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2007-2008 Perry Award Winners
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Bernice Woldman (Winner)
OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY THEATRE
Over the Rainbow Productions (Winner)
DAVID P. McMENEMIE AWARD
Nora Mislan (Winner)
NJACT REVIEWER OF THE YEAR
Carol Magee (Winner)

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/PLAY
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Nick Barter/Richard Stenken 
It’s a Wonderful Life
Leonia
M. Kitty Getlik 
Driving Miss Daisy
Maurer Productions Onstage
Donna Glasser/Nick Montesano (Winners)
Suddenly Last Summer
Nena
Kevin Gunther
Of Mice & Men
Sayreville
Richard Hennessy 
Crimes of the Heart
Chatham
Bob Murray 
Born Yesterday 
Westfield
Mark Reilly 
To Kill A Mockingbird 
CDC
Allan Steward 
Cuckoos Nest
Bergen County Pl

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Julia Denison
High School Musical
SKIT
Deanna M Ford 
Peter Pan 
Strand
Ellen Fraker Glasscock
1776
Chester
Ellen Fraker Glasscock (Winner)
The Baker’s Wife 
Chester
Richard Hennessy
Little Women
Chatham
Nick Montesano
Into the Woods
NENA
Mark Reilly
Sumer of ’42
CDC
Tony Siniscalco
Suessical
Hexagon Players

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Matt Burns 
Little Women 
Chatham
Bill Bourke 
Peter Pan 
Strand
Bill Chamis
Summer of ’42
CDC
Liz Kulig/John Calabrese/
Steve Clem
The Odd Couple
Corpus Christi
Mark Lamhut/Mary Beth Wilson
Children of a Lesser God
Center Players
Dan Maurer (Winner)
Driving Miss Daisy
Maurer Productions OnStage
Nick Montesano/Arnold Texeira
Cabaret
NENA
Joseph Schreck, Jr
Falsettos
Blue State Productions

OUTSTANDING COSTUMING/PLAY
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Pat Bain/Bunny Mateosian/Joanne Misha 
Lend Me A Tenor
Bergen County Players
Kathy Bien/Colleen DeFelice
Children of a Lesser God
Center Players
David Clarke 
Of Mice & Men
Sayreville
Diana Gilman Maurer 
Driving Miss Daisy
Maurer Productions OnStage
Jim Parks Jr (Winner)
King Lear 
Circle
Kathy Ruskin/Beverly Wand 
Crimes of the Heart 
Chatham
Debby Schwartz/Nancy Nuccio
Stage Door 
Perf. With Passion Players
Francesca Stokes/Bob Shindle/Lilly Rivera Kathy Wallace
The Odd Couple
Corpus Christie
Barbara Vansavage
12 Angry Jurors
ACT IV
Annette Winter
The Good Doctor
Enchanted Players

OUTSTANDING COSTUMING/MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Cathy Cohane/Liz Howard/Patricia Pineda
Oklahoma
CDC
Marilyn Dickholtz (Winner)
Beauty & the Beast
Marlboro
Fran Harrison
Little Women 
Chatham
Penny Hoadley
The Baker’s Wife
Chester
Joanne Livelli/Mark Montalbano/Julia Heaney/Pat Phillips/Carol Fisher-Gertner
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Leonia
Peter Mussared
Into the Woods
NENA
Jacquie Revier
Scrooge
Strand
Ruth Rittman
3 Penny Opera
Pierrot Productions
Ruth Rittman
Clue
Yardley
Cathy Sobeck
Carousel
Studio 13
Lois Steeves
High School Musical
SKIT

OUTSTANDING PROPERTIES
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Robin Adams
High School Musical 
SKIT
Alycia Bauch-Cantor
Driving Miss Daisy
Maurer Productions OnStage
Geri Berhain/Framcesca Stokes/Robin Clem/Rich Ruymen
The Odd Couple
Corpus Christie
Kathy Bein/Colleen DeFelice (Winners)
Visiting Mr. Green
Center Players
Donna Glasser/Nick Montesano 
Cabaret
NENA
Donna Glasser 
Suddenly Last Summer
NENA
Cheryl Orson
Lost in Yonkers
Circle
BJ Smith
Moon Over Buffalo
Sketch
Roxanna Wagner
1776
Chester

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Jane Coult
Singin' in the Rain
Maurer Productions OnStage
Hilary Goldman
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Spotlight
Maria Mantak (Winner)
High School Musical
SKIT
Jessica Minor
Oklahoma Jr
Enchanted Players
Nick Montesano
Cabaret 
NENA
Fausto Pineda
Oklahoma
CDC
Cindy Santore
Suessical
Hexagon Players
Patrick Starega
Joseph/Dreamcoat 
Livingston

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Barbara Greco Brady
American Rapture 
MVP
Debby Hennessy (Winner)
Little Women
Chatham
Donna Glasser 
Cabaret 
NENA
Peg Hill/Geraldine Baillod
The Baker’s Wife
Chester
Tina Lee
Moonchildren 
Circle
Diane Lehnet
High School Musical
SKIT
Linda Macchio
Lend Me a Tenor
BCP
Mac McCormick
Falsettos
Blue State
Harriet Trainer
Twlight of the Golds
SVP
Lizette Zuccalmaaglia 
Oklahoma Jr.
Enchanted Players

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN/PLAY
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Bernice Garfield-Szita/Kathy Bien/Coleen DeFelice (Winners)
Visiting Mr Green 
Center Players
Deryk Harrison/Roy Pancirov/Patty McWhorter/Susan Halford
Ah Wilderness
Chatham
John Maurer/Amy Foris
Driving Miss Daisy
Maurer Productions OnStage
Neil Prince
The Real Inspector Hound
OCC
Nick Montesano
Suddenly Last Summer
NENA
Michael Smith/Ellyn Essig
Angel Street 
Bergan County Players
Gordon Wiener/Randall McCann
Lost in Yonkers 
Circle
Dennis Wise 
Over the river….
ACT IV

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN/MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Laurie Hall
Oklahoma Jr 
Enchanted Players
Scott Hart
The Baker’s Wife 
Chester
Malachy Kronberg/Jerry Moses/Patrick Starega/Hugh Mahon
Joseph/Dreamcoat
Livingston
John Maurer
Singin' in the Rain
Maurer Productions OnStage
Nick Montesano 
Cabaret 
NENA
Juan Peneda
Oklahoma
CDC
Jan Topoleski
Scrooge 
Strand
Barry De Versterre (Winner)
High School Musical
SKIT

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Paul Budd
Suessical
Hexagon
Christynn Cardino/Sean Morris
Into the Woods
NENA
Christynn Cardino/Sean Morris
Summer Summer Too
Starving Artists
Christynn Cardino/Sean Morris
Cabaret
NENA
Sue Chandler 
Falsettos
Blue State
Tony Greco/Khy Garner/Michael Lamparello 
American Rapture
MVP
Clifford Parrish (Winner)
1776 
Chester
Clifford Parrish
The Baker’s Wife
Chester

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION/PLAY
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Bob Cline
Crimes of the Heart
Chatham
Alyson Cohn
Cuckoo’s Nest
BCP
Peter Colletto
Lend Me a Tenor
BCP
MaryLynn Dobson
The Pillowman
Circle
Charlie Fraser/Louis Palermo
Children of a Lesser God
Center Players
Dan Maurer (Winner)
Driving Miss Daisy
Maurer Productions OnStage
Rob Pherson
A Christmas Carol
Circle
Jonathan Wierzbicki
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Villagers

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION/MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Jeffrey Fiorello 
Summer of ’42
CDC
Scott Hart 
The Baker’s Wife 
Chester
Debbie Kirsch
Suessical
Hexagon
John M Maurer
Singin' in the Rain
Maurer Productions OnStage
John Menter
Little Women
Chatham
Nick Montesano
Into the Woods
NENA
Clifford Parrish/Mark Happel (Winners)
1776
Chester
Joseph Schreck, Jr 
Falsettos

Blue State Prod

Patrick Starega
Joseph..Dreamcoat 

Livingston


OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION/PLAY
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Ethan Addes/Michele Roth
Cuckoos Nest
BCP
Stephanie Bazzanella/Joanne Bell
Lend Me a Tenor
BCP
Angela Cozzi/Dori Persson 
It’s a Wonderful Life
Leonia
Chris Furlong
Crimes of the Heart
Chatham
Mark Lamhut   
Children of a Lesser God
Center Players
John M. & Diana Maurer/Dan Maurer (Winners)
Driving Miss Daisy
Maurer Productions OnStage
Joyce Porter 
The Pillowman
Circle
Bernice Woldman
Lost in Yonkers
Circle

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION/MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Lois Dyer/Phyllis Meranus
Joseph/Dreamcoat 
Livingston
Ellen Fraker Glasscock (Winner)
The Baker’s Wife
Chester
Donna Glasser/Nick Montonesano/Arnold Teixeira
Into the Woods
NENA
Elizabeth Howard
Summer of ’42
CDC
Mara Lindstrom 
Little Women
Chatham
John & Diana Maurer/Dan Maurer
Singin' in the Rain
Maurer Productions OnStage
Carolyn B Newman
High School Musical
SKIT
Joseph Schreck, Jr
Falsettos
Blue State Prod
Jan Topoleski
Peter Pan
Strand

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL PRODUCTION/PLAY
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Kyrus Westcott
NKD Sex. Lies. Life.
K2 Entertainment
Roz Wroblewski (Winner)
Favor
Villagers

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL PRODUCTION/MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Kenneth G. Craddox
Lover of my Soul
Bishop Kids
Joseph Conklin/John Fiorenza/Patrick R. Noble
A Night at Tonys
Park Players
Ricky FrancoGonzalu Valencia
A Night with Jason Robert Brown
Cherry Blossom
Tony Greco/Barbara Greco Brady
American Rapture
MVP
Rosemarie Lynch
Curtain Up
Boonton
Nick Montesano/Arnold Teixeira (Winners)
Summer Summer Too
Starving Artists
Bryan Ramirez
Say Yes to Life
Trinity Theatrical
Khy Garner/Letitia D. Townes
Twisted Broadway
Holman Theater Co
Carmela & Kenneth Wolosz
Rumpelstiltskin
Smiling Rhino

OUTSTANDING PLAY LEAD ACTOR
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Allwyn L Baskin (Winner)
Driving Miss Daisy
Maurer Productions OnStage
Christopher Chadonnet
Children of a Lesser God
Center Players
Gian Carlo Durland
Of Mice and Men
Sayreville
Phillip Emeott
The Foreigner
Hudson Theater Ens
Michael Gallagher
A Christmas Carol
Circle
Rich Kaz
Bang Bang Your Dead
OCC
Art Murray
Whos Afraid of Virginia Wolf
Radburn
Jack Pignatello
Odd Couple
Corpus Christie
Joe Riley
Lend me a Tenor 
BCP

OUTSTANDING PLAY LEAD ACTRESS
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Eve Connolly (Winner)
Driving Miss Daisy
Maurer Productions OnStage
Donna Jeanne
The Gin Game
1st Ave
Julie Jin
Alls Well that Ends Well
Nutley
Lynn Lagnone
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Summit
Camille L. Lorello
Children of a Lesser God
Center Players
Blaire O’Leary 
Suddenly Last Summer
NENA
Natalie Lynn Markevich 
Stage Door
Perf with Passion Players
Sammantha McClaughlin
Molly Sweeney
OCC
Cathy Zouves Wrobel 
Lost in Yonkers
Circle

OUTSTANDING PLAY FEATURED ACTOR
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Leon Acosta 
Lost in Yonkers
Circle
John Boucher (Winner)
Over the River..Woods
Act IV
Thom Korner
To Kill a Mockingbird
CDC
James Lesko
It’s a Wonderful Life
Leonia
Frank Magnasco
The Foreigner
Hudson Theatre Ens
David Nea
The Pillowman
Circle
Rich Ruymen
Odd Couple
Corpus Christie
David Spangler 
Molly Sweeney
OCC

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Helen Boyadjian 
Lend me a Tenor
BCP
Tina Kaye
Noises Off
Strand
Natalie Lynn Markevich
The Real Inspector Hound
OCC
Donna Petito (Winner)
Playboy of the Western World
Circle
Mary Quinn
The Uninvited
Westfield
Catherine Rowe
A Christmas Carol
Circle
Lois Sharrott
A Clean House
Chester
Terry Sturtevant 
Arsenic & Old Lace
Villagers

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE ACTOR IN A PLAY (A Tie)
Nominee
Show
Theatre
John Bertrand
You Can’t Take it with you 
TLC
Ron Ceglia
Moon over Buffalo
Smiling Rhino
Hunter Lerma
Lend me a Tenor
Teaneck
Tony Milillo (Winner)
Stage Door
Perf with Passion Players
Dale Monrie Jr
The Glass Menagerie
Dover Little Theater
Matt Murphy
MacBeth
ATC
Eric O’Connell
Heidi Chronicles
Leonia
Brandon Zoppi (Winner)
Stage Door
Perf with Passion Players

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Lori Dahlberg 
Peter Pan
Villagers
Sara Farley
Moon Over Buffalo
Sketch
Jean Marie Garver
Lend me a Tenor
BCP
Kristen Hariton
You Can’t take it With you
TLC
Robin Mandalakis (Winner)
Lost in Yonkers 
Circle
Beatriz Esteban Messina
Moon Over Buffalo 
Teaneck
Morgan Nichols
MacBeth
ATC
Melissa Stelzenmueller 
Moon Over Buffalo
Smiling Rhino

OUTSTANDING YOUTH IN A PLAY/MALE
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Steven Bunin 
Lost in Yonkers 
Circle
Matt Dubrow (Winner)
Children of a Lesser God
Center
Tommy Kahg
Antigone
EVP
Joseph McKiernan 
Don’t Drink the Water
Sayreville
Keith Needham
Ah Wilderness
Chatham
Sam Ogilvie
Lost in Yonkers
Circle
Jack Tomy 
A Christmas Carol
Circle
Matt Weinstein
Brighton beach Mem
Villagers

OUTSTANDING YOUTH IN A PLAY/FEMALE
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Danielle Demaio
Ten Little Indians
Cherry Blossom
Rachel Hamptom
Midsummer Nights Dream
Teaneck
Lucy McGrath
Anne Frank & Me
Perf by Passion Players
Donna Missal 
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Villagers
Messalina Morley
The Women 
BCP
Givanna Robbins (Winner)
Anne Frank & Me
Perf with Passion Players
Sarita Rosenstock 
Wait Until Dark
Sayreville
Nicole Sigur 
Peter Pan 
Villagers

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Kevin M. Brady, Jr (Winner)
Falsettos
Blue State Prod
Joe Caruso
Cabaret
NENA
Ronnie Coco
Fame
St. Genesius
Robert Jacobson
1776
Chester
Greg Moran
The Baker’s Wife
Chester
Jim Petro
Singin' in the Rain
Maurer Productions OnStage
Matthew Sullivan
Suessical
Hexagon Players
Kenneth Wasser 
Secret Garden
JCC Deal

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Tara Beams
Into the Woods 
NENA
Jessica Berger 
Annie Get Your Gun
Villagers
Marguerite Durant
The Baker’s Wife
Chester
Kaye Gonzales (Winner)
Joseph…Dreamcoat
Livingston
Nicole Farina-Machin
Singing in the Rain
Maurer
E. Nicole Spadafino
Throroughly Modern Millie
Spotlight
Julie Waldman-Stiel 
Little Women
Chatham
Wanda Toro 
Summer of ’42
CDC

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
John DeLos Reyes
Fame 
St. Genesius
Bill Gaudelli
Tom Follery 
Nutley
Steve Leshchanka
American Rapture
MVP
Ryan Mulholland
Mame
Our Gang
Jeffrey Norman
Falsettos
Blue State
Jeff Price 
Into the Woods
NENA
David Romankow
Lucky Stiff
Villagers
Brad Sims 
Little Shop…
Smiling Rhino
Dante Maurice Sterling
La Cage Aux Folles
Strand
Matthew A. Walsh (Winner)
Falsettos
Blue State
Matthew A. Walsh
Into the Woods
NENA

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Andrea Brooks
Bare
Edison Valley Playhouse
Joan Curcio
Cabaret 
NENA
Vicky Czarnik
Singin' in the Rain
Maurer Productions OnStage
Tracey Fama
Lucky Stiff 
Villagers
Lynn Hart
The Baker’s Wife
Chester
Eileen Hladky
Falsettos
Blue State
Amy Levine (Winner)
Falsettos
Blue State
Jodi Freeman Maloy
Tom Foolery
Nutley
Melissa Rittmann 
3 Penny Opera
Pierrot
Amy Toporek
Falsettos
Blue State
Letitia Townes
Smokey Joe’s Café
Marlboro

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Angelo Cerrone 
A night at Tonys
Park Players
Jack Curley
Oklahoma
St. Anne’s Stages
Don Gehan
1776
Chester
Ryan Goodale
Bare
Edison Valley Players
Eric Knitel (Winner)
Smokey Joe’s Café
St Anne’s Stages
Ray Murphy 
Singin' in the Rain
Maurer Productions OnStage
Sean Openshaw
Cabaret 
NENA
Arnoldo Ortiz
Smokey Joe’s Café
Marlboro
Matthew Rea 
Summer Summer Too
Starving Artists
Gonzalo Vaencia
TV Theme Concert
Cherry Blossom
Nick Zarra
Say Yes to Life
Trinity

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Daria Chasse
Say Yes to Life
Trinity
Ali Gleason
Smokey Joe’s Café
Marlboro
Ali Gleason
Summer Summer Too
Starving Artist
Fallon King
Little Shop of Horrors
Smiling Rhino
Katie Pedrini
Jekyl & Hyde
Dreamspinners
Jessica Pfeiffer
Lucky Stiff
Villagers
Evelyn Rue
A night at Tonys
Park Players
Rachel Wasser (Winner)
Cabaret 
NENA
Tanya Willis
Summer Summer Too
Starving Artist
Annette Winter
Rumpelstiltskin
Smiling Rhino

OUTSTANDING YOUTH IN A MUSICAL/MALE
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Louis Baglio
Godspell
Our Gang
Philip Corso 
Fiddler on the Roof
Center Players Bayonne
Andrew DeMuro 
Les Mis
Flemington
Zachary Infante 
The Music Man
CAST
Thomas Kiely
Suessical
BCP
Joe LaVarco (Winner)
Falsettos
Blue State
Joe LaVarco
Suessical
Hexagon Players
Joseph McKiernan
Twisted Broadway
Holmdel Theater Co
Sam Ogilvie
Summer of ’42 
CDC
Will Swanwick
Hign School Musical
SKIT
Andrew Wright 
Oklahoma Jr
Enchanted Players

OUTSTANDING YOUTH IN A MUSICAL/FEMALE
Nominee
Show
Theatre
Lauren Antiles 
Les Mis
Flemington
Annalisa DeFlorio
Say Yes to Life 
Trinity
Joey Greenberg (Winner)
The Secret Garden
JCC Deal
Alyssa Kelly
A night at tonys
Park Players
Julia Knitel 
Smokey Joe’s Café
St Annes Stages
Alyssa LaMedica
Say Yes to Life
Trinity
Taylor Lockwood 
Suessical
Hexagon Players
Mia Pafumi
The Music Man
CAST
Michelle Wilson
Little Women
Chatham
Liane Zielinski 
High School Musical
SKIT
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