10th Annual (2016-2017) - Silver Palm AwardsSilver Palm Awards

Twenty-eight Silver Palm Awards honoring excellent work during the South Florida 2016-2017 theatre season were awarded on Monday, December 11th, 2017. Theatrical producers Matt May and Jennifer Sierra-Grobbelaar helmed the tenth anniversary reception and ceremony, hosted by Michael McKeever, held at ArtServe, in Ft. Lauderdale.

7:00pm       reception
8:00pm       ceremony
9:00pm       fabulous post-show soiree

Special thanks to the event’s amazing in-kind donors . . .

ArtServe
1350 E. Sunrise Blvd.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304
(954) 462-8190
https://artserve.org

Event Decor Direct
98 SE 7th Street
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
(800) 914-3538
www.EventDecorDirect.com

George Wentzler Photography
(954) 821-2002
wentzlerjit@aol.com
www.OurTownScene.org

Mimi’s Cake Pops by Janette Hernandez
(954) 479-4620
www.facebook.com/pg/MissPops

Elsie Grace Bakes
www.ElsieGraceBakes.com

Pear Programs (D.J.)
401 E. Las Olas Blvd.
Suite 130-409
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
www.pearprograms.com

Trophies were be presented to the following (listed in alphabetical order).

Click on the names of artists, theatre companies, and organizations, to visit their individual online homes.

IRIS ACKER
actress, dancer, author, and television talk show host,
for a Lifetime of Achievement in South Florida theatre

ACTORS’ PLAYHOUSE AT THE MIRACLE THEATRE
Executive Producing Director BARBARA STEIN
and Artistic Director DAVID ARISCO
for Presenting 30 Years of Outstanding Theatre in South Florida

JOSEPH ADLER
for his Outstanding Direction of
HAND TO GOD, THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE,
and BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY at GableStage

KEVIN BLACK
for his Outstanding Direction and Choreography for
SWING! SWING! SWING
at Broward Stage Door Theatre

CLAY CARTLAND
for his Outstanding Performance in
THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE
at GableStage

CARYL FANTEL
for her Outstanding Musical Direction of
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
at Slow Burn Theatre Company

NIKI FRIDH
for her Outstanding Performance in
GROUNDED
at Thinking Cap Theatre

ELENA MARIA GARCIA
for her Outstanding Performance in
FUACATA! (or a Latina’s Guide to Surviving the Universe)
at Zoetic Stage

KAT GOLD
Outstanding New Talent, for her performance in
NINE
at Broward Stage Door Theatre

RITA JOE
for her Outstanding Performances in
TERROR at Miami New Drama
and BROTHERS OF THE DUST at M Ensemble

CAROLYN JOHNSON
for her outstanding performance in
FLYIN’ WEST
at M Ensemble

PETER LOVELLO
for his Outstanding Costumes for
PERFECT ARRANGEMENT
at Island City Stage

MICHAEL MCCLAIN
for his Outstanding Set Designs for
PERFECT ARRANGEMENT at Island City Stage
and for SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE and AFTER
at Zoetic Stage

MICHAEL MCKEEVER
for his Outstanding New Plays
AFTER at Zoetic Stage and
FINDING MONA LISA at Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre

STUART MELTZER
for his Outstanding New Play
THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS at Island City Stage
and for his Direction of AFTER, THE CARETAKER and
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at Zoetic Stage

MALLORY NEWBROUGH,
Outstanding New Talent, for her performances in
BEAUTY & THE BEAST and BEEHIVE at The Wick Theatre,
and COMPANY at MNM Productions

NEW CITY PLAYERS,
an Outstanding New Theatre Company in South Florida,
awarded to Artistic Director / Actor
TIMOTHY MARK DAVIS

CINDY PEARCE,
Outstanding New Talent, for her performance in
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU
at Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre

LEAH SESSA
for her Outstanding Performance in
COMPANY
at MNM Productions

MICHAEL H. SMALL
for his Outstanding Performance in
THE SUNSHINE BOYS
at Broward Stage Door Theatre

KIMBERLY DAWN SMITH
for her Outstanding Direction and Choreography of
SPAMALOT
at MNM Productions

KAREN STEPHENS
for her Outstanding Performance in
MOTHERLAND
at Theatre Lab

NICOLE STODARD
for her Outstanding Direction of
MUD and COLLECTED RAGE at Thinking Cap Theatre,
and, as Artistic Director, for the Outstanding
GAP: Gender and the Pulitzer Prize
play reading series

SHANE TANNER
for his Outstanding Performance in
SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
at Palm Beach Dramaworks

ELLIS TILLMAN
for his Outstanding Costumes for
THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at GableStage,
and for IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU and FINDING MONA LISA
at Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre

TOM WAHL
for his Outstanding erformances in
AFTER at Zoetic Stage,
and THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at GableStage

CONOR WALTON
for his Outstanding Performances in
THE NORMAL HEART at Outre Theatre,
and IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU
at Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre