The cast of "The Gospel at Colonus." (Craig Schwartz)
Nominees for this year's Ovation Awards were recently announced.
The Ovation Awards, which will take place at the Ahmanson Theatre on Monday, Nov. 9, are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles, created to recognize excellence in theatrical performance, production and design in the Los Angeles area.
Best Season
LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL
CARRIE THE MUSICAL
GOOD PEOPLE
JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, A MUSICAL
MARY POPPINS
LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER
D‘LO: D‘FUNQT
EDWARD ALBEE‘S THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA?
STANLEY ANN
RUBICON THEATRE COMPANY
CONVICTION
LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
THE THEATRE @ BOSTON COURT
MY BARKING DOG
SAMUEL BECKETT‘S HAPPY DAYS
SHIV
THE MISSING PAGES OF LEWIS CARROL
WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTERFOR THE PERFORMING ARTSENTER LAUGHING – THE MUSICAL
LOVE, NOËL: THE LETTERS AND SONGS OF NOËL COWARD
SPRING AWAKENING
Best Production of a Play (Intimate Theatre)
A PERMANENT IMAGE
Rogue Machine
EDWARD ALBEE‘S THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA?
Los Angeles LGBT Center
FAILURE: A LOVE STORY
Coeurage Theatre Company
PROOF
Moth Theatre Company
THE DAY SHALL DECLARE IT
Los Angeles Performance Practice
THE TEMPTATION OF ST ANTONY
Four Larks
TREVOR
Circle X Theatre Company
Best Production of a Play (Large Theatre)
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Theatricum Botanicum
BAD JEWS
Geffen Playhouse
CHAVEZ RAVINE: AN L.A. REVIVAL
Center Theatre Group
LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC
Rubicon Theatre Company
TRYING
International City Theatre
Best Production of a Musical (Intimate Theatre)
SCARY MUSICAL THE MUSICAL
NoHo Arts Center Ensemble
SPRING AWAKENING
Deaf West Theatre
THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS
Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
Actors Co-op
THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
DOMA Theatre Co.
Best Production of a Musical (Large Theatre)
CARRIE THE MUSICAL
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
MEMPHISCabrillo Music Theatre
RAGTIME
3-D Theatricals
SPRING AWAKENING
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre & Cody Lassen
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
Best Presented Production
ANDRE & DORINE
The Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC)
LUNA GALE
Center Theatre Group
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
Center Theatre Group
Acting Ensemble of a Play
A PERMANENT IMAGERogue Machine
CHAVEZ RAVINE: AN L.A. REVIVAL
Center Theatre Group
FAILURE: A LOVE STORY
Coeurage Theatre Company
THE TEMPTATION OF ST ANTONY
Four Larks
THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR‘S BIG SHOT
Bootleg Theater & Theatre Movement Bazaar
TREVOR
Circle X Theatre Company
WHAT OF THE NIGHT?
The Vagrancy
Acting Ensemble of a Musical
MEMPHISCabrillo Music Theatre
RAGTIME
3-D Theatricals
SPRING AWAKENING
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre & Cody Lassen
THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS
Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
Choreography
KENNA MORRIS GARCIAMEMPHISCabrillo Music Theatre
JOHN CHARRON
OKLAHOMA!
Cabrillo Music Theatre
DANA SOLIMANDO
RAGTIME
3-D Theatricals
SPENCER LIFF
SPRING AWAKENING
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre & Cody Lassen
SOPHIE BORTOLUSSI
THE DAY SHALL DECLARE IT
Los Angeles Performance Practice
SEBASTIAN PETERS-LAZARO & MAT SWEENEY
THE TEMPTATION OF ST ANTONY
Four Larks
TINA KRONIS
THEATRE MOVEMENT BAZAAR‘S BIG SHOT
Bootleg Theater & Theatre Movement Bazaar
Musical Direction
GERALD STERNBACH
LOVE, NOËL: THE LETTERS AND SONGS OF NOËL COWARDWallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
CASSIE NICKOLS
MEMPHIS
Cabrillo Music Theatre
JULIE LAMOUREUX
RAGTIME
3-D Theatricals
JARED STEIN
SPRING AWAKENING
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre & Cody Lassen
JOHN BALLINGER
THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS
Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm
ABDUL HAMID ROYAL
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
BRENT CRAYON
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Rubicon Theatre Company
Book of a World Premiere Musical
MATT DONNELLY & JAMELLE DOLPHIN
RECORDED IN HOLLYWOOD
Theatre Planners
MADELINE SUNSHINE
SERRANO, THE MUSICAL
Serrano New York, LLC
CAROLYN ALMOS, MATT ALMOS, JON BEAUREGARD & ALBERT DAYAN
THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS
Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm
Lyrics/Composition of a World Premiere Musical
ANDY COOPER
RECORDED IN HOLLYWOODTheatre Planners
RICHARD HOCHBERG & MICHAEL PATERNOSTRO
SCARY MUSICAL THE MUSICAL
NoHo Arts Center Ensemble
BRENDAN MILBURN, MATT ALMOS & BURGLARS OF HAMM
THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS
Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm
Playwriting for an Original Play
SAMUEL HUNTER
A PERMANENT IMAGERogue Machine
ADAM BOCK
A SMALL FIRE
The Echo Theater Company
CAREY CRIM
CONVICTION
Rubicon Theatre Company
RON KLIER
GUS‘S FASHIONS & SHOES BY RON KLIER
VS. Theatre Company
BEKAH BRUNSTETTER
HEY BROTHER
Fresh Produce‘d LA
JESSICA DICKEY
ROW AFTER ROW
The Echo Theater Company
NICK JONES
TREVOR
Circle X Theatre Company
Direction of a Musical
BRADY SCHWIND
CARRIE THE MUSICALLa Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
ROBERT SCHNEIDER
MEMPHIS
Cabrillo Music Theatre
T.J. DAWSON
RAGTIME
3-D Theatricals
MICHAEL ARDEN
SPRING AWAKENING
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre & Cody Lassen
KEN ROHT & MATT ALMOS
THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS
Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm
ANDI CHAPMAN
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
MARCO GOMEZ
THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
DOMA Theatre Co.
Direction of a Play
JOHN PERRIN FLYNN
A PERMANENT IMAGERogue Machine
MARY JO DUPREY
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Theatricum Botanicum
LISA PETERSON
CHAVEZ RAVINE: AN L.A. REVIVAL
Center Theatre Group
KEN SAWYER
EDWARD ALBEE‘S THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA?
Los Angeles LGBT Center
MICHAEL MATTHEWS
FAILURE: A LOVE STORY
Coeurage Theatre Company
MAT SWEENEY & SEBASTIAN PETERS-LAZARO
THE TEMPTATION OF ST ANTONY
Four Larks
STELLA POWELL-JONES
TREVOR
Circle X Theatre Company
Lead Actor in a Musical
LEIGH WAKEFORD as Bert
MARY POPPINSLa Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
TODD ADAMSON as Huey
MEMPHIS
Cabrillo Music Theatre
GARY PATENT as Tateh
RAGTIME
3-D Theatricals
AUSTIN MCKENZIE as Melchior
SPRING AWAKENING
Deaf West Theatre
HUGO ARMSTRONG as John Broadus Watson
THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS
Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm
ELLIS HALL as Singer Oedipus
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
ROGER ROBINSON as Preacher Oedipus
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
Lead Actress in a Musical
CORI KIDDER as Patsy
ALWAYS…PATSY CLINESierra Madre Playhouse
VICKI LEWIS as Mrs. Wilkinson
BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
MISTY COTTON as Margaret
CARRIE THE MUSICAL
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
EMILY LOPEZ as Carrie
CARRIE THE MUSICAL
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
CHRISTANNA ROWADER as Mother
RAGTIME
3-D Theatricals
SANDRA FRANK as Wendla
SPRING AWAKENING
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre & Cody Lassen
KIM STAUNTON as Evangelist Antigone
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
Lead Actor in a Play
JOHN PROSKY as Botvinnik
A WALK IN THE WOODSSierra Madre Playhouse
LEON RUSSOM as Dodge
BURIED CHILD
Whitefire Theatre
PAUL WITTEN as Martin
EDWARD ALBEE‘S THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA?
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Michael Shepperd
MICHAEL SHEPPERD as Troy
FENCES
International City Theatre
STEPHEN CAFFREY as Falstaff
HENRY IV: PART ONE
The Antaeus Company
DAVE BUZZOTTA as The Criminal
TIGER BY THE TAIL
The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre
JIMMI SIMPSON as Trevor
TREVOR
Circle X Theatre Company
Lead Actress in a Play
ANNE GEE BYRD as Carol
A PERMANENT IMAGERogue Machine
LILY KNIGHT as Emily
A SMALL FIRE
The Echo Theater Company
ELLEN GEER as Violet
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Theatricum Botanicum
ELYSE MIRTO as Leigh Hodges
CONVICTION
Rubicon Theatre Company
ANN NOBLE as Stevie
EDWARD ALBEE‘S THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA?
Los Angeles LGBT Center
LAURIE METCALF as Sandra
TREVOR
Circle X Theatre Company
PAIGE WHITE as Sarah Schorr
TRYING
International City Theatre
Featured Actor in a Musical
JEFF SKOWRON as Mr. Collins
JANE AUSTEN‘S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, A MUSICALLa Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
ANDY MIENTUS as Hanschen
SPRING AWAKENING
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre & Cody Lassen
SAMUEL BUTLER as Balladeer
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
LAVAN DAVIS as Choragos
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
J.A. PRESTON as Deacon Creon
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
HECTOR QUINTANA as The Monster
THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
DOMA Theatre Co.
JOHN QUALE as Snow Queen
THE SNOW QUEEN
Falcon Theatre
Featured Actress in a Musical
JOANNA JONES as Lois/Bianca
KISS ME, KATEPasadena Playhouse
KRYSTA RODRIGUEZ as Ilse
SPRING AWAKENING
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre & Cody Lassen
NICOE POTTS as Soloist
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
GINA D‘ACCIARO as Miss Angela Prysock / The Princess Puffer
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
Actors Co-op
MICHELLE HOLMES as Frau Blucher
THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
DOMA Theatre Co.
TONI SMITH as Elizabeth Benning
THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
DOMA Theatre Co.
BETH KENNEDY as Old Woman/Robber Girl
THE SNOW QUEEN
Falcon Theatre
Featured Actor in a Play
STEVEN O‘MAHONEY as Billy
A SMALL FIREThe Echo Theater Company
DARRETT SANDERS as Billy
A SMALL FIRE
The Echo Theater Company
ANDREW CONNOLLY as John Keating
CORKTOWN ’57
Theatre Planners
MATT ORDUNA as Gabriel
FENCES
International City Theatre
TONY SHALHOUB as Willie
SAMUEL BECKETT‘S HAPPY DAYS
The Theatre @ Boston Court
ALAN MANDELL as Gregory Solomon
THE PRICE
Center Theatre Group
STEPHEN KEARIN as Company Member
THE WESTERN UNSCRIPTED
Impro Theatre
Featured Actress in a Play
MELORA MARSHALL as Mattie Fae Aiken
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTYTheatricum Botanicum
REBECCA MOZO as W
COCK
Rogue Machine
SOPHINA BROWN as Kate
GOOD PEOPLE
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
PEGGY ANN BLOW as Lula
WEDDING BAND: A LOVE/HATE STORY IN BLACK AND WHITE
The Antaeus Company
ANNE GEE BYRD as Herman‘s Mother
WEDDING BAND: A LOVE/HATE STORY IN BLACK AND WHITE
The Antaeus Company
SAUNDRA MCCLAIN as Lula
WEDDING BAND: A LOVE/HATE STORY IN BLACK AND WHITE
The Antaeus Company
LYNN MILGRIM as Herman‘s Mother
WEDDING BAND: A LOVE/HATE STORY IN BLACK AND WHITE
The Antaeus Company
Lighting Design (Intimate Theatre)
TOM ONTIVEROS
COMPLETENESSVS. Theatre Company
JARED SAYEG
PICNIC
The Antaeus Company
TRAVIS HAGENBUCH
SPRING AWAKENING
Deaf West Theatre
JAYMI SMITH
THE MISSING PAGES OF LEWIS CARROLL
The Theatre @ Boston Court
JEAN-YVES TESSIER
THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
DOMA Theatre Co.
BRANDON BARUCH
THE TEMPTATION OF ST ANTONY
Four Larks
MATTHEW RICHTER
WHAT OF THE NIGHT?
The Vagrancy
Lighting Design (Large Theatre)
JUSTIN TOWNSEND
BENTCenter Theatre Group
JOSÉ LÓPEZ
CHAVEZ RAVINE: AN L.A. REVIVAL
Center Theatre Group
KEN BOOTH
JULIUS CAESAR
A Noise Within
JEAN-YVES TESSIER
RAGTIME
3-D Theatricals
BEN STANTON
SPRING AWAKENING
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre & Cody Lassen
KARYN LAWRENCE
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
KEN BILLINGTON
WATERFALL A NEW MUSICAL
Pasadena Playhouse
Scenic Design (Intimate Theatre)
ANDREW HAMMER
BROOMSTICKFountain Theatre
DARCY SCANLIN
COMPLETENESS
VS. Theatre Company
ROBERT SELANDER
EDWARD ALBEE‘S THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA?
Los Angeles LGBT Center
DANNY CISTONE
GUS‘S FASHIONS & SHOES BY RON KLIER
VS. Theatre Company
ROBERT SELANDER
PICNIC
The Antaeus Company
JOEL DAAVID
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Greenway Arts Alliance
SEBASTIAN PETERS-LAZARO & REGAN BAUMGARTEN
THE TEMPTATION OF ST ANTONY
Four Larks
Scenic Design (Large Theatre)
BEOWULF BORITT
BENTCenter Theatre Group
STEPHEN GIFFORD
CARRIE THE MUSICAL
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
JOHN IOCAVELLI
IMMEDIATE FAMILY
Center Theatre Group
DANE LAFFREY
SPRING AWAKENING
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre & Cody Lassen
ANTHONY FANNING
SWITZERLAND
Geffen Playhouse
TOM BUDERWITZ
THE WHIPPING MAN
Pasadena Playhouse
SASAVAT BUSAYABANDH
WATERFALL A NEW MUSICAL
Pasadena Playhouse
Sound Design (Intimate Theatre)
JOHN ZALEWSKI
DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEAThe Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC)
JOSEPH SLAWINSKI
FLARE PATH
Theatre 40
JOHN ZALEWSKI
MY BARKING DOG
The Theatre @ Boston Court
JEFF GARDNER
PICNIC
The Antaeus Company
PHILIP ALLEN
SPRING AWAKENING
Deaf West Theatre
JOHN ZALEWSKI
THE DAY SHALL DECLARE IT
Los Angeles Performance Practice
MARTIN CARRILLO
WHAT OF THE NIGHT
The Vagrancy
Sound Design (Large Theatre)
CRICKET MYERS
BENTCenter Theatre Group
PAUL JAMES PRENDERGAST
CHAVEZ RAVINE: AN L.A. REVIVAL
Center Theatre Group
ROBERT ORIOL
JULIUS CAESAR
A Noise Within
PHILIP ALLEN
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
JONATHAN BURKE
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Rubicon Theatre Company
MICHAEL ROTH
THE WHIPPING MAN
Pasadena Playhouse
DREW DALZELL & NOELLE HOFFMAN
WICKED LIT 2014
Unbound Productions
Costume Design (Intimate Theatre)
KIMBERLY FREED
ENTROPYTheatre of NOTE
MICHAEL MULLEN
FUGUE
The Echo Theater Company
TERRI LEWIS
PICNIC
The Antaeus Company
ANN CLOSS-FARLEY
THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS
Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm
GARY LENNON
THE MISSING PAGES OF LEWIS CARROLL
The Theatre @ Boston Court
VICKI CONRAD
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
Actors Co-op
BRANDY JACOBS
THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL YOUNG: FRANKENSTEIN
DOMA Theatre Co.
Costume Design (Large Theatre)
CHRISTOPHER ACEBO
CHAVEZ RAVINE: AN L.A. REVIVALCenter Theatre Group
MARCY FROEHLICH
LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC
Rubicon Theatre Company
MELA HOYT-HEYDON
MEMPHIS
Cabrillo Music Theatre
NAILA SANDERS
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Ebony Repertory Theatre
SHARON MCGUNIGLE
THE SNOW QUEEN
Falcon Theatre
ANGELA CALIN
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
A Noise Within
WADE LABOISSIONNIERE
WATERFALL A NEW MUSICAL
Pasadena Playhouse
Video/Projection Design
NICK SANTIAGO
A PERMANENT IMAGERogue Machine
ANTHONY BACKMAN & JIM PIERCE
ASTRO BOY AND THE GOD OF COMICS
Sacred Fools Theater Company
JASON THOMPSON
CHAVEZ RAVINE: AN L.A. REVIVAL
Center Theatre Group
LUCY MACKINNON
SPRING AWAKENING
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre & Cody Lassen
JASON THOMPSON
THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS
Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm
Ovation Honors Recipients
Composition for a Play:
MAT SWEENEY & ELLEN WARKENTINE
THE TEMPTATION OF ST ANTONY
Four Larks
Fight Choreography:
MIKE MAHAFFEY
SHE KILLS MONSTERS
Loft Ensemble
Puppet Design:
TED BLEGEN
SHE KILLS MONSTERS
Loft Ensemble
