Best Drama

The Whipping Man, Jewish Ensemble Theatre/Plowshares Theatre (director Gary Anderson)
•Burying the Bones, Detroit Repertory Theatre (director Leah Smith)
•Fiction, Tipping Point Theatre (director James R. Kuhl)
•A Stone Carver, Purple Rose Theatre Co. (director Rhiannon Ragland)
•Time Stands Still, Performance Network Theatre (director Kate Peckham)

Best Comedy

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Planet Ant Theatre (director Annette Madias)
•The Altruists, Magenta Giraffe Theatre Co. (director Molly McMahon)
•The Dead Guy, Williamston Theatre (director Tony Caselli)
•God of Carnage, Jewish Ensemble Theatre/Performance Network Theatre (director David J. Magidson)
•The Love List, Tipping Point Theatre (director Lynn Lammers)

Best Musical

Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Ringwald Theatre (director Joe Plambeck)
•Ain't Misbehavin', Performance Network Theatre (director Tim Edward Rhoze)
•Godspell, The Encore Musical Theatre Co. (director Dan Cooney)
•Smokey Joe's Café, The Encore Musical Theatre Co. (director Barb Cullen)
•Xanadu, Meadow Brook Theatre (director Travis W. Walter)

New Play or Adaptation

Joseph Zettelmaier, Dead Man's Shoes, Williamston Theatre/Performance Network Theatre
•Gray Bouchard and Jason Sebacher*, The American Crowbar Case, The New Theatre Project
•Audra Lord, Fugue, The New Theatre Project
•Franco Vitello, Burn the Red Banner, or, Let the Rebels Have Their Fun, The Abreact
•Don Zolidis, White Buffalo, Purple Rose Theatre Co.

*Created by Bouchard, book by Sebacher, music by Match by Match

Original Production

The Mute Quire, The New Theatre Project/Fratellaza
•Mid-Life Christmas, Go Comedy! Improv Theater
•Montag and Marbles, Go Comedy! Improv Theater
•Séance 4, Planet Ant Theatre
•Stage Fright, Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Scenic Design (Proscenium Seating)

Melinda Pacha, Autobahn, UDM Theatre Co.
•Toni Auletti, The Light in the Piazza, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Monika Essen, Red, Performance Network Theatre
•Brian Kessler, Spreading it Around, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Tommy LeRoy, Love Song, Planet Ant Theatre

Scenic Design (Surround Seating)

Janine Woods Thoma, If You Start a Fire [Be Prepared to Burn], The New Theatre Project
•Bartley Bauer, The Understudy, Williamston Theatre
•Monika Essen, The Importance of Being Earnest, Tipping Point Theatre
•Keith Paul Medelis, Fugue, The New Theatre Project
•Daniel C. Walker, A Stone Carver, Purple Rose Theatre Co.

Lighting Design (Proscenium Seating)

Justin Lang, Red, Performance Network Theatre
•Mary Cole, Burn This, Performance Network Theatre
•Michelle LeRoy, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Planet Ant Theatre
•Brian M. Scruggs, Cyrano, Hilberry Theatre
•Jon Weaver, M. Butterfly, Jewish Ensemble Theatre

Lighting Design (Surround Seating)

Genesis Garza, The Dead Guy, Williamston Theatre
•Tim Fox, Romantic Fools, Stormfield Theatre
•Alex Gay, The Understudy, Williamston Theatre
•Harley Miah, Spring Awakening, The AKT Theatre Project
•Dana White, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Purple Rose Theatre Co.

Sound Design

Dyan Bailey, Love Song, Planet Ant Theatre
•Quintessa Gallinat, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Burr Huntington, Dead and Buried, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Pete Jacokes, Mid-Life Christmas, Go Comedy! Improv Theater
•Will Myers, Dead Man's Shoes, Williamston Theatre/Performance Network Theatre

Costume Design

Nancy Richard, Endgame, The Abreact
•Barbie Amann Weisserman, Same Time, Next Year, Two Muses Theatre
•Karen Kangas-Preston, Red, White, and Tuna, Williamston Theatre
•Vince Kelley, A Bright Room Called Day, Ringwald Theatre
•Liz Moore, Mary Stuart, Meadow Brook Theatre

Properties Design

Monika Essen, Red, Performance Network Theatre
•Beth C. Duey, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Tipping Point Theatre
•Monika Essen, God of Carnage, Jewish Ensemble Theatre/Performance Network Theatre
•Jen Hansen and Ted Hansen, Stage Fright, Go Comedy! Improv Theater
•Lynn Lammers, The Usual: A Musical Love Story, Williamston Theatre

Choreography (Dance)

Barbara F. Cullen, Smokey Joe's Café, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Jennifer Consiglio, From My Hometown, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Jill Dion, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Hilberry Theatre
•Marcus R. White, Xanadu, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Robin Wilson, Ain't Misbehavin', Performance Network Theatre

Choreography (Movement or Fight)

Jill Dion, The Tempest, Elizabeth Theatre
•Rob Arbaugh, Mary Stuart, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Dave Early, Snowbound, Planet Ant Theatre
•David Sterritt, Cyrano, Hilberry Theatre
•Joseph Zettelmaier, Burn This, Performance Network Theatre

Ensemble (2–4)

Montag and Marbles, Go Comedy! Improv Theater
•From My Hometown, Meadow Brook Theatre
•God of Carnage, Jewish Ensemble Theatre/Performance Network Theatre
•Heroes, Stormfield Theatre
•The Mystery of Irma Vep, Tipping Point Theatre

Ensemble (5 or more)

Godspell, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Ain't Misbehavin', Performance Network Theatre
•The Altruists, Magenta Giraffe Theatre Co.
•The Cripple of Inishmaan, Hilberry Theatre
•White Buffalo, Purple Rose Theatre Co.

Duo or Trio

Janet Caine and Eric Gutman, Spreading it Around, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Dax Anderson and Sarah Galloway, Endgame, The Abreact
•Melissa Beckwith and Jamie Richards, Southern Baptist Sissies, Ringwald Theatre
•Mikey Brown, Chris Korte, and Mike McGettigan, The Tempest, Elizabeth Theatre
•Jennifer George and Lisa Lauren Smith, Xanadu, Meadow Brook Theatre

Best Rogue

Seth Amadei, Burying the Bones, Detroit Repertory Theatre [TIE]
Drew Parker, Dead Man's Shoes, Williamston Theatre/Performance Network Theatre [TIE]
•Darrell Glasgow, Burn This, Performance Network Theatre
•Robin Lewis-Bedz, The Dead Guy, Williamston Theatre
•B.J. Love, Imagining Madoff, Jewish Ensemble Theatre

Lead Actress (Drama)

Suzi Regan, Time Stands Still, Performance Network Theatre
•Qamara Peaches Black, Pretty Fire, Threefold Productions
•Linda Rabin Hammell, Fugue, The New Theatre Project
•Jaclyn Strez, Snowbound, Planet Ant Theatre
•Charlyn Swarthout, A Stone Carver, Purple Rose Theatre Co.

Lead Actor (Drama)

Guy Sanville, A Stone Carver, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Council Cargle, The Whipping Man, Jewish Ensemble Theatre/Plowshares Theatre
•Joe Plambeck, Southern Baptist Sissies, Ringwald Theatre
•Mark Rademacher, Red, Performance Network Theatre
•Orson Wingo, Driving Miss Daisy, The Box Theatre

Supporting Actress (Drama)

K Edmonds, Ruined, Plowshares Theatre
•Heidi Bennett, Time Stands Still, Performance Network Theatre
•Alysia Kolascz, Fiction, Tipping Point Theatre
•Trudy Mason, Mary Stuart, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Madelyn Porter, Burying the Bones, Detroit Repertory Theatre

Supporting Actor (Drama)

Richard Payton, A Bright Room Called Day, Ringwald Theatre
•Stephen Blackwell, Snowbound, Planet Ant Theatre
•John Manfredi, Race, Jewish Ensemble Theatre
•Paul Riopelle, Mary Stuart, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Jordan Whalen, Mary Stuart, Meadow Brook Theatre

Lead Actress (Comedy)

Inga Wilson, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Planet Ant Theatre
•Barbie Amann Weisserman, Sylvia, Two Muses Theatre
•Sandra Birch, The Cemetery Club, Tipping Point Theatre
•Barbara Jacobs-Smith, Taking Care of Mimi, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Tara Rase, Séance 4, Planet Ant Theatre

Lead Actor (Comedy)

Dave Toomey, Cyrano, Hilberry Theatre
•Jonathan Davidson, Burn the Red Banner, or, Let the Rebels Have Their Fun, The Abreact
•Joel Mitchell, A Behanding in Spokane, Breathe Art Theatre Project
•John Peakes, On Golden Pond, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Marke Sobolewski, Suddenly, Last Summer, Ringwald Theatre

Supporting Actress (Comedy)

Terry Heck, The Importance of Being Earnest, Tipping Point Theatre
•Margaret Edwartowski, The Do-Over, Planet Ant Theatre
•Katie Galazka, Oh, Hell!, The Abreact
•Leslie Hull, In the Next Room or the vibrator play, Performance Network Theatre
•Sonja Marquis, Beyond Therapy, Detroit Ensemble Theatre

Supporting Actor (Comedy)

Dax Anderson, Oh, Hell!, The Abreact
•Sean McGettigan, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Planet Ant Theatre
•Scott Norman, Taking Care of Mimi, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Wayne David Parker, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Tom Whalen, On Golden Pond, Purple Rose Theatre Co.

Lead Actress (Musical)

Carollette Phillips, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Hilberry Theatre
•Leslie Hull, The Usual: A Musical Love Story, Williamston Theatre
•Allison Hunt, Xanadu, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Sonja Marquis, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Ringwald Theatre
•Barbara Scanlon, The Light in the Piazza, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.

Lead Actor (Musical)

David Havasi, Xanadu, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Peter Giessl, Spring Awakening, The AKT Theatre Project
•Vince Kelley, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Ringwald Theatre
•Eric Niece, Avenue Q, The Box Theatre
•Patrick O'Reilly, Five Course Love, HappenStance Productions

Supporting Actress (Musical)

Marlene Inman-Reilly, The Light in the Piazza, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Yana Levovna, Avenue Q, The Box Theatre
•Amy Smidebush, Smokey Joe's Café, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Stephanie Wahl, Nunset Boulevard, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Jamie Weeder, The American Crowbar Case, The New Theatre Project

Supporting Actor (Musical)

Steve Xander Carson, Avenue Q, The Box Theatre
•Brian E. Buckner, Smokey Joe's Café, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Sebastian Gerstner, The Light in the Piazza, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Lindel Salow, Spring Awakening, The AKT Theatre Project
•Tommy Simon, Menllenium Saves the World, Go Comedy! Improv Theater