The following shows and/or individuals have been nominated by this newspaper’s theater critics for excellence on stages of 99 seats or less, in productions opening between January 1 and December 31, 2000, in the Los Angeles area. The awards will be presented on Monday night, April 23, 2001, as part of an interactive carnival extravaganza at the Los Angeles Theater Center, 514 S. Spring St., downtown, hosted by Robert Prior and the Fabulous Monsters, with John Fleck, David Schweizer and other presenters to be announced shortly in these pages. Doors open at 6 p.m.; awards are given out at 8 p.m.; a catered reception will follow. Tickets for all nominees are free. Guests and all others, $5 at the door. Nominees in the Production of the Year, Revival Production of the Year and Musical of the Year categories include (as verified in a published playbill): producers, playwrights, directors, designers, actors and stage managers. The Production Design category includes producers, directors and designers. Ensemble categories include actors and directors. Seating is not guaranteed and will be allocated strictly on a first to call, first served basis. To RSVP, or to request further clarification, call (323) 993-3693. Checks may be sent to L.A. Weekly, c/o Lisa Yu, 6715 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028, but must be received by April 18. The new category of Short Plays refers to plays falling somewhere between a one-act and a full-length play. The full-length Play Writing award comes with a cash prize made possible by the generosity of A.S.K. Theater Projects.


PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR


The Akhmatova Project, Critical Mass, at the Actors’ Gang Theater


The Berlin Circle, Evidence Room


The Darker Face of the Earth, Fountain Theater/BAND, at the American Renegade Theater


In Flagrante Gothicto, Circle X Theater Company, at the McCadden Place Theater


The Master and Margarita, Zoo District, at ArtShare/Hudson Backstage


Pudd’nhead Wilson, Falcon Theater


The Seagull, Actors Co-op


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


The Apollo of Bellac, Buffalo Nights Theater Company, at the Powerhouse Theater


The Man Who Had All the Luck, Antaeus Company, at the Ivy Substation


Night and Her Stars, Alliance Repertory Company


Saved, Evidence Room


MUSICAL OF THE YEAR


“bare,” God Help! Productions, at the Hudson Mainstage Theater


Forbidden Broadway: Y2K L.A.!, Tiffany Theater


Godspell, Actors Co-op


Merrily We Roll Along, West Coast Ensemble


LEADING FEMALE PERFORMANCE


Lesley Fera, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Pacific Resident Theater


Megan Mullally, The Berlin Circle, Evidence Room


Priscilla Pointer, The Road to Mecca, Fountain Theater


Suanne Spoke, A Streetcar Named Desire, Deaf West Theater Company


LEADING MALE PERFORMANCE


Paul Gutrecht, The Man Who Had All the Luck, Antaeus Company, at the Ivy Substation


Travis Michael Holder, Nasty Little Secrets, Theatre/Theater


Troy M. Kotsur, A Streetcar Named Desire, Deaf West Theater Company


Stephen Van Dorn, The Hasty Heart, Actors Co-op


SUPPORTING FEMALE

PERFORMANCE


Christine Deaver, Pathé X, Zoo District, at the Lillian Theater


Lisa Jeffrey, Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery, Stella Adler Theater


Lisa Picotte, Merrily We Roll Along, West Coast Ensemble


Marianne Savell, The Seagull, Actors Co-op


Aloma Wright, Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery, Stella Adler Theater


SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE


Joe Colligan, The Fiery Furnace, Eclectic Company Theater


John Fleck, The Berlin Circle, Evidence Room


Robert Symonds, The Road to Mecca, Fountain Theater


Marcelo Tubert, The Man Who Had All the Luck, Antaeus Company, at the Ivy Substation


COMEDY PERFORMANCE


Mark Brey, Speed-Hedda, Fabulous Monsters, at Evidence Room


Leslie Jordan, Southern Baptist Sissies, Delane Productions, at the Zephyr Theater


Kacy Peacock, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, the Elephant Space


ONE-ACT PERFORMANCE


Donald Agnelli, Poulet Giganticus, Theater of NOTE


Mitchell Gossett, Terminal Hip, Bottom’s Dream, at the Ivy Substation


Brad Henson, Two Men Losing Their Minds, Moving Arts, at the Los Angeles Theater Center


Jason Huber, Chet Whell’s Economic Subterfuge, Theatre/Theater


Brian Newkirk, Two Men Losing Their Minds, Moving Arts, at the Los Angeles Theater Center


PLAY WRITING


Alice Dodd/Jillian Armenante, In Flagrante Gothicto, Circle X Theater Company, at the McCadden Place Theater


Doug Field, Down South, The Complex


Cody Henderson, Carrots for Hare, Ghost Road Company, at the Powerhouse Theater


Alec Holland and Melissa Samuels, Triple Threats, Third Street Theater


Stephen Legawiec, Twilight World, Ziggurat Theater, at the Gascon Center Theater


Del Shores, Southern Baptist Sissies, Delane Productions, at the Zephyr Theater


ONE-ACT PLAY WRITING


Sheila Callaghan, New Shoes, Moving Arts, at the Los Angeles Theater Center

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Dennis Miles, Poulet Giganticus, Theater of NOTE


DIRECTION


Nancy Keystone, The Akhmatova Project, Critical Mass, at the Actors’ Gang Theater


Frederique Michel, MedeaText: Los Angeles/Despoiled Shore, City Garage


Jon Lawrence Rivera, Sleepwalk, Playwrights’ Arena, at Inside the Ford


Loren Rubin, The Master and Margarita, Zoo District, at ArtShare/Hudson Backstage


David Schweizer, The Berlin Circle, Evidence Room


Diane Venora, The Seagull, Actors Co-op


SHORT-PLAY DIRECTION


Victor D’Altorio, The Babysitter, McCadden Theater


J.M. Higgins, The Apollo of Bellac, Buffalo Nights Theater Company, at the Powerhouse Theater


Robert Prior, Speed-Hedda, Fabulous Monsters, at Evidence Room


COMEDY DIRECTION


Rik Keller, Dubya 2000, Sacred Fools Theater Company


Steve Rudnick, Triple Threats, Third Street Theater


Del Shores, Southern Baptist Sissies, Delane Productions, at the Zephyr Theater


Rick Sparks, Down South, The Complex


ENSEMBLE


The Akhmatova Project, Critical Mass, at Actors’ Gang Theater


The Babysitter, McCadden Theater


The Berlin Circle, Evidence Room


Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Pacific Resident Theater


The Master and Margarita, Zoo District, at ArtShare/Hudson Backstage


Pudd’nhead Wilson, Falcon Theater


Waiting for Godot, Matrix Theater


COMEDY ENSEMBLE


The Apollo of Bellac, Buffalo Nights Theater Company, at the Powerhouse Theater


In Flagrante Gothicto, Circle X Theater Company, at the McCadden Place Theater


Speed-Hedda, Fabulous Monsters, at Evidence Room


Triple Threats, Third Street Theater


SOLO PERFORMANCE, MALE


Ric Borelli, Best Dope in Town, Screamin’ Chicken Productions, at the Tamarind Theater


Art Metrano, Metrano’s Accidental Comedy, Fine & Dandy Productions, at the Odyssey Theater


Michael O’Connor, The Berkshire Village Idiot, Ensemble Studio Theater, at the Gascon Center Theater


SOLO PERFORMANCE, FEMALE


Rose Abdoo, Get to the Part About Me, The Complex


Arlene Malinowski, The Bully, Blue Sphere Alliance, at the Lex


Ifeoma Maree, Eggs and Fleas, Blue Sphere Alliance, at the Lex


Sun St. Pierre, Sacrifice, Blue Sphere Alliance, at the Lex


PRODUCTION DESIGN


Dubya 2000, Sacred Fools Theater Company


The Master and Margarita, Zoo District, at ArtShare/Hudson Backstage


Pathé X, Zoo District, at the Lillian Theater


Saved, Evidence Room


Speed-Hedda, Fabulous Monsters, at Evidence Room


COSTUME DESIGN


Cathy Crane-McCoy, Three Sisters, El Portal Center/Circle Theater


Paule Doss, Down South, The Complex


M.E. Dunn, In Flagrante Gothicto, Circle X Theater Company, at the McCadden Place Theater


Kara Feely, Pathé X, Zoo District, at the Lillian Theater


Mario Parian/Sofi Khachmanyan, The Master and Margarita, Zoo District at ArtShare/Hudson Backstage


Lee C. Smith, MedeaText: Los Angeles/Despoiled Shore, City Garage


LIGHTING DESIGN


Robert Fromer, Sleepwalk, Playwrights’ Arena, at Inside the Ford


David F. Hahn, How To Steal an Election, Actors’ Gang


Craig Pierce, The Apollo of Bellac, Buffalo Nights Theater Company, at the Powerhouse Theater


Rand Ryan, The Babysitter, McCadden Theater


SET DESIGN


Jason Adams/Alicia Hoge, The Berlin Circle, Evidence Room


John H. Binkley, Sleepwalk, Playwrights’ Arena, at Inside the Ford


Charles A. Duncombe Jr., MedeaText: Los Angeles/Despoiled Shore, City Garage


Gary Lee Reed, The Seagull, Actors Co-op


Gary Smoot, In Flagrante Gothicto, Circle X Theater Company, at the McCadden Place Theater


Robert Steinberg, A Streetcar Named Desire, Deaf West Theater Company


Juliana von Haubrich, Ghosts in the Cottonwoods, 24th Street Theater


SOUND DESIGN


Jason Duplissea, The Apollo of Bellac, Buffalo Nights Theater Company, at the Powerhouse Theater


Frank Fitzpatrick/Bili Redd Thedford, Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery, Stella Adler Theater


John Zalewski, Sleepwalk, Playwrights’ Arena, at Inside the Ford


CAREER ACHIEVEMENT


Martin Magner


MUSICAL/VOCAL DIRECTION


Eric Anderson, “bare,” God Help! Productions, at the Hudson Mainstage Theater


Darryl Archibald/Brian Murphy, Merrily We Roll Along, West Coast Ensemble


Dana Bisignano, Godspell, Actors Co-op


ORIGINAL MUSIC


Jef Bek, The Master and Margarita, Zoo District, at ArtShare/Hudson Backstage


QUEEN OF THE ANGELS AWARD


Kim Garfield


ADAPTATION


Victor D’Altorio/Henrietta Pearsall, The Babysitter, McCadden Theater


Charles A. Duncomb Jr., MedeaText: Los Angeles/Despoiled Shore, City Garage


Brian Foyster, A Separate Peace, Hudson Guild Theater


Meryl Friedman, Pudd’nhead Wilson, Falcon Theater


Richard Helweg and Michael Franco, The Master and Margarita, Zoo District, at ArtShare/Hudson Backstage


CHOREOGRAPHY


Kate Caplin, Godspell, Actors Co-op


Nancy Keystone, The Akhmatova Project, Critical Mass, at the Actors’ Gang Theater


Larry Sousa, Merrily We Roll Along, West Coast Ensemble


VIDEOGRAPHY


Chris Bell/Larry Basso, How To Steal an Election, Actors’ Gang


Michael Rainey, Dubya 2000, Sacred Fools Theater Company


Rush Riddle/Marvin Solomon, Speed-Hedda, Fabulous Monsters, at Evidence Room


PROP DESIGN


John Alteri/Joe Seely/Joe Fria, Pathé X, Zoo District, at the Lillian Theater

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Bradley Thordarson, Dubya 2000, Sacred Fools Theater Company


MASK DESIGN


Paule Lemasson, Pathé X, Zoo District, at the Lillian Theater


Jami Rudofsky/Dick Maganti, The Apollo of Bellac, Buffalo Nights, at the Powerhouse Theater