Philadelphia Theatre Company honored with thirteen 2007 Barrymore Award nominations

August 1, 2007

Philadelphia Theatre Company was honored with thirteen Barrymore Award nominations at this morning's Barrymore Awards Press Conference in Philadelphia. Two of PTC's 2006/2007 season productions were honored, including the world premiere of Nerds://A Musical Software Satire, which garnered more nominations than any other musical. PTC also received recognition for educational programming.

NERDS://A MUSICAL SOFTWARE SATIRE

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical
Harold Prince Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Philip Wm. McKinley)
Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical (Jim Poulos as Gates)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical (David Rossmer as Woz)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical (Chandra Lee Schwartz as Sally)
Outstanding Sound Design (Fitz Patton)
Outstanding Original Music (Hal Goldberg)
Outstanding New Play (Book & Lyrics by Jordan Allen-Dutton & Erik Weiner, Music by Hal Goldberg)
Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

ORSON'S SHADOW

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play (Brent Harris as Larry Olivier)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play (Rachel Botchan as Joan Plowright)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play (Susan Wilder as Vivien Leigh)

EDUCATION PROGRAM: MY PHILLY REALITY

Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award

Since the inception of the Barrymore Awards in 1995, Philadelphia Theatre Company has been nominated for 122 awards, winning 34 times.

The Barrymore Awards are the greater Philadelphia region's comprehensive theatre awards program, produced annually by the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia. For more information on the Theatre Alliance or the Barrymore Awards, visit their website at www.theatrealliance.org.

Philadelphia Theatre Company is Philadelphia's only non-profit professional theater dedicated exclusively to producing world and regional premieres of works by contemporary American playwrights. Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director, Sara Garonzik, Philadelphia Theatre Company has had ever-increasing national impact having produced 34 world premieres of new American plays and musicals in its 31 seasons. Recent world premiere productions include: Nerds://A Musical Software Satire by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Erik Weiner, and Hal Goldberg; Some Men by Terrence McNally (recently produced at Second Stage Theatre); Adrift in Macao by Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick (produced at Primary Stages last Winter); Bruce Graham's According to Goldman; Jeffrey Hatcher's A Picasso; Daniel Stern's comedy Barbra's Wedding (moved to the Westside Arts Theatre in 2003); John Henry Redwood's No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs; J.T. Rogers' White People; David Ives' Lives of the Saints; three-time Tony Award-winning Master Class by Terrence McNally, starring Zoe Caldwell; Bunny Bunny by Alan Zweibel (Lucille Lortel Award, 1997); and the American premiere of Birdy by Naomi Wallace. A Picasso received its New York premiere at the Manhattan Theatre Club in April 2005. Philadelphia Theatre Company was chosen Best Theatre Company 2003 by Philadelphia Magazine, Theater Company of the Year by Philadelphia Weekly in 2005, Best Theater Company in the 2005 City Paper Readers' Choice Awards, named Best Theater by Philadelphia Style Magazine in 2006, and named Best Theatre by Philadelphia Gay News in 2007.

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