Category
| Determined by | NOMINATIONS | Awards |
Most Valuable
Volunteer | Resident Companies Vote | | Rachel Friedman (for 10 years of service for Encore) |
Best "Sharer
of Space"
| Resident Companies Vote | | StageQ |
Best Save
by a Cast Member | Resident Companies Vote |
| Sarah Luedtke, "for knowing how to open a door" (during Tidings From the Seasonally Affected, Encore Studio for the Performing Arts) |
Most Thought-
Provoking
Production | Judges vote | -Souvenir (MTG)
-The Hot L Baltimore (MTG)
-Fat Men in Skirts (MPT)
-Sappho in Love (StageQ) | Souvenir |
| Best Poster/Print Promotion | Judges vote | -The Hot L Baltimore (MTG)
-Fat Men in Skirts (MPT)
-Man of La Mancha (Strollers) | Andrew Rusch, Man of La Mancha |
| Best Drama | Judges vote | -Tidings from the Seasonally Affected (Encore)
-Random Harvest (StageQ)
-The Hot L Baltimore (MTG)
-Fat Men in Skirts (MPT)
-Two Rooms (MTG) | TIE: The Hot L Baltimore and Two Rooms |
Best Comedy
/Musical | Judges vote | -Forever Plaid (MTG)
-The Stops (StageQ)
-Santaland Diaries (Laboratory)
-Sappho in Love (StageQ) | The Stops |
| Best Ensemble | Judges vote | -Forever Plaid (MTG)
-The Stops (StageQ)
-Playboy of the Western World (Strollers) | Playboy of the Western World |
| Play Most Likely to Inspire Audience Members to Pursue a Career in Theatre | Judges vote | -Souvenir (MTG)
-The Stops (StageQ)
-Sappho in Love (StageQ) | The Stops |
| Most Entertaining Curtain Call | Judges vote | -Forever Plaid (MTG)
-Souvenir (MTG)
-The Stops (StageQ)
-Sappho in Love (StageQ) | TIE: Forever Plaid and Sappho in Love |
| Best Overall Play | Popular
vote |
| Tidings from the Seasonally Affected, Encore Studio for the Performing Arts |
Most Memorable
Set Design | Judges vote | -Charles Trieloff for Hot L Baltimore (MTG)
-Courtney Nelson for Man of La Mancha (Strollers)
-Greg Harris for Playboy of the Western World (Strollers) | Greg Harris |
Most Memorable
Sound Design | Judges vote | -John Salutz for The Hot L Baltimore (MTG)
-John Salutz for Tarantara, Tarantara! (MTG and Savoyards)
-Monty Marsh for Fat Men in Skirts (MPT)
-Tara Ayres for Sappho in Love (StageQ) | John Salutz for The Hot L Baltimore |
Most Memorable
Lighting Design | Judges vote | -Kurt Jung for Hot L Baltimore (MTG)
-Lawrence B. Bennett for Fat Men in Skirts (MPT)
-Eric Barry for Sappho in Love (StageQ)
-John Penisten for Playboy of the Western World (Strollers) | Eric S. Barry
|
Most Memoable
Costume Design | Judges vote | -Sarah Marty for The Hot L Baltimore (MTG)
-Rachel Bledsoe, Megan McGlone, Sean Langenecker for Fat Men in Skirts (MPT)
-Sean Langenecker for Sappho in Love (StageQ) | Sean Langenecker for Sappho in Love |
| Best Portrayal of a Non-Homo-Sapien | Judges vote | -Marcy Weiland for In the Beginning (MPT)
-Kathy Lynn Sliter for Random Harvest (StageQ)
-Molly Vanderlin for Sappho in Love (StageQ) | Marcy Weiland |
Funniest Performance
by an Actor/Actress | Judges vote | -David Neuser for Forever Plaid (MTG)
-Peter Hunt for Santaland Diaries (Laboratory)
-Molly Vanderlin for Sappho in Love (StageQ) | Molly Vanderlin |
Best Dramatic Performance by
an Actor/Actress | Judges vote | -Liz Angle for Random Harvest (StageQ)
-Jessica Witham for The Hot L Baltimore (MTG)
-Patricia Whitely for The Hot L Baltimore (MTG)
-Jessica Witham for Meg (MTG) | TIE: Liz Angle and Jessica Jane Witham (Hot L Baltimore) |
| Best Stage Kiss | Judges vote | -Rachel Granda-Gluski and Christine Esche for Sappho in Love (StageQ)
-Karen Moeller and Thom Rehwaldt for Fat Men in Skirts (MPT)
-Kate Ewings and Scott Wieland for Two Rooms (MTG) | Rachel Granda-Gluski / Christine Esche |
Biggest Tear-
Jerking Moment | Judges vote | -Terry Kiss Frank for Souvenir (MTG)
-Ensemble for Random Harvest (StageQ)
-Ray Olderman for The Hot L Baltimore (MTG) | Terry Kiss Frank |
Biggest Belly-
Laugh Moment | Judges vote | -Ensemble for Forever Plaid (MTG)
-Terry Kiss Frank for Souvenir (MTG)
-Lisa Spierer for Santaland Diaries (Laboratory) | Ensemble Cast, Forever Plaid |
| Best Entrance | Judges vote | -Terry Kiss Frank for Souvenir (MTG)
-Ensemble for The Stops (StageQ)
-Martha White for Playboy of the Western World (Strollers) | Ensemble cast, The Stops |
