The Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s theater and arts honors, announced the nominations in 20 competitive categories for the 2022-2023 theater season.

Zoetic Stage topped the list with 20 nominations, followed by Maltz Jupiter Theater with 19, 18 for GableStage, Ronnie Larsen Presents/Plays of Wilton with 14, Palm Beach Dramaworks with nine, and Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, and Slow Burn Theatre Company tied with eight nominations each. Collectively, 120 nominations were distributed among 17 different theaters. Along with New York’s Drama Desk and Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Awards, the Carbonell Awards are among the nation’s oldest regional arts awards and predate others, including Washington, D.C.’s Helen Hayes Awards.

Carbonell Award Nominations 2023

Outstanding New Work, Play or Musical

American Rhapsody, by Michael McKeever (Zoetic Stage)

Dorothy’s Dictionary, by E.M. Lewis (Theatre Lab)

Last Night in Inwood, by Alix Sobler (Theatre Lab)

One More Yesterday, by Ronnie Larsen, Dennis Manning & Bobby Peaco (Ronnie Larsen Presents)

The Prisoners, by Ronnie Larsen (Ronnie Larsen Presents)

#GRACED, by Vanessa Garcia (Zoetic Stage)

Outstanding Production, Play

A Doll’s House, Part 2 (GableStage)

Anna in the Tropics (Miami New Drama)  

Elián (Miami New Drama)

Native Gardens (GableStage)

Red Speedo (Ronnie Larsen Presents)

Twelve Angry Men (Palm Beach Dramaworks)

Outstanding Direction, Play

Victoria Collado, Native Gardens (GableStage)

Nilo Cruz, Anna in the Tropics (Miami New Drama)

Ronnie Larsen, The Prisoners (Ronnie Larsen Presents)

Stuart Meltzer, Red Speedo (Ronnie Larsen Presents)

Bari Newport, A Doll’s House, Part 2 (GableStage)

Dámaso Rodríguez, El Huracán (GableStage)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Male Role, Play

Kevin Cruz, Native Gardens (GableStage)

Jovon Jacobs, Topdog/Underdog (Palm Beach Dramaworks)

David Kwiat, Native Gardens (GableStage)

Brendan Powers, A Doll’s House, Part 2 (GableStage)

Gabriell Salgado, Red Speedo (Ronnie Larsen Presents)

Alex Weisman, American Rhapsody (Zoetic Stage)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Female Role, Play

Rachel Burttram, A Doll’s House Part 2 (GableStage)

Patricia Connolly, 4000 Miles (Palm Beach Dramaworks)

Diana Garle, Native Gardens (GableStage)

Elizabeth Price, What the Constitution Means to Me (City Theatre)

Adriana Sevan, El Huracán (GableStage)

Barbara Sloan, Native Gardens (GableStage)

Outstanding Production, Musical

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Maltz Jupiter Theatre)

Jersey Boys (Maltz Jupiter Theatre)

Mary Poppins (Slow Burn Theatre)

Next to Normal (Zoetic Stage)

Oliver! (Maltz Jupiter Theatre)

The Little Mermaid (Area Stage)

Outstanding Direction, Musical

Patrick Fitzwater, Mary Poppins (Slow Burn Theatre)

Norb Joerder, Anything Goes (The Wick Theatre)

Ronnie Larsen, One More Yesterday (Ronnie Larsen Presents)

Stuart Meltzer, Next to Normal (Zoetic Stage)

Marcos Santana, Sweet Charity (Maltz Jupiter Theatre)

Jennifer Werner, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Maltz Jupiter Theatre)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Male Role, Musical

Nick Anastasia, Honeymoon in Vegas (Slow Burn Theatre)

Scott Cote, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Maltz Jupiter Theatre)

Nate Promkul, Next to Normal (Zoetic Stage)

Ben Sandomir, Next to Normal (Zoetic Stage)

Sky Seals, Million Dollar Quartet Christmas (Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre)

Jesse Swimm, Sweet Charity (Maltz Jupiter Theatre)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Female Role, Musical

Aaron Bower, Anything Goes (The Wick Theatre)

Kimberly Doreen Burns, Bright Star (Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre)

Gabi Gonzalez, Next to Normal (Zoetic Stage)

Jeni Hacker, Next to Normal (Zoetic Stage)

Angie Radosh, One More Yesterday (Ronnie Larsen Presents)

Jennifer Sanchez, Sweet Charity (Maltz Jupiter Theatre)

For a complete list of nominations, check out carbonellawards.org. The 46th Annual Carbonell Awards will be presented on Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center at 3800 NW 11th Pl., Lauderhill. Tickets are $37 each (including facility fee) and are available for purchase online at the Carbonell website.