The Greater Baltimore Theater Awards are theater awards to recognize excellence in the professional theater in the Greater Baltimore, Maryland (USA) area since 2004.

• Performances must take place in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County or Howard County, Maryland.
• There must be at least four performances.
• Performances must be open to the public
• At least 50% of the cast must reside in the State of Maryland or the District of Columbia
• The production can not be produced by an educational institution by and for students of that institution

Awards

Awards are given in the following categories:

• Outstanding Play (three awards)
• Outstanding Actress (three awards)
• Outstanding Actor (three awards)
• Outstanding Director (three awards)
• Outstanding Costume Design (one award)
• Outstanding Scenic Design (one award)
• Outstanding Experimental Production (one award)

2006 Award Winners

2006 Outstanding Play

• Opus- The Everyman Theatre
• King Lear Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
• Faith Healer- Performance Workshop Theatre

Outstanding Actress

• Megan Anderson, The Cripple of Inishmaan- The Everyman Theatre
• Nancy Asendorf, Ragtime- Toby's Dinner Theatre of Baltimore
• Kathrine Lyons, Faith Healer- Performance Workshop Theatre

Outstanding Actor

• James Denvil, Candida- The Everyman Theatre
• BJ Gailey, Taming of the Shrew- Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
• Bruce Nelson, School for Scandal- The Everyman Theatre

Outstanding Direction

• Vincent Lancisi, School for Scandal The Everyman Theatre
• John Vreeke, Opus- The Everyman Theatre
• Alex Willis, The Goat- Mobtown Players

Outstanding Scene Design

• Daniel Ettinger, TinTypes- Rep Stage

Outstanding Costume Design

• Gail Stewart Beach, School for Scandal- The Everyman Theatre

Outstanding Experimental Production

• Variations on Fear- Run of the Mill

Past Award Winners

2005 Outstanding Play

• Frankie & Johnny...- The Everyman Theatre
• Kimberly Akimbo- Rep Stage
• Turn of the Screw- Fells Point Corner Theater

Outstanding Actress

• Deborah Hazlett, Frankie and Johnnie...- The Everyman Theatre
• Helen Hedman, Kimberly Akimbo- Rep Stage
• Dawn Ursula, Yellowman- The Everyman Theatre

Outstanding Actor

• Patrick Kilpatrick, A Midsummer Night's Dream- Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
• Patrick Martyn, House of Blue Leaves- Fells Point Corner Theater
• Lance Coadie Williams, The Children's Hour- Rep Stage/ The Everyman Theatre

Outstanding Direction

• Kasi Campbell, Kimberly Akimbo- Rep Stage
• Vincent Lancisi, Frankie & Johnny...- The Everyman Theatre
• Craig Allen Mummey, Assassins- Colonial Players

Outstanding Scene Design

• Lewis Shaw, Romeo and Juliet- Baltimore Shakespeare Festival

Outstanding Costume Design

• Kristina Lambdin and Jeanne Robin, A Midsummer Night's Dream- Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Outstanding Experimental Production

• Variations on Desire- Run of the Mill

2004 Outstanding Play

• Arcadia- Rep Stage
• Much Ado About Nothing- Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
• Proof- The Everyman Theatre

Outstanding Actor

• Mitchell Hebert, Uncle Vanya- The Everyman Theatre
• Karl Miller, Arcadia- Rep Stage
• Jordan Siebert, Hedwig and the Angry Inch- Mobtown Players

Outstanding Actress

• Megan Anderson, Proof- Everyman Theatre
• Valerie Fenton, Much Ado About Nothing- Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
• Janine Gulisano, Miss Saigon- Toby's Dinner Theatre

Outstanding Director

• Vincent Lancisi, Proof- The Everyman Theatre
• Terry Long, Hedwig and the Angry Inch- Mobtown Players
• Rob McQuay and Toby Orenstein, Godspell- Toby's Dinner Theatre

Outstanding Design

• Tony Cisek, Kathleen Geldard & Dan Covey, The Seagull- Rep Stage
• Ed Zarkowski & Tony Gallahan, Hedwig and the Angry Inch- Mobtown Players
• John Raley, Debra Kim Sivigny & Scott Rosenfeld, Julius Caesar- Baltimore Shakespeare Festival

Experimental Production

• Hedwig and the Angry Inch- Mobtown Players