Theatre @ Boston Court, the Geffen and La Mirada Lead 2014 Ovation Award Nominations; Full List!
By: BWW News Desk Sep. 22, 2014
Nominees for the 2014 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards were announced on the evening of Monday, September 22 at Native Voices at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles. The nominations were revealed by past Ovation Award recipients Gigi Bermingham, Brighid Fleming, Parmer Fuller, Jennifer Haley, Brian Kite, Glynn Turman, and John Zalewski, along with LA STAGE Alliance Chief Executive Officer Terence McFarland.
Theatre @ Boston Court received the most nominations (19), followed by the Geffen Playhouse and La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts with 17 each, Center Theatre Group and 3-D Theatricals with 13 each, and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (12).
Theatre @ Boston Court garnered nine nominations for Stupid f-ing Bird (co-production with Circle X Theatre Company), seven for Everything You Touch (co- production with Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), R II (2), and Best Season.
The Geffen Playhouse received nominations for The Country House (11), Play Dead (3), Slowgirl (2), and Wait Until Dark (1).
La Mirada's nominations are for Floyd Collins (9), Les Mise?rables (7), and Best Season.
Center Theatre Group received seven nominations for Harmony and one each for A Word or Two and Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty all at the Ahmanson Theatre, The Steward of Christendom at the Mark Taper Forum (2), and St. Jude and The Black Suits, both at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, with one each.
Nods to 3-D Theatricals are for The Producers (7), Funny Girl (2), Damn Yankees, Into the Woods, and Legally Blonde with one each, and Best Season.
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts received nominations for Maurice Hines is Tappin' Thru Life (8), Parfumerie (3), and Brief Encounter (1).
Ovation Honors, which recognize outstanding achievement in areas that are not among the standard list of nomination categories, have been awarded to Dave Robbins (Music Composition for a Play, A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Actors' Gang), Ahmed Best (Fight Choreography, Backyard at Echo Theater Company), and Michelle Zamora (Puppet Design, Roald Dahl's The Magic Finger, MainStreet Theatre Company).
For the 2013-2014 voting season, there are a grand total of 195 nominations for 78 productions, presented by 49 companies. There were 318 total productions registered from 137 companies. Of those productions registered, 78 were Ovation Recommended, identified during their runs as scoring in the top quarter of all productions in the Overall Production categories. A complete list of nominees can be found below and at www.LAStageAlliance.com.
2014 NOMINEES:
BEST SEASON
3-D THEATRICALS
ACTORS CO-OP
FOUNTAIN THEATRE
LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
THE THEATRE @ BOSTON COURT
BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY (INTIMATE THEATRE)
EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
HENRY V
Pacific Resident Theatre
MY NAME IS ASHER LEV
Fountain Theatre
STUPID f-ing BIRD
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Circle X Theatre Company
THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER
Los Angeles LGBT Center
THE PLIANT GIRLS
Fugitive Kind Theater
THE RECOMMENDATION
IAMA Theatre Company
BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY (LARGE THEATRE)
BREATH & IMAGINATION
The Colony Theatre Company
COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA
A Noise Within
OTHER DESERT CITIES
International City Theatre
PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE
A Noise Within
PREMEDITATION
The Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC)
SLOWGIRL
THE COUNTRY HOUSE
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (INTIMATE THEATRE)
110 IN THE SHADE
Actors Co-op
LYSISTRATA JONES
Chance Theater
THE WRONG MAN
Skylight Theatre Company
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (LARGE THEATRE)
FLOYD COLLINS
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
LES MISE?RABLES
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
MAURICE HINES IS TAPPIN' THRU LIFE
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
BEST PRESENTED PRODUCTION
A WORD OR TWO
BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
MATTHEW BOURNE'S SLEEPING BEAUTY
ACTING ENSEMBLE FOR A PLAY
LEBENSRAUM
Art of Acting Studio
MY NAME IS ASHER LEV
Fountain Theatre
STUPID f-ing BIRD
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Circle X Theatre Company
THE BROTHERS SIZE
Fountain Theatre
THE COUNTRY HOUSE
THE PLIANT GIRLS
Fugitive Kind Theater
THE RECOMMENDATION
IAMA Theatre Company
ACTING ENSEMBLE OF A MUSICAL
FLOYD COLLINS
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
HARMONY
LES MISE?RABLES
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
MAURICE HINES IS TAPPIN' THRU LIFE
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
THE PRODUCERS
3-D Theatricals
CHOREOGRAPHY
JOHN CHARRON
BYE BYE BIRDIE
Cabrillo Music Theatre
DANA SOLIMANDO
DAMN YANKEES
3-D Theatricals
JOANN HUNTER
HARMONY
DANIELLE AGAMI
INVISIBLE CITIES
The Industry
KELLY TODD
LYSISTRATA JONES
Chance Theater
LAUREN KADEL
MEL BROOKS' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Musical Theatre West
AMEENAH KAPLAN
THE BROTHERS SIZE
Fountain Theatre
MUSIC DIRECTION
DAVID O
FLOYD COLLINS
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
JOHN O'NEILL
HARMONY
JOHN GLAUDINI
LES MISERABLES
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
SHERRIE MARICLE
MAURICE HINES IS TAPPIN' THRU LIFE
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
DAVID LAMOUREUX
THE PRODUCERS
3-D Theatricals
BOOK FOR AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE
INVISIBLE CITIES
The Industry
ROSS GOLAN
THE WRONG MAN
Skylight Theatre Company
DEAN MCCLURE
WHEN YOU WISH: THE STORY OF WALT DISNEY
When You Wish L.A., LLC
LYRICS/MUSIC FOR AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE
INVISIBLE CITIES
The Industry
ROSS GOLAN
THE WRONG MAN
Skylight Theatre Company
DEAN MCCLURE
WHEN YOU WISH: THE STORY OF WALT DISNEY
When You Wish L.A., LLC
PLAYWRIGHTING FOR AN ORIGINAL PLAY
SHEILA CALLAGHAN
EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
TOMMY SMITH
FIREMEN
The Echo Theater Company
MARJA-LEWIS RYAN
ONE IN THE CHAMBER
Theatre Planners
LUIS ALFARO
ST. JUDE
AARON POSNER
STUPID f-ing BIRD
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Circle X Theatre Company
DONALD MARGULIES
THE COUNTRY HOUSE
MEGHAN BROWN
PLIANT GIRLS
Fugitive Kind Theater
DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
RICHARD ISRAEL
110 IN THE SHADE
Actors Co-op
RICHARD ISRAEL
FLOYD COLLINS
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
MICHAEL MATTHEWS
FUNNY GIRL
3-D Theatricals
YUVAL SHARON
INVISIBLE CITIES
The Industry
BRIAN KITE
LES MISE?RABLES
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
TIM ROBBINS
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Actors' Gang
JESSICA KUBZANSKY
EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
GUILLERMO CIENFUEGOS
HENRY V
Pacific Resident Theatre
JOSE LUIS VALENZUELA
PREMEDITATION
The Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC)
MICHAEL MICHETTI
STUPID f-ing BIRD
Circle X Theatre Company The Theatre @ Boston Court
DANIEL SULLIVAN
THE COUNTRY HOUSE
AMANDA MCRAVEN
THE PLIANT GIRLS
Fugitive Kind Theater
LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
MARK WHITTEN as Floyd Collins
FLOYD COLLINS
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
DAVIS GAINES as Fred/Petruchio
KISS ME KATE Cabrillo Music Theatre
JAMES BARBOUR as Jean Valjean
LES MISE?RABLES
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
JEFF SKOWRON as Thenardier
LES MISE?RABLES
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
MAURICE HINES as Maurice Hines
MAURICE HINES IS TAPPIN' THRU LIFE
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
JAY WINNICK as Max Bialystock
THE PRODUCERS
3-D Theatricals
JEFF SKOWRON as Leo Bloom
THE PRODUCERS
3-D Theatricals
LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
KIM HUBER as Nellie Collins
FLOYD COLLINS
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
NICOLE PARKER as Fanny Brice
FUNNY GIRL
3-D Theatricals
VIVA CARR as Baker's Wife
INTO THE WOODS
3-D Theatricals
VICTORIA STRONG as Lilli/Kate
KISS ME, KATE
Cabrillo Music Theatre
ALISON ENGLAND as Zombina
ZOMBIES FROM THE BEYOND
The Visceral Company
LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
GORDON GOODMAN as John Barrymore
BARRYMORE
Good People Theater Company
ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH
FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW
Bootleg Theater
CHRIS L. MCKENNA as Vic
TASTE
Sacred Fools Theatre Company
ERIC LANGE as Elliot Cooper
THE COUNTRY HOUSE
MALCOLM BARRETT as Dwight Barnes
THE RECOMMENDATION
IAMA Theatre Company
JOE SPANO as White
THE SUNSET LIMITED
TUCKER SMALLWOOD as Black
THE SUNSET LIMITED
LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
KARAN KENDRICK as Angel Mo'
BREATH & IMAGINATION
The Colony Theatre Company
DEBORAH STRANG as Lola
COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA
A Noise Within
KIRSTEN VANGSNESS as Jess
EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
ANNA KHAJA as Rivkeh
MY NAME IS ASHER LEV
Fountain Theatre
BLYTHE DANNER as Anna Patterson
THE COUNTRY HOUSE
SARAH STEELE as Susie Keegan
THE COUNTRY HOUSE
ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ as Rosie
UNORGANIZED CRIME
Elephant Theatre
FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
JOSEY MCCOY as Skeets Miller
FLOYD COLLINS
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
JOHN MANZARI as John Manzari
MAURICE HINES IS TAPPIN' THRU LIFE
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
LEO MANZARI as Leo Manzari
MAURICE HINES IS TAPPIN' THRU LIFE
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
LUKE SPRING as Luke Spring
MAURICE HINES IS TAPPIN' THRU LIFE
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
DAVID ENGEL as Roger De Bris
THE PRODUCERS
3-D Theatricals
LEIGH WAKEFORD as Carmen Ghia
THE PRODUCERS
3-D Theatricals
ANDY UMBERGER as Roy Disney
WHEN YOU WISH: THE STORY OF WALT DISNEY
When You Wish L.A., LLC
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
STEPHANIE ANDERSEN as Sister Chantelle
BARE: A ROCK MUSICAL
glory/struck Productions
HANNAH CORNEAU as Ruth
HARMONY
LINDSEY ALLEY a Paulette
LEGALLY BLONDE
3-D Theatricals
ANDI DAVIS as INGA
MEL BROOKS' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Musical Theatre West
REBECCA JOHNSON as Elizabeth
MEL BROOKS' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Musical Theatre West
TRACY LORE as Frau Blucher
MEL BROOKS' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Musical Theatre West
ANNIE GOLDEN as Mrs. Werring
THE BLACK SUITS
FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
HUGO ARMSTRONG as Ted
BACKYARD
The Echo Theater Company
LEON RUSSOM as Chorus/Bates/Bardolph
HENRY V
The Porters of Hellsgate
ALEC FRASIER as Adam
ONE IN THE CHAMBER
Theatre Planners
ADAM SILVER as Dev
STUPID f-ing BIRD
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Circle X Theatre Company
ARYE GROSS as Sorn
STUPID f-ing BIRD
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Circle X Theatre Company
JOE DELAFIELD as Alcippe
THE LIAR
The Antaeus Company
TYLER SEIPLE as Marcus/Claude
THE PLIANT GIRLS
Fugitive Kind Theater
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
REBECCA GRAY as Susan
FIREMEN
The Echo Theater Company
CAROLE WEYERS as Nym/Katherine
HENRY V
Pacific Resident Theatre
SHANNON HOLT as Queen Elizabeth/Hilter/Reagan
PASSION PLAY
KELLY SCHUMANN as Tam
THE HOMOSEXUALS
RACHEL GRATE as Kay
THE PLIANT GIRLS
Fugitive Kind Theater
SAGE HOWARD as Courtney
THE PLIANT GIRLS
Fugitive Kind Theater
ABIGAIL MARKS as Dull Gret/Angie
TOP GIRLS
The Antaeus Company
LIGHTING DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)
DAVID DARWIN
A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2014
Grove Theater Center
JEREMY PIVNICK
EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
KRISTEEN CROSSER
FOXFINDER
Furious Theatre Company
JEREMY PIVNICK
R II
The Theatre @ Boston Court
ELIZABETH HARPER
STUPID f-ing BIRD
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Circle X Theatre Company
JEREMY PIVNICK
THE DIFFERENT SHADES OF HUGH
Road Theatre Company
LUKE MOYER
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY
NoHo Arts Center Ensemble
LIGHTING DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
LISA KATZ
FLOYD COLLINS
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
JEFF CROITER & SETH JACKSON
HARMONY
DAVID LANDER
PARFUMERIE
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
ELIZABETH HARPER
PLAY DEAD
PABLO SANTIAGO
PREMEDITATION
The Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC)
PETER KACZOROWSKI
THE COUNTRY HOUSE
ROBERT WIERZEL
THE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM
SCENIC DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)
JEFF RACK
GOD ONLY KNOWS
Theatre 40
JEFF RACK
NIGHT WATCH
Theatre 40
D MARTIN BOOKWALTER
ON THE MONEY
The Victory Theatre Center
JEFF MCLAUGHLIN
PRAY TO BALL
Skylight Theatre Company
STEPHANIE SCHWARTZ
STUPID f-ing BIRD
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Circle X Theatre Company
DEANNE MILLAIS
TASTE
Sacred Fools Theatre Company
THOMAS BROWN
THE OLD SETTLER
Interact Theatre Company
SCENIC DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
TOBIN OST
HARMONY
TOM BUDERWITZ
NOE?L COWARD'S A SONG AT TWILIGHT
ALLEN MOYER
PARFUMERIE
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
TOM BUDERWITZ
PLAY DEAD Geffen Playhouse
JOHN LEE BEATTY
THE COUNTRY HOUSE
KEVIN DEPINET
THE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM
CRAIG SIEBELS
WAIT UNTIL DARK
SOUND DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)
AUSTIN QUAN
DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE
Actors Co-op
JOHN ZALEWSKI
EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
DOUG NEWELL
FOXFINDER
Furious Theatre Company
CHRISTOPHER MOSCATIELLO
PRAY TO BALL
Skylight Theatre Company
JOHN ZALEWSKI
R II
The Theatre @ Boston Court
DAN SPURGEON
THE MYSTERY PLAYS
The Visceral Company
BILL FROGGATT
THE WHIPPING MAN
West Coast Jewish Theatre
SOUND DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
JOSH BESSOM
FLOYD COLLINS
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
CARL CASELLA
MAURICE HINES IS TAPPIN' THRU LIFE
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
CRICKET MYERS
PLAY DEAD
RICHARD WOODBURY
SLOWGIRL
JON GOTTLIEB
THE COUNTRY HOUSE
JULIE FERRIN
THE PRODUCERS
3-D Theatricals
DREW DALZELL & NOELLE HOFFMAN
WICKET LIT 2013
Unbound Productions
COSTUME DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)
SHON LEBLANC
AH, WILDERNESS!
Actors Co-op
JENNY FOLDENAUER
EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
WENDELL CARMICHAEL
LEND ME A TENOR
Actors Co-op
KELLY BAILEY
PRAY TO BALL
Skylight Theatre Company
GRACE GOODSON-WITCHER
THE OLD SETTLER
Interact Theatre Company
RACHEL STIVERS
THE PLIANT GIRLS
Fugitive Kind Theater
TERRI A. LEWIS
TOP GIRLS
The Antaeus Company
COSTUME DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
TOBIN OST
HARMONY
A. JEFFREY SCHOENBERG
KISS ME, KATE
Cabrillo Music Theatre
COLLEEN GRADY
LES MISE?RABLES
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
DAVID MICKELSEN
NOE?L COWARD'S A SONG AT TWILIGHT
MICHAEL KRASS
PARFUMERIE
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
ANGELA CALIN
PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE
A Noise Within
RITA RYACK
THE COUNTRY HOUSE
VIDEO/PROJECTION DESIGN
SPENCER LEE & HANA KIM
PRAY TO BALL
Skylight Theatre Company
BEN ROCK & ANTHONY BACKMAN
STONEFACE
SEAN CAWELTI
STUPID f-ing BIRD
The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Circle X Theatre Company
ADAM FLEMMING
THE DIFFERENT SHADES OF HUGH
Road Theatre Company
HANA KIM
THE UGLY ONE
MICHAEL HOY & ADAM FLEMMING
THE WRONG MAN
Skylight Theatre Company
OVATION HONORS CATEGORIES
COMPOSITION FOR A PLAY
DAVE ROBBINS
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Actors' Gang
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
AHMED BEST
BACKYARD
The Echo Theater Company
PUPPET DESIGN
MICHELLE ZAMORA
ROALD DAHL'S THE MAGIC FINGER
MainStreet Theatre Company
Said CEO Terence McFarland, "We're always excited to see the breadth and diversity of the Ovation Awards nominee list. This year's crop is reflective of the tremendous work happening on stages throughout the region.We're thrilled to shine a light on some stalwarts of the community and bring broader attention to those burgeoning artists at the beginning of their careers. I look forward to celebrating all achievements in excellence in Los Angeles theatre on November 2."
Founded in 1989, the LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles. Voters are Los Angeles theatre professionals who are chosen each year, through an application process, by the Ovation Rules Committee. The list of nominees is determined by a tabulation of scores conducted by Green Hasson Janks. This year's Ovation Award eligibility period ran from August 26, 2013 through August 31, 2014.
LA STAGE Alliance is dedicated to building awareness, appreciation and support for the performing arts in Greater Los Angeles through community building, collaborative marketing/audience development, professional development to strengthen the sector, and advocacy. Providing access to the performing arts for patrons and access to information and resources for organizations has been the mission of the Alliance for over 35 years. The Alliance connects artists and arts administrators from over 500 groups annually in a six county region with opportunities to engage, inspire, educate and entertain over four million households that interact with the arts in our community. The Alliance engenders a stronger and more connected creative Los Angeles.
This year's Ovation Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 2 at 7pm at the historic San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, located at 320 S. Mission Drive in San Gabriel. For more information, visit www.OvationAwards.com.
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