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! I’m 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 “Lucky” 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