LA Stage

ALLIANCE

 

644 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California 90017  web: theatrela.org

 

 

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2003 OVATION WINNERS

and

COMPLETE NOMINEE LIST

(Red indicates a win) 

 



WORLD PREMIERE PLAY

 

August Wilson

August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean”

CTG:  Mark Taper Forum

 

Culture Clash – Richard Montoya, Herbert Siguenza, Ric Salinas

“Chavez Ravine”

CTG:  Mark Taper Forum

 

Evelina Fernandez

“Dementia”

Latino Theatre Company

 

Levy Lee Simon

“Dessalines (The Heart) Blood & Liberation

Robey Theatre Company and Greenway Arts Alliance

 

Randy Schulman

“La Gioconda”

Stages Theatre Center and The Collective

 

Del Shores

“The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife”

Zephyr Theatre

 

Bryan Davidson

“War Music”

Playwrights’ Arena and Echo Theatre Company

 

 

WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL

 

Co-Produced with the Troubador Theatre Company

“A Christmas Carole King”

Falcon Theatre

 

Caroline Sherman & Bob Hull

“EMPIRE A New American Musical”

James Vukovich Productions and

Shoestring Productions/ Ronn Goswick in association with

Hudson Theatres

 

James Webber, David Church & Joe Patrick Ward

“Judy’s Scary Little Christmas”

Victory Theatre

 

Mitzie and Ken Welch and Lorna Luft

“Songs My Mother Taught Me”

Canon Theatricals

 

Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu

Additional Lyrics by Marie Cain and Bev Skyes

“The Big Voice: God or Merman?”

Zephyr Theatre

 

 

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY

 

Seamus Deaver

Anthony Burgess’s “A Clockwork Orange”

Greenway Arts Alliance

 

David Paladino

“The Island”

Camelot Artists Productions

 

Ken Rosier

“The Island”

Camelot Artists Productions

 

Robertson Dean

“The Real Thing”

International City Theatre

 

Paul Witten

“The Woman in Black”

Road Theatre Company

 

Joe Hart

“The Woman in Black”

Road Theatre Company

 

Norbert Weisser

“Times Like These”

Padua Playwrights Productions

 

 

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY

 

Linda Purl

“A Streetcar Named Desire”

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

Madison Dunaway

“Agnes of God”

International City Theatre

 

Cissy Conner

“An Evening with Marlene”

Theatre East

 

Maripat Donovan

“Late Nite Catechism”

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

 

Zilah Mendoza

“Living Out”

CTG:  Mark Taper Forum

 

Beth Grant

“The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife”

Zephyr Theatre

 

Laurie O’ Brien

“Times Like These “

Padua Playwrights Productions

 

 

LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

 

David Engel

“Crazy for You“

Musical Theatre West

 

Carl Anderson

“Jesus Christ Superstar “

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

 

Kingsley Leggs

“Ragtime”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

Eric Anderson

“Ragtime”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

Norman Large

“Sweeney Todd”

Performance Riverside

 

Jim Brochu

“The Big Voice: God or Merman?”

Zephyr Theatre

 

 

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

 

Rachel York

“Anything Goes”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Tami Tappan Damiano

“Crazy for You”

Musical Theatre West

 

Connie Champagne

“Judy’s Scary Little Christmas”

Victory Theatre

 

Carolee Carmello

“On the Twentieth Century”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Carol Dennis

“Raisin”

International City Theatre

 

 

FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

 

Michael McElroy

“Blue”

Pasadena Playhouse

 

James Farentino

“Boy Gets Girl”

Geffen Playhouse

 

Gene Lythgow

“Light up the Sky

Malibu Stage Company

 

Bo Foxworth

“Measure for Measure”

A Noise Within

 

Tim Murphy

“The Beauty Queen of Leenane”

Swimming Bird Productions

 

 

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

 

Mary Gregory

“Light Up the Sky”

Malibu Stage Company

 

Frances Sternhagen

“Morning’s at Seven”

CTG Ahmanson Theatre

 

Juanita Jennings

“Slide Glide the Slippery Slope”

CTG: Taper Too

 

Jill Hill

“The King Stag”

A Noise Within

 

Nancy Linehan Charles

“Toys in the Attic”

The Colony Theatre

 

 

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

 

Jason Graae

“Anything Goes “

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Larry Cedar

“Anything Goes “

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Robert Picardo

“On the Twentieth Century”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Stan Chandler

“Ragtime”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

Larry Cedar

“She Loves Me”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

 

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

 

Anastasia Barzee

“Anything Goes”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Sandy Mulvihill

“Empire A New American Musical”

James Vukovich Productions and

Shoestring Productions/Ronn Goswick in associations with

Hudson Theatres

 

Sally Struthers

“Mame”

Musical Theatre West

 

Kaitlin Hopkins

“She Loves Me”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Carol Swarbrick

“The Wizard of Oz”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

 

 

 

SOLO PERFORMANCE

 

Geraldine Hughes

“Belfast Blues”

Virtual Theatre Project and Black Dalhia Theatre

 

Alec Mapa

“Drama!”

CTG: Taper Too

 

Alec Mapa

“I Remember Mapa”

CTG: Taper Too

 

John Leguizamo

“sexaholix…a love story”

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 

Grant Kramer

“Shadowboxing”

Court Theatre

 

 

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

 

Cast of “Animal Farm”

Son of Semele Ensemble

 

Cast of August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean”

CTG: Mark Taper Forum

 

Cast of “Dementia”

Latino Theatre Company

 

Cast of: “La Giocanda”

Stages Theatre Center and The Collective

 

Cast of “Plaid Tidings”

Pasadena Playhouse

 

Cast of “The Hostage”

Alliance Repertory Company

 

Cast of “War Music”

Playwrights’ Arena

 

 

DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

 

Marion McClinton

August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean”

CTG: Mark Taper Forum

 

Charles Haid

“Belfast Blues"

Virtual Theatre Project and Black Dalhia Theatre

 

Randy Schulman

“La Gioconda”

Stages Theatre Center and The Collective

 

Tom Troupe

“The Gin Game”

Theatre 40

 

Del Shores

“The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife”

Zephyr Theatre

 

Ken Sawyer

“The Woman in Black”

Road Theatre Company

 

Jessica Kubzansky

“War Music

Playwrights’ Arena and Echo Theater Company

 

 

DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

 

Matt Walker

”A Christmas Carole King”

Falcon Theatre

 

Edgar Landa

“Animal Farm”

Son of Semele Ensemble

 

Stuart Ross

“Plaid Tidings

Pasadena Playhouse

 

Robert Clater

“Ragtime”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

Gordon Hunt

“She Loves Me”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

 

CHOREOGRAPHER

 

Anthony Powell

“Animal Farm”

Son of Semele Ensemble

 

Dan Mojica

“Anything Goes”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Jamie Rocco

“Crazy for You”

Musical Theatre West

 

Sergio Trujillo

“Empire A New American Musical”

James Vukovich Productions and

Shoestring Productions/Ronn Goswick in association with

Hudson Theatres

 

Lesia Kaye

“Ragtime”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

 

MUSICAL DIRECTION

 

Gerald Sternbach

“Anything Goes”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Gerald Sternbach

“On the Twentieth Century”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

David Snyder

“Plaid Tidings”

Pasadena Playhouse

 

Gerald Sternbach

“She Loves Me”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

Colin R. Freeman

“Songs My Mother Taught Me”

Canon Theatricals

 

 

PRODUCTION FROM A TOURING COMPANY

 

“42nd Street”

Dodger Stage Holding & Joop van den Ende, Producer

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 

“Aga-Boom!”

Art Players, Inc., Producer

Falcon Theatre

 

“Elaine Stritch At Liberty”

Creative Battery in association with John Schreibe, Producers

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 

“The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical”

Bialystock and Bloom Co.

 

“The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe”

Tomlin and Wagner Theatricalz, Producers; Janet Beroza, Co-Producer

CTG:  Ahmanson Theatre

 

 

PLAY (SMALLER THEATRE)

 

“An Evening with Marlene”

Sebastian Milito, Producer

Theatre East

 

“The Hostage”

Alliance Repertory Company

 

“The Island”

Camelot Artists Productions

 

“The Woman in Black”

The Road Theatre Company

 

“Times Like These”

Padua Playwrights’ Productions

 

 

PLAY (LARGER THEATRE)

 

“Toys in the Attic”

The Colony Theatre

 

“Agnes of God”

International City Theatre

 

“Late Nite Catechism”

McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Producers

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

 

“Morning’s at Seven”

Lincoln Center Theater, Andre Bishop/Bernard Gerst, Producers

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 

“The King Stag”

A Noise Within

 

 

MUSICAL (SMALLER THEATRE)

 

“Animal Farm”

Son of Semele Ensemble

 

“Dracula, A Musical Nightmare”

Sacred Fools Theater Company

 

“Nuncrackers”

Lissa and James Reynolds, Producers

Fremont Centre Theatre

 

“Songs for a New World”

TDRZ Productions, Inc. in association with Playwrights’ Arena

Playwrights’ Arena

 

“Sunday in the Park with George”

West Coast Ensemble

 

 

MUSICAL (LARGER THEATRE)

 

“Anything Goes”

Marcia Seligson, Producer

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

“Plaid Tidings”

Pasadena Playhouse

 

“Ragtime”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

“She Loves Me”

Reprise! Broadway’s Best

 

“Sweeney Todd”

Performance Riverside

 

 

SET DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)

 

David Edwards

“Animal Farm”

Son of Semele Ensemble

 

James Eric

“Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange”

Greenway Arts Alliance

 

Justin Huen & Jon Lawrence Rivera

“Songs for a New World”

Playwrights’ Arena

 

Matthew C Jacobs

“The Hostage”

Alliance Repertory Company

 

John Williams

“The Million Bells of Ocean”

Moving Arts

 

Desma Murphy

“The Woman in Black”

Road Theatre Company

 

Susan Gratch

“War Music”

Playwrights’ Arena and Echo Theater Company

 

 

SET DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)

 

David Gallo

“August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean”

CTG: Mark Taper Forum

 

John Lee Beatty

“Morning’s at Seven”

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 

John Amone

“Rose and Walsh”

Geffen Playhouse

 

David Jenkins

“Ten Unknowns”

CTG:  Mark Taper Forum

 

Tom Buderwitz

“Toys in the Attic”

The Colony Theatre

 

Tom Buderwitz

“Under the Blue Sky”

Geffen Playhouse

 

 

LIGHTING DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)

 

Chris Greulach

“Animal Farm”

Son of Semele Ensemble

 

Jeremy Pivnick

“Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange”

Greenway Arts Alliance

 

Rand Ryan

“Drama!”

CTG:  Taper Too

 

Frederick Wenzlaff

“La Gioconda”

Stage Theatre Company and The Collective

 

Josh Bradford

“The Good Thief”

Court Theatre

 

Robert L. Smith

“The Woman in Black”

Road Theatre Company

 

Jeremy Pivnick

“War Music”

Playwrights’ Arena and Echo Theater Company

 

 

LIGHTING DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)

 

Donald Holder

August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean”

CTG:  Mark Taper Forum

 

Daniel Ionazzi

“Boy Gets Girl”

Geffen Playhouse

 

Kwang Sub-Kim

“Dementia”

Latino Theatre Company

 

Jeremy Pivnick

“Gretty Good Time”

Falcon Theatre

 

Brian Macdevitt

“Morning’s at Seven

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 

Kevin Adams

“sexaholix…a love story”

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 

 

SOUND DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)

 

Al Sgro

“Animal Farm”

Son of Semele Ensemble

 

Rick Sparks

“Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange”

Greenway Arts Alliance

 

Drew Dalzell

“As I Lay Dying”

Open Fist Theatre Company

 

Randy Schulman & DE3

“La Gioconda”

Stages Theatre Company and The Collective

 

David B. Marling & Ken Sawyer

“The Woman in Black”

Road Theatre Company

 

Drew Dalzall & Joe Patrick Ward

“The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife”

Zephyr Theatre

 

John Zalewski

“War Music”

Playwrights’ Arena and Echo Theater Company

 

 

SOUND DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)

 

Karyl Lynn Burns & Steven Cahill

“A Streetcar Named Desire”

Rubicon Theatre Company

 

Dan Moses Schreier

August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean”

CTG:  Mark Taper Forum

 

Dan Moses Schreier

“Chavez Ravine”

CTG: Mark Taper Forum

 

Jonathan Snipes

“Dementia”

Latino Theatre Company

 

Frederick W. Boot

“Plaid Tidings”

Pasadena Playhouse

 

T. Richard Fitzgerald

“sexaholix…a love story”

CTG: Ahmanson Theatre

 


 

COSTUME DESIGN (SMALLER THEATRE)

 

Pat Tonnema

Anthony Burgess's “A Clockwork Orange

Greenway Arts Alliance

 

Delcie Adams, Nina Ameri

“La Gioconda”

Stages Theatre Center

 

Ann Clos-Farley

“Orlando”

Actors' Gang

 

Paula Post

“The First Quarto of Hamlet”

Theatre of NOTE

 

Nadine Parkos, Gelareh Khalioun

“The Hostage”

Alliance Repertory Company

 

Shon LeBlanc

“The Women”

Theatre Neo

 

Elizabeth Palmer

“War Music”

Playwrights' Arena

 

 

COSTUME DESIGN (LARGER THEATRE)

 

Bob Miller, Steven Howard

“Anything Goes”

Reprise! Broadway's Best in Concert

 

Constanza Romero

August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean"

CTG: Mark Taper Forum

 

B. Modern

“Me and My Girl”

Musical Theatre West

 

Gregg Barnes

“The Wizard of Oz”

Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

 

Alexa Stone

“Toys in the Attic”

The Colony Theatre

 

 

 

James A. Doolittle Award for Leadership in the Theatre

Ed Waterstreet

Co-founding artistic director of Deaf West Theatre

 

The Career Achievement Award

Gordon Davidson

Artistic director of the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum

Producing director of CTG/Ahmanson Theatre’s subscription season.