UArts Alumni and Faculty Nominated for Barrymore Awards for Philadelphia Theater
September 24, 2018
Congratulations to more than a dozen UArts alumni, faculty and staff who are nominated for 2018 Barrymore Awards, the highest honor in Philadelphia theater. The awards are given annually by Theatre Philadelphia, an organization dedicated to bringing together and celebrating Philadelphia's diverse and growing theatre community.
The 2018 Barrymores will be handed out on Monday, Nov. 5. The UArts nominees:
Outstanding Direction of a Play
- Rebecca Wright (The Gap, Azuka Theatre) - Faculty Member
- Rebecca Wright (The Wild Duck, Quintessence Theatre Group) - Faculty Member
Outstanding Leading Performance in a Play
- Brandi Burgess (Holly, Mrs. Harrison, Azuka Theatre) - BFA Acting 2012, Development staff
Campbell O'Hare (Blood Wedding, The Wilma Theater) - BFA Acting 2014 - Brett Ashley Robinson (Gina Ekdal, The Wild Duck, Quintessence Theatre) –UArts Pig Iron School faculty member
- Leah Walton (Lisa, 2.5 Minute Ride, Theatre Horizon) - Faculty Member
Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical
- Ben Dibble (Bruce Bechdel, Fun Home, The Arden Theatre Company ) - BFA Musical Theater 2000, Faculty Member
- Leigha Louise Kato (Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady, Quintessence Theatre Group) - BFA Musical Theater 2013
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play
- Alice Yorke (Nicole, The Gap, Azuka Theatre) – UArts Pig Iron School 2013
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical
- Izzy Castaldi (Medium Alison, Fun Home, Arden Theatre Company) - BFA Acting 2017
Outstanding Sound Design
- Larry D. Fowler (Blood Wedding, The Wilma Theater) - Faculty Member
- Larry D. Fowler Jr. (Peter and the Starcatcher, Theatre Horizon) - Faculty Member
- Anthony Martinez-Briggs (¡BIENVENIDOS BLANCOS! or WELCOME WHITE PEOPLE!, Team Sunshine Performance Corporation) - BFA Acting 2013
Outstanding Original Music
- JoJo Streater (Florence, Camden Repertory Theater) - MM Jazz Studies 2017
Outstanding Choreography / Movement
- Dann Dunn (Bullets Over Broadway, Resident Theatre Company) - Faculty Member
- Annie Wilson, BFA Dance 2007; Nicole Burgio, UArts Pig Iron School MFA (Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes, Almanac)
Outstanding Music Direction
- Amanda Morton (Passing Strange, The Wilma Theater) - Faculty Member
- Ryan Touhey (Fun Home, Arden Theatre Company) - BFA Musical Theatre 2009