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BEST ACTOR, DRAMA

Alan McClintock ­ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (George), Skylight (Tom Sergeant), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Randle P. McMurphy)

Bobby Tyson ­ Drift (Lee)

Carver Johns ­ American Buffalo (Teach)

Chad Calvert ­ Turn of the Screw (The Master, Miles, Mrs. Grose, Narrator)

Eric Foss ­ Corpus Christi (Joshua)

Graham Smith ­ Dinner With Friends (Gabe)

James Yost ­ Farewell Party (Alex), Drift (Joel)

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA

Adrienne Nixon ­ Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Nyasha)

Jeannie Woods ­ Master Class (Maria Callas)

Nicia Carla ­ Huck Finn's Story (Huckleberry Finn)

Pam Galle ­ Benedictions (Jesse)

Polly Adkins ­ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Martha), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Nurse Ratched)

Rebecca Koon ­ Wit (Dr. Vivian Bearing), Dinner With Friends (Karen)

Sheila Snow ­ Les Liaisons Dangeureuses (Marquise de Merteuil)

BEST DIRECTOR, DRAMA

Candace Sorensen ­ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Glenn Griffin ­ Les Liaisons Dangeureuses

James Yost ­ Skylight, Drift

John Hartness ­ Corpus Christi, Love Letters

Michael Simmons ­ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Steve Umberger ­ Benedictions, Wit

Terry Loughlin ­ Having Our Say, Dinner With Friends

BEST ACTOR, MUSICAL

Billy Ensley ­ Oliver! (Fagin)

Jared Bradshaw ­ Singin' in the Rain (Don Lockwood)

Kevin Campbell ­ A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Pseudolus)

Kevin Jayroe ­ Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph)

Travis Osley ­ Valley of the Dolls (Neely O'Hara)

Walter Shepherd ­ Singin' in the Rain (Cosmos Brown), On the Town (Gabey)

BEST ACTRESS, MUSICAL

Cass Morgan ­ True Home (Cass Morgan)

Deborah Rhodes ­ A Century of Musical Theatre, And the World Goes 'Round

Lesley Shires ­ Singin' in the Rain (Kathy Seldon)

Rachel Shumate ­ Rapunzel (Rapunzel Schwartzbuckle)

Sarah Bright ­ Violet (Violet)

Susan Roberts Knowlson ­ And the World Goes 'Round

BEST DIRECTOR, MUSICAL

Daina Giesler ­ A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Eric Woodall ­ Violet

Jamey Varnadore ­ Singin' in the Rain

Jeffrey Ballero ­ Valley of the Dolls

Tom Hollis ­ Oliver!

Tom Vance ­ On the Town, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

BEST CONDUCTOR/MUSIC DIRECTOR

Bill Congdon ­ Oliver!, Rapunzel, On the Town

Drina Keen ­ Singin' in the Rain, And the World Goes 'Round, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Eric Reed ­ Black Nativity

Keith Denson ­ A Century of Musical Theatre

Scott McKenzie ­ A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Violet, The Robber Bridegroom

Steven Tyler ­ True Home

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY

Dennis Delamar ­ The Importance of Being Earnest (Algernon Moncrieff), Miracle on 34th Street (Kris Kringle)

Duke Ernsberger ­ The Foreigner (Charlie Baker)

George Gray ­ Krapp's Last Tape (Krapp)

Jacob Pinion ­ Babe the Sheep Pig (Babe)

Justin Bitton ­ Play It Again, Sam (Allen Felix)

Ryan McCurdy ­ The Cripple of Inishmaan (Cripple Billy)

Tony Wright ­ The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Proteus), The Boys Next Door (Jack)

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY

Amanda Rentschler ­ Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (Lily)

Catherine Smith ­ The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolen Fairfax)

Deanna Gibson ­ The Triumph of Love (Princess Leonide)

Kellyn Ellwood ­ Anton in Show Business (Holly Sebae)

Laura Depta ­ Thumbs (Sheriff Jane Morton)

Leslie Beckham ­ Anton in Show Business (Lisabette Cartwright)

Sheila Snow ­ The Baltimore Waltz (Anna)

BEST DIRECTOR, COMEDY

Alan Poindexter ­ Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

Craig Spradley ­ The Cripple of Inishmaan

Daina Giesler ­ The Importance of Being Earnest

Dennis Delamar ­ Anton in Show Business

Glenn Griffin ­ The Baltimore Waltz

Jeannie Woods ­ The Triumph of Love

Steve Umberger ­ The Foreigner

BEST SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSER

Anthony Proctor ­ Fefu and Her Friends, The Baltimore Waltz

Daveed Korup, Robert Teixeira, Moving Poets ­ The Irony of Sex

Dean Kleusner ­ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Gary Sivak ­ Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Huck Finn's Story, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Turn of the Screw, Miracle on 34th Street

Gary Sivak/Roger Davis ­ Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

James Vesce ­ Antigone

John Hartness & Anthony Proctor ­ Les Liaisons Dangeureuses

BEST SET DESIGNER

Anna Sartin ­ The Foreigner

Brian Ruggaber ­ Fefu and Her Friends, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Antigone, You Can't Take It With You

Chip Decker ­ Anton in Show Business, Thumbs

Frank Ludwig ­ Benedictions, Dinner With Friends

George Gray ­ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Jim Gloster ­ Miracle on 34th Street

Michael Simmons ­ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Sandra Gray ­ The Importance of Being Earnest, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Aimee Kandl ­ A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, You Can't Take It With You

Annamarie Gatto ­ The Cripple of Inishmaan, Fefu and Her Friends, Anton in Show Business, Violet

Jeff Ballero & Gretchen Mathis ­ Valley of the Dolls

Johann Stegmeir ­ Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

Lisa Liebering ­ Babe the Sheep Pig, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, Huck Finn's Story

Myk Chambers ­ The Importance of Being Earnest

Rebecca Cairns ­ Benedictions, Damn Yankees, The Robber Bridegroom, Dinner With Friends

Robert Croghan ­ The Misanthrope, Antigone, Oliver!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Miracle on 34th Street

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Candace Jennings ­ Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

Delia Neil ­ Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Antigone, Electra/Orestes, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

Eddie Mabry ­ Singin' in the Rain

Keith Martin ­ Damn Yankees, The Robber Bridegroom

Linda Booth ­ Oliver!, On the Town, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Till Schmidt-Rimpler ­ Going Wilde, The Irony of Sex

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Eric Winkenwerder ­ Babe the Sheep Pig, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, Dinner With Friends, Miracle on 34th Street

Hallie Gray ­ The Cripple of Inishmaan, Three Viewings, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Turn of the Screw

James Duke ­ And the World Goes 'Round, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

John Hartness ­ Fefu and Her Friends, Les Liaisons Dangeureuses, Corpus Christi, The Baltimore Waltz

Kimberly Ashton ­ Electra/Orestes

Lucas Alonso ­ Oliver!, Singin' in the Rain

Todd Wren ­ Wit

SPECIAL TECHNICAL EFFECTS

Ali Gharib, Dominic Demichina, and Robert Lee Simmons ­ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Video Design)

Anthony Proctor ­ The Baltimore Waltz (Projection Design)

CPCC Television Studio ­ Singin' in the Rain (Silent Screen Sequences)

Lisa Liebering ­ Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Puppets)

Rachel Ebgi ­ Valley of the Dolls (Make-Up)

Richard Dills ­ Singin' in the Rain (Rain System)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA

Duke Ernsberger ­ Benedictions (Ray Richey)

Eric Blake ­ Les Liaisons Dangeureuses (Chevalier Danceny), American Buffalo (Bobby)

Mike Farmer ­ Corpus Christi (John)

Patrick Ratchford ­ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Nick)

Rob Trevelier ­ Dinner With Friends (Tom)

Sidney Horton ­ Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Mufaro)

Terrell Dulin ­ Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (King, Messenger, Beggar, Old Woman, Serpent)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA

April Jones ­ Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Manyara), Wit (Susie Monahan)

Julie Janorschke ­ Fefu and Her Friends (Sue)

Karla Mason ­ Dinner With Friends (Beth)

Lesley Hunt ­ Wit (Dr. E.M. Ashford)

Lorraine Larocque ­ Farewell Party (Vaughan Loman), Drift (Marie)

Mary Lucy Bivins ­ Benedictions (Agnes Day)

Meredith McBride ­ Fefu and Her Friends (Julia)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, MUSICAL

Bobby Tyson ­ Violet (Flick)

Chris Wilkerson ­ Valley of the Dolls (Jennifer North)

Corey Mitchell ­ A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hysterium)

Dennis Delamar ­ Violet (Father), Damn Yankees (Mr. Applegate)

Patrick Ratchford ­ Violet (Monty), On the Town (Chip)

Steve Bryan ­ Oliver! (Bill Sykes)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MUSICAL

Holly Riley ­ Singin' in the Rain (Lina Lamont), On the Town (Lucy Schmeeler)

J. Courtney Taylor ­ On the Town (Hildy Esterhazy)

Lesley Shires ­ Rapunzel (Rene Schwartzbuckle)

Lisa Smith ­ Oliver! (Nancy), Damn Yankees (Gloria Thorpe)

Lynne Morris ­ A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Domina)

Pat Heiss ­ On the Town (Madame Maude P. Dilly)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY

Alan Poindexter ­ Babe the Sheep Pig (Farmer Hoggett), The Foreigner (Ellard Simms), Miracle on 34th Street (Sawyer/Humpty Dumpty)

Brett Kiedasch ­ Play It Again, Sam (Bogart/Dick), WASP (Dad), Mindscreams (Rev. Tolar /"Mr. Nifty")

Graham Smith ­ The Foreigner (Owen Musser)

Greg McGrath ­ The Cripple of Inishmaan (Babbybobby), The Triumph of Love (Dimas)

Mark Scarboro ­ Thumbs (Wilton Dekes)

Mark Sutton ­ Babe the Sheep Pig (Ma), Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (Mr. Slinger)

Michael Edwards ­ The Foreigner (Froggy LeSueur)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY

April Jones ­ Babe the Sheep Pig (Fly), Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (Mom)

Donna Baldwin-Bradby ­ Anton in Show Business (Andwyneth/Don Blount)

Elizabeth Diane Wells ­ The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Sunny Freitag)

Gloria King ­ The Importance of Being Earnest (Lady Bracknell)

Lorraine Larocque ­ The Cripple of Inishmaan (Slippy Helen)

Mary Lucy Bivins ­ The Foreigner (Betty Meeks)

Meredith McBride ­ Play It Again, Sam (Linda)

BEST CAMEO APPEARANCE

Dustin Rubin ­ Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (Baby Julius)

Ginger Richardson ­ The Importance of Being Earnest (Miss Prism)

Madeline Jurch ­ Miracle on 34th Street (Janet Mara)

Mike Farmer ­ Violet (Preacher)

Pat Heiss ­ You Can't Take It With You (Olga)

Peter Smeal ­ Miracle on 34th Street (Drunken Santa)

Sarah Martin ­ Violet (Young Vi)

Steve Bryan ­ Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Pharaoh)

BEST COLLEGE/TEEN ACTOR

Bryson Avery ­ The Benefit Show (Valet, Mr. D'Arcy), Electra/Orestes (Orestes)

Chaz Pofahl ­ Carousel (Billy Bigelow)

Chris Murray ­ The Misanthrope (Alceste)

Chris Walters ­ Boy Gets Girl (Mercer Stevens)

Jacob Pinion ­ The Robber Bridegroom (Jamie Lockhart)

Jason Loughlin ­ Antigone (Creon), Beyond the Horizon (Andrew)

Jeremy Cartee ­ Noises Off (Garry Lejeune)

Parker Dixon ­ Boy Gets Girl (Tony Ross)

BEST COLLEGE/TEEN ACTRESS

Anna Jensen ­ The Misanthrope (Celimene), The Robber Bridegroom (Salome)

Beth Gardner ­ Boy Gets Girl (Theresa Bedell)

Christina Ritchie ­ Boy Gets Girl (Harriet)

Cody Harding ­ Antigone (Antigone), Beyond the Horizon (Ruth)

Deanna Gibson ­ Noises Off (Dottie Otley), The Madwoman of Chaillot (Countess Aurelia)

Deirdre Pfeiffer ­ The Benefit Show (Lavinia, Queen Catherine), Electra/Orestes (Electra)

Erin Smith ­ 27 Rue de Fleuris (Gertrude Stein)

Laura Filosa ­ The Robber Bridegroom (Rosamund)

BEST COLLEGE/TEEN SHOW

Antigone ­ UNCC

Beyond the Horizon ­ UNCC

Boy Gets Girl ­ Davidson College

Noises Off ­ Winthrop University

The Benefit Show ­ Children's Theatre Ensemble

The Misanthrope ­ Davidson College

BEST ORIGINAL SHOW

Benedictions ­ Charlotte Rep

Farewell Party ­ Stage One Summer Stock

Noon Day Sun ­ Stage One Summer Stock

The Prince and the Pauper ­ Children's Theatre

The Third Plague ­ Off-Tryon Theatre Company

Valley of the Dolls ­ Charlotte Conservatory Theatre

THEATER EVENT OF THE YEAR

Charlotte Shakespeare Festival 2001 ­ The Actor's Gym

Fefu and Her Friends ­ Chickspeare

First Annual 15-Minute Play Festival ­ BareBones Theatre Group

Going Wilde ­ Moving Poets

Thumbs ­ Actor's Theatre

VDay 2001/The Vagina Monologues ­ Davidson College

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Andrea King ­ Anton in Show Business (Joby), You Can't Take It With You (Alice)

Andy Baird ­ Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All to You (Thomas)

Charlotte Parrott ­ Miracle on 34th Street (Susan Walker)

Chris Murray ­ The Misanthrope (Alceste), The Vortex (Jones)

Deanna Gibson ­ Noises Off (Dotty Ashley), The Triumph of Love (Princess Léonide)

Eric Blake ­ Les Liaisons Dangeureuses (Chevalier Danceny), Mindscreams (Mitchell/"Mr. Nifty"), American Buffalo (Bobby)

Laura Depta ­ Thumbs (Sheriff Jane Morton)

Mark Scarboro ­ Thumbs (Wilton Dekes)

BEST DRAMA

Dinner With Friends ­ Charlotte Rep

Les Liaisons Dangeureuses ­ Off-Tryon

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters ­ Children's Theatre

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ­ Victory Pictures

Turn of the Screw ­ BareBones

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ­ Theatre Charlotte

Wit ­ Charlotte Rep

BEST MUSICAL

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ­ Theatre Charlotte

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ­ CPCC Theatre

Oliver! ­ CPCC Summer Theatre

Singin' in the Rain ­ CPCC Summer Theatre

Valley of the Dolls ­ Charlotte Conservatory Theatre

Violet ­ Actor's Theatre of Charlotte

BEST COMEDY

Anton in Show Business ­ Actor's Theatre of Charlotte

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse ­ Children's Theatre

Play It Again, Sam ­ Off-Tryon

The Cripple of Inishmaan ­ Actor's Theatre

The Foreigner ­ Charlotte Rep

The Importance of Being Earnest ­ Theatre Charlotte

Thumbs ­ Actor's Theatre

THEATERPERSON OF THE YEAR

Alan Poindexter; Anne Lambert; Candace Sorensen; Carver Johns; Dennis Delamar; George, Sandra & Hallie Gray; James Yost; Joanna Gerdy; John Hartness; Julie Janorschke; Michael Simmons