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Gasteyer, Griffin, Ivey, Letts and Smith Among 2008 Jefferson Award Nominees
By Adam Hetrick
Chicago productions of Superior Donuts, Passion Play, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Juno and the Paycock and Passion are among the nominees for the 40th annual Joseph Jefferson Awards, which will be presented Oct. 20. For the first year, the Jeff Awards now group large and midsize theatres (based on annual budget) into separate nominating categories for Production - Play, Production - Musical, Production - Revue, Scenic Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design, and Sound Design. The 40th Annual Jeff Awards ceremony will be held at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, IL. The 2008 Jeff Equity nominations follow:
The Trip to Bountiful, The Goodman Theatre Superior Donuts, Steppenwolf Theatre Company Passion Play: a cycle in three parts, The Goodman Theatre The Crucible, Steppenwolf Theatre Company The Comedy of Errors, Chicago Shakespeare Theater As You Like It, Writers' Theatre Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Cadillac, Chicago Dramatists Defiance, Next Theatre Company Juno and the Paycock, The Artistic Home The Philadelphia Story, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre A Steady Rain, Chicago Dramatists W;t, The Gift Theatre
Carousel, Court Theatre La Cage aux Folles, Theatre at the Center Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre Passion, Chicago Shakespeare Theater The Producers, Marriott Theatre Sweet Charity, Drury Lane Oakbrook
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre Nine: The Musical, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
Ain't Misbehavin', Goodman Theatre Campaign Supernova! Or How Many Democrats..., The Second City e.t.c. Ella, Northlight Theatre The Mistress Cycle, Apple Tree Theatre
Bradley Armacost, C.S. Lewis on Stage, Provision Theater Company Judith Ivey, The Lady With All The Answers, Northlight Theatre Michael Joseph Mitchell, Underneath the Lintel, City Lit Theatre iaw Boarshead Theatre & CRM Prod. Nilaja Sun, No Child, Lookingglass Theatre Company Thomas J. Cox, Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day, Lookingglass Theatre Co. iaw Museum of Cont. Art
Barbara Gaines, The Comedy of Errors, Chicago Shakespeare Theater Edward Sobel, Cadillac, Chicago Dramatists Lou Contey, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre Mark E. Lococo, The Miser, Northlight Theatre PJ Paparelli, Speech and Debate, American Theater Company Russ Tutterow, A Steady Rain, Chicago Dramatists William Brown, As You Like It, Writers' Theatre
Charles Newell, Carousel, Court Theatre Dominic Missimi, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre Gary Griffin, Passion, Chicago Shakespeare Theater Jim Corti, Meet Me in St. Louis, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Jim Corti, Sweet Charity, Drury Lane Oakbrook Marc Robin, The Producers, Marriott Theatre
Chuck Smith, Ain't Misbehavin', Goodman Theatre Jim Carlson, No Country for Old White Men, The Second City Kurt Johns, The Mistress Cycle, Apple Tree Theatre Rob Ruggiero, Ella, Northlight Theatre Stafford Arima, Altar Boyz, Drury Lane Water Tower/Altar Boyz Chicago, LLC
Bill Jepsen, Cadillac, Chicago Dramatists Eric Rosen, Wedding Play, About Face Theatre GQ and JQ, Funk It Up About Nothin', Chicago Shakespeare Theater Joel Drake Johnson, Four Places, Victory Gardens Theater Keith Huff, A Steady Rain, Chicago Dramatists Tracy Letts, Superior Donuts, Steppenwolf Theatre Company Yussef El Guindi, Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat, Silk Road Theatre Project
Laura Eason, Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company Ron West, The Comedy of Errors, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Altar Boyz, Drury Lane Water Tower/Altar Boyz Chicago, LLC Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company Because They Have No Words, Piven Theatre Campaign Supernova! Or How Many Democrats..., The Second City e.t.c. Funk It Up About Nothin', Chicago Shakespeare Theater Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre Nine: The Musical, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago Sounds So Good Makes You Wanna Holler, Black Ensemble Theater
Alexandra Main, W;t, The Gift Theatre Karen Aldridge, The Cook, The Goodman Theatre Lois Smith, The Trip to Bountiful, The Goodman Theatre Mary Ann Thebus, Four Places, Victory Gardens Theater Mary Beth Fisher, The Little Dog Laughed, About Face Theatre Shannon Cochran, The Lion in Winter, Writers' Theatre
D.J. Howard, Driving Miss Daisy, First Folio Shakespeare Festival John Judd, Shining City, The Goodman Theatre Jon Michael Hill, Superior Donuts, Steppenwolf Theatre Company Nick Sandys, Much Ado About Nothing, First Folio Shakespeare Festival Randy Steinmeyer, A Steady Rain, Chicago Dramatists Sean Sullivan, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre
Hallie Foote, The Trip to Bountiful, The Goodman Theatre Jacqueline Williams, The Miser, Northlight Theatre Lesley Bevan, Othello, Chicago Shakespeare Theater Ora Jones, Carter's Way, Steppenwolf Theatre Company Polly Noonan, Passion Play: a cycle in three parts, The Goodman Theatre
Brian Sills, Cymbeline, Chicago Shakespeare Theater Joe Dempsey, Wedding Play, About Face Theatre Kevin Douglas, Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company Kevin McKillip, Jeeves Intervenes, First Folio Shakespeare Festival Larry Yando, As You Like It, Writers' Theatre Mark Ulrich, Juno and the Paycock, The Artistic Home Rob Riley, Cadillac, Chicago Dramatists
Ana Gasteyer, Passion, Chicago Shakespeare Theater Heidi Kettenring, Little Women, Marriott Theatre Johanna McKenzie Miller, Phantom, Theatre at the Center Kathy Voytko, Passion, Chicago Shakespeare Theater Summer Naomi Smart, Sweet Charity, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Guy Adkins, The Producers, Marriott Theatre Jeff Parker, Nine: The Musical, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago John Cudia, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre Larry Adams, Phantom, Theatre at the Center Ross Lehman, The Producers, Marriott Theatre
Alene Robertson, The Full Monty, Marriott Theatre Cory Goodrich, Hello, Dolly!, Theatre at the Center Jessie Mueller, Carousel, Court Theatre Kathy Voytko, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre Marilynn Bogetich, Phantom, Theatre at the Center
Brandon Dahlquist, Knute Rockne All-American, Theatre at the Center Michael Aaron Lindner, The Producers, Marriott Theatre Richard Todd Adams, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre Rob Lindley, Carousel, Court Theatre Stephen Schellhardt, Little Women, Marriott Theatre
Amber Ruffin, No Country for Old White Men, The Second City Angela Ingersoll, The Mistress Cycle, Apple Tree Theatre E. Faye Butler, Ain't Misbehavin', Goodman Theatre E. Faye Butler, Ella, Northlight Theatre Laura Grey, Campaign Supernova! Or How Many Democrats..., The Second City e.t.c.
Brian Crum, Altar Boyz, Drury Lane Water Tower/Altar Boyz Chicago, LLC James Rank, The American Dream Songbook, Next Theatre Company John Steven Crowley, Ain't Misbehavin', Goodman Theatre
Christopher Gattelli, Altar Boyz, Drury Lane Water Tower/Altar Boyz Chicago, LLC David H. Bell, Knute Rockne All-American, Theatre at the Center Marc Robin, The Producers ,Marriott Theatre Mitzi Hamilton, Sweet Charity, Drury Lane Oakbrook Rudy Hogenmiller, La Cage aux Folles, Theatre at the Center
Alaric Jans & Lindsay Jones, Cymbeline, Chicago Shakespeare Theater Andrew Hansen, As You Like It, Writers' Theatre Darrell Leonard, Carter's Way, Steppenwolf Theatre Company David Pavkovic, Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day, Lookingglass Theatre Co. iaw Museum of Cont. Art Kevin O'Donnell, Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Brad Haak, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre Doug Peck, Carousel, Court Theatre Eugene Dizon, Nine: The Musical, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago George Caldwell, Ella, Northlight Theatre Jimmy Tillman, Sounds So Good Makes You Wanna Holler, Black Ensemble Theater Rob Berman, Passion, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Ana Kuzmanic, The Comedy of Errors, Chicago Shakespeare Theater Nancy Missimi, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre Nancy Missimi, The Producers, Marriott Theatre Nikki Delhomme, La Cage aux Folles, Theatre at the Center Tatjana Radisic, Meet Me in St. Louis, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook
Elsa Hiltner, Driving Miss Daisy, First Folio Shakespeare Festival Bill Morey, Nine: The Musical, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago Cybele Moon, Suddenly Last Summer, Shattered Globe Theatre Karen Kawa, Fatboy, A Red Orchid Theatre Rachel Laritz, The Philadelphia Story, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Kevin Asselin, As You Like It, Writers' Theatre Nick Sandys, The Defiant Muse, Victory Gardens Theater Nick Sandys, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre Robin McFarquhar, Cymbeline, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Diane Ferry Williams, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre J.R. Lederle, Turn of the Screw, Writers Theatre Jesse Klug, Sweet Charity, Drury Lane Oakbrook Lee Keenan, Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company Philip S. Rosenberg, Cymbeline, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Christopher Ash, Wedding Play, About Face Theatre J.R. Lederle, Fiction, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company John Horan, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre John Horan, W;t, The Gift Theatre Mike Durst, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre
Marty Higginbotham & Bobby Richards, Speech and Debate, American Theater Company Mike Tutaj, I Do! I Do!, American Theater Company Mike Tutaj, Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat, Silk Road Theatre Project Rupert Bohle, Passion Play: a cycle in three parts, The Goodman Theatre
Allan Moyer, Passion Play: a cycle in three parts, The Goodman Theatre Brian Sidney Bembridge, Meet Me in St. Louis, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Brian Sidney Bembridge, The Goodbye Girl, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook E. David Cosier, The Trip to Bountiful, The Goodman Theatre Keith Pitts, The Defiant Muse, Victory Gardens Theater
Chelsea Myers, Juno and the Paycock, The Artistic Home Jacqueline & Richard Penrod, The Philadelphia Story, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Kevin Depinet, Cadillac, Chicago Dramatists Kevin Hagan, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre Kevin Hagan, Suddenly Last Summer, Shattered Globe Theatre
Andre Pluess, Turn of the Screw, Writers Theatre Andrew Hansen, As You Like It, Writers' Theatre Barry G. Funderburg, Carter's Way, Steppenwolf Theatre Company Cecil Averett, Passion Play: a cycle in three parts, The Goodman Theatre Joshua Horvath, Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Andre Pluess, Much Ado About Nothing, First Folio Shakespeare Festival Jack Arky, Because They Have No Words, Piven Theatre Mike Tutaj, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre Mike Tutaj, Suddenly Last Summer, Shattered Globe Theatre Miles Polaski, White People, The Gift Theatre Company
John Musial, Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day, Lookingglass Theatre Co. iaw Museum of Cont. Art For further information visit JeffAwards. |
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