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

“42^nd 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