8th Annual (2014-2015) - Silver Palm AwardsSilver Palm Awards

Twenty-seven Silver Palm Awards honoring excellent work during the South Florida 2014-2015 theatre season were awarded on Monday, December 7th, 2015, at the annual South Florida Theatre League holiday party, held at Stache in Ft. Lauderdale, and presented to the following (listed in alphabetical order).

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JOSEPH ADLER
for his Outstanding Direction of
MOTHERS & SONS, BAD JEWS, and CHOIR BOY at GableStage

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for his Outstanding Performances in
DANIEL’S HUSBAND and SHORTS GONE WILD 3
at Island City Stage

DAVID ARISCO
for his Outstanding Direction of
RAGTIME, MURDER BALLAD, and FIRST DATE
at Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre

KRISTIAN BIKIC,
Outstanding New Talent, for his performances in
OCTOPUS and DANIEL’S HUSBAND
at Island City Stage

LANCE BLANK
for his Outstanding Lighting Designs
for CARRIE, BONNIE & CLYDE, RENT, and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
at Slow Burn Theatre Company

DERELLE BUNN,
for Producing 20 Years of Outstanding Work
at the Stage Door Theatre

NATALIA COEGO,
Outstanding New Talent, for her performance in
BAD JEWS at GableStage

MARY DAMIANO
for her Outstanding Work in the South Florida Theatre Community,
and with The Carbonell Awards

BRUNO FARIA,
Outstanding New Talent, for his performances in
BONNIE & CLYDE and RENT
at Slow Burn Theatre Company

NIKI FRIDH,
for her Outstanding Performances in
VITA & VIRGINIA at Thinking Cap Theatre
and SHORTS GONE WILD 3 at Island City Stage

JOSIEU JEAN,
for his Outstanding Projection Designs for
PETER PAN and DAMES AT SEA
at The Wick Theatre

ROBERT JOHNSTON,
Outstanding New Talent, for his performance in
VINCENT RIVER at Ground Up and Rising

SHELLEY KEELOR,
for her Outstanding Performances in
CARRIE at Slow Burn Theatre Company and
SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM at MNM Productions

MIA MATTHEWS,
for her Outstanding Performance in
THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED at Island City Stage

JOHN MANZELLI,
for his Outstanding Performances in
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JERRY at New Theatre
and FULLY COMMITTED at the
Broward Center for the Performing Arts,
and for his fight choreography in OCTOPUS at Island City Stage

MICHAEL MCCLAIN,
for his Outstanding Set Designs for
OCTOPUS and THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED at Island City Stage,
and for BELL, BOOK & CANDLE at Stage Door Theatre

MICHAEL MCKEEVER,
for his Outstanding New Play, DANIEL’S HUSBAND, at Island City Stage,
his Outstanding Performance in MOTHERS & SONS at GableStage,
and his Outstanding Set Design for DETROIT at Zoetic Stage

MAKEBA PACE,
for her Outstanding Performance in
SUNSET BABY at Primal Forces

ANGIE RADOSH,
for her Outstanding Performance in
MOTHERS & SONS at GableStage

NICHOLAS RICHBERG,
for his Outstanding Performances in
PETER & THE STARCATCHER
at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
and BETRAYAL at Zoetic Stage

ANDY ROGOW,
for his Outstanding Direction of
OCTOPUS and DANIEL’S HUSBAND
at Island City Stage

BARBARA SLOAN,
for her Outstanding Performances in
VITA & VIRGINIA at Thinking Cap Theatre
and THE BOOK CLUB PLAY at Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre

SHANE TANNER,
for his Outstanding Performances in
OKLAHOMA! at The Wick Theatre,
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Slow Burn Theatre Company,
and 110 IN THE SHADE: IN CONCERT
at Palm Beach Dramaworks

THE VANGUARD THEATRE
and NICOLE STODARD, Producing Artistic Director,
for this Outstanding New Theatre Venue and Sanctuary for the Arts
in South Florida

LAURA TURNBULL
for her Outstanding Performances in
DANIEL’S HUSBAND at Island City Stage,
I’LL EAT YOU LAST at GableStage,
and REDWOOD CURTAIN at Primal Forces