The 2011 SALT Award Winners

PROFESSIONAL THEATER Play of the Year:

Lookingglass Alice (Syracuse Stage). Other nominees: A Christmas Story, Fences, The Price, The 39 Steps (Syracuse Stage).

Director of the Year:

Timothy Bond. Other nominees: Patrick Amster, David Catlin, Wendy Dann.

COMMUNITY THEATER Play of the Year:

Master Class (Salt City Center for the Performing Arts). Other nominees: Driving Miss Daisy (Salt City Center); Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters (Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company); The Insanity of Mary Girard (Appleseed Productions); Lizzie Borden Took an Axe (Covey Theatre Company); Luther (Appleseed).

Musical of the Year:

Parade (Appleseed Productions). Other nominees: All Shook Up (Talent Company); Cabaret (Wit’s End Players); Falsettos (Rarely Done Productions); The Rocky Horror Show (Talent Company); [title of show] (Rarely Done).

Leading Actress in a Musical:

Bridget Moriarty, Parade (Appleseed). Other nominees: Julia Berger, Aubry Panek [title of show] (Rarely Done); Katie Lemos Brown, Falsettos (Rarely Done); Danielle Lovier, All Shook Up (Talent Company); Aubry Panek, Scream Queens (Rarely Done).

Supporting Actress in a Musical:

Binaifer Dabu, Star Wars: The Musical (Rarely Done Productions/Wit’s End Players). Other nominees: Susan Blumer, Cabaret (Wit’s End); Shannon Tompkins, Sara Weiler, Falsettos (Rarely Done); Marianna Ranieri, Sara Weiler, The Rocky Horror Show (Talent Company).

Leading Actor in a Musical:

Garrett Heater, Cabaret (Wit’s End). Other nominees: Ryan Benz, Parade (Appleseed); John DiDonna, The Rocky Horror Show (Talent Company); Shawn Foster [title of show] (Rarely Done); Peter Irwin, Falsettos (Rarely Done); Dana Sovocool [title of show] (Rarely Done).

Supporting Actor in a Musical:

Dana Sovocool, Falsettos (Rarely Done). Other nominees: Rob Fonda, Cabaret (Wit’s End); Rob Fonda, The Rocky Horror Show (Talent Company); Peter Irwin, Star Wars (Rarely Done/Wit’s End); Josh Mele, Nick Ziobro, Parade (Appleseed); Bill Molesky, Cabaret (Wit’s End).

Leading Actress in a Play:

Cathleen O’Brien, Master Class (Salt City Center). Other nominees: Jodie Bova, Lizzie Borden Took an Axe (Covey Theatre); Annette Adams Brown, Karin Franklin-King, Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters (Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company); Katharine Gibson, The Insanity of Mary Girard (Appleseed); Nora O’Dea, Shakespeare’s Will (Syracuse Shakespeare Festival).

Supporting Actress in a Play:

Crystal Sikora, Master Class (Salt City Center). Jodie Baum, Carmen Viviano Crafts, Beth Schmidt, Lizzie Borden Took an Axe (Covey Theatre); Binaifer Dabu, The Insanity of Mary Girard (Appleseed); Jessica Pardee, To Kill a Mockingbird (Appleseed).

Leading Actor in a Play:

David Walker, Driving Miss Daisy (Salt City Center). Other nominees: Josh Canfield, Fat Pig (Rarely Done); Josh Mele, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (Rarely Done); Joseph Pierce, To Kill a Mockingbird (Appleseed); Nathan Young, Luther (Appleseed).

Supporting Actor in a Play:

Bill Molesky, Luther (Appleseed). Other nominees: Steve Braddock, Luther (Appleseed); Richard Koons, Josh Smith, Master Class (Salt City Center); Michael O’Neill, Dead Man Walking (Catherine Cummings Theater); Wil Szczech, Fat Pig (Rarely Done).

Choreographer of the Year:

Jodi Bova, Cabaret (Wit’s End). Other nominees: Michael Groesbeck, All Shook Up (Talent Company); Cynthia Halpin, Brigadoon (Cortland Repertory Theatre); Lori Leshner, Man of La Mancha (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse); Shannon Tompkins, The Rocky Horror Show (Talent Company); Jimmy Wachter, Scream Queens (Rarely Done).

Costumer of the Year:

Garrett Heater, Lizzie Borden Took an Axe (Covey Theatre). Other nominees: Meghan L. Pearson, Parade (Appleseed); Jeanette Reyner, All Shook Up (Talent Company); Jeanette Reyner, The Rocky Horror Show (Talent Company); Eugene Taddeo, Master Class (Salt City Center); David R. Witanowski, Cabaret (Wit’s End).

Director of the Year/Play:

Frank Fiumano. Other nominees: Jenn DeCook, David Lowenstein, Meghan Pearson, Sonita Surratt, Dan Tursi.

Director of the Year/Musical:

David Lowenstein. Other nominees: Shawn Forster, Christine Lightcap, Meghan Pearson, Dan Tursi, David R. Witanowski.

Musical Director of the Year:

Bridget Moriarty. Other nominees: Jon Balcourt, Roy George, Michael Stephen, Jeff Unaitis, Fred Willard.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

(Currently Active) Rosemary Palladino Leone. Other nominees: Maureen Harrington, Sharee Lemos, Anthony Salatino, Ed Sayles, Dan Tursi.

HALL OF FAME

(No Longer Active) Joan E. Vadeboncoeur. Other nominees: Bob Lamson, Sheila Eagan Shattuck, Millie Sovik, Arthur Storch, Mark Wright.

BEST ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

Lizzie Borden Took an Axe (Covey Theatre). Other nominees: Elegy in Blue (Rarely Done); Losing Myself (Kitchen Theatre Company); Star Wars: The Musical (Rarely Done/Wit’s End).

NON-PERFORMING PERSON OF THE YEAR

Stephen Beebe. Other nominees: Ronnie Bell, Navroz Dabu, Paula Guidozzoli, Debra Ritchie, Tony Vadala.

SANDRA C. HAASE MEMORIAL SALT AWARD

Paula Guidozzoli. Other nominees: Stephfond Brunson, Tony Vadala.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS

Production of the Year: Master Class (Salt City Center). Other nominees: All Shook Up (Talent Company), Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters (Paul Robeson Company). Actress of the Year: Cathleen O’Brien. Other nominees: Jodi Bova, Karin Franklin-King, Danielle Lovier. Actor of the Year: John DiDonna. Other nominees: Garrett Heater, David Walker

SALT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Kassandra Melendez-Ramirez, East Syracuse-Minoa High School. Robert Sherman, Mexico High School. Rachel Mou-Thiel, Fayetteville-Manlius High School

SUMMER SEASON Production of the Season:

The Drowsy Chaperone (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse). Other nominees: Brigadoon (Cortland Repertory Theatre); Man of La Mancha (MGR); The Piano Lesson (Hangar Theatre); Promises, Promises (MGR); Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (CRT).

Actress of the Season:

Bethany Moore, The Drowsy Chaperone (MGR). Other nominees: Stacie Bono, Promises, Promises (MGR); Emily Beth Brockway, Brigadoon (CRT); Kimberly Burns, Meet Me in St. Louis (MGR); Esther Stilwell, Man of La Mancha (MGR); Mary Williams, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (CRT).

Actor of the Season:

Robert Moss, The Drowsy Chaperone (MGR).

Other nominees: Danny Gardner, Promises, Promises (MGR); David M. Lutken, Man of La Mancha (MGR); Kerby Thompson, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (CRT); Jeremy Webb, The 39 Steps (Hangar Theatre).