2012 Wilde Awards Nominations

Best Musical or Opera

Chicago the Musical, Mason Street Warehouse; Kurt Stamm, director

From My Hometown, Meadow Brook Theatre; Travis W. Walter, director

I Pagliacci, Michigan Opera Theatre; Bernard Uzan, director

The Light in the Piazza, The Encore Musical Theatre; Steve DeBruyne, director

Sunset Boulevard, Barn Theatre; Hans Friedrichs, director

Urinetown, Farmers Alley Theatre; Laurel Scheidt, director

Best Performance, Actress - Drama

Penelope Alex, A Streetcar Named Desire, Barn Theatre

Barbara Coven, Next Fall, Performance Network Theatre

Hayley Galbraith, I Remember Mama, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre

Julia Glander, Mary Stuart, Meadow Brook Theatre

Linda Ramsay, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Planet Ant Theatre

Best Design - Costumes

Nina Barlow and Megan Johnson, The Tempest, Water Works Theatre Company

Jerry Belanger and Cal Schwartz, The Tempest, Park Bar

Melanie Schuessler, Tartuffe, Michigan Shakespeare Festival

Best Original One-Act Comedy

M 5, Planet Ant Theatre; Sara Wolf Molnar, director

iMerica - Brand That i Love, Go Comedy! Improv Theater; Tommy LeRoy, director

Montag and Marbles, Go Comedy! Improv Theater; Pete Jacokes, director

The Tim Machine, Go Comedy! Improv Theater; Nancy Edwards, director

Wirelessless, Go Comedy! Improv Theater; Bryan Lark, director

Best Performance, Actor - Musical or Opera

Bernard Balbot, Blood Brothers, Farmers Alley Theatre

Vince Kelley, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Ringwald

Corey McKern, The Marriage of Figaro, Michigan Opera Theatre

Antonello Palombi, I Pagliacci, Michigan Opera Theatre

Eric Parker, Sunset Boulevard, Barn Theatre

Jack Sweeney, The Extraordinary Ordinary, Farmers Alley Theatre

Best Choreography

Jill Dion, A Day in Hollywood A Night in the Ukraine, Hilberry Theatre

Angie Kane Ferrante, Spring Awakening, The AKT Theatre Project

Hans Friedrichs, The Great Big Bar Show, Barn Theatre

Jennifer George-Consiglio, From My Hometown, Meadow Brook Theatre

Kathryn S. Williams, Urinetown, Farmers Alley Theatre

Best New Script

Scott Burkell & Paul Loesel, The Extraordinary Ordinary, Farmers Alley Theatre

David MacGregor, Consider the Oyster, The Purple Rose Theatre Company

Sean May & Ryan Parmenter, RoGoCop! The Musical, Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Linda Ramsay-Detherage, The Sunday Punch, Planet Ant Theatre

Joseph Zettelmaier, And The Creek Don't Rise, Williamston Theatre

Joseph Zettelmaier, Dead Man's Shoes, Williamston Theatre & Performance Network Theatre

Best Touring Production

Blue Man Group, Broadway in Detroit

A Christmas Story - The Musical, Broadway in Detroit

Rock of Ages, Broadway in Detroit

The Biggest Thank You Award Ever

Founders Award for Excellence

Best Performance, Actress - Comedy

Janet Haley, Tartuffe, Michigan Shakespeare Festival

Terry Heck, The Importance of Being Earnest, Tipping Point Theatre

Robin Lewis-Bedz, The Dead Guy, Williamston Theatre

Kate Peckham, And The Creek Don't Rise, Williamston Theatre

Mary Robin Roth, Spreading It Around, Meadow Brook Theatre

Best Design - Lights

Genesis Garza, The Dead Guy, Williamston Theatre

Ted Hatton, A Few Good Men, What A Do Theatre

Ted Hatton, The Last Five Years, What A Do Theatre

Brian Scruggs, The Winter's Tale, Michigan Shakespeare Festival

Dana White, A Stone Carver, The Purple Rose Theatre Company

Best Performance - The Bard

Janet Haley, The Winter's Tale, Michigan Shakespeare Festival

Kat Hermes, Henry IV, Part 1,Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company

Paul Hopper, The Tempest, Water Works Theatre Company

Dave Toomey, Much Ado About Nothing, Hilberry Theatre

Best Performance, Actress - Musical or Opera

Robyn Hurder, Chicago the Musical, Mason Street Warehouse

Melissa Parks, The Marriage of Figaro, Michigan Opera Theatre

Ashlyn Nicole Shawver, The Last Five Years, What A Do Theatre

Annie Wessendarp, Cinderella, Barn Theatre

Kim Zimmer, Sunset Boulevard, Barn Theatre

Best Design - Props

Beth C. Duey, Crimes of the Heart, Tipping Point Theatre

Amy Harpenau, Cinderella, Barn Theatre

Mark Konwinski, Avenue Q, The Box Theater

Diane E. Ulseth, The Whipping Man, The Jewish Ensemble Theatre Company & Plowshares Theatre Company

Barbie Amann Weisserman, Same Time, Next Year, Two Muses Theatre

Best Teamwork

Josh Campos & Brian Papandrea, Montag and Marbles, Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Miriam Henkel-Moellmann & Natalie Sparbeck, Cinderella, Barn Theatre

Yana Levovna & Lisa Lauren Smith, Looking for the Pony, Detroit Repertory Theatre

Caitlyn Macuga, Brian P. Sage, Natividad Salgado, Katie Terpstra, & Kevin Young; The Mystery of Irma Vep, Tipping Point Theatre

Ian Page, Chris Purchis & Michelle Serje, The Dead Guy, Williamston Theatre

Performance of the Century Award

Best Comedy

The Dead Guy, Williamston Theatre; Tony Caselli, director

Escanaba in da Moonlight, The Purple Rose Theatre Company; Guy Sanville, director

The Love List, Tipping Point Theatre; Lynn Lammers, director

The Importance of Being Earnest, Tipping Point Theatre; Julia Glander, director

Tartuffe, Michigan Shakespeare Festival; Robert Kauzlaric, director

Best Performance, Actor - Drama

Council Cargle, The Whipping Man, The Jewish Ensemble Theatre Company & Plowshares Theatre Company

Robert Grossman, Imagining Madoff, The Jewish Ensemble Theatre Company

Eric Parker, A Streetcar Named Desire, Barn Theatre

Guy Sanville, A Stone Carver, The Purple Rose Theatre Company

Curt I. Tofteland, I Remember Mama, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre

Best Music Direction

Catherine Walker Adams, Urinetown, Farmers Alley Theatre

Brian E. Buckner, Godspell, The Encore Musical Theatre

Brian E. Buckner, The Last Five Years, The Encore Musical Theatre

Daniel Feyer, From My Hometown, Meadow Brook Theatre

Bill Meyer, A Jazzy Christmas, Plowshares Theatre Company

Best Performance, Actor - Original One-Act Comedy or Solo Performance

Chris DiAngelo, iMerica - Brand That i Love, Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Joe Hingelberg, Wirelessless, Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Tim Kay, The Tim Machine, Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Peter Prouty, Oh, Hell!, The Abreact

Best of The Bard

Cymbeline, Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company; Bob Jones, director

Much Ado About Nothing, Hilberry Theatre; Matthew Earnest, director

The Tempest, Park Bar; Jerry Belanger, director

The Tempest, Water Works Theatre; Jeff Thomakos, director

The Winter's Tale, Michigan Shakespeare Festival; Janice Blixt, director

Best Design - Sets

Monika Essen, Red, Performance Network Theatre

Joseph P. Flauto, I Remember Mama, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre

Elisa Limberg, Unlocking Desire, Khoros Inc.

Daniel C. Walker, A Stone Carver, The Purple Rose Theatre Company

Daniel C. Walker, The Usual: A Musical Love Story, Williamston Theatre

Best Ensemble

Dax Anderson, Sarah Galloway, Charles Reynolds & David Schoen, Endgame, The Abreact

Liza Bielby, Steven DeWater, Richard Newman, Dave Sanders & Eleni Zaharopolous, Manifest Destiny! (there was blood on the saddle), The Hinterlands

Dave Davies, Tina Gloss-Finnell & Wayne David Parker, Love List, Tipping Point Theatre

Alexander Elisa, Will Lee Williams & Tyrick Wiltez Jones, From My Hometown, Meadow Brook Theatre

Mark Rademacher & Kevin Young, Red, Performance Network Theatre

The Jim Posante Community Pride Award

Best Performance, Actress - Original One-Act Comedy or Solo Performance

Suzan M. Jacokes, iMerica - Brand That i Love, Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Cara Trautman, Seance 4, Planet Ant Theatre

Best Design - Sound

Ken Faulk, Next Fall, Performance Network Theatre

Quintessa Gallinat, Escanaba in da Moonlight, The Purple Rose Theatre Company

Kate Hopgood, Much Ado About Nothing, Michigan Shakespeare Festival

Kate Hopgood, The Winter's Tale, Michigan Shakespeare Festival

John Purchase, A Few Good Men, What A Do Theatre

Best Performance, Actor - Comedy

Buz Davis, Tartuffe, Michigan Shakespeare Festival

Paul Hopper, Dead Man's Shoes, Williamston Theatre & Performance Network Theatre

Chris Korte, The Dead Guy, Williamston Theatre

Joel Mitchell, Dogman's Last Stand, UDM Theatre Company

David Spencer, The 39 Steps, Mason Street Warehouse

Best Drama

Next Fall, Performance Network Theatre; Ray Schultz, director

Red, Performance Network Theatre; Carla Milarch, director

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Planet Ant Theatre; Annette Madias, director

A Stone Carver, The Purple Rose Theatre Company; Rhiannon Ragland, director

The Whipping Man, The Jewish Ensemble Theatre Company & Plowshares Theatre Company; Gary Anderson, director

Critics' Choice Award

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