Paper Mill Nominated for People's Choice Award

Paper Mill Playhouse is up for two People's Choice Awards from JerseyArts.com, and fans can vote for the theater through Jan. 17.

Paper Mill is nominated for Favorite Professional Theater (Equity) and Favorite Arts/Theater Camp for the annual Summer Musical Theater Conservatory. Last year Paper Mill won for Favorite Professional Theater (Equity). Votes can be cast at http://JerseyArts.com/PeoplesChoice.

The People's Choice Awards have categories that range from theaters and performing arts centers, to museums and galleries, to symphonies and dance companies.  The winners will be announced in February online at JerseyArts.com and via email to all the voters. Recipients will formally receive their awards in a ceremony at The Governor's Conference on Tourism in March 2011.

"Paper Mill Playhouse is thrilled to receive a nomination in the category of Favorite Professional Theater (Equity), and for the first time in Favorite Arts/Theater Camp," said Paper Mill Playhouse's Managing Director Todd Schmidt in a press release. "We are honored to be nominated for these awards by the hard-working professionals of the New Jersey arts community."

"We were thrilled last year when thousands of Paper Mill Playhouse supporters cast their vote for our theater," said Mark S. Hoebee, producing artistic director of Paper Mill Playhouse, in a press release. "To have our Summer Musical Theater Conservatory nominated this year is really exciting.  Programs like our Theater School and the Paper Mill Playhouse Summer Musical Theater Conservatory give students of all ages an opportunity to learn and explore elements of performance."

Jersey Arts Marketers (JAM) member organizations submitted online ballots to determine which groups would be nominated in each category. Groups that won in 2009 were automatically nominated for 2010 in their respective categories.