The Carbonell Awards Welcome Four New Judges for 2024-2025 Theatre Season

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Sept. 3, 2024 - PRLog -- (South Florida – September 3, 2024) The Carbonell Awards, South Florida's most highly coveted recognition of theatrical production and performance excellence, today announced four new judges. They will bring the total number of Carbonell judges to 47, including 19 in Broward County, 11 in Miami-Dade, and 17 in Palm Beach County. Collectively, they will see and evaluate nearly 100 different productions at more than 30 professional theaters. The current theater season runs between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

The four new Carbonell judges are:

+ Charles Baran (Palm Aire) is an actor, singer, comedian, published author and Senior Writer and Brand Ambassador for South Florida's OutClique Magazine. His debut mystery novel set in Wilton Manor and titled Rhoda Rage and the Goldfish Letter was recently released. As an actor he has appeared in such New York productions as Aunt Jack at Theatre for the New City, and The Cradle Will Rock at Theatre 80 St. Marks in the East Village, plus in Peter and the Starcatcher at Winnipesaukee Playhouse in New Hampshire, The Fantasticks at Pennsylvania's Allenberry Playhouse,  and in Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at the Wick Theater in Boca Raton. In 2023 he played writer Truman Capote in Jay Allen Pressman's Tru at Empire Stage in Fort Lauderdale. His comedic music videos Home and Pelican have garnered thousands of views on YouTube, and he's the winner of the 2015 NYC MAC Cabaret Award for Best Male Debut for his one man show Recipes for Disaster!

+ Jody Leshinsky (Lauderhill) is a longtime former officer (President, Secretary) and board member of the Carbonell Awards. Currently she is Life Enrichment Manager at John Knox Village of Florida and was formerly cultural venues programming manager for the Pompano Beach Cultural Affairs Department. She has nearly 40 years of arts administration experience in South Florida, including three decades at the Broward Cultural Division.

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1. Charles Baran
2. Jody Leshinsky
3. Jorge Perez
4. Savannah Whaley

Media Contact:

Gary Schweikhart, President

The Carbonell Awards

561.756.4298 / gary@pr-bs.net