23rd NAACP Theatre Awards Nominations

The NAACP Beverly Hills/Hollywood Branch's Theatre Viewing Committee announces nominations for the 23rd Annual NAACP Theatre Awards. The awards include 32 categories, which encompass local and equity nominations. This year's awards show will be held on Monday, November 11, 2013, at 6:00 P.M. at the historical Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, California, formerly known as the Fox Wilshire Theatre.

23rd NAACP THEATRE AWARDS - NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY
Best Choreography - Equity
Memphis - Sergio Trujillo
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf - Fernando Christopher
The Scottsboro Boys - Susan Stroman 
 
Best Choreography - Local
Anna Lucasta - Kellie Dantzler
In The Red & Brown Water - Ameenah Kaplan
The Color Purple - Janet Roston 
 
Best Costumes - Equity
By The Way, Meet Vera Stark - ESosa
Intimate Apparel - Leah Piehl
Memphis - Paul Tazewell 
 
Best Costumes - Local
Anna Lucasta - Naila Aladdin Sanders
In The Red & Brown Water - Naila Aladdin Sanders
The Blue Iris - Naila Aladdin Sanders 
 
Best Director - Equity
Jitney - Ron OJ Parson
Intimate Apparel - Sheldon Epps
Memphis - Christopher Ashley 
 
Best Director - Local
Camp Logan - Alex Morris.
In The Red & Brown Water - Shirley Jo Finney
Elimina's Kitchen - Gregg T. Daniel 
 
Best Director of a Musical - Equity
Memphis - Christopher Ashley
The Scottsboro Boys - Susan Stroman
Ain't Misbehavin' - Saundra McClain 
 
Best Director of a Musical - Local
Fellowship - Joel McCrary
Down Around Brown Town - Frit & Frat Fuller
The Merchant of Venice with music: Something of Silver - Tony Tanner 
 
Best Ensemble Cast - Equity
Jitney
By The Way, Meet Vera Stark
The Scottsboro Boys 
 
Best Ensemble Cast - Local
Elimina's Kitchen
Innocent Flesh
The Cell Block Seven 
 
Best Lead Female - Equity
The Convert - Pascale Armand 
 
Best Lead Female - Local
Anna Lucasta - Ashlee Olivia
In The Red & Brown Water - Diarra Kilpatrick
The Color Purple - Cesili Williams 
 
Best Lead Male - Equity
The Recommendation - Brandon Gill
Fraternity - Rocky Carroll
Fraternity - Roger Robinson 
 
Best Lead Male - Local
Anna Lucasta - Nick Gillie
Anna Lucasta - Dwain A. Perry
Take Me Out - Sean Cameron - Young 
 
Best Lighting - Equity
Memphis - Howell Binkley
Intimate Apparel - Brian L. Gale
The Recommendation - Philip S. Rosenberg 
 
Best Lighting - Local
Camp Logan - Sammie Wayne IV
In The Red & Brown Water - Jose Lopez
The Blue Iris - Jeff McLaughlin 
 
Best Music Director - Equity
Memphis - Christopher Jahnke
The Scottsboro Boys - Eric Ebbenga
Ain't Misbehavin' - Rahn Coleman 
 
Best Music Director - Local
Hoodoo Love - Haskel Joseph
Elimina's Kitchen - Leon Morenzie
The Color Purple - Gregory Nabours 
 
Best One Person Show - Equity
 

Best One Person Show - Local
Uncle Jacques' Symphony - Dominic Hoffman
The World is My Home - The Life of Paul Roberson - Stogie Kenyatta
Lovin' Chocolate - Kelley Williams 
 
Best Playwright - Equity
The Recommendation - Jonathan Caren
Memphis - Joe DiPietro & David Bryan
The Convert - Danai Gurira 
 
Best Playwright - Local
Camp Logan - Celeste Bedford Walker
Anna Lucasta - Philip Yordan
Doubt, A Parable - John Patrick Shanley 
 
Best Producer - Equity
The Convert - Center Theatre Group, McCarter Theatre Center & Goodman Theatre
The Recommendation - The Old Globe
Fraternity - Ebony Repertory Theatre & Wren T. Brown 
 
Best Producer - Local
Camp Logan - Ben Guillory - Robey Theatre Co., Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Juvee Productions, Vanessa Paul and Alex Morris, Sparkling City Entertainment
In The Red & Brown Water - Stephen Sachs & Deborah Lawlor
Doubt, A Parable - Calia Mintzer-Wolf & Linda Reinhardt 
 
Best Set Design - Equity
Intimate Apparel - John Lacovelli
Jitney - Shaun Motley
The Scottsboror Boys - Beowulf Boritt 
 
Best Set Design - Local
Anna Lucasta - Tom Meleck
Camp Logan - Rodney Rincon & Phil Buono
Doubt, A Parable - Michael-Anthony Nozzi 
 
Best Sound - Equity
Memphis - Ken Travis
Intimate Apparel - Steven Cahill
By The Way, Meet Vera Stark - John Gromada 
 
Best Sound - Local
Anna Lucasta - Eric Butler
Camp Logan - Eric Butler
Innocent Flesh - Pennix McGee, Ken Christianson & Jwyanza Hobson 
 
Best Supporting Female - Equity
The Convert - Cheryl Lynn Bruce
The Convert - Zainab Jah
Dividing The Estate - Pat Bowie 
 
Best Supporting Female - Local
Anna Lucasta - Cydney Wayne Davis
In The Red & Brown Water - Iona Morris
Doubt, A Parable - Jacquelin Schofield 
 
Best Supporting Male - Equity
Fraternity - William Allen Young
Fraternity - Robert Gossett
Fraternity - Mel Winkler 
 
Best Supporting Male - Local
Anna Lucasta - Sammie Wayne IV
In The Red & Brown Water - Gilbert Glenn Brown
Anna Lucasta - Carl Crudup