Edward James Hyland accepts the 2014-2015 Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Hartford Stage’s Hamlet at the Yale’s Iseman Theater in New Haven on June 22, 2015. Credit: Mara Lavitt Photography
Hartford Stage’s production of the Darko Tresnjak helmed Hamlet was the big winner at the 2014-2015 Connecticut Critics Circle Awards at the Yale’s Iseman Theater in New Haven on June 22, winning in five of the nine categories it was nominated for including Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Zach Appelman), Outstanding Director of a Play (Darko Tresnjak), Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Edward James Hyland), and Outstanding Sound Design (Jane Shaw).
Carmen de Lavallade received the Killen Award for outstanding contribution to Connecticut theater at the Yale’s Iseman Theater in New Haven on June 22, 2015. Credit: Mara Lavitt Photography
Special Awards recipients included Carmen de Lavallade, who received the Killen Award for outstanding contribution to Connecticut theater, the Summer Theatre of New Canaan for its DramaRamas program, the Split Knuckle Theatre Company for its production of “Endurance,” and Shawn Boyle, for his work on Yale Repertory’s production of “Elevada.”
Congratulations to all of the winners.
Connecticut Critics Circle Awards: 2014-2015
Outstanding Production of a Play
Hamlet, Hartford Stage
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Holiday Inn, Goodspeed
Outstanding Actress in a Play
Keilly McQuail
Bad Jews, Long Wharf
Outstanding Actor in a Play
Zach Appelman
Hamlet, Hartford Stage
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Danielle Bowen
All Shook Up, Ivoryton
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Adam Heller
Fiddler on the Roof, Goodspeed
Outstanding Director of a Play
Darko Tresnjak
Hamlet, Hartford Stage
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Rob Ruggiero
Fiddler on the Roof, Goodpseed
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Edward James Hyland
Hamlet, Hartford Stage
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Rebekah Brockman
Arcadia, Yale Rep
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Megan Sikora
Kiss Me, Kate, Hartford Stage
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Stephen DeRosa
Sing For Your Shakespeare, Westport Country Playhouse
Outstanding Choreographer
Peggy Hickey
Kiss Me, Kate, Hartford Stage
Outstanding Set Design
Alexander Dodge
Private Lives, Hartford Stage
Outstanding Lighting Design
Tyler Micoleau
Elevada, Yale Rep
Outstanding Costume Design
Alejo Vietti
Holiday Inn, Goodspeed
Outstanding Sound Design
Jane Shaw
Hamlet, Hartford Stage
Outstanding Ensemble
Tie
Cast of Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Long Wharf
Penny Balfour
Grayson DeJesus
Tom Riis Farrell
Ronald Guttman
David Margulies
Dina Shihabi
Jake Silberman
Jonathan Spivey
Robbie Tann
Cast of  The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Playhouse on Park
Kevin Barlowski
Hillary Ekwall
Emily Kron
Steven Mooney
Maya Naff
Joel Newsome
Norman Payne
Natalie Sannes
Scott Scaffidi
Outstanding Debut
Carl Lundstedt
Reverberation, Hartford Stage
Special Awards
DramaRamas Program of the Summer Theatre of New Canaan
Shawn Boyle (projection designer) Elevada, Yale Repertory Theatre
Split Knuckle Theatre Company — production of Endurance
Tom Killen Award
Carmen de Lavallade
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