| Port Folio Awards, 2004 Nominees page 1 |
| Best Season Governor’s School for the Arts: Heathen Valley, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Menaechmi, Epic Proportions, The Tempest, Lucky Stiff Little Theatre of Norfolk: Smoke on the Mountain, The Lion in Winter, Run for Your Wife, To Kill a Mockingbird, Born Yesterday Little Theatre of Virginia Beach: You Can’t Take It With You, Is There Life After High School?, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Camping with Henry and Tom, Waiting in the Wings, Red Herring Old Dominion University: The Seagull; Venus; Cyrano de Bergerac; What I Learned from Birds; Mr. Aesop’s Fabulous Fables; Spring Performance Festival: Letters to John Lennon; Tall Tales; Degas, C’est Moi Peninsula Community Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar, Wait Until Dark, To Kill a Mockingbird, Into the Woods Best Newcomer Eric Eteuati (seen as Prince John in The Lion in Winter at LTN; Lewis in Pippin at VMT) R. Andrew Heller (seen in Arcadia at North Street Players) Leah Parks (seen as Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird at PCT) Lily Porter (seen as Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird at LTN) Sydney Simpson (seen as Tiger Lily in Peter Pan at PIP) Writer of Best New Play Robert P. Arthur: Crazy Horse’s Woman (Generic) Chip Fortier: The Space (Generic) Stacey Isom: Letters to John Lennon (ODU) Kahle McCann: A Very Sudden Strangeness (Regent) |
| Best Scenic Design Charles Eugene Bush, Copenhagen (Wedgewood Renaissance) Shawn S. Crawford, The Tempest (GSA) Matthew Gorris, Medea (TCC Chesapeake) Evan Hoffmann, Iolanthe (Sinfonicron Light Opera Company) Tanya Sweet, Triumph of Love (CNU) Best Lighting Design Shawn S. Crawford, Heathen Valley (GSA) Patricia Ellison, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Generic) Matthew Gorris, Medea (TCC) Elwood Robinson, The Seagull (ODU) Kenton Yeager, The Tempest (GSA) Best Costume Design Lynn Cameron, The Lion in Winter (LTN) Rose Henderson-Diehl, Heathen Valley (GSA) Kathleen Jaremski, Triumph of Love (CNU) Astin Jones, The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare in the Grove) Angela Winters, The Seagull (ODU) |
| Best Drama Arcadia (North Street Players) Copenhagen (Wedgewood Renaissance) Heathen Valley (GSA) The Seagull (ODU) To Kill a Mockingbird (PCT) |
| Best Lead Actor in a Drama Tom Bonner as William Starns, Heathen Valley (GSA) Gregory Jones, Arcadia (North Street Players) Paul Lawrence as Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird (PCT) Ed Whitacre as George, Same Time, Next Year (Palomino Entertainment Group) Leonard Wilson as Russel B. Parker, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (Generic) Best Lead Actress in a Drama Kate Collins Brown as Liz Morden/Lieutenant Will Dawes, Our Country’s Good (CNU) Candy Aston Dennis as Eleanor, The Lion in Winter (LTN) Lynn Kenny as M’Lynn, Steel Magnolias (Regent) LaToya T. Morris as Venus, Venus (ODU) Elizabeth Wiley as Margrethe Bohr, Copenhagen (Wedgwood Renaissance) Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Andy Geimer as George Gibbs, Our Town (TCC Chesapeake) Mark Haynie as Heck Tate, To Kill a Mockingbird (LTN) Thomas Baumgardner as Bishop Ames, Heathen Valley (GSA) Wilton Jones as William Jenkins, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (Generic) Kendal Tuttle as Sentry/Guard, Antigone (Regent) Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Katie Dingle as Cora, Heathen Valley (GSA) Nicole Furneisen as Messenger/Guard, Antigone (Regent) Astin Jones as Mrs. Webb, Our Town (TCC Chesapeake) Amber Elizabeth Sarapata as Arkadina, The Seagull (ODU) Jill Szoo as Ouiser, Steel Magnolias (Regent) |
| Best Director of a Drama Steve J. Earle, Heathen Valley (GSA) Christopher Hanna, The Seagull (ODU) Michael Kirkland, Steel Magnolias (Regent) Lisa Neely, Medea (TCC Chesapeake) Richard H. Palmer, Copenhagen (Wedgewood Renaissance) |