The Jeff Awards announced 162 nominations in 31 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions which opened between August 1, 2009, and July 31, 2010.
The 42nd Annual Jeff Awards ceremony honoring excellence in professional theatre produced within the immediate Chicago area will be held on Monday, October 25, at Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. A pre-show Appetizer Buffet will run from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and the Awards Ceremony, directed by
Michael Weber, will begin at 7:30 p.m., with a Reception immediately following. Musical numbers featuring cast members from nominated musicals and video segments from nominated plays will be included in the Jeff Awards ceremony, emceed by luminary actors
Deanna Dunagan and
Felicia P. Fields. The evening is black tie optional and the public is cordially invited to attend.
Advance purchase tickets, which include the ceremony and the pre-show buffet, are available through the link on our website: $75 (or $55 for members of
Actors' Equity Association, United Scenic Artists, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and The
Dramatists Guild of America) plus a $2 online purchase handling charge. Please note: there are no refunds.
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TICKETS
This year's nominees are:
PRODUCTION - PLAY - LARGE
"The Brother/Sister Plays" -
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
"The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" -
Victory Gardens Theater i/a/w Teatro Vista...Theatre With a View
"The Illusion" - Court Theatre
"
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - Court Theatre
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Court Theatre
"A Streetcar Named Desire" - Writers' Theatre
PRODUCTION - PLAY - MIDSIZE
"Abigail's Party" - A Red Orchid Theatre
"All My Sons" - TimeLine Theatre Company
"The Farnsworth Invention" - TimeLine Theatre Company
"‘Master Harold'...And The Boys" - TimeLine Theatre Company
"Tobacco Road" - American Blues Theater
PRODUCTION - MUSICAL - LARGE
"Animal Crackers" -
Goodman Theatre"Cabaret" - Drury Lane Productions
"The Drowsy Chaperone" -
Marriott Theatre"Hairspray" -
Marriott Theatre"Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" - Drury Lane Productions
PRODUCTION - REVUE
"The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life" - The Second City e.t.c.
"Low Down Dirty Blues" -
Northlight Theatre"Oh Coward!" - Writers' Theatre
ENSEMBLE
"Abigail's Party" - A Red Orchid Theatre
"Animal Crackers" -
Goodman Theatre"The Brother/Sister Plays" -
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
"The Farnsworth Invention" - TimeLine Theatre Company
"
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - Court Theatre
"Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions
"The Wedding" - TUTA Theatre Chicago
NEW WORK - PLAY
Kristoffer Diaz - "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" -
Victory Gardens Theater i/a/w Teatro Vista...Theatre With a View
Michael Golamco - "Year Zero" -
Victory Gardens Theater Andrew Hinderaker - "Suicide, Incorporated" - The Gift Theatre
Jim Lynch - "The Tallest Man" - The Artistic Home
Bruce Norris - "A Parallelogram" -
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
David Schwimmer and Andy Bellin - "Trust" -
Lookingglass Theatre CompanyCraig Wright - "Mistakes Were Made" - A Red Orchid Theatre
DIRECTOR - PLAY
Nick Bowling - "The Farnsworth Invention" - TimeLine Theatre Company
David Cromer - "A Streetcar Named Desire" - Writers' Theatre
Sean Graney - "The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Court Theatre
Tina Landau - "The Brother/Sister Plays" -
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Shade Murray - "Abigail's Party" - A Red Orchid Theatre
Charles Newell - "The Illusion" - Court Theatre
Kimberly Senior - "All My Sons" - TimeLine Theatre Company
Edward Torres - "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" -
Victory Gardens Theater i/a/w Teatro Vista...Theatre With a View
DIRECTOR - MUSICAL or REVUE
Jim Corti - "Cabaret" - Drury Lane Productions
Jim Corti - "Oh Coward!" - Writers' Theatre
William Osetek - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - Drury Lane Productions
Marc Robin - "The Drowsy Chaperone" -
Marriott TheatreMarc Robin - "Hairspray" -
Marriott TheatreRachel Rockwell - "Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions
Henry Wishcamper - "Animal Crackers" -
Goodman Theatre
ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE - PLAY
Desmin Borges - "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" -
Victory Gardens Theater i/a/w Teatro Vista...Theatre With a View
Brian Dennehy - "Hughie/Krapp's Last Tape" -
Goodman TheatreRob Fagin - "The Farnsworth Invention" - TimeLine Theatre Company
Erik Hellman - "The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Court Theatre
Tracy Letts - "American Buffalo" -
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Nick Sandys - "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Michael Shannon - "Mistakes Were Made" - A Red Orchid Theatre
Chris Sullivan - "The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Court Theatre
ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE - MUSICAL
Quentin Earl Darrington - "Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions
James Harms - "The Drowsy Chaperone" -
Marriott TheatreMax Quinlan - "Jesus Christ Superstar" - Theatre at the Center
Alan Schmuckler - "Sugar" - Drury Lane Productions
Joey Slotnick - "Animal Crackers" -
Goodman Theatre
ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE - PLAY
Tracy Michelle Arnold - "Private Lives" -
Chicago Shakespeare TheaterCassandra Bissell - "Mary's Wedding" - Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Janet Ulrich Brooks - "All My Sons" - TimeLine Theatre Company
Kirsten Fitzgerald - "Abigail's Party" - A Red Orchid Theatre
Natasha Lowe - "A Streetcar Named Desire" - Writers' Theatre
Lia Mortensen - "The Hiding Place" - Provision Theater
Allison Torem - "Trust" -
Lookingglass Theatre CompanyACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE - MUSICAL
Holly Ann Butler - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - Drury Lane Productions
Cory Goodrich - "Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions
Heidi Kettenring - "I Do! I Do!" - Theatre at the Center
Marissa Perry - "Hairspray" -
Marriott TheatreSOLO PERFORMANCE
Mary Beth Fisher - "The Year of Magical Thinking" - Court Theatre
Dael Orlandersmith - "Stoop Stories" -
Goodman TheatreACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - PLAY
Allen Gilmore - "Sizwe Banzi is Dead" - Court Theatre
Francis Guinan - "A Guide for the Perplexed" -
Victory Gardens TheaterTom Irwin - "A Parallelogram" -
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Timothy
Edward Kane - "The Illusion" - Court Theatre
Nick Sandys - "Twelfth Night" - First Folio Theatre
Lindsay Smiling - "Blue Door" -
Victory Gardens TheaterMichael Patrick Thornton - "Suicide, Incorporated" - The Gift Theatre
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - MUSICAL
Mark David Kaplan - "Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions
Peter Kevoian - "The Christmas Schooner" - Theatre at the Center
David Lively - "Cabaret" - Drury Lane Productions
Adam Pelty - "The Drowsy Chaperone" -
Marriott TheatreACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - PLAY
Janet Ulrich Brooks - "When She Danced" - TimeLine Theatre Company
Cindy Gold - "Awake and Sing!" -
Northlight TheatreRebecca Spence - "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Stacy Stoltz - "A Streetcar Named Desire" - Writers' Theatre
Wandachristine - "The Old Settler" - Writers' Theatre
Natalie West - "Abigail's Party" - A Red Orchid Theatre
Jacqueline Williams - "The Brother/Sister Plays" -
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - MUSICAL
Rebecca Finnegan - "Cabaret" - Drury Lane Productions
Heidi Kettenring - "Hairspray" -
Marriott TheatreValisia LeKae - "Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions
Barbara Robertson - "Yeast Nation (the triumph of life)" - American Theater Company
Paula Scrofano - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - Drury Lane Productions
ACTOR IN A REVUE
Mississippi
Charles Bevel - "Low Down Dirty Blues" -
Northlight TheatreRob Lindley - "Oh Coward!" - Writers' Theatre
Gregory Porter - "Low Down Dirty Blues" -
Northlight TheatreSam Richardson - "Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies" - The Second City
ACTRESS IN A REVUE
Christina Anthony - "The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life" - The Second City e.t.c.
Felicia P. Fields - "Low Down Dirty Blues" -
Northlight TheatreKate Fry - "Oh Coward!" - Writers' Theatre
Sandra Reaves-Phillips - "Low Down Dirty Blues" -
Northlight TheatreSCENIC DESIGN - LARGE
Jeffrey Bauer - "A Guide for the Perplexed" -
Victory Gardens TheaterJohn Culbert - "
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - Court Theatre
Kevin Depinet - "Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions
Kevin Depinet - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - Drury Lane Productions
Collette Pollard - "The Illusion" - Court Theatre
Todd Rosenthal - "A Parallelogram" -
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Walt Spangler - "A True History of the Johnstown Flood" -
Goodman Theatre
SCENIC DESIGN - MIDSIZE
Aimee Hanyzewski - "Of Mice and Men" - Oak Park
Festival TheatreJames Leaming - "Tobacco Road" - American Blues Theater
Timothy Mann - "‘Master Harold'...And The Boys" - TimeLine Theatre Company
Angela Miller - "Jeeves in Bloom" - First Folio Theatre
Inseung Park - "The Hiding Place" - Provision Theatre
COSTUME DESIGN - LARGE
Jacqueline Firkins - "The Illusion"- Court Theatre
Nancy Missimi - "The Drowsy Chaperone" -
Marriott TheatreTatjana Radisic - "Cabaret" - Drury Lane Productions
Alison Siple - "The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Court Theatre
COSTUME DESIGN - MIDSIZE
William J. Morey - "Into the Woods" -
Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
Sarah E. Ross & Kristin DeiTos - "Tobacco Road" - American Blues Theater
Emily Waecker - "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
SOUND DESIGN - LARGE
Mikhail Fiksel - "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" -
Victory Gardens Theater i/a/w Teatro Vista...Theatre With a View
Joshua Horvath and Nick Keenan - "The Illusion"- Court Theatre
Joshua Horvath and Ray Nardelli - "
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"- Court Theatre
Ray Nardelli - "Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale" -
Lookingglass Theatre Company and Silverguy Entertainment
SOUND DESIGN - MIDSIZE
Victoria Delorio - "Mary's Wedding" - Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Mikhail Fiksel - "War With the Newts" -
Next Theatre CompanyNick Keenan - "End Days" -
Next Theatre CompanyMiles Polaski - "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"- The Gift Theatre
LIGHTING DESIGN - LARGE
Brian Sidney Bembridge - "Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale" -
Lookingglass Theatre Company and Silverguy Entertainment
John Culbert - "The Illusion"- Court Theatre
Jesse Klug - "Cabaret" - Drury Lane Productions
Jesse Klug - "Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions
Jesse Klug - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - Drury Lane Productions
LIGHTING DESIGN - MIDSIZE
Lee Fiskness - "End Days" -
Next Theatre CompanyJesse Klug - "Yeast Nation (the triumph of life)" - American Theater Company
Keith Parham - "The Farnsworth Invention" - TimeLine Theatre Company
Jaymi
Lee Smith - "Mary's Wedding" - Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
CHOREOGRAPHY
John Carrafa - "Animal Crackers" -
Goodman TheatreTammy Mader - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - Drury Lane Productions
Marc Robin - "The Drowsy Chaperone" -
Marriott TheatreMarc Robin - "Hairspray" -
Marriott Theatre
ORIGINAL INCIDENTAL MUSIC
Alaric Jans - "The Hiding Place" - Provision Theater
Lindsay Jones - "Richard III" -
Chicago Shakespeare TheaterHenry Marsh - "Twelfth Night" - First Folio Theatre
Ray Nardelli and Joshua Horvath - "The Long Red Road" -
Goodman TheatreRay Nardelli,
Andre Pluess and
Josh Horvath - "Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale" -
Lookingglass Theatre Company and Silverguy Entertainment
Jesse Terrill - "The Wedding" - TUTA Theatre Chicago
MUSIC DIRECTION
Roberta Duchak - "Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions
Doug Peck - "Animal Crackers" -
Goodman TheatreDoug Peck - "Cabaret" - Drury Lane Productions
Doug Peck - "Oh Coward!" - Writers' Theatre
Robert Reddrick - "Nothing But the Blues" - Black Ensemble Theater
ARTISTIC SPECIALIZATION
Bridges Media - Multimedia Design - "Trust" -
Lookingglass Theatre CompanySage Marie Carter - Projections Design - "Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions
Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi - Circus Choreography and Movement Direction - "Icarus" -
Lookingglass Theatre CompanyNick Sandys - Fight Choreography - "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
David Woolley - Fight Choreography - "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" -
Victory Gardens Theater i/a/w Teatro Vista...Theatre With a View