Nominations: The 2011 Wilde Awards

Best Comedy

• Boeing-Boeing, Nathan Mitchell, director, The Purple Rose Theatre Company
  
• Circle Mirror Transformation, John Seibert, director, Performance Network Theatre
  
• Ding Dong, Travis W. Walter, director, Meadow Brook Theatre
  
• The Model Apartment, Lavinia Moyer Hart, director, The Jewish Ensemble Theatre Company
  
• True West, Charles Reynolds, director, The Abreact

Best Drama

• The Cider House Rules, Parts I & II, Blair Anderson & Lavinia Hart, directors, Hilberry Theatre
  
• A Life in the Theatre, Arthur J. Beer, director, UDM Theatre Company
  
• Oedipus, Tony Caselli, director, Williamston Theatre
  
• Of Mice and Men, Anthony B. Schmitt, director, Hilberry Theatre
  
• The Piano Lesson, Tim Rhoze, director, Performance Network Theatre

Best Musical

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Kurt Stamm, director, Mason Street Warehouse
  
• Dracula, A Rock Opera, Travis W. Walter, director, Meadow Brook Theatre
  
• The Drowsy Chaperone, Carla Milarch, director, Performance Network Theatre
  
• Parade, Kathy Mulay, director, Farmers Alley Theatre
  
• Plaid Tidings, Mark Martino, director, The Gem Theatre

Best Original One-Act Comedy or One-Person Show

• Dixie's Tupperware Party, Patrick Richwood, director, Mason Street Warehouse
  
• Fish Dinner, Dave Davies, director, Planet Ant Theatre
  
• F$$$ the Holidays: A Seasonal Retail Story, Joe Plambeck, director, SweetLove Productions
  
• Late Night Catechism 3: 'Til Death Do Us Part, Marc Silvia, director, The Gem Theatre
  
• Sister's Christmas Catechism, Marc Silvia, director, The Century Theatre

Best Play with LGBT Themes or Characters

• Beyond Therapy, Michael Fernandez, director, The Acorn Theater
  
• Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy, Joe Bailey, director, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
  
• Love! Valour! Compassion! , Keith Paul Medelis, director, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
  
• Mercury Fur, Joe Plambeck, director, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
  
• Sordid Lives: It's a Drag, Jamie Richards & Joe Plambeck, directors, Who Wants Cake? Theatre

Best Touring Production

• Dreamgirls, Fox Theatre
  
• Les Miserables, Fisher Theatre
  
• Mary Poppins, Wharton Center
  
• Richard III, University Musical Society
  
• Wicked, Miller Auditorium

Best Production of a New Script

• Best of Friends, Guy Sanville, director, The Purple Rose Theatre Company
  
• Corktown, Guy Sanville, director, The Purple Rose Theatre Company
  
• The Current, Molly McMahon, director, Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company
  
• Ernie, Tony Caselli, director, City Theatre
  
• The War Since Eve, David Wolber, director, Performance Network Theatre

Best Performance, Actor – Comedy

• Joseph Albright, While We Were Bowling, Williamston Theatre
  
• Rusty Mewha, The 39 Steps, Meadow Brook Theatre
  
• Joel Mitchell, Christmas on Mars, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
  
• Michael Brian Ogden, The God of Isaac, The Jewish Ensemble Theatre Company
  
• Jim Porterfield, Some Couples May..., The Purple Rose Theatre Company

Best Performance, Actor – Drama

• Erman Jones, Of Mice and Men, Hilberry Theatre
  
• Hugh Maguire, Proof, Tipping Point Theatre
  
• John M. Manfredi, Oedipus, Williamston Theatre
  
• Andrew Papa, The Cider House Rules, Parts I & II, Hilberry Theatre
  
• David L. Regal, A Life in the Theatre, UDM Theatre Company

Best Performance, Actor – Musical

• Steve DeBruyne, Damn Yankees, The Encore Musical Theatre Company
  
• Paul Hopper, Dracula, A Rock Opera, Meadow Brook Theatre
  
• Tony Perry, Parade, Farmers Alley Theatre
  
• Phil Powers, The Drowsy Chaperone, Performance Network Theatre
  
• Bernie Yvon, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Mason Street Warehouse

Best Performance, Actor - Original One-Act Comedy or One-Person Show

• Chris DiAngelo, Best Damn Holiday Show, Go Comedy! Improv Theater
  
• Garrett Fuller, Sirs, Go Comedy! Improv Theater
  
• Quintin Hicks, Fish Dinner, Planet Ant Theatre
  
• Joe Hingelberg, F$$$ the Holidays: A Seasonal Retail Story, SweetLove Productions
  
• Jamen Spitzer, Sirs, Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Best Performance, Actor - LGBT Themes or Characters

• Jon Ager, Mercury Fur, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
  
• Joe Bailey, Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
  
• John Bonner, Beyond Therapy, The Acorn Theater
  
• Joe Plambeck, Love! Valour! Compassion! , Who Wants Cake? Theatre
  
• Matthew Turner Shelton, The Little Dog Laughed, Who Wants Cake? Theatre

Best Performance, Actress – Comedy

• Kathleen Bode, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company
  
• Angela Dill, 1940s Radio Variety Show, Capital TheaterWorks
  
• Henrietta Hermelin, The War Since Eve, Performance Network Theatre
  
• Laurel Hufano, The Model Apartment, The Jewish Ensemble Theatre Company
  
• Suzi Regan, While We Were Bowling, Williamston Theatre

Best Performance, Actress – Drama

• Milica Govich, Sonia Flew, Performance Network Theatre
  
• Linda Rabin Hammell, Seascape, Blackbird Theatre
  
• Alysia Kolascz, Equus, Blackbird Theatre
  
• Kelly Komlen, Proof, Tipping Point Theatre
  
• Samantha Rosentrater, The Cider House Rules, Parts I & II, Hilberry Theatre

Best Performance, Actress – Musical

• Naz Edwards, The Drowsy Chaperone, Performance Network Theatre
  
• Beth Glover, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Mason Street Warehouse
  
• Jessica Grove, Club Morocco, The Encore Musical Theatre Company
  
• Barbara Marineau, A Catered Affair, Farmers Alley Theatre
  
• Whitney Wade, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Farmers Alley Theatre

Best Performance, Actress - Original One-Act Comedy or One-Person Show

• Melissa Beckwith, F$$$ The Holidays: A Seasonal Retail Story, SweetLove Productions
  
• Nonie Breen, Sister's Easter Catechism: Will My Bunny Go To Heaven? , The Gem Theatre
  
• Suzan M. Jacokes, Ferndale 2-4-8, Go Comedy! Improv Theater
  
• Dixie Longate, Dixie's Tupperware Party, Mason Street Warehouse
  
• Mary Zentmyer, Late Night Catechism 3: 'Til Death Do Us Part, The Gem Theatre

Best Performance, Actress - LGBT Themes or Characters

• Lauren Bickers, Sordid Lives: It's a Drag, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
  
• Katie Dufresne, Beyond Therapy, The Acorn Theater
  
• Suzan M. Jacokes, The Little Dog Laughed, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
  
• Cassandra McCarthy, Mercury Fur, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
  
• Crystal Rhoney, The Little Dog Laughed, Who Wants Cake? Theatre

Best Teamwork

• Sandra Birch, Barton Bund & Brandon Piper, Oedipus, Williamston Theatre
  
• Stephen Blackwell & David Schoen, Waiting for Godot, The Abreact
  
• Matthew David & Michael Brian Ogden, Corktown, The Purple Rose Theatre Company
  
• Carmen Decker & Cosmo Greene, Kimberly Akimbo, Stormfield Theatre
  
• Chris Korte & Eric W. Maher, True West, The Abreact
  
• Evan Mann & Lee Stille, Equus, Blackbird Theatre

Best Ensemble

• Scott Barnhardt, Bradley Beahen, Jared Gertner, Kevin Vortmann, Plaid Tidings, The Gem Theatre
  
• Sandra Birch, Hazen Cuyler, John Lepard, Maggie Meyer & Nick Hinz, Home: Voices from Families of the Midwest, Williamston Theatre
  
• Sandra Birch & Dave Davies, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Tipping Point Theatre
  
• Steve Blackwood, Janet Caine, Ruth Crawford, MaryJo Cuppone, Christopher Howe & Julianne Somers, Ding Dong, Meadow Brook Theatre
  
• Terry Heck, Sarah Ann Leahy, Taras Michael Los, Mark Rademacher & Eva Rosenwald, Circle Mirror Transformation, Performance Network Theatre
  
• Denene Mulay Koch, Amanda Martin, Ann Sanders, Sandy Zwier, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Farmers Alley Theatre

Best New Script

• Mitch Albom, Ernie, City Theatre
  
• Kim Carney, The War Since Eve, Performance Network Theatre
  
• William Missouri Downs, Forgiving John Lennon, Detroit Repertory Theatre
  
• Michael Brian Ogden, Corktown, The Purple Rose Theatre Company
  
• Sean Paraventi, The Current, Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company

Best Design – Costumes

• Dominique Rhea Glaros, An Italian Straw Hat, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre
  
• Liz Moore, SHOUT! The Mod Musical, Meadow Brook Theatre
  
• Liz Moore, The 39 Steps, Meadow Brook Theatre
  
• Melinda Pacha, A Life in the Theatre, UDM Theatre Company
  
• Suzanne Young, The Drowsy Chaperone, Performance Network Theatre

Best Design – Lights

• Mark Choinski, A Life in the Theatre, UDM Theatre Company
  
• Reid G. Johnson, Dracula, A Rock Opera, Meadow Brook Theatre
  
• Joe Plambeck, Mercury Fur, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
  
• Steven V. Rice, Nevermore, The Encore Musical Theatre Company
  
• Thomas H. Schraeder, Of Mice and Men, Hilberry Theatre

Best Design – Sets

• W. Douglas Blickle, Escanaba in Da Moonlight, Farmers Alley Theatre
  
• Joseph P. Flauto, Into the Woods, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre
  
• Brian Kessler, Dracula, A Rock Opera, Meadow Brook Theatre
  
• Peter Schmidt, Of Mice and Men, Hilberry Theatre
  
• Daniel C. Walker, Circle Mirror Transformation, Performance Network Theatre

Best Design – Props

• Kirstin Bianchi, Salvage, Planet Ant Theatre
  
• Monika Essen, The Drowsy Chaperone, Performance Network Theatre
  
• Dixie Longate, Dixie's Tupperware Party, Mason Street Warehouse
  
• Jeri Price, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Farmers Alley Theatre
  
• Charlie Sutherland, The Piano Lesson, Performance Network Theatre

Best Choreography

• Jennifer Graham, Equus, Blackbird Theatre
  
• Alison Gritz, On Broadway: A Modern Songbook, Tibbits Summer Theatre
  
• Phil Simmons, The Drowsy Chaperone, Performance Network Theatre
  
• Kurt Stamm, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Mason Street Warehouse
  
• Kathryn S. Williams, Parade, Farmers Alley Theatre

Best Music Direction

• Patrick Coyle, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Mason Street Warehouse
  
• Tyler Driskill, Club Morocco, The Encore Musical Theatre Company
  
• Eleonore Ellero-Groth, The Last Five Years, The Box Theatre
  
• Harvey Kahl, Plaid Tidings, The Gem Theatre
  
• Cheryl VanDuzen, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Tibbits Summer Theatre

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