Intimate Apparel, The Story, Fabulation, Caroline, or Change Are 2004 AUDELCO Nominees

By Kenneth Jones
04 Oct 2004

Viola Davis, Erika Alexander, Lynn Nottage, Caroline, or Change, Chuck Cooper, Daniel Sullivan Tonya Pinkins, Ralph Carter and George C. Wolfe are among nominees for the 32nd Annual Vivian Robinson/AUDELCO Recognition Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre.

AUDELCO (Audience Development Committee) is a non profit organization established in 1973 to generate recognition, understanding and awareness of arts in the African-American communities. The awards focus on New York-area theatre.

The award ceremony will be held Nov. 15 at the Aaron Davis Hall, West 135th and Convent Avenue in Harlem.   Tickets are $25, $50 and  $100 and are currently available at the Aaron Davis Hall box office at (212) 650-7148.

Playwright Lynn Nottage is nominated twice in the Playwright category for Intimate Apparel and Fabulation, which each had Off-Broadway stagings in 2004. Viola Davis was nommed playing the lead in Intimate Apparel, and Charlayne Woodward for playing the lead in Fabulation (the plays are thematically linked, the playwright has said).

The 2004 AUDELCO nominees are:

LIGHTING DESIGN

  • Aaron Black, Dream on Monkey Mountain, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Rosalyn Fulton, Richard III, Take Wing & Soar Productions
  • Allen Lee Hughes, Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre
  • Antoinette Tynes, Diss Diss and Diss Dat, New Federal Theatre
  • David Weiner, Fabulation, Playwrights Horizon

    SET DESIGN

  • Patrice Andrew Davidson, Freeda Peoples, Billie Holiday Theatre
  • Troy Hourie, Trojan Women, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Derek McLane, Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre
  • Walt Spangler, Fabulation, Playwrights Horizon
  • Roman Tatarowicz, Bee-Luther-Hatchee, Blue Heron Theatre

    COSTUME DESIGN

  • Kimberly Glennon, Dream on Monkey Mountain, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Frances Humphrey, OBATALA (King of the White Cloth), Orisha Tales Rep/FSWW
  • Ali Turns, Great Men of Gospel, New Federal Theatre
  • Kaye Voyce, Fabulation, Playwrights Horizons
  • Catherine Zuber, Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre

    SOUND DESIGN

  • Marc Gwinn, Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre
  • Matt Kraus, Trojan Women, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Jairous L. Parker, Sr., Diss Diss and Diss Dat, New Federal Theatre
  • Ken Travis, Fabulation, Playwrights Horizons
  • Jon Weston, Caroline, or Change, The Public Theater

    DIRECTOR/DRAMATIC PRODUCTION

  • Dfaye Anderson, A Teaching Moment, HADLEY Players
  • Loretta Greco, The Story, The Public Theater
  • Alfred Preisser, Trojan Women, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Daniel Sullivan, Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre
  • Joyce Sylvester, Freeda Peoples, Billie Holiday Theatre

    DIRECTOR/MUSICAL PRODUCTION

  • Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, Diss Diss & Diss Dat, New Federal Theatre
  • Elizabeth Van Dyke, Great Men of Gospel, New Federal Theatre
  • George C. Wolfe, Caroline, or Change, The Public Theater

    CHOREOGRAPHER

  • Baraka De Soleil, OBATALA (King of the White Cloth), Orisha Tales Rep/FSWW
  • Dyane Harvey, Great Men of Gospel, New Federal Theatre
  • Bruce Heath, Dream on Monkey Mountain, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, Diss Diss & Diss Dat, New Federal Theatre
  • Jim Robinson, Richard III, Take Wing and Soar

    PLAYWRIGHT

  • L.E. Ford, A Role Once Played, Nia Theatre Productions
  • Lynn Nottage, Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre
  • Lynn Nottage, Fabulation, Playwrights Horizons
  • Joyce Sylvester, Freeda Peoples, Billie Holiday Theatre
  • Tracey Scott Wilson, The Story, The Public Theater

    SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Reggie Austin, Richard III, Take Wing and Soar Productions
  • Michael Early, Dream on Monkey Mountain, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Ty Jones, Trojan Women, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Corey Stoll, Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre
  • Kim Sullivan, Dream on Monkey Mountain, Classical Theatre of Harlem

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Gha'il Rhodes Benjamin, Bee-Luther Hatchee, Blue Heron Theatre
  • Lynda Gravatt, Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre
  • Bianca LaVerne Jones, Trojan Women, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Dawn Meredith Smith, "M," Billie Holiday Theatre
  • Lauren Velez, Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL/FEMALE

  • Amber Efe, Diss Diss & Diss Dat, New Federal Theatre
  • Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change, Public Theater
  • Ayo Robinson, M'Dear, The Venue @ St. James
  • Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, Or Change, Public Theater

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL/MALE

  • Jonathan Anderson, Diss Diss & Diss Dat, New Federal Theatre
  • Chuck Cooper, Caroline, or Change, Public Theater
  • Michael Leonard James, M'Dear, The Venue @ St. James

    OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTOR

  • Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, Diss Diss & Diss Dat, New Federal Theatre
  • Cliff Terry, Great Men of Gospel, New Federal Theatre
  • Linda Twine, Caroline, or Change, The Public Theater

    MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR

  • Caroline, or Change, Public Theater
  • Diss Diss & Diss Dat, New Federal Theatre
  • Great Men of Gospel, New Federal Theatre

    OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

  • A Teaching Moment, Jack Landron, Mike Wire, HADLEY Players
  • Amen Sister, Louise Mike, Olivia Williams, Alice Boarman Garcia, Lateefah Abdul-Jabbar, Natasha Welch, HADLEY Players
  • Freeda Peoples, Peggy Alston, Jerome Preston Bates, Marilyn Coleman, C.F. Jarmon, Jammie Patton, Kim Sullivan,William Williams, Billie Holiday Theatre
  • Great Men of Gospel, Richard Bellazzin, Jeff Bolding, Ralph Carter, Cliff Terry, Gary E. Vincent, Montroville C. Williams, New Federal Theatre

    SOLO PERFORMANCE

  • Shirine Babb, A Role Once Played, Nia Theatre Productions
  • Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Biro, The Public Theater
  • Sarah Jones, Bridge and Tunnel, Bleecker Street Theatre

    LEAD ACTOR

  • Andre De Shields, Dream on Monkey Mountain, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Russell Hornsby, Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre
  • Marcus Naylor, Waitin' 2 End Hell, National Black Touring Circuit
  • Timothy Stickney, Richard III, Take Wing and Soar Prods.

    LEAD ACTRESS

  • Erika Alexander, The Story, Public Theater
  • Viola Davis, Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre
  • Trish McCall, Waitin' 2 End Hell, National Black Touring Circuit
  • Lizan Mitchell, Trojan Women, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Charlayne Woodard, Fabulation, Playwrights Horizons

    DRAMATIC PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR

  • Dream on Monkey Mountain, Classical Theatre of Harlem
  • Freeda Peoples, Billie Holiday Theatre
  • Intimate Apparel, Roundabout Theatre
  • Richard III, Take Wing & Soar
  • Waitin’ 2 End Hell, National Black Touring Circuit