Blank Theater Company will host the 27th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards on Monday, April 10, at the Music Box @ Fonda, 6126 Hollywood Blvd. (near Gower Street). Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; the show starts at 7:30 p.m.
This year’s Lawees honor excellence in Los Angeles theaters of 99 seats or less, in productions that opened between January 1 and December 31, 2005. The evening’s theme is adapted from Blank Theater Company’s production of Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe’s Algonquin Circle–era musical, Wild Party. Please dress in 1929 opulence — you know, the way they dressed when they were having the time of their lives, right before the Crash.
Presenters include Sally Kellerman, Valarie Pettiford, Daisy Eagan, Jane Lanier, Eric Anderson, Michael Kostroff, Sasha Wexler, James Black, Julie Dixon Jackson, Daren Herbert, Nathan Lee Graham, Kristen Benton Chandler, James Black, Sam Zeller and others.
Tickets for nominees are free. Nominees, please RSVP to (323) 993-3693, and somebody will confirm your reservation within a week. You are a nominee if your name appears on the list below or if in the categories of Production of the Year, Revival Production of the Year and Musical of the Year your name appeared in the program of the nominated show as an actor, designer, producer, director, writer, choreographer or stage manager. You are a nominee if in the category of Production Design your name appeared in the program of the nominated show as a producer, director or designer. Finally, you are a nominee if in the categories of Ensemble and Comedy Ensemble your name appeared in the program of the nominated show as an actor.
Tickets for all guests and for the general public are available for $15 plus handing fees, through www.laweekly.com. If you have any difficulties purchasing tickets or any further questions, please call the Theater Awards hotline: (323) 993-3693.
PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
The Brothers Karamazov, Circle X ? Theater Company at [Inside]? the Ford
Macbeth, BIGHEAD at the? Vineland Theater
Yellowman, Fountain Theater
REVIVAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR (of a 20th- or 21st-century work)
Balm in Gilead, Gangbusters Theater? Company at the Met Theater
The Blue Dahlia, Pacific Resident? Theater
Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said,? Evidence Room
Permanent Collection, Robey Theater? Company and Greenway Arts Alliance
MUSICAL OF THE YEAR
Blake .?.?. da Musical!, Grove? Theater Center, Burbank
Fellowship!, El Portal Forum Theater
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Open At the Top? Productions at the NoHo Arts Center
J.O.B.: The Hip-Hopera, FDLT Productions and Foreign Affairs Canada at the ? Stella Adler Theater
The Wild Party, Blank Theater Company at the? Hudson Mainstage Theater
DIRECTION
Sam Anderson, Shove,Road Theater Company
Shirley Jo Finney, Yellowman, Fountain Theater
Matt Gottlieb, The Caretaker, Bob’s Your Uncle? and APPLEARTS Productions at the ? Zephyr Theater
Brent Hinkley, Blood! Love! Madness!, The? Actors’ Gang at the Ivy Substation Theater
Fredérique Michel, The Battle: ABC,? City Garage
Stefan Novinsky and Hassan Christopher, J.O.B.: The Hip-Hopera, FDLT Productions? and Foreign Affairs Canada at the? Stella Adler Theater
Eric Tucker, Macbeth, BIGHEAD at? the Vineland Theater
COMEDY DIRECTION
Kelly Ann Ford, The Birds: A Tail of Ornithic? Proportions, TheSpyAnts at McCadden? Place Theater
Jessie Marion, Love Tapes, Sacred Fools? Theater Company
Pat Towne, Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools? Theater Company
ONE-ACT DIRECTION
Aaron White and Jason White, The Dance,? InThaCut Productions at Kaos Network? CineFreestyle Theater
Delroy Lindo, Medal of Honor Rag,? Egyptian Arena Theater
MUSICAL DIRECTION
Carolyn Magnini, Happy End, Pacific? Resident Theater
Joel McCrary, Fellowship!, El Portal? Forum Theater
Dean Mora, The Threepenny Opera,? Open Fist Theater Company
Henry Phillips, Blake .?.?. da Musical!,? Grove Theater Center, Burbank
David O, Wild Party, Blank Theater Company? at the Hudson Mainstage Theater
ENSEMBLE
The Battle: ABC, City Garage
Four, Celebration Theater
The Gary Plays: Girl on a Bed,? Padua Playwrights at the Electric Lodge
Honour, Matrix Theater Company
Mother Courage, Antaeus Company? at NewPlace Theater Center
Pera Palas, Theater @ Boston Court
Shove, Road Theater Company
Yellowman, Fountain Theater
COMEDY ENSEMBLE
The Birds: A Tail of Ornithic Proportions, TheSpyAnts at the McCadden Place Theater
Fellowship!, El Portal Forum Theater
Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools Theater Company
Ruthless!: The Musical, Golden Afternoon? Productions LLC at the Hudson? Mainstage Theater
7 Redneck Cheerleaders, Elephant Theater? Company at the Lillian Theater
Two Gentlemen of Corona, West Coast? Ensemble
LEADING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Anne Gee Byrd, Mother Courage, Antaeus? Company at NewPlace Theater Center
Shawna Casey, Girl on a Bed, Padua? Playwrights at the Electric Lodge
Josie Gundy, The Threepenny Opera,? Open Fist Theater Company
Shannon Holt, She Stoops to Comedy,? Evidence Room
Robin Riker, Les Liaisons Dangereuses,? Blank Theater Company
Lisa Tharps, Medea, Theater @ Boston Court
LEADING MALE PERFORMANCE
Bill Celentano, Echo’s Hammer, ? Theater @ Boston Court
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Nigel Gore, Macbeth, BIGHEAD at the? Vineland Theater
Ben Guillory, Permanent Collection, Robey? Theater Company and Greenway Arts? Alliance
John Fleck, She Stoops to Comedy,? Evidence Room
Robert Mandan, The Caretaker, Bob’s Your? Uncle and APPLEARTS Productions at the? Zephyr Theater
Chris Mulkey, Flags, Odyssey Theater
Durrell Nelson, The Habitation of Dragons,? Actors Co-op
SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
Kevin Cristaldi, Eddie Legs, Calamity Theater? at the Lillian Theater
J.D. Cullum, Reapers, Odyssey Theater
Christian Levatino, Balm in Gilead,? Gangbusters Theater Company at the? Met Theater
Victor Love, The Blacks, Evidence Room
Don Robb, The Habitation of Dragons,? Actors Co-op
Patrick St. Esprit, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex and? Sex, 3sum Entertainment at? the Matrix Theater
SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Daisy Eagan, Wild Party, Blank? Theater Company at the Hudson? Mainstage Theater
Alaina Reed Hall, Medea, Theater? @ Boston Court
Amy Landers, The Habitation of? Dragons, Actors Co-op
Lauren Leatherer, Lydia in Bed,? Theater of NOTE
Robin Riker, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex? and Sex, 3sum Entertainment at? the Matrix Theater
Cesili Williams, The Blacks,? Evidence Room
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Michael Cassady, Catalpa,? Alliance Repertory Company
Katie Firth, Placement, Black? Dahlia Theater
Lee Garlington, Placement, Black? Dahlia Theater
Justine Moore, Ecstasy and the Ice? Queen, Taos Girl Productions at? Elephant Stages
Blake Robbins, Placement, Black? Dahlia Theater
COMEDY PERFORMANCE
Jayme Armstrong, Ruthless!: The? Musical, Golden Afternoon? Productions LLC at the Hudson? Mainstage Theater
Dean Cameron, Love Tapes, Sacred? Fools Theater Company
Shawna Casey, The Gary Plays: Girl? on a Bed, Padua Playwrights at the? Electric Lodge
Julie Mullen, Love Tapes, Sacred Fools
Theater Company
Andrew Wheeler, Tartuffe, The? Actors’ Gang
ONE-ACT PERFORMANCE
Heavy D, Medal of Honor Rag,? Egyptian Arena Theater
Silas Weir Mitchell, Blood! Love! Madness!,? The Actors’ Gang at the Ivy
Substation Theater
Paul Schackman, Medal of Honor Rag,? Egyptian Arena Theater
ONE-ACT ENSEMBLE
Blood! Love! Madness!, The Actors’ Gang at? the Ivy Substation Theater
The Dance, InThaCut Productions at Kaos? Network CineFreestyle Theater
PLAY WRITING
Steven Banks and Penn Jillette, Love Tapes,? Sacred Fools Theater Company
Mark Eisman, Shove, Road Theater Company
Blair Singer, Placement, Black Dahlia Theater
Jason White, The Dance, InThaCut Productions? at Kaos Network CineFreestyle Theater
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Del Shores
QUEEN OF THE ANGELS
Laura Zucker
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Blue Dahlia, Pacific Resident Theater
Blood! Love! Madness!, The Actors’ Gang at the? Ivy Substation Theater
Catalpa, Alliance Repertory Company
Echo’s Hammer, Theater @ Boston Court
Pera Palas, Theater @ Boston Court
Permanent Collection, Robey Theater? Company and Greenway Arts Alliance
ADAPTATION
Amy Ludwig, The House on Mango Street, East? Los Angeles Repertory Theater Company at? La Casa del Mexicano Theater
LIGHTING DESIGN
Ian Garret, Permanent Collection,? Robey Theater Company and Greenway? Arts Alliance
Jon Gothard, Eddie Legs, Calamity Theater at? the Lillian Theater
Dan Jenkins, Lydia in Bed, Theater of NOTE
Brian J. Lilienthal, Echo’s Hammer, Theater @? Boston Court
COSTUME DESIGN
Ronda Dynice Brooks, Tartuffe, The Actors’
Gang
Ivy Y. Chou, Pera Palas, Theater @ Boston? Court
Audrey Eisner, Happy End, Pacific Resident? Theater
Ann Closs-Farley, Eddie Legs, Calamity Theater? at the Lillian Theater
Ann Closs-Farley, Blood! Love! Madness!, The? Actors’ Gang at the Ivy Substation Theater
Ann Closs-Farley, Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools? Theater Company
Dana Peterson, Les Liaisons Dangereuses,? Blank Theater Company
SET DESIGN
Jason Adams and Alicia Hoge, Echo’s Hammer,? Theater @ Boston Court
Tom Buderwitz, Pera Palas, Theater @? Boston Court
Ben Ainlay and Alex Enberg, The Caretaker,? Bob’s Your Uncle and APPLEARTS Productions? at the Zephyr Theater
Joel Daavid, Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools
Theater Company
James Eric/Victoria Bellocq, Permanent? Collection, Robey Theater Company and? Greenway Arts Alliance
Charles Erven and Travis Gale Lewis,? Happy End, Pacific Resident Theater
SOUND DESIGN
John Ballinger, Echo’s Hammer, Theater @? Boston Court
Joshua Horvath, Permanent Collection, Robey? Theater Company and Greenway Arts? Alliance
John Zalewski, Eddie Legs, Calamity Theater at? the Lillian Theater
Jonathan Zenz, Angels in America: Millennium? Approaches, Open at the Top and Lilybeau
Productions at the NoHo Arts Center
CHOREOGRAPHY
Kate Caplin, Two Gentlemen of Corona, West? Coast Ensemble
Hassan Christopher, J.O.B.: The Hip-Hopera,
FDLT Productions and Foreign Affairs
Canada at the Stella Adler Theater
Jane Lanier, Wild Party, Blank Theater? Company at the Hudson Mainstage Theater
MASK DESIGN
Sean T. Cawelti, Hyperbole: Epiphany, Rogue? Artists Ensemble and Son of Semele Ensemble
Erhard Stiefel, Blood! Love! Madness!, The? Actors’ Gang at the Ivy Substation Theater
Erhard Stiefel, Tartuffe, The Actors’ Gang
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
The Fight Team (Brian Danner, Orion Barnes,? Kevin Moran, Nate Hedrick, Josh Bradley and? David C. Hernández) for fight choreography? in Fair Maid of the West, Furious Theater? Company at the Pasadena Playhouse? Balcony Theater
The Imagination Liberation Front for blurring? the line between a playscript and an arrest? warrant in “I’m Gonna Kill the President!”:
A Federal Offense,at various locations
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ORIGINAL MUSIC
John Ballinger and Ken Roht, Echo’s Hammer, Theater @ Boston Court
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