The 26th Annual LA Weekly Theater Awards

Photo by Ed Krieger

Honoring L.A. stagesof 99 seats or less, the 26th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards, hosted by Powerhouse Theater Company and featuring performances by the Groundlings and Burglers of Hamm, will be held Monday night, April 25, at the Music Box/Henry Fonda Theater. You are a nominee if 1) your name is on the list below; 2) your name was in the program as an actor for any of the "ensemble" categories; or 3) your name was in the program as an actor, writer, director, designer or stage manager for any of the "production" categories.

—Steven Leigh Morris

Nominees for the 26th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards:

Production of the Year

Cold/Tender, The Theater @ Boston Court The Empire Builders, City Garage Golden Prospects, Neurotic Young Urbanites at the Powerhouse Theater Ouroboros, Road Theater Company

Revival Production of the Year (of a 20th- or 21st-century Work)

Lydie Breeze, Open Fist Theater Company Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, RKA Productions and Red Cat Jazz Café at the Lillian Theater The White House Murder Case, Theater Neo at the Hudson Theater

Musical of the Year

No nominations this year

Direction

Martha Demson, Abingdon Square, Open Fist Theater Company Chris Fields, Eat Me, a guest production at Theater of NOTE and the McCadden Place Theater Jessica Kubzansky, Cold/Tender, The Theater @ Boston Court Michael Michetti, Ouroboros, Road Theater Company Claude Purdy, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, RKA Productions and Red Cat Jazz Café at the Lillian Theater Andrew J. Robinson, Dealing With Clair, Matrix Theater Company Stephen Sachs, Exits and Entrances, Fountain Theater

Comedy Direction

Dan Bonnell, Stage Directions, Ensemble Studio Theater (The L.A. Project) at [Inside] the Ford Colin Campbell, Golden Prospects, Neurotic Young Urbanites at the Powerhouse Theater Christopher Kenney, Mommie Queerest, Cabaret Ultra Suede Matt Kirkwood, The White House Murder Case, Theater Neo at the Hudson Theater Anthony Meindl, Swimming in the Shallows, Meta Theater Company at the Third Street Theater

One-Act Direction

Sabin Epstein, Chekhov X 4(The Proposal), Antaeus Company at the NewPlace Theater Center Frederíque Michel, The Lesson, City Garage

Musical Direction

No nominations this year

Ensemble

Cold/Tender, The Theater @ Boston Court The Conquest of the South Pole, Odyssey Theater Ensemble Eat Me, a guest production at Theater of NOTE and the McCadden Place Theater [Home] or the Quest for the Lost Tablet of Ur, Zoo District at the Lillian Theater Light, The Theater @ Boston Court Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, RKA Productions and Red Cat Jazz Café at the Lillian Theater

Comedy Ensemble

Focus Today, Burglars of Hamm at the Powerhouse Theater Golden Prospects, Neurotic Young Urbanites at the Powerhouse Theater Swimming in the Shallows, Meta Theater Company at the Third Street Theater Stage Directions, Ensemble Studio Theater (The L.A. Project) at [Inside] the Ford

The CirclePhoto by Jeannine Stehlin

Leading Female Performance

Cynthia Ettinger, Self-Defense, Actors’ Gang Heather Fox, Abingdon Square, Open Fist Theater D.J. Harner, Grace and Glorie, Eclectic Theater Company Tia Hunnicutt, Single Black Female, Cassandra Project at the Complex Caryn Ward, Single Black Female, Cassandra Project at the Complex Jacqueline Wright, Eat Me, a guest production at Theater of NOTE and the McCadden Place Theater

Leading Male Performance

Paul Dillon, Heart of a Dog, Elephant Stage Works at the Lillian Theater Joe Fria, Heart of a Dog, Elephant Stage Works at the Lillian Theater Morlan Higgins, Exits and Entrances, Fountain Theater Dylan Kussman, The Circle, Circus Theatricals at the Stella Adler Theater Dakin Matthews, The Prince of L.A., Andak Stage Company at the NewPlace Theater Center Joel McHale, Sperm, Circle X Theater Company at the 24th Street Theater Jack Stehlin, The Circle, Circus Theatricals at the Stella Adler Theater

Supporting Male Performance

Tim Cummings, Burn This, League School Productions at Stages Theater Center Richard Fancy, Rocket to the Moon, Pacific Resident Theater Tripp Pickell, The White House Murder Case, Theater Neo at the Hudson Theater David St. James, The White House Murder Case, Theater Neo at the Hudson Theater

Supporting Female Performance

Blaire Chandler, Self-Defense, Actors’ Gang Sarah Hartmann, Sperm, Circle X Theater Company at the 24th Street Theater Nina Sallinen, The Conquest of the South Pole, Odyssey Theater Ensemble

Solo Performance

Jonathan Coogan, I’ll Give You Something To Cry About, Two Roads Theater April Fitzsimmons, The Need To Know, Sidewalk Studio Theater Casey Smith, At Play in the Valley of the Shadow of Chet, Circle X Theater Company at Stages Theater Center Adam Stein, Nocturne, Black Dahlia Theater Julia Sweeney, Letting Go of God, Hudson Backstage Theater

Comedy Performance

Brooks Braselman, Mommie Queerest, Cabaret Ultra Suede Mary Jo Catlett, Blithe Spirit, Cowardice Theater Company at the Globe Playhouse Leslie Jordan, Like a Dog on Linoleum, Elephant Asylum Theater Jamie Morris, Mommie Queerest, Cabaret Ultra Suede

One-Act Performance

Emily Bergl, Chekhov X 4 (The Proposal), Antaeus Company at the NewPlace Theater Center Dawn Didawick, Chekhov X 4 (The Bear), Antaeus Company at the NewPlace Theater Center Harry Groener, Chekhov X 4 (The Bear), Antaeus Company at the NewPlace Theater Center Arye Gross, Chekhov X 4 (The Proposal), Antaeus Company at the NewPlace Theater Center Liz Pocock, The Lesson, City Garage