Twenty Silver Palm Awards honoring excellent work during the South Florida 2012-2013 theatre season were awarded on Monday, December 2nd, 2013, 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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ANTONIO AMADEO
for his Outstanding Work as
Producer, Writer, Director, Designer and Actor in
A MAN PUTS ON A PLAY at The Naked Stage
STEPHANIE ANSIN
for her Outstanding Creative Staging
and production of THREE SISTERS
at the Miami Theatre Center
ANN KELLY ANTHONY
for her Outstanding Hard Work and Commitment
as Executive Director & Board Chairperson at the
Mad Cat Theatre Company
ANDIE ARTHUR
for six years of Outstanding and Dedicated Work
as the Executive Director of the
South Florida Theatre League
MATT COREY
for his Outstanding Sound Design for
THE BIRDS at Mosaic Theatre
JAMES DANFORD
for his Outstanding Stage Management,
working at various theatres
(many of them in South Florida)
for over thirty years
CHRISTINE DOLEN
for thirty-four years
of Outstanding and Distinguished Theatrical Criticism at the
The Miami Herald,
and for her relentless commitment to the
South Florida theatre community
LELA ELAM
for her Outstanding Performance in
RUINED at GableStage
PATRICK FITZWATER
for his Outstanding Direction and Choreography of
SIDE SHOW at Slow Burn Theatre
ETHAN HENRY
for his Outstanding Performances in
A RAISIN IN THE SUN at Palm Beach Dramaworks,
and in KING HEDLEY II at M Ensemble
ANDREW KATO
for his Outstanding Work as Producing Artistic Director
of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre
JAN McART
for her Outstanding Effort to Develop New Plays by Florida playwrights
through staged workshops at her
Lynn University New Play Reading Series
HARRIET OSER
for her Outstanding Performance in
DRIVING MISS DAISY
at The Plaza Theatre
SKYE WHITCOMB &
OUTRE THEATRE COMPANY
for emerging as the Outstanding New Professional Company
in South Florida this season
NICHOLAS RICHBERG
for his Outstanding Performance in
COCK at GableStage
ERIN JOY SCHMIDT
for her Outstanding Performances in
BLOW ME at Mad Cat Theatre,
and OTHER DESERT CITIES
at Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
NICOLE STODARD
for Producing Consistent and Outstanding Presentations
of Daring and Challenging Works at
Thinking Cap Theatre,
and for her Outstanding Adaptation and Production of
THE ROVER
SHORTS GONE WILD,
awarded to
JOHN MANZELLI of City Theatre
and ANDY ROGOW of Island City Stage,
for their Co-Production of the
Outstanding LGBT Theatre Piece of the
South Florida theatre season
TOM WAHL
for his Outstanding Performance in
I AM MY OWN WIFE
at Zoetic Stage
MIKE WESTRICH
for his Outstanding Performance in
TICK, TICK BOOM
at Outre Theatre Company
NOMINATING COUNCIL
The Nominating Council for these awards consisted of . . .
IRIS ACKER
BECON TV
J.W. ARNOLD
South Florida Gay News
RICHARD CAMERON
Theatre Chat at examiner.com / Broadway Global
MARY DAMIANO
BroadwayWorld.com / FloridaTheaterOnstage.com / South Florida Gay News
CHRISTINE DOLEN
The Miami Herald
TONY FINSTROM
TonysLatest
BILL HIRSCHMAN
Florida Theater On Stage / Florida Weekly.com
JOHN LARIVIERE
Talkinbroadway.com
RON LEVITT
Florida Media News
ROGER MARTIN
miamiartzine.com
SKIP SHEFFIELD
Boca Raton Tribune / Atlantic Avenue Magazine
MICHELLE F. SOLOMON
miamiartzine.com / Florida Theatre On Stage
JOHN THOMASON
Miami New Times / Broward-Palm Beach New Times / Boca Raton Magazine