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Monday, March, 24, 2008
Harrah's Theatre

Opening music
The Harry Mayronne Trio
Harry Mayronne, Musical Director, Piano
Mike Barras, Drums
Mark Brooks, Bass

The Master of Ceremonies Roy Haylock was Bianca Del Rio.

John "Spud McConnell and Maureen Brennan presented:
Best Set Design 2007
David Rachel, Doubt, All Kinds of Theater and Southern Repertory Theater
Best Lighting Design 2007
William Liotta, The Breach, Southern Repertory Theater
Best Costume Design 2007
Roy Haylock, Cecile Casey-Covert, Regina Scholtzhauer, Linda Fried, and Carolyn Casey
Barrois, Sugar Babies, Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre

Trina Beck danced along two of The Sugar Babies in "The Sugar Baby Bounce" from Sugar
Babies.

Cammie West and John Jay presented:
Best University Production 2007
Dog Sees God, Director Gary Rucker, Tulane University
Best Choreographer 2007
Kelly Fouchi, The Pajama Game, Rivertown Repertory Theatre
Best Musical Director 2007
Jonne Dendinger, Tune Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre

Theatre Person of the Year
John Biguenet
Presented by Barbara Motely

Becky Allen and Chris Wecklein performed "Nuttin' Real" by Fred Palmisano and Ricky Graham
from Tunes.

Sean Patterson and Gary Rucker (in blue and red women's formal dresses) presented:
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama 2007
Andrea Frankel, Doubt, All Kinds of Theater and Southern Repertory Theatre (Accepted by
James Wax)
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama 2007
Leon Contravesprie, The Pillowman, DEM Boys Productions and Le Petit Theatre du Vieux
Carre
Best Actress in a Drama 2007
Claire Moncrief, Doubt, All Kinds of Theater and Southern Repertory Theater (Accepted by
James Wax)
Best Actor in a Drama
James Wax, Doubt, All Kinds of Theater and Southern Repertory Theater

Margo and Clancy Dubos presented:
2008 Business Recognition Award - Marc Fouchi - www.stageclick.com

Performance - "Forget About the Boy" - Kelly Fouchi and the female cast from Thoroughly
Modern Millie

Janet Shea and Richard Read presented:
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy 2007
Cammie West, Valhalla, To Do Productiions
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy 2007
James Bartelle, The Lieutenant of Innishmore, NOLA Project and Southern Repertory Theater
Best Actress in a Comedy 2007
Angela Papale, Prelude to a Kiss, Actor's Theater of New Orleans
Best Actor in a Comedy 2007
Peter McElligott, The Lieutenant of Innishmore, NOLA Project and Southern Repertory Theater

Ricky Graham and Bob Bruce presented:
The 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award
Becky Allen

Performance - Little Me - Ricky Graham and Sean Patterson

Roy Haylock presented:
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical 2007
Joan C. Spraggins, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical 2007
Dane Rhodes, Purlie, Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
Best Actress in a Musical 2007
Idella Johnson, Purlie, Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
Best Actor in a Musical 2007
Fenwick Broyard, III, Purlie, Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre (Accepted by Tommye Myrick)

Joan Spraggins and Karen Hebert performed a song from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.  Jonne Dendinger played on the piano as accompaniest along with the two members of the Harry Mayronne Trio.

Vernel Bagneris presented:
Best Director of a Musical 2007
Gary Rucker, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Rivertown Repertory Theatre
Best Director of a Comedy 2007
Noel Wilson, The Lieutenant of Innishmore, NOLA Project and Southern Repertory Theater
Best Director of a Drama 2007
Carl Walker, Doubt, All Kinds of Theater and Southern Repertory Theater

Idella Johnson performed "I Got Love" from Purlie.

Bryan Batt presented:
Best Original Play 2007
Rising Water, John Biguenet, Southern Repertory Theater
Best Comedy of 2007
The Lieutenant of Inishmore, NOLA Project and Southern Repertory Theater
Best Musical of 2007
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre

The swimming and underwater scene from The Titanic Adventures of the LoveBoat Poseidon
was performed the cast of the play.

Margo Dubos invited guest to the Celebration Bash in the Masquerade Lounge.

2008 Big Easy Theatre Awards Nominees

(An * indicates the recipient.)

Best Musical
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas *
Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
Sugar Babies
Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
Little Me
Summer Lyric at Tulane

Best Comedy
The Lieutenant of Inishmore *
NOLA Project & Southern Repertory Theater
Valhalla
To Do Productions
The Titanic Adventures of the Loveboat Poseidon
Running with Scissors

Best Drama
Doubt *
All Kinds of Theater & Southern Repertory Theater
The Pillowman
Dem Boys Productions
Rising Water
Southern Repertory Theater

Best Director of a Musical
Sonny Borey & Derek Franklin
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Gary Rucker *
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Rivertown Repertory
Sonny Borey & Derek Franklin
Sugar Babies

Best Director of a Comedy
Noel Wilson *
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Glenn Meche
Valhalla
Richard Read
Carrie's Facts of Life
Running with Scissors

Best Director of a Drama
Carl Walker *
Doubt
Dane Rhodes
The Pillowman
Ryan Rilette
Rising Water

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Joan C. Spraggins *
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Carol Sutton
Purlie
Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
Jessie Terrebonne
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Bob Edes Jr.
The Pajama Game
Rivertown Repertory Theater
Dane Rhodes *
Purlie
Sean Patterson
Little Me

Best Actress in a Musical
Kelly Fouchi
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Idella Johnson *
Purlie
Karen Hebert
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Best Actor in a Musical
Dane Rhodes
Sugar Babies
Ricky Graham
Little Me
Fenwick Broyard, III *
Purlie

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Cammie West *
Valhalla
Dorian Rush
The Titanic Adventures of the Loveboat Poseidon
Kathlyn Tarwater
The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy
James Bartelle *
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Bob Edes Jr.
Carrie's Facts of Life
Running with Scissors
Brian Peterson
The Titanic Adventures of the Loveboat Poseidon

Best Actress in a Comedy
Angela Papale *
Prelude to a Kiss
Actor's Theater of New Orleans
Melissa Ogren
Private Lives
Minacapelli's Dinner Playhouse
Stacy Taliancich
Arsenic and Old Lace
Rivertown Repertory Theater

Best Actor in a Comedy
Peter McElligott *
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Marc Fouchi
Arsenic and Old Lace
Tim Bellow
Driving Miss Daisy
Actor's Theater of New Orleans

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama
Andrea Frankle *
Doubt
Southern Repertory Theater
Troi Bechet
The Breach
Southern Repertory Theater
Donna Duplantier
Doubt
Southern Repertory Theater

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
Bob Edes Jr.
The Breach
Leon Contavesprie *
The Pillowman
Harold X. Evans
Gem of the Ocean
Anthony Bean Community Theater

Best Actress in a Drama
Claire Moncrief *
Doubt
Veronica Russell
A Different Woman
Textpatriot Productions
Cristine McMurdo-Wallis
Rising Water

Best Actor in a Drama
Jamie Wax *
Doubt
Danny Bowen
Rising Water
Blake Balu
The Pillowman

Best Original Play
Rising Water *
John Biguenet
Scrooge in Rouge
Ricky Graham & Jeff Roberson
Le Chat Noir
The Breach
Catherine Filloux, Tarell McCraney and Joe Sutton

Best Musical Director
Derek Franklin
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Jonne Dendinger *
Tunes
Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
C. Leonard Raybon
Chicago
Summer Lyric at Tulane

Best Choreography
Kelly Fouchi *
The Pajama Game
Karen Hebert
Sugar Babies
Karen Hebert
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Best Costume Design
R. Haylock, C. Casey-Covert, R. Schlotzhaven, C. Barrois, and L. Fried *
Sugar Babies
Cecile Casey Covert
Scrooge in Rouge
Linda Fried
Thoroughly Modern Millie

Best Set Design
Chad Talkington and Josh Palmer
The Pillowman
David Raphel *
Doubt
Rick Paul
Little Me

Best Lighting Design
Chad Talkington and Josh Palmer
The Pillowman
Earl H. Lennie III
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
William Liotta *
The Breach

Best University Production
Dog Sees God *
Gary Rucker, Director
Tulane University
The Three Sisters
David W. Hoover, Director
University of New Orleans
Sylvia
Benjamin Clement, Director
Loyola University

No award was announced for:
Best Performance by a Child
Andy LaRocca
Ordinary People
Actor's Theater of New Orleans
Tony Felix
Morning, Noon and Night
Anthony Bean Community Theater
Tyler Chetta
The Red Sneaks
Crescent City Lights/NORD