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The 2014 Barrymore Award winners in theater

Inis Nua cleans up. 

Inis Nua Theatre Company's "Ciphers"

Theater Philadelphia’s Barrymore Awards were back in action on Monday night with a full-blown awards ceremony, where 31 theater companies competed for more than 20 awards.

Notable winners include Inis Nua Theatre Company, which clearly made an impression this year. The company walked away five Barrymores, including the June and Steve Wolfson Award for an Evolving Theatre Company.

Likewise, InterAct Theater Company’s depiction of Geno’s Steaks “speak-English-when-ordering” controversy, Down Past Passyunk, earned the company Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, as well as Outstanding New Play.

The awards for individual actors were just as exciting. James Ijames, who is no stranger to the Barrymores, snagged his fourth award, this time for Outstanding Direction of a Play for his production of The Brothers Size. Newer actress to the scene Liz Filios won not only Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical for her work in Inis Nua’s Midsummer [a play with songs], but also the prestigious F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist.

The revival of the Barrymore Awards and the variety of strong contenders and winners show that the Philadelphia theater scene is vibrant as ever. With the 2014-15 theater season well under way, we look forward to next year’s ceremony. In the meantime, here’s a full list of the 2014 Barrymore Award winners:     

Outstanding Overall Production of a Play

Down Past Passyunk (InterAct Theatre Company)

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

Midsummer [a play with songs] (Inis Nua Theatre Company)

Outstanding Direction of a Play

James Ijames (The Brothers Size, Simpatico Theatre Project)

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

Kate Galvin (Midsummer [a play with songs], Inis Nua Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play

Charlie DelMarcelle (I Am My Own Wife, Theatre Horizon)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play

Alice M. Gatling (Gidion's Knot, InterAct Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical

Ben Dibble (Parade, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical

Liz Filios (Midsummer [a play with songs], Inis Nua Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

Jered McLenigan (The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

Charlotte Northeast (Emma, Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

Derrick Cobey (Parade, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

Kenita Miller (Parade, Arden Theatre Company)

Outstanding Set Design

Sebastienne Mundheim (A Child's Christmas in Wales, Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Costume Design

Marla Jurglanis (Pride & Prejudice, People's Light)

Outstanding Lighting Design

Thom Weaver (Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq, The Wilma Theater)

Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design

Daniel Perelstein (Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq, The Wilma Theater)

Outstanding Original Music

Christopher Colucci (The Rainmaker, People's Light)

Outstanding Choreography/Movement

Samantha Bellomo (Pride & Prejudice, People's Light)

Outstanding Music Direction

Jamison Foreman (Midsummer [a play with songs], Inis Nua Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

A Child's Christmas in Wales (Lantern Theater Company)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) (Montgomery Theater)

Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play

Down Past Passyunk (InterAct Theatre Company)

F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist

Liz Filios

Virginia Brown Martin Philadelphia Award

I Am My Own Wife (Theatre Horizon)

June and Steve Wolfson Award for an Evolving Theatre Company

Inis Nua Theatre Company

Lifetime Achievement Award

Carla Belver, Actress, Teacher, and Two-Time Barrymore Award Nominee