SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Paul Birchall
PRODUCTION: Anatol, Buffalo Nights at the Powerhouse Theatre; Good Thing, Taper, Too at the Actors' Gang; The Imperialists at the Club Cave Canem at Evidence Room; The Slow and Painful Death of Sam Shepard, Zoo District at Sacred Fools. PLAYWRITING: Noel Alumit, Masters of the Miss Universe, Noel Alumit, Anne Etue, and Highways Performance Space at Highways Performance Space; Nancy Balbirer, I Slept With Jack Kerouac at the Gascon Theatre Center; Padraic Duffy, Feet at Sacred Fools; Jessica Goldberg, Good Thing; Jeffery Roberson, The Very Worst of Varla Jean Merman, Leigh McLeod Fortier at the Hudson Avenue Theatre. ADAPTATION: Frederique Michel, The Gertrude Stein Project at City Garage. DIRECTION: Bill Cusack, The Slow and Painful Death of Sam Shepard; John DiFusco, Tracers at the Odyssey Theatre; Jessica Kubzansky, Anatol; Jessie Marion, Feet; Roxanne Rogers, The Woman Who Forgot Her Sweater, Overtone Industries at [Inside] the Ford. SCENIC DESIGN: Jason Adams, Good Thing; Evan A. Bartoletti, The Caliban at Sacred Fools; Jon Furguson, Venus and Adonis at 2nd Stage. COSTUME DESIGN: Shon LeBlanc, The Devil's Disciple at Actors Co-op. PERFORMANCE: Bill Block, Sight Unseen at the Lex; Annie Gagen, The Devil's Disciple; Shannon Holt, Good Thing; Tom Lillard and Beth Hogan, The Faust Projekt at the Odyssey Theatre; Miriam Margolyes, Romeo and Juliet at the Ahmanson Theatre; Damien Midkiff, Sharon and Billy at the Open Fist Theatre; Alley Mills, The Scarecrow at Pacific Resident Theatre. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Anatol; the cast of The Caliban; the cast of Feet; the cast of Good Thing; the cast of The Imperialists at the Club Cave Canem; the cast of Rice Boy, Taper, Too at the Actors' Gang; the cast of Tracers; the cast of The Woman Who Forgot Her Sweater.
Jesse Dienstag
PRODUCTION: Another American: Asking and Telling at the Mark Taper Forum; Bosoms and Neglect at South Coast Repertory; The Diary of Anne Frank at West Coast Ensemble; Flirting With Morty at the Company of Angels; The Lover at Actors Art Theatre. MUSICAL SCORE: Aaron Hartman, Raige Pierson, and Kim D. Sherman, Girl Under Grain at Theatre of NOTE; John Lathan, Flirting With Morty. DIRECTION: David Chambers, Bosoms and Neglect; Ben Livingston, Maids of Honor, Two Chicks Productions at 2100 Square Feet. SCENIC DESIGN: George K. Cybulski, The Diary of Anne Frank; Marco DeLeon, Blade to the Heat, asthma dog productions at Stage 52; Matthew Jacobs, Seduced, Alliance Repertory Company at the Alliance Theater; Darcy Scanlin, Bosoms and Neglect. LIGHTING DESIGN: Michael Hamilton, Seduced. COSTUME DESIGN: Patty Malkin, Margaret at the Hudson Guild Backstage Theatre. SOUND DESIGN: Michael Hamilton, Seduced. PERFORMANCE: Blake Boyd, Maids of Honor; Tim Choate, Bosoms and Neglect; Holly Jenkins, Flirting With Morty; Cindy Katz, Bosoms and Neglect; Clive Pearson, The Diary of Anne Frank; Joel Stoffer, Seduced. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of The Diary of Anne Frank; the cast of The Lover; the cast of Maids of Honor; the cast of Margaret; the cast of The Slow and Painful Death of Sam Shepard, Zoo District at Sacred Fools.
Claudia Grazioso
PRODUCTION: Hair Pieces: By Women About Hair at the Hudson Theatre. PLAYWRITING: John Belluso, The Body of Bourne at the Mark Taper Forum; Colin Mitchell, Bitten by a Fly at the Actor's Lab; Jenna Zark, "Mother of Myriads" (part of Hair Pieces). DIRECTION: Jan Lewis, Hair Pieces; Lisa Peterson, The Body of Bourne; Matthew Smith, All Hallow's Eve, presented by Pendulum at the Hudson Theatre. SCENIC DESIGN: Rachel Hauck, The Body of Bourne. COSTUME DESIGN: Paul Spadone, Xanadu Live at the Gascon Center Theatre. PERFORMANCE: Jonelle Allen, Six by Tenn, Blue Sphere Alliance at the Lex; Ellen Gerstein, Hair Pieces; Clark Middleton, The Body of Bourne; Jenny O'Hara, Bitten by a Fly.
Hoyt Hilsman
PRODUCTION: Casanova at the Open Fist Theatre; The Day Room, Parallax Theater at the Court Theatre; Life Is a Dream at A Noise Within; The Lonesome West at South Coast Repertory; Terminus Americana, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble at East L.A. College Little Theatre. PLAYWRITING: Matt Pelfrey, Terminus Americana. MUSICAL SCORE: Peter Erskine, Side Man at the Pasadena Playhouse. DIRECTION: Martin Benson, The Lonesome West; Victor D'Altorio, The Day Room; Martha Demson, Casanova; Dakin Matthews, Mercadet: The Napoleon of Finance, the Antaeus Company at Ivy Substation. MUSIC DIRECTION: Lawrence Yurman, 3hree. CHOREOGRAPHY: Michael Arnold, "Flight of the Lawnchair Man," 3hree at the Ahmanson Theatre; Rob Ashford, "The Mice," 3hree. SCENIC DESIGN: Howell Binkley, 3hree; Doug Rove, Casanova; Walt Spangler, 3hree; Mark Thompson, The Unexpected Man at the Geffen Playhouse. LIGHTING DESIGN: Tom Frohling, Casanova. COSTUME DESIGN: Bob Crowley, Aida, Disney Theatricals at the Ahmanson Theatre; Miguel Angel Huidor, 3hree; Mark Thompson, The Unexpected Man; Pat Tonnema, Casanova. MAKEUP DESIGN: Ginger Damen, Casanova. SOUND DESIGN: Peter Carlstedt, Casanova; Duncan Mark Edwards, 3hree; Mic Pool and David Bullard, The Unexpected Man. PERFORMANCE: Keith Bogart, The Day Room; Robin Braxton, The Day Room; Len Cariou, Copenhagen at the Wilshire Theatre; Amy Chafee, The Lonesome West; Dakin Matthews, Mercadet: The Napoleon of Finance; Robert Pescovitz, The Day Room; Holland Taylor, The Unexpected Man; Todd Waring, The Day Room; Robert Wightman, The Day Room; Ian Patrick Williams, The Day Room. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Casanova; the cast of The Day Room.
Wenzel Jones
PRODUCTION: Between Iraq and a Hard Place at the Hudson Guild Theatre; Looking for Normal at the Geffen Playhouse; Yankee Dawg You Die at East West Players. PLAYWRITING: Stefan Marks, Sitcom, the Play at Stella Adler Theatre; Jill Turnbow, Between Iraq and a Hard Place. MUSICAL SCORE: Damon Intrabartolo, Corpus Christi at the Lillian Theatre. DIRECTION: Ben Donenberg, Comedy of Errors, L.A. Shakespeare at various locations; Alberto Isaac, Yankee Dawg You Die; Art Manke, Hay Fever at A Noise Within; Gene Reynolds, The Time of Your Life, Camelot Artists at the Skylight Theatre; Chay Yew, Red at East West Players. MUSIC DIRECTION: Ron Snyder, Pinafore! at the Celebration Theatre; Lawrence Yurman, 3hree at the Ahmanson Theatre. CHOREOGRAPHY: Derick Lasalla, Generator Girl at American Renegade Theatre; Art Manke, Much Ado About Nothing at South Coast Repertory. SCENIC DESIGN: Scott Bradley, Looking for Normal; Thomas Buderwitz, A Delicate Balance at South Coast Repertory Theatre; Paul Herndon, Generator Girl. LIGHTING DESIGN: Jay Bolton, Corpus Christi; Robert Fromer, Two-Headed at [Inside] the Ford; Mark T. Simpson, Lypsinka! The Boxed Set, Russell Scott Lewis, Susan West, Michael Filerman, and TWEEDTheatreWorks at the Tiffany Theater. COSTUME DESIGN: Walker Hicklin, The Circle at South Coast Repertory. SOUND DESIGN: Bruce Ellman, Fully Committed at the Coronet Theatre; John Epperson, Lypsinka! The Boxed Set; Aaron Sanchez, Yankee Dawg You Die; Marc Anthony Thompson, A Huey P. Newton Story at Los Angeles Theatre Center. PERFORMANCE: Brian Beacock, Fully Committed at the Coronet Theatre and the Laguna Playhouse; Jenna Cole, Hay Fever; David Engel, Crazy for You, Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center; Linda Gehringer, A Delicate Balance; Jodi Long, Flower Drum Song at the Mark Taper Forum; Sab Shimono, Yankee Dawg You Die. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of The Body of Bourne at the Mark Taper Forum; the cast of Central Avenue at the Fountain Theatre; the cast of Trelawney of the 'Wells' at A Noise Within.
Anne Kelly-Saxenmeyer
PRODUCTION: The Last Season, the Robey Theatre Company and Legacy Productions at Stage 52; Wilde Childe at the Actors' Gang El Centro; In Real Life at the Mark Taper Forum; A Servant to Two Masters at International City Theatre. MUSICAL SCORE: David O, Wilde Childe. DIRECTION: Jessica Kubzansky, A Servant to Two Masters; Chuck Smith, The Last Season; Zombie Joe, The Box at Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre. CHOREOGRAPHY: Julie Arenal, Joe Louis Blues at the Tiffany Theater. SCENIC DESIGN: Ed Haynes, The Last Season; Kis Knekt, Bitten by a Fly at the Actor's Lab; Kis Knekt, The Scarecrow at Pacific Resident Theatre; Victoria Profitt, The Birthday Party at the Matrix Theatre Company. LIGHTING DESIGN: Keith Endo, Everyday Life at Pacific Resident Theatre. COSTUME DESIGN: Audrey Eisner, Everyday Life; Lisa Wujick, Anatol, Buffalo Nights at the Powerhouse Theatre. PERFORMANCE: M Brauer, Wilde Childe; Ginna Carter, Everyday Life; Michael David Edwards, A Servant to Two Masters; Joe Fria, Go True West, Future Stars of Hollywood at the Lillian Theatre; Beth Kennedy, A Servant to Two Masters; Harry Lennix, The Last Season; Lawrence Pressman, The Birthday Party; Ben Simonetti, Go True West; Ellis E. Williams, Joe Louis Blues. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of The Last Season; the cast of The Seagull at the Actors' Gang.
Rob Kendt
PRODUCTION: Bing at Theatre of NOTE; Bosoms and Neglect at South Coast Repertory; Do I Hear a Waltz? at the Pasadena Playhouse; Don Carlos at Evidence Room; Fen at the Open Fist Theatre; Hay Fever at A Noise Within. PLAYWRITING: Gregory Gunter, Antigone. Tertiary. Sexxx., Oasis Theatre Company at Actor's Lab; Katherine Noon and Christopher DeWan, Clyt at Home: The Clytemnestra Project at Theatre of NOTE; Jacqueline Wright, Bing. MUSICAL SCORE: Jef Bek, The Slow and Painful Death of Sam Shepard, Zoo District at Sacred Fools; O-Lan Jones, The Woman Who Forgot Her Sweater, Overtone Industries at [Inside] the Ford. DIRECTION: Matt Almos, Bing; Veronica Brady, Two-Headed, Timescape Arts Group at [Inside] the Ford; Bart DeLorenzo, Don Carlos; Pamela Gordon, Three Days of Rain at Evidence Room; Jessica Kubzansky, Anatol, Buffalo Nights at the Powerhouse Theatre; Art Manke, Hay Fever; Dakin Matthews, Mercadet: The Napoleon of Finance, Antaeus Company at Ivy Substation; Christopher Liam Moore, Foot/ Mouth, Cornerstone Theater Company at Santa Monica Place; David Petrarca, Kimberly Akimbo at South Coast Repertory; David Rose, Big Bear, Birdman Productions at Third Stage Theatre. SCENIC DESIGN: Jason Adams and Alicia Hoge, Don Carlos; Robert Brill, Kimberly Akimbo; Rachel Hauck, Bitter Homes and Gardens, Playwrights' Arena at Los Angeles Theatre Center; Ames Ingham, Three Days of Rain; Kis Knekt, The Scarecrow at Pacific Resident Theatre; Snezana Petrovic, The Woman Who Forgot Her Sweater; Teresa Shea, Bing. PROPS DESIGN: Douglas Ridgeway and Dave Baker, Mad Boy Chronicle, Pilgrimage Theatre and 24th Street Theatre at 24th Street Theatre. LIGHTING DESIGN: Michael Gilliam, Big River at Deaf West Theatre; Tom Meleck, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Greenway Arts Alliance at the Greenway Court Theatre; Evan Ritter, Bing; Rand Ryan, Delirium Palace, Evidence Room at [Inside the Ford]; Don Luce, Wilde Childe at the Actors' Gang El Centro. COSTUME DESIGN: Ann Closs-Farley, Don Carlos; Ann Closs-Farley, The Seagull at the Actors' Gang; Walker Hicklin, Much Ado About Nothing at South Coast Repertory; Teresa Shea, Bing; Ken Takemoto, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at East West Players; Mary Vogt, Hay Fever. SOUND DESIGN: Bruce Ellman, Kimberly Akimbo; Rick Sparks, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?; John Zalewski, Don Carlos. PERFORMANCE: Rosemary Boyce, Bing; Melody Butui, Kurt Weill Songplay at the Odyssey Theatre; Jenna Cole, Hay Fever; Michelle Durnell, The Break-Up Notebook, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center at the Davidson/Valentini Theatre; Mandy Freund, Don Carlos; Ron Garcia, Anatol; Gretchen German, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?; Katherine Gibson, Girl Under Grain at Theatre of NOTE; Nicholas Hormann, A Delicate Balance at South Coast Repertory; Ames Ingham, Delirium Palace; Christian Leffler, Don Carlos; Melanie Lora, The Seagull; Robert Machray, Orson's Shadow at the Black Dahlia Theatre; Leo Marks, Three Days of Rain; Lynn Odell, It's Later Than You Think at Theatre of NOTE; Nick Offerman, Don Carlos; Andrew Prine, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?; John Rosenfeld, Grimm at Sacred Fools; Jacqueline Wright, Clyt at Home. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Antigone. Tertiary. Sexxx.; the cast of Big Bear; the cast of Bing; the cast of Fen; the cast of Flower Drum Song at the Mark Taper Forum; the cast of A Little Night Music at the Interact Theatre Company; the cast of The Slow and Painful Death of Sam Shepard; the cast of They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Kristina Mannion
PRODUCTION: American Buffalo at Laguna Playhouse; Jekyll & Hyde at Fullerton Civic Light Opera; Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs at Long Beach Playhouse; The Sum of Us at Long Beach Playhouse. PLAYWRITING: Shirwood Kiraly, Who's Hot, Who's Not at Laguna Playhouse. DIRECTION: Michael Ambrosio, Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs; Michael Ambrosio, The Sum of Us; Andrew Barnicle, American Buffalo; Dave Barton, Shopping and Fucking, Rude Guerrilla Theatre Company. SCENIC DESIGN: Dwight Richard Odle, American Buffalo; Dwight Richard Odle, Jekyll & Hyde. LIGHTING DESIGN: Darla K. Davis, A Midsummer Night's Dream at loud*R*mouth Theatre Company; Donna Ruzika, Jekyll & Hyde. COSTUME DESIGN: Ellen Marchant, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sharell Martin, Jekyll & Hyde. PERFORMANCE: Michael Ambrosio, Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs; Jordan Baker, Spinning Into Butter at Laguna Playhouse; Brian Beacock, Fully Committed at Laguna Playhouse; Jay Michael Fraley, Shopping and Fucking; David Gianopoulos, American Buffalo; T. Eric Hart, Jekyll & Hyde; Tom Moses, The Sum of Us; Mark Palkoner, The Big Table at Hunger Artists Theatre Company; Graham Sibley, Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs.
Dany Margolies
PLAYWRITING: Padraic Duffy, Feet at Sacred Fools; Murray Mednick, Mrs. Feuerstein, Padua Playwrights Productions at 2100 Square Feet. MUSICAL SCORE: Susan Christiansen, Aquitania, Ziggurat Theatre Company at Gascon Center Theatre. ADAPTATION: John Apicella and Philip Proctor, Trial by Jury (Legal Briefs), the Antaeus Company at the Ivy Substation, from W.S. Gilbert's Trial by Jury. DIRECTION: Michael Michetti, Edward II, Circle X Theatre Company at the Actors' Gang; Mark Rucker, Circumference of a Squirrel, Taper, Too at the Actors' Gang; Mark Rucker, Much Ado About Nothing at South Coast Repertory. MUSIC DIRECTION: Peter Matz, 1776, Reprise! Broadway's Best at the UCLA Freud Playhouse; Brett Morris, The Car Man, Katherine Doré and Adventures in Motion Pictures at the Ahmanson Theatre. CHOREOGRAPHY: Delcie Adams, Jon Davis, David Tushla, and Randy Schulman, Infinity, the Collective at the Court Theatre; Wayne Cilento, Aida, Disney Theatricals at the Ahmanson Theatre; Kathleen Marshall, Kiss Me, Kate at the Shubert Theatre; Dorcas Román, Cloudcuckooland, MYE Theatre Company at Gascon Theatre Center. SCENIC DESIGN: Jason Adams, Good Thing, Taper, Too at the Actors' Gang; Robert Brill, Kimberly Akimbo at South Coast Repertory; Burris Jackes, Crane, Mississippi, Nancy Babka & Thrill Ride Productions, Inevitable Productions, Page Ninety-Three at the Elephant Theater; Desma Murphy, A Mislaid Heaven at the Road Theatre Company. LIGHTING DESIGN: Paulie Jenkins, The Price at Laguna Playhouse; Jose Lopez, Red at East West Players; Rand Ryan, Good Thing; Robert L. Smith, A Mislaid Heaven. COSTUME DESIGN: Denise Ervin, Figaro… Pigaro at the Falcon Theatre; John Gunter, Romeo & Juliet at the Ahmanson Theatre; Jeanne Reith, The Night of the Iguana at the Fountain Theatre; Lisa Wujick, Anatol, Buffalo Nights at the Powerhouse Theatre. SOUND DESIGN: Robert Oriol, Joe & Betty, Padua Playwrights Productions at 2100 Square Feet; Wav Magic & Ken Sawyer, A Mislaid Heaven; John Zalewski, Three Days of Rain at Evidence Room. PERFORMANCE: Ginna Carter, Everyday Life at Pacific Resident Theatre; Annabelle Gurwitch, Joe & Betty; Dorothy Lyman, My Kitchen Wars, Stuffed Olive Inc., and Lotusland Group in association with Christopher Steele at 2nd Stage; Douglas Sills, Much Ado About Nothing; Rachel York, Kiss Me, Kate. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Happy Birthday, Wanda June, Thrill Ride Productions and Whyaduck Productions at the Elephant Theater; the cast of Three Days of Rain.
T.H. McCulloh
PRODUCTION: Nostalgia at South Coast Repertory; Trelawny of the 'Wells' at A Noise Within. MUSICAL SCORE: Norman L. Berman, Trelawny of the 'Wells'. DIRECTION: Julia Rodriguez Elliott and Geoff Elliott, Trelawny of the 'Wells'; Jessica Kubzansky, Moscow at Playwrights' Arena at Los Angeles Theatre Center; Ken Sawyer, A Mislaid Heaven at the Road Theatre Company. SCENIC DESIGN: Michael C. Smith, Trelawny of the 'Wells'. LIGHTING DESIGN: J. Kent Inasy, Three Sisters at Interact Theatre Company; James Taylor, Trelawny of the 'Wells'. COSTUME DESIGN: Alex Jaeger, Trelawny of the 'Wells'. PERFORMANCE: Shea Curry, Beirut at Praxis Studios; Saranne Curtin, The Car Man, Katherine Doré and Adventures in Motion Pictures at the Ahmanson Theatre; Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Central Avenue at the Fountain Theatre; Ryan Gesell, Beirut; Taylor Gilbert, A Mislaid Heaven; Marci Hill, A Mislaid Heaven; Will Kemp, The Car Man; Stephen Nichols, The Dead Boy at the Laurelgrove Theatre. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Moscow; the cast of Trelawny of the 'Wells'.
Scott Proudfit
PRODUCTION: Underneath the Lintel at the Actors' Gang El Centro. PLAYWRITING: Katharine Noon and Christopher DeWan, Clyt at Home: The Clytemnestra Project at Theatre of NOTE. MUSICAL SCORE: John Ballinger, Kip Boardman, Keith Niles, Ken Roht, Scott White, and Curtis Heard, The Imperialists at the Club Cave Canem at Evidence Room; David O, Wilde Childe at the Actors' Gang El Centro. DIRECTION: Bart DeLorenzo, Don Carlos at Evidence Room; Bart DeLorenzo, Delirium Palace, Evidence Room at [Inside the Ford]. MUSIC DIRECTION: Scott Nagatani, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at East West Players; Brett Morris, The Car Man, Katherine Doré and Adventures in Motion Pictures at the Ahmanson Theatre. SCENIC DESIGN: Jason Adams, Delirium Palace; Jason Adams and Alicia Hoge, Don Carlos; Lez Brotherston, The Car Man; Susan Gratch, A Servant to Two Masters at International City Theatre; Richard Hoover, Mephisto at the Actors' Gang; Don Luce, Wilde Childe; Donna Marquet, Wooden Breeks at the Open Fist Theatre; Michael Michetti and John Altieri, Edward II, Circle X Theatre Company at the Actors' Gang; Trefoni Rizzi, Quake at the Hollywood Court Theatre; Cecil Schmidt, The Slow and Painful Death of Sam Shepard at Sacred Fools. LIGHTING DESIGN: Mike Durst, Orson's Shadow at the Black Dahlia Theatre; Mark Henderson and Michael Lincoln, Copenhagen at the Wilshire Theatre; Rand Ryan, Don Carlos; Rand Ryan, Delirium Palace. COSTUME DESIGN: Ann Closs-Farley, Don Carlos; Ann Closs-Farley, Mephisto; Ann Closs-Farley, The Seagull at the Actors' Gang; Kara Feely, The Slow and Painful Death of Sam Shepard; Michael Michetti and Pamela Shaw, Edward II. SOUND DESIGN: John Ballinger, The Imperialists at the Club Cave Canem; Paul James Prendergrast, Foot/Mouth, Cornerstone Theater Company at Santa Monica Place; Eric Snodgrass, Go True West, Future Stars of Hollywood at the Lillian Theatre; John Zalewski, Don Carlos; John Zalewski, Delirium Palace. PERFORMANCE: Tony Abatemarco, Don Carlos; Matthew Ashford, A Little Night Music at the Interact Theatre Company; Anthony Begonia, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; James Black, Big River at Deaf West Theatre; M Brauer, Wilde Childe; Cynthia Ettinger, The Seagull; Joseph Grimm, Mephisto; Christy Keefe, Fen at the Open Fist Theatre; Paul Vincent O'Connor, The Weir at the Geffen Playhouse; Steve Porter, The Seagull; Jeanne Sakata, Red at East West Players; Chris Wells, Rice Boy, Taper, Too at the Actors' Gang; Keone Young, The Year of the Dragon at East West Players. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Delirium Palace; the cast of Flower Drum Song; the cast of Zones, Cornerstone Theater Company at various locations.
Terri Roberts
PRODUCTION: Central Avenue at the Fountain Theatre; Do I Hear a Waltz? at Pasadena Playhouse; Everyday Life at Pacific Resident Theatre. PLAYWRITING: Erik Ehn, nevertire, Bottom's Dream at Ivy Substation. ADAPTATION: The Parallax Group, Les Bonnes (The Maids) at the McCadden Place Theatre. MUSICAL SCORE: Damon Intrabartolo, Corpus Christi at the Lillian Theatre; O-Lan Jones, The Woman Who Forgot Her Sweater, Overtone Industries at [Inside] the Ford. DIRECTION: Michael Blakemore, Copenhagen at the Wilshire Theatre; Shirley Jo Finney, Central Avenue. MUSIC DIRECTION: Peter Matz, Hair, Reprise! the Best of Broadway at the Wadsworth. CHOREOGRAPHY: Rick Sparks, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Greenway Arts Alliance at the Greenway Court Theatre. SCENIC DESIGN: Desma Murphy, A Mislaid Heaven at the Road Theatre Company. LIGHTING DESIGN: Michael Gilliam, Big River at Deaf West Theatre; Jill Procter, The Scarecrow at Pacific Resident Theatre; Robert L. Smith, A Mislaid Heaven. COSTUME DESIGN: Audrey Eisner, The Scarecrow; Shon LeBlanc, Titanic, Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. MAKEUP DESIGN: Joyce Ann Littrell, Trelawny of the 'Wells' at A Noise Within; Nathaniel Reed, Les Bonnes (The Maids); Michael Serrato, Pinafore! at the Celebration Theatre. SOUND DESIGN: Sara Bader, Central Avenue; Gary Christiensen, The Clearing at the Colony Theatre; Bruce Ellman, Fully Committed at the Coronet Theatre; Max Kinberg, A View From the Bridge at International City Theatre; Wav Magic and Ken Sawyer, A Mislaid Heaven. PERFORMANCE: Anthony Crivello, Do I Hear a Waltz?; Tina Gasbarra, Do I Hear a Waltz?; Uta Hagen, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks at the Geffen Playhouse; Troy Kotsur and Lyle Kanouse, Big River; Angela Paton, The Birthday Party at the Matrix Theatre Company; Kevin Rahm, Everyday Life; Armin Shimerman, The Birthday Party; John Spencer, Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine at the Mark Taper Forum. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Central Avenue; the cast of A Mislaid Heaven; the cast of They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Brad Schreiber
PRODUCTION: The Grave White Way at the Hudson Avenue Theatre; Happy Birthday, Wanda June at the Elephant Theater; The Night of the Iguana at the Fountain Theatre; Oxygen at San Diego Repertory. PLAYWRITING: Carl Djersassi and Roald Hoffmann, Oxygen; Peter Parnell, "QED" at the Mark Taper Forum; Andy Shreeman, Bambi's Box Dot Com at the Santa Monica Playhouse. MUSICAL SCORE: Joe Patrick Ward, The Grave White Way. DIRECTION: Bart DeLorenzo, Delirium Palace, Evidence Room at [Inside] the Ford; Simon Levy, The Night of the Iguana at the Fountain Theatre; Virginia Morris, Our Own Dear Anton's Abandoned Story Cycle at the Raven Playhouse; Robert Weide, Happy Birthday, Wanda June. MUSIC DIRECTION: Mary Kate Karr, Aquitania, Ziggurat Theatre Company at the Gascon Theatre Center; Christopher Lavely, A New Brain at West Coast Ensemble. CHOREOGRAPHY: Kay Cole, The Grave White Way; Candy Brown Houston, Central Avenue at the Fountain Theatre; Todd Nielsen, A New Brain; Dana Nieluns, Aquitania. SCENIC DESIGN: Christopher Acebo, The Beard of Avon at South Coast Repertory; Thomas Lynch, Contact, Lincoln Center Theater, Scott Nederlander, and SFX Theatrical Group at the Ahmanson Theatre. LIGHTING DESIGN: Peter Kaczorowski, Contact; Michael Zinman, The Grave White Way. COSTUME DESIGN: Jeannine Campi, The Grave White Way; William Ivey Long, Contact; Dana Woods, Central Avenue; Melanie Watnick, Oxygen. SOUND DESIGN: John Friend, Bambi's Box Dot Com; Jon Gottlieb, "QED"; John Zalewski, Delirium Palace. PERFORMANCE: Caroline Aaron, Call Waiting at the Tiffany Theater; Mandy Freund, Don Carlos at the Evidence Room; Fay Kato, Tonsheisha at Theatre of NOTE; Robert Machray, Orson's Shadow at the Black Dahlia Theatre; Jan Sheldrick, A New Brain; Andy Shreeman, Bambi's Box Dot Com; Connor Trinneer, Edward II, Circle X Theatre Company at the Actors' Gang. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Charlie Victor Romeo, UCLA Performing Arts at the UCLA Macgowan Little Theater; the cast of Delirium Palace; the cast of Our Own Dear Anton's Abandoned Story Cycle; the cast of 16 Routines, Padua Playwrights Productions at 2100 Square Feet.
Madeleine Shaner
PRODUCTION: Bitter Homes and Gardens, Playwrights' Arena at Los Angeles Theatre Center; A Flea in Her Ear at Stages Theatre Center; Three Sisters at Interact Theatre Company; 2nd Wind: The Musical at Gene Bua Acting for Life Theatre. PLAYWRITING: Toni Bull Bua and Gene Bua, 2nd Wind: The Musical; Murray Mednick, Mrs. Feuerstein, Padua Playwrights Productions at 2100 Square Feet. MUSICAL SCORE: Toni Bull Bua and Gene Bua 2nd Wind: The Musical. ADAPTATION: Ron Sossi and company, The Faust Projekt at the Odyssey Theatre. DIRECTION: Gene Bua and Toni Bull Bua, 2nd Wind: The Musical; Shirley Jo Finney, Central Avenue at the Fountain Theatre; Mako, The Year of the Dragon at East West Players; Jon Lawrence Rivera, Bitter Homes and Gardens. MUSIC DIRECTION: Daniel Alexander, 2nd Wind: The Musical; Bob Esty, Selena, Nosotros at the Doolittle Theatre; David Holladay, Poet's Garden, Dancing Ear Productions at the Matrix Theatre; John Rubinstein, A Little Night Music at Interact Theatre Company. SCENIC DESIGN: Neil Peter Jampolis, Forever Plaid: Special Holiday Edition at the Pasadena Playhouse; Juan-Carlos Malpeli, Names at the Strasberg Creative Center; Gary Randall, After Crystal Night at the Odyssey Theatre; Yacovetic, As You Like It at Actor's Co-op. LIGHTING DESIGN: J. Kent Inasy, After Crystal Night; J. Kent Inasy, As You Like It; Debra Garcia Lockwood, A Little Night Music. COSTUME DESIGN: A. Lauren Brody, As You Like It; Shon LeBlanc, The Devil's Disciple at Actor's Co-op; Peter A. Lovello, A Little Night Music; Yevgenia Nayberg, The Faust Projekt. SOUND DESIGN: Sara Bader, Central Avenue. PERFORMANCE: Ivonne Coll, Bitter Homes and Gardens; Peggy Goss, Emma's Child at the Odyssey Theatre; Clayton Landey, Central Avenue; Clinton Leupp, Miss Coco Peru: Glorious Wounds at L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center; Nan McNamara, As You Like It; Maria O'Brien, Mrs. Feuerstein; Joel Polis, After Crystal Night; Gedde Watanabe, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at East West Players. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of The Faust Projekt; the cast of A Flea in Her Ear; the cast of Mad Boy Chronicle; Pilgrimage Theatre Company at the 24th Street Theatre; the cast of 2nd Wind: The Musical.
Var Smith
PRODUCTION: Another American: Asking and Telling at the Mark Taper Forum; The Circle at South Coast Repertory; Contact, Lincoln Center Theater, Scott Nederlander, and SFX Theatrical Group at the Ahmanson Theatre; Dancing at Lughnasa at the Knightsbridge Theatre; Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons… and More at the Egyptian Arena Theatre. ADAPTATION: John Mullich, Servant of Two Masters, Arroyo Repertory Theatre at the Courtyard Theatre. DIRECTION: Avner Garbi, Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons…; Amanda Karr, Dancing at Lughnasa; Jude Lucas, Servant of Two Masters; Nick Mize, The Country Girl, Ascending Artists Stage Company at GTC Burbank Theater; Warner Shook, The Circle. SCENIC DESIGN: Ralph Funicello, The Circle: Thomas S. Giamario, Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons…. COSTUME DESIGN: Laurence J. Watts, Servant of Two Masters; Walker Hicklin, The Circle; Pat Tonnema, Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons…. PERFORMANCE: Sandra Allen, Flower Drum Song at the Mark Taper Forum; Bill Bolender, The Country Girl; Alan Campbell, Contact; Meg Howrey, Contact; Barry Humphries, Dame Edna at the Shubert Theatre; Tzi Ma, Flower Drum Song; Wendy Radford, The Subject Was Roses at the Celebration Theatre; Lea Salonga, Flower Drum Song; Carole Shelley, The Circle; Danica Sheridan, Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons…. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Dancing at Lughnasa; the cast of Servant of Two Masters.
Les Spindle
PRODUCTION: Kimberly Akimbo at South Coast Repertory. PLAYWRITING: Lauren Bowles, Patrick Fischler, John Langs, and Paul Wittenberg, The Myth of More, Neurotic Young Urbanites at the McCadden Place Theatre; Patricia Cotter, The Break Up Notebook, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center at the Davidson/Valentini Theatre; Joe Keyes, Pete's Garage, Buzzworks Theatre Company at Theatre/Theater; Odalys Nanin, Garbo's Cuban Lover, Macha Theatre Co. and One Suitcase Productions at the Ventura Court Theatre. MUSICAL SCORE: Bill Dyer (lyrics) and Dick DeBenedictis (music), Trolls at the Coast Playhouse; Jamie Forsyth, Michael Skloff, Michael Orland, Michael Levine, John Boswell, David Pevsner, To Bitter and Back, Dog Day Productions at the Tamarind Theatre. MUSIC DIRECTION: Ron Snyder, Pinafore! at the Celebration Theatre; Peter Matz, The Most Happy Fella, Reprise! the Best of Broadway at the UCLA Freud Playhouse. CHOREOGRAPHY: Jeff Calhoun, Big River at Deaf West Theatre; Miriam Nelson, Trolls. SCENIC DESIGN: Lez Brotherston, The Car Man, Katherine Doré and Adventures in Motion Pictures at the Ahmanson Theatre; Dan Reedner, Garbo's Cuban Lover. LIGHTING DESIGN: Chris Davey, The Car Man; Brian McDevitt, Kimberly Akimbo; Brian Nason, Flower Drum Song at the Mark Taper Forum; Mark T. Simpson, Lypsinka! The Boxed Set, Russell Scott Lewis, Susan West, Michael Filerman, and TWEEDTheatreWorks at the Tiffany Theater. COSTUME DESIGN: Randy Gardell, Do I Hear a Waltz? at Pasadena Playhouse; Mia Gyzander, Pinafore!; Alex Jaeger, The Comedy of Errors at A Noise Within. SOUND DESIGN: Robbin E. Broad, The Myth of More; Bruce Ellman, Kimberly Akimbo; Matt McKenzie/Autograph, The Car Man; John Epperson, Lypsinka! The Boxed Set; Scott Stauffer, Contact, Lincoln Center Theater, Scott Nederlander, and SFX Theatrical Group at the Ahmanson Theatre. VIDEOGRAPHY: Stephen Epstein, Sitcom, the Play, B.F.D. Studios at the Stella Adler Theatre; John Langs, The Myth of More; Vidkid Timo, Jeffrey Roberson, Michael Schiralli, Matt Callaway, and Tony Ray Hicks, The Very Worst of Varla Jean Merman, Leigh McLeod Fortier at the Hudson Avenue Theatre. PERFORMANCE: Ivonne Coll, Bitter Homes and Gardens, Playwrights' Arena at Los Angeles Theatre Center; Lydie Denier, Garbo's Cuban Lover; Cheryl Hawker, Pete's Garage; David Hyde Pierce, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks at the Geffen Playhouse; David Pevsner, To Bitter and Back; R. Christofer Sands, Pinafore!; Trace Turville, The Break Up Notebook. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Big River; the cast of Kimberly Akimbo; the cast of Pete's Garage; the cast of Two-Headed, Timescape Arts Group at [Inside] the Ford; the cast of Wonderful World at the Laguna Playhouse.
Polly Warfield
PRODUCTION: Crazy for You, Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center; The Night of the Iguana at the Fountain Theatre; Three Sisters at the Interact Theatre Company. PLAYWRITING: John Allee and Gary Matanky, Poet's Garden, Dancing Ear Productions at the Matrix Theatre; John Belluso, The Body of Bourne at the Mark Taper Forum; Harry Cason, That Certain Cervantes, Espinoza Theatricals at the El Portal Theatre; Stephen Legawiec, Aquitania, Ziggurat Theatre Company at the Gascon Center Theatre. MUSICAL SCORE: Peter Stenshoel, As You Like It at Actor's Co-op. ADAPTATION: Clara Bellar and Gulu Montiero, A Flea in Her Ear at Stages Theatre Center; John Rafter Lee, Don Carlos at Evidence Room. DIRECTION: Alan Coats, Crazy for You; Peter Levin, Three Sisters; Simon Levy, The Night of the Iguana; Gulu Montiero, A Flea in Her Ear; Rob Walker, Kurt Weill Songplay at the Odyssey Theatre. MUSIC DIRECTION: Sean Paxton, Kurt Weill Songplay. CHOREOGRAPHY: Julietta Marcelli, As You Like It; Janet Roston, Tracers at the Odyssey Theatre. SCENIC DESIGN: Katherine Ferwerda, Poet's Garden; Susan Gratch, The Man Who Came to Dinner at the Colony Theatre; Jaret Sacrey, Kurt Weill Songplay. LIGHTING DESIGN: Paulie Jenkins, The Homecoming at South Coast Repertory; Timothy Kiley, Kurt Weill Songplay; Tom Ruzika, Crazy for You; Steven Young, Poet's Garden. COSTUME DESIGN: Bill Lee, Kurt Weill Songplay; Thomas Marquez, Crazy for You; A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, The Man Who Came to Dinner. PER-FORMANCE: Robyn Cohen, Three Sisters; Henry Darrow, That Certain Cervantes; Nick DeGruccio, The Man Who Came to Dinner; David Engel, Crazy for You; Barry Lynch, Falling Upward at the Falcon Theatre; Sione Owen in Three Sisters; Jacqueline Schultz, The Night of the Iguana; W. Morgan Sheppard, The Homecoming. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Tracers.
Laura Weinert
PRODUCTION: Bing at Theatre of NOTE; Fen at the Open Fist Theatre; Go True West at the Hudson Backstage Theatre; Side Man at the Pasadena Playhouse. PLAYWRITING: Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein, Lenny's Back at Theatre of Will; Murray Mednick, 16 Routines, Padua Playwrights Productions at 2100 Square Feet; Jacqueline Wright, Bing. MUSICAL SCORE: Mami Arizono, Go True West, Future Stars of Hollywood at the Hudson Backstage Theatre; Peter Erskine, Side Man; Rob Kendt, They Simply Said Enter, Cornerstone Theater Company at New Horizon School; David O, Bing; Nathan Wang, Red at East West Players. TRANSLATION: Eve Miller and Diane Schirmer, Malinche at Teatro Sinergia. DIRECTION: Thomas Craig Elliot, Our Country's Good, Quantum Theatre Company at NoHo Actor's Studio; Andrew J. Robinson, Side Man; Wesley Walker, 16 Routines. MUSIC DIRECTION: Scott Nagatani, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, East West Players; Ken Roht, The Imperialists at Club Cave Canem at Evidence Room. CHOREOGRAPHY: Casey Kono, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Chua Soo Pong and Li Xiu Hua, Red. SCENIC DESIGN: John Iacovelli, Side Man; Elina Katsioula, The Winter's Tale, LA Women's Shakespeare Company at the 24th Street Theatre; Teresa Shea, Bing. LIGHTING DESIGN: J. Kent Inasy, Side Man; José Lopez, Red; Evan Ritter, Bing; Rand Ryan, 16 Routines. COSTUME DESIGN: Nadine Parkos, Christy Coble, and Ronda Dynice Brooks, The Winter's Tale; Teresa Shea, Bing; Ken Takemoto, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Anita Yavich, Red. SOUND DESIGN: Matt Almos, Bing; Stafford M Floyd, Side Man; John Zalewski, Three Voices at Bottom's Dream. PERFORMANCE: Andrew Ableson, Orson's Shadow at the Black Dahlia Theatre; V.J. Foster, Mephisto at the Actors' Gang; Joseph Grimm, Mephisto; Tish Hicks, Fen; Christy Keefe, Fen; Paul Vincent O'Connor, The Weir at Geffen Playhouse; Jeanne Sakata, Red; Jeff Sugarman, Orson's Shadow; Mare Winningham, Side Man; Lisa Wolpe, The Winter's Tale. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Fen; the cast of Side Man; the cast of 16 Routines.
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Charlene Baldridge
PRODUCTION: The Beauty Queen of Leenane at San Diego Repertory Theatre; Jeffrey at Diversionary Theatre; Long Day's Journey Into Night, Renaissance Theatre Company at the Lyceum; Twelfth Night at the Globe Theatres; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at San Diego Repertory Theatre. PLAYWRITING: Rebecca Basham Lot's Daughters at Diversionary Theatre; Yehuda Hyman, The Mad Dancers at San Diego Repertory Theatre; Annie Weisman, Be Aggressive at La Jolla Playhouse; Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife at La Jolla Playhouse Lab. MUSICAL SCORE: Mark Bennett, Twelfth Night; Frank Wildhorn, Dracula, the Musical at La Jolla Playhouse. DIRECTION: Karen Carpenter, Vita and Virginia at the Globe Theatres; Jack O'Brien, Twelfth Night; Tim Irving, Jeffrey; Lisa Peterson, Be Aggressive; Todd Salovey, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? MUSIC DIRECTION: Brad Ellis, The Boswell Sisters at the Globe Theatres; Constantine Kitsopoulos, Dracula, the Musical; Don LeMaster, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change at San Diego Repertory Theatre. CHOREOGRAPHY: Scot Viets, Jeffrey. SCENIC DESIGN: John Arnone, Dracula, the Musical; Marty Burnett, Long Day's Journey Into Night; Tony Fanning, Vita and Virginia; James Leonard Joy, Twelfth Night; Giulio Cesare Perrone, A Christmas Carol at San Diego Repertory Theatre. LIGHTING DESIGN: Howell Binkley, Dracula, the Musical; Karin Filijan, Long Day's Journey Into Night; Trevor Norton, Vita and Virginia; David F. Segal, Dinner With Friends at the Globe Theatres. COSTUME DESIGN: B. Modern, Enter The Guardsman at the Globe Theatres; Chrisi Karronides-Dushenko, Vita and Virginia; Shulamit Nelson, Fuddy Mears at North Coast Repertory; Ann Hould-Ward, The Countess at The Globe Theatres; Catherine Zuber, Dracula, the Musical. SOUND DESIGN: Acme Sound Partners, Dracula, the Musical; Paul Peterson, The Boswell Sisters; Paul Peterson, Enter The Guardsman. PERFORMANCE: Priscilla Allen, The Beauty Queen of Leenane; James Barbour, Enter The Guardsman; Daisy Eagan, Be Aggressive; Adam Edwards, Jeffrey; Monique Fowler, Vita and Virginia; Harry Groener, Twelfth Night; Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife; K.B. Mercer, Fuddy Mears; Rosina Reynolds, Long Day's Journey Into Night; Deborah Van Valkenburgh, The Beauty Queen of Leenane. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Jeffrey; the cast of Be Aggressive; the cast of The Boswell Sisters; the cast of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George Weinberg-Harter
PRODUCTION: The Beard of Avon at South Coast Repertory; Doctor Faustus at Lamb's Players Theatre; Twelfth Night at the Globe Theatres; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, San Diego Repertory Theatre at Lyceum Space. PLAYWRITING: Amy Freed, The Beard of Avon. DIRECTION: Karen Carpenter, Vita and Virginia at the Globe Theatres; Joseph Hardy, Art at the Globe Theatres; Robert Smyth, Doctor Faustus. SCENIC DESIGN: Scott Bradley, Enter the Guardsman at the Globe Theatres; Tony Fanning, Vita and Virginia; James Joy, Twelfth Night. LIGHTING DESIGN: James F, Ingalls, Our Town at La Jolla Playhouse; Trevor Norton, Vita and Virginia; Nathan Peirson, Doctor Faustus. COSTUME DESIGN: Ann Hould-Ward, The Countess at the Globe Theatres; Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko, Vita and Virginia; Robert Morgan, Twelfth Night; Jeanne Reith, Doctor Faustus. SOUND DESIGN: Deborah Gilmour Smyth, Doctor Faustus. PERFORMANCE: James Barbour, Enter the Guardsman; Peter Bartlett, Our Town; Ron Choularton, Breaking the Code at Diversionary Theatre; Ellen Crawford, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Karole Foreman, As Bees in Honey Drown at North Coast Repertory Theatre; Mike Genovese, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Dakin Matthews, Twelfth Night; Robin Pearson Rose, Da at the Globe Theatres; Robert Smyth, Uncle Vanya at Lamb's Players Theatre; Tom Stephenson, Doctor Faustus. ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: The cast of Art; the cast of The Boswell Sisters at the Globe Theatres; the cast of Vita and Virginia.