.

The 2006-2007 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)

Production of a Play:
The Glass Menagerie, Kavinoky
Love! Valour! Compassion!, BUA
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, ICTC
The Sisters Rosensweig, Jewish Repertory Theatre
Terminus, Torn Space

Production of a Musical:
A Man of No Importance, ICTC
Familiar Strangers, MusicalFare
Junie B. Jones & A Little Monkey Business, TOY
Musical of Musicals the Musical, O'Connell & Co.
Reefer Madness, Alleyway

Direction of a Play:
Greg Natale, The Sisters Rosensweig
Vincent O'Neill, Endgame
Dan Shanahan, Terminus
Chris Standart, Hurlyburly
Robert Waterhouse, Metamorphosis

Direction of a Musical:
Randall Kramer, Tick, Tick...Boom!
Roger Paolini, Musical of Musicals the Musical
Brother Augustine Towey, A Man of No Importance
Michael J. Walline, Familiar Strangers
Todd Warfield, Reefer Madness

Choreography:
John Fredo, Leader of the Pack
Carlos Jones, Reefer Madness
Michael J. Walline, Familiar Strangers
Kathy Weese, Tick, Tick...Boom!
Doug Weyand, Sisters of Swing

Ensemble of a Play:
Double Dyke Drama, BUA presents Brazen Faced Varlets
Endgame, Torn Space
Love! Valour! Compassion!, BUA
Metamorphosis, New Phoenix Theatre
Observe the Sons of Ulster..., ICTC

Ensemble of a Musical:
Buffalo Zings 2, O'Connell & Co.
Musical of Musicals the Musical, O'Connell & Co.
Reefer Madness, Alleyway
Tick, Tick...Boom!, MusicalFare
Unholy Trinity, Alleyway

Actor in a Play:
Louis Colaiacovo, The Tricky Part
Jimmy Janowski, Die, Mommie, Die
Carl Kowalkowski, Endgame
Gerry Maher, Talking Heads/A Chip in the Sugar
Brendan Powers, Observe the Sons of Ulster...

Actress in a Play:
Kelli Bocock-Natale, The Sisters Rosensweig
Jeanne Cairns, Talking Heads/Waiting for the Telegram
Josephine Hogan, The Birthday Party
Christina Rausa, The War Room
Kathleen Betsko Yale, The Witches

Supporting Actor in a Play:
John Joy, Endgame
Tim Klein, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Ozzie Lumpkin, Mule Bone
Eric Rawski, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Michael Votta, Hurlyburly

Supporting Actress in a Play:
Kelly Beuth, Ramona & Juliet
Caitlin Coleman, Based on a Totally True Story
Ellen Horst, Enchanted April
Leah Russo, The Birthday Party
Linda Stein, Hurlyburly

Actor in a Musical:
Louis Colaiacovo, Tick, Tick...Boom!
John Fredo, A Rainbow Journey
Chris J. Handley, Reefer Madness
Brian Riggs, A Man of No Importance
Norman Sham, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Actress in a Musical:
Mary Craig, Wild Women Don't Get the Blues
Terrie George, Familiar Strangers
Pamela Rose Mangus, Musical of Musicals the Musical
Loraine O'Donnell, Familiar Strangers
Jenn Stafford, Musical of Musicals the Musical

Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Todd Benzin, Sisters of Swing
Jeffrey Coyle, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Chris Critelli, A Man of No Importance
Tim Newell, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Tom Owen, Lost in Hollywoodland

Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Stephanie Bax, Reefer Madness
Kelli Bocock-Natale, A Man of No Importance
Nicole Marrale Cimato, Junie B. Jones...
Colleen Marcello, Starting Here, Starting Now
Kim Piazza, Lost in Hollywoodland

Set Design:
David King, The Glass Menagerie
Aaron Miller, Terminus
Neal Radice, Reefer Madness
Chris Schenk, Familiar Strangers
Kenneth Shaw, The Giver

Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, The Glass Menagerie
Chris Cavanagh, Familiar Strangers
Melissa Meola, Terminus
Neal Radice, Reefer Madness
Kurt Schneiderman, Metamorphosis

Costume Design:
Jenipher Gurney, Enchanted April
Tessa Lew, A Man of No Importance
Donna Massimo, Love's Labours Lost
Kenneth Shaw, The Giver
Todd Warfield, Reefer Madness

Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
The Best Woman by Gary Earl Ross
Familiar Strangers by Michael J. Walline
Memory Garden by Rebecca Ritchie
Terminus by Dan Shanahan
The War Room by Darryl Schneider

Katharine Cornell Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Visiting Artist:
(awards went to all listed below)
Tom Fontana, The Fourth Wise Man, Studio Arena Theatre
Lele Frechette, Late Night Catechism, Shea’s Smith Theatre 
Gin Hammond, The Syringa Tree, Studio Arena Theatre
Richard Maltby, Jr. & David Shire, A Time for Love, Studio Arena Theatre
Mara Nemanis, Air Heart, Alleyway Theatre. 

Date: June 2, 2008
Location: Town Ballroom
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Lisa Ludwig & Norman Sham
Music Direction: Michael G. Hake 

There was no Career Achievement Award this year.

The 2007-2008 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)

Production of a Play:
Humpty Dumpty, Road Less Traveled
Kindertransport, Jewish Repertory Theatre
Servant of Two Masters, ICTC
Twelve Angry Men, Kavinoky
Waiting for Lefty, Subversive Theatre Collective in assoc w/New Phoenix

Production of a Musical:
Bat Boy, MusicalFare
It Ain't Nothin But the Blues, Paul Robeson Theatre
Lucky Stiff, O'Connell & Co.
Sweeney Todd, MusicalFare
Thrill Me, New Phoenix Theatre

Direction of a Play:
Scott Behrend, To Kill A Mockingbird
Kelli Bocock-Natale, Fool for Love
Brian Cavanagh, Twelve Angry Men
Fortunato Pezzimenti, Servant of Two Masters
Kurt Schneiderman, Waiting for Lefty

Direction of a Musical:
Chris Kelly, Lucky Stiff
Randall Kramer, Bat Boy
Randall Kramer, Sweeney Todd
Robert Waterhouse, Thrill Me
Doug Weyand, Beyond the Rainbow

Choreography:
Robert J. Cooke, Lucky Stiff
Carlos Jones,  A Brief History of White Music
Michael J. Walline, Altar Boyz
Michael J. Walline, Bat Boy
Kathy Weese, Sweeney Todd

Ensemble of a Play:
Humpty Dumpty, Road Less Traveled
The Rose Tattoo, American Repertory Theatre of WNY
Some Men, BUA
Twelve Angry Men, Kavinoky
Waiting for Lefty, Subversive Theatre Collective in assoc w/New Phoenix

Ensemble of a Musical:
Altar Boyz, MusicalFare
It Ain't Nothin But the Blues, Paul Robeson Theatre
Italian Serenade, Alleyway
Lucky Stiff, O'Connell & Co
Sweeney Todd, MusicalFare

Actor in a Play:
Brian Mysliwy, Servant of Two Masters
Brian Riggs, Fool for Love
Ron Swick, On Golden Pond
Dan Walker, Facing East
Doug Weyand, Some Men

Actress in a Play:
Kelly Meg Brennan, The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
Eileen Dugan, Facing East
Mary Kate O'Connell, Glorious!
Anne Roaldi, Kindertransport
Katie White, My Name is Rachel Corrie

Supporting Actor in a Play:
Jimmy Janowski, Some Men
Phil Knoerzer, Humpty Dumpty
Richard Lambert, Fool for Love
Tim Newell, Othello
Richard Wesp, Charley's Aunt

Supporting Actress in a Play:
Eileen Dugan, Othello
Rebecca Elkin, The Little Dog Laughed
Kate LoConti, Waiting for Lefty
Lisa Ludwig, Kindertransport
Verniece Turner, To Kill A Mockingbird

Actor in a Musical:
Louis Colaiacovo, Bat Boy
Joe Demerly, Thrill Me
John Fredo, Sweeney Todd
Matthew Mooney, Italian Serenade
Andrew Kenneth Moss, Lucky Stiff

Actress in a Musical:
Kelly Jakiel, Lucky Stiff
Lisa Ludwig, Sweeney Todd
Loraine O'Donnell, Bat Boy
Michele Marie Roberts, Beyond the Rainbow
Leah Schneider, Italian Serenade

Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Rodney Appleby, Lost Highway
Robert J. Cooke, Lucky Stiff
Kurt Guba, Sweeney Todd
Tim Newell, Bat Boy
Marc Sacco, Altar Boyz

Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Ellen Horst, Victory: The Father Baker Story
Eliza Hayes Maher, Sweeney Todd
Pamela Rose Mangus, Lucky Stiff
Kathy Weese, Beyond the Rainbow
Dawn Woollacott, Lost Highway

Set Design:
David Butler, Thrill Me
Matthew Farmer, Humpty Dumpty
David King, A Picasso
Neal Radice, Seabirds
Ron Schwartz, Servant of Two Masters

Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Chris Cavanagh, Sweeney Todd
Jon Harper, Stivale
Neal Radice, Seabirds
Kurt Schneiderman, Thrill Me

Costume Design:
Olivia Ebsary, Sweeney Todd
Tessa Lew, School for Scandal
Donna Massimo, Othello
Kenneth Shaw, The Phantom Tollbooth
Sharon Wicks, Charley's Aunt

Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
Architect by Dan Shanahan
Axeman's Jazz by Matthew LaChiusa
Bonegrinders by Melanie Von Smith
Italian Serenade by Neal Radice
Nakai & the Red Shoes by William Cooper & Richard Williams

Katharine Cornell Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Visiting Artist:
(awards went to all listed below)
Denny Dillon, Don't Talk to the Actors, Studio Arena Theatre
Tom Dudzick, Don't Talk to the Actors, Studio Arena Theatre
Jolie Garrett, Othello, Shakespeare in Delaware Park
William Orem, Seabirds, Alleyway

Date: June 1, 2009
Location: Town Ballroom
Hosts: Anthony Chase, Lisa Ludwig, Norman Sham &
Doug Weyand
Music Direction: Michael G. Hake

The 2008-2009 Artie Nominees & Winners were: (winners denoted in boldface)

Production of a Play:
Awake and Sing, Jewish Repertory Theatre
Doubt, BUA
The Farnsworth Invention, Kavinoky
The Man Who Had All the Luck, Road Less Traveled
The Seafarer, New Phoenix

Production of a Musical:
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, MusicalFare
Go Dog, Go!, TOY
Hell Hole Honeys, Alleyway
Jamestown Gals, MusicalFare
Sunday in the Park with George, MusicalFare

Direction of a Play:
Scott Behrend, The Man Who Had All the Luck
Javier Bustillos, Doubt
David Lamb, The Farnsworth Invention
David Oliver, The Fastest Clock in the Universe
Fortunato Pezzimenti, The Learned Ladies

Direction of a Musical:
Mary Craig, Simply Simone
Randall Kramer, Sunday in the Park with George
Lisa Ludwig, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Michael J. Walline, Jamestown Gals
Todd Warfield, Hell Hole Honeys

Choreography:
Matthew Clark, Hell Hole Honeys
John Fredo, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Carlos Jones, Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh
Michael J. Walline, Jamestown Gals
Michael J. Walline, Go Dog, Go!

Ensemble of a Play:
Ah! Wilderness, ICTC
Awake and Sing, Jewish Repertory Theatre
Doubt, BUA
Is He Dead?, Kavinoky
The Man Who Came to Dinner, ART

Ensemble of a Musical:
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, MusicalFare
Hell Hole Honeys, Alleyway
In de Beginnin', Ujima
Jamestown Gals, MusicalFare
Sunday in the Park with George, MusicalFare

Actor in a Play:
Louis Colaiacovo, Doubt
Richard Lambert, Blackbird
David Oliver, Endwords
Chris Standart, The Man Who Came to Dinner
John Warren, Is He Dead?

Actress in a Play:

Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Stephanie Bax, Hell Hole Honeys
Joyce Carolyn, Simply Simone
Annette Christian, Simply Simone
Pamela Rose Mangus, Hell Hole Honeys
Sheila McCarthy, Sunday in the Park with George

Set Design:
David King, The Farnsworth Invention
David King, Is He Dead?
Chris Schenk, Jamestown Gals
Chris Schenk, Sunday in the Park with George
Ron Schwartz, The Learned Ladies

Lighting Design:
Brian Cavanagh, The Farnsworth Invention
Brian Cavanagh, Hedda Gabler
Chris Cavanagh, Jamestown Gals
Chris Cavanagh, Sunday in the Park with George
John Rickus, The Man Who Had All the Luck

Costume Design:
Donna Massimo, King Lear
Loraine O'Donnell & Olivia Ebsary, Sunday in the Park with George
Kate E. Palame, Star Quality
Dixon Reynolds, The Farnsworth Invention
Dixon Reynolds, Is He Dead?

Emanuel Fried Award for New Play:
A Little Bit of Paradise by Annette Daniels Taylor
American Rhapsody by Randall Kramer
Dusty Springfield...With You by Richard Lambert
Twice Around by Darryl Schneider
Waterboarding Blues by Kurt Scheiderman

Career Achievement:
Beverly Dove
June L. Saunders Duell

Katharine Cornell Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Visiting Artist:
None given this year.