
Awards & Nominations
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Clowns Like Me
Lifeline Productions | Playwright and Director
2023 BroadwayWorld Sarasota Awards
WINNER: Best New Play or Musical
WINNER: Best Direction of a Play
NOMINEE: Best Actor in a Play (Scott Ehrenpreis)
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The Many Lives of Owen Crest
Author
Sarasota Fiction Writers
2nd Place: 2022 Annual Short-Story Competition
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Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Florida Studio Theatre | Director
2021 BroadwayWorld Sarasota Awards
NOMINEE: Best Direction of a Musical
NOMINEE: Best Lighting Design of a Play or Musical
NOMINEE: Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance
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Hand to God
Florida Studio Theatre | Director
2019 Sarasota Herald-Tribune “Handy” Awards
NOMINEE: Best Production of a Play
NOMINEE: Best Director of a Play
WINNER: Best Lead Actor in a Play (Harrison Bryan)
NOMINEE: Best Featured Actress in a Play (Brenny Rabine)
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How to Use a Knife
Florida Studio Theatre | Director
2018 BroadwayWorld Sarasota Awards
WINNER: Best Actor in a Professional Play (Sam Mossler)
2018 Sarasota Herald-Tribune “Handy” Awards
NOMINEE: Best Featured Actor in a Play (Cedric Cannon)
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A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Florida Studio Theatre | Director
2018 Curtain Call Awards
WINNER: Best Professional Theatre Musical
2018 Sarasota Herald-Tribune “Handy” Awards
NOMINEE: Best Scenic Design (Isabel and Morah Curley-Clay)
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Constellations
Florida Studio Theatre | Director
2018 Sarasota Herald-Tribune “Handy” Awards
NOMINEE: Best Production of a Play
NOMINEE: Best Director of a Play
WINNER: Best “Magical Pairing” (Alexis Hyatt and Chris Tipp)
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Other People's Money
Florida Studio Theatre | Director
2018 Sarasota Herald-Tribune “Handy” Awards
NOMINEE: Best Actor in a Play (Sam Mossler)
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Once
Florida Studio Theatre | Director
2017 Sarasota Herald-Tribune “Handy” Awards
NOMINEE: Best Production of a Musical
NOMINEE: Best Director of a Musical
NOMINEE: Best Musical Director (Darren Server)
NOMINEE: Best Lead Actor (Ben Williams)
NOMINEE: Best Lead Actress (Elizabeth Nestlerode)
NOMINEE: Best Costume Design (Susan Angerman)
NOMINEE: Best “Magic Pairing” (Ben Williams and Elizabeth Nestlerode)
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Gidion's Knot
Florida Studio Theatre | Director
2017 Sarasota Herald-Tribune “Handy” Awards
NOMINEE: Best “Parntership” (Katherine Michelle Tanner and Kate Hampton)
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Wheelchair Chicken
Playwright | 2017
Theatre Odyssey
FINALIST: 12th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival
Edmonds Driftwood Players
FINALIST: 8th Annual Festival of Shorts
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Million Dollar Quartet
Florida Studio Theatre | Director
2016 Sarasota Herald-Tribune “Handy” Awards
NOMINEE: Best Production of a Musical
NOMINEE: Best “Partnership” (Ben Williams, Brandyn Day, Joe Casey, Joe Boover)
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Relativity
Florida Studio Theatre | Director2016
Creative Loafing “Best of the Bay” Awards
NOMINEE: Best Local Stage Director
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My Name is Asher Lev
Florida Studio Theatre | Director
2016 Creative Loafing “Best of the Bay” Awards
NOMINEE: Best Local Stage Director
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Butler
Florida Studio Theatre | Director
2016 Creative Loafing “Best of the Bay” Awards
NOMINEE: Best Local Stage Director
2016 Sarasota Herald-Tribune “Handy” Awards
NOMINEE: Best Production of a Play
NOMINEE: Best Director of a Play
NOMINEE: Best Actor in a Play (Eric Hoffmann, Shane Taylor)
WINNER: Best Featured Actor in a Play (Jim Sorensen)
NOMINEE: Best Scenic Design (Moria and Isabel Curly-Clay)
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Dancing Lessons
Florida Studio Theatre | Lead Actor (“Ever Montgomery”)
2014 Sarasota Herald-Tribune “Handy” Awards
WINNER: Best Actor in a Play
Sarasota Magazine
WINNER: Best Actor
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Killer Joe
St. Louis Actors’ Studio | Lead Actor (“Killer Joe Cooper”)
2012 BroadwayWorld.com
WINNER: Best Actor
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Way to Heaven
The New Jewish Theatre | Lead Actor (“Commandant”)
2012 BroadwayWorld.com
WINNER: Best Actor
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Awake and Sing!
The New Jewish Theatre | Supporting Actor (“Moe Axelrod”)
2011 Kevin Kline Awards
NOMINEE: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play
WINNER: Outstanding Production of a Play
Riverfront Times
Best Stage Production
Ladue News
Top Ten Play of 2011
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Best Drama Production of 2011
Playback STL
Best Shows of 2011
Two on the Aisle
Best Shows of 2011
Broadwayworld.com
11 Best Comedies/Dramas of 2011
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Outlying Islands
Upstream Theater | Lead Actor (“Robert”)
Kevin Kline Awards
NOMINEE: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
NOMINEE: Outstanding Production of a Play
NOMINEE: Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
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Doubt: A Parable
Dramatic License Producions | Director, Sound Designer, and Lead Actor (“Father FLynn”)
2009 Kevin Kline Awards
WINNER: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
NOMINEE: Outstanding Production of a Play
NOMINEE: Outstanding Director of a Play
NOMINEE: Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
NOMINEE: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play (Kim Furlow)
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Brooklyn Boy
The New Jewish Theatre | Lead Actor “Eric Weiss”)
2009 Kevin Kline Awards
NOMINEE: Outstanding Production of a Play
Ladue News
Top Ten PLay of 2009
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Grace
Rivercity Theatre | Director, Sound Design, and Lead Actor “Steve”)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Best Modern Production of 2008
Ladue News
Top Ten Play of 2008
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Hamlet
Rivercity Theatre and Vanity Theatre | Producer, Director, Light Design, and Lead Actor “Hamlet”)
2007 Kevin Kline Awards
NOMINEE: Outstanding Director of a Play
NOMINEE: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
NOMINEE: Outstanding Sound Design
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Best Classic Play Production
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Skin in Flames
The Greenhouse at HotCity Theatre | Producer and Director
Ladue News
Best Play of 2006