Garland Awards

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Back Stage hosted the Garland Awards party April 12, celebrating its critics' choices of the best in Southland theater 2009.

Actors, producers, publicists, Back Stage staff, and critics mingled, renewing acquaintanceships and sharing recollections of the year. Clockwise from right: Tinashe Kajese, Avery Clyde, and John Wesley, members of the winning "Stick Fly" ensemble; Daniel Tatar of the winning "Life Could Be a Dream" ensemble and Michael Kostroff, performance-award recipient for "The Producers"; Deidrie Henry, honored for her performance in "Coming Home"; the cast and writer of "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," Sheila Vand, Arian Moayed, Glenn Davis, Garland-winning writer Rajiv Joseph, Brad Fleischer, and Garland-winning actor Kevin Tighe; and the producers and creators of "Land of the Tigers," David LM McIntyre, Albert Dayan, Jon Beauregard, Carolyn Almos, and Ginger Perkins.

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