The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced the winners and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2009. The 41st Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards ceremony took place Monday, March 22 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank.
The award recipients for the 2009 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards are as follows:
Production
Life Could Be a Dream, David Elzer, Peter Schneider & Roger Bean, Hudson MainstageParade, Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse, Mark Taper Forum
Stick Fly, The Matrix Theatre Company, Matrix Theatre
McCulloh Award for Revival
(For Shows between 1920 and 1980)
Equus, The Production Company
Direction
Shirley Jo Finney, Stick Fly, The Matrix Theatre
Marilyn Fox, The Browning Version, Pacific Resident Theatre
Writing
Brian Christopher Williams, Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins,
West Coast Ensemble at the El Centro Theatre
Writing (Adaptation)
Kitty Felde, Gogol Project, Rogue Artists Ensemble in association
with Bootleg Theater at Bootleg Theater
Music Direction
David O, The Wasps, The Lost Studio
Michael Paternostro, Life Could Be a Dream, Hudson Mainstage
Phil Reno, Minsky's, Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre
Choreography
Matthew Bourne, Stephen Mear, and Geoffrey Garratt, Mary Poppins, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh at the Ahmanson Theatre
Musical Score
Susan Birkenhead and Charles Strouse, Minsky's, Center Theatre Group
at the Ahmanson Theatre
Lead Performance
Sam Anderson, The Bird and Mr. Banks, The Road Theatre Company
at the Lankershim Arts Center
Bruce French, The Browning Version, Pacific Resident Theatre
Jim Hanna, Equus, The Production Company at The Chandler Studio Theatre Deidrie Henry, Coming Home, The Fountain Theatre
Laurie Metcalf, Voice Lessons, Zephyr Theater
Samantha Sloyan, Munched, Buzzworks Theater Company
at the El Centro Theatre
Featured Performance
Hugo Armstrong, Land of the Tigers, The Sacred Fools Theater Company
& Burglars of Hamm in association with Frantic Redhead Productions
at Sacred Fools Theater
P.J. Griffith, Setup & Punch, The Blank Theatre Company
at the 2nd Stage Theatre
Andrea Hutchman, Munched, Buzzworks Theater Company
at the El Centro Theatre
Sally Smythe, The Browning Version, Pacific Resident Theatre
Ensemble Performance
Hunter Gatherers, Furious Theatre Company at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre
Life Could Be a Dream, Hudson Mainstage
Stick Fly, The Matrix Theatre
Set Design
Jeff McLaughlin, A Skull in Connemara, Theatre Tribe
Lighting Design
Haylee Freeman, Gogol Project, Rogue Artists Ensemble in association
with Bootleg Theater at Bootleg Theater
David Lander, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Center Theatre Group
at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Costume Design
Gregg Barnes, Minsky's, Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre
Sound Design
Ron Klier, Blackbird, VS. Theatre Company at the Elephant Studio Space
Solo Performance
Danny Hoch, Taking Over, Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
CGI/Video
BrIan White, Gogol Project, Rogue Artists Ensemble in association
with Bootleg Theater at Bootleg Theater
Puppet and Mask Design
Wes Crain, Lena Garcia, Lynn Jeffries, Elizabeth Luce, and BrIan White,
Gogol Project, Rogue Artists Ensemble in association with Bootleg Theater
at Bootleg Theater
Makeup Design
Ann Closs-Farley, Land of the Tigers, The Sacred Fools Theater Company
& Burglars of Hamm in association with Frantic Redhead Productions
at Sacred Fools Theater
Fight Choreography
Victor Warren, Stranger, Bootleg Theater
Special Awards
The Ted Schmitt Award for the world premiere of an outstanding new play was awarded to Julie Marie Myatt for The Happy Ones. The award was accompanied by an offer to publish and a $1000 check funded by Samuel French, Inc.
The Polly Warfield Award for an excellent season in a small to mid-size theater was awarded to Celebration Theatre. The award was accompanied by a $500 check, funded by the Nederlander Organization.
The Bob Z award for career achievement in set design was awarded to Sibyl Wickersheimer. The award was accompanied by a $500 check, funded by contributions from the theatrical community.
The Angstrom Award for career achievement in lighting design was awarded to Luke Moyer. The award was accompanied by a $1000 check, funded by Angstrom Lighting.
The Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in theater was awarded to the Rubicon Theatre Company. The award was accompanied by a $500 check, funded by Disney Theatricals.
The Joel Hirschhorn Award for outstanding achievement in musical theatre was awarded to Jason Robert Brown. The award was accompanied by a $500 check, funded by David Elzer/Demand PR.
The Milton Katselas Award for career or special achievement in direction was awarded to Richard Israel. The award was accompanied by a $1000 check, funded by Katselas Theatre Company.
A special award for lifetime contribution to Los Angeles Theatre was awarded to Kirk Douglas.
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