LA STAGE ALLIANCE
2004-2005 OVATION AWARD NOMINEES
Results tabulated by
NSBN LLP, Certified Public Accountants and Business Consultants
Beverly Hills, California
WORLD PREMIERE PLAY
The Eyes of Babylon
Jeff Key
The Tamarind Theatre
The Gary Plays: Girl on a Bed
Murray Mednick
Padua Playwrights Productions
The Gary Plays: Tirade for Three & Gary's Walk
Murray Mednick
Padua Playwrights Productions
Me, My Guitar & Don Henley
Krista Vernoff
Ace of Wands, Inc.
The Paris Letter
Jon Robin Baitz
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
The Prince of L.A.
Dakin Matthews
Andak Stage Company
Sojourner (The Story of Sojourner Truth)
Les Wieder
Treadwell Entertainment
WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
Atalanta
Karen Hardcastle & David O
Powerhouse Theatre
Blake...da Musical!
Rick Batalla and Henry Phillips
Grove Theater Center
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
James Mellon - Book, Scott DeTurk and Bill Francoeur - Music & Lyrics
Open at the Top Productions
Hey! I'm the Mama
Angela Teek and Howlett Smith
The Tamarind Theatre
ROSENSTRASSE
Book and Lyrics: Terry Lawrence - Music: Max Kinberg
The Company Rep
RAY STRICKLYN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Cinghiale!
Emilie Miller
emi productions
Ecstasy and the Ice Queen
Justine Moore
Taos Girl Productions
A Lesson in Proper Bow-Fluffing Technique
Trey Nichols
Moving Arts
Letting Go of God
Julia Sweeney
Indefatigable Productions
Like a Dog on Linoleum
Leslie Jordan
Elephant Stageworks
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
HAPPY END
Pacific Resident Theatre
Killer Joe
Lost Angels Theatre Company
Mother Courage and Her Children
The Antaeus Company
The Paris Letter
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
PERA PALAS
The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company
Songs For a New World
Rubicon Theatre Company
Stuff Happens
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Matt Gottlieb
THE CARETAKER
Zephyr Theatre
Jon Lawrence Rivera
DOGEATERS
SIPA and TDRZ Prods., Inc. in association with Playwrights' Arena
Scott Cummins
Killer Joe
Lost Angels Theatre Company
Michael Michetti
PERA PALAS
The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company
Walter Asmus
Waiting for Godot
Rubicon Theatre Company
Garry Marshall
Wrong Turn at Lungfish
Falcon Theatre
Shirley Jo Finney
YELLOWMAN
Fountain Theatre
DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Anthony Barnao
The Big Voice
Blue Sphere Alliance
Kevin Cochran Rick Batalla
Blake...da Musical!
Grove Theater Center
George C. Wolfe
Caroline, or Change
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
Nick DeGruccio
GUYS AND DOLLS
Musical Theatre West
Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
THE POSSESSION OF MRS. JONES
Back It Up Productions
Jan Duncan
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
Jon Lawrence Rivera
Songs For a New World
Rubicon Theatre Company
CHOREOGRAPHY
Cate Caplin
Grand Hotel, The Musical
The Colony Theatre Company
Lee Martino
Grease
Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
Lee Martino
GUYS AND DOLLS
Musical Theatre West
Ray Rochelle
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
Patti Colombo
Peter Pan
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
MUSICAL DIRECTION
Gerald Sternbach
APPLAUSE
Reprise! Broadway's Best
Charles Love
Hey! Im the Mama
The Tamarind Theatre
Todd Helm
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
Craig Barna
Peter Pan
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Gerald Sternbach
PIPPIN
Reprise! Broadway's Best
Darryl Archibald
RAGTIME
Musical Theatre West
Brent Canyon
Songs For a New World
Rubicon Theatre Company
TOURING PRODUCTION
As You Like It
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
The Deaf West Theatre Production of
Big River: the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre and Atlanta's Theater of the Stars
PLAY INTIMATE THEATRE
Killer Joe
Lost Angels Theatre Company
Light Sensitive
The Theatre District
Mother Courage and Her Children
The Antaeus Company
A Night In November
The Sarah Fulton Group
PAPA
Open Fist Theatre Company
PERA PALAS
The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company
YELLOWMAN
Fountain Theatre
PLAY LARGE THEATRE
The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
The Paris Letter
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
The School for Scandal
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
Waiting for Godot
Rubicon Theatre Company
Wrong Turn at Lungfish
Falcon Theatre
FRANKLIN R. LEVY MEMORIAL AWARD
FOR MUSICAL INTIMATE THEATRE
The Big Voice
Blue Sphere Alliance
Blake...da Musical!
Grove Theater Center
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Open at the Top Productions
HAPPY END
Pacific Resident Theatre
THE POSSESSION OF MRS. JONES
Back It Up Productions
MUSICAL LARGE THEATRE
Caroline, or Change
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
Peter Pan
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
RAGTIME
Musical Theatre West
Songs For a New World
Rubicon Theatre Company
SET DESIGN INTIMATE THEATRE
Ben Ainlay
THE CARETAKER
Zephyr Theatre
Jason Adams & Alicia Hoge
ECHO'S HAMMER
The Theatre @ Boston Court
Robert G. Smith & Elias Sanchez
Killer Joe
Lost Angels Theatre Company
Jeff G. Rack
PAPA
Open Fist Theatre Company
Tom Buderwitz
PERA PALAS
The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company
Tim Farmer
TWO GENTLEMEN OF CORONA
West Coast Ensemble
Sibyl Wickersheimer
WAVING GOODBYE
The Syzygy Theatre Group
SET DESIGN LARGE THEATRE
Michael Olich
The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
Lucky Cardwell
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
John Iacovelli
Peter Pan
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
David Gallo
Radio Golf
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
David Potts
Sherlock's Last Case
The Colony Theatre Company
Tom Buderwitz
Sleuth
Falcon Theatre
Trifoni Michael Rizzi
Songs For a New World
Rubicon Theatre Company
LIGHTING DESIGN INTIMATE THEATRE
Jeremy Pivnick
Cinghiale!
emi productions
Chris Akerlind
Dry Cleaning
24th Street Theatre
Brian J. Lilienthal
ECHO'S HAMMER
The Theatre @ Boston Court
Leigh Allen
Killer Joe
Lost Angels Theatre Company
Jeremy Pivnick
LIGHT
The Theatre @ Boston Court
Dan Reed
PAPA
Open Fist Theatre Company
Kathy O'Donohue
YELLOWMAN
Fountain Theatre
LIGHTING DESIGN LARGE THEATRE
Justin Townsend
Apollo - Part 1: Lebensraum
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer
Caroline, or Change
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
Benoit Beauchamp
Macbeth (A Modern Ecstasy)
Center for New Theater
Donna Ruzika
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
Tom Ruzika
Peter Pan
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Jeremy Pivnick
Sleuth
Falcon Theatre
Steven Young
Songs For a New World
Rubicon Theatre Company
SOUND DESIGN INTIMATE THEATRE
Jeff Webster
Dry Cleaning
24th Street Theatre
John Ballinger
ECHO'S HAMMER
The Theatre @ Boston Court
Lindsay Jones
Killer Joe
Lost Angels Theatre Company
John Zalewski
LIGHT
The Theatre @ Boston Court
Tim Labor
PAPA
Open Fist Theatre Company
Drew Dalzell
Spec
Alliance Repertory Company
Bill Hutson
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Open at the Top Productions
SOUND DESIGN LARGE THEATRE
Randy Tico
Apollo - Part 1: Lebensraum
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
Paul James Prendergast
Electricidad
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
Kenneth Hobbs
Fools
Rubicon Theatre Company
Adam Howarth
Macbeth (A Modern Ecstasy)
Center for New Theater
A J Gonzalez
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
Julie Ferrin
Peter Pan
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Drew Dalzell
Songs For a New World
Rubicon Theatre Company
COSTUME DESIGN INTIMATE THEATRE
Susan Chan
THE CARETAKER
Zephyr Theatre
Ann Closs-Farley
ECHO'S HAMMER
The Theatre @ Boston Court
Shon LeBlanc
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Open at the Top Productions
Audrey Eisner
HAPPY END
Pacific Resident Theatre
Alison Leach
The Merchant of Venice
Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company
Ivy Chou
PERA PALAS
The Theatre @ Boston Court and The Antaeus Company
Shauna Leone
THE POSSESSION OF MRS. JONES
Back It Up Productions
COSTUME DESIGN LARGE THEATRE
Garry D. Lennon
Grand Hotel, The Musical
The Colony Theatre Company
Mela Hoyt-Heyden
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
Sharell Martin
My Fair Lady
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Christal Weatherly
A Perfect Wedding
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
Shigeru Yaji
Peter Pan
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Catherine Zuber
The School for Scandal
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
Josh Agle & Joel Berlin
Shag with a Twist
LA Theatre Center in Association with Jetsetter Productions
LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Robert Mandan
THE CARETAKER
Zephyr Theatre
Beau Billingslea
DRIVING MISS DAISY
Theatre Forty
Brian Kerwin
The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
Marty Maguire
A Night In November
The Sarah Fulton Group
Adrian Sparks
PAPA
Open Fist Theatre Company
Hector Elizondo
Wrong Turn at Lungfish
Falcon Theatre
Chris Butler
YELLOWMAN
Fountain Theatre
LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Beth Grant
A Gift From Heaven
Camelot Artists Productions
Cynthia Mace
The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
Robin Riker
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
The Blank Theatre Company
Alice Ensor
Light Sensitive
The Theatre District
Lisa Wolpe
The Merchant of Venice
Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company
Ana Ortiz
Wrong Turn at Lungfish
Falcon Theatre
Deidrie Henry
YELLOWMAN
Fountain Theatre
LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Jim Brochu
The Big Voice
Blue Sphere Alliance
Steve Schalchlin
The Big Voice
Blue Sphere Alliance
Rick Batalla
Blake...da Musical!
Grove Theater Center
Bryce Ryness
FLOYD COLLINS
West Coast Ensemble
Frank Harwart
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
Eric Anderson
RAGTIME
Musical Theatre West
James Barbour
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Open at the Top Productions
LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Katharine McPhee
Annie Get Your Gun
Cabrillo Music Theatre
Lynne Wintersteller
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Open at the Top Productions
Brooks Almy
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Open at the Top Productions
Bets Malone
GUYS AND DOLLS
Musical Theatre West
Kristine Remigio
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
Cathy Rigby
Peter Pan
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Victoria Strong
RAGTIME
Musical Theatre West
FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Louis Lotorto
A Flea In Her Ear
A Noise Within
Don Robb
THE HABITATION OF DRAGONS
Actors Co-op/Crossley Theatre
Michael Petted
Lone Star
Camelot Artists Productions
Anthony Chisholm
Radio Golf
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
Marcelo Tubert
San Fran Scapin
Andak Stage Company
Jeremy Sisto
Take Me Out
Geffen Playhouse
Michael Redfield
WHEN THEY SPEAK OF RITA
Pacific Resident Theatre
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Karen McClain
The Colored Museum
Company of Angels
Patrice Pitman Quinn
Doubt
Pasadena Playhouse
Tara Buck
A Gift From Heaven
Camelot Artists Productions
Naomi DeLucco
How I Learned to Drive
Vox Humana Theatre Company
Fran Bennett
The Merchant of Venice
Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company
Kimberleigh Aarn
The Merchant of Venice
Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company
C.B. Spencer
TWO GENTLEMEN OF CORONA
West Coast Ensemble
FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Gary Franco
Grand Hotel, The Musical
The Colony Theatre Company
John Massey, Jr.
GUYS AND DOLLS
Musical Theatre West
Maceo Oliver
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
Joseph R. Sicari
My Fair Lady
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Damon Kirsche
My Fair Lady
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Harrison White
Purlie
Pasadena Playhouse
Matthew Rocheleau
RAGTIME
Musical Theatre West
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Anika Noni Rose
Caroline, or Change
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
Paula Newsome
Caroline, or Change
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
Veanne Cox
Caroline, or Change
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
Armelia McQueen
Dorian
Open at the Top Productions
Cate Caplin
Grand Hotel, The Musical
The Colony Theatre Company
Kelly Lamont
Miss Saigon
Fullerton Civic Light Opera
E. Faye Butler
Purlie
Pasadena Playhouse
LA Stage Alliance Board of Governors Awards:
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
David Galligan
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AWARD
Shakespeare Festival / LA
JAMES A. DOOLITTLE AWARD FOR
LEADERSHIP IN THE THEATRE
Luis Alfaro
2005 LA STAGE ALLIANCE OVATION AWARDS
"Celebrating excellence in theatre."
14 November 2005, 7:30pm
ORPHEUM THEATRE
842 S. Broadway
Downtown Los Angeles
Executive Producer
Larry Aldrich
Producer
Terence McFarland
Director
Mark Seldis
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