The 21st Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees

Bjørn Johnson, Dutchman,Authentic Company at theTheater at the Improv

Bill Penton, Renaissance Geek, Gascon Center Theater/Zephyr Theater

ENSEMBLE

The Conception, Oxblood Theater Company at Glaxa Studios

The House of Bernarda Alba, Deaf West Theater Company at the Ventura Court Theater

The Illusion, Namaste Theater Company at the Actors' Gang Theater

The Rocky Horror Show, Tiffany Theater

Terminal,Non-Prophet Hatching Company at Theatre/Theater

COMEDY ENSEMBLE

Eight Ways To Meet Your Neighbor, Buzzworks Theater Company at the Tamarind Theater

Kabbalah,Blue Sphere Alliance at the Lex Theater

The New Bozena, Hudson Mainstage Theater

The Superhumans, Moving Arts

Want's Unwished Work, Sacred Fools Theater Company at the Heliotrope Theater

SOLO PERFORMANCE

Steven Berkoff, Shakespeare's Villains, Odyssey Theater

Louis Mustillo, Bartenders, Theatre/ Theater

Paul Stroili, Renaissance Geek, Gascon Center Theater/Zephyr Theater

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Burning Chrome,Sacred Fools Theater Company at the Heliotrope Theater

The Living,Colony Studio Theater

Reefer Madness!, Hudson Backstage Theater

Tagteam Lovefest 2000, Actors' Gang

COSTUME DESIGN

M.E. Dunn, Want's Unwished Work, Sacred Fools Theater Company at the Heliotrope Theater

Audrey Eisner, The Swan, Pacific Resident Theater

Todd Oldhan, The Rocky Horror Show, Tiffany Theater

Robert A. Prior/Teresa Shea, Voluptuous Madness, Fabulous Monsters at Highways

Salvatore Salamone, Tagteam Lovefest 2000, Actors' Gang

A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, The Living, Colony Studio Theater

Kharen Zeunert, The Illusion, Namaste Theater Company at the Actors' Gang Theater

LIGHTING DESIGN

Ken Booth, The Rocky Horror Show, Tiffany Theater

Aaron Francis/Norman Gilmore, Burning Chrome, Sacred Fools Theater Company at the Heliotrope Theater

Matthew O. O'Donnell, The Living, Colony Studio Theater

David Robkin, Will Strip for Food, Glaxa Studios/Tamarind Theater

Rand Ryan, The House of Bernarda Alba,Deaf West Theater Company at the Ventura Court Theater

Ron Scarborough, The Conception,Oxblood Theater Company at Glaxa Studios

John Zamora, My Sister in This House, Hole Brain Productions at the McCadden Place Theater

SET DESIGN

Jason Adams, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, Evidence Room at the Ivy Substation

David Ledger, My Sister in This House,Hole Brain Productions at the McCadden Place Theater

Robert A. Prior, A Fairy Tale, Actors' Gang

Douglas Ridgeway, Properties of Silence, About Productions at 2100 Square Feet

Kris Sandheinrich, The Illusion, Namaste Theater Company at the Actors' Gang Theater

MAKEUP

Circle X Theater Company, Louis Slotin Sonata

Colony Studio Theater, The Living

Marie Del Prete, Ugly's First World, Actors' Gang

Sacred Fools Theater Company, The Adding Machine

SOUND DESIGN

Erik Bleuer/Sera Gamblek, Will Strip for Food, Glaxa Studios/Tamarind Theater

Ruth Judkowitz, The Living,Colony Studio Theater

Peter Stenshoel, Dutchman, Authentic Company at the Theater at the Improv

John Zalewski, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, Evidence Room at the Ivy Substation

John Zalewski, No Orchids for Miss Blandish, Evidence Room at the Ivy Substation

Brian Benison, The Superhumans, Moving Arts

Steve Goodie, The Memorandum, Odyssey Theater Ensemble

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT

Ellen Geer

ORIGINAL MUSIC

Golden State Klezmers, Kabbalah, Blue Sphere Alliance at the Lex Theater

Julie Adler, Properties of Silence,About Productions at 2100 Square Feet

Jef Bek, Scenes From an Execution, Zoo District

Steve Jankowski, My Sister in This House, Hole Brain Productions at the McCadden Place Theater

Simon Hugi/Theo Welch,Voluptuous Madness,Fabulous Monsters at Highways

QUEEN OF THE ANGELS AWARD

Polly Warfield

SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS:

For props:

Stan Freitag/Darrin W. Jaques, Burning Chrome,Sacred Fools Theater Company at the Heliotrope Theater

For videography:

Adam Soch, Flow My Tears, the Police- man Said,Evidence Room at the Ivy SubstationThe following productions and individuals have been nominated by a quorum of Weeklytheater critics for excellence in local venues of 99 seats or less, for productions that opened between January 1 and December 31, 1999. The award recipients will be announced at a ceremony (co-hosted by Charlotte Rae, Chris Wells and the Sacred Fools Theater Company) on Monday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), at the Los Angeles Theater Center, 514 S. Spring St., downtown. A catered reception will follow the ceremony. Admission for nominees (plus one guest) is free; all others, $12. Checks can be made out to "L.A. Weekly" and sent c/o Lisa Yu to: L.A. Weekly, 6715 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028. Nominees in all production- and musical-of-the-year categories include producers, writers, directors, designers, actors and stage managers listed in the production's program. Seating can be guaranteed only for the first 450 reservations received, though limited standing room is available. To reserve, call the L.A. WeeklyTheater Awards Hot Line: (323) 993-3693.

--Steven Leigh Morris

PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR

The Greeks,Odyssey Theater Ensemble

Harry Thaw Hates Everybody, Indecent Exposure Theater Company at Los Angeles Theater Center

No Orchids for Miss Blandish,Evidence Room at the Ivy Substation

Resa Fantastiskt Mystisk, Burglars of Hamm/Ghost Road Company at Theater of NOTE

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

The Adding Machine, Sacred Fools Theater Company at the Heliotrope Theater

Dutchman, Authentic Company at Theater at the Improv

The Illusion, Namaste Theater Company at the Actors' Gang Theater

Terminal,Non-Prophet Hatching Company at Theatre/Theater

MUSICAL OF THE YEAR

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,Colony Studio Theater

Marry Me a Little,Celebration Theater

Medea: The Musical!, Hudson Mainstage Theater