The 34th Annual Artie Award winners were announced Monday, June 9, in a event at Asbury Hall at Babeville. The awards are sponsored by Buffalo Toronto Public Media.

This year’s winners are:

• OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY: Dorian, Irish Classical Theatre Company
• OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL: Waitress, MusicalFare Theatre
• EMANUEL FRIED AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY: Matthew LaChiusa, The Informer
• OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY: David Lundy, Remember This
• OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Tracie Lane, Scenes from A Marriage
• OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Vanna Deux, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Maria Pedro, Waitress
• OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY: Gerald Ramsey, The African Company Presents Richard III
• OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Rebecca Elkin, The Loved Ones
• OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Kristopher Bartolomeo, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Kelly Copps, The Producers
• OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE: Caitlin Coleman, The Hung Man
• OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY: Mason Beggs, Dorian
• OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL: Susan Drozd, Waitress
• OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE OF A PLAY: The Hobbit, Theatre of Youth
• OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE OF A MUSICAL: Into the Woods, O’Connell & Company
• OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY: Eric Deeb Weaver, Newsies
• OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION: Bridget Moriarty, The Fitzgeralds of Saint Paul 
• OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN: Dyan Burlingame, Shipwrecked!
• OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN : Ann R. Emo, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
• OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ELEMENT: Emma Schimminger, Lighting, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
• CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Eileen Dugan
• SPECIAL APPRECIATION AWARD: Buffalo Toronto Public Media
• KATHARINE CORNELL AWARDS – honoring the work of visiting artists
  Christie Baugher; composer, lyricist, and playwright; The Fitzgeralds of Saint Paul, Irish Classical Theatre Company
  Derrian Brown, actor, William Barfee, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Second Generation Theatre
  Kevin Zak, playwright, Kidman Carol, Alleyway Theatre

The Artie Awards ceremony was hosted by Anthony Chase, Curtis Lovell, and Amy Jakiel, with music direction from Philip Farugia.

For more information on the Arties, visit Anthony Chase’s Theatre Talk site.