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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b>The<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"> Cleveland Critics
Circle</span> each year honors local theaters, performances, performers and
technicians of plays staged by Cleveland area professional theaters during the
January 1-December 31 year.</b></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b>Awards Committee: Bob
Abelman, Roy Berko, Kerry Clawson, Howard Gollop, Mark Horning, Christine
Howey, and Andrea Simakis.<span> </span></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b>Following is a list
of “Best” in each category.<span> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">To see the
whole list go to <a href="http://www.clevelandtheaterreviews.com/">http://www.clevelandtheaterreviews.com/</a></span></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">Best Musical
Production: </span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black"><span> </span></span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><i>Newsies</i></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b>, Porthouse Theatre</b></span></span><b><span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">Best
Non-Musical Production</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria">: </span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><i><span style="font-family:Cambria">The
Flick</span></i></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria">,
Dobama Theatre</span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black"><span> </span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">Best
Actor </span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">–
</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">Musical</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">:<span> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Alex Sylerk, <i>The Hunchback of Notre Dame</i>, Great Lakes</span></span></b></span></p><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">
</span><p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span> </span>Theater</span></b></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black"></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)"> </span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">Best
Actor </span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">–
</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">Non-Musical</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">: <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Christopher
M. Bohan, <i>The</i> <i>Flick</i>, Dobama Theatre</span></span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><span style="font-family:Cambria"></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><span> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">Best Actress </span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">–</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black"> Musical:</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black"><span> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Keri Rene Fuller, <i>The Hunchback of Notre </i>Dame, Great Lakes
Theater</span></span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">Best
Actress </span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">–
</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">Non-Musical</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">:<span> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Lara Mielcarek, <i>Well</i>, Ensemble Theatre</span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black"><span> </span></span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">Rising
Star Award </span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black"><span> </span>Male--<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Jabri Little, <i>brownsville song (b-side for tray)</i>,
Dobama Theatre,</span></span></b></span><br></p><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">
</span><p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black"><span> </span>Female:<span> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Logan Dior Williams, <i>brownsville song (b-side for tray)</i>, </span></span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria"><br></span></b></span></span></p><p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria"><br></span></b></span></span></p><p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria">Dobama Theatre</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span> </span></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">Best Director </span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">– </span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">Musical</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">: <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Terri Kent, <i>Newsies</i>,
Porthouse Theatre</span></span></b></span><b><span style="color:black"></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><span style="font-family:Cambria"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">Best
Director </span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">–
</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">Non-Musical</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria">: <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Nathan Motta, <i>The
Flick</i>, Dobama Theatre</span></span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span> </span></span></b></span></span></p><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">
</span><p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">Best Choreographer:
<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Mary Ann Black, <i>Newsies</i>, Porthouse
Theatre</span></span></b></span><b><span></span></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">Best Musical
Direction:</span></b></span><b><span style="color:black"><span> <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Jonathan Swoboda, <i>Newsies</i>, Porthouse Theatre</span></span></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">Best
Scenic Design:<span> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Walter Boswell, <i>The Hairy Ape, Ensemble</i> Theatre</span></span></b></span><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black"></span></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">Best Lighting
Design: <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Russell H. Champa, <i>Shakespeare in
Love</i>, Cleveland Play </span></span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></span></span></p><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">
</span><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span> </span>House</b></span></span><b><span style="color:black"></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">Best Projection
Design:<span> </span></span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b>T. Paul Lowry, <i>Things as They Are</i>, Playwrights</b></span></p><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">
</span><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b><span> </span>Local</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b> </b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">Best Costume
Design:<span> </span></span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b><span>Lex
Liang, <i>Shakespeare in Love</i>, Cleveland</span></b></span></p><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">
</span><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;text-indent:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b><span><span> </span>Play House</span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-yiv4029616832msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">Best Sound Design: </span></b></span><b><span style="color:black"><span> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Cyrus O. Taylor, <i>brownsville song (b-side for tray)</i>, Dobama Theatre</span></span></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span>Best Full-Production Premiere of a Script by a Local Writer:<span> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i>How to
Be a </i></span></span></b></p><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">
</span><p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b><i><span><span> </span>Respectable Junkie</span></i></b><b><span> by Greg
Vovos, Dobama</span></b></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="color:black">Best Touring
Production:<span> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i>Waitress, </i>Playhouse Square</span></span><span> </span></b></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Special
Mention: </span></b></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="color:black"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Bill Rudman,</span> for his outstanding
advocacy of the American musical.<span>
</span>Through his Musical Theatre Project</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">’</span></b><b><span style="color:black">s concerts, in-school residency programs and radio broadcasts, he
and his staff c</span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">reate personal connections with the art form, document the lives
of musical theater artists, and reinforce the relevancy of musical theater in
contemporary society.</span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Gina
Vernaci</span>, for enhancing the national profile of Cleveland and Playhouse Square
through the launching of Broadway tours and expanding the runs of touring
productions from two to three weeks. </span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Christine
McBurney and Bernadette Clemens</span>, for their five-year run offering productions
at Mamai Theatre, dedicated to producing women</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">’</span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">s plays from a
classical canon.</span></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria"><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Cleveland
Shakespeare Festival and director Lisa Ortenzi </span>for innovative cross-gender
casting in </span></b></span><span class="gmail-yiv4029616832"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">The Taming of the Shrew.</span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></b></span></p><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">
</span><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Cleveland Public
Theatre</span>, for their continuing commitment to <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Teatro Publico de Cleveland</span>, the
Cleveland-based Latin American theatre ensemble.</span></b></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br></span></b></p>
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