Cat Zeggert -- Piaf (Marlene Dietrich), Carousel (Carrie Pipperidge)
Deborah Rhodes -- Carousel (Nettie Fowler)
Elisha T. Minter – South Pacific (Bloody Mary)
Heather Parcells – Blood Brothers (Linda)
Holly Riley – How to Succeed (Hedy La Rue)
Susan Harris -- How to Succeed (Rosemary)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, MUSICAL

Billy Ensley – Piaf (Theo, Legionnaire, Dancer, etc.), Hello Dolly! (Barnaby Tucker)
Dennis Delamar – Scrooge! The Musical (Ghost of Christmas Present, Solicitor)
Doug Dozier -- Carousel (Enoch Snow), Alice in Wonderland (Tweedledum), Blood Brothers (Mr. Lyons)
Matthew Croyle – The Happy Prince (Organ Grinder)
Patrick Ratchford -- Piaf (Angelo, Jacques, etc.), Hello, Dolly! (Cornelius Hackl), How to Succeed (Bud Frump)
Stephen T. Ware – Hello, Dolly! (Horace Vandergelder)

BEST CONDUCTOR/MUSIC DIRECTOR

Aven Stephenson – Scrooge! The Musical
Bill Congdon – Hello, Dolly!,, Carousel, Alice in Wonderland, How to Succeed
Craig Spradley – Piaf
Drina Keen – Blood Brothers
John Coffee – The Taffetas
Scott McKenzie – South Pacific

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Candace Jennings – Boundless Grace
Delia Neil – Tales from Ovid
Jamey Varnadore – Alice in Wonderland
Linda Booth – Hello, Dolly!, Blood Brothers, How to Succeed
Ron Chisholm – Carousel, Scrooge! The Musical
Till Schmidt-Rimpler – Faust 2000

BEST DIRECTOR MUSICAL

Dennis Delamar -- Piaf
Jamey Varnadore – Alice in Wonderland
Jill Bloede – Scrooge! The Musical
Ron Chisholm – The Taffetas
Tom Hollis – Carousel
Tom Vance – Hello, Dolly!, Blood Brothers, How to Succeed

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL

Angela Holley – South Pacific (Nellie Forbush)
Deborah Rhodes – Hello, Dolly! (Dolly Levy)
Heather Parcells -- Carousel (Julie Jordan)
Linda Booth – The Taffetas (Cheryl)
Polly Adkins -- Piaf (Edith Piaf)
Susan Harris – Blood Brothers (Mrs. Johnston)

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL

Billy Ensley -- How to Succeed (J. Pierpont Finch), Forever Plaid (Jinx)
Gerald Keith Colbert – Blood Brothers (Narrator, Milkman, etc.)
John Sechrist – Blood Brothers (Eddie Lyons)
Joseph Spieldenner -- Carousel (Billy Bigelow)
Steven Ivey – Scrooge! The Musical (Ebeneezer Scrooge)
Walter Shepherd – Blood Brothers (Mickey Johnston)

BEST MUSICAL

Blood Brothers – CPCC Summer Theatre
Carousel – CPCC Summer Theatre
Hello, Dolly! – CPCC Summer Theatre
How to Succeed – CPCC Summer Theatre
Piaf – Actors Theatre
Scrooge! The Musical – Children’s Theatre

BEST SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSER

Alan Poindexter – Tales form Ovid
Gary Sivac – Bunnicula, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Psychopathia Sexualis, The Commedia Princess and the Pea, The Exact Center of the Universe, King Arthur and the Magic Sword, Proposals
Grover Smith Rebecca
Jim Montgomerie – Hamlet
Jill Bloede – All I Ever Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Roger Davis and Chester Spivey – Boundless Grace
Till Schmidt-Rimpler – Faust 2000

BEST SET DESIGNER

Anna Sartin – The Deer and the Antelope Play, The Exact Center of the Universe
Brian Ruggaber – The Philadelphia Story, Moon Over Buffalo, Noises Off, Rebecca
Dennis C. Mauldin – Proposals
Jim Gloster – Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Psychopathia Sexualis
Kevin Raper – Bunnicula, Scrooge! The Musical
Michael Vance – How to Succeed
Ronnie Higdon – Life is a Dream, The Birthday Party
Sandra Gray – Boundless Grace, King Arthur and the Magic Sword, The Taming of the Shrew

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Annamarie Gatto – The Complete History of America (Abridged), Piaf, Visiting Mister Green
Linda Lindsay Life is a Dream
Lisa Liebering – Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Commedia Princess and the Pea, King Arthur and the Magic Sword, Scrooge! The Musical
Rebecca Cairns – The Deer and the Antelope Play, Psychopathia Sexualis, Proposals
Robert Croghan – Hello, Dolly!, Carousel, Miss Julie, The Exact Center of the Universe, Ti-Jean and his Brothers, Mrs. Warren’s Profession
Sandra Gray – Bunnicula, Boundless Grace, The Happy Prince
Suzy Hartness – Vanities, Hamlet

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Eric Winkenwerder – Bunnicula, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Faust 2000, King Arthur and the Magic Sword, Scrooge! The Musical
Hallie Gray – Danger: Memory, The Taming of the Shrew, Piaf, Driving Miss Daisy, The Philadelphia Story, T-Bone N Weasel, Visiting Mister Green
James Duke – I Hate Hamlet, How to Succeed
John Hartness – Steambath, Henry IV, Oleanna, Vanities, Fool for Love, Hamlet
Ron Higdon – Life is a Dream
Todd O. Wren – The Deer and the Antelope Play, Psychopathia Sexualis, Proposals
Tracy Fitch – Hello, Dolly!, Carousel, Moon Over Buffalo, Alice in Wonderland, Blood Brothers

SPECIAL TECHNICAL EFFECTS

Amy Arpan – Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (illusion box, face in sand, etc.), Henry IV (fight choreography), King Arthur and the Magic Sword (fight choreography)
Carey Jugler – Moon Over Buffalo (fight choreography) I Hate Hamlet (fight choreography)
Kevin Raper – Bunnicula (spooky portents in window, walls, fireplace)
Kimberly Ashton, Lisa Liebering, Kevin Raper – Scrooge! The Musical (magic account book, etc.)
Matthew Glave – Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (fight choreography)
Sandra Gray and Lisa Liebering – Bunnicula (masks/puppets)

BEST COLLEGE/TEEN ACTRESS

Alicia Fusting – Miss Julie (Miss Julie)
Allison Curseen – Tales from Ovid (Minerva)
Caitlin Smith – You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Snoopy)
Holly Hunter – The Destruction of Two Guys in Two Axe (Sharon)
Iva Taylor – The Birthday Party (Meg Boles)
Nikki Klecher or Rachel Pfeiffer – The Boys Next Door (Sheila)
Rebecca O’Neill – All I Ever Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (Cinderella, Assassin), Tales from Ovid (Juno)
Susie Shuhart – The Birthday Party (Lulu)

BEST COLLEGE/TEEN ACTOR

Anthony Nepoletano -- All I Ever Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (Charles Boyer, Conductor, Businessman, etc), Takes from Ovid (Bacchus/Itys)
Eric Foss – Tales from Ovid (Narcissus/ Hermaphroditus
Jacob Pinion – Kiss Me, Kate (Bill/Lucentio), Tales from Ovid (Jupiter), You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown)
Jason Loughlin – Noises Off (Lloyd Dallas)
Jeremey Cartee – The Boys Next Door (Arnold Wiggins), The Destruction of Two Guys in Two Axe (Russell)
Matthew Moreta – The Birthday Party (Matt Goldberg)
Phil Williams -- The Boys Next Door (Norman Bulansky), The Destruction of Two Guys in Two Axe (Hayne)
Will Ragland – The Birthday Party (Stanley)

BEST COLLEGE/TEEN SHOW

All I Ever Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten – Children’s Theatre Ensemble
Noises Off – UNCC Theatre
Tales from Ovid – Children’s Theatre Ensemble
The Birthday Party – Davidson College
The Boys Next Door – Winthrop University
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Northwest School of the Arts

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY

Amy Arpan – Bunnicula (Toby)
April A. Jones – Bunnicula (Pete)
Elisha T. Minter – Proposals (Clemma Diggins)
Gina Stewart – T-Bone N Weasel (Fergus, Rev. Gluck, Doc Tatum, Raincoat, etc.)
Jamie Day – Psychopathia Sexualis (Lucille), The Exact Center of the Universe (Mary Lou/Mary Ann), Proposals (Sammi)
Nicia Carla – The Commedia Princess and the Pea (Rosetta)
Rebecca Koon – The Exact Center of the Universe (Enid Simonds)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY

Bill McNeff – Steambath (Bieberman), The Good Doctor (General Brassilhov, Sexton, Kistumov)
Jed Sloe – Asylum (Old Gayev), The Good Doctor (Man in Oark, Army)
Michael Nester – Bunnicula (Robert Monroe)
Randall Haynes – Psychopathia Sexualis (Dr. Block), Asylum (Duncan)
Scott Helm – As Bees in Honey Drown (Sven, Kaden, Photographer, etc.), Proposals (Kenny)
Steve Herman – Italian-American Reconciliation (Aldo Scalicki)
Tim Ross – Proposals (Vinnie Bavasi)

BEST DIRECTOR, COMEDY

Alan Poindexter – Bunnicula
Daina Giesler – The Taming of the Shrew
Dennis Delamar – Visiting Mister Green
Ed Gilweit – Vanities
Steve Umberger – The Exact Center of the Universe
Terry Loughlin – Proposals

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY

Catherine Smith – The Taming of the Shrew (Katherina)
Claire Whitworth-Helm – The Commedia Princess and the Pea (Columbine)
Cynthia Barrett – Proposals (Josie Hines)
Jennifer Keddy – The Philadelphia Story (Tracy Lord)
Jill Bloede – Bunnicula (Chester)
Mary Lucy Bivens – The Exact Center of the Universe (Vada Love Powell)
Polly Adkins – Moon Over Buffalo (Charlotte Hay)

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY

Billy Ensley – Visiting Mister Green (Ross Gardiner)
George Gray – Visiting Mister Green (Mister Green)
Gerald Keith Colbert – I Hate Hamlet (John Barrymore)
Mike Collins – The Exact Center of the Universe (Appleton Powell/Mr. Powell)
Patrick Ratchford – I Hate Hamlet (Andrew Rally)
Robert Simmons – Steambath (Morte), Italian-American Reconciliation (Huey Maximilian Bonfigliano)
Travis Creston – The Commedia Princess and the Pea (Arlequino)

BEST COMEDY

Bunnicula – Childrens Theatre
Proposals – Charlotte Rep
T-Bone N Weasel – Company A/Stage One
The Commedia Princess and the Pea – Children’s Theatre
The Exact Center of the Universe – Charlotte Rep
Visiting Mister Green – Actors Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA

April Jones – Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Fatmaa)
Barbi Van Shaick – The Deer and the Antelope Play (Kenneth Tate)
Elisha Minter – Boundless Grace (Nana)
Ginger Richardson – Vampire Love (Valerie, Maria)
Lori Starnes – Boundless Grace (Jatou)
Sheila Snow – Henry IV (Hotspur)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA

Alan Poindexter – Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (The Sorcerer), King Arthur and the Magic Sword (Merlin)
Christopher Graham – The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Ray Dooley)
Glenn Griffin – Fool for Love (Martin)
Mark Sutton – Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Abdel-A-Teef, Voice of the Sand), King Arthur and the Magic Sword (Pellinore)
Mike Farmer – Hamlet (King Claudius)
Terrell L Dulin – Boundless Grace (Tariq), King Arthur and the Magic Sword (Uther)

BEST DIRECTOR, DRAMA

Alan Poindexter – Tales from Ovid
Ann Marie Costa – The Beauty Queen of Leenane
April A. Jones – Boundless Grace, King Arthur and the Magic Sword
Carver Johns – Fool for Love
George Gray – Danger: Memory
Jill Bloede – Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA

Amy Campbell – The Deer and the Antelope Play (Mindy Montgomery)
Angela Holley – The Woods (Ruth)
Annette Gill – Driving Miss Daisy (Daisy Wertham)
Cynthia Boorujy – Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Vivie Warren)
Lisa Bonsavage – The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Maureen Folan)
Missy Thibodeaux – Death and the Maiden (Paulina Escobar)

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA

Anthony Napoletano – Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp (Aladdin)
Carver Johns – Fool for Love (Eddie)
Eric Foss – King Arthur and the Magic Sword (Arthur)
Jan Notzen – Danger: Memory (Albert Krull)
Michael Simmons – Oleanna (John)
Tony Wright – Death and the Maiden (Gerardo Escobar)

BEST DRAMA

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp – Children’s Theatre
Boundless Grace – Childrens Theatre
Danger: Memory – Shades of Gray/Stage One
Fool for Love – Off Tryon Theatre Company
King Arthur and the Magic Sword – Children’s Theatre
The Beauty Queen of Leenane – Charlotte Rep

BEST CAMEO APPEARANCE

Alan Poindexter – Scrooge The Musical (Marley/Ghost of Christmas Future)
Amanda Rentschler – Scrooge! The Musical (Isabelle Fezziwig)
Ben Roseberry – Alice in Wonderland (Cheshire Cat)
Brett Pruitt – South Pacific (Liat)
Candace Jennings – Boundless Grace (Village Mother)
Roger Davis – Boundless Grace (Griot)
Sterling Masters – Carousel (Louise)
Steve Bryan – Hello, Dolly! (Rudolph)

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

April Jernigan – Rebecca (Mrs. DeWinter)
Chris Hicks – Piaf (Emcee, Henri), The Philadelphia Story (Mike Conner), Rebecca (Maxim DeWinter)
James Kennedy – Scrooge! The Musical (Ghost of Christmas Past, Solicitor)
Katie Pendergast – Vanities (Joanne)
Kellyn Ellwood – Vanities (Kathy)
Lorraine Larocque -- Sexual Perversity in Chicago (Deborah Solomon)
Matthew Croyle – The Happy Prince (Organ Grinder)
Peter Smeal – Henry IV (costume design), Sexual Perversity in Chicago (Bernard Litko)

BEST ORIGINAL SHOW