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</style><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(238,238,238)"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">
<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(238,238,238)">••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">
<br><b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></b><b><span style="color:windowtext">THE CLEVELAND
CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS—2013</span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">It is the purpose of THE CLEVELAND CRITICS CIRCLE
AWARDS to recognize outstanding Cleveland area productions, performers,
directors and designers who contributed to the professional theatre scene
during the 2013 season. <span style> </span>For a
listing of the theatres considered for “Best of” and “Superior Achievement”
awards, go to: </span><a href="www:clevelandtheaterreviews.com"><span style>clevelandtheaterreviews.com</span></a><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Musical Production: SWEENEY
TODD, Great Lakes Theater</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">FIDDLER ON THE
ROOF, Porthouse Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">NEXT TO NORMAL,
Lakeland Civic Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">SHE LOVES
ME,<span style> </span>Beck Center for the Arts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">SPAMALOT, Beck
Center for the Arts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Non-Musical Production: ON
THE LINE, none too fragile theater</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">GOOD PEOPLE,
Cleveland Play House</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">RICHARD III,
Great Lakes Theater</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">THE ICEMAN
COMETH, Ensemble Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">THERE IS
HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS, Cleveland Public Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">TWELVE ANGRY
MEN, Blank Canvas Theater</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Actor in a Musical: George
Roth, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Porthouse Theatre</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Chris McCarrell,
NEXT TO NORMAL, Beck Center for the Arts/Baldwin <span style> </span>Wallace
Musical Theatre Program<b> </b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Dougfred
Miller, SPAMALOT, Beck Center for the Arts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Actor in a Non-Musical:<span style> </span>Lynn Robert Berg, RICHARD III, Great
Lakes <span style> </span>Theater
<span style> </span></span></b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Chris Richards,
SONS OF THE PROPHET, Dobama Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Jonathan
Wilhelm, SORDID LIVES, convergence-continuum</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Robert Branch,
ON THE LINE, none too fragile theater</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Actress in a Musical: Sara
M. Bruner , SWEENEY TODD, Great Lakes Theater</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i><span style="color:windowtext"> <span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Jessica L.
Cope, SPAMALOT, Beck Center for the Arts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Miche Braden,
THE DEVIL’S MUSIC, Cleveland Play House</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Rebecca
Pitcher, SHE LOVES ME, Beck Center for the Arts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> <b>Best Actress in a Non-Musical: Tracee
Patterson, MEDEA, Mamaí Theater</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i><span style="color:windowtext"> <span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Derdriu Ring,
THERE IS HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS, Cleveland Public <span style> </span>Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Heather
Anderson Boll, TIME STANDS STILL, Dobama Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Kate Hodge, GOOD
PEOPLE, Cleveland Play House</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Lara Knox, THE
COMEDY OF ERRORS, Ohio Shakespeare Festival</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Director of a Musical: Victoria
Bussert, SWEENEY TODD, Great Lakes Theater</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i><span style="color:windowtext"> <span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Eric Van Baars,
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Porthouse Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Martin
Friedman, NEXT TO NORMAL, Lakeland Civic Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Scott Spence,
SPAMALOT, Beck Center for the Arts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Terrence
Spivey, CROWNS, Karamu House Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Director of a Non-Musical: Ian
Wolfgang Hinz, THE ICEMAN COMETH, Ensemble Theatre</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i><span style="color:windowtext"><span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Beth Woods,
THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS, Cleveland Public <span style> </span>Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Laura Kepley,
GOOD PEOPLE, Cleveland Play House</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Patrick
Ciamacco, TWELVE ANGRY MEN, Blank Canvas Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Sean Derry, ON
THE LINE, none too fragile theater</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Choreographer: Martin
Cespédes, SPAMALOT, Beck Center for the Arts</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Dan Knechtes,
GUYS AND DOLLS, Great Lakes Theater/PlayhouseSquare</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">John Crawford,
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Porthouse Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">MaryAnn Black,
SOUTH PACIFIC, Porthouse Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Scenic Design:<span style> </span>Todd S. Krispinsky, THERE IS HAPPINESS
THAT MORNING IS, Cleveland Public Theatre</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Russ Borski,
HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, Beck Center for the Arts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Trad A Burns,
NEXT TO NORMAL, Lakeland Civic Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Wilson Chin,
RICH GIRL, Cleveland Play House</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Costume Design:<span style> </span>Charlotte Yetman, SWEENEY TODD, Great
Lakes Theater</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Finalist:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Esther
Haberlen, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Great Lakes Theater</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Lighting Design:<span style> </span>Trad A Burns, NEXT TO NORMAL, Lakeland
Civic Theatre</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Superior
Achievement:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Andrew Eckert,
THE ICEMAN COMETH, Ensemble Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Marcus Dana,
COCK, Dobama Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Sound Design:<span style> </span>Dana Duke, Big Twig Studio, Brian
Caiazza, Brett Keyser, video/sound/photography, STRUCK, Cleveland Public
Theatre</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">James C. Swonger,
GOOD PEOPLE, Cleveland Play House</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Shane Cutlip,
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Porthouse Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best Musical Direction:<span style> </span>Nancy Maier, NEXT TO NORMAL, Beck
Center for the Arts/Baldwin Wallace Musical Theatre Program</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Jennifer
Korecki, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Porthouse Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Joe Brancato,
THE DEVIL’S MUSIC, Cleveland Play House</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Matthew Webb,
SWEENY TODD, Great Lakes Theater</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><span style="color:windowtext"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Best National Touring Production:
SLEEPING BEAUTY, PlayhouseSquare</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i style><span style="color:windowtext">Superior Achievement:</span></i><span style="color:windowtext"> <span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">THE BOOK OF
MORMAN, PlayhouseSquare</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">WAR HORSE,
Playhouse Square</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">WOODY SEZ,
Cleveland Play House</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext"> <b>SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS:</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Outstanding Body of Work:<span style> </span>Larry Goodpaster, Musical Director,
Beck Center for the Arts</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Miles Sternfeld for THE WHOS TOMMY,
Broadway Fights AIDS </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Talespinner Children’s Theatre, for
producing shows for kids that adults can enjoy, using local writers as adaptors
and playwrights.</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:windowtext">Theater Ninjas, for doing challenging theatrical
works and staging them at unique venues throughout northeast Ohio</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b style>Great Lakes Theater
for 25 years of presenting A CHRISTMAS CAROL which has played to over 600,000
audience members</b><b><span style="color:windowtext"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:windowtext">Members of the Cleveland Critics Center
are: Bob Ableman (<i>Cleveland Jewish News)</i>, Roy Berko
(CoolCleveland.com, ArtsAmerica.com, BroadwayWorld.com, <a href="http://royberko.info">royberko.info</a>), Kerry
Clawson (<i>Akron-Beacon Journal</i>), Mark Horning, (</span><span style="color:windowtext">Examiner.com<i style>)</i>,</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext"> </span><span style="color:windowtext">Christine Howey (<i>Cleveland Scene</i>,
<a href="http://raveandpan.blogspot.com">raveandpan.blogspot.com</a>), Andrea Simakis (<i>The Plain Dealer</i>), Art Thomas
(<i>West Life</i>). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">For additional information about the CLEVELAND
CRITICS CIRCLE, including reviewing summaries, links to members’ full reviews,
and details about the CCC Speaker’s Bureau, go to: </span><a href="http://clevelandtheaterreviews.com/"><span style="color:rgb(30,79,184)">clevelandtheaterreviews.com</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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