CARBONELL AWARDS Ceremony Returns to PB County on November 17 with Many Local Connections

BOCA RATON, Fla. - EntSun -- (Boca Raton, FL – October 7, 2025) The 48^th annual Carbonell Awards, South Florida's Theater & Arts Honors, will be hosting a glittery ceremony at FAU's University Theatre in Boca Raton on Monday, November 17, at 7:30 pm. This will be the first Carbonell Awards Ceremony to be held in Palm Beach County since 1997.

Among the specific Palm Beach County connections to the upcoming awards ceremony:

• It is being produced by Andrew Kato, the longtime Producing Artistic Director/CEO at the Maltz Jupiter Theater, who served as Creative Consultant & Coordinating Producer on Broadway's Tony Awards® for 13 years.
• It will present eight Special Awards, including the prestigious George Abbott Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts to William Hayes & Sue Ellen Beryl, co-founders of Palm Beach Dramaworks, which recently celebrated its 25^th anniversary of producing Theatre to Think About.
• It will present the first Jan McArt Award. Named after the "First Lady of South Florida Theater" who helmed several local theaters including the popular Royal Palm Dinner Theatre in Mizner Park, this new Special Award recognizes significant achievement by a small theatre.
• It will present the Bill Hindman Award to actor/educator Beverly Blanchette, the longtime Dean of Theatre at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, and one of three Jack Zink Memorial Scholarships will be given to recent Dreyfoos graduate Alexa Isabel Lasanta.

At this year's ceremony, awards will be presented in 20 competitive categories for the 2024-2025 theater season. Collectively, 129 nominations are distributed among 36 professional productions at 19 different theaters in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties.

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Attached Images:

1.   Vaishnavi Sharma and Iain Batchelor, both nominated for Carbonell Awards for their performances in The Impossible Task of Today at FAU's Theatre Lab in Boca Raton. The play by Jeff Bower is a finalist for Outstanding New Work.

2.   William Hayes & Sue Ellen Beryl, co-founders of Palm Beach Dramaworks, are receiving the prestigious George Abbott Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts.

(Photo Credit: Curtis Brown Photography)

3.   Beverly Blanchette, recipient of this year's Bill Hindman Award.

(Photo Credit: Tom Schmucki)

Media Contact:

Gary Schweikhart

Carbonell Board President

561.756.4298 / gary@pr-bs.net