The nominations reflect professional productions that opened Aug. 1, 2010-July 31, 2011. The 43rd annual awards ceremony  will take place Nov. 7 at the Drury Lane Oakbrook. The 38th annual Jeff non-equity Awards were presented in June.

The Goodman, which produced both Chinglish and Candide, garnered 17 nominations, the most of any large-scale theatre company in the area. Candide led with eight nominations, followed by five for Chinglish. The latter will arrive on Broadway in October.

Here's a look at the 2011 Jeff Award nominations:

PRODUCTION – PLAY – LARGE
Chinglish - Goodman Theatre
Edward Albee's Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Heartbreak House - Writers' Theatre
The Madness of George III - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The Outgoing Tide - Northlight Theatre
The Seagull - Goodman Theatre
Travels with My Aunt - Writers' Theatre

PRODUCTION – PLAY – MIDSIZE
The Big Meal - American Theater Company
Frost/Nixon - TimeLine Theatre Company
Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
The Importance of Being Earnest - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Scorched - Silk Road Theatre Project
To Master the Art - TimeLine Theatre Company PRODUCTION – MUSICAL – LARGE
42nd Street - Marriott Theatre
Candide - Goodman Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company
A Chorus Line - Marriott Theatre
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Court Theatre
Monty Python's Spamalot - Drury Lane Productions

PRODUCTION – MUSICAL – MIDSIZE
The King and I - Porchlight Music Theatre
Merrily We Roll Along - The Music Theatre Company
The Original Grease - American Theater Company

PRODUCTION – REVUE
Shout! - Marriott Theatre
Sky's the Limit (Weather Permitting) - The Second City e.t.c.

NEW WORK – PLAY
William Brown and Doug Frew - To Master the Art - TimeLine Theatre Company
Darren Canady - Brothers of the Dust - Congo Square Theatre Company
Philip Dawkins - The Homosexuals - About Face Theatre
Bruce Graham - The Outgoing Tide - Northlight Theatre
David Henry Hwang - Chinglish - Goodman Theatre
Patricia Kane - Float - About Face Theatre
Dan LeFranc - The Big Mea - American Theater Company
Caitlin Montanye Parrish with Erica Weiss - A Twist of Water - Route 66 Theatre Company

NEW WORK – MUSICAL OR REVUE
Tim Baltz, Aidy Bryant, Matt Hovde, Brendan Jennings, Jessica Joy, Michael Lehrer, and Mary Sohn - Sky's the Limit (Weather Permitting) - The Second City e.t.c.
Edgar Blackmon, Billy Bungeroth, Holly Laurent, Timothy Edward Mason, Katie Rich, Sam Richardson, and Tim Robinson - South Side of Heaven - The Second City
Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair - Murder for Two - A Killer Musical - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Robert Morris, Steven Morris, Joe Shane and Matte O'Brien - White Noise - Holly Way, Jay Strommen, Jimmy Mack, Deborah Taylor/Chris Bensinger, Tom Leonardis and Whoopi Goldberg

NEW ADAPTATION – PLAY OR MUSICAL
Amanda Dehnert - Peter Pan (A Play) - Lookingglass Theatre Company
Laura Eason - Ethan Frome - Lookingglass Theatre Company
Sean Graney - The Comedy of Errors - Court Theatre
Jon Jory - Sense and Sensibility - Northlight Theatre
Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso - Working - Jed Bernstein, Dianne Fraser and Sheila Simon Geltzer
Mary Zimmerman - Candide - Goodman Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company

DIRECTOR – PLAY
James Bohnen - Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Dexter Bullard - The Big Meal - American Theater Company
Stuart Carden - Travels with My Aunt - Writers' Theatre
Louis Contey - Frost/Nixon - TimeLine Theatre Company
Robert Falls - The Seagull - Goodman Theatre
BJ Jones - The Outgoing Tide - Northlight Theatre
Pam MacKinnon - Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Penny Metropulos - The Madness of George III - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Leigh Silverman - Chinglish - Goodman Theatre

DIRECTOR – MUSICAL
David H. Bell - Hot Mikado - Drury Lane Productions
Gary Griffin - Meredith Willson's The Music Man - Marriott Theatre
Michael Halberstam - She Loves Me - Writers' Theatre
Mark Lococo - A Chorus Line - Marriott Theatre
Charles Newell - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Court Theatre
William Osetek - Monty Python's Spamalot - Drury Lane Productions
Rachel Rockwell - 42nd Street - Marriott Theatre
Mary Zimmerman - Candide - Goodman Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company

ENSEMBLE
The Big Meal - American Theater Company
"A Chorus Line - Marriott Theatre
Float - About Face Theatre
The Front Page - TimeLine Theatre Company
The Seagull - Goodman Theatre
Sky's the Limit (Weather Permitting) - The Second City e.t.c.
Travels with My Aunt - Writers' Theatre

ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY
Brad Armacost (C.S. Lewis) - Shadowlands - Provision Theater
Brad Armacost (Jack) - The Weir - Seanachaí Theatre Company
Harry Groener (George III) - The Madness of George III - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Terry Hamilton (Richard Nixon) - Frost/Nixon - TimeLine Theatre Company
Tracy Letts (George) - Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
John Mahoney (Gunner) - The Outgoing Tide - Northlight Theatre
Nick Sandys (Martin) - Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Nick Sandys (Charles Condomine) - Blithe Spirit - First Folio Theatre

ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – MUSICAL
Joe Kinosian (The Suspects) - Murder for Two - A Killer Musical - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Michael Mahler (Freddy Benson) - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Theatre at the Center
Geoff Packard (Candide) - Candide - Goodman Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company
Stephen Schellhardt (Ko Ko) - Hot Mikado - Drury Lane Productions
Alan Schmuckler (Officer Marcus Moscowicz) - Murder for Two - A Killer Musical - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY
Karen Aldridge (Iris) - The Trinity River Plays - Goodman Theatre
Annabel Armour (Stevie) - Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Jennifer Lim (Xu Yan) - Chinglish - Goodman Theatre
Lois Markle (A) - Edward Albee's Three Tall Women - Court Theatre
Sandra Marquez (Beatriz) - 26 Miles - Teatro Vista and Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Rondi Reed (Peg) - The Outgoing Tide - Northlight Theatre
Kathy Scambiatterra (Princess Kosmonopolis) - Sweet Bird of Youth - The Artistic Home
Mary Ann Thebus (Mrs. K) - The Piano Teacher - Next Theatre Company
Karen Janes Woditsch (Julia Child) - To Master the Art - TimeLine Theatre Company

ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – MUSICAL
Brianna Borger (Anna Leonowens) - The King and I - Porchlight Music Theatre
Elizabeth Lanza (Ann) - Meet John Doe - Porchlight Music Theatre
Megan McGinnis (Jerusha Abbott) - Daddy Long Legs - Northlight Theatre
Jessie Mueller (Miss Adelaide) - Guys and Dolls - Marriott Theatre
Jessie Mueller (Amalia Balash) - She Loves Me - Writers' Theatre

Click here for a complete list of 2011 Jeff Award Nominees.