Bullaburra actress Georgia Adamson has taken out a coveted Sydney Theatre Award.
The 38-year-old won the best actress in a supporting role in an independent production for her role in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, edging out Lily Newbury-Freeman, Matilda Ridgway and Francesca Savige.
The awards were announced last week in Sydney and determined by a group of leading theatre critics.
Adamson was excited to accept her first major acting award.
"When I heard my name I shot out of my chair. I'm thrilled and honoured, there were lots of talented people there," she said.
Adamson is part of theatre company Sport for Jove, which took home six awards for their productions.
It was an excellent year for The Crucible's director Damien Ryan, who directed Bell Shakespeare's Henry V which won the award for best mainstage production, as well as Sport for Jove's All's Well That Ends Well, which won best independent production. He also took home the award for best director (mainstage).
In The Crucible, Adamson played Elizabeth Proctor, who lived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 during the time of the highly influential Puritans. She struggles to deal with her husband John's (played by Julian Garner) infidelity, and is accused of witchcraft by his mistress.
"This role has been such a pleasure to play and a huge challenge. I've enjoyed it and to get that acknowledgement ... it was such a great experience," she said.
The production has been showing since mid-December in Baulkham Hills and came to The Everglades Gardens in Leura this month, wrapping up their sold out shows just last weekend. The cast will return to Baulkham Hills for one final week in March, which Adamson is pleased about as she's "not ready to let go of it yet".
They only had to move the production out of The Everglades once due to the weather, shifting it to The Fairmont in a picnic-like set-up with rugs on the floor and chairs at the back.
"Some people were disappointed it wasn't in the gardens, but that only lasted two or three minutes and we'd transported them out of the ballroom," she said.
Adamson's next production is Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, showing at the Opera House in July.