Here are my annual picks for the best of Philadelphia theater:
Best Play: August: Osage County (Arden)
Honorable mention: The Island (Lantern)
Best Actor, Male: Frank X, The Island (Lantern)
Honorable mention: Brian McCann, The Tempest (Curio); Griffin Stanton-Ameisen, Hamletmachine (Renegade)
Best Actor, Female: Grace Gonglewski, August: Osage County (Arden)
Honorable mention: Janice Rowland, The Amish Project (Renegade)
Best Supporting Actor, Male: James Ijames, Whale Optics (Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental)
Honorable mention: Matt Pfieffer, A Behanding in Spokane (Theatre Exile); Robert Laponte, The Tempest (Curio); Sebastian Cummings, Automatic Fault Isolation (HellaFresh)
Best Supporting Actor, Female: Kate Brennan, Bachelorette (Luna)
Honorable mention: Emilie Krause, Krista Apple, Our Class (Wilma)
Best Ensemble: Our Class (Wilma)
Honorable mention: Little Gem (Inis Nua)
Best Director: Allen Radway, Black Monk (Simpatico)
Honorable mention: Dan Hodge, The Tempest (Curio); Blanka Zizka, Our Class (Wilma)
Best New Play: Automatic Fault Isolation, John Rosenberg (HellaFresh)
Honorable mention: Pardon My Invasion, Joy Cutler (Plays and Players)
Set Design: Dan Hodge, The Tempest (Curio)
Costume Design: Alisa Sickora-Kleckner, Boston Marriage (1812)
Lighting Design: Matt Sharp, Savage/Love, Tongues (New City)
Sound Design: Kevin Francis (original score by Juan Gabriel Turbay), Whale Optics (Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental)