Our 20th Annual Theater Awards Nominees

Photo by Gar Campbell

The following individuals and stage productions have been nominated by the Weekly's 11 permanent theater critics for recognition in the 20th annual L.A. WeeklyTheater Awards, honoring artistic excellence in L.A.-area theaters of 99 seats or less, in productions opening between January 1 and December 31, 1998. The awards ceremony will be held in April, co-hosted by Circle X Theater Company and Chris Wells, at a location to be announced in the near future. Presenters include Julia Campbell, Amanda Carlin, Bart DeLorenzo, Caryn Morse Desai, Shashin Desai, David Dukes, Sheldon Epps, Tom Fitzpatrick, Phyllis Frelich, Pamela Gordon, Anna Gunn, Bonnie Hellman, Mark Henderson, Byron Jennings, Gregory Itzin, Lynn Manning, Ian McShane, Andrew J. Robinson, Spencer Scott, Robert Shrock, Joe Stern, Leslie Tamaribuchi, Lisa Wolpe, Tracy Young and Laura Zucker, with performances by Karen Finley, the cast of Naked Boys Singing!and more. The awards for Play Writing come with a money award generously donated by A.S.K. Theater Projects. There is no charge for admission to the awards ceremony for nominees and one guest; tickets for all others are $12. Reservations can be made by calling the Awards hot line at (323) 993-3693. Please leave your name and a contact number. All queries left on the hot line will be answered within a day or two. Further details on the location and time of the awards ceremony will appear regularly on the Weekly's theater page over the next several weeks, as well as on the New Theater Reviews page of the paper's Calendar section, and will be posted both on the phone hot line and online at laweekly.com.

--Steven Leigh Morris

PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR

Ecstasy, Roadworks Productions at the Odyssey Theater

Great Men of Science, Nos. 21 & 22, Circle X Theater Company at the Lost Studio

One Flea Spare, Evidence Room at the Ivy Substation

Texarkana Waltz, Circle X Theater Company at the Los Angeles Playhouse

Yield of the Long Bond, Matrix Theater

REVIVAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR (OF A 20TH-CENTURY WORK)

The Dock Brief, Fremont Center Theater

Indiscretions, Pacific Resident Theater

Melody Jones, Theatre/Theater

MUSICAL OF THE YEAR

The Beggar's Opera, Pasadena Shake-speare Company

Falsettos, St. Genesius Theater

Naked Boys Singing!, Celebration Theater

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT

Rae Creevey

LEADING FEMALE PERFORMANCE

Taylor Gilbert, White People, Road Theater Company

Pamela Gordon, One Flea Spare, Evidence Room at the Ivy Substation

Carol Hickey, The Nature of the Beast, Ventura Court Theater

Vanessa Hopkins, George Sand: An Erotic Odyssey in Seven Tableaux, City Garage

Page Leong, Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella, Actors' Gang/Cornerstone Theater Company

Trace Turville, The Duchess of Malfi, Pilgrimage Theater/Theater of NOTE

Laura Wernette, An Ideal Husband, Colony Studio Theater

LEADING MALE PERFORMANCE

Rory Baker, The Masseur, Highways

Tim DeKay, Burning Blue, Court Theater

Dan Gerrity, Melody Jones, Theatre/ Theater

Ben Savage, Unexpected Tenderness, Marilyn Monroe Theater

Jack Stehlin, The Job, The Hudson Guild

SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORM-ANCE

Ames Ingham, One Flea Spare, Evidence Room at the Ivy Substation

Veralynn Jones, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company at Gascon Center Theater

Katy Selverstone, Indiscretions, Pacific Resident Theater

SUPPORTING MALE PERFORM-ANCE

Peter Carlin, One Flea Spare, Evidence Room at the Ivy Substation

Robert Pike Daniel, The Enchanted Cottage, Actors Co-op

André Marrero, The Duchess of Malfi, Pilgrimage Theater/Theater of NOTE

Jonothan Carter Schall, The Toilet, The Complex

Jimmy Shaw, Melody Jones, Theatre/ Theater

ONE-ACT PERFORMANCE

Tony Forkush, Ransomed Soul, Theater of NOTE

Robert Gevrekian, Hello Out There, Alianza Theater Ensemble at Theater of NOTE

Katharine Gibson, Ransomed Soul, Theater of NOTE

Richard Werner, Middle Savage, Theater of NOTE

COMEDY PERFORMANCE, MALE

Tony Abatemarco, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Tiffany Theater

Nathan D. Baker, A Table for a King, Highways

Andy Daley, Coyote Woman, Cast Theater

John O'Connell, The Dock Brief, Fremont Center Theater

F. William Parker, The Dock Brief, Fremont Center Theater

COMEDY PERFORMANCE, FEMALE

Thea Constantine, Coyote Woman, Cast Theater

Kathleen Garrett, Indiscretions, Pacific Resident Theater

Laurel Green, Coyote Woman, Cast Theater

Susan Tyrell, A Table for a King, Highways

PLAY WRITING

Larry Atlas, Yield of the Long Bond, Matrix Theater

Shem Bitterman, The Job, Hudson Theater Guild

Glen Berger, Great Men of Science, Nos. 21 & 22, Circle X Theater Company at the Lost Studio

Jake Jay Clark, Solace, Hudson Theater

Robert Joseph/Bill Poore, The Masseur, Highways

Peter J. Nieves/Jason Stella, The Toilet, The Complex

ONE-ACT PLAY WRITING

Christopher Kelley, Ransomed Soul, Theater of NOTE

Dennis Miles, Middle Savage, Theater of NOTE