2025 Artie Award Winners

34th Annual Artie Awards

Sponsored by Buffalo Toronto Public Media

Presented June 9, 2025 at Asbury Hall, Buffalo, New York

Hosted by Anthony Chase, Curtis Lovell, and Amy Jakiel with Music Director Philip Farugia

2025 Artie Awards Winners

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY 

Dorian, Irish Classical Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL 

Waitress, MusicalFare Theatre

EMANUEL FRIED AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY

Matthew LaChiusa, The Informer

OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY 

David Lundy, Remember This

OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY 

Tracie Lane, Scenes from A Marriage

OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL 

Vanna Deux, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL 

Maria Pedro, Waitress

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY 

Gerald Ramsey, The African Company Presents Richard III

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY 

Rebecca Elkin, The Loved Ones

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL 

Kristopher Bartolomeo, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL 

Kelly Copps, The Producers

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE 

Caitlin Coleman, The Hung Man

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY 

Mason Beggs, Dorian

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL 

Susan Drozd, Waitress

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE OF A PLAY 

The Hobbit, Theatre of Youth

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE OF A MUSICAL 

Into the Woods, O'Connell & Company

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY 

Eric Deeb Weaver, Newsies

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION 

Bridget Moriarty, The Fitzgeralds of Saint Paul

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN 

Dyan Burlingame, Shipwrecked!

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN 

Ann R. Emo, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ELEMENT 

Emma Schimminger, Lighting, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Eileen Dugan

SPECIAL APPRECIATION AWARD

Buffalo Toronto Public Media

KATHARINE CORNELL AWARDS – honoring the work of visiting artists

• Christie Baugher; composer, lyricist, and playwright; The Fitzgeralds of Saint Paul, Irish Classical Theatre Company

• Derrian Brown, actor, William Barfee, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Second Generation Theatre

• Kevin Zak, playwright, Kidman Carol, Alleyway Theatre