2002 CT Critics Circle Awards

(*denotes winner)

Outstanding Production – Play
Pera Palas – Long Wharf
*Seascape – Hartford Stage
*Yellowman – Long Wharf Theatre
You Never Can Tell – Yale Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Production – Musical
Jekyll and Hyde – Downtown Cabaret
A Little Night Music – Goodspeed Opera House
*Smokey Joe’s Cafe – Downtown Cabaret
They All Laughed – Goodspeed Opera House
Wings – CT Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Actress – Play
Suzanne Cryer (The Philadelphia Story) – Hartford Stage
Annalee Jefferies (Seascape) – Hartford Stage
*Dael Orlandersmith (Yellowman) – Long Wharf Theatre
Joan Shepard (Lost in Yonkers) – River Rep/Ivoryton Playhouse
Julyana Soelistyo (Iphigeneia in Aulis) – Yale Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Actor – Play
Michael Allinson (You Never Can Tell) – Yale Repertory Theatre
Jonathan Hadary (Pera Palas) – Long Wharf Theatre
Mark Nelson (Arms and the Man) – Long Wharf Theatre
*Howard W. Overshown (Yellowman) – Long Wharf Theatre
Frank Savino (Boy Gets Girl) – Stamford Theatre Works

Outstanding Actress – Musical
Leslie Denniston (A Little Night Music) – Goodspeed Opera House
*Lovena Fox (Jekyll and Hyde) – Downtown Cabaret
Natasha Harper (Carnival) – CT Repertory Theatre
*Florence Lacey (Wings) – CT Repertory Theatre
Amanda Naughton (A Little Night Music) – Goodspeed Opera House

Outstanding Actor – Musical
David Engel (Dames at Sea) – Goodspeed Opera House
Warren Kelley (Damn Yankees) – River Rep/Ivoryton Playhouse
Brad Little (Jekyll and Hyde) – Downtown Cabaret
*Michael McGrath (They All Laughed) – Goodspeed Opera House

Outstanding Director – Play
Mark Lamos (Seascape) – Hartford Stage
*Rob Ruggiero (The Laramie Project) – Theater/Works, Hartford
Steven Williford (Pera Palas) – Long Wharf Theatre
Stan Wojewodski, Jr. (You Never Can Tell) – Yale Repertory Theatre
Blanka Zizka (Yellowman) – Long Wharf Theatre

Outstanding Director – Musical
Christopher Ashley (They All Laughed) – Goodspeed Opera House
Lynnette Barkley J(ekyll and Hyde) – Downtown Cabaret
*Semina De Laurentis (My Way) – Seven Angels
Gary M. English (Wings) – CT Repertory Theatre
Jamie Rocco (Smokey Joe’s Cafe) – Downtown Cabaret
Darko Tresnjak (A Little Night Music) – Goodspeed Opera House

Outstanding Choreography
Peggy Hickey (A Little Night Music) – Goodspeed Opera House
Joel McKneely (They All Laughed) – Goodspeed Opera House
*Jamie Rocco (Smokey Joe’s Café) – Downtown Cabaret
Scott Thompson (Dames at Sea) – Goodspeed Opera House

Outstanding Set Design
*John Coyne (You Never Can Tell) – Yale Repertory Theatre
Larry M. Gruber (Pera Palas) – Long Wharf Theatre
Riccardo Hernandez (Seascape) – Hartford Stage
Jim Youmans (The Philadelphia Story) – Hartford Stage

Outstanding Costume Design
Toni-Leslie James (The Philadelphia Story) – Hartford Stage
*Mirena Rada (Pera Palas) – Long Wharf Theatre
Katherine Roth (You Never Can Tell) – Yale Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design
Howell B. Binkley (Pera Palas) – Long Wharf Theatre
Hugh Hallinan (Smokey Joe’s Café) – Downtown Cabaret
Agnieszka Kunska (Kingdom of Earth) – Yale Repertory Theatre
*Mimi Jordan Sherin (Seascape) – Hartford Stage

Outstanding Sound Design
Joe Boerst (Jekyll and Hyde) – Downtown Cabaret
Nick Borisjuk (Wings) – CT Repertory Theatre
*David Budries (Seascape) – Hartford Stage

Outstanding Ensemble
Constant Star – Hartford Stage
A Couple of Blaguards – Polka Dot Playhouse
The Irish and How They Got That Way – Seven Angels
*The Laramie Project – Hartford TheaterWorks
Pera Palas – Long Wharf Theatre
Smokey Joe’s Cafe – Downtown Cabaret

Outstanding Roadshow
Kiss Me, Kate – Bushnell and Shubert
Mostly Sondheim – Shubert
Proof – Shubert
Translations Abbey Theatre – International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Outstanding Debut
Andrew Benator (Lobby Hero) – Hartford TheaterWorks
Ryan Driscoll (Summer of ’42) – Stamford Center for the Arts
*Patrick O’Sullivan (Lost in Yonkers) – River Rep/Ivoryton Playhouse
*Philip Piarrot (Lost in Yonkers) – River Rep/Ivoryton Playhouse

Tom Killen Award
*Steve Campo, Hartford TheaterWorks

Special Award for Excellence
*International Festival of Arts and Ideas and in particular the Abbey Theatre production of Translations.

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