The honors will be presented in the downtown Los Angeles historic theatre district, Nov. 14 at 7:30 PM. The peer-judged Ovation Awards, established in 1989, honor "artistic excellence of L.A.’s theatres and theatre artists, and their continuing contribution to the vibrant cultural scene."
Playwright Luis Alfaro will receive a special James A. Doolittle Award for Leadership in the Theatre. The Career Achievment Award will go to director David Galligan. The Shakespeare Festival / LA will be honored with the Community Outreach Award.
Tickets to the awards at the Orpheum Theatre, 842 S. Broadway, are available through Ticketmaster or by calling (213) 614-0556.
The complete list of nominees are as follows:
WORLD PREMIERE PLAY
The Eyes of Babylon by Jeff Key - The Tamarind Theatre The Gary Plays: Girl on a Bed by Murray Mednick - Padua Playwrights Productions The Gary Plays: Tirade for Three & Gary's Walk by Murray Mednick - Padua Playwrights Productions Me, My Guitar & Don Henley by Krista Vernoff - Ace of Wands, Inc. The Paris Letter by Jon Robin Baitz - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre The Prince of L.A. by Dakin Matthews - Andak Stage Company
Sojourner (The Story of Sojourner Truth) by Les Wieder - Treadwell Entertainment WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
Atalanta by Karen Hardcastle and David O - Powerhouse Theatre Blake...da Musical! by Rick Batalla and Henry Phillips - Grove Theater Center The Ghost & Mrs. Muir by James Mellon, Scott DeTurk and Bill Francoeur - Open at the Top Productions Hey! I’m the Mama by Angela Teek and Howlett Smith - The Tamarind Theatre Rosenstrasse by Terry Lawrence and Max Kinberg - The Company Rep LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Beau Billingslea, Driving Miss Daisy - Theatre Forty Chris Butler, Yellowman - Fountain Theatre Hector Elizondo, Wrong Turn at Lungfish - Falcon Theatre Brian Kerwin, The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia? - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum Marty Maguire, A Night In November - The Sarah Fulton Group Robert Mandan, The Caretaker - Zephyr Theatre Adrian Sparks, Papa - Open Fist Theatre Company LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Alice Ensor, Light Sensitive - The Theatre District Beth Grant, A Gift From Heaven - Camelot Artists Productions Deidrie Henry, Yellowman - Fountain Theatre Cynthia Mace, The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia? - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum Ana Ortiz, Wrong Turn at Lungfish - Falcon Theatre Robin Riker, Les Liaisons Dangereuses - The Blank Theatre Company Lisa Wolpe, The Merchant of Venice - L. A. Women's Shakespeare Company LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Eric Anderson, Ragtime - Musical Theatre West James Barbour, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir - Open at the Top Productions Rick Batalla, Blake...da Musical! - Grove Theater Center Jim Brochu, The Big Voice - Blue Sphere Alliance Frank Harwart, Miss Saigon - Fullerton Civic Light Opera Bryce Ryness, Floyd Collins - West Coast Ensemble
Steve Schalchlin, The Big Voice - Blue Sphere Alliance LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Brooks Almy, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir - Open at the Top Productions Bets Malone, Guys and Dolls - Musical Theatre West Katharine McPhee, Annie Get Your Gun - Cabrillo Music Theatre Kristine Remigio, Miss Saigon - Fullerton Civic Light Opera Cathy Rigby, Peter Pan - La Mirada Theatre/ McCoy Rigby Entertainment Victoria Strong, Ragtime - Musical Theatre West Lynne Wintersteller, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir - Open at the Top Productions FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Anthony Chisholm, Radio Golf - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum Louis Lotorto, A Flea In Her Ear - A Noise Within Michael Petted, Lone Star - Camelot Artists Productions Michael Redfield, When They Speak of Rita - Pacific Resident Theatre Don Robb, The Habitation of Dragons - Actors Co-op/Crossley Theatre Jeremy Sisto, Take Me Out - Geffen Playhouse Marcelo Tubert, San Fran Scapin - Andak Stage Company FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Kimberleigh Aarn, The Merchant of Venice - L. A. Women's Shakespeare Company Fran Bennett, The Merchant of Venice - L. A. Women's Shakespeare Company Tara Buck, A Gift From Heaven - Camelot Artists Productions Naomi DeLucco, How I Learned to Drive - Vox Humana Theatre Company Karen McClain, The Colored Museum - Company of Angels Patrice Pitman Quinn, Doubt - Pasadena Playhouse C.B. Spencer, Two Gentlemen Of Corona - West Coast Ensemble FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Gary Franco, Grand Hotel, The Musical - The Colony Theatre Company Damon Kirsche, My Fair Lady - La Mirada Theatre/ McCoy Rigby Entertainment John Massey, Jr., Guys and Dolls - Musical Theatre West Maceo Oliver, Miss Saigon - Fullerton Civic Light Opera Matthew Rocheleau, Ragtime - Musical Theatre West Joseph R. Sicari, My Fair Lady - La Mirada Theatre/ McCoy Rigby Entertainment Harrison White, Purlie - Pasadena Playhouse FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
E. Faye Butler, Purlie - Pasadena Playhouse Cate Caplin, Grand Hotel, The Musical - The Colony Theatre Company Veanne Cox, Caroline, or Change - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre Kelly Lamont, Miss Saigon - Fullerton Civic Light Opera Armelia McQueen, Dorian - Open at the Top Productions Paula Newsome, Caroline, or Change - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre RAY STRICKLYN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR SOLO PERFORMANCE
Emilie Miller, Cinghiale! - emi productions Justine Moore, Ecstasy and the Ice Queen - Taos Girl Productions Trey Nichols, A Lesson in Proper Bow-Fluffing Technique - Moving Arts Julia Sweeney, Letting Go of God - Indefatigable Productions Leslie Jordan, Like a Dog on Linoleum - 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
Walter Asmus, Waiting for Godot - Rubicon Theatre Company Scott Cummins, Killer Joe - Lost Angels Theatre Company Shirley Jo Finney, Yellowman - Fountain Theatre Matt Gottlieb, The Caretaker - Zephyr Theatre Garry Marshall, Wrong Turn at Lungfish - Falcon Theatre Michael Michetti, Pera Palas - The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company
Jon Lawrence Rivera, Dogeaters - SIPA and TDRZ Prods., Inc./ Playwrights' Arena DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Anthony Barnao, The Big Voice - Blue Sphere Alliance Kevin Cochran and Rick Batalla, Blake...da Musical! - Grove Theater Center Nick DeGruccio, Guys and Dolls - Musical Theatre West Jan Duncan, Miss Saigon - Fullerton Civic Light Opera Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, The Possession Of Mrs. Jones - Back It Up Productions Jon Lawrence Rivera, Songs For a New World - Rubicon Theatre Company George C. Wolfe, Caroline, or Change - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre CHOREOGRAPHY
Cate Caplin, Grand Hotel, The Musical - The Colony Theatre Company Patti Colombo, Peter Pan - La Mirada Theatre/ McCoy Rigby Entertainment 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 MUSICAL DIRECTION
Darryl Archibald, Ragtime - Musical Theatre West Craig Barna, Peter Pan - La Mirada Theatre/ McCoy Rigby Entertainment Brent Canyon, Songs For a New World - Rubicon Theatre Company Todd Helm, Miss Saigon - Fullerton Civic Light Opera Charles Love, Hey! Im the Mama - The Tamarind Theatre Gerald Sternbach, Applause - Reprise! Broadway's Best Gerald Sternbach, Pippin - Reprise! Broadway's Best TOURING PRODUCTION
As You Like It - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre Deaf West Theatre's 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)
Jason Adams and Alicia Hoge, Echo's Hammer - The Theatre @ Boston Court Ben Ainlay, The Caretaker - Zephyr Theatre Tom Buderwitz, Pera Palas - The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company Tim Farmer, Two Gentlemen of Corona - West Coast Ensemble Jeff G. Rack, Papa - Open Fist Theatre Company Robert G. Smith and Elias Sanchez, Killer Joe - Lost Angels Theatre Company Sibyl Wickersheimer, Waving Goodbye - The Syzygy Theatre Group SET DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
Tom Buderwitz, Sleuth - Falcon Theatre Lucky Cardwell, Miss Saigon - Fullerton Civic Light Opera David Gallo, Radio Golf - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum John Iacovelli, Peter Pan - La Mirada Theatre/ McCoy Rigby Entertainment Michael Olich, The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia? - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum David Potts, Sherlock's Last Case - The Colony Theatre Company Trifoni Michael Rizzi, Songs For a New World - Rubicon Theatre Company LIGHTING DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)
Chris Akerlind, Dry Cleaning - 24th Street Theatre Leigh Allen, Killer Joe - Lost Angels Theatre Company Brian J. Lilienthal, Echo'S Hammer - The Theatre @ Boston Court Kathy O'Donohue, Yellowman - Fountain Theatre Jeremy Pivnick, Cinghiale! - emi productions Jeremy Pivnick, Light - The Theatre @ Boston Court Dan Reed, Papa - Open Fist Theatre Company LIGHTING DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
Benoit Beauchamp, Macbeth (A Modern Ecstasy) - Center for New Theater Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Caroline, or Change - Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre Jeremy Pivnick, Sleuth - Falcon Theatre Donna Ruzika, Miss Saigon - Fullerton Civic Light Opera Tom Ruzika, Peter Pan - La Mirada Theatre/ McCoy Rigby Entertainment Justin Townsend, Apollo - Part 1: Lebensraum - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre Steven Young, Songs For a New World - Rubicon Theatre Company SOUND DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)
John Ballinger, Echo's Hammer - The Theatre @ Boston Court Drew Dalzell, Spec - Alliance Repertory Company Bill Hutson, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir - Open at the Top Productions
Lindsay Jones, Killer Joe - Lost Angels Theatre Company Tim Labor, Papa - Open Fist Theatre Company Jeff Webster, Dry Cleaning - 24th Street Theatre John Zalewski, Light - The Theatre @ Boston Court SOUND DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
Drew Dalzell, Songs For a New World - Rubicon Theatre Company Julie Ferrin, Peter Pan - La Mirada Theatre/ McCoy Rigby Entertainment A J Gonzalez, Miss Saigon - Fullerton Civic Light Opera Kenneth Hobbs, Fools - Rubicon Theatre Company Adam Howarth, Macbeth (A Modern Ecstasy) - Center for New Theater Paul James Prendergast, Electricidad - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum Randy Tico, Apollo - Part 1: Lebensraum - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre COSTUME DESIGN (INTIMATE THEATRE)
Susan Chan, The Caretaker - Zephyr Theatre Ivy Chou, Pera Palas - The Theatre @ Boston Court/ The Antaeus Company Ann Closs-Farley, Echo's Hammer - The Theatre @ Boston Court Audrey Eisner, Happy End - Pacific Resident Theatre Alison Leach, The Merchant of Venice - L. A. Women's Shakespeare Company Shon LeBlanc, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir - Open at the Top Productions Shauna Leone, The Possession of Mrs. Jones - Back It Up Productions COSTUME DESIGN (LARGE THEATRE)
Josh Agle and Joel Berlin, Shag with a Twist - LA Theatre Center 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/ McCoy Rigby Entertainment Christal Weatherly, A Perfect Wedding - Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre Shigeru Yaji, Peter Pan - La Mirada Theatre/ McCoy Rigby Entertainment Catherine Zuber, The School for Scandal - Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
