The 21st Elliot Norton Awards
May 19, 2003 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre.
Presented by Boston Theater Critics Association, the awards honored the season’s best work in Boston’s theaters (from April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003).

 

Guest of Honor: Brian Dennehy, actor
Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence: Jeremiah Kissel, actor

 

Outstanding Production by a Large Visiting Company
Medea (Broadway in Boston)

 

Outstanding Production by a Small Visiting Company
A New War (Welfleet Harbor Actors Theatre)

 

Outstanding Production by a Large Resident Company
Highway Ulysses (American Repertory Theatre)

 

Outstanding Production by a Small Resident Company
Betrayal (Nora Theatre Company)

 

Outstanding Production by a Local Fringe Company
Spinning into Butter (The Theatre Cooperative)

 

Outstanding Musical Production 
Bat Boy (SpeakEasy Stage Company)

 

Outstanding Solo Performance
Annette Miller, Golda’s Balcony (Shakespeare & Company)

 

Outstanding New Script
Ronan Noone, The Blowin of Baile Gall (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre)

 

Outstanding Director, Large Company
Anne Bogart, La Dispute (American Repertory Theatre)

 

Outstanding Director, Small Company
Paul Daigneault, Passion and Bat Boy (SpeakEasy Stage Company)

 

Outstanding Set Design, Large Company
David P. Gordon, The Blue Demon (Huntington Theatre Company)

 

Outstanding Set Design, Small Company
Richard Chambers, The Blowin of Baile Gall (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre)

 

Outstanding Actress, Large Company
Fiona Shaw, Medea (Broadway in Boston)

 

Outstanding Actress, Small Company
Laura Latreille, The Shape of Things (SpeakEasy Stage Company)

 

Outstanding Actress, Fringe Company
Naeemah A White-Peppers, Bee-Luther-Hatchee and Chain (Zeitgeist Stage)

 

Outstanding Actor, Large Company
Arliss Howard, Uncle Vanya (American Repertory Theatre)

 

Outstanding Actor, Small Company
Billy Meleady, Howie the Rookie and The Lepers of Baile Baiste (Súgán Theatre Company), The Blowin of Baile Gall (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre).