Nottage, Wilson, Pressier, Tommy and Whoriskey Among Audelco Nominees

By Adam Hetrick
09 Oct 2009

Kate Whoriskey and Lynn Nottage
Kate Whoriskey and Lynn Nottage
Photo by Aubrey Reuben

Playwrights Lynn Nottage and Tracey Scott Wilson are among the nominees for the 2008-2009 Audelco Awards, which will be presented Nov. 16 in Manhattan.

The 37th annual awards, which honor performing arts in the African American community, will be co-hosted by Kim Brockington and Ted Lange. The presentations will take place in Harlem Stage's Marian Anderson Theatre at 7:30 PM. Starletta DuPois and Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj are honorary co-chairs.

The 2008-2009 Audelco nominations follow:

  • Playwright
    Jackie Alexander (The High Priestess of Dark Alley)
    Carlyle Brown (Pure Confidence)
    Leslie Lee (Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things)
    Lynn Nottage (Ruined)
    Tracey Scott Wilson (The Good Negro)

  • Dramatic Production of the Year
    Pure Confidence (59e59 Theaters)
    Ruined (Manhattan Theatre Club)
    Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things (Negro Ensemble Co.)
    The Good Negro (The Public Theater)
    The High Priestess of Dark Alley (Billie Holiday Theatre)

  • Musical Production of the Year
    Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe (Classical Theatre of Harlem)
    Sing Harlem Sing! (Mama Foundation for the Arts)
    Unmitigated Truth (Algonquin Theater Productions)
    The Wiz (Harlem Repertory Theatre)

  • Best Revival
    A Bolt from the Blue (The H.A.D.L.E.Y. Players)
    Home (Signature Theatre Company)
    Monk (Nuyorican Poets Cafe)
    Three Sisters (Classical Theatre of Harlem)
    Zooman and the Sign (Signature Theatre Company)

  • Director, Dramatic Production
    Marion McClinton (Pure Confidence)
    Stephen McKinley Henderson (Zooman and the Sign)
    Chris McElreon (Three Sisters)
    Ron OJ Parson (Home)
    Liesl Tommy (The Good Negro)
    Kate Whoriskey (Ruined)

  • Director, Musical Production
    Keith Lee Grant (The Wiz)
    Melvin Van Peebles (Unmitigated Truth)
    Alfred Preisser (Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe)
    Ken Wydro (Sing Harlem Sing!)

  • Choreographer
    Tracy Jack (Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe)
    Keith Lee Grant (The Wiz)

  • Lead Actor
    Amari Cheatom (Zooman and the Sign)
    Gavin Lawrence (Pure Confidence)
    Delroy Lindo (Things of Dry Hour)
    Curtis McClarin (The Good Negro)
    John Douglas Thompson (Othello)

  • Lead Actress
    Natalie Venetia Belcon (10 Things To Do Before I Die)
    Trezana Beverley (King Lear)
    Saidah Arrika Ekulona (Ruined)
    Nedra McClyde (Miss Evers' Boys)
    Roslyn Ruff (Things of Dry Hour)

  • Supporting Actor
    Francois Battiste (The Good Negro)
    J. Bernard Calloway (The Good Negro)
    Garrett Lee Hendricks (Miss Evers' Boys)
    Russell G. Jones (Ruined)

  • Supporting Actress
    Quincy Tyler Bernstine (Ruined)
    Condola Rashad (Ruined)
    Tracie Thoms (10 Things To Do Before I Die)

  • Outstanding Performance in a Musical, Female
    Carmen Barika (Unmitigated Truth)
    Alexandra Bernard (The Wiz)
    Kim Brockington (Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe)
    Danyel Fulton (The Wiz)

  • Outstanding Performance in a Musical, Male
    Andre De Shields (Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe)
    Michael J (The Wiz)
    Ted Lange (Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe)
    William "Spaceman" Patterson (Unmitigated Truth)
    Melvin Van Peebles (Unmitigated Truth)

  • Solo Performance
    Kahlil Ashanti (Basic Training)
    Margaret Reed (Passing)

  • Outstanding Ensemble Performance
    Angela's Mixtape (New Georges)
    Home (Signature Theatre Company)
    Kernel of Sanity (New Federal Theatre)
    Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things (Negro Ensemble Co.)
    The High Priestess of Dark Alley (Billie Holiday Theatre)

  • Outstanding Musical Director
    Kelvyn Bell (Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe)
    Edward Cieghorn (Sing Harlem Sing!)
    Eric Johnson (The Wiz)
    William "Spaceman" Patterson (Unmitigated Truth)

  • Lighting Design
    AVAN (The High Priestess of Dark Alley)
    Aaron Black (Three Sisters)
    Lap Chi Chu (The Good Negro)
    Matthew Frey (Zooman and the Sign)
    Peter Kaczorowski (Ruined)

  • Set Design
    Jaime Durant (The High Priestess of Dark Alley)
    Troy Hourie (Three Sisters)
    Derek McLane (Ruined)
    Shaun Motley (Zooman and the Sign)

  • Costume Design
    Kimberly Glennon (Three Sisters)
    Helen L. Simmons (The High Priestess of Dark Alley)
    Paul Tazewell (Ruined)
    Toni-Leslie James (Wig Out)
    Ali Turns (King Lear)

  • Sound Design
    Daniel Baker (The Good Negro)
    Robert Kaplowitz (Zooman and the Sign)
    C. Andrew Mayer (Pure Confidence)
    Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen (Ruined)
    David Wright (King Lear)

    For tickets to the Audelco Awards, ranging $40-$125, phone (212) 368-6906. Visit Audelco.