2014 MAT Award Winners & Nominees

• Rial Ellsworth as Fred –
• James Connor as Candy – Of Mice and Men
• Adam Bailey as Jeremy – The Divine Sister
• Adam Bailey as Clown 1 – The 39 Steps
• Charlie Miller as Clown 2 – The 39 Steps

MAJOR SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MUSICALS

• Kristel Wunderlin as Jewel – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Whitney Van Matre as Lady Larken – Once Upon A Mattress
• Michelle Davis as Emma – Jekyll and Hyde the Musical
• Jennifer Loudermilk as Paulette Bonafonte – Legally Blonde

MAJOR SUPPORTING ACTRESS, PLAYS

• Betty Mitchell as Roberta – Evelyn in Purgatory
• Megan Hayes as Candace – Evelyn in Purgatory
• Gloria Szokoly as Helga Ten Dorp – Deathtrap
• Vanessa Outlaw as Izzy – Rabbit Hole‘

LEADING ACTRESS, MUSICALS

• Cathe Hall Payne as Miss Mona Stangley – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Sarah Peavy as Sally Bowles – Cabaret
• Ansley Gwinn as Lucy – Jekyll and Hyde the Musical
• Haley Devaney as Elle Woods – Legally Blonde

LEADING ACTRESS, PLAYS

• Frankie L. Earle as Acacius – The Divine Sister
• Elizabeth Miller as Scheherezade – Arabian Nights
• Amy LeCates as Becca – Rabbit Hole
• Barbara Cole Uterhardt as Anabella/Pamela/Margaret – The 39 Steps

LEADING ACTOR, MUSICALS

• DeWayne Morgan as Melvin P. Thorpe – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Carl Barrington as Tevye – Fiddler On The Roof
• Jordan Stovall as Emcee – Cabaret
• Chris Ikner as Jekyll/Hyde – Jekyll and Hyde the Musical

LEADING ACTOR, PLAYS

• James Beck as Lennie – Of Mice and Men
• Travis Young as George – Of Mice and Men
• Mercury as Sidney Bruhl – Deathtrap
• Topher Payne as Mother Superior – The Divine Sister
• Geoffrey *Googie* Uterhardt as Hannay – The 39 Steps

YOUTH AWARD, MUSICALS

• Olivia Banford as Randolph Hedgehog, Reader – Wind In Willows
• Cam Perkins as Billy Hedgehog, Reader – Wind In Willows
• Matt Alea as Newsboy – Jekyll and Hyde the Musical
• Amanda Burnette as Brooke Wyndham – Legally Blonde
• Randie Crowder as Enid Hoopes – Legally Blonde

YOUTH AWARD, PLAYS

• Jeb Sexton as Johnny Cade – The Outsiders
• Max River as Gerald Sims – Every Little Crook and Nanny
• Devin Bacon as Jason – Rabbit Hole

MOIRA THORNETT DIRECTOR’S AWARD, PLAYS

• Joanie McElroy – Of Mice and Men
• Brian Clowdus – Arabian Nights
• Dr. David Klein – The 39 Steps
• Rob Hardie – Laughter on the 23rd Floor

MOIRA THORNETT DIRECTOR’S AWARD, MUSICALS

• Charlie Miller – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Jay Tryall – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
• Paul Gourdeau and Rob Hardie – Cabaret
• Patti Mactas – Jekyll and Hyde

BEST ENSEMBLE, PLAYS

• Of Mice and Men – Lionheart Theatre Company
• Laughter on the 23rd Floor – Next Stage Theatre Company
• Arabian Nights – Act 3 Productions
• The 39 Steps – OnStage Atlanta

BEST ENSEMBLE, MUSICAL

• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas – Onstage Atlanta
• The Great American Trailer Park Musical – The New Depot Players
• Cabaret – Next Stage Theatre Company
• Once Upon A Mattress – The Henry Players
• Jekyll and Hyde the Musical – Act3 Productions

ORIGINAL WORK

• Bat Hamlet by Jordan Pulliam – The Essential Theatre
• The Local by Atlanta Theatre Artists – The Essential Theatre
• Scorned by Raymond Fast – Out of Box Theatre
• The Strange Attractor by Jesse Cramer – Act 3 Productions

BEST OVERALL PLAY

• Of Mice and Men – Lionheart Theatre Company
• Laughter on the 23rd Floor – Next Stage Theatre Company
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Out of Box Theatre
• Arabian Nights – Act 3 Productions
• The 39 Steps – OnStage Atlanta

BEST OVERALL MUSICAL

• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas – Onstage Atlanta
• The Great American Trailer Park Musical – The New Depot Players
• Cabaret – Next Stage Theatre Company
• Jekyll and Hyde the Musical – Act3 Productions