The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
Outstanding Supporting Actor Comedy/Drama-Dennis Maddux
Outstanding Featured Actress Comedy/Drama-Liz Heim

The Princess and the Pee
Outstanding New Script-Lily Baber Coyle

TAG Lifetime Achievement Award-Liz Heim

SHELTERBELT
Eating Raoul
Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical-Jennifer Gilg
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical-Scott Fowler
Outstand Director-Daena Schweiger
Outstanding Music Director- Nancy Curry
Outstanding Choreographer-Patrick Roddy
Outstanding Costumes-Leslie Angeroth, Bary Bosanek and Kevin Steward
Outsanding Supporting Actor in a Musical-Tim Vallier
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical-Denise Chevalier
Outstanding Ensemble-Hot Monkey Love

"Eating Raoul," a campy Shelterbelt Theatre musical about reluctant sex workers who kill their clients and pocket their cash, topped the annual Theatre Arts Guild Awards on Sunday night, winning best musical and nine more awards.

"I Am My Own Wife," a SNAP Productions one-man drama about an East German transvestite who survives both the Nazi and Communist regimes, was close behind with seven wins, including best drama.

Combined, the two shows swept up more than half the 30 honors handed out at the Holiday Convention Centre. SNAP and Shelterbelt tied, at 10 awards each, as the most honored theaters for the 2006-07 season, which ended in late June.

The Bellevue Little Theatre won top comedy honors for "A Servant to Two Masters," plus three more awards for its musical "Lucky Stiff": supporting actress Allison Botkin Wissman, featured actor Dave Howard and youth technician Raymond Barnes. They were the only musical awards that did not go to the Shelterbelt show.

"Eating Raoul" was a winner for director Daena Schweiger, music director Nancy Curry, choreographer Patrick Roddy, the ensemble on "Hot Monkey Love" and costume designers Leslie Angeroth, Gary Bosanek and Kevin Steward.

Scott Fowler and Jennifer Gilg, as sex workers Paul and Mary Bland, and Tim Vallier, as their shady Latin landlord, Raoul, all won acting trophies, as did Denise Chevalier for featured bits in the "Raoul" chorus.

"I Am My Own Wife" won all seven categories for which it was nominated, including lead actor in a comedy or drama for Nick Zadina. Zadina played real-life transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf and nearly 40 additional roles.

Kevin Lawler, a co-founder of Omaha's Blue Barn Theatre who has since moved to New York, won best director of a comedy or drama, also for "Wife."

The show swept nearly all the technical categories: Bill Van Deest's scenic design, Homero Vela's lighting, Nancy Ross and Rhonda Hall's props, and Molly Welsh's sound.

The Circle Theater won best one-act play for its comedy "Laundry and Bourbon," about three Southern women who let down their hair on a boozy back-porch afternoon.

Mary Carrick, who played a suicidal woman in BroadStreet Theatre Co.'s " 'night, Mother," won best actress in a drama or comedy. Sherry Fletcher won supporting actress honors for BroadStreet's comedy about menopause, "Hot Flashes."

The Omaha Community Playhouse, which had been the most nominated theater with 36 nods, won two awards: youth actress Caroline Iliff for "Peter Pan" and youth actor Joey Galda for "Kimberly Akimbo."

The complete list of winners:

Show

Musical: "Eating Raoul," Shelterbelt Theatre
Drama: "I Am My Own Wife," SNAP Productions
Comedy: "A Servant to Two Masters," Bellevue Little Theatre
One-act: "Laundry and Bourbon," Circle Theatre
Cabaret, special event: "Why Do Women Get the Best Songs," North Side Christian Church

Directing

Drama or comedy: Kevin Lawler, "I Am My Own Wife," SNAP
Musical, stage director: Daena Schweiger, "Eating Raoul," Shelterbelt
Musical, music director: Nancy Curry, "Eating Raoul," Shelterbelt
Choreography: Patrick Roddy, "Eating Raoul," Shelterbelt

Acting, comedy or drama

Actress, lead: Mary Carrick, Jessie, " 'night, Mother," BroadStreet Theatre Co.
Actor, lead: Nick Zadina, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, et al., "I Am My Own Wife," SNAP
Actress, supporting: Sherry Josand Fletcher, multiple roles, "Hot Flashes," BroadStreet
Actor, supporting: Dennis Maddux, Ray, "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice," SNAP
Actress, featured: Liz Heim, Sadie, "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice," SNAP Productions
Actor, featured: Dan Chevalier, multiple roles, "Velvet," Baby D Inc.

Acting, musical

Actress, lead: Jennifer Gilg, Mary Bland, "Eating Raoul," Shelterbelt
Actor, lead: Scott Fowler, Paul Bland, "Eating Raoul," Shelterbelt
Actress, supporting: Allison Botkin Wissman, Rita La Porta, "Lucky Stiff," Bellevue Little Theatre
Actor, supporting: Tim Vallier, Raoul, "Eating Raoul," Shelterbelt
Actress, featured: Denise Chevalier, multiple roles, "Eating Raoul," Shelterbelt
Actor, featured: Dave Howard, Uncle Anthony, "Lucky Stiff," Bellevue
Ensemble: "Hot Monkey Love," "Eating Raoul," Shelterbelt

Theater arts

New script: Lily Baber Coyle, "The Princess and the Pee," SNAP
Scenic design: Bill Van Deest, "I Am My Own Wife," SNAP
Lighting: Homero Vela, "I Am My Own Wife," SNAP
Costumes: Leslie Angeroth, Gary F. Bosanek, Kevin Steward, "Eating Raoul," Shelterbelt
Props: Rhonda Hall & Nancy Ross, "I Am My Own Wife," SNAP
Sound: Molly Welsh, "I Am My Own Wife," SNAP

Youth awards

Actress, youth: Caroline Iliff, Wendy Darling, "Peter Pan," Playhouse
Actor, youth: Joey Galda, Jeff, "Kimberly Akimbo," Playhouse
Youth tech: Raymond Barnes, "Lucky Stiff," Bellevue