Zoetic Stage wins big at virtual Carbonell Awards
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Though the future is uncertain, the South Florida theater community celebrated its top shows in a virtual Carbonell Awards ceremony on Monday. Top honors went to Zoetic Stage’s “Sweeney Todd,” tying with a show from 1999 as the most awarded in Carbonell history.
“Sweeney Todd” picked up eight awards, including Best Musical and Best Director for Stuart Meltzer, who also won directing honors for Zoetic’s “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.”
Jeni Hacker won double acting awards as well, for “Sweeney Todd” and the Ronnie Larsen Presents production “Grindr Mom.”
Zoetic Stage in Miami dominated, winning 12 awards. Palm Beach Dramaworks and The Wick Theatre brought Palm Beach County four awards. In Broward County, New City Players and Ronnie Larsen Presents won four awards.
The annual event went virtual for the first time, presenting awards in the 20 competitive categories through YouTube. The ceremony was produced by Fantel Music, a family-operated business in Coral Springs.
“Theater people are resilient,” said Mary Damiano, the managing director of the awards. “We’ll survive.”
Damiano said moving the awards online felt like a jigsaw puzzle. The ceremony was originally planned for April. “We all decided by the end of the process that it is much easier to produce a live ceremony,” she said.
Here’s the full list of winners of the 2020 Carbonell Awards.
“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time,”
Zoetic Stage
Best Production, Musical
“Sweeney Todd,” Zoetic Stage
Best Director, Musical
Stuart Meltzer, “Sweeney Todd,” Zoetic Stage
Best Director, Play
Stuart Meltzer, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time,” Zoetic Stage
Best Actress, Musical
Jeni Hacker, “Sweeney Todd,” Zoetic Stage
Best Actress, Play
Jeni Hacker, “Grindr Mom,” Ronnie Larsen Presents
Best Actor, Musical
Aloysius Gigl, “Sweeney Todd,” Zoetic Stage
Best Actor, Play
Timothy Mark Davis, “Falling,” New City Players
Best Supporting Musical
Terry “Sweeney Stage
Actor,
Hardcastle, Todd,” Zoetic
Best
Play
David Kwiat, “Ordinary Americans,” Palm Beach Dramaworks
Supporting
Actor,
Best Supporting Actress, Musical
Amy Miller Brennan, “The Spitfire Grill,” Palm Beach Dramaworks
Best Supporting Actress, Play
Rita Cole, “A Raisin in the Sun,” New City Players
Best Music Director
Paul Tine, “Sweeney Todd,” Zoetic Stage
Best Choreography
Justin M. Lewis, Shoe Shuffle,” The
“Hot Wick
Theatre
Best Scenic or Musical
Anne Mundell, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Palm Beach Dramaworks
Design,
Play
Best Lighting
Play or Musical
Rebecca Montero, “Sweeney Todd,” Zoetic Stage
Design,
Best Costume
Play or Musical
Marina Pareja, “Sweeney Todd,” Zoetic Stage
Design,
Best Sound or Musical
Matt Corey, “Every Brilliant Thing,” Zoetic Stage
Design,
Best Ensemble, Musical
“The Stage
Wolves,”
Best New Musical
“Grindr Mom,” Larsen Presents
Work,
Play
Play
Zoetic
Play
or or
Ronnie
The Bill
Award
PalmBeachDramaworks
Von
Maurer
The George Abbott Award
Kelley Shanley, President & CEO of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts
The Bill Hindman Award
Barbara Bradshaw, the recipient of four Carbonell Awards
The Ruth Foreman Award
Broadway Factor for The Amparo Experience, the critically acclaimed immersive theater production in Miami
2020 Jack Zink Memorial Student Scholarships
Skye Alyssa Friedman (Palm Beach County, $3,000)
Amaris Rios (MiamiDade County, $2,000)
Jeremy Fuentes (Broward County, $1,000)