Zizka, nominated for her directing, joined set designer Alexis Distler, lighting designer Thom Weaver, costumer Oana Botez-Ban, sound designer/composer Christopher Colucci, and five of the cast with nominations.
The Wilma garnered 18 nods for its productions this past season, plus another, with 1812 Productions and Philadelphia Young Playwrights, for education and community service at South Philadelphia High School. A special Barrymore will go to the school's principal, Otis Hackney, who worked with the three companies to produce an original piece, Southern High Voices, that examined the school's diversity. The three-semester project, involving more than 50 students who studied acting and playwriting, is a response to December 2009 incidents in which African American students attacked Asian students.
Tying with In the Next Room for a dozen nominations is The Flea and the Professor, a world-premiere musical by Jordan Harrison and Richard Gray, based on the tales of Hans Christian Anderson, about a professor who has only a flea in his vest to accompany him on what becomes a world tour. The children's show was nominated for best musical production and best ensemble, and among the nominees are its director, Anne Kauffman. The play's two leading men, Rob McClure and Scott Greer, are nominated for best musical actor.
The Barrymores are organized by the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, the umbrella group of theaters here, which is to announce the nominations Tuesday online.
