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

Reefer Madness!,Hudson Backstage Theater

Too Old for the Chorus, Celebration Theater

LEADING FEMALE PERFORMANCE

Michele Farr, The Cherry Orchard, Interact Theater Company

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

Bernadette Sullivan, Scenes From an Execution, Zoo District

LEADING MALE PERFORMANCE

Loren Bass, Othello, Pasadena Shake- speare Company

Leland Crooke, 900 Oneonta,Odyssey Theater Ensemble

Richard Fancy, The Master Builder,Pacific Resident Theater

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

SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE

Beth Hogan, The Greeks,Odyssey Theater Ensemble

Juanita Jennings, Ninth Wave,Black Artists' Network Development Inc. at the Lillian Theater

Mimi Lieber, The Greeks,Odyssey Theater Ensemble

Joan Maurer, My Sister in This House,Hole Brain Productions at the McCadden Place Theater

Marilyn McIntyre, The Cherry Orchard, Interact Theater Company

SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE

Jon Cryer, 900 Oneonta,Odyssey Theater Ensemble

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

Jay Karnes, The Cherry Orchard, Interact Theater Company

COMEDY PERFORMANCE, MALE

Nicholas Gilhool, Medea: The Musical!, Hudson Mainstage Theater

Daniel J. Parker, Harry Thaw Hates Everybody, Indecent Exposure Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theater Center

F. William Parker, Van Gogh's Ear, Fremont Center Theater

Bob Simon, The Rocky Horror Show, Tiffany Theater

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

COMEDY PERFORMANCE, FEMALE

Anneh B. Gabriel, Harry Thaw Hates Everybody, Indecent Exposure Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theater Center

Rebecca O'Brien, Grantwritings, Theater Neo at Hudson Avenue Theater

Kimberly Rae, Grantwritings, Theater Neo at Hudson Avenue Theater

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

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

Elsa Wolthausen, Medea, the Musical!,Hudson Mainstage Theater

ONE-ACT PERFORMANCE, MALE

Jeff Boland, Bible Stories, Celebration Theater

Brian Cox, St. Nicholas, Matrix Theater

Steve White, Dutchman,Authentic Company at the Theater at the Improv

ONE-ACT PERFORMANCE, FEMALE

Shannon O'Hurley, Show and Tell,Circle X Theater Company at Stages Theater

April White, Dutchman,Authentic Company at the Theater at the Improv

Marian Woods, Bible Stories,Celebration Theater

PLAYWRITING

John Fisher, Medea: The Musical!,Hudson Mainstage Theater

Larry Dean Harris, Bible Stories,Celebration Theater

Wendy Kesselman, My Sister in This House, Hole Brain Productions at the McCadden Place Theater

Paul Mullin, Louis Slotin Sonata, Circle X Theater Company at the Hollywood Court Theater

Tom Scanlon, The Superhumans, Moving Arts

Wesley Walker, The Conception, Oxblood Theater Company at Glaxa Studios

ONE-ACT PLAYWRITING

Beth Bigler, Boy, Blank Theater Company at the 2nd Stage

Alyson Croft, Cellophane City, Blue Sphere Alliance at the Lex Theater

Sandra Tsing Loh, Aliens in America,Tiffany Theater

Sharon Yablon, The First Good Day,Oxblood Theater Company at Glaxa Studios

DIRECTION

Michael Arabian, Streamers, Hudson Backstage Theater

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

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

Scott Rabinowitz, Burning Chrome, Sacred Fools Theater Company at the Heliotrope Theater

Wesley Walker, The Conception, Oxblood Theater Company at Glaxa Studios

COMEDY DIRECTION

Matt Almos, The Superhumans, Moving Arts

Patrick Murphy, Exit the King, Actors' Gang

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

Rainn Wilson, The New Bozena, Hudson Mainstage Theater

ONE-ACT DIRECTION

Jessica Kubzansky, Boy, Blank Theater Company at the 2nd Stage

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