LA STAGE ALLIANCE

2004-2005 OVATION AWARD NOMINEES

Results tabulated by

NSBN LLP, Certified Public Accountants and Business Consultants

Beverly Hills , California

 

 

WORLD PREMIERE PLAY

 

The Eyes of Babylon

Jeff Key

The Tamarind Theatre

 

The Gary Plays: Girl on a Bed

Murray Mednick

Padua Playwrights Productions

 

The Gary Plays: Tirade for Three & Gary's Walk

Murray Mednick

Padua Playwrights Productions

 

Me, My Guitar & Don Henley

Krista Vernoff

Ace of Wands, Inc.

 

The Paris Letter

Jon Robin Baitz

Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

 

The Prince of L.A.

Dakin Matthews

Andak Stage Company

 

Sojourner (The Story of Sojourner Truth)

Les Wieder

Treadwell Entertainment

 

 

WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL

 

Atalanta

Karen Hardcastle & David O

Powerhouse Theatre

 

Blake...da Musical!

Rick Batalla and Henry Phillips

Grove Theater Center

 

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

James Mellon - Book, Scott DeTurk and Bill Francoeur - Music & Lyrics

Open at the Top Productions

 

Hey! IÕm the Mama

Angela Teek and Howlett Smith

The Tamarind Theatre

 

ROSENSTRASSE

Book and Lyrics: Terry Lawrence  - Music: Max Kinberg

The Company Rep

 

 

 

RAY STRICKLYN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR

SOLO PERFORMANCE

 

Cinghiale!

Emilie Miller

emi productions

 

Ecstasy and the Ice Queen

Justine Moore

Taos Girl Productions

 

A Lesson in Proper Bow-Fluffing Technique

Trey Nichols

Storey Productions and Moving Arts

 

Letting Go of God

Julia Sweeney

Indefatigable Productions

 

Like a Dog on Linoleum

Leslie Jordan

Elephant Stageworks

 

 

 

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

 

HAPPY END

Pacific Resident Theatre

 

Killer Joe

Lost Angels Theatre Company

 

Mother Courage and Her Children

The Antaeus Company

 

The Paris Letter

Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

 

PERA PALAS

The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company

 

Songs For a New World

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

Stuff Happens

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

 

 

 

DIRECTION OF A PLAY

 

Matt Gottlieb

THE CARETAKER

Zephyr Theatre

 

Jon Lawrence Rivera

DOGEATERS

Search to Involve Pilipino Americans/TDRZ Productions, Inc.

in association with Playwrights' Arena

 

Scott Cummins

Killer Joe

Lost Angels Theatre Company

 

Michael Michetti

PERA PALAS

The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company

 

Walter Asmus

Waiting for Godot

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

Garry Marshall

Wrong Turn at Lungfish

Falcon Theatre

 

Shirley Jo Finney

YELLOWMAN

Fountain Theatre

 

 

 

DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

 

Anthony Barnao

The Big Voice

Blue Sphere Alliance

 

Kevin Cochran Rick Batalla

Blake...da Musical!

Grove Theater Center

 

George C. Wolfe

Caroline, or Change

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

 

Nick DeGruccio

GUYS AND DOLLS

Musical Theatre West

 

Charles Herman-Wurmfeld

THE POSSESSION OF MRS. JONES

Back It Up Productions

 

Jan Duncan

Miss Saigon

Fullerton Civic Light Opera

 

Jon Lawrence Rivera

Songs For a New World

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

 

 

CHOREOGRAPHY

 

Cate Caplin

Grand Hotel, The Musical

The Colony Theatre Company

 

Lee Martino

Grease

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

Lee Martino

GUYS AND DOLLS

Musical Theatre West

 

Ray Rochelle

Miss Saigon

Fullerton Civic Light Opera

 

Patti Colombo

Peter Pan

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment

 

 

MUSICAL DIRECTION

 

Gerald Sternbach

APPLAUSE

Reprise! Broadway's Best

 

Charles Love

Hey! Im the Mama

The Tamarind Theatre

 

Todd Helm

Miss Saigon

Fullerton Civic Light Opera

 

Craig Barna

Peter Pan

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment

 

Gerald Sternbach

PIPPIN

Reprise! Broadway's Best

 

Darryl Archibald

RAGTIME

Musical Theatre West

 

Brent Crayon

Songs For a New World

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

 

TOURING PRODUCTION

 

As You Like It

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

 

The Deaf West Theatre Production of

Big River: the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre and Atlanta 's Theater of the Stars

 

 

 

PLAY INTIMATE THEATRE

 

Killer Joe

Lost Angels Theatre Company

 

Light Sensitive

The Theatre District

 

Mother Courage and Her Children

The Antaeus Company

 

A Night In November

The Sarah Fulton Group

 

PAPA

Open Fist Theatre Company

 

PERA PALAS

The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company

 

YELLOWMAN

Fountain Theatre

 

 

 

 

PLAY LARGE THEATRE

 

The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

 

The Paris Letter

Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

 

The School for Scandal

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

 

Waiting for Godot

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

Wrong Turn at Lungfish

Falcon Theatre

 

 

 

 

FRANKLIN R. LEVY MEMORIAL AWARD

FOR MUSICAL INTIMATE THEATRE

 

The Big Voice

Blue Sphere Alliance

 

Blake...da Musical!

Grove Theater Center

 

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

Open at the Top Productions

 

HAPPY END

Pacific Resident Theatre

 

THE POSSESSION OF MRS. JONES

Back It Up Productions

 

 

 

 

MUSICAL LARGE THEATRE

 

Caroline, or Change

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

 

Miss Saigon

Fullerton Civic Light Opera

 

Peter Pan

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment

 

RAGTIME

Musical Theatre West

 

Songs For a New World

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

 

 

 

SET DESIGN INTIMATE THEATRE

 

Ben Ainlay

THE CARETAKER

Zephyr Theatre

 

Jason Adams & Alicia Hoge

ECHO'S HAMMER

The Theatre @ Boston Court

 

Robert G. Smith & Elias Sanchez

Killer Joe

Lost Angels Theatre Company

 

Jeff G. Rack

PAPA

Open Fist Theatre Company

 

Tom Buderwitz

PERA PALAS

The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company

 

Tim Farmer

TWO GENTLEMEN OF CORONA

West Coast Ensemble

 

Sibyl Wickersheimer

WAVING GOODBYE

The Syzygy Theatre Group

 

 

 

 

 

SET DESIGN LARGE THEATRE

 

Michael Olich

The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

 

Dustin ÒLuckyÓ Cardwell

Miss Saigon

Fullerton Civic Light Opera

 

John Iacovelli

Peter Pan

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment

 

David Gallo

Radio Golf

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

 

David Potts

Sherlock's Last Case

The Colony Theatre Company

 

Tom Buderwitz

Sleuth

Falcon Theatre

 

Trefoni Michael Rizzi

Songs For a New World

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

 

 

 

LIGHTING DESIGN INTIMATE THEATRE

 

Jeremy Pivnick

Cinghiale!

emi productions

 

Chris Akerlind

Dry Cleaning

24th Street Theatre

 

Brian J. Lilienthal

ECHO'S HAMMER

The Theatre @ Boston Court

 

Leigh Allen

Killer Joe

Lost Angels Theatre Company

 

Jeremy Pivnick

LIGHT

The Theatre @ Boston Court

 

Dan Reed

PAPA

Open Fist Theatre Company

 

Kathy O'Donohue

YELLOWMAN

Fountain Theatre

 

 

 

 

LIGHTING DESIGN LARGE THEATRE

 

Justin Townsend

Apollo - Part 1: Lebensraum

Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

 

Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer

Caroline, or Change

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

 

Benoit Beauchamp

Macbeth (A Modern Ecstasy)

Center for New Theater

 

Donna Ruzika

Miss Saigon

Fullerton Civic Light Opera

 

Tom Ruzika

Peter Pan

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment

 

Jeremy Pivnick

Sleuth

Falcon Theatre

 

Steven Young

Songs For a New World

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

 

 

 

SOUND DESIGN INTIMATE THEATRE

 

Jeff Webster

Dry Cleaning

24th Street Theatre

 

John Ballinger

ECHO'S HAMMER

The Theatre @ Boston Court

 

Lindsay Jones

Killer Joe

Lost Angels Theatre Company

 

John Zalewski

LIGHT

The Theatre @ Boston Court

 

Tim Labor

PAPA

Open Fist Theatre Company

 

Drew Dalzell

Spec

Alliance Repertory Company

 

Scott DeTurk & Bill Huston

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

Open at the Top Productions

 

 

 

 

SOUND DESIGN LARGE THEATRE

 

Randy Tico

Apollo - Part 1: Lebensraum

Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

 

Paul James Prendergast

Electricidad

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

 

Kenneth Hobbs

Fools

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

Adam Howarth

Macbeth (A Modern Ecstasy)

Center for New Theater

 

A J Gonzalez

Miss Saigon

Fullerton Civic Light Opera

 

Julie Ferrin

Peter Pan

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment

 

Drew Dalzell

Songs For a New World

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

 

 

 

COSTUME DESIGN INTIMATE THEATRE

 

Susan Chan

THE CARETAKER

Zephyr Theatre

 

Ann Closs-Farley

ECHO'S HAMMER

The Theatre @ Boston Court

 

Shon LeBlanc

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

Open at the Top Productions

 

Audrey Eisner

HAPPY END

Pacific Resident Theatre

 

Allison Leach

The Merchant of Venice

Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company

 

Ivy Chou

PERA PALAS

The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company

 

Shauna Leone

THE POSSESSION OF MRS. JONES

Back It Up Productions

 

 

 

 

COSTUME DESIGN LARGE THEATRE

 

Garry D. Lennon

Grand Hotel, The Musical

The Colony Theatre Company

 

Mela Hoyt-Heyden

Miss Saigon

Fullerton Civic Light Opera

 

Sharell Martin

My Fair Lady

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment

 

Christal Weatherly

A Perfect Wedding

Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

 

Shigeru Yaji

Peter Pan

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment

 

Catherine Zuber

The School for Scandal

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

 

Josh Agle & Joel Berlin

Shag with a Twist

LA Theatre Center in Association with Jetsetter Productions

 

 

 

 

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY

 

Robert Mandan

THE CARETAKER

Zephyr Theatre

 

Beau Billingslea

DRIVING MISS DAISY

Theatre Forty

 

Brian Kerwin

The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

 

Marty Maguire

A Night In November

The Sarah Fulton Group

 

Adrian Sparks

PAPA

Open Fist Theatre Company

 

Hector Elizondo

Wrong Turn at Lungfish

Falcon Theatre

 

Chris Butler

YELLOWMAN

Fountain Theatre

 

 

 

 

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY

 

Beth Grant

A Gift From Heaven

Camelot Artists Productions

 

Cynthia Mace

The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

 

Robin Riker

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

The Blank Theatre Company

 

Alice Ensor

Light Sensitive

The Theatre District

 

Lisa Wolpe

The Merchant of Venice

Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company

 

Ana Ortiz

Wrong Turn at Lungfish

Falcon Theatre

 

Deidrie Henry

YELLOWMAN

Fountain Theatre

 

 

 

 

LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

 

Jim Brochu

The Big Voice

Blue Sphere Alliance

 

Steve Schalchlin

The Big Voice

Blue Sphere Alliance

 

Rick Batalla

Blake...da Musical!

Grove Theater Center

 

Bryce Ryness

FLOYD COLLINS

West Coast Ensemble

 

Franc-Anton Harwart

Miss Saigon

Fullerton Civic Light Opera

 

Eric Anderson

RAGTIME

Musical Theatre West

 

James Barbour

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

Open at the Top Productions

 

 

 

 

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

 

Katharine McPhee

Annie Get Your Gun

Cabrillo Music Theatre

 

Lynne Wintersteller

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

Open at the Top Productions

 

Brooks Almy

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

Open at the Top Productions

 

Bets Malone

GUYS AND DOLLS

Musical Theatre West

 

Kristine Remigio

Miss Saigon

Fullerton C