Back Stage
March 11, 2010
2010 Garland Awards for Excellence in Southland Theater
Dearest Friends,
We are thrilled to announce the 2010 Garland Awards, voted on by
the Los Angeles theater critics of Back Stage. Who knew we had
theater in Southern California, let alone a group of devoted
theater critics? Our equally devoted readers of Back Stage, of
course. Thank you for turning to the reviews pages in print and
reading other of our reviews online. We know you're out there,
treasuring the vibrant theater scene as much as we do.
The critics who voted are Jeff Favre, Hoyt Hilsman, Travis Holder,
Iris Mann, Eric Marchese, Dany Margolies, Dink O'Neal, Brad
Schreiber, Melinda Schupmann, Madeleine Shaner, Les Spindle, Neal
Weaver, and Jennie Webb. Under our voting system, each Garland
winner was named on at least three critics' Best of 2009 lists.
Each critic listed up to five nominees for each category except
performance, up to 10 nominees for performance in musical
productions and 10 for straight plays. Lists, minus the winners,
can be viewed below, after the full list of winners. As you can see
by the various lists, we saw hundreds of performances last year to
find the treasures we are rewarding here.
Congratulations to the recipients. Your work stayed with us
throughout 2009, making us proud to support the strong family that
is Los Angeles theater.
This year's winners are herewith invited to a party at which you
will be presented with your Garland statuettes. Please email dmargolies@backstage.com
with your contact information, and we will provide you with all the
necessary details: date, time, place.
And, as always, to all other theatermakers in the Southland, we
hope to see your names on these lists next year. Now get to
work!
Dany Margolies
Executive Editor
PRODUCTION
"August: Osage County"
Center Theatre Group and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company at the
Ahmanson Theatre
"Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,"
Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
"Equivocation,"
The Geffen Playhouse
"Land of the Tigers,"
Sacred Fools Theater Company and Burglars of Hamm in association
with Frantic Redhead Productions at Sacred Fools
"Life Could Be a Dream,"
David Elzer, Peter Schneider, and Crooning Crabcakes LLC at the
Hudson Mainstage Theatre
"Parade,"
Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse at the Mark Taper
Forum
"Stick Fly,"
The Matrix Theatre Company at the Matrix Theatre
PLAYWRITING
Burglars of Hamm (Carolyn Almos, Matt Almos, Jon Beauregard, and
Albert Dyan), "Land of the Tigers," Sacred Fools Theater
Company and Burglars of Hamm in association with Frantic Redhead
Productions at Sacred Fools
Lydia R. Diamond,
"Stick Fly,"The Matrix Theatre Company at the Matrix Theatre
Julie Hébert,
"Tree,"Ensemble Studio Theatre–LA at [Inside] the Ford
Rajiv Joseph,
"Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," Center Theatre Group at the Kirk
Douglas Theatre
Erin Kamler,
"Divorce! The Musical," Rick Culbertson in association with Lynn
Marks and Paradox Entertainment at the Hudson Mainstage
Theatre
Tracy Letts,
"August: Osage County," Center Theatre Group and the Steppenwolf
Theatre Company at the Ahmanson Theatre
Alfred Uhry,
"Parade," Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse at the Mark
Taper Forum
MUSICAL SCORE
Jason Robert Brown,
"Parade," Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse at the
Mark Taper Forum
John Du Prez and Eric Idle,
"Monty Python's Spamalot," Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson
Theatre
Erin Kamler,
"Divorce! The Musical," Rick Culbertson in association with Lynn
Marks and Paradox Entertainment at the Hudson Mainstage
Theatre
DIRECTION
Rob Ashford,
"Parade," Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse at the Mark
Taper Forum
Shirley Jo Finney,
"Stick Fly," The Matrix Theatre Company at the Matrix Theatre
Anna D. Shapiro,
"August: Osage County," Center Theatre Group and the Steppenwolf
Theatre Company at the Ahmanson Theatre
CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford,
"Parade," Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse at the
Mark Taper Forum
Matthew Bourne, Stephen Mear, and Geoffrey Garratt,
"Mary Poppins," Center Theatre Group, Disney, and
Cameron Mackintosh at the Ahmanson Theatre
Jeff Calhoun,
"Pippin," Center Theatre Group and Deaf West Theatre at the
Mark Taper Forum
Tania Possick,
"Cabaret," Musical Theatre of Los Angeles in association with
Canary Productions at the Met Theatre
MUSIC DIRECTION
Tom Murray,
"Parade," Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse
at the Mark Taper Forum
David O,
"Divorce! The Musical," Rick Culbertson in association with Lynn
Marks and Paradox Entertainment at the Hudson Mainstage
Theatre
Michael Paternostro,
"Life Could Be a Dream," David Elzer, Peter Schneider, and Crooning
Crabcakes LLC at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre
SCENIC DESIGN
Bob Crowley,
"Mary Poppins,"
Center Theatre Group, Disney, and Cameron Mackintosh at the
Ahmanson Theatre
Tim Hatley,
"Monty Python's Spamalot," Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson
Theatre
John Iacovelli,
"Stick Fly," The Matrix Theatre Company at the Matrix Theatre
Derek McLane,
"Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," Center Theatre Group at the Kirk
Douglas Theatre
Christopher Oram,
"Parade," Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse at the Mark
Taper Forum
Todd Rosenthal,
"August: Osage County," Center Theatre Group and the Steppenwolf
Theatre Company at the Ahmanson Theatre
Stephanie Kerley Schwartz,
"Treefall," Rogue Machine at Theatre/Theater
LIGHTING DESIGN
Neil Austin,
"Parade," Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse at the Mark
Taper Forum
Howard Harrison,
"Mary Poppins," Center Theatre Group, Disney, and Cameron
Mackintosh at the Ahmanson Theatre
David Lander,
"Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," Center Theatre Group at the Kirk
Douglas Theatre
Scott Zielinski,
"Equivocation," The Geffen Playhouse
COSTUME DESIGN
Gregg Barnes,
"Minsky's," Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre
Bob Crowley,
"Mary Poppins," Center Theatre Group, Disney, and Cameron
Mackintosh at the Ahmanson Theatre
Sherry Linnell,
"Candida," The Colony Theatre Company at the Colony Theatre
MAKEUP DESIGN
Ann Closs-Farley,
"Land of the Tigers," Sacred Fools Theater Company and Burglars of
Hamm in association with Frantic Redhead Productions at Sacred
Fools
PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Sam Anderson,
"The Bird and Mr. Banks," The Road Theatre Company at Lankershim
Arts Center
Deidrie Henry,
"Coming Home," The Fountain Theatre
Laurie Metcalf,
"Voice Lessons," Zephyr Theatre in association with Lee Sankowich
at the Zephyr Theatre
Megan Mullally,
"The Receptionist," The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and the Evidence
Room at the Odyssey Theatre
Estelle Parsons,
"August: Osage County," Center Theatre Group and the Steppenwolf
Theatre Company at the Ahmanson Theatre
Chris Pine,
"Farragut North," Geffen Playhouse in association with the Atlantic
Theater at the Geffen Playhouse
Kevin Tighe,
"Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," Center Theatre Group at the Kirk
Douglas Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Ashley Brown,
"Mary Poppins," Center Theatre Group, Disney, and Cameron
Mackintosh at the Ahmanson Theatre
T.R. Knight,
"Parade," Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse at the Mark
Taper Forum
Michael Kostroff,
"The Producers," Musical Theatre West at the Carpenter Performing
Arts Center
Gavin Lee,
"Mary Poppins,"
Center Theatre Group, Disney, and Cameron Mackintosh at the
Ahmanson Theatre
Lara Pulver,
"Parade,"
Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse at the Mark Taper
Forum
Jill Van Velzer,
"God Save Gertrude," The Theatre @ Boston Court
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Doug Carpenter, Ryan Castellino, Jim Holdridge, Daniel Tatar,
Jessica Keenan Wynn
"Life Could Be a Dream,"
David Elzer, Peter Schneider, and Crooning Crabcakes LLC at the
Hudson Mainstage Theatre
Chris Butler, Avery Clyde, Tinashe Kajese, Terrell Tilford, John
Wesley, Michole Briana White
"Stick Fly,"
The Matrix Theatre Company at the Matrix Theatre
CRITICS' FULL LISTS
Jeff Favre
PRODUCTION: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Neighborhood Playhouse,
Neighborhood Church; Taking Over, Center Theatre Group, Kirk
Douglas Theatre; The Projectionist, Center Theatre Group, Kirk
Douglas Theatre; Time Stands Still, Geffen Playhouse
PLAYWRITING: John W. Lowell, The Letters, Andak Stage Company,
NewPlace Studio Theatre; Donald Margulies, Time Stands Still;
Michael Sargent, The Projectionist; Octavio Solis, Lydia, Center
Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum
DIRECTION: Stephanie Coltrin, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,
CLOSBC, Hermosa Beach Playhouse; Bart DeLorenzo, The Projectionist;
David Esbjornson, Equivocation, Geffen Playhouse; Brady Schwind,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
CHOREOGRAPHY: Kate Champion, Dirty Dancing, Jacobsen Entertainment,
Pantages Theatre
MUSIC DIRECTION: James Dodgson, Mary Poppins, Center Theatre Group,
Ahmanson Theatre; Steven Landau, Pippin, Center Theatre Group, Mark
Taper Forum; Alby Potts, Oklahoma!,
CLOSBC, Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
SCENIC DESIGN: Chris Covics, The Projectionist; Stephen Brimson
Lewis, Dirty Dancing; Tobin Ost, Pippin
LIGHTING DESIGN: Donald Holder, Pippin; Dan Volonte, The Elephant
Man, Andak Stage Company, NewPlace Studio Theatre
COSTUME DESIGN: Gail Baldoni, Ain't Misbehavin', Center Theatre
Group, Ahmanson Theatre; Tobin Ost, Pippin
SOUND DESIGN: Steve Canyon Kennedy, Mary Poppins
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Suzanne Dean, Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Jon DeVries, August: Osage County,
Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre; Harry Groener,
Equivocation; Danny Hoch, Taking Over; Stacy Keach, Frost/Nixon,
Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre; Hamish Linklater, The
Projectionist; Michael Prohaska, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Daniel
Reichert, The Elephant Man; Joe Spano, Equivocation
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Cassandra Murphy,
A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Norris Center for the Performing
Arts, Norris Theatre; Annie V. Ramsey, Oklahoma!; Ty Taylor,
Pippin; Josh Tower, Jesus Christ Superstar, CLOSBC, Redondo Beach
Performing Arts Center
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Equivocation
Hoyt Hilsman
PRODUCTION: Frost/Nixon, Ahmanson Theatre; La Ronde de Lunch, The
Katselas Theatre Company, Skylight Theatre; Monty Python's
Spamalot, Ahmanson Theatre; Mystery of Irma Vep, Ark Theatre; The
Devil With Boobs, Open Fist Theatre Company
PLAYWRITING: Dario Fo, The Devil With Boobs; Peter Morgan,
Frost/Nixon
ADAPTATION: Eric Idle, Monty Python's Spamalot
DIRECTION: Michael Grandage, Frost/Nixon; Terri Hanauer, La Ronde
de Lunch; Tom Quaintance, The Devil With Boobs
CHOREOGRAPHY: Casey Nicholaw, Minsky's, Ahmanson Theatre; Diana
Wyenn, The Devil With Boobs
MUSIC DIRECTION: Phil Reno, Minsky's; Ben Whitely, Monty Python's
Spamalot
SCENIC DESIGN: Anna Louizos, Minsky's; Adam Rowe, The Devil With
Boobs
COSTUME DESIGN: Christine Wright, The Devil With Boobs
MAKEUP DESIGN: Anne Rene Breshier, Monkey Madness, Los Angeles
Theatre Ensemble, Powerhouse Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Melina Bielefelt, Molly
Sweeney, Oasis Theater Company, Son of Semele Theatre; Katherine
Griffith, The Devil With Boobs; Jim Hanna, The Mystery of Irma Vep;
Steven Shields, The Mystery of Irma Vep
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: John O'Hurley,
Monty Python's Spamalot; Stephanie Wall, The Light in the Piazza,
YMTA Productions, El Portal Theatre;
Courtney DeCosky, Savin' Up
for Saturday Night, Sacred Fools Theater Company
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: La Ronde de Lunch; The Devil With Boobs
Travis Michael Holder
PRODUCTION: Bronzeville, Robey Theatre Company in association with
the Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles Theatre Center; Tree,
Ensemble Studio Theatre–LA, John Anson Ford Theatres, [Inside] the
Ford
PLAYWRITING: Bill Robens, Kill Me, Deadly, Theatre of NOTE, Theatre
of NOTE; Tim Toyama and Aaron Woolfolk, Bronzeville; Beau Willimon,
Farragut North, Geffen Playhouse in association with the Atlantic
Theatre, Geffen Playhouse; Jacqueline Wright, Love Water, Ensemble
Studio Theatre–LA and Open Fist Theatre Company, Open Fist
Theatre
ADAPTATION: Julian Fellowes, Mary Poppins, Center Theatre Group,
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, Ahmanson Theatre; Eric Idle,
Spamalot, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre; The Not Man Apart
Physical Theatre Ensemble, Pericles Redux, Dax Foundation and the
Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble, Kirk Douglas Theatre; Bob
Martin, Minsky's, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre; Tiger
Reel, R.U.R., Action! Theatre and [via] Corpora, Art/Works
Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE: David Hanbury, God Save Gertrude, Theatre @ Boston
Court; Charles Strouse and Susan Birkenhead, Minsky's
DIRECTION: Ben Guillory, Bronzeville; Jessica Kubzansky, Tree; Jose
Luis Valenzuela, Solitude, Latino Theater Company, Los Angeles
Theatre Center
CHOREOGRAPHY: John Farmanesh-Bocca, Pericles Redux; Ameenah Kaplan,
Altar Boyz, Celebration Theatre in association with Dennis Nollette
and Bruce W. Zisterer, Celebration Theatre; Urbanie Lucero,
Solitude
MUSIC DIRECTION: Christopher Lloyd Bratten, Altar Boyz; Paul Ford,
An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, Center Theatre
Group and Except for This LLC, Ahmanson Theatre
SCENIC DESIGN: Francois-Pierre Couture, Solitude; Basil Twist,
Arias with a Twist, REDCAT in association with Tandem Otter
Productions and Barbara Busackino, REDCAT, Disney Hall; Sibyl
Wickersheimer, Love Water
LIGHTING DESIGN: Francois-Pierre Couture, Solitude; Chris
Wojcieszyn, Love Water; Steven Young, God Save Gertrude
COSTUME DESIGN: Tim Hatley, Spamalot; Michael Mullen, Altar Boyz;
Christopher Oram, Parade, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper
Forum
MAKEUP DESIGN: Naomi Donne, Mary Poppins; Leah Piehl, God Save
Gertrude
SOUND DESIGN: Jon Gottlieb, Equivocation, Geffen Playhouse; Lindsay
Jones, F*cking Men, Celebration Theatre; David B. Marling, The Bird
and Mr. Banks, Road Theatre Company, Lankershim Arts Center;
Cricket S. Myers, Love Water; John Zalewski, Solitude
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Justin Huen, Dias y
Flores, Company of Angels & Rocio in Spite of It All,
Alexandria Hotel; Alan Mandell, No Man's Land, Odyssey Theatre
Ensemble, Odyssey Theatre; Lawrence Pressman, No Man's Land; Esther
Scott, Po Boy Tango, East West Players, David Henry Hwang Theatre;
Ann Colby Stocking, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Blue Zone
Productions in association with NoHo Arts Center Ensemble; Kirsten
Vangsness, Kill Me, Deadly
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Joey Arias, Arias
with a Twist; Steve Coombs, God Save Gertrude; Gregory Franklin,
Divorce! The Musical, Rick Culbertson in association with Lynn
Marks and Paradox Entertainment, Hudson Theatre; Ellen Harvey, Mary
Poppins; Jim Holdridge, Life Could Be a Dream, David Elzer, Peter
Schneider and Crooning Crabcakes LLC, Hudson Mainstage; Jake Wesley
Stewart, Altar Boyz; David St. Louis, Parade
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: August: Osage County, Center Theatre Group,
Ahmanson Theatre; Bronzeville; Love Water; Parade; Tree
MISCELLANEOUS: Christopher Ash, Video Design, Solitude; Daniel
Brodie, Video Design, Arias with a Twist; Semyon Kobialka, Cello
Accompaniment, Solitude; Robin McWilliams, Hair Design, Children of
the Night, Katselas Theatre Company, Beverly Hills Playhouse; Chuck
Olsen, Properties Design, Life Could Be a Dream; Jason H. Thompson,
Video Design, God Save Gertrude; Basil Twist, Puppet Design, Arias
with a Twist
Iris Mann
PRODUCTION: Fiddler on the Roof, Nicholas Howey for Sunrise Touring
Company LLC, Nederlander Presentations Inc. & Broadway Access
America, Pantages Theatre; The Little Foxes, the Pasadena
Playhouse
PLAYWRITING: Roger Bean, Life Could Be a Dream, David Elzer, Peter
Schneider & Crooning Crabcakes LLC, Hudson Mainstage Theatre;
Theresa Rebeck, Mauritius, the Pasadena Playhouse
DIRECTION: Jonathan Barlow Lee, Children of a Lesser God, Deaf West
Theatre; Dominic Ottersbach, Dolores, Root A Toot Productions,
Lounge Theatre
CHOREOGRAPHY: Keith Young, Crowns, Pasadena Playhouse and Ebony
Repertory Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse
MUSIC DIRECTION: Steven Landau, Pippin, Center Theatre Group and
Deaf West Theatre, Mark Taper Forum; David Andrews Rogers, Fiddler
on the Roof; Linda Twine, Stormy Weather, the Pasadena
Playhouse
SCENIC DESIGN: Victoria Profitt, Light up the Sky, the Matrix
Theatre; Gary Wissman, The Little Foxes
LIGHTING DESIGN: Christian Epps, Stick Fly, the Matrix Theatre; Dan
Jenkins, The Little Foxes; Maggie Morgan, Mauritius; Ann G.
Wrightson, August: Osage County, Center Theatre Group and The
Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Ahmanson Theatre
COSTUME DESIGN: Mary Vogt, The Little Foxes; Dana Woods, Stick
Fly
SOUND DESIGN: Mitch Greenhill, Stick Fly; Cricket S. Myers, Life
Could Be a Dream; Jon Weston, Parade, Center Theatre Group and
Donmar Warehouse, Mark Taper Forum
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Ray Abruzzo, Mauritius;
Tinashe Kajese, Stick Fly; Kirsten Kollender, Mauritius; Monette
Magrath, Mauritius; Kelly McGillis, The Little Foxes; Betsy Moore,
Dolores; Bonnie Root, Dolores; David Hunt Stafford, Violet Sharp,
Theatre Forty, Reuben Cordova Theatre; Shoshannah Stern, Children
of a Lesser God
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Doug Carpenter,
Life Could Be a Dream; David St. Louis, Parade; Topol, Fiddler on
the Roof; Leslie Uggams, Stormy Weather; Jessica Keenan Wynn, Life
Could Be a Dream
Eric Marchese
PRODUCTION: The Andrews Brothers, FCLO Music Theatre, Plummer
Auditorium; Jesus Hates Me, The Chance Theater; The Producers,
Musical Theatre West, Carpenter Performing Arts Center; Richard
III, Stages Theatre; The Seagull, The Chance Theater
PLAYWRITING: Michael Hollinger, An Empty Plate at the Cafe du Grand
Boeuf, Laguna Playhouse; Ed Howard, Joe Sears, Jaston Williams,
Tuna Does Vegas, La Mirada Theatre; David Ives (and Mark Twain), Is
He Dead?, International City Theatre; Arthur Kraft, Philadelphia
Lawyer, Stages Theatre; Wayne Lemon, Jesus Hates Me
ADAPTATION: Jack Helbig, The Girl, The Grouch and the Goat, The
Chance Theater; Richard Nelson, The Seagull; Michael Feingold, The
Threepenny Opera, International City Theatre, Carpenter Performing
Arts Center
MUSICAL SCORE: Jennifer and William Georges, As You Like It,
Shakespeare Orange County, Festival Amphitheatre; Jennifer and
William Georges, The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare Orange County,
Festival Amphitheatre
DIRECTION: Dennis Beasley, The Little Dog Laughed, Theatre Out,
Empire Theatre; Nick DeGruccio, The Andrews Brothers; Brian Kojac,
Richard III; Oanh Nguyen, Jesus Hates Me; Tony Vezner, The
Seagull
CHOREOGRAPHY: Rob Barron, White Christmas, FCLO Music Theatre,
Plummer Auditorium; Lee Martino, Meet Me in St. Louis, Musical
Theatre West, Carpenter Performing Arts Center; Karen Nowicki, The
King and I, FCLO Music Theatre, Plummer Auditorium; Kelly Todd,
Hair, The Chance Theater; Matthew Vargo, The Producers, Musical
Theatre West, Carpenter Performing Arts Center
MUSIC DIRECTION: Lloyd Cooper, The Andrews Brothers; Lee Kreter,
White Christmas; Bill Strongin, Hair; Daniel Thomas, Meet Me in St.
Louis; Daniel Thomas, The Producers
SCENIC DESIGN: Stephen Gifford, Bright Ideas, International City
Theatre; Stephen Gifford, Is He Dead?; Tim Hatley, Spamalot, OCPAC;
Nate Makaryk, Treasure Island, Maverick Theater; Robin Wagner, The
Producers
LIGHTING DESIGN: Jeff Brewer, The Seagull; Katie Streeter, Love
Song, Rude Guerrilla Theater Company, Empire Theatre; Hugh
Vanstone, Spamalot, OCPAC; K.C. Wilkerson, Hair
COSTUME DESIGN: William Ivey Long, The Producers; Heidi Newell,
Treasure Island; Erika C. Miller, Hair; Ambra King Wakefield, The
King and I; Kathryn Wilson, As You Like It
MAKEUP DESIGN: Jax DiBenedetto, Night of the Living Dead, Maverick
Theater
SOUND DESIGN: Bryan Barton, The Girl, the Grouch and the Goat;
Peter Bayne, The Seagull; Julie Moore, Intimate Apparel, Long Beach
Playhouse
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Mark Coyan, A Number,
Rude Guerrilla Theater Company; Chance Dean, Jesus Hates Me; Amie
Farrell, Bright Ideas; Dan Flapper, The Seagull; Scott Keister,
Treasure Island; Brian Kojac, Richard III; Jennifer Pearce, The
Twilight of the Golds, Theatre Out, Empire Theatre; Jennifer
Ruckman, The Seagull; Melita Sagar, Love Song; Alex Walters, Love
Song
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Stan Chandler, The
Andrews Brothers; David Engel, The Andrews Brothers; John Fredo, My
Way, Laguna Playhouse; Clynell Jackson III, The King and I; Bets
Malone, The Andrews Brothers; Larry Raben, The Producers; Darius
Rose, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Theatre Out, Empire Theatre; Nick
Santa Maria, The Producers; Cassie Silva, Meet Me in St. Louis;
Victoria Strong, The King and I
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches,
Theatre Out and Maverick Theater; Is He Dead?; Love Song; The
Seagull; The Threepenny Opera
MISCELLANEOUS: Brian Danner, fight choreography, As You Like It;
Nick DeGruccio, David Engel and Steven Glaudini, compilation of
World War II-era films shown during pre-show and intermission, The
Andrews Brothers; Anthony Gagliardi, hair and wig designs, Bright
Ideas; Nate Makaryk, puppet building, combat choreography and
scenic design, Treasure Island; Gregory Meeh, special effects,
Spamalot, OCPAC
Dany Margolies
PRODUCTION: Around the World in 80 Days, Laguna Playhouse; Bach at
Leipzig, the Odyssey Theatre; Beggars in the House of Plenty,
Theatre/Theater; Macbeth, Theatre Banshee; The Pain and the Itch,
The Theatre @ Boston Court and Furious Theatre Company
PLAYWRITING: Bruce Norris, The Pain and the Itch
ADAPTATION: Meryl Friedman, The Wasps, Singer Productions Inc. at
the Lost Studio Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE: Meryl Friedman, The Wasps
DIRECTION: Bart DeLorenzo, The Receptionist, Odyssey Theatre and
Evidence Room at the Odyssey Theatre; Moisés Kaufman, Bengal Tiger
at the Baghdad Zoo, Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas
Theatre; Dámaso Rodriguez, The Pain and the Itch; Ken Sawyer,
Dracula, NoHo Arts Center Ensemble, in association with David
Elzer/Demand Productions at the NoHo Arts Center; Rick Sparks,
Divorce! the Musical, Rick Culbertson, in association with Lynn
Marks at Hudson Mainstage Theatre
MUSIC DIRECTION: David O, The Wasps
CHOREOGRAPHY: Meryl Friedman, The Wasps
SCENIC DESIGN: Kurt Boetcher, The Pain and the Itch; Stephen
Gifford, Beggars in the House of Plenty; Jeff McLaughlin, A Skull
in Connemara, Theatre Tribe; Desma Murphy, Dracula; Kelly Tighe,
Around the World in 80 Days; Sybil Wickersheimer, Our Mother's
Brief Affair, South Coast Repertory
COSTUME DESIGN: Ann Closs-Farley, Land of the Tigers, Burglars of
Hamm and Sacred Fools at Sacred Fools Theater; Leah Piehl, The
Wasps; Swinda Reichelt, The Doctor Despite Himself, Electric Lodge;
A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Bach at Leipzig; Vandy Scoates, The Dining
Room, Interact Theatre Company at the Victory Theatre Center;
Shigeru Yaji, Peace, the Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater at
the Getty Villa
SOUND DESIGN: Declan Doherty, Macbeth; Bruno Louchouarn, Beggars in
the House of Plenty; David B. Marling, The Bird and Mr. Banks, Road
Theatre Company, Lankershim Arts Center; Cricket S. Myers, music by
Kathryn Bostic, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; Ken Sawyer,
Dracula; Joseph Slawinski, Treefall, Rogue Machine at
Theatre/Theater
LIGHTING DESIGN: Leigh Allen, Beggars in the House of Plenty; Leigh
Allen, Children of a Lesser God, Deaf West Theatre; Lap-Chi Chu,
Our Mother's Brief Affair, South Coast Repertory; Luke Moyer,
Dracula
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY: Brian Danner, Macbeth
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Alan Cox, Frost/Nixon;
Harry Groener, Equivocation; McKerrin Kelly, Macbeth; Stacy Keach,
Frost/Nixon; Tom Kopeche, The Taming of the Shrew, Circus
Theatricals at Odyssey Theatre; Matthew Jaeger, Children of a
Lesser God; Shoshannah Stern, Children of a Lesser God
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Larry Raben, The
Producers, Musical Theatre West at the Carpenter Performing Arts
Center
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Emily Eiden, Brendan Ford, Leonard
Kelly-Young, Jeff Marlow, Moonlight and Magnolias, Laguna
Playhouse; Jamie Donovan, Alan Mandell, Lawrence Pressman, John
Sloan, No Man's Land, Odyssey Theatre; Matthew Arkin, Arye Gross,
Marin Hinkle, Jenny O'Hara, Our Mother's Brief Affair; Katie Marie
Davies, Scott Lowell, Vonessa Martin, Brad Price, Jennifer Rhodes,
Kevin Vavasseur, and Olivia Aaron/Ava Feldman, The Pain and the
Itch; John Apicella, Robert Alan Beuthe, Mark Doerr, Hubert Hodgin,
Albert Meijer, Steve Totland, Peter Van Norden, The Wasps
Dink O'Neal
PRODUCTION: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the
Norris Center for the Performing Arts, the Norris Center for the
Performing Arts; Big River, Actors Co-op, the Crossley Theatre; The
Producers, Musical Theatre West, the Carpenter Performing Arts
Center; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The
Production Company, the Chandler Studio Theatre; The Twilight of
the Golds, The Production Company, the Chandler Studio
Theatre
PLAYWRITING: Paul Kikuchi, Ixnay, the East West Players; Gabe
McKinley, Extinction, Red Dog Squadron, the Elephant Space; Andrew
Moore, Tracing Sonny, Theatre Unleashed, the Avery Schreiber
Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE: Neil Sedaka, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Cabrillo
Music Theatre, Fred Kavli Theatre
DIRECTION: Graeme Clifford, Rabbit Hole, Malibu Stage Company, the
Malibu Stage Theatre; Geoff Elliott, The Taming of the Shrew, A
Noise Within; Richard Israel, Big River; McKerrin Kelly, The
Hostage, Theatre Banshee, The Banshee; Rebecca Wackler, Tent
Meeting, Theatre Banshee, The Banshee
CHOREOGRAPHY: Julie Hall, Big River; Troy Magino, Breaking Up Is
Hard To Do; Ann Myers, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum
MUSIC DIRECTION: Richard Berent, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of
Fleet Street; Linda Kern, Big River; Dean Mora, No Way to Treat a
Lady, the Colony Theatre Company, the Colony Theatre; Daniel
Thomas, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
SCENIC DESIGN: Kurt Boetcher, Extinction; Mark Colson and PJ King,
Tent Meeting; Elizabeth Hayden-Passero, Molly, The Victory Theatre
Center; Adam Lillibridge, Noises Off, A Noise Within; Michael C.
Smith, Candida, the Colony Theatre Company, the Colony
Theatre
LIGHTING DESIGN: Ken Booth, The Tragedy of King Richard III, A
Noise Within; Jeremy Pivnick, Divorce! The Musical, Rick Culbertson
in association with Lynn Marks and Paradox Entertainment, the
Hudson Theatre; Dan Weingarten, Stranger, Bootleg Theater; August
Viverito, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
COSTUME DESIGN: Ann Closs-Farley, Stranger; Nikki Delhomme, The
Tragedy of King Richard III; Soojin Lee, The Taming of the Shrew, A
Noise Within; Angela Wood, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Glendale Centre
Theatre
SOUND DESIGN: Rob Corn, Molly; Patrick Hotchkiss, The Tragedy of
King Richard III
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Alan Blumenfeld, The
Taming of the Shrew; Anne Gee Byrd, Molly; Apollo Dukakis, The
Tragedy of King Richard III; Geoff Elliott, The Rehearsal, A Noise
Within; Vanessa Hurd, Tracing Sonny; Jeff Marlowe, Surviving Sex,
the Falcon Theatre; Greg Martin, The Crucible, the Actors Co-op,
the Crossley Theatre; James Roday, Extinction; Steve Weingartner,
The Tragedy of King Richard III; Michael Weston, Extinction
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Roy Abramsohn, 2
Pianos 4 Hands, the Colony Theatre Company, the Colony Theatre;
Eduardo Enrikez, Cabaret; Chris Warren Gilbert, A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum; Heather Lee, No Way to Treat a
Lady; Ann Myers, Oklahoma!, Glendale Centre Theatre; Donna Pieroni,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Jeffrey Rockwell, 2
Pianos 4 Hands; Nick Santa Maria, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum; Robert Standley, Oklahoma!
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Big River; Divorce! The Musical; Sweeney
Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Tent Meeting; The Twilight
of the Golds
Brad Schreiber
PRODUCTION: Dai (Enough), Lillian Theater; It's the Housewives!,
Racquel Lehrman and Theatre Planners, Whitefire Theatre; Photograph
51, Fountain Theatre; Voice Lessons, Zephyr Theatre in association
with Lee Sankowich, Zephyr Theatre
PLAYWRITING: Iris Bahr, Dai (Enough); Athol Fugard, Coming Home,
Fountain Theatre; Victoria E. Thompson, Underground Woman, Michael
Chekhov Studios and Theatre Unlimited, Michael Chekhov Studio; Anna
Ziegler, Photograph 51
MUSICAL SCORE: Hope and Laurence Juber, It's the Housewives!
DIRECTION: Bart Delorenzo and Justin Tanner, Voice Lessons; Doug
Hughes, Farragut North, Atlantic Theater, Geffen Theatre; Simon
Levy, Photograph 51; Art Manke, Noises Off, South Coast
Repertory
CHOREOGRAPHY: Kay Cole, It's the Housewives!
MUSIC DIRECTION: Laurence Juber, It's the Housewives!; Greg Piper,
Just Imagine, Nonnel Productions, Noho Arts Center
SCENIC DESIGN: Tom Buderwitz, Life Could Be a Dream, David Elzer,
Peter Schneider, Crooning Crabcakes LLC, Hudson Theatre
COSTUME DESIGN: Sharrell Martin, It's the Housewives!
SOUND DESIGN: David Van Tiegham and Walter Trarbach, Farragut
North; Jonathan Zenz, Just Imagine
PERFORMANCE IN (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Aria Alpert, Photograph
51; Iris Bahr, Dai (Enough); Shannon Cochran, August: Osage County,
Steppenwolf Theatre Co., Ahmanson Theatre; Jennifer Finnigan, The
Receptionist, Odyssey Theatre and Evidence Room Theatre, Odyssey
Theatre; Carl J. Johnson, Film, N.O.T.E.; Michael A. Newcomer,
Crime and Punishment, A Noise Within
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Jim Holdridge,
Life Could Be a Dream; Tim Piper, Just Imagine
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Matthew Elam, Deidrie Hendry, Noah Murtadha,
Thomas Silcott, Timothy Taylor, Adolphus Ward, Coming Home,
Fountain Theatre; Jennifer Finnigan, Chris L. McKenna, Megan
Mullally, Jeff Perry, The Receptionist; Maile Flanagan, Laurie
Metcalf, French Stewart, Voice Lessons
VIDEO: Gabrieal Griego, It's the Housewives!; Tim Piper, Just
Imagine; Joshua White and Bec Stupak, Farragut North
Melinda Schupmann
PRODUCTION: Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, Chance
Theater; Stick Fly, The Matrix Theatre Company, Matrix
Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE: Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman with George Stiles
and Anthony Drewe, Mary Poppins, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh,
Ahmanson Theatre
DIRECTION: Roger Bean, Life Could Be a Dream, David Elzer/Peter
Schneider and Crooning Crabcakes LLC, Hudson Mainstage; Moises
Kaufman, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Center Theatre Group,
Kirk Douglas Theatre; Oanh Nguyen, Hair; Rick Sparks, Divorce! The
Musical, Rick Culbertson in association with Lynn Marks and Paradox
Entertainment, Hudson Mainstage
CHOREOGRAPHY: Allison Bibicoff, Songs for a New World,
International City Theatre; Imara Quinonez, The Light in the
Piazza, Covina Redevelopment Agency and The Champion Family
Foundation, Covina Center for the Performing Arts; Kelly Todd,
Hair
MUSIC DIRECTION: Dennis Castellano, Putting It Together, South
Coast Repertory; Brent Crayon, Songs for a New World; Bill
Strongin, Hair
SCENIC DESIGN: Vali Tirsoaga, The Light in the Piazza
LIGHTING DESIGN: Chris Cotone, The Light in the Piazza; Christopher
Kuhl, Eclipsed, Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas Theatre; K.C.
Wilkerson, Hair
COSTUME DESIGN: Linda Fisher, Tuna Does Vegas, McCoy Rigby
Entertainment, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts; Alex
Jaeger, Eclipsed; Christopher Oram, Parade, Donmar Warehouse and
Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre; Erika C. Miller, Hair;
Larry Watts, The Light in the Piazza
SOUND DESIGN: Patrick Copeland, The Light in the Piazza; Casey
Holm, Hair; Cricket S. Myers, Life Could Be a Dream; Cricket S.
Myers, Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Aaron Braxton, Did You
Do Your Homework, Camelot Artists, Beverly Hills Playhouse; Glenn
Davis, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; Sandra Hakman, Picnic,
Sierra Madre Playhouse; Sarah Lilly, Breaking the Code, The
Production Company, The Chandler Studio Theatre Center; Jeff
Marlow, Moonlight and Magnolias, McCoy Rigby Entertainment, La
Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and Laguna Playhouse; Sam R.
Ross, Breaking the Code; French Stewart, Voice Lessons, Linda
Toliver and Gary Guidinger in association with Lee Sankowich,
Zephyr Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Christopher
Callen, The Light in the Piazza; Harry Groener, Putting It
Together
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Divorce! The Musical; Hair
Madeleine Shaner
PRODUCTION: The Browning Version, Pacific Resident Theatre; Just 45
Minutes From Broadway, The Rainbow Theatre Company, Edgemar Center
for the Arts; No Man's Land, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Odyssey
Theatre; Scarcity, needtheater, The Imagined Life Theatre; Stick
Fly, The Matrix Theatre Company, The Matrix Theatre
PLAYWRITING: Henry Jaglom, Just 45 Minutes From Broadway; Peter
Sinn Nachtrieb, Hunter Gatherers, furious theatre company, Pasadena
Playhouse; Lucy Thurber, Scarcity
DIRECTION: Marilyn Fox, The Browning Version; Gary Imhoff, Just 45
Minutes From Broadway; Jeremy Lewit, Sherlock's Last Case, Actors
Co-op, The Crossley Theatres; Stephen Sachs, Coming Home, The
Fountain Theatre
CHOREOGRAPHY: Arthur Faria, Ain't Misbehavin', Ahmanson
Theatre
SCENIC DESIGN: Brian Sidney Bembridge, Tree, Ensemble Studio
Theatre, [Inside] the Ford; Joel Daavid, Just 45 Minutes From
Broadway; Tim Farmer, Sherlock's Last Case; Michael C. Smith,
Candida, The Colony Theatre
COSTUME DESIGN: Carol Helen Beule, Molly, The Victory Theatre
Center; Audrey Eisner, The Browning Version; Shon LeBlanc, Coming
Home; A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Bach at Leipzig, the Odyssey
Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Tanna Frederick, Just
45 Minutes From Broadway; Willow Geer, Candida; Jack Heller, Just
45 Minutes From Broadway; Rebecca Jordan, Scarcity; Alan Mandell,
No Man's Land; Lawrence Pressman, No Man's Land; Giselle Wolf,
Molly
PERFORMANCES IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Annalisa
Erickson, Cabaret
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Sherlock's Last Case; The Browning Version;
Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins, El Centro Theatre
Les Spindle
PRODUCTION: Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins, West Coast Ensemble,
El Centro Theatre; The Pain and the Itch, Furious Theatre Company
and Theatre @ Boston Court, Theatre @ Boston Court
PLAYWRITING: Julie Marie Myatt, The Happy Ones, South Coast
Repertory; Bruce Norris, The Pain and the Itch; Brian Christopher
Williams, Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins
ADAPTATION: Douglas J. Cohen, No Way to Treat a Lady, Colony
Theatre; Joe DePietro, Fucking Men, Celebration Theatre; Julian
Fellowes, Mary Poppins, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson
Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE: Susan Birkenhead and Charles Strouse, Minsky's,
Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre; Douglas Cohen, No Way to
Treat a Lady
DIRECTION: Roger Bean, Life Could Be a Dream, David Elzer, Peter
Schneider, and Crooning Crabcakes LLC at the Hudson Mainstage
Theatre; Richard Israel, Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins; Dámaso
Rodriguez, The Pain and the Itch
CHOREOGRAPHY: Jon Engstrom, 42nd Street, Cabrillo Music Theatre;
Lee Martino, Life Could Be a Dream
MUSIC DIRECTION: James Dodgson, Mary Poppins, Center Theatre Group,
Disney, and Cameron Mackintosh at the Ahmanson Theatre; Brad Ellis,
Man of La Mancha, Reprise
Theatre Company, Freud Playhouse; Billy Stritch, The Best Is Yet to
Come, Rubicon Theatre
SCENIC DESIGN: Tom Buderwitz, Life Could Be a Dream
LIGHTING DESIGN: Christopher Akerlind, Lydia, Center Theatre Group,
Mark Taper Forum; Luke Moyer, Life Could Be a Dream; Ann G.
Wrightson, August: Osage County, Center Theatre Group and the
Steppenwolf Theatre Company at the Ahmanson Theatre
COSTUME DESIGN: Tim Hatley, Monty Python's Spamalot, Center Theatre
Group at the Ahmanson Theatre; Michael Mullen, Women Behind Bars,
Celebration Theatre
MAKEUP DESIGN: Joseph A. Campayno, Monty Python's Spamalot; Lori
Haake, Cabaret
SOUND DESIGN: Steve Canyon Kennedy, Mary Poppins; Christopher Oram,
Parade, Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse at the Mark
Taper Forum; Ken Sawyer, Dracula, NoHo Arts Center
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Johnny Clark,
Blackbird, VS. Theatre Company, Elephant Theatre Lab; Jade
Dornfeld, Blackbird; Kirk Douglas, Before I Forget, Kirk Douglas
Theatre; Wyatt Fenner, Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins; Brian
Norris, Bingo With the Indians, Rogue Machine, Theatre/Theater;
Brad Price, The Pain and the Itch; Raphael Sbarge, The Happy
Ones
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Alan Cumming, Alan
Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today, Geffen Playhouse; Annalisa
Erickson, Cabaret; P.J. Griffith, Parade; Julia Migenes, Man of La
Mancha, Reprise Theatre Company, Freud Playhouse
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Twilight of the Golds, The Production
Company, Chandler Studio Theatre; Altar Boyz, Celebration Theatre;
Fucking Men; The Pain and the Itch
Neal Weaver
PRODUCTION: Equus, The Production Company, Chandler Studio Theatre;
Stick Fly, Matrix Theatre Company, The Matrix Theatre; The
Crucible, Rebecca Hayes for The Actors Co-op, The Actors
Co-op
PLAYWRITING: Joe de Pietro, F*cking Men, Celebration Theatre; Brian
Christopher Williams, Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins, West Coast
Ensemble, El Centro Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE: Anthony Bollas, The Stranger, Bootleg Theatre
DIRECTION: Richard Israel, Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins; Michael
Matthews, Three Tall Women, West Coast Ensemble, El Centro Theatre;
Calvin Remsberg, F*cking Men; August Viverito, Equus
CHOREOGRAPHY: Ameenah Kaplan, Altar Boyz, Celebration Theatre; Lee
Martino, Life Could Be a Dream, Hudson Mainstage Theatre
SCENIC DESIGN: Kurt Boetcher, Extinction, Red Dog Squadron, Theatre
Asylum; Danny Cistone, Blackbird, VS. Theatre Company, Elephant
Theatre Lab; Desma Murphy, Dracula, NoHo Arts Center & David
Elzer, NoHo Arts Center
LIGHTING DESIGN: Luke Moyer, Life Could Be A Dream; Jeremy Pivnick,
The Unseen, The Road Theatre Company, The Road Theatre; Dan
Weingarten, Stranger, Bootleg Theatre
COSTUME DESIGN: Ann Closs-Farley, Stranger
SOUND DESIGN: Rebecca Kessin, Stranger; Ron Klier, Blackbird; David
B. Marling, The Unseen
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY:
Benjamin Burdick, Light Up the Sky, Open Fist Theatre; Gary
Clemmer, The Crucible, The Actors Co-op; Wyatt Fenner, Anita Bryant
Died For Your Sins; Jim Hanna, Equus; Molly O'Neill, Stranger;
Daniel J. Roberts, The Crucible; Jan Sheldrick, Three Tall Women;
Samantha Sloyan, Munched, Buzzworks Theater Company, El Centro
Theatre; Patrick Stafford, Equus
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Doug Carpenter,
Life Could Be A Dream; Tim Piper, Just Imagine, Nonnel Productions,
Noho Arts Center
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: F*cking Men; Trafficking in Broken Hearts,
Celebration Theatre; Treefall, Rogue Machine, Theatre/Theater
MISCELLANEOUS: Victor Warren, Fight Choreography, Stranger, Bootleg
Theatre
Jennie Webb
PRODUCTION: Arias With a Twist, REDCAT; The Miser, The Will Geer
Theatricum Botanicum; Tree, Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles,
[Inside] the Ford
PLAYWRITING: Ruth McKee, Stray, The Black Dahlia Theatre and Chalk
Repertory Theatre Company, the Black Dahlia Theatre; Henry Murray,
Treefall, Rogue Machine, Theatre/Theater
MUSICAL SCORE: Vinny Golia, Bleeding Through, About Productions,
Shakespeare Festival LA; David Hanbury, God Save Gertrude
DIRECTION: Matt Almos, Land of the Tigers, Sacred Fools and
Burglars of Hamm in association with Frantic Redhead Productions,
Sacred Fools; John Perrin Flynn, Treefall; Jessica Kubzansky, Tree;
Basil Twist, Arias With a Twist; Guy Zimmerman, Clown Show for
Bruno, Padua Playwrights, Art Share L.A.
CHOREOGRAPHY: Nadine Ellis and Ameenah Kaplan, Frosty the
SnowManilow, Troubadour Theater Company, Falcon Theatre; Tina
Kronis, Model Behavior, 24th Street Theatre and Theatre Movement
Bazaar, 24th Street Theatre
MUSIC DIRECTION: Rob Oriol, God Save Gertrude, The Theatre @ Boston
Court
SCENIC DESIGN: Lacey Anzelec, East of Berlin, NoHo Arts Center
Ensemble and 49th Parallel Theatre, The NoHo Arts Center; Brian
Sidney Bembridge, Tree; Michael C. Smith, The Rehearsal, A Noise
Within
LIGHTING DESIGN: Joel Daavid, Block Nine, The Elephant Theatre
Company at the Lillian Theatre; Luke Moyer, East of Berlin; Jared
A. Sayeg, Never Land, Rogue Machine, Theatre/Theater
COSTUME DESIGN: Ann Closs-Farley, Land of the Tigers; Shon LeBlanc,
The Miser, The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum; Christa Mathis,
Eve's Rapture, The Hayworth Theatre; Pamela Shaw, Bleeding Through,
About Productions, Shakespeare Festival LA
SOUND DESIGN: David Robbins, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, The
Actors' Gang, Ivy Substation; John Zalewski, Clown Show for
Bruno
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY: Hugo Armstrong, Land of
the Tigers; Alan Blumenfeld, The Miser; Katie Marie Davies, The
Pain and the Itch, Furious Theatre Company and The Theatre @ Boston
Court; Katherine Griffith, The Devil With Boobs, The Open Fist
Theatre Company; Russell Sams, East of Berlin; Daniel Stein, Clown
Show for Bruno; Jennifer Toffel, A Lie of the Mind, Studio Five
Productions, Studio Stage; Rachel Wall, Stray
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Joey Arias, Arias
With a Twist; Lou Beatty, Howlin' Blues and Dirty Dogs, Theatre
Perception Consortium, Stella Adler Theatre; Steve Coombs, God Save
Gertrude; Lilly Holleman, God Save Gertrude; Barbara Morrison,
Howlin' Blues and Dirty Dogs
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Chuma Gault, Sloan Robinson, Tessa Thompson,
Jacqueline Wright, Tree; Patrick J. Adams, Troian Bellisario, Harry
Groener, Brian Henderson, Joe Spano, Connor Trinner, Equivocation,
The Geffen Playhouse; Shannon Holt, William Dennis Hunt, Bradley
Fisher, Lisa Pelikan, Christopher Shaw, William Christopher
Stephens, Katherine Tozer, Never Land
MISCELLANEOUS: Basil Twist, Production Design, Arias With a Twist;
Jeffrey Atherton, Masks, Clown Show for Bruno; Daniel Brodie, Video
Design, Arias With a Twist