WORLD PREMIERE PLAY

A Safe Distance

Maurice Chauvet

Apartment A, Peter Soby Jr. and Miranda Morton Yap

Exits and Entrances

Athol Fugard

Fountain Theatre

Jonna's Body, please hold

Jonna Tamases & Nicholas de Wolff

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Red Light, Green Light

Erik Patterson

Theatre of NOTE

Stage Directions

L. Trey Wilson

Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA Project

WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL

Focus Today

Carolyn Almos, Matt Almos, Jon Beauregard,

Albert Dayan, Selina Woolery Smith and David O

Burglars of Hamm in association with Powerhouse Theatre

It's A Stevie Wonderful Life

Troubadour Theatre Co.

Troubadour Theatre Co. and the Falcon Theatre

Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues

Amanda McBroom and Joel Silberman

Rubicon Theatre Company

Peach Blossom Fan

Edward Mast, adapted from Kung Shang-Ren & Music and Lyrics by Stephin Merritt

Center for New Theater

The Shaggs: The Philosophy of the World

Joy Gregory and Gunnar Madsen

Powerhouse Theatre Company at Inside the Ford,

with Andrew Barrett-Weiss and Tess Skorczewski

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY

All My Sons

George Ball

Rubicon Theatre Company

Driving Miss Daisy

Lance E. Nichols

Rubicon Theatre Company

Exits and Entrances

Morlan Higgins

Fountain Theatre

I Just Stopped By to See the Man

Clarence Williams III

Geffen Playhouse

Nocturne

Adam Stein

Black Dahlia Theatre

Visiting Mr. Green

Jack Axelrod

International City Theatre

Visiting Mr. Green

David Heymann

International City Theatre

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY

All My Sons

Robin Pearson Rose

Rubicon Theatre Company

Driving Miss Daisy

Michael Learned

Rubicon Theatre Company

Homebody/Kabul

Linda Emond

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Intimate Apparel

Viola Davis

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

and The Roundabout Theatre Company

Jonna's Body, please hold

Jonna Tamases

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Master Class

Karen Kondazian

Fountain Theatre

Orpheus Descending

Marilyn Fox

Pacific Resident Theatre

LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

1776

Steve Glaudini

Performance Riverside

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Wade McCollum

Celebration Theatre

Hot Mikado

Jamie Torcellini

Musical Theatre West, Paul Garman Executive Director/Producer

La Cage Aux Folles

David Engel

Musical Theatre West, Paul Garman Executive Director/Producer

La Cage Aux Folles

Norman Large

Musical Theatre West, Paul Garman Executive Director/Producer

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Dinah Was

Yvette Freeman

International City Theatre

Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues

Amanda McBroom

Rubicon Theatre Company

Always…Patsy Cline

Sally Struthers

Musical Theatre West, Paul Garman Executive Director/Producer

Always….Patsy Cline

Christa Jackson

Musical Theatre West, Paul Garman Executive Director/Producer

Hot Mikado

Carol Dennis

Musical Theatre West, Paul Garman Executive Director/Producer

FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

All My Sons

Joseph Fuqua

Rubicon Theatre Company

The Price

Len Lesser

A Noise Within

Intimate Apparel

Corey Stoll

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

and The Roundabout Theatre Company

Driving Miss Daisy

Eric Lange

Rubicon Theatre Company

Around the World in 80 Days

Jeff Marlow

The Colony Theatre Company

Around the World in 80 Days

Larry Cedar

The Colony Theatre Company

Lobby Hero

Scott Cummins

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

All My Sons

Faline England

Rubicon Theatre Company

Enchanted April

Mariette Hartley

Pasadena Playhouse

The Credeaux Canvas

Marilyn McIntyre

The Victory Theatre Center and Vs. Theatre Company

The Fan Maroo

Carolyn Hennesy

Theatre of NOTE

The Price

Deborah Strang

A Noise Within

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

1776

Nils Anderson

Performance Riverside

1776

Stan Chandler

Performance Riverside

Dinah Was

Darryl Alan Reed

International City Theatre

Dinah Was

Peter Van Norden

International City Theatre

Gunmetal Blues

Jeffrey Rockwell

The Colony Theatre Company

Phantom

Norman Large

Performance Riverside

Swing!

Mark Eckstein

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

1776

Jill Van Velzer

Performance Riverside

Company

Amy Pietz

Reprise! Broadway's Best

Dinah Was

Sybyl Walker

International City Theatre

Phantom

Debbie Prutsman

Performance Riverside

Swing!

Desiree Duarte

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

RAY STRICKLYN MEMORIAL AWARD

FOR SOLO PERFORMANCE

Fried Chicken & Latkas

Rain Pryor

Canon Theatricals in Association

with Rain Pryor, Kevin Kindlin and Jill Garelick

Miss Coco Peru Is Undaunted

Clinton Leupp

LA Gay & Lesbian Center's Renberg Theatre

with Jon Imparato for the LA Gay & Lesbian Center

and Howard Hill Productions

Non-Vital Organs (redux)

Gigi Bermingham

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Sugar Plum Fairy

Sandra Tsing Loh

Geffen Playhouse in Association with

Frier McCollister and Modern Artists Company

Willie's Son

Steven Hack

Interact Theatre Company

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

Baz Luhrmann's production of "La Boheme"

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Caught in the Net

International City Theatre

Eleemosynary

Fremont Centre Theatre

Forever Plaid

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Elephant Stageworks

Side by Side by Sondheim

Rubicon Theatre Company

Stage Directions

Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA Project

DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

All My Sons

James O'Neil

Rubicon Theatre Company

Caught in the Net

Ray Cooney

International City Theatre

Exits and Entrances

Stephen Sachs

Fountain Theatre

Intimate Apparel

Daniel Sullivan

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

and The Roundabout Theatre Company

Master Class

Simon Levy

Fountain Theatre

Nocturne

Matt Shakman

Black Dahlia Theatre

Visiting Mr. Green

caryn desai

International City Theatre

DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

1776

Nick DeGruccio

Performance Riverside

Baz Luhrmann's production of "La Boheme"

Baz Luhrmann

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Dinah Was

caryn desai

International City Theatre

Forever Plaid

Stan Chandler

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

Jekyll & Hyde

Paul Hadobas

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

CHOREOGRAPHY

Brigadoon

Lee Martino

Reprise! Broadway's Best

Hot Mikado

Sean McKnight

Musical Theatre West, Paul Garman Executive Director/Producer

Phantom

Lee Martino

Performance Riverside

Side by Side by Sondheim

Lee Martino

Rubicon Theatre Company

Swing!

Dana Solimando

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

MUSICAL DIRECTION

1776

Don LeMaster

Performance Riverside

Always…Patsy Cline

Brian Baker

Musical Theatre West, Paul Garman Executive Director/Producer

Company

Gerald Sternbach

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

Dinah Was

Lanny Hartley

International City Theatre

Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues

Dean Mora

Rubicon Theatre Company

PRODUCTION FROM A TOURING COMPANY

Little Shop of Horrors

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre,

Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Steven Baruch, James D. Stern,

Douglas L. Meyer, Rick Steiner, Daniel C. Staton,

Simone Genatt Haft, Amy Danis, and Mark Johannes

The Phantom of the Opera

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre, Cameron Mackintosh,

and Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc.

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre, Michael Leavitt, Fox Theatricals,

Hal Luftig, Stewart F. Lane, James L. Nederlander,

Independent Presenters Network, L. Mages,

M. Stuart, Dori Berinstein w/ Dramatic Forces, John York Noble,

Whoopi Goldberg and Olay Regenerist

PLAY (SMALLER THEATRE)

Eleemosynary

Fremont Centre Theatre

Holy Days

Theatre Forty

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

RKA Productions in association with Sam Pink's Red Cat Jazz Cafe

and Elephant Stageworks

Master Class

Fountain Theatre

Nocturne

Black Dahlia Theatre

PLAY (LARGER THEATRE)

All My Sons

Rubicon Theatre Company

Driving Miss Daisy

Rubicon Theatre Company

Intimate Apparel

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

and The Roundabout Theatre Company

The Price

A Noise Within

Visiting Mr. Green

International City Theatre

FRANKLIN R. LEVY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR

MUSICAL IN A SMALLER THEATRE

24 Hours: A Rock Musical

Make The Call Productions

Fleetwood Macbeth

Troubadour Theater Company

Guys and Dolls

Interact Theatre Company

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Celebration Theatre

The Spitfire Grill

Actors Co-Op/Crossley Theatre

MUSICAL (LARGER THEATRE)

1776

Performance Riverside

Dinah Was

International City Theatre

Baz Luhrmann's production of "La Boheme"

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Forever Plaid

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

Side by Side by Sondheim

Rubicon Theatre Company

Always…Patsy Cline

Musical Theatre West, Paul Garman Executive Director/Producer

Hot Mikado

Musical Theatre West, Paul Garman Executive Director/Producer

SET DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)

A Winter People

Yevgenia Nayberg

The Theatre @ Boston Court

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Joel Daavid

RKA Productions in association with Sam Pink's Red Cat Jazz Cafe

and Elephant Stageworks

Nocturne

Craig Siebels

Black Dahlia Theatre

Summertime

Tom Buderwitz

The Theatre @ Boston Court

The Big Knife

Scott Siedman

Elephant Stageworks in Association with Mustardseed Productions,

Farrell Hirsch and Dan Harper

The Pagans

Desma Murphy

Road Theatre Company

The Trial

Rob Howeth

Write Act Repertory Company

SET DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)

Baz Luhrmann's production of "La Boheme"

Catherine Martin

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Dinah Was

Tom Buderwitz

International City Theatre

Intimate Apparel

Derek McLane

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

and The Roundabout Theatre Company

Peach Blossom Fan

Christopher Barreca

Center for New Theater

Talley's Folly

D. Martyn Bookwalter

Pasadena Playhouse

The Ladies of the Camellias

Tom Buderwitz

The Colony Theatre Company

The Royal Family

Douglas W. Schmidt

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

LIGHTING DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)

A Winter People

Jose Lopez

The Theatre @ Boston Court

Daisy in the Dreamtime

Kathi O'Donohue

Fountain Theatre

Nocturne

Mike Durst

Black Dahlia Theatre

Romeo and Juliet: Antebellum New Orleans, 1836

Dan Weingarten

The Theatre @ Boston Court

Summertime

Steven Young

The Theatre @ Boston Court

LIGHTING DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)

Baz Luhrmann's production of "La Boheme"

Nigel Levings

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Clutter

Jeremy Pivnick

The Colony Theatre Company

Dinah Was

Jeremy Pivnick

International City Theatre

Driving Miss Daisy

Russell Pyle

Rubicon Theatre Company

Intimate Apparel

Allen Lee Hughes

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

and The Roundabout Theatre Company

Peach Blossom Fan

Shaun Fillion

Center for New Theater

Topdog/Underdog

Scott Zielinski

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

in Association with Seattle Repertory Theatre

SOUND DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)

Cold/Tender

Steve Goodie

The Theatre @ Boston Court

(home) or The Quest For the Lost Tablet of Ur

Bill Levine

Zoo District

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Kathryn Bostic, Michael Sena

RKA Productions in association with Sam Pink's Red Cat Jazz Cafe

and Elephant Stageworks

Romeo and Juliet: Antebellum New Orleans, 1836

Julie Ferrin, Martin Carrillo, Paul Hepker

The Theatre @ Boston Court

Side Man

Nick Omana, Terence Davis

Malibu Stage Company

Summertime

John Zalewski

The Theatre @ Boston Court

The Shaggs: The Philosophy of the World

Robbin Broad

Powerhouse Theatre Company at Inside the Ford,

with Andrew Barrett-Weiss and Tess Skorczewski

SOUND DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)

Baz Luhrmann's production of "La Boheme"

Acme Sound Partners

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Defying Gravity

Stephen Cahill

Rubicon Theatre Company

Dinah Was

Paul Fabre

International City Theatre

Driving Miss Daisy

Steven Cahill

Rubicon Theatre Company

Intimate Apparel

Marc Gwinn

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

and The Roundabout Theatre Company

COSTUME DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)

A Winter People

Dori Quan

The Theatre @ Boston Court

Blithe Spirit

Shon LeBlanc, A. Jeffrey Schoenberg

Cowardice Theatre Company

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Lisa Tomczeszyn

RKA Productions in association with Sam Pink's Red Cat Jazz Cafe

and Elephant Stageworks

Orpheus Descending

Audrey Eisner

Pacific Resident Theatre

ROMEO & JULIET: Antebellum New Orleans, 1836

Alex Jaeger

The Theatre @ Boston Court

Summertime

Scott Lane

The Theatre @ Boston Court

The Devils

A. Jeffrey Schoenberg

Open Fist Theatre Company

COSTUME DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)

Baz Luhrmann's production of "La Boheme"

Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Dinah Was

Garry Lennon

International City Theatre

Driving Miss Daisy

Ann Bruice

Rubicon Theatre Company

Enchanted April

Alejo Vietti, Jess Goldstein

Pasadena Playhouse

Intimate Apparel

Catherine Zuber

Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

and The Roundabout Theatre Company

The Ladies of the Camellias

A. Jeffrey Schoenberg

The Colony Theatre Company

The Royal Family

Robert Blackman

Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre