Best Drama

Mercury Fur, Who Wants Cake? Theatre (director Joe Plambeck)
•Equus, Blackbird Theatre (director Sarah Lucas)
•Proof, Tipping Point Theatre (director Suzi Regan)
•Sonia Flew, Jewish Ensemble Theatre and Performance Network Theatre (director David Wolber)
•True West, The Abreact (director Charles Reynolds)

Best Comedy

Crimes of the Heart, Tipping Point Theatre (director Kate Peckham)
•And the Creek Don't Rise, Williamston Theatre (director Joseph Albright)
•The Model Apartment, Jewish Ensemble Theatre (director Lavinia Moyer Hart)
•The 39 Steps, Meadow Brook Theatre (director Travis Walter)
•The War Since Eve, Performance Network Theatre (director David Wolber)

Best Musical

The Drowsy Chaperone, Performance Network Theatre (director Carla Milarch)
•Guys on Ice, Tipping Point Theatre (director Joseph Albright)
•Forever Plaid, The Encore Musical Theatre Co. (director Barb Cullen)
•Little Women, The Encore Musical Theatre Co. (director Steve DeBruyne)
•RoGoCop! The Musical, Go Comedy! (director Joe Plambeck)

New Play or Adaptation

David MacGregor, Consider the Oyster, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Kim Carney, The War Since Eve, Performance Network Theatre
•Tony Caselli and Annie Martin, Oedipus, Williamston Theatre
•William Missouri Downs, Forgiving John Lennon, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Joseph Zettelmaier, Salvage, Planet Ant Theatre

Original Production

Fish Dinner, Planet Ant Theatre
•Best Damn Holiday Show, Go Comedy!
•The Everyman Project, The New Theatre Project
•F$$$ the Holidays, Sweetlove Productions and the Ringwald
•Ferndale 2-4-8, Go Comedy!

Scenic Design (Proscenium Seating)

Harry Wetzel, A Strange Disappearance of Bees, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Kevin Barron, April Foolery, Matrix Theatre
•Brian Kessler, Dracula, A Rock Opera, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Michael Wilkki, The Misanthrope, Hilberry Theatre
•Kevin Young, 'night, Mother, Breathe Art Theatre Project

Scenic Design (Surround Seating)

Keith Paul Medelis, Cloud Tectonics, The New Theatre Project
•Barton Bund, Dance Xanax Dance, Planet Ant Theatre
•Dennis Crawley, Consider the Oyster, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Kirk Domer, While We Were Bowling, Williamston Theatre
•Monika Essen, Proof, Tipping Point Theatre

Lighting Design (Proscenium Seating)

Reid G. Johnson, The 39 Steps, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Kevin Barron, Hylomorph, Planet Ant Theatre
•Thomas H. Schraeder, Of Mice and Men, Hilberry Theatre
•Daniel C. Walker, Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh, Performance Network Theatre
•Jon Weaver, The Cider House Rules (Parts 1 and 2), Hilberry Theatre

Lighting Design (Surround Seating)

Ryan Davies, Eleemosynary, Williamston Theatre
•Hillary Bard, Dance Xanax Dance, Planet Ant Theatre
•Tim Fox, Among Friends, Stormfield Theatre
•Eric W. Maher, Waiting for Godot, The Abreact
•Dana L. White, Oedipus, Williamston Theatre

Sound Design

Frannie Shepherd-Bates, La Ronde, The Abreact
•John Diorio, Equus, Blackbird Theatre
•Mike Duncan, Reunion: A Musical Epic in Miniature, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Will Myers, And the Creek Don't Rise, Williamston Theatre
•Jess Preville, Forever Plaid, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.

Costume Design

Dana Sutton, Women In Love, Blackbird Theatre
•Tommy LeRoy, RoGoCop! The Musical, Go Comedy!
•Sarah Lucas, Seascape, Blackbird Theatre
•Jodi Ozimek, While We Were Bowling, Williamston Theatre
•John D. Woodland, The Misanthrope, Hilberry Theatre

Properties Design

Kirstin Bianchi, Salvage, Planet Ant Theatre
•Danna Segrest, Corktown, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Charles Sutherland, The Piano Lesson, Performance Network Theatre
•Barbie Weisserman, boom, Breathe Art Theatre Project
•Patricia A. York, The Lady with All the Answers, Stormfield Theatre

Choreography (Dance)

Phil Simmons, The Drowsy Chaperone, Performance Network Theatre
•Barb Cullen, The Music Man, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Jill Dion, Dance Xanax Dance, Planet Ant Theatre
•Jennifer George-Consiglio, Shout! The Mod Musical, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Ben Stange, The Dance of the Seven Veils, The New Theatre Project

Choreography (Movement or Fight)

Jennifer Graham, Equus, Blackbird Theatre
•Brian Carbine, Posing, The New Theatre Project
•Dave Early, Mercury Fur, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
•Michael Brian Ogden, Richard III, Hilberry Theatre
•Wayne David Parker, The Model Apartment, Jewish Ensemble Theatre

Ensemble (2–4)

'night, Mother, Breathe Art Theatre Project
•Eleemosynary, Williamston Theatre
•Greater Tuna, Williamston Theatre
•Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh, Performance Network Theatre
•Proof, Tipping Point Theatre

Ensemble (5 or more)

The Cider House Rules (Parts 1 and 2), Hilberry Theatre
•Equus, Blackbird Theatre
•The Piano Lesson, Performance Network Theatre
•Sonia Flew, Jewish Ensemble Theatre and Performance Network Theatre
•While We Were Bowling, Williamston Theatre

Duo or Trio

Stephen Blackwell and David Schoen, Waiting for Godot, The Abreact
•Hallie B. Bard, Maggie Meyer, and Inga R. Wilson, Crimes of the Heart, Tipping Point Theatre
•Erman Jones and Peter Prouty, Of Mice and Men, Hilberry Theatre
•Aphrodite Nikolovski and Jim Porterfield, Some Couples May…, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Rob Pantano and Kevin Young, The 39 Steps, Meadow Brook Theatre

Best Rogue

Edmund Alyn Jones, Richard III, Hilberry Theatre
•Luna Alexander, The Everyman Project, The New Theatre Project
•Tobin Hissong, Damn Yankees, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Sarab Kamoo, Consider the Oyster, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Bryan Lark, RoGoCop! The Musical, Go Comedy!

Lead Actress (Drama)

Lisa Lauren Smith, Looking for the Pony, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Linda Rabin Hammell, Seascape, Blackbird Theatre
•Kelly Komlen, A Strange Disappearance of Bees, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Rhiannon Ragland, Consider the Oyster, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Jamie Weeder, Cloud Tectonics, The New Theatre Project

Lead Actor (Drama)

Andrew Huff, Next Fall, Performance Network Theatre
•Joe Bailey, Shining City, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
•Julian Gant, Blue Door, Williamston Theatre
•Harold Hogan, A Lesson Before Dying, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Chris Korte, True West, The Abreact

Supporting Actress (Drama)

Sandra Birch, Oedipus, Williamston Theatre
•Nancy Kammer, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Matrix Theatre
•Angela King, A Lesson Before Dying, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Carollette Phillips, Richard III, Hilberry Theatre
•Caroline L. Price, New Jerusalem…, Jewish Ensemble Theatre

Supporting Actor (Drama)

Alan Madlane, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Matrix Theatre
•Alex D. Hill, Mercury Fur, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
•Dan Jaroslaw, Yankee Tavern, Breathe Art Theatre Project
•Joe Plambeck, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
•John Seibert, Next Fall, Performance Network Theatre

Lead Actress (Comedy)

Laurel Hufano, The Model Apartment, Jewish Ensemble Theatre
•Henrietta Hermelin-Weinberg, The God of Isaac, Jewish Ensemble Theatre
•Yolanda Jack, Forgiving John Lennon, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Lisa Jesswein, The House of Blue Leaves, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
•Inga R. Wilson, Hylomorph, Planet Ant Theatre

Lead Actor (Comedy)

Dave Davies, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Tipping Point Theatre
•Thomas D. Mahard, And the Creek Don't Rise, Williamston Theatre
•Rusty Mewha, The 39 Steps, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Joel Mitchell, Christmas on Mars, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
•Michael Brian Ogden, The God of Isaac, Jewish Ensemble Theatre

Supporting Actress (Comedy)

Courtney Jo Burkett, boom, Breathe Art Theatre Project
•Sarah Ann Leahy, Circle Mirror Transformation, Performance Network Theatre
•Molly McMahon, The Agony and the Agony, Magenta Giraffe Theatre
•Michelle Meredith, Kimberly Akimbo, Stormfield Theatre
•Jaclyn Strez, The Current, Magenta Giraffe Theatre

Supporting Actor (Comedy)

Jonathan Davidson, The Agony and the Agony, Magenta Giraffe Theatre
•Lance Alan, Waiting for Godot, The Abreact
•Alan Ball, The Misanthrope, Hilberry Theatre
•Arthur J. Beer, The God of Isaac, Jewish Ensemble Theatre
•Joe Hingelberg, F$$$ the Holidays, Sweetlove Productions and the Ringwald

Lead Actress (Musical)

Katie Hardy, Little Women, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Allison Hunt, Shout! The Mod Musical, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Sonja Marquis, Damn Yankees, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Andrea Mellos, The Drowsy Chaperone, Performance Network Theatre
•Thalia Schramm, The Last Five Years, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.

Lead Actor (Musical)

Paul Hopper, Dracula, A Rock Opera, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Dan Cooney, Nevermore, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Phill Harmer, Forever Plaid, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Mitchell Koory, Evil Dead: The Musical, Who Wants Cake? Theatre and City Theatre
•Brian Sage, Guys on Ice, Tipping Point Theatre

Supporting Actress (Musical)

Satori Shakoor, Reunion: A Musical Epic in Miniature, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Christa Coulter, Evil Dead: The Musical, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
•Naz Edwards, The Drowsy Chaperone, Performance Network Theatre
•Allyson Ortwein, Evil Dead: The Musical, Who Wants Cake? Theatre
•Kelly Rossi, Cancer! The Musical, Park Bar Theatre

Supporting Actor (Musical)

Pete Podolski, RoGoCop! The Musical, Go Comedy!
•Matt Anderson, The Drowsy Chaperone, Performance Network Theatre
•Scott Crownover, The Drowsy Chaperone, Performance Network Theatre
•Chris Korte, Detroit Be Dammed: A Beaver's Tale, Planet Ant Theatre and Park Bar Theatre
•Andy Orscheln, Guys on Ice, Tipping Point Theatre