By Tanya Batson-Savage, Freelance Writer 
A scene from the Little Theatre Movement's (LTM) Pantomime 'Iffa Nuh So'. The play received 12 Actor Boy nominations. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
WITH THE announcement of the nominees for the Actor Boy Awards 2004 the 2004/5 Pantomime, Iffa Nuh So has stepped in the lead with 12 nominations earned in the technical theatre and music categories. The production is one of the seven productions up for the Best Production award when the award ceremony takes place on March 22.
Iffa Nuh So earned four of its nominations in the Best Original Song category along with nominations in Best Original Score and Best Musical. It also earned nominations for Best Original Score, Best Lighting Design, and Best Costume Design.
A new category, best special effects has been introduced in the awards which are staged by the International Theatre Institute. Iffa Nuh So was also nominated in that category, contending with two other musicals, Moses and Into the Woods.
Moses comes a close second to Iffa Nuh So marching off with 11 nominations. The Father Ho Lung play and Iffa Nuh So are up against each other in eight categories including lighting,
costumes, and set design. Moses has also received nominations in the acting category through Wynton Williams (Best Actor in a Lead Role) and Karl Williams (Best Supporting Actor).
The play's director, Alwyn Bully received two Best Director nominations for Moses and Purlie. Trevor Nairne also earned two Best Director nominations for Ras Noah and the Hawk and The Last Stand.
The acting categories also provided people who earned double nominations. Maylynne Walton received a Best Actress in a Lead Role nomination for Making a Killing and Best Supporting Actress for I'll Be Back Before Midnight. Maurice Brian also earned two Best Actor in a Lead Role (No Disrespect) and Best Supporting Actor (Purlie).
BEST PRODUCTION PRODUCER
| Ras Noah |
| and the Hawk | A Jambiz Int'l |
| Production |
Moses Father Holung
and Friends
| One of |
| Our Sons | UWI |
| Dramatic Arts Society |
| Remember Me | Pablo Hoilett |
| Productions |
| Purlie | Jamaica Musical |
| Theatre Company |
| Iffa Nuh So | LTM Pantomime- |
| 2003/04 |
| Toy Boy | Basil Dawkins |
| Production |
BEST DIRECTOR PRODUCTION
Douglas Prout Man Better Man
Alwyn Bully Purlie
Alwyn Bully Moses
Trevor Nairne The Last Stand
Robin Baston Toy Boy
Brian Heap One of Our Sons
Trevor Nairne Ras Noah and
the Hawk
BEST ACTRESS IN
A LEAD ROLE PRODUCTION
Barbara McCalla Toy Boy
Maylynne Walton Making a Killing
Candice Tomlinson Purlie
| Denise Hunt | I'll Be Back |
| Before |
| Midnight |
Fae Ellington Remember Me
BEST ACTOR IN
A LEAD ROLE PRODUCTION
Maurice Bryan No Disrespect
Glen Campbell Ras Noah and The Hawk
Michael Harris Into The Woods
Voiler Johnson No Disrespect
Lloyd Reckord Adios Carenage
Wynton Williams Moses
BEST SUPPORTING
ACTRESS PRODUCTION
| Nyanda Cammock | Man Better |
| Man |
| Dahlia Harris | Ras Noah |
| and the |
| Hawk |
| Maylynne Walton | I'll Be Back |
| Before |
| Midnight |
Fae Ellington Making
A Killing
BEST SUPPORTING
ACTOR PRODUCTION
Douglas Prout Remember Me
Munair Zacca I'll Be Back Before Midnight
Maurice Bryan Purlie
Charles Hyatt No Disrespect
Christopher
McFarlane No Disrespect
A. Warren
(as Chu Chu) Passa Passa
Peter Haley Purlie
Karl Williams Moses
BEST NEW JAMAICAN PLAY WRITER
Another Time,
Another Place David Tulloch
Making
A Killing Joey Clarke
Ras Noah
and the Hawk Patrick Brown
Did Mama
Know? Paul O'Neil
Tings A Gwaan Owen Ellis
The Last Stand Patrick Brown
BEST DRAMA PRODUCER
| I'll Be Back |
| Before Midnight | | A David |
| Heron Production |
| One Of |
| Our Sons | UWI Dramatic Arts |
| Society |
| No Disrespect | Basil Dawkins |
| Production |
| Another Time, |
| Another Place | Probemaster |
| Entertainment |
| Did Mama |
| Know | A Paul Beale |
| Production |
BEST COMEDY PRODUCER
| Toy Boy | Basil Dawkins |
| Productions |
| Ras Noah |
| and the Hawk | Jambiz |
| Productions |
| Remember Me | Pablo Hoilett |
| production |
| Tings a Gwaan | Archangel |
| Productions/ |
| Ellis |
| Incorporated |
| The Last Stand | Patrick |
| Brown |
BEST ROOTS PLAY PRODUCER
Passa Passa Dynamite Productions
BEST MUSICAL PRODUCER
| Purlie | Jamaica Musical |
| Theatre |
| Iffa Nuh So | Little Theatre |
| Movement |
Moses Fr. Holung & Friends
| Man |
| Better Man | Montego Bay |
| Little Theatre |
| Movement |
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Moses Father Holung
and Friends
Iffa Nuh So Little Theatre Movement
BEST ORIGINAL
SONG PRODUCTION
Belief Kill,
Belief Cure Iffa Nuh So
Order Iffa Nuh So
Pop Story Iffa Nuh So
More Mighty Than Me Ras Noah
Noah Tun Rasta Ras Noah
I Choose Iffa Nuh So
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
CHOREOGRAPHER
Purlie Paula Shaw
Iffa Nuh So Christopher Walker
& George Howard
Moses Paula Shaw
Anastasia Tony Wilson
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Iffa Nuh So Bobby Clarke
Moses Alwin Bully
Into the Woods Norman Rae
BEST SET
DESIGN DESIGNER
Iffa Nuh So Michael Lorde
Moses P.J. Stewart
Purlie Alwin Bully
BEST COSTUME
DESIGN DESIGNER
Purlie Denise Robinson
Iffa Nuh So Anya Gloudon
Moses Denise Robinson
Into the Woods Quindell Ferguson
BEST LIGHTING
DESIGN DESIGNER
Iffa Nuh So Michael McDonald
Purlie Franklyn St. Juste
Moses Alwin Bully
