The 2014 ArtsImpulse Awards recognized the best in theatre, opera, and musical productions from the Boston area. Into the Woods, produced by The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, received multiple awards including for Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Musical Director, and Best Ensemble in a Musical. Bad Jews, produced by SpeakEasy Stage Company, was named Best Play. Gallo, produced by Guerilla Opera, was recognized as Best Opera.

1. 2014 ArtsImpulse Awards

2. Best Costume Design
 Elisabetta Polito - Into the Woods (The Lyric Stage Company of
Boston)
 Cotton Talbot-Minkin - Lovers’ Quarrels (imaginary beasts)
 Suttirat Larlarb - Finding Neverland (American Repertory Theatre)
 Kurt Alger - The Little Mermaid (North Shore Music Theatre)
 Charles Schoonmaker - Far From Heaven (SpeakEasy Stage
Company)

3. Elisabetta Polito –
Into the Woods (The Lyric
Stage Company of Boston)

4. Best Lighting Design
 Kevin Dean Parker - Urinetown (Burlington Players)
 Karen Perlow - Far From Heaven (SpeakEasy Stage Company)
 David Wilson - Singin’ in the Rain (Reagle Music Theatre of Greater
Boston)
 P.J. Strachman - Translations (Bad Habit Productions)
 Scott Clyve - Into the Woods (The Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
 Christopher Akerlind - The Tempest (American Repertory Theatre)
 Daniel H. Jentzen - Merrily We Roll Along (The Boston Conservatory)

5. Scott Clyve – Into the Woods
(The Lyric Stage Company of
Boston)

6. Best Sound Design
 Chris Larson (with original compositions by Sam Beebe) - Bully
Dance (Argos Productions)
 Deirdre Benson – Baby with the Bathwater (Happy Medium
Theatre Company)
 J. Mark Baumhardt - Rabbit Hole(Hovey Players)
 Darron L. West – Venus in Fur (The Huntington Theatre
Company)
 Matthew Gray – The Elephant Man (Stoneham Theatre)

7. Chris Larson
(with original compositions by Sam
Beebe) – Bully Dance (Argos
Productions)

8. Best Set Design
 Tom Powers – Rabbit Hole (Hovey Players)
 Ralph Funicello - The Seagull (The Huntington Theatre
Company)
 Julia Noulin-Mérat – The Rape of Lucretia (The Boston
Conservatory)
 Ghazal Hassani - columbinus (Boston University College of Fine
Arts)
 Brian Boruta – Angels in America, Part II – Perestroika (The
Umbrella)
 Jenna McFarland Lord – The Color Purple (SpeakEasy Stage
Company)

9. Julia Noulin-Mérat –
The Rape of Lucretia (The Boston
Conservatory)

10. Best Student Actor
 Trevor Mulchay as Bernard Nightingale in Arcadia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Community Players)
 Evan Gambardella as Eric Harris/Freak in columbinus (Boston
University College of Fine Arts)
 Connor Baty as Charley Kringas in Merrily We Roll Along (The
Boston Conservatory)
 Ben Salus as Tom Whitmore in The Whitmores (Boston University
College of Fine Arts)
 Zachary Jones as Chip in On the Town (The Boston
Conservatory)

11. Evan Gambardella
as Eric Harris/Freak in columbinus
(Boston University CFA)

12. Best Student Actress
 Paige Berkovitz as Mary Flynn in Merrily We Roll Along (The
Boston Conservatory)
 Fabiana Cabral as King Leontes in The Winter’s Tale (Boston
University Shakespeare Society)
 MiMi Scardulla as Hildy Esterhazy in On the Town (The Boston
Conservatory)
 Barbara Woodall as Rachel in The Dream of the Burning Boy
(The Boston Teen Acting Troupe)
 Nora Iammarino as Eva in But the Giraffe! (Central Square
Theatre/Underground Railway Theatre)

13. MiMi Scardulla
as Hildy Esterhazy in On the Town
(The Boston Conservatory)

14. Best Supporting Actor
in a Play
 Alex Mugnaioni as Edgar/Duke of Cornwall/Duke of Burgundy
in King Lear(ArtsEmerson)
 Thomas Derrah as Greer in Necessary Monsters (SpeakEasy
Stage Company)
 Kelby T. Akin as Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman (The Lyric
Stage Company of Boston)
 Brendan Mulhern as Actor #3 in The Haberdasher! A Tale of
Derring-Do (Argos Productions)

15. Thomas Derrah as
Greer in Necessary Monsters
(SpeakEasy Stage Company)

16. Best Supporting Actress
in a Play
 Nicole Howard as Nanny in Baby with the Bathwater (Happy
Medium Theatre Company)
 Celeste Oliva as Maggie in Rich Girl (The Lyric Stage Company
of Greater Boston)
 Jennifer Shea as Harper Pitt in Angels in America, Part I –
Millennium Approaches (The Umbrella)
 Amy Meyer as Gros-René in Lovers’ Quarrels (imaginary beasts)
 Mara Sidmore as Celia in As You Like It (Actors’ Shakespeare
Project)

17. Jennifer Shea as Harper Pitt in
Angels in America, Part I –
Millennium Approaches (The
Umbrella)

18. Best Supporting Actor
in a Musical or Opera
 Devon Stone as The Hon. Gerald Bolingbroke in Me and My Girl
(Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston)
 Jonathan Nussman as Sid in Albert Herring (Boston Opera
Collaborative)
 Sam Simahk as Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods (The Lyric
Stage Company of Boston)
 Justin Budinoff as Count Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music
(Arlington Friends of the Drama)

19. Jonathan Nussman as Sid in
Albert Herring (Boston Opera
Collaborative)

20. Best Supporting Actress
in a Musical or Opera
 Tess Primack as Martha in The Secret Garden (Stoneham Theatre)
 Crystin Gilmore as Shug Avery in The Color Purple (SpeakEasy
Stage Company)
 Jennifer Beth Glick as Penny Pingleton in Hairspray (Wheelock
Family Theatre)
 Sadie Gregg as Ottavia in L’Incoronazione Di Poppea (New
England Conservatory)
 Meredith Stypinski as Abby in Musical of Musicals (The
Musical!)(Moonbox Productions)
 Lea Madda as Lois Lane in Kiss Me, Kate! (The Longwood Players)

21. Crystin Gilmore as Shug Avery in
The Color Purple (SpeakEasy
Stage Company)

22. Best Leading Actor
in a Musical or Opera
 Joshua Holden as Bill Snibson in Me and My Girl (Reagle Music
Theatre of Greater Boston)
 John Ambrosino as The Baker in Into the Woods (The Lyric
Stage Company of Greater Boston)
 Bruce Landry as Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid (North Shore
Music Theatre)
 Andrew Giordano as Inspector Javert in Les Misérables (The
Company Theatre)
 Jeremy Jordan as J.M. Barrie in Finding Neverland (American
Repertory Theatre)

23. Joshua Holden as Bill Snibson
in Me and My Girl (Reagle Music
Theatre of Greater Boston)

24. Best Leading Actress
in a Musical or Opera
 Jennifer Ellis as Cathy Whitaker in Far From Heaven (SpeakEasy
Stage Company)
 Gillian Mariner Gordon as Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain
(Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston)
 Kathy St. George in Closer Than Ever (New Repertory Theatre)
 Aimee Doherty as The Witch in Into the Woods (The Lyric Stage
Company of Greater Boston)
 Danette Holden as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes(North Shore
Music Theatre)
 Aliana de la Guardia as The Shopper in Gallo (Guerilla Opera)

25. Jennifer Ellis as Cathy Whitaker
in Far From Heaven (SpeakEasy
Stage Company)

26. Best Leading Actor in a Play
 Peyton Pugmire as Prior Walter in Angels in America, Part I –
Millennium Approaches (The Umbrella)
 David Berti as Roy Cohn in Angels in America, Part I –
Millennium Approaches (The Umbrella)
 Victor L. Shopov as Liam in Bad Jews (SpeakEasy Stage
Company)
 Marc St. Pierre as John Merrick in The Elephant Man (Salem
Theatre Company)
 Ken Baltin as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (The Lyric
Stage Company of Boston)

27. Ken Baltin as Willy Loman in
Death of a Salesman (The Lyric
Stage Company of Boston)

28. Best Leading Actress
in a Play
 Paula Plum as Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman (The Lyric
Stage Company of Greater Boston)
 Sasha Castroverde as Claudine in Rich Girl (The Lyric Stage
Company of Greater Boston)
 Kate Burton as Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina in The Seagull (The
Huntington Theatre Company)
 Kippy Goldfarb as Helen in Absence (Boston Playwrights’
Theatre)
 Katie Gluck as Becca Corbett in Rabbit Hole (Hovey Players)
 Laura Latreille as Elizabeth Bishop in Dear Elizabeth (The Lyric
Stage Company of Boston)

29. Katie Gluck as Becca Corbett
in Rabbit Hole (Hovey Players)

30. Best Choreographer
 Kirby Ward - Singin’ in the Rain (Reagle Music Theatre of
Greater Boston)
 Michael Lichtefeld – Anything Goes (North Shore Music
Theatre)
 Michelle Chassé – On the Town (The Boston Conservatory)
 Darrell Grand Moultrie - Witness Uganda (American
Repertory Theatre)
 Laurel Conrad - Hairspray (Wheelock Family Theatre)
 Rachel Bertone – Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
(Moonbox Productions)

31. Michelle Chassé – On the Town
(The Boston Conservatory)

32. Best Musical Director
 Catherine Stornetta - Into the Woods (The Lyric Stage
Company of Boston)
 Jonathan Goldberg - Sweeney Todd (The Lyric Stage
Company of Boston)
 Jim Rice - Closer Than Ever (New Repertory Theatre)
 Matthew Stern - Hairspray (Wheelock Family Theatre)
 Chris Holownia - West Side Story (Woodland Theatre
Company)

33. Jonathan Goldberg -
Sweeney Todd (The Lyric Stage
Company of Boston)

34. Best Director of a Play
 Nancy Curran Willis - Angels in America, Part I & II – Millennium
Approaches & Perestroika (The Umbrella)
 Megan Sandberg-Zakian - Sila (Central Square
Theatre/Underground Railway Theatre)
 Sarah Gazdowicz - Bully Dance (Argos Productions)
 Lizette M. Morris - Baby with the Bathwater (Happy Medium
Theatre)
 Rebecca Bradshaw - Bad Jews (SpeakEasy Theatre Company)
 Michelle Aguillon - Rabbit Hole (Hovey Players)

35. Nancy Curran Willis - Angels in
America, Part I & II – Millennium
Approaches & Perestroika
(The Umbrella)

36. Best Director
of a Musical or Opera
 Leigh Barrett - Closer Than Ever (New Repertory Theatre)
 Spiro Veloudos - Into the Woods (Lyric Stage Company of
Greater Boston)
 Paul Daigneault - Merrily We Roll Along (The Boston Conservatory)
 Diane Paulus - Finding Neverland (American Repertory Theatre)
 Nathan Troup & Andrew Altenbach - The Rape of Lucretia (The
Boston Conservatory)
 Ilyse Robbins - The Little Prince (New Repertory Theatre)

37. Spiro Veloudos - Into the Woods
(Lyric Stage Company of
Greater Boston)

38. Best Specialty Ensemble
in a Play
 The Students - The Dream of the Burning Boy (The Boston Teen
Acting Troupe)
 The Corbett Family - Rabbit Hole(Hovey Players)
 The Weird Sisters - Rumpelstiltskin, Or All That Glitters (imaginary
beasts)
 The Widows - Bully Dance(Argos Productions)

39. The Corbett Family –
Rabbit Hole(Hovey Players)

40. Best Specialty Ensemble in a
Musical or Opera
 The Nicest Kids in Town - Hairspray (Wheelock Family Theatre)
 Franklin Shepard, Mary Flynn & Charley Kringas – Merrily We
Roll Along (The Boston Conservatory)
 Don Lockwood, Kathy Sheldon & Cosmo Brown – Singin’ in
the Rain (Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston)
 The Three Children – Albert Herring (Boston Opera
Collaborative)
 The Davies Boys – Finding Neverland (American Repertory
Theatre)

41. The Nicest Kids in Town -
Hairspray (Wheelock Family
Theatre)

42. Best Ensemble in a Play
 Rumpelstiltskin, Or All That Glitters (imaginary beasts)
 columbinus (Boston University College of Fine Arts)
 Bad Jews (SpeakEasy Stage Company)
 Necessary Monsters (SpeakEasy Stage Company)
 Astroboy and The God of Comics (Company One)
 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged]
(Hub Theatre Company)

43. Rumpelstiltskin, Or All That Glitters
(imaginary beasts)

44. Best Ensemble in a Musical
 Me and My Girl (Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston)
 Into the Woods (The Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
 Witness Uganda (American Repertory Theatre)
 Hairspray (Wheelock Family Theatre)
 Anything Goes (North Shore Music Theatre)
 Sweeney Todd (The Lyric Stage Company of Boston)

45. Into the Woods (The Lyric
Stage Company of Boston)

46. Best New Work
 Creative License by Kevin Cirone
 The Whitmores by Ben Ducoff (Boston University College of
Fine Arts)
 The Haberdasher! A Tale of Derring-Do by Walt McGough
(Argos Productions)
 Witness Uganda by Matt Gould & Griffin Matthews
(American Repertory Theatre)
 SEXYBACK, or what you will by ToUch Performance Art

47. The Whitmores by Ben Ducoff
(Boston University CFA)

48. Best Play
 Bad Jews (SpeakEasy Stage Company)
 Angels in America, Part I – Millennium Approaches (The
Umbrella)
 columbinus (Boston University College of Fine Arts)
 Death of a Salesman (The Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
 Rabbit Hole (Hovey Players)
 Baby with the Bathwater (Happy Medium Theatre Company)

49. Bad Jews
(SpeakEasy Stage Company)

50. Best Opera
 Gallo (Guerilla Opera)
 The Magic Flute (The Boston Conservatory)
 Sumeida’s Song (Boston Opera Collaborative)
 Florencia en el Amazonas (Boston University College of Fine
Arts)
 Hansel & Gretel (MetroWest Opera)

51. Gallo (Guerilla Opera)

52. Best Musical
 Singin’ in the Rain (Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston)
 Into the Woods (The Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
 Merrily We Roll Along (The Boston Conservatory)
 Anything Goes (North Shore Music Theatre)
 Les Misérables (The Company Theatre)
 On the Town (The Boston Conservatory)

53. Into the Woods (The Lyric
Stage Company of Boston)