Best Drama

August: Osage County, Ringwald Theatre (director Joe Bailey)
•Faith Healer, The Abreact (director Charles Reynolds)
•The Glass Menagerie, Performance Network Theatre (director Tim Rhoze)
•Marat/Sade, Hilberry Theatre (director Matthew Earnest)
•33 Variations, Purple Rose Theatre Co. (director Guy Sanville)

Best Comedy

Detroit, Hilberry Theatre (director Lavinia Hart)
•boom, Williamston Theatre (director Tony Caselli)
•End Days, Williamston Theatre/Jewish Ensemble Theatre (director Tony Caselli)
•Looking, Tipping Point Theatre (director Kate Peckham)
•Pookie Goes Grenading, The New Theatre Project (director Emilie C. Samuelson)

Best Musical

Next to Normal, Meadow Brook Theatre (director Travis W. Walter)
•The Divas Project, Plowshares Theatre (director Gary Anderson)
•The Fantasticks, The Encore Musical Theatre Co. (director Barton Bund)
•A Little Night Music, Performance Network Theatre (director Phil Simmons)
•Ordinary Days, Tipping Point Theatre (director Brian P. Sage)

New Play or Adaptation

Margaret Edwartowski, Hamtown Races, Planet Ant Theatre
•Jeff Daniels, The Meaning of Almost Everything, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Joe Hingleberg and Travis Pelto, White Elephant, Go Comedy! Improv Theater
•Kirsten Knisely, Soul Mates, Magenta Giraffe Theatre Co.
•Don Zolidis, Miles & Ellie, Purple Rose Theatre Co.

Original Production

The OffBeats, Go Comedy! Improv Theater
•AHOY!, Go Comedy! Improv Theater
•Bringing Up Baby New Year, Planet Ant Theatre
•Fish Dinner: Second Helping, Planet Ant Theatre
•North By North Pole, Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Scenic Design (Proscenium Seating)

Daniel C. Walker, Brill, Performance Network Theatre
•Jeremy Barnett, Next to Normal, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Kristen Gribbin, The Haunting of Hill House, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Pegi Marshall-Amundsen, Detroit, Hilberry Theatre
•Katie Orwig, Hamtown Races, Planet Ant Theatre

Scenic Design (Surround Seating)

Janine Woods Thoma, boom, Williamston Theatre
•Bartley H. Bauer, Superior Donuts, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Bartley H. Bauer, 10:53, Williamston Theatre
•Adam Crinson, Phoenix, Matrix Theatre
•Eric W. Maher, The Weir, The Abreact

Lighting Design (Proscenium Seating)

Reid G. Johnson, White's Lies, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Kevin Barron, Antigone in New York, Elizabeth Theatre
•Samuel G. Byers, Marat/Sade, Hilberry Theatre
•Lucy Meyo, Greetings!, Two Muses Theatre
•Daniel Walker, The Fantasticks, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.

Lighting Design (Surround Seating)

Genesis Garza, Shirley Valentine, Williamston Theatre
•Genesis Garza, Tuna Does Vegas, Williamston Theatre
•Joel Klain, Mrs. Mannerly, Tipping Point Theatre
•Keith Paul Medelis, Woyzeck, The New Theatre Project
•Noele Stollmack, The Meaning of Almost Everything, Purple Rose Theatre Co.

Sound Design

Burr Huntington, A Thousand Circlets, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Dyan Bailey, Mommie Queerest, Ringwald Theatre
•Samuel G. Byers, Detroit, Hilberry Theatre
•Carla Milarch, Good People, Performance Network Theatre
•Jason Painter Price, End Days, Williamston Theatre/Jewish Ensemble Theatre

Costume Design

Clare Hungate-Hawk, Othello, Hilberry Theatre
•Lane Frangomeli, End Days, Williamston Theatre/Jewish Ensemble Theatre
•Vince Kelley, Mommie Queerest, Ringwald Theatre
•Lauren Montgomery, Soul Mates, Magenta Giraffe Theatre Co.
•Liz Moore, The Constant Wife, Meadow Brook Theatre

Properties Design

Eric W. Maher, A Skull in Connemara, The Abreact
•Bruce Bennett, Shirley Valentine, Williamston Theatre
•Keith Paul Medelis, Pookie Goes Grenading, The New Theatre Project
•Katy Schoetzow, August: Osage County, Ringwald Theatre
•Diane Ulseth, Moonlight and Magnolias, Jewish Ensemble Theatre

Choreography (Dance)

Barbara F. Cullen, The Fantasticks, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Barbara F. Cullen, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Angie Kane Ferrante, 35MM, The AKT Theatre Project
•Tyrick Wiltez Jones, Life Could Be a Dream, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Tyrick Wiltez Jones, 70, Girls, 70, Meadow Brook Theatre

Choreography (Movement or Fight)

Brian Carbine and Kevin Young,* The Pillowman, Threefold Productions
•Wayne David Parker, I Hate Hamlet, Tipping Point Theatre
•Rhiannon Ragland, The Meaning of Almost Everything, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•David Sterritt, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Hilberry Theatre
•Nate Mitchell, Superior Donuts, Purple Rose Theatre Co.

*Movement by Carbine, fight choreography by Young

Ensemble (2–4)

The Meaning of Almost Everything, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•boom, Williamston Theatre
•Ebenezer, Williamston Theatre
•Looking, Tipping Point Theatre
•Phoenix, Matrix Theatre

Ensemble (5 or more)

End Days, Williamston Theatre/Jewish Ensemble Theatre
•August: Osage County, Ringwald Theatre
•Detroit, Hilberry Theatre
•Hamtown Races, Planet Ant Theatre
•Marat/Sade, Hilberry Theatre

Duo or Trio

Joel Mitchell, Glen Allen Pruett, and Wayne David Parker,
Moonlight and Magnolias, Jewish Ensemble Theatre
•Stephen Brown and Jenaya Jones Reynolds, A Thousand Circlets, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Sarab Kamoo and David Wolber, Becky Shaw, Performance Network Theatre
•Molly McMahon and Jaclyn Strez, The Maids, Magenta Giraffe Theatre Co.
•Rob Pantano and Jim Porterfield, Deathtrap, Tipping Point Theatre

Best Rogue

Andrew Papa, Edward the Second, The New Theatre Project
•Joe Bailey, The Homosexuals, Ringwald Theatre
•Alex Leydenfrost, Good People, Performance Network Theatre
•Lisa Melinn, Making Porn, Ringwald Theatre
•Scott Vertical, Boner and the Neudge, Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Lead Actress (Drama)

Carla Milarch, The Glass Menagerie, Performance Network Theatre
•Cassaundra Freeman, Postcards, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Michelle Mountain, 33 Variations, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Carollette Phillips, The Mountaintop, Performance Network Theatre
•Jamie Warrow, Faith Healer, The Abreact

Lead Actor (Drama)

Keith Kalinowski, Faith Healer, The Abreact
•Samer Ajluni, Death and the Maiden, Matrix Theatre
•Brian Marable, The Mountaintop, Performance Network Theatre
•Richard Payton, Greetings!, Two Muses Theatre
•Kevin Young, The Glass Menagerie, Performance Network Theatre

Supporting Actress (Drama)

Meredith Gifford, The Maids, Magenta Giraffe Theatre Co.
•Luna Alexander, Andronicus Bound, Threefold Productions
•Naz Edwards, My Name is Asher Lev, Jewish Ensemble Theatre/Performance Network Theatre
•Kelly Komlen, Postcards, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•Kristine Stephens, The Weir, The Abreact

Supporting Actor (Drama)

David Daoust, Superior Donuts, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•David Bendena, 33 Variations, Purple Rose Theatre Co.
•Mikey Brown, Shopping & F***ing, Ringwald Theatre
•Travis Reiff, The Weir, The Abreact
•Jamie Richards, The Homosexuals, Ringwald Theatre

Lead Actress (Comedy)

Cheryl Turski, The Constant Wife, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Luna Alexander, Pookie Goes Grenading, The New Theatre Project
•Sandra Birch, 10:53, Williamston Theatre
•Julia Glander, Shirley Valentine, Williamston Theatre
•Suzi Regan, Good People, Performance Network Theatre

Lead Actor (Comedy)

Sebastian Gerstner, Lend Me a Tenor, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Patrick Hanley, Antigone in New York, Elizabeth Theatre
•Quintin Hicks, Fish Dinner: Second Helping, Planet Ant Theatre
•Phil Powers, Brill, Performance Network Theatre
•Peter Prouty, Mrs. Mannerly, Tipping Point Theatre

Supporting Actress (Comedy)

Yolanda Jack, A Paradise of Fools, Detroit Repertory Theatre
•MaryJo Cuppone, Good People, Performance Network Theatre
•Allie McCaw, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Jewish Ensemble Theatre
•Maggie Meyer, Becky Shaw, Performance Network Theatre
•Chelsea Ortuno, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Hilberry Theatre

Supporting Actor (Comedy)

Rob Pantano, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Jewish Ensemble Theatre
•Ryan Carlson, I Hate Hamlet, Tipping Point Theatre
•York R. Griffith, A Skull in Connemara, The Abreact
•Greg Harris, Antigone in New York, Elizabeth Theatre
•Brian Sage, Lend Me a Tenor, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.

Lead Actress (Musical)

Naz Edwards, A Little Night Music, Performance Network Theatre
•Audrey Northington, The Divas Project, Plowshares Theatre
•Mary Robin Roth, 70, Girls, 70, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Thalia Schramm, The Fantasticks, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Stephanie Wahl, Next to Normal, Meadow Brook Theatre

Lead Actor (Musical)

John Seibert, A Little Night Music, Performance Network Theatre
•J. Michael Bailey, Les Misérables, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Kevin Rose, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Brian Thibault, The Fantasticks, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•George Andrew Wolff, Next to Normal, Meadow Brook Theatre

Supporting Actress (Musical)

Kryssy Becker, Ordinary Days, Tipping Point Theatre
•Madison Deadman, Les Misérables, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Aubrey Fink, Next to Normal, Two Muses Theatre
•Erika Henningsen, Les Misérables, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Leslie Hull, A Little Night Music, Performance Network Theatre

Supporting Actor (Musical)

Tobin Hissong, The Fantasticks, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Zach Barnes, Les Misérables, The Encore Musical Theatre Co.
•Eric Gutman, Next to Normal, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Paul Hopper, 70, Girls, 70, Meadow Brook Theatre
•Christopher L. Tucker, Ordinary Days, Tipping Point Theatre