30th Anniversary Artie Nominations
A new batch of nominees was announced by WBFO/WNED on Facebook Live on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. More nominations will be announced on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at noon, also at www.wbfo.org. For Artie history and statistics, see Doug Weyand's Artie Awards Archive.
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Kiss of the Spider Woman, New Phoenix Theatre
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare in Delaware Park
Pipeline, Ujima Theatre Company
Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Irish Classical Theatre Company
To Kill a Mockingbird, Kavinoky Theatre
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Fun Home, MusicalFare
Hairspray, Kavinoky Theatre
Nine, Second Generation Theatre
Passing Strange, Ujima Theatre Company
Toxic Avenger, Second Generation Theatre
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE OF A PLAY
Antipodes, Road Less Traveled Theatre
El Coqui Espectacular, Raíces Theatre
Mercury Fur, Subversive Theatre
She Kills Monsters, Subversive Theatre
Two Trains Running, Paul Robeson Theatre
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brian Brown, Passing Strange, Ujima
Steve Copps, The Bridges of Madison County, Kavinoky
Preach Freedom, Passing Strange, Ujima
Chris Handley, Fun Home, MusicalFare
Ben Michael Moran, Nine, Second Generation
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Bethany Burrows, The Toxic Avenger, Second Generation
Robyn Lee Horn, Fun Home, MusicalFare
Maeghan McDonald, Hairspray, Kavinoky
Michele Marie Roberts, The Bridges of Madison County, Kavinoky
Zoe Scruggs, Cookin’ at the Cookery, MusicalFare
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR
Ann DeFazio, Hairspray, Kavinoky
Chris J. Handley, The Tempest, Shakespeare in Delaware Park
Peter Horn, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare in Delaware Park
Lorenzo Shawn Parnell, Hairspray, Kavinoky
Marc Sacco, Hairspray, Kavinoky
Norm Sham, The Tempest, Shakespeare in Delaware Park
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Jacob Albarella, Miss Nelson is Missing, Theatre of Youth
Alejandro Gabriél Gómez, West Side Story, MusicalFare
John Kreuzer, Young Frankenstein, O'Connell & Company
Nick Lama, Elf the Musical, MusicalFare
Raphael A. Santos, The Toxic Avenger, Second Generation
Dylan Zalikowski, The Toxic Avenger, Second Generation
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Lucas Colon, Mercury Fur, Subversive
Rolando Martin Gómez, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Irish Classical Theatre
Patrick Moltane, To Kill a Mockingbird, Kavinoky
Ricky Needham, The Boys Upstairs, Buffalo United Artists
Tom Owen, Navigators, Alleyway Theatre
Johnny Rowe, Pipeline, Ujima
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kelly Copps, Nine, Second Generation
Renee Landrigan, Izzy!, New Phoenix Theatre
Pamela Rose Mangus, Young Frankenstein
Blaise Mercedes, West Side Story, MusicalFare
Jenn Stafford, The Toxic Avenger, Second Generation
Ember Tate, Cookin’ at the Cookery, MusicalFare
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Cassie Cameron, The Antipodes
Ellen Horst, Lost in Yonkers, Desiderio's Dinner Theatre
Kristen Tripp Kelley, The Antipodes, Road Less Traveled Theatre
Aleks Malejs, Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Irish Classical Theatre
Shantinna Moore, To Kill a Mockingbird, Kavinoky
Emily Yancey, Factory for Murderers, Alleyway Theatre
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Neal Radice