In May, the Citations Wing of the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee announced 97 nominations in 22 categories for the 31st annual Citations season, representing 2003-04 non-Equity productions in Chicago.
Bailiwick Repertory leads Chicago's companies in nominations, with a total of 17, followed by TimeLine Theatre Company with 15 and Circle Theatre and Griffin Theatre Company with nine nominations each.
Outstanding Production-Play nominations are shared by Pegasus Players' production of Broadway Bound; Strawdog Theatre Company's Detective Story; Hannah and Martin and The Lion in Winter from TimeLine Theatre; Circle Theatre's In the Blood, and Eclipse Theatre Company's Lost in Yonkers.
Dr. Sex and Pinafore!, presented by Bailiwick Repertory, and A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light, from Theo Ubique Theatre Company in association with Michael James, shared nominations in the outstanding Production-Musical or Revue category. (Dr. Sex is New York-bound in a new staging, and was also nommed in the New Work category of the Citations.)
Michael Murphy's Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, the nationally-known new Bailiwick play about the Catholic church sex scandal, was nommed in the New Adaptation and Best Principal Actor-Play categories. It's based on court records and public news about the Boston diocese leadership. Sin will get a separate Off-Broadway run in 2004-05. *
The Citations Awards will be held at Park West, 322 West Armitage Avenue in Chicago, at 7:30 PM. Actor-director David Cromer and Famous Door artistic director Marc Grapey, who shared a Jeff Award last season for their co direction of Famous Door Theatre's The Cider House Rules, will serve as co-masters of ceremonies.
The Citations Wing of the Jeff Committee "was created to recognize outstanding achievement in professional productions of Chicago area theatres not operating under union contracts." The Joseph Jefferson Awards celebrate Equity work in a separate process and ceremony, every fall.
During the 2003-2004 Citations season (April 1, 2003- March 31, 2004) the Jeff Committee judged 96 productions from 44 producing organizations. The committee recommended 30 productions from 19 producing organizations, and the final list of Citations nominations represents 29 productions from 19 companies. The awards are non-competitive, and multiple recipients may receive awards in each category.
The 2003-2004 Citations Awards nominees are:
PRODUCTION-PLAY
Broadway Bound Pegasus Players
Detective Story Strawdog Theatre Company
Hannah and Martin TimeLine Theatre Company
In the Blood Circle Theatre
The Lion in Winter TimeLine Theatre Company
Lost in Yonkers Eclipse Theatre Company
PRODUCTION-MUSICAL OR REVUE
Dr. Sex Bailiwick Repertory
A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light Theo Ubique Theatre Company In Association With Michael James
Pinafore! Bailiwick Repertory
ENSEMBLE
Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging Griffin Theatre Company
Balm in Gilead The Hypocrites
Detective Story Strawdog Theatre Company
In the Blood Circle Theatre
A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light Theo Ubique Theatre Company In Association With Michael James
The Shadow Lifeline Theatre
Steel Magnolias Circle Theatre
DIRECTOR-PLAY
Richard Barletta and Jennie Cleghorn Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging Griffin Theatre Company
Nick Bowling The Lion in Winter TimeLine Theatre Company
Jeremy B. Cohen Hannah and Martin TimeLine Theatre Company
Michael Matthews In the Blood Circle Theatre
Shade Murray Detective Story Strawdog Theatre Company
DIRECTOR-MUSICAL OR REVUE
Fred Anzevino A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light Theo Ubique Theatre Company In Association With Michael James
David Zak Dr. Sex Bailiwick Repertory
NEW WORK
Shepsu Aakhu Kiwi Black MPAACT
Larry Bortniker and Sally Deering Dr. Sex BAILIWICK REPERTORY
Sharon Evans Blind Tasting Live Bait Theater
Kate Fodor Hannah and Martin TimeLine Theatre Company
Brett Neveu the go Terrapin Theatre
NEW ADAPTATION
Christina Calvit Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging Griffin Theatre Company
Sean Graney Camille/La Traviata The Hypocrites
John Hildreth and the Cast of The Shadow Lifeline Theatre
Michael Murphy Sin: A Cardinal Deposed Bailiwick Repertory
ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE PLAY
Inda Craig-Galvan In the Blood Circle Theatre
Lindsay Gould Blackbird Profiles Theatre
Kate Harris Misery Pyewacket In Association With Scott Dray Productions, LLC
CeCe Klinger Lost in Yonkers Eclipse Theatre Company
Joan McClive Sylvia Tinfish Productions
Donna McGough Happy Days The Hypocrites
Katherine Nawrocki Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging Griffin Theatre Company
Elizabeth Rich Hannah and Martin TimeLine Theatre Company
ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE MUSICAL
Sarah Laue Dr. Sex Bailiwick Repertory
ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE PLAY
Darrell W. Cox Blackbird Profiles Theatre
Brendon DeMay Amadeus Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
David Parkes Hannah and Martin Timeline Theatre Company
David Parkes The Lion in Winter TimeLine Theatre Company
Jim Sherman Sin: A Cardinal Deposed Bailiwick Repertory
ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE MUSICAL
Jamie Axtell Dr. Sex Bailiwick Repertory
Gerald Kelel Pinafore! Bailiwick Repertory
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE PLAY
Mary Jo Bolduc The Shadow Lifeline Theatre
Dina Connolly Picnic Griffin Theatre Company
Jenni Fontana Blind Tasting Live Bait Theater
Danica Ivancevic Hannah and Martin TimeLine Theatre Company
Kelly Schumann Steel Magnolias Circle Theatre
Penny Slusher Picnic Griffin Theatre Company
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE MUSICAL OR REVUE
Rebecca Finnegan A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light Theo Ubique Theatre
Company In Association With Michael James
Naomi Landman Pinafore! Bailiwick Repertory
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE PLAY
Scott Aiello Broadway Bound Pegasus Players
William Bannon Lost in Yonkers Eclipse Theatre Company
Zach Gray Lost in Yonkers Eclipse Theatre Company
Michael Stahl-David Lost in Yonkers Eclipse Theatre Company
James Tellier Broadway Bound Pegasus Players
Marco Verna Blind Tasting LIVE BAIT THEATER
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE-MUSICAL OR REVUE
Jamie Axtell Pinafore! Bailiwick Repertory
Joshua Campbell Dr. Sex Bailiwick Repertory
David Heimann A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light Theo Ubique Theatre Company In Association With Michael James
Scott O'Brien Pinafore! Bailiwick Repertory
SCENIC DESIGN
Tom Burch Misery Pyewacket In Association With Scott Dray Productions, LLC
Nathan Combs Fifth of July Griffin Theatre Company
Alan Donahue Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging Griffin Theatre Company
Robert A. Knuth Steel Magnolias Circle Theatre
Jack Magaw Broadway Bound Pegasus Players
Michael Menendian and Leif Olsen Social Security Raven Theatre
Ray Vlcek Detective Story Strawdog Theatre Company
Mike Winkelman Lost in Yonkers Eclipse Theatre Company
COSTUME DESIGN
Carol J. Blanchard Amadeus Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
Nicole Rene Burchfield The Lion in Winter TimeLine Theatre Company
Jennifer Grace Balm in Gilead The Hypocrites
Jeff Jones Dr. Sex Bailiwick Repertory
Elizabeth Shaffer Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging Griffin Theatre Company
Allison Siple Camille/La Traviata The Hypocrites
LIGHTING DESIGN
Brian Sidney Bembridge Hannah and Martin TimeLine Theatre Company
Charles Cooper Paragon Springs TimeLine Theatre Company
Kevin Hagan The Lion in Winter TimeLine Theatre Company
Jared Moore Misery Pyewacket In Association With Scott Dray Productions, LLC
Kurt Ottinger Fool for Love Circle Theatre
SOUND DESIGN
Victoria DeIorio The Shadow Lifeline Theatre
Andrew Hansen Paragon Springs TimeLine Theatre Company
Chris J. Johnson The Lion in Winter TimeLine Theatre Company
Peter Storms Fool for Love Circle Theatre
CHOREOGRAPHY
Brigitte Ditmar Pinafore! Bailiwick Repertory
Kristen Folzenlogen Dr. Sex Bailiwick Repertory
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Kevin O'Donnell Camille/La Traviata The Hypocrites
Poh'ro Kiwi Black MPAACT
Bob Rokos True Crimes Boxer Rebellion Ensemble
MUSICAL DIRECTION
Alan Bukowiecki Dr. Sex Bailiwick Repertory
Eugene Dizon Amadeus Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
Sarah Renberg A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light Theo Ubique Theatre Company In Association With Michael James
