Finalists in professional, community and youth categories have been released ahead of the 10th Annual Theater Awards Night at the Palace Theatre in Manchester on Feb. 3. To purchase tickets, call the Palace Theatre box office at 668-5588.

Below is a listing of the nominees from area theaters or theater groups, including the Peterborough Players, Actors’ Circle Theatre and Andy’s Summer Playhouse, only:

PROFESSIONAL
Best Production, Drama/Comedy
Ancestral Voices: Peterborough Players; Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players

Best Director, Drama/Comedy
Ancestral Voices: Peterborough Players (Gus Kaikkonen); Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players (Gus Kaikkonen)

Best Actor, Drama/Comedy
Ancestral Voices: Peterborough Players (Kraig Schwartz as Eddie) Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players (Gordan Clapp as Duke)

Best Actress, Drama/Comedy
Ancestral Voices: Peterborough Players (Dale Hodges as Grandmother/Mrs. Mitchell); Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players (Karen Peakes as Isabella)

Best Supporting Actor, Drama/Comedy
Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players (Ryan Farley as Angelo); Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players (Ryan David O’Byrne as Lucio)

Best Supporting Actress, Drama/Comedy
Ancestral Voices: Peterborough Players (Sevanne Martin as Jane); Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players (Bridget Beirne as Mistress Overdone); Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players (Courtney Cook as Marianna)

Best Lighting Designer
Ancestral Voices: Peterborough Players (John Eckert); Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players (John Eckert)

Best Sound Designer
Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players (Kevin Frazier)

Best Costume Designer
Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players (Lara de Bruijn)

Best Scenic Designer
Ancestral Voices: Peterborough Players (Gus Kaikkonen); Measure for Measure: Peterborough Players (Charles Morgan)

COMMUNITY
Best Director, Drama/Comedy
The Lost World: Andy’s Summer Playhouse (Jared Mezzocchi)

Best Original Playwright
King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table: Andy’s Summer Playhouse (Kerry Ryan); Kung-Fu Beach Party: Andy’s (DJ Potter); The Lost World: Andy’s (Jared Mezzocchi)

Best Actress, Drama/Comedy
As You Like It: Actors’ Circle Theatre (Jenna Fraser as Rosalind/Ganymede); Unexpected Tenderness: Actors’ Circle (Heather McCormack as Molly)

Best Supporting Actor, Drama/Comedy
As You Like It: Actors’ Circle Theatre (Scott Gardner as Touchstone)

Best Supporting Actress, Drama/Comedy
As You Like It: Actors’ Circle Theatre (Wendy Almeida as Jaques)

This article appears in the Dec. 28, 2011, edition of the Ledger-Transcript.