THE 2002 THEATRE LA OVATION AWARDS
(Winner in Red)
(* Denotes Multiple Winners in a Category)

World Premiere Play

Alison Carey, Peter Howard, Shishir Kurup, Page Leong, Armando Molina, Evangeline
Ordaz, Bernardo Solano, Bernard White
“Crossings: Journeys of Catholic Immigrants”
Cornerstone Theater Company

Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
“The Exonerated”
The Actors’ Gang

Matt Pelfrey
“Terminus Americana”
Lodestone Theatre Ensemble

New Translation by Dakin Matthews
“The Proof of the Promise”
The Antaeus Company

Sam Bobrick & Julie Stein
“Lenny’s Back”
Theatre of Will

World Premiere Musical

Book: Paula Mitchell-Manning, Music & Lyrics: John Lathan
“Flirting With Morty”
Company of Angels

Jillian Armenante, Alice Dodd and Chris Jeffries
“Laura Comstock’s Bag-Punching Dog”
Circle X Theatre Company

Leon Martell, Music by Penka Kouneva
“Steel: John Henry & The Shaker”
Oasis Theatre Company

Max Baxley & Geo Hartley
“Twisted”
Theatre Geo

Rose Leiman Goldemberg
“Picon Pie”
Santa Monica Playhouse

Musical (Large Theatre)

“A Class Act”
Pasadena Playhouse

“Crazy For You”
Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

“Flower Drum Song”
Gordon Davidson
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

“Into The Woods”
Dodger Theatricals, Stage Holding, and TheatreDreams, Producers
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

“Side Show”
The Colony Theatre Company

Play (Large Theatre)

“Crossings: Journeys of Catholic Immigrants”
Cornerstone Theater Company

“Red “
East West Players

“The House of Bernarda Alba”
Gordon Davidson
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

“The Laramie Project”
The Colony Theatre Company

“The Moliere Comedies”
Gordon Davidson
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Musical (Intimate Theatre)

“Big River”
Ed Waterstreet, Executive Producer; Bill O'Brien, Producer; Suzanne Tara, Associate Producer
Deaf West Theatre

“Laura Comstock’s Bag-Punching Dog”
Circle X Theatre Company

“Pinafore!”
Celebration Theatre, Dennis R. Nollette, Bruce W. Zisterer, Producers
Celebration Theatre

“Spoon River Anthology”
Theatre West

“Steel: John Henry and the Shaker”
Oasis Theatre Company

Play (Intimate Theatre)

“After The Fall”
Simon Levy, Producer
Fountain Theatre

“Clyt At Home”
Theatre of NOTE in association with The Ghost Road Company

“Death of a Salesman”
Interact Theatre Company, Nest Egg Productions, James Harper, Producers
Interact Theatre Company

“Napoli Milionaria”
The Road Theatre Company

“The Exonerated”
The Actors’ Gang

Lead Actor in a Musical*

Bill O'Brien
“Big River”
Deaf West Theatre

David Engel
“Crazy For You”
Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

Kevin Earley
“Side Show”
The Colony Theatre Company

James Black
“Big River”
Deaf West Theatre

Michael A. Shepperd
“Steel: John Henry and the Shaker”
Oasis Theatre Company

Nic Arnzen
“Moscow”
Playwrights’ Arena

R. Christofer Sands
“Pinafore!”
Celebration Theatre

Lead Actor in a Play*

Brian Bedford
“The Moliere Comedies”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Daniel Davis
“Talking Heads (1)”
Tiffany Theatres

George Murdock
“The Price”
Odyssey Theatre

Joe Mellis
“Coyote On A Fence”
Alliance Repertory Company

Mike Genovese
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
The Blank Theatre Company

Morlan Higgins
“After The Fall “
Fountain Theatre

Sam Anderson
“Napoli Milionaria”
The Road Theatre Company

Lead Actress in a Musical

Christa Jackson
“Always…Patsy Cline”
Coronet Theatre

Julie Dixon Jackson/Misty Cotton
“Side Show”
The Colony Theatre Company

Lea Salonga
“Flower Drum Song”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Sally Struthers
“Always…Patsy Cline”
Coronet Theatre

Stephanie Block
“Crazy For You”
Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

Lead Actress in a Play*

Fay Kato
“Tonseisha”
Theatre of NOTE

Jeanne Sakata
“Red”
East West Players

Kathleen Chalfant
“Talking Heads (2)”
Tiffany Theatres

Livia Trevino
“Coyote On A Fence”
Alliance Repertory Company

Shareen Mitchell
“Tennessee in the Summer”
Laurelgrove Theatre

Suanne Spoke
“Napoli Milionaria”
The Road Theatre Company

Tracy Middendorf
“After The Fall”
Fountain Theatre

Featured Actor in a Musical

Christopher Sieber
“Into The Woods”
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson

David Jennings
“Side Show”
The Colony Theatre Company

Gregg Edelman
“Into The Woods”
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Rod Keller
“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”
The Colony Theatre Company

Troy Kotsur
“Big River”
Deaf West Theatre

Featured Actor in a Play

Al Mancini
“Time of Your Life”
Camelot Artists

Bill Mesnik
“Love's Labour's Lost”
A Noise Within

Cooper Thornton
“After The Fall”
Fountain Theatre

Joe Spano
“The Devil's Disciple”
Rubicon Theatre Company

Neil Vipond
“Richard III”
The Odyssey Theatre and Circus Theatricals

Featured Actress in a Musical

Beth Malone
“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”
The Colony Theatre Company

Donna Bullock
“A Class Act”
Pasadena Playhouse

Jodi Long
“Flower Drum Song”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Laura Benanti
“Into The Woods”
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Sandra Allen
“Flower Drum Song”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Featured Actress in a Play

Carol Kane
“He Hunts”
Geffen Playhouse

Cathy Lind Hayes
“He Hunts”
Geffen Playhouse

Lily Nicksay
“The Wild Duck”
A Noise Within

Louise Davis
“Tennessee In The Summer”
Laurelgrove Theatre

Mary Lou Rosato
“King Lear”
Center for New Theatre at California Institute of the Arts

Solo Performance

Ann Randolph
“Squeeze Box”
The Court Theatre

Arlene Malinowski
“Or Forever Hold Your Peace”
Blue Sphere Alliance

Gigi Bermingham
“Non-Vital Organs”
City Stage, Inc.

Jackie Maruschak
“Last Stop Neverland”
Blue Sphere Alliance

Saundra Quarterman
“Shak'n Part One”
Stages Theatre Center

Ensemble Performance*

Cast of “How Kintu Became A Man”
Greenway Arts Alliance

Cast of “Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris”
Rubicon Theatre Company

Cast of “Swing”
Musical Theatre West

Cast of “The Exonerated”
The Actors’ Gang

Cast of “The Laramie Project”
The Colony Theatre Company

Cast of “The Last Season”
Robey Theatre Company

Director of a Musical

Alan Coats
“Crazy For You”
Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

Jeff Calhoun
“Big River”
Deaf West Theatre

Larry Sousa
“Swing!”
Musical Theatre West

Nick De Gruccio
“Side Show”
The Colony Theatre Company

Robert Longbottom
“Flower Drum Song”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Director of a Play*

Ayana Cahrr
“How Kintu Became A Man”
Greenway Arts Alliance

Dan Bonnell
“And Still The Dogs”
Ensemble Studio Theatre – The LA Project

Deborah La Vine
“Napoli Milionaria”
The Road Theatre Company

Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen
“The Exonerated”
The Actors’ Gang

Karen Kalensky
“Traveling Lady”
Company of Angles

Nick De Gruccio
“The Laramie Project”
The Colony Theatre Company

Stephen Sachs
“After The Fall”
Fountain Theatre

Choreographer

Alan Coats
“Crazy For You”
Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

Ameenah Kaplan
“Steel: John Henry and the Shaker”
Oasis Theatre Company

Dana Solimando
“Swing!”
Musical Theatre West

Jeff Calhoun
“Big River”
Deaf West Theatre

Robert Longbottom
“Flower Drum Song”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Musical Direction

Darryl Archibald
“Swing!”
Musical Theatre West

David O
“Steel: John Henry and the Shaker”
Oasis Theatre Company

Steven Landau
“Big River”
Deaf West Theatre

Steven Smith
“Crazy For You”
Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

Tom Griffin
“Side Show”
The Colony Theatre Company

Touring Company Production

“Aida”
Disney Theatrical Productions, Producer
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

“Copenhagen”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum at the Wilshire Theatre

“The Full Monty”
Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Albert Nocciolino, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Lindsay Law, Thomas Hall, Producers
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

“The Tale of the Allergist's Wife”
Manhattan Theatre Club, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Daryl Roth, Stuart Thompson, Douglas S. Cramer, Producers
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Lighting Design (Larger Theatre)

Brian MacDevitt
“Into The Woods”
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Christopher Akerlind
“King Lear”
Center for New Theatre at California Institute of the Arts

Steven Young
“The Laramie Project”
The Colony Theatre Company

Tad Shannon
“Do Jump!”
Geffen Playhouse

Geoff Korf
"Crossings: Journey of Catholic Immigrants"
Cornerstone Theater Company

Lighting Design (Intimate Theatre)*

Doc Ballard
“The Last Season”
Robey Theatre Company

Ellen Monocroussos
“The Exonerated”
The Actors’ Gang

Jerry Browning
“Steel: John Henry and the Shaker”
Oasis Theatre Company

John J. Grant
“Exmagare”
Eclectic Company Theatre

Michael Gilliam
“Big River”
Deaf West Theatre

Robert Fromer
“Street Stories”
Playwrights’ Arena

Robert L. Smith
“Napoli Milionaria”
The Road Theatre Company

Set Design (Larger Theatre)*

Christopher Barreca
“King Lear”
Center for New Theatre at California Institute of the Arts

Don Llewellyn
“Master Harold… And The Boys”
International City Theatre

Douglas Schmidt
“Into The Woods”
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Gary Wissman
“King O’ The Moon”
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

John Lee Beatty
“My Old Lady”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Rachel Hauck
“The House of Bernarda Alba”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Bradley Kaye
"The Laramie Project"
The Colony Theatre Company

Set Design (Intimate Theatre)*

Bill Eigenbrodt & Meghan Rogers
“Flight”
The Open Fist Theatre Company

Desma Murphy
“Napoli Milionaria”
Road Theatre Company

Joel Stoffer
“Coyote On A Fence”
Alliance Repertory Company

John H. Binkley
“Street Stories”
Playwrights’ Arena

Ray Klausen
“Big River”
Deaf West Theatre

Robert Bingham
“Little Shop of Horrors”
Actors Co-op

Robert Bingham
“Fools”
Actors Co-op

Costume Design (Larger Theatre)*

A. Jeffrey Schoenberg
“Side Show”
The Colony Theatre Company

Ellen McCartney
“King Lear”
Center for New Theatre at California Institute of the Arts

Gregg Barnes
“Flower Drum Song”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Joyce Kim Lee
“The House of Bernarda Alba”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Susan Hilferty
“Into The Woods”
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Jane Greenwood
"Moliere Comedies
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Costume Design (Intimate Theatre)

David Zyla
“Big River”
Deaf West Theatre

Marci Hill
“Napoli Milionaria”
The Road Theatre Company

Paul Spadone
“Laura Comstock’s Bag-Punching Dog”
Circle X Theatre Company

Shon LeBlanc
“Little Shop of Horrors”
Actors Co-op

Shon LeBlanc
“After The Fall”
Fountain Theatre

Sound Design (Larger Theatre)

Dan Moses Schreier
“Into The Woods”
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Drew Dalzell
“Side Show”
The Colony Theatre Company

Jon Gottlieb & Leon Rothenberg
“King Lear”
Center for New Theatre at California Institute of the Arts

Jon Gottlieb & Philip G. Allen
“Flower Drum Song”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Mark Bennett
“The House of Bernarda Alba”
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Sound Design (Intimate Theatre)*

Bill O’Brien
“Big River”
Deaf West Theatre

Bob Blackburn
“Street Stories”
Playwrights’ Arena

Dave Marling of Wav Magic
“Napoli Milionaria”
The Road Theatre Company

David Robbins
“Mephisto”
The Actors’ Gang

Jef Bek
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
The Sacred Fools Theatre

Penka Kouneva
“Steel: John Henry and the Shaker”
Oasis Theatre Company

Total Ovation Awards

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