the winners | 2007-08 Marquee Awards

Best musical: “Ragtime — The Musical,” Weathervane Community Playhouse

Best play: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” New Castle Playhouse

Best revival of a play or musical: “Man of LaMancha,” New Castle Playhouse

Best lead actor (play): John Holt as George in “Who ºs Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” New Castle Playhouse

Best lead actor (musical): Tom C. Barnes as Coalhouse Walker in “Ragtime — The Musical,” Weathervane Community Playhouse

Best lead actress (play): Connie Cassidy as Hedda in “Hedda Gabler,” Victorian Players

Best lead actress (musical): Nikita Jones as Ti-moune in “Once On This Island,” Top Hat Productions

Best supporting actress (play): Candace DiLullo as Honey in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” New Castle Playhouse

Best supporting actress (musical): Brandy Johanntges as Kate McGowen in “Titanic — The Musical,” Youngstown Playhouse

Best supporting actor (musical): Greg Emannuelson as Tateh in “Ragtime — The Musical,” Weathervane Community Playhouse

Best supporting actor (play): David El ºHatton as Kendrick in “A Few Good Men,” Youngstown Playhouse

Best featured actor (play): Terry Shears as Markinson in “A Few Good Men,” Youngstown Playhouse

Best featured actor (musical): Shawn Lockaton as Frederick in “Titanic — The Musical,” Youngstown Playhouse

Best featured actress (play): Lori Broderick as Erna in “The Runner Stumbles,” Oakland Center for the Arts

Best featured actress (musical): Brandy Johanntges as Madame Bouche in “Disney ºs Beauty and the Beast,” Youngstown Playhouse

Best character performance in a play: Nick Opritza as Gus Swenson in “Sandbag Stage Left,” Move Over Broadway Productions

Best swing performer: Henry C. Bishop for “Ragtime — The Musical,” Weathervane Community Playhouse

Best costume design: Kenneth Brown for “Once On This Island,” Top Hat Productions

Best direction of a musical: Terry Burgler for “Ragtime — The Musical,” Weathervane Community Playhouse

Best direction of a play: John Pecano for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” New Castle Playhouse

Best lighting design: Ellen Licitra for “Titanic — The Musical,” Youngstown Playhouse

Best scenic design: Jim Lybarger for “Enchanted April,” Youngstown Playhouse

Best musical director: John Ebner for “Ragtime — The Musical,” Weathervane Community Playhouse

Best sound design: Dan Jankura for “Ragtime — The Musical,” Weathervane Community Playhouse

Best stage manager: Joey Monda for “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” Youngstown Playhouse

Best lightboard operator: Jeffrey Chann for “The Earth Trembled,” Top Hat Productions

Best properties design: Pam Sacui, Thomas Copeland, Marilyn Higgins for “An Evening of One-Acts,” Victorian Players

SPECIAL AWARDS:

2008 lifetime achievement award: George Orr of the New Castle Playhouse

Excellence in theater award: New Castle Playhouse, on its 50th anniversary