| Congratulations to the winners of the 2004 Port Folio Awards for Theatrical Achievement |
| DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Robert P. Arthur Barney Barnes Antoinette Brennan Charles Burgess Celia Burnett Charles Eugene Bush Carol Chittum Marty Terry |
| BEST NEWCOMER: R. Andrew Heller BEST SCENIC DESIGN: Shawn S. Crawford, The Tempest (Governor’s School for the Arts) BEST LIGHTING DESIGN: Kenton Yeager, The Tempest (Governor’s School for the Arts) BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Kathleen Jaremski, Triumph of Love (Christopher Newport University) |
| BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA: Wilton Jones as William Jenkins, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (Generic Theater) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA: Amber Elizabeth Sarapata as Arkadina, The Seagull (Old Dominion University) BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA: Ed Whitacre as George, Same Time, Next Year (Palomino Entertainment Group) BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA: Elizabeth Wiley as Margrethe Bohr, Copenhagen (Wedgewood Renaissance) BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMA: Lisa Neely, Medea (Tidewater Community College, Chesapeake) BEST DRAMA: Copenhagen (Wedgewood Renaissance) |
| BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY: Jim DiMunno as Andrei Borchevsky and others, Red Herring (Little Theatre of Virginia Beach) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY: Betty Xander as Sarita Myrtle, Waiting in the Wings (Little Theatre of Virginia Beach) BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY: Fedele Folino, Jr. as Harry Brock, Born Yesterday (Little Theatre of Norfolk) BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY: Nicole Furneisen as Mother, A Very Sudden Strangeness (Regent University) BEST DIRECTOR OF A COMEDY: Jill Szoo, A Very Sudden Strangeness (Regent University) BEST COMEDY: Run for Your Wife (Little Theatre of Norfolk) |
| BEST MUSIC DIRECTION: Mike Ellis, Godspell (Eastern Shore Musical Theatre BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Katherine Frattini, Iolanthe (Sinfonicron Light Opera Company) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Guy Kemmerly as Cinderella’s Prince, Into the Woods (Peninsula Community Theatre) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Linda Marley Smith as Cinderella’s Mother/Little Red’s Grandmother, Into the Woods (Peninsula Community Theatre) BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: T.J. Bowlin as Baker, Into the Woods (Peninsula Community Theatre) BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Kate Collins Brown as Princess Leonide, Triumph of Love (Christopher Newport University) BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL: Evan Hoffmann, Iolanthe (Sinfonicron Light Opera Company) BEST MUSICAL: Triumph of Love (Christopher Newport University) |
| WRITER OF BEST NEW PLAY: Kahle McCann, A Very Sudden Strangeness (Regent University) BEST SEASON: Governor’s School for the Arts |