BOCA RATON, Fla. - s4story -- (Boca Raton, FL – October 16, 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.

Up to 500 actors, musicians, performers, writers, directors, back-stage technicians, producers, reviewers, designers, specialty artists, and diehard theater fans are expected to attend South Florida's version of Broadway's Tony Awards®, the first one to be held in Palm Beach County since 1997.

Tickets for the entertainment-packed award ceremony and after-party are only $45 and can now be purchased online at FAUevents.com, or by contacting the FAU Box Office at 561.297.6124.

Event highlights include:

• 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" and is being presented to Boward-based New City Players.

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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Maltz Jupiter Theatre has 24 nominations, Slow Burn Theatre Company earned 23, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre and GableStage garnered 11 each, Arca Images and Miami New Drama both grabbed 9, with 7 nominations each going to Broadway at LPAC, New City Players, and Theatre Lab.

Attached Image:

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)

Media Contact:

Gary Schweikhart

Carbonell Board President

561.756.4298

gary@pr-bs.net