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2008 Henry Award Nominees and Winners

Outstanding Actor in a Play

Ed Baierlein, Germinal Stage Denver, “A Touch of the Poet”
*Gene Gillette, Curious Theatre Company, “The Lieutenant of Inishmore”
Keith L. Hatten, Aurora Fox, “The Emperor Jones”
Sam Gregory, Denver Center Theatre Company, “Doubt”
Sam Gregory, Paragon Theatre Company, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

Outstanding Actress in a Play

*Jeanne Paulsen, Denver Center Theatre Company’s “Doubt”
Karen Slack, Curious’ “9 Parts of Desire”
Martha Harmon Pardee, Paragon Theatre, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Onahoua Rodriguez, Denver Center Theatre Company’s “Lydia”
Stephanie Beatriz, Denver Center Theatre Company’s “Lydia”

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

A.K. Klimpke, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, The Will Rogers Follies
Brandon Dill, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s “Little Shop of Horrors”
Joel Sutliffe, Town Hall Arts Center, Company
Leonard Barrett, PHAMALY, “Urinetown, the Musical”
*Michael E. Gold, Arvada Center, La Cage aux Folles

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Beth Flynn, Arvada Center, “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”
*Juliet Villa, PHAMALY, “Urinetown, the Musical”
Megan Van de Hey, Town Hall Arts, “Always, Patsy Cline”
Shelley Cox-Robie, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, “The Will Rogers Follies”
Joanie Brosseau-Beyette, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s “Little Shop of Horrors”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

Gregory Price, Aurora Fox, “The Emperor Jones”
Matthew Mueller, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, “Around the World in Eighty Days”
*Mike Hartman, Denver Center Theatre Company, “Plainsong”
Randy Moore, Denver Center Theatre Company, You Can’t Take It With You
Sean Tarrant, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, “All’s Well That Ends Well”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

*Barbra Andrews, Paragon Theatre Company, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Ger-Ree Hinshaw, Listen Productions, “Macbeth”
Kim Staunton, Denver Center Theatre Company’s “Doubt”
Mare Trevathan, Paragon Theatre Company, “The Night Heron”
Rhonda Brown, Arvada Center, “House of Blue Leaves”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

A.K. Klimpke, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, “The Sound of Music”
D.P. Perkins, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, “The Will Rogers Follies”
Kent Randell, Performance Now's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
*Marcus Waterman, Arvada Center, “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”
Milton Craig Nealy, Arvada Center, “La Cage aux Folles”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

Amanda Earls, Town Hall Arts Center, “Company”
Amy Board, Nile Productions, “The Great American Trailer Park Musical”
Jenna Bainbridge, PHAMALY, “Urinetown, the Musical”
Kathleen Traylor, PHAMALY, “Urinetown, the Musical”
*Megan Van de Hey, Town Hall Arts Center, “Company”

Outstanding Sound Design

Brian Freeland, Curious Theatre Company, “How I Learned to Drive “
Brian Freeland, Curious Theatre Company, “9 Parts of Desire”
*Craig Beitenbach, Denver Center Theatre Company, “Plainsong”
El Armstrong, Aurora Fox, “The Emperor Jones"
Steve Stevens, Arvada Center, “Of Mice and Men”

Outstanding Lighting Design

Brian Freeland, Countdown to Zero, “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui”
Jacob M. Welch, Paragon Theatre Company, “The Night Heron”
Shannon McKinney, Listen Productions, “Macbeth”
*Steven D. Mazzeno, PHAMALY, “Urinetown, the Musical”
Victor En Yu Tan, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Outstanding Costume Design

Annette Westerby, Listen Productions, “Macbeth”
Clare Henkel, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, “The Servant of Two Masters”
Linda Morken, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, “The Will Rogers Follies”
*Nicole Harrison, Arvada Center, “La Cage aux Folles”
Patrick Holt, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Outstanding Scenic Design

Charles Dean Packard, Aurora Fox, “The Emperor Jones”
*David Lafont, Paragon Theatre Company, “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Hugh Landwehr, Denver Center Theatre Company, “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Tina Anderson, Listen Productions, “Macbeth”
Vicki Smith, Denver Center Theatre Company, “Doubt”
Vicki Smith, Denver Center Theatre Company, “Plainsong”

Outstanding Choreography

DeAndre Carroll, Aurora Fox, “The Emperor Jones”
*Debbie Stark and Cindy Bray, PHAMALY, "Urinetown, the Musical"
Kitty Skillman Hilsabeck, Arvada Center, "La Cage aux Folles"
Patty Colombo, Denver Center Theatre Company, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”
Scott Beyette, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, “The Will Rogers Follies”

Outstanding Ensemble Performance

Countdown to Zero, “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui”
Denver Center Theatre Company, “The Diary of Anne Frank”
*Denver Center Theatre Company, “Lydia”
Denver Center Theatre Company, “Plainsong”
PHAMALY, "Urinetown, the Musical"

Outstanding New Play

“Contrived Ending”, Josh Hartwell, Conundrum Productions
“The Denver Project”, Mildred Ruiz and Steve Sapp, Curious Theatre Company
“Every Secret Thing”, Judy GeBauer, Modern Muse Theatre Company
*“Lydia”, Octavio Solis, Denver Center Theatre Company
“Plainsong”, Eric Schmiedl, Denver Center Theatre Company

Outstanding Production of a Play

Curious Theatre Company, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore"
Denver Center Theatre Company, “Doubt”
*Denver Center Theatre Company, “Lydia”
Denver Center Theatre Company, “Plainsong”
Paragon Theatre Company, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

Outstanding Production of a Musical

*Arvada Center, “La Cage aux Folles”
Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, “The Will Rogers Follies’
Denver Center Theatre Company, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”
PHAMALY, "Urinetown, the Musical"
Town Hall Arts, “Company”

Outstanding Direction of a Play

Chip Walton, Curious Theatre Company, “The Lieutenant of Inishmore”
Juliette Carrillo, Denver Center Theatre Company, “Lydia”
Kent Thompson, Denver Center Theatre Company, “Plainsong”
Paul Mason Barnes, Denver Center Theatre Company, “The Diary of Anne Frank”
Terry Dodd, Arvada Center, “Of Mice and Men”
*Warren Sherrill, Paragon Theatre Company, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

Bob Wells, Town Hall Arts, “Company”
Rod Lansberry, Arvada Center, “La Cage aux Folles”
Scott Beyette, Boulder's Dinner Theatre, "The Sound of Music"
Scott Beyette, Boulder's Dinner Theatre, "The Will Rogers Follies"
*Steve Wilson, PHAMALY, "Urinetown, the Musical"

Outstanding Season for a Theatre Company

Aurora Fox
Curious Theatre Company
*Denver Center Theatre Company
Germinal Stage Denver
Paragon Theatre Company

Technical Special Achievement Award

El Armstrong

Children’s Theatre Special Achievement Award

TRUNKS, Buntport Theatre

Music Direction Special Achievement Award

Donna Debriceni

Special Presentation “A Wonderful Life”

John Ashton

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