CARBONELL AWARDS Issue Revised List of Nominations for 2021-2022 Theatre Season

Oct. 11, 2022 - PRLog -- (South Florida – October 11, 2022) After announcing this year's list of Carbonell Award nominations last Friday, the organization quickly realized that clarifications and additions were necessary. This invariably happens with any complicated, first-time process, so the nonprofit organization ordered a recalculation of the scores in all 20 categories.

One production was omitted from the initial evaluation, and certain nominees were listed for incorrect shows or in the wrong category. In categories where the omitted show was added, or where a nomination was moved to a different category, the number of nominations increased from six to seven so that no previously announced eligible nominee would be deleted.

The Carbonell's new system was developed by a special scoring committee made up of diverse members of the theatre community, including judges, critics, and industry leaders. It is based on a well-respected system used by a similar awards program in Arizona. Despite problems in transcription from score sheet to press release, we remain confident in the point system and the math—and we look forward to working more closely with participating theatres in finetuning the judging guidelines for each production.

Based on this weekend's re-evaluation, following is a revised list of Carbonell Award Nominations for the 2021-2022 Theatre Season in South Florida:

A total of 62 productions at 21 different theatres were evaluated by a diverse group of 30 experienced judges representing all three participating counties (Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach) utilizing a transparent grading process.

For participating theaters, Miami New Drama topped the list with 24 nominations; followed by Area Stage and Slow Burn Theatre Company with 15 each; Ronnie Larsen Presents (13); Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre and Palm Beach Dramaworks (12 each), and Zoetic Stage with 10.

Area Stage's Beauty & the Beast was the production earning the most individual nominations (14), with Miami New Drama earning nine for A Wonderful World, eight for The Cuban Vote, and seven for Papá Cuatro.  Because Papá Cuatro is described by the theatre as "a play with music," it received nominations in both the Play and Musical categories.

The 45^th Annual Carbonell Awards will be presented at an entertainment-packed ceremony on Monday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center at 3800 NW 11^th Place, Lauderhill, FL 33311. Tickets are only $32 each (including facility fee) and are now available for purchase by calling 954.777.2055 or online at https://www.showpass.com/annual-carbonell-awards/.

Available for interview:

Gary Schweikhart, President

The Carbonell Board of Directors

561.756.4298 / gary@pr-bs.net

Media Contact:

Gino Campodónico

Adrienne Arsht Center

786.468.2228 / GCampodonico@arshtcenter.org