2010 Ambie Awards Presented at Le Petit Theatre

Fantastic Mister Fox, The CAC and HI-YAH!
Forbidden Broadway, Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré
Lisa Sings Lee, Le Chat Noir
Some Times at the All Ways, Scott Heron/The Marigny Theater & AllWays Lounge
Wine Lovers, Solomon Group, Holly-Anne Ruggiero & Le Petit Theatre

Best Production of a Musical:

Grey Gardens, Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré & Southern Rep
Into the Woods, JPAS Summer Youth Musical Theatre (East Bank)
The Producers, JPAS
The Threepenny Opera, AllWays Lounge & Cripple Creek
Violet, NOCCA Stage Company
When Pigs Fly, Theatre 13

Best Production of a Drama:

Autobahn, Delgado Community College
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, Anthony Bean Community Theater
Frozen, Crescent Theatre Collective
In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, Southern Rep
The Madwoman of Chaillot, Cripple Creek Theatre Company
The Twilight of the Golds, Actor’s Theatre of New Orleans

Best Production of a Comedy:

Fully Committed, Isidore Newman High School
Little Murders, Cripple Creek Theatre Company
Matt and Ben, Theatre 13
The Mystery of Irma Vep, RickyGraham/Jeff Roberson/Le Chat Noir
The Really Desperate Housewives of Stepford Parish, Running With Scissors
The Santaland Diaries, Le Chat Noir

Best Original Work:

The Everlasting Bonfire, Jim Fitzmorris/The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane
Fantastic Mister Fox, Arthur Mintz with Bryan Spitzfaden/The CAC and HI-YAH!
Go Ye Therefore…,Rebecca Mwase & Kathy Randels/ArtSpot Productions
Laugh, Cry, Scream & Shout, Tabitha Bethune & Stylist B
The Really Desperate Housewives of Stepford Parish, Running With Scissors

Best Director of a Musical:

A.J. Allegra, Urinetown
Blake Coheley, Violet
Ricky Graham, Hairspray
Aimee Hayes, Grey Gardens
Dennis Monn, The Threepenny Opera
Robert Mulholland, The Producers

Best Director of a Play:

Andrea Carlin, Little Murders
Ricky Graham and Jeffery Roberson, The Mystery of Irma Vep
Glenn Meche, Frozen
René J.F. Piazza, The Twilight of the Golds
Ashley Sparks, Go Ye Therefore…
Emilie Whelan, The Madwoman of Chaillot

Best Actor in a Musical:

A. J. Allegra, The Producers
Larry Johnson, Evita
Sean Patterson, Hairspray
Adam Segrave, Urinetown
Cliff Thompson, [title of show]
Chris Wecklein, The Producers

Best Actress in a Musical:

Leslie Castay, Grey Gardens
Jade Coates, Into the Woods
Dianna Duffy, Hairspray
Pandora Gastelum, The Threepenny Opera
Janie Heck, Violet
Prinsey Walker, The Wiz

Best Actor in a Play:

Ethan Andersen, Fully Committed
Benjamin Clement, Dinner With Friends
Damany S. Cormier, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Keith Launey, Frozen
T. Joe Seibert, The Twilight of the Golds
Jackson Townsend, Little Murders

Best Actress in a Play:

Tabitha Bethune, Laugh, Cry, Scream & Shout
Vanessa Cloke, Dinner With Friends
Liz Mills, reasons to be pretty
Jennifer Pagan, The Madwoman of Chaillot
Diana Shortes, Frozen
Peggy Walton-Walker, The Piano Teacher

Best Featured Actor in a Musical:

Brooks Braselman, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Roland “Butch” Caire, Jr., Hairspray
Bob Edes, Jr., The Producers
Andy Golden, Into the Woods
Josh Kagler, The Wiz
Armando L. Leduc, The Producers

Best Featured Actress in a Musical:

Becky Allen, The Threepenny Opera
Jennifer DeLatte, Singin’ in the Rain
Monica R. Harris, The Threepenny Opera
Kesha McKey, Hairspray
Julie Montalbano, Into the Woods
Janet Shea, Grey Gardens

Best Featured Actor in a Play:

Anthony Bean, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Tim Bellow, Jr., To Kill a Mockingbird
Brooks Braselman, Auntie Mame
Bob Edes, Jr., The Really Desperate Housewives of Stepford Parish
Brian Peterson, The Really Desperate Housewives of Stepford Parish
James Howard Wright, The Twilight of the Golds

Best Featured Actress in a Play:

Samantha Beaulieu, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Nadine Cutno, Steal Away
Ashley Ricord, Steel Magnolias
Rachel Robinson, reasons to be pretty
Janet Shea, Steel Magnolias
Emilie Whelan, Little Murders

Best Ensemble:

Almost, Maine (Vera Aaron, David Hanks, Dylan Miller, Gabriela C. Rivera)
Dinner With Friends (Chelle Ambrose, Benjamin Clement, Leon Contavesprie, Vanessa Cloke)
Forbidden Broadway (Leslie Castay, Dianna Duffy, Vatican Lokey, Cliff Thompson)
Matt and Ben (Jessica Podewell, Nancy Upton)
The 39 Steps (Sean Patterson, Gary Rucker, Jessie Terrebonne, Shad Willingham)
When Pigs Fly (William Bryant, Kyle Daigrepont, Jermaine Keelen, Patrick Mendelson, Brian Peterson)

Best Costume Design:

Kristen Bruce, Jarrad Legania, Urinetown
Cecile Casey Covert, The Mystery of Irma Vep
Linda Fried, Hairspray
Katie Gelfand, The Madwoman of Chaillot
Kelly James-Penot, The Producers
Valerie Johnson and Edward Cox, When Pigs Fly

Best Lighting Design:

Hannah Adams, Go Ye Therefore…
Joshua Courtney, To Kill a Mockingbird
Su Gonczy, The Mystery of Irma Vep
Paul Hackenmueller, Hairspray
Joan Long, In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
Selena Poznak, The Threepenny Opera

Best Set Design:

Martin Andrew, afterlife: a ghost story
Elizabeth Broomall, Into the Woods
Geoffrey Hall, The Misanthrope
Michael P. Kramer, Steel Magnolias
Arthur Mintz, Fantastic Mister Fox
David Raphel, In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play

Best Choreography:

Blake Cohely, Hairspray
Blake Cohely & Kesha McKey, Urinetown
Griffin Collins, The Wiz
Alton Geno, The Producers
Jaune Buisson Hebert, Curtains
Karen Hebert & Kevin Champagne, When Pigs Fly

Best Music Director:

Ben Childress, Into the Woods
John Giraud, Evita
Harry Mayronne/Walter McClements, The Threepenny Opera
Jeremy Pierre, The Wiz
Jesse Reeks, Forbidden Broadway
Eric Shimelonis, Grey Gardens

Best Sound Design:

Alden Eagle, Little Murders
Rene Duffourc and Bryan Spitzfaden, Fantastic Mister Fox
Thad Griffin, The Mystery of Irma Vep
Mike Harkins, afterlife: a ghost story
Jeremy J. Lee, In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
Eric Shimelonis, With A Bang

Best Hair (inc. wigs) and Make-Up Design:

Erin Alexander, The Threepenny Opera
Chris Arthur, The New Century
Christopher S. Arthur/Oliver Manhattan, Steel Magnolias
Andrea Carlin, The Madwoman of Chaillot
Linda & Don Guillot, The Music Man
Gerard Kelly, Carolyn Barrois, The Mystery of Irma Vep

Best Original Music: