The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE), a panel of critics from media outlets around the state of Massachusetts, have announced the winners for the 2011 IRNE Awards honoring the best of the 2010 Theatre Season. A list of the nominees and winners is below.
SMALL
New PLAY:
Melinda Lopez FROM ORCHIDS TO OCTOPI (Underground Railway Theatre)
Adekoje Diamond Greenidge Kuntz Lopez Gardley McGuire GRIMM (Company One)
Brian Tuttle HER RED UMBRELLA (11:11)
Bea Wissel BURNING THE BARN (Vagabond Theatre Group)
Kelly Younger TENDER (Gloucester Stage Company)
SET DESIGN:
Susan Zeeman Rogers THE ADDING MACHINE (SpeakEasy Stage Company)
David Fichter FROM ORCHIDS TO OCTOPI (Underground Railway Theatre)
Jenna McFarland Lord CHERRY DOCS (New Repertory Theatre)
Kathryn Kawecki MY FAIR LADY (Stoneham Theatre)
Christina Todesco BODY AWARENESS (SpeakEasy Stage Company)
LIGHTING:
Christopher Brusberg FRANKIE & JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (New Repertory Theatre)
Scott Clyve NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
Jeff Adelberg TIMON OF ATHENS (Actors' Shakespeare Project)
Jeff Adelberg ENRON (Zeitgeist Stage Company)
Karen Perlow LADY DAY at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Lyric Stage Company)
COSTUME:
Rafael Jaen NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (Lyric Stage Company
Charles Schoonmaker THE LEGACY OF LIGHT (LyricStage Company)
Stacey Stephens MY FAIR LADY (Stoneham Theatre)
Lindsay Hurley ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (Blue Spruce Theatre)
Frances Nelson McSherry THE HOT MIKADO (New Repertory Theatre)
SOUND:
Nathan Leigh THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Central Square Theater)
Walter Eduardo ENRON (Zeitgeist Stage Company)
Aaron Mack THE ADDING MACHINE (SpeakEasy Stage Company)
Benjamin Emerson OPUS (New Repertory Theatre)
David Remedios NOT ENOUGH AIR (Nora Theatre)
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Ilyse Robbins MY FAIR LADY (StonehamTheatre)
Kelli Edwards THE HOT MIKADO (New Repertory Theatre)
Shaumba Yandje Dibinga EMANCIPATION OF MANDY AND MIZ ELLIE (Company One
Jennifer Condon ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (Blue Spruce)
SOLO:
Gabriel Kuttner FULLY COMMITTED (Herter Park)
Jacqui Parker LADY DAY at Emerson's Bar and Grill (LyricStage Company)
Stephanie Clayman THE LADY WITH ALL THE ANSWERS (Nora Theatre)
Ibrahim Miari FEVER CHART (Underground Railway Theatre)
ENSEMBLE:
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Central Square Theatre)
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (Lyric Stage Company)
HARRIET JACOBS (Underground Railway Theatre)
TABLE MANNERS (Gloucester Stage)
PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Zeitgeist Stage Company)
SUPP ACTRESS DRAMA
Kris Sidberry THE GOOD NEGRO (Company One)
Jennifer Shea DOUBT (Hovey Players)
Alice Duffy FIVE DOWN ONE ACROSS (Boston Playwrights' Theatre)
Becca A. Lewis GRIMM (Company One)
Sheriden Thomas THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND (Publick Theatre)
Kara Manson PROOF (IndepenDent Drama Society)
SUPP ACTOR DRAMA
Gregory Pember BODY AWARENESS (SpeaEasy Stage Company)
Robert Bonotto PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Zeitgeist Stage Company)
John Davin THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (Wellesley Summer Theatre)
Jason Powers NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (Lyric Stage Company)
Peter Carey NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (Lyric Stage Company
Jeff Gill ALMOST AN EVENING (Theatre on Fire)
Adam Lauver ROMEO AND JULIET (IndepenDent Drama Society)
BEST ACTRESS DRAMA
Anne Gottlieb FRANKIE AND JOHNNY ETC. (New Repertory Theatre)
Kami Russell Smith HARRIET JACOBS (Underground Railway Theatre)
Casey Seymour Kim 4:48 PSYCHOSIS (Sandra Feinstein-Gam Theatre)
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