Arts In LA
Sage Awards
SAGE AWARDS
for theater in 2017
PRODUCTION
Kate Shindle, Abby Corrigan, and Alessandra Baldacchino in Fun Home
Archduke, Mark Taper Forum
Bright Star, Ahmanson Theatre
Fun Home, Ahmanson Theatre
Hamilton, Pantages Theatre
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
The House in Scarsdale, Theatre @ Boston Court
PLAYWRITING
Stephen Stocking, Ramiz Monsef, Todd Weeks, and Josiah Bania in Archduke
Jon Brittain, Rotterdam, Skylight Theatre
Rajiv Joseph, Archduke, Mark Taper Forum
Jon Klein, Resolving Hedda, Victory Theatre
Dan O’Brien, The House in Scarsdale, Theatre @ Boston Court
ADAPTATION
Craig Lucas, An American in Paris, Pantages Theatre
Simon Stephens, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE
Maddie Shea Baldwin, Patrick Cummings, Kaitlyn Davidson, Jeff Blumenkrantz, A.J. Shively and Carmen Cusack in Bright Star
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star, Ahmanson Theatre
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton, Pantages Theatre
Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, Fun Home, Ahmanson Theatre
DIRECTION
Brian Henderson and Tim Cummings in The House in Scarsdale
Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
Sam Gold, Fun Home, Ahmanson Theatre
Michael Michetti, The House in Scarsdale, Theatre @ Boston Court
Giovanna Sardelli, Archduke, Mark Taper Forum
Michael Shepperd, Rotterdam, Skylight Theatre
CHOREOGRAPHY
Noelle Marion, Rebecca Lumianski, Jennifer Leigh Warren, and Silvie Zamora in Nunsense
Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton, Pantages Theatre
K.C. Gussler, Nunsense, Palos Verdes Performing Arts at Norris Theatre
Josh Rhodes, Bright Star, Ahmanson Theatre
Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris, Pantages Theatre
MUSIC DIRECTION
Jeff Skowron in Fiddler on the Roof, er, make that Spamalot
Todd Ellison, An American in Paris, Pantages Theatre
David Lamoureux, Spamalot, 3-D Theatricals at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
SCENIC DESIGN
Maria Elena Ramirez, Gene Gillette, and Adam Langdon in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Nicholas Acciani, 33 Variations, Actors Co-op
Bunny Christie, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
LIGHTING DESIGN
Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
Andrew Schmedake, 33 Variations, Actors Co-op
COSTUME DESIGN
E. B. Brooks, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Geffen Playhouse
Bob Crowley, An American in Paris, Pantages Theatre
SOUND DESIGN
Ian Dickinson, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Larry Powell and Matt McGrath in The Legend of Georgia McBride
Tim Cummings, The House in Scarsdale, Theatre @ Boston Court
Brian Henderson, The House in Scarsdale, Theatre @ Boston Court
Adam Langdon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
Matt McGrath, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Geffen Playhouse
Patrick Page, Archduke, Mark Taper Forum
Larry Powell, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Geffen Playhouse
Debra Jo Rupp, The Cake, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Josh Grisetti and Rob McClure with the ensemble in Something Rotten!
Alessandra Baldacchino, Fun Home, Ahmanson Theatre
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star, Ahmanson Theatre
Josh Grisetti, Something Rotten!, Ahmanson Theatre
Joshua Henry, Hamilton, Pantages Theatre
Rob McClure, Something Rotten!, Ahmanson Theatre
Robert Petkoff, Fun Home, Ahmanson Theatre
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Zakiya Young, Wilkie Ferguson III, William Cooper Howell, John Devereaux, and Dedrick A. Bonner in Spamilton
33 Variations, Actors Co-op: John Allee, Greyson Chadwick, Bruce Ladd, Nan McNamara, Brandon Parrish, Stephen Rockwell, and Treva Tegtmeier
Archduke, Mark Taper Forum: Josiah Bania, Stephanie McVay, Ramiz Monsef, Patrick Page, Stephen Stocking, and Todd Weeks
Rotterdam, Skylight Theatre: Ryan Brophy, Audrey Cain, Ashley Romans, and Miranda Wynne
Spamilton, Kirk Douglas Theatre: Glenn Bassett, Susanne Blakeslee, Dedrick A. Bonner, Becca Brown, John Devereaux, Wilkie Ferguson III, William Cooper Howell, Elijah Reyes, and Zakiya Young
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Arye Gross, Underneath the Lintel, Geffen Playhouse
The 2017 voting critics of ArtsInLA.com are Dany Margolies, Dink O'Neal, Jonas Schwartz, and Melinda Schupmann
for theater in 2017
PRODUCTION
Kate Shindle, Abby Corrigan, and Alessandra Baldacchino in Fun Home
Photo by Joan Marcus
Archduke, Mark Taper Forum
Bright Star, Ahmanson Theatre
Fun Home, Ahmanson Theatre
Hamilton, Pantages Theatre
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
The House in Scarsdale, Theatre @ Boston Court
PLAYWRITING
Stephen Stocking, Ramiz Monsef, Todd Weeks, and Josiah Bania in Archduke
Photo by Craig Schwartz
Jon Brittain, Rotterdam, Skylight Theatre
Rajiv Joseph, Archduke, Mark Taper Forum
Jon Klein, Resolving Hedda, Victory Theatre
Dan O’Brien, The House in Scarsdale, Theatre @ Boston Court
ADAPTATION
Craig Lucas, An American in Paris, Pantages Theatre
Simon Stephens, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE
Maddie Shea Baldwin, Patrick Cummings, Kaitlyn Davidson, Jeff Blumenkrantz, A.J. Shively and Carmen Cusack in Bright Star
Photo by Craig Schwartz
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star, Ahmanson Theatre
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton, Pantages Theatre
Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, Fun Home, Ahmanson Theatre
DIRECTION
Brian Henderson and Tim Cummings in The House in Scarsdale
Photo by Ed Krieger
Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
Sam Gold, Fun Home, Ahmanson Theatre
Michael Michetti, The House in Scarsdale, Theatre @ Boston Court
Giovanna Sardelli, Archduke, Mark Taper Forum
Michael Shepperd, Rotterdam, Skylight Theatre
CHOREOGRAPHY
Noelle Marion, Rebecca Lumianski, Jennifer Leigh Warren, and Silvie Zamora in Nunsense
Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton, Pantages Theatre
K.C. Gussler, Nunsense, Palos Verdes Performing Arts at Norris Theatre
Josh Rhodes, Bright Star, Ahmanson Theatre
Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris, Pantages Theatre
MUSIC DIRECTION
Jeff Skowron in Fiddler on the Roof, er, make that Spamalot
Photo by jesseashton.com
Todd Ellison, An American in Paris, Pantages Theatre
David Lamoureux, Spamalot, 3-D Theatricals at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
SCENIC DESIGN
Maria Elena Ramirez, Gene Gillette, and Adam Langdon in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Photo by Joan Marcus
Nicholas Acciani, 33 Variations, Actors Co-op
Bunny Christie, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
LIGHTING DESIGN
Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
Andrew Schmedake, 33 Variations, Actors Co-op
COSTUME DESIGN
E. B. Brooks, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Geffen Playhouse
Bob Crowley, An American in Paris, Pantages Theatre
SOUND DESIGN
Ian Dickinson, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Larry Powell and Matt McGrath in The Legend of Georgia McBride
Photo by Jeff Lorch
Tim Cummings, The House in Scarsdale, Theatre @ Boston Court
Brian Henderson, The House in Scarsdale, Theatre @ Boston Court
Adam Langdon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Ahmanson Theatre
Matt McGrath, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Geffen Playhouse
Patrick Page, Archduke, Mark Taper Forum
Larry Powell, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Geffen Playhouse
Debra Jo Rupp, The Cake, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Josh Grisetti and Rob McClure with the ensemble in Something Rotten!
Photo by Jeremy Daniel
Alessandra Baldacchino, Fun Home, Ahmanson Theatre
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star, Ahmanson Theatre
Josh Grisetti, Something Rotten!, Ahmanson Theatre
Joshua Henry, Hamilton, Pantages Theatre
Rob McClure, Something Rotten!, Ahmanson Theatre
Robert Petkoff, Fun Home, Ahmanson Theatre
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Zakiya Young, Wilkie Ferguson III, William Cooper Howell, John Devereaux, and Dedrick A. Bonner in Spamilton
Photo by Craig Schwartz
33 Variations, Actors Co-op: John Allee, Greyson Chadwick, Bruce Ladd, Nan McNamara, Brandon Parrish, Stephen Rockwell, and Treva Tegtmeier
Archduke, Mark Taper Forum: Josiah Bania, Stephanie McVay, Ramiz Monsef, Patrick Page, Stephen Stocking, and Todd Weeks
Rotterdam, Skylight Theatre: Ryan Brophy, Audrey Cain, Ashley Romans, and Miranda Wynne
Spamilton, Kirk Douglas Theatre: Glenn Bassett, Susanne Blakeslee, Dedrick A. Bonner, Becca Brown, John Devereaux, Wilkie Ferguson III, William Cooper Howell, Elijah Reyes, and Zakiya Young
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Arye Gross, Underneath the Lintel, Geffen Playhouse
January 9, 2018
The 2017 voting critics of ArtsInLA.com are Dany Margolies, Dink O'Neal, Jonas Schwartz, and Melinda Schupmann
SAGE AWARDS
for theater in 2015
PRODUCTION
Anna Christie, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Mojada—A Medea in Los Angeles, Theatre @ Boston Court at Getty Villa
My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
Picnic, Antaeus Theatre Company
The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, Fountain Theatre
These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
Sons of the Prophet, Blank Theatre Company
Anna Christie at Odyssey Theatre (with Zoe Perry and Kevin McKidd)
PLAYWRITING
Lily Blau, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
Eric Coble, My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
Athol Fugard, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, Fountain Theatre
The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek at Fountain Theatre (with Thomas Silcott and Philip Solomon)
ADAPTATION
Luis Alfaro, Mojada—A Medea in Los Angeles, Theatre @ Boston Court at Getty Villa
Sam Hunter, Lady Into Fox, Elephant Space/Echo Theater Company/Bootleg Theater
Rolin Jones, These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
Dennis Kelly, Matilda the Musical, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE
Billie Joe Armstrong, These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Mary Lou Newmark, Breathing Room, Greenway Court Theatre
DIRECTION
Jessica Kubzansky, Mojada—A Medea in Los Angeles, Theatre @ Boston Court at Getty Villa
Simon Levy, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, Fountain Theatre
Michael Michetti, My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
Emma Rice, Tristan & Yseult, Kneehigh Theatre Company at South Coast Rep
Kim Rubinstein, Anna Christie, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
CHOREOGRAPHY
Peter Darling, Matilda The Musical, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Lee Martino, Carrie: The Killer Musical Experience, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts at Los Angeles Theater
Angela Todaro, American Idiot, DOMA Theatre Company at MET Theatre
Kelly Todd and Christopher M. Albrecht, Hairspray, Chance Theater
MUSIC DIRECTION
Eric Heinly, The Snow QUEEN, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon Theatre
Julie Lamoureux, My Fair Lady, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Christopher Raymond, American Idiot, DOMA Theatre Company at MET Theatre
Abdul Hamid Royal, The Gospel at Colonus, Ebony Repertory Theatre at Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
SCENIC DESIGN
Tom Buderwitz, My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
Wilson Chin, Anna Christie, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Stephen Gifford, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
Mimi Lien, Appropriate, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
LIGHTING DESIGN
Tom Ontiveros, My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
Jared A. Sayeg, Picnic, Antaeus Theatre Company
Jamie Lee Smith, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
COSTUME DESIGN
Jessica Ford, These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
William Ivey Long, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Garry Lennon, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
Linda Roethke, Into the Woods, Oregon Shakespeare Festival at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll at Theatre @ Boston Court (with Corryn Cummins, Erica Hanrahan-Ball, and Leo Marks)
SOUND DESIGN
John Ballinger, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
Jeff Gardner, Picnic, Antaeus Theatre Company
Matt Tierney, Appropriate, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
John Zalewski, My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Tim Cummings, Need to Know, Rogue Machine
Taylor Gilbert, The Other Place, Road Theater Company
Zoe Perry, Anna Christie, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Adam Silver, Sons of the Prophet, Blank Theatre Company
Jimmi Simpson, Trevor, Circle X Theatre Co.
Sabina Zuniga Varela, Mojada—A Medea in Los Angeles, Theatre @ Boston Court at Getty Villa
PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Ryder Bach, Girlfriend, Center Theatre Group at Kirk Douglas Theatre
Misty Cotton, Carrie: The Killer Musical Experience, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts at Los Angeles Theater
Quinn Mattfield, Matilda the Musical, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Katharine McDonough, My Fair Lady, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Nicole Parker, These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
Elizabeth Stanley, The Bridges of Madison County, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Ariana Venturi, These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Orson Bean, Safe at Home: An Evening With Orson Bean, Pacific Resident Theatre
Erik Jensen, How to Be a Rock Critic, Center Theatre Group at Kirk Douglas Theater
John Douglas Thompson, Satchmo at the Waldorf, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Awake & Sing!, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble: David Agranov, Richard Fancy, Marilyn Fox, Robert Lesser, Dennis Madden, Allan Miller, James Morosini, Melissa Paladino, and Gary Parent
Guards at the Taj, Geffen Playhouse: Raffi Barsoumian and Ramiz Monsef
Lady Into Fox, Elephant Space/Echo Theater Company/Bootleg Theater: Spencer Devlin Howard, Claire Kaplan, and Nathan Turner
The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, Fountain Theatre: Gilbert Glenn Brown, Thomas Silcott, Phillip Solomon, and Suanne Spoke
Guards at the Taj at Geffen Playhouse (with Raffi Barsoumian and Ramiz Monsef)
for theater in 2015
PRODUCTION
Anna Christie, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Mojada—A Medea in Los Angeles, Theatre @ Boston Court at Getty Villa
My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
Picnic, Antaeus Theatre Company
The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, Fountain Theatre
These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
Sons of the Prophet, Blank Theatre Company
Anna Christie at Odyssey Theatre (with Zoe Perry and Kevin McKidd)
Photo by Diego Barajas
PLAYWRITING
Lily Blau, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
Eric Coble, My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
Athol Fugard, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, Fountain Theatre
The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek at Fountain Theatre (with Thomas Silcott and Philip Solomon)
Photo by Ed Krieger
ADAPTATION
Luis Alfaro, Mojada—A Medea in Los Angeles, Theatre @ Boston Court at Getty Villa
Sam Hunter, Lady Into Fox, Elephant Space/Echo Theater Company/Bootleg Theater
Rolin Jones, These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
Dennis Kelly, Matilda the Musical, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE
Billie Joe Armstrong, These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Mary Lou Newmark, Breathing Room, Greenway Court Theatre
DIRECTION
Jessica Kubzansky, Mojada—A Medea in Los Angeles, Theatre @ Boston Court at Getty Villa
Simon Levy, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, Fountain Theatre
Michael Michetti, My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
Emma Rice, Tristan & Yseult, Kneehigh Theatre Company at South Coast Rep
Kim Rubinstein, Anna Christie, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
CHOREOGRAPHY
Peter Darling, Matilda The Musical, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Lee Martino, Carrie: The Killer Musical Experience, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts at Los Angeles Theater
Angela Todaro, American Idiot, DOMA Theatre Company at MET Theatre
Kelly Todd and Christopher M. Albrecht, Hairspray, Chance Theater
MUSIC DIRECTION
Eric Heinly, The Snow QUEEN, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon Theatre
Julie Lamoureux, My Fair Lady, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Christopher Raymond, American Idiot, DOMA Theatre Company at MET Theatre
Abdul Hamid Royal, The Gospel at Colonus, Ebony Repertory Theatre at Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
SCENIC DESIGN
Tom Buderwitz, My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
Wilson Chin, Anna Christie, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Stephen Gifford, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
Mimi Lien, Appropriate, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
LIGHTING DESIGN
Tom Ontiveros, My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
Jared A. Sayeg, Picnic, Antaeus Theatre Company
Jamie Lee Smith, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
COSTUME DESIGN
Jessica Ford, These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
William Ivey Long, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Garry Lennon, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
Linda Roethke, Into the Woods, Oregon Shakespeare Festival at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll at Theatre @ Boston Court (with Corryn Cummins, Erica Hanrahan-Ball, and Leo Marks)
Photo by Ed Krieger
SOUND DESIGN
John Ballinger, The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll, Theatre @ Boston Court
Jeff Gardner, Picnic, Antaeus Theatre Company
Matt Tierney, Appropriate, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
John Zalewski, My Barking Dog, Theatre @ Boston Court
PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Tim Cummings, Need to Know, Rogue Machine
Taylor Gilbert, The Other Place, Road Theater Company
Zoe Perry, Anna Christie, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Adam Silver, Sons of the Prophet, Blank Theatre Company
Jimmi Simpson, Trevor, Circle X Theatre Co.
Sabina Zuniga Varela, Mojada—A Medea in Los Angeles, Theatre @ Boston Court at Getty Villa
PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Ryder Bach, Girlfriend, Center Theatre Group at Kirk Douglas Theatre
Misty Cotton, Carrie: The Killer Musical Experience, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts at Los Angeles Theater
Quinn Mattfield, Matilda the Musical, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Katharine McDonough, My Fair Lady, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Nicole Parker, These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
Elizabeth Stanley, The Bridges of Madison County, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Ariana Venturi, These Paper Bullets!, The Yale Repertory Theatre production at Geffen Playhouse
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Orson Bean, Safe at Home: An Evening With Orson Bean, Pacific Resident Theatre
Erik Jensen, How to Be a Rock Critic, Center Theatre Group at Kirk Douglas Theater
John Douglas Thompson, Satchmo at the Waldorf, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Awake & Sing!, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble: David Agranov, Richard Fancy, Marilyn Fox, Robert Lesser, Dennis Madden, Allan Miller, James Morosini, Melissa Paladino, and Gary Parent
Guards at the Taj, Geffen Playhouse: Raffi Barsoumian and Ramiz Monsef
Lady Into Fox, Elephant Space/Echo Theater Company/Bootleg Theater: Spencer Devlin Howard, Claire Kaplan, and Nathan Turner
The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, Fountain Theatre: Gilbert Glenn Brown, Thomas Silcott, Phillip Solomon, and Suanne Spoke
Guards at the Taj at Geffen Playhouse (with Raffi Barsoumian and Ramiz Monsef)
January 2, 2016
Sage Awards
for theater in 2013
Who says critics don’t like anything? Our theater critics chose their tops of 2013, from best production through best fight choreography, and the crossover among our choices gave rise to a surprisingly large list.
And so we have decided to inaugurate our Sage Awards—named for the obvious reference to the wisdom we hope for, but also for the plant that covers the Los Angeles area, as we do.
Congratulations to the Sage Award winners, and we hope to share more great theater in 2014.
PRODUCTION
Ah, Wilderness!, Actors Co-op
El Grande de Coca Cola, Ruskin Group Theatre
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Ahmanson Theatre
One Night in Miami…, Rogue Machine
Our Class, Son of Semele Ensemble at Atwater Village Theatre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre
The Nether, Kirk Douglas Theatre
The Scottsboro Boys, Ahmanson Theatre
We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915, Matrix Theatre
PLAYWRITING
Jennifer Haley, The Nether, Kirk Douglas Theatre
Bruce Norris, A Parallelogram, Mark Taper Forum
Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami…, Rogue Machine
Christopher Shinn, Dying City, Rogue Machine
Jackie Sibblies Drury, We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915, Matrix Theatre
ADAPTATION
David Ives, The Liar, Antaeus Company
Nancy Keystone, Alcestis, The Theatre @ Boston Court
Jessica Kubzansky, R II, The Theatre @ Boston Court
MUSICAL SCORE
Joe Iconis, The Black Suits, Kirk Douglas Theatre
John Kander and Fred Ebb, The Scottsboro Boys, Ahmanson Theatre
DIRECTION
Matthew McCray, Our Class, Son of Semele Ensemble at Atwater Village Theatre
Michael Peretzian, Dying City, Rogue Machine
Julia Rodriguez-Elliott, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
Ken Sawyer, The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre
MUSIC DIRECTION
Dennis Castellano, The Fantasticks, South Coast Repertory
Eric Heinly, A Midsummer Saturday Night’s Fever Dream, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon Theatre
Ross Seligman, One Night With Janis Joplin, Pasadena Playhouse
Robyn Wallace, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Chance Theater
CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford, Evita, Pantages Theatre
Matthew Bourne, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Ahmanson Theatre
Lee Martino, Nuttin’ but Hutton, NoHo Arts Center
Arlene Phillips, The Wizard of Oz, Pantages Theatre
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys, Ahmanson Theatre
Kelly Todd, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Chance Theater
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
Ken Merckx, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
SCENIC DESIGN
Adrian W. Jones, The Nether, Kirk Douglas Theatre
Keith Mitchell, Billy & Ray, Falcon Theatre
Allen Moyer, Parfumerie, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Jeanine A. Ringer, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
Thomas A. Walsh, Annapurna, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Evidence Room, at Odyssey Theatre
LIGHTING DESIGN
Ken Booth, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
Paule Constable, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Ahmanson Theatre
Christopher Kuhl, The Nether, Kirk Douglas Theatre
David Lander, Parfumerie, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Justin Townsend, One Night With Janis Joplin, Pasadena Playhouse
COSTUME DESIGN
Angela Balogh Calin, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
Lez Brotherston, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Ahmanson Theatre
Michael Krass, Parfumerie, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
SOUND DESIGN
Jonathan Snipes, Wait Until Dark, Geffen Playhouse
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY
Mark Bramhall (grandfather), Walking the Tightrope, 24th STreet Theatre
Phil Crowley (Nat Miller, father), Ah, Wilderness!, Actors Co-Op
Jason Dechert (young Pericles and pandar), Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
Arye Gross (Mr. Sipos), Parfumerie, Wallis Annenberg Center
Robert Lesser (lawyer/Greek chorus), A View From the Bridge, Pacific Resident Theater
Dakin Matthews (Doyle), The Nether, Kirk Douglas Theatre
Seth Numrich (Eli), Slipping, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater at Lillian Theatre
Deborah Strang (narrator), Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
Paige Lindsey White (Esme the granddaughter), Walking the Tightrope, 24th STreet Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION
Sabrina Elayne Carten (Blues Singer), One Night With Janis Joplin, Pasadena Playhouse
Nate Dendy (The Mute), The Fantasticks, South Coast Repertory
Mary Bridget Davies (Janis), One Night With Janis Joplin, Pasadena Playhouse
Jamie McKnight (Scarecrow), The Wizard of Oz, Pantages Theatre
Josh Young (Che), Evita, Pantages Theatre
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Lorenzo Pisoni, Humor Abuse, Mark Taper Forum
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
The Katrina Comedy Fest, Bayou Playhouse and Flambeaux Productions at Lounge Theatre: Peggy Blow, Deidrie Henry, Travis Michael Holder***, Judy Jean Berns, L. Trey Wilson, and Jan Munroe
One Night in Miami…, Rogue Machine: Giovanni Adams, Kevin Daniels, Jason Delane, Matt Jones, Ty Jones, Jason E. Kelley, Burl Moseley, and Jah Shams
Our Class, Son of Semele Ensemble at Atwater Village Theatre: Melina Bielefelt, Sharyn Gabriel, Matt Kirkwood, Michael Nehring, Gary Patent, Gavin Peretti, Sarah Roseberg, Kiff Scholl, Dan Via, and Alexander Wells
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre: Johanna Chase, Paul Haitkin, Michael Hanson, Elizabeth Herron, Carl J. Johnson, Che Landon, Ed F. Martin, Ann Noble, Dylan Seaton, Christine Sloane, and Paul Witten
The Scottsboro Boys, Ahmanson Theatre: Gilbert L. Bailey II, David Bazemore, Ayanna Berkshire, Shavey Brown, Christopher James Culberson, Joshua Henry, Trent Armand Kendall, Max Kumangai, Hal Linden, JC Montgomery, Justin Prescott, Clinton Roane, Cedric Sanders, Deandre Sevon, Christian Dante White, and C. Kelly Wright
We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915, Matrix Theatre: Daniel Bess, Julanne Chidi Hill, Joe Holt, Phil LaMarr, Rebecca Mozo, and John Sloan
***Travis Michael Holder reviews for ArtsInLA.com. He did not nominate himself, nor did he nominate his show.
The voting theater critics of ArtsInLA.com: Travis Michael Holder, Dany Margolies, Julio Martinez, Dink O’Neal, Melinda Schupmann, and Bob Verini
At top: The Scottsboro Boys, Ahmanson Theatre
Robert Joy and Brighid Fleming, The Nether, at Kirk Douglas Theatre, photo by Craig Schwartz
A Midsummer Saturday Night's Fever Dream, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon Theatre
Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, Annapurna, at Odyssey Theatre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre at A Noise Within
for theater in 2013
Who says critics don’t like anything? Our theater critics chose their tops of 2013, from best production through best fight choreography, and the crossover among our choices gave rise to a surprisingly large list.
And so we have decided to inaugurate our Sage Awards—named for the obvious reference to the wisdom we hope for, but also for the plant that covers the Los Angeles area, as we do.
Congratulations to the Sage Award winners, and we hope to share more great theater in 2014.
PRODUCTION
Ah, Wilderness!, Actors Co-op
El Grande de Coca Cola, Ruskin Group Theatre
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Ahmanson Theatre
One Night in Miami…, Rogue Machine
Our Class, Son of Semele Ensemble at Atwater Village Theatre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre
The Nether, Kirk Douglas Theatre
The Scottsboro Boys, Ahmanson Theatre
We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915, Matrix Theatre
PLAYWRITING
Jennifer Haley, The Nether, Kirk Douglas TheatreBruce Norris, A Parallelogram, Mark Taper Forum
Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami…, Rogue Machine
Christopher Shinn, Dying City, Rogue Machine
Jackie Sibblies Drury, We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915, Matrix Theatre
ADAPTATION
David Ives, The Liar, Antaeus Company
Nancy Keystone, Alcestis, The Theatre @ Boston Court
Jessica Kubzansky, R II, The Theatre @ Boston Court
MUSICAL SCORE
Joe Iconis, The Black Suits, Kirk Douglas Theatre
John Kander and Fred Ebb, The Scottsboro Boys, Ahmanson Theatre
DIRECTION
Matthew McCray, Our Class, Son of Semele Ensemble at Atwater Village Theatre
Michael Peretzian, Dying City, Rogue Machine
Julia Rodriguez-Elliott, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
Ken Sawyer, The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre
MUSIC DIRECTION
Dennis Castellano, The Fantasticks, South Coast Repertory
Eric Heinly, A Midsummer Saturday Night’s Fever Dream, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon TheatreRoss Seligman, One Night With Janis Joplin, Pasadena Playhouse
Robyn Wallace, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Chance Theater
CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford, Evita, Pantages Theatre
Matthew Bourne, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Ahmanson Theatre
Lee Martino, Nuttin’ but Hutton, NoHo Arts Center
Arlene Phillips, The Wizard of Oz, Pantages Theatre
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys, Ahmanson Theatre
Kelly Todd, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Chance Theater
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
Ken Merckx, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
SCENIC DESIGN
Adrian W. Jones, The Nether, Kirk Douglas Theatre
Keith Mitchell, Billy & Ray, Falcon Theatre
Allen Moyer, Parfumerie, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Jeanine A. Ringer, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
Thomas A. Walsh, Annapurna, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Evidence Room, at Odyssey Theatre
LIGHTING DESIGN
Ken Booth, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
Paule Constable, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Ahmanson Theatre
Christopher Kuhl, The Nether, Kirk Douglas Theatre
David Lander, Parfumerie, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Justin Townsend, One Night With Janis Joplin, Pasadena Playhouse
COSTUME DESIGN
Angela Balogh Calin, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise WithinLez Brotherston, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Ahmanson Theatre
Michael Krass, Parfumerie, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
SOUND DESIGN
Jonathan Snipes, Wait Until Dark, Geffen Playhouse
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY
Mark Bramhall (grandfather), Walking the Tightrope, 24th STreet Theatre
Phil Crowley (Nat Miller, father), Ah, Wilderness!, Actors Co-Op
Jason Dechert (young Pericles and pandar), Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
Arye Gross (Mr. Sipos), Parfumerie, Wallis Annenberg Center
Robert Lesser (lawyer/Greek chorus), A View From the Bridge, Pacific Resident Theater
Dakin Matthews (Doyle), The Nether, Kirk Douglas Theatre
Seth Numrich (Eli), Slipping, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater at Lillian Theatre
Deborah Strang (narrator), Pericles, Prince of Tyre, A Noise Within
Paige Lindsey White (Esme the granddaughter), Walking the Tightrope, 24th STreet Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION
Sabrina Elayne Carten (Blues Singer), One Night With Janis Joplin, Pasadena Playhouse
Nate Dendy (The Mute), The Fantasticks, South Coast Repertory
Mary Bridget Davies (Janis), One Night With Janis Joplin, Pasadena Playhouse
Jamie McKnight (Scarecrow), The Wizard of Oz, Pantages Theatre
Josh Young (Che), Evita, Pantages Theatre
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Lorenzo Pisoni, Humor Abuse, Mark Taper Forum
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
The Katrina Comedy Fest, Bayou Playhouse and Flambeaux Productions at Lounge Theatre: Peggy Blow, Deidrie Henry, Travis Michael Holder***, Judy Jean Berns, L. Trey Wilson, and Jan Munroe
One Night in Miami…, Rogue Machine: Giovanni Adams, Kevin Daniels, Jason Delane, Matt Jones, Ty Jones, Jason E. Kelley, Burl Moseley, and Jah Shams
Our Class, Son of Semele Ensemble at Atwater Village Theatre: Melina Bielefelt, Sharyn Gabriel, Matt Kirkwood, Michael Nehring, Gary Patent, Gavin Peretti, Sarah Roseberg, Kiff Scholl, Dan Via, and Alexander Wells
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre: Johanna Chase, Paul Haitkin, Michael Hanson, Elizabeth Herron, Carl J. Johnson, Che Landon, Ed F. Martin, Ann Noble, Dylan Seaton, Christine Sloane, and Paul Witten
The Scottsboro Boys, Ahmanson Theatre: Gilbert L. Bailey II, David Bazemore, Ayanna Berkshire, Shavey Brown, Christopher James Culberson, Joshua Henry, Trent Armand Kendall, Max Kumangai, Hal Linden, JC Montgomery, Justin Prescott, Clinton Roane, Cedric Sanders, Deandre Sevon, Christian Dante White, and C. Kelly Wright
We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915, Matrix Theatre: Daniel Bess, Julanne Chidi Hill, Joe Holt, Phil LaMarr, Rebecca Mozo, and John Sloan
***Travis Michael Holder reviews for ArtsInLA.com. He did not nominate himself, nor did he nominate his show.
The voting theater critics of ArtsInLA.com: Travis Michael Holder, Dany Margolies, Julio Martinez, Dink O’Neal, Melinda Schupmann, and Bob Verini
January 5, 2014
At top: The Scottsboro Boys, Ahmanson Theatre
Robert Joy and Brighid Fleming, The Nether, at Kirk Douglas Theatre, photo by Craig Schwartz
A Midsummer Saturday Night's Fever Dream, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon Theatre
Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, Annapurna, at Odyssey Theatre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre at A Noise Within
SAGE AWARDS
for theater in 2016
Kristen Beth Williams, Kevin Massey, and Adrienne Eller in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Ahmanson Theatre
PRODUCTION
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Casa Valentina, Pasadena Playhouse
Cloud 9, Antaeus Theatre Company
Disgraced, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Pacific Resident Theatre
Rodney To and Rebecca Gray in One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theatre Company at Atwater Village Theater
PLAYWRITING (world premiere)
Jon Robin Baitz, Vicuña, Center Theatre Group at Kirk Douglas Theatre
Tom Jacobson, Captain of the Bible Quiz Team, Rogue Machine at various venues
Erik Patterson, One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
Jason Wells, The Engine of Our Ruin, The Victory Theatre’s Bare Bones, at The Victory Theatre Center
MUSICAL SCORE (world premiere)
Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull, Empire, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
DIRECTION
Joe Langworth, West Side Story, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Center
Maria Gobetti, The Engine of Our Ruin, The Victory Theatre’s Bare Bones, at The Victory Theatre Center
Dana Jackson, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Pacific Resident Theatre
Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
CHOREOGRAPHY
Christopher M. Albrecht, Urinetown the Musical, Coeurage Theatre Company
Leslie Stevens, The Full Monty, 3–D Theatricals
MUSIC DIRECTION
Corey Hirsch, The Full Monty, 3–D Theatricals
SCENIC DESIGN
Tom Buderwitz, Casa Valentina, Pasadena Playhouse
Alexander Dodge, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Keith Mitchell, Stage Kiss, Geffen Playhouse
The cast of Casa Valentina at Pasadena Playhouse
LIGHTING DESIGN
Ken Booth, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Pacific Resident Theatre
COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Bergh, Casa Valentina, Pasadena Playhouse
Ann Closs-Farley, Women Laughing Alone With Salad, Center Theatre Group at Kirk Douglas Theatre
A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Cloud 9, Antaeus Theatre Company
SOUND DESIGN
Dan Moses Schreier, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theater Group at Ahmanson Theatre
John Zalewski, The Revisionist, Wallis Center for the Performing Arts
PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Ginna Carter, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Pacific Resident Theatre
Rebecca Gray, One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
Rob Nagle, Church & State, Skylight Theatre Company
Aisling O’Sullivan, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
Rodney To, One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Darren Criss, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Pantages Theatre
Lena Hall, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Pantages Theatre
Randy Harrison, Cabaret, Pantages Theatre
Candi Milo, The Full Monty, 3–D Theatricals
John Rapson, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Kristen Beth Williams, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Casa Valentina, Pasadena Playhouse: Christian Clemenson, Nike Doukas, Valerie Mahaffey, Robert Mammana, Raymond McAnally, Lawrence Pressman, James Snyder, Mark Jude Sullivan, and John Vickery
Go Back to Where You Are, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble: Bill Brochtrup, John Fleck, Annabelle Gurwitch, Shannon Holt, Justin Huen, Jeffrey Hutchinson, and Andrew Walke
One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre: Rebecca Gray, Graham Hamilton, Tara Karsian, and Rodney To
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Pacific Resident Theatre: Paul Anderson, Ginna Carter, Philip Cass, Derek Chariton, Joan Chodorow, Mary Jo Deschanel, Andrew Dits, Brad Greenquist, Choppy Guillotte, Amy Huntington, and Rita Obermeyer
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Sam Harris, Ham, Los Angeles LGBT Center
Deborah Puette, Captain of the Bible Quiz Team, Rogue Machine at various venues
Rainn Wilson, Thom Pain (based on nothing), Geffen Playhouse
for theater in 2016
Kristen Beth Williams, Kevin Massey, and Adrienne Eller in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Ahmanson Theatre
Joan Marcus
PRODUCTION
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Casa Valentina, Pasadena Playhouse
Cloud 9, Antaeus Theatre Company
Disgraced, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Pacific Resident Theatre
Rodney To and Rebecca Gray in One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theatre Company at Atwater Village Theater
Darrett Sanders
PLAYWRITING (world premiere)
Jon Robin Baitz, Vicuña, Center Theatre Group at Kirk Douglas Theatre
Tom Jacobson, Captain of the Bible Quiz Team, Rogue Machine at various venues
Erik Patterson, One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
Jason Wells, The Engine of Our Ruin, The Victory Theatre’s Bare Bones, at The Victory Theatre Center
MUSICAL SCORE (world premiere)
Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull, Empire, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
DIRECTION
Joe Langworth, West Side Story, Musical Theatre West at Carpenter Center
Maria Gobetti, The Engine of Our Ruin, The Victory Theatre’s Bare Bones, at The Victory Theatre Center
Dana Jackson, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Pacific Resident Theatre
Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
CHOREOGRAPHY
Christopher M. Albrecht, Urinetown the Musical, Coeurage Theatre Company
Leslie Stevens, The Full Monty, 3–D Theatricals
MUSIC DIRECTION
Corey Hirsch, The Full Monty, 3–D Theatricals
SCENIC DESIGN
Tom Buderwitz, Casa Valentina, Pasadena Playhouse
Alexander Dodge, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Keith Mitchell, Stage Kiss, Geffen Playhouse
The cast of Casa Valentina at Pasadena Playhouse
Jim Cox Photography
LIGHTING DESIGN
Ken Booth, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Pacific Resident Theatre
COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Bergh, Casa Valentina, Pasadena Playhouse
Ann Closs-Farley, Women Laughing Alone With Salad, Center Theatre Group at Kirk Douglas Theatre
A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Cloud 9, Antaeus Theatre Company
SOUND DESIGN
Dan Moses Schreier, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theater Group at Ahmanson Theatre
John Zalewski, The Revisionist, Wallis Center for the Performing Arts
PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Ginna Carter, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Pacific Resident Theatre
Rebecca Gray, One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
Rob Nagle, Church & State, Skylight Theatre Company
Aisling O’Sullivan, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
Rodney To, One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Darren Criss, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Pantages Theatre
Lena Hall, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Pantages Theatre
Randy Harrison, Cabaret, Pantages Theatre
Candi Milo, The Full Monty, 3–D Theatricals
John Rapson, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Kristen Beth Williams, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Casa Valentina, Pasadena Playhouse: Christian Clemenson, Nike Doukas, Valerie Mahaffey, Robert Mammana, Raymond McAnally, Lawrence Pressman, James Snyder, Mark Jude Sullivan, and John Vickery
Go Back to Where You Are, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble: Bill Brochtrup, John Fleck, Annabelle Gurwitch, Shannon Holt, Justin Huen, Jeffrey Hutchinson, and Andrew Walke
One of the Nice Ones, Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre: Rebecca Gray, Graham Hamilton, Tara Karsian, and Rodney To
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Pacific Resident Theatre: Paul Anderson, Ginna Carter, Philip Cass, Derek Chariton, Joan Chodorow, Mary Jo Deschanel, Andrew Dits, Brad Greenquist, Choppy Guillotte, Amy Huntington, and Rita Obermeyer
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Sam Harris, Ham, Los Angeles LGBT Center
Deborah Puette, Captain of the Bible Quiz Team, Rogue Machine at various venues
Rainn Wilson, Thom Pain (based on nothing), Geffen Playhouse
January 3, 2017
Sage Awards 2014
PRODUCTION
Buyer & Cellar, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
Everything You Touch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Henry V, Pacific Resident Theatre
Stupid Fucking Bird, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company at The Theatre @ Boston Court
The Curse of Oedipus, The Antaeus Company
PLAYWRITIG
Mickey Birnbaum, Backyard, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
Sheila Callaghan, Everything You Touch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Scott Carter, The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord, NoHo Arts Center and Geffen Playhouse
Kenneth Cavander, The Curse of Oedipus, The Antaeus Company
Greg Pierce, Slowgirl, Geffen Playhouse
Marja-Lewis Ryan, One in the Chamber, 6140 Productions & Lounge Theatre at Lounge Theatre
Tommy Smith, Firemen, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
ADAPTATION
Aaron Posner, Stupid Fucking Bird, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Troubadour Theater Company, Abbamemnon, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE
Matt Almos, Brendan Milburn and Burglars of Hamm, The Behavior of Broadus, Sacred Fools Theater Company and Burglars of Hamm at Sacred Fools Theater
DIRECTION
Guillermo Cienfuegos, Henry V, Pacific Resident Theater
Jessica Kubzansky, Everything You Touch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Robin Larsen, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Michael Michetti, Stupid Fucking Bird, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company at The Theatre @ Boston Court
CHOREOGRAPHY
Marcus Choi, Beijing Spring, East West Players at the David Henry Hwang Theater
Julie Hall, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Actors Co-op at the Crossley Theatre
Spencer Liff, Spring Awakening, Deaf West Theatre in association with The Forest of Arden, at Inner City Arts
MUSIC DIRECTION
Jake Anthony, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Actors Co-op at the Crossley Theatre
Eric Heinly, The Snow QUEEN, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon Theatre
David O, Floyd Collins, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
John O’Neill, Harmony, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
Jared Stein, Spring Awakening, Deaf West Theatre in association with The Forest of Arden, at Inner City Arts
SCENIC DESIGN
Tom Buderwitz, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Melissa Ficociello, The Last Act of Lilka Kadison, Falcon Theatre, Abbie Phillips and Jan Kallish in association with Lookingglass Theatre Company, at the Falcon Theatre
Stephen Gifford, Backyard, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
Andrew Hammer, Broomstick, Fountain Theatre
Jeff McLaughlin, Pray to Ball, Skylight Theatre
LIGHTING DESIGN
Leigh Allen, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Francois-Pierre Couture, The Curse of Oedipus, The Antaeus Company
Guido Girardi, Beijing Spring, East West Players at the David Henry Hwang Theater
Lisa D. Katz, Floyd Collins, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Luke Moyer, The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord, NoHo Arts Center and Geffen Playhouse
COSTUME DESIGN
Gregg Barnes, Kinky Boots, Pantages Theatre
Jenny Foldenauer, Everything You Touch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Sharon McGunigle, The Snow QUEEN, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon Theatre
SOUND DESIGN
Peter Bayne, Broomstick, Fountain Theatre
Richard Woodbury, Slowgirl, Geffen Playhouse
PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Brooke Adams, Happy Days, The Theatre @ Boston Court
Hugo Armstrong, Backyard, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
Rae Gray, Slowgirl, Geffen Playhouse
O-Lan Jones, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Eric Lange, The Country House, Geffen Playhouse
Abigail Marks, Top Girls, Antaeus Theatre Company
Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
Ann Noble, The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?, Los Angeles LGBT Center at The Davidson/Valentini Theatre at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza
Jaimi Paige, Venus in Fur, South Coast Repertory
William Petersen, Slowgirl, Geffen Playhouse
David Selby, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Susan Sullivan, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Kirsten Vangsness, Everything You Touch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Paul Witten, The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?, Los Angeles LGBT Center at The Davidson/Valentini Theatre at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza
Jacqueline Wright, Backyard, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Carter Calvert, Always…Patsy Cline, El Portal Theater
Larry Raben, The Drowsy Chaperone, Norris Center for the Performing Arts/Palos Verdes Performing Arts at Norris Theatre
Jeff Skowron, The Producers, 3-D Theatricals, Plummer Auditorium and Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
Kyle Taylor Parker, Kinky Boots, Pantages Theatre
Peter Allen Vogt, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Actors Co-op at the Crossley Theatre
Stuart Ward, Once, Pantages Theatre and Segerstrom Stage
Mark Whitten, Floyd Collins, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Kris Andersson, Dixie’s Tupperware Party, Geffen Playhouse
Annette Bening, Ruth Draper’s Monologues, Geffen Playhouse
Barry McGovern, I’ll Go On, Center Theatre Group at Kirk Douglas Theatre
Christopher Plummer, A Word or Two, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Michael Urie, Buyer & Cellar, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
One in the Chamber, 6140 Productions & Lounge Theatre at Lounge Theatre: Kelli Anderson, Robert Bella, Alec Frasier, Fenix Isabella, Emily Peck, and Heidi Sulzman
Stupid Fucking Bird, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company at The Theatre @ Boston Court: Will Bradley, Arye Gross, Charlotte Gulezian, Zarah Mahler, Matthew Floyd Miller, Amy Pietz, and Adam Silver
The voting critics of ArtsInLA.com: Travis Michael Holder, Dany Margolies, Julio Martinez, Dink O’Neal, Jonas Schwartz, Bob Verini, and Neal Weaver
Larry Cedar, Armin Shimerman, and David Melville in The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord, NoHo Arts Center and Geffen Playhouse
Mark Whitten, Floyd Collins, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
O-Lan Jones and Susan Sullivan, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre, photo by Enci Box
PRODUCTION
Buyer & Cellar, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
Everything You Touch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Henry V, Pacific Resident Theatre
Stupid Fucking Bird, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company at The Theatre @ Boston Court
The Curse of Oedipus, The Antaeus Company
PLAYWRITIG
Mickey Birnbaum, Backyard, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
Sheila Callaghan, Everything You Touch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Scott Carter, The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord, NoHo Arts Center and Geffen Playhouse
Kenneth Cavander, The Curse of Oedipus, The Antaeus Company
Greg Pierce, Slowgirl, Geffen Playhouse
Marja-Lewis Ryan, One in the Chamber, 6140 Productions & Lounge Theatre at Lounge Theatre
Tommy Smith, Firemen, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
ADAPTATION
Aaron Posner, Stupid Fucking Bird, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Troubadour Theater Company, Abbamemnon, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE
Matt Almos, Brendan Milburn and Burglars of Hamm, The Behavior of Broadus, Sacred Fools Theater Company and Burglars of Hamm at Sacred Fools Theater
DIRECTION
Guillermo Cienfuegos, Henry V, Pacific Resident Theater
Jessica Kubzansky, Everything You Touch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Robin Larsen, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Michael Michetti, Stupid Fucking Bird, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company at The Theatre @ Boston Court
CHOREOGRAPHY
Marcus Choi, Beijing Spring, East West Players at the David Henry Hwang Theater
Julie Hall, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Actors Co-op at the Crossley Theatre
Spencer Liff, Spring Awakening, Deaf West Theatre in association with The Forest of Arden, at Inner City Arts
MUSIC DIRECTION
Jake Anthony, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Actors Co-op at the Crossley TheatreEric Heinly, The Snow QUEEN, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon Theatre
David O, Floyd Collins, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
John O’Neill, Harmony, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
Jared Stein, Spring Awakening, Deaf West Theatre in association with The Forest of Arden, at Inner City Arts
SCENIC DESIGN
Tom Buderwitz, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Melissa Ficociello, The Last Act of Lilka Kadison, Falcon Theatre, Abbie Phillips and Jan Kallish in association with Lookingglass Theatre Company, at the Falcon Theatre
Stephen Gifford, Backyard, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
Andrew Hammer, Broomstick, Fountain Theatre
Jeff McLaughlin, Pray to Ball, Skylight Theatre
LIGHTING DESIGN
Leigh Allen, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Francois-Pierre Couture, The Curse of Oedipus, The Antaeus Company
Guido Girardi, Beijing Spring, East West Players at the David Henry Hwang Theater
Lisa D. Katz, Floyd Collins, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Luke Moyer, The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord, NoHo Arts Center and Geffen Playhouse
COSTUME DESIGN
Gregg Barnes, Kinky Boots, Pantages Theatre
Jenny Foldenauer, Everything You Touch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Sharon McGunigle, The Snow QUEEN, Troubadour Theater Company at Falcon Theatre
SOUND DESIGN
Peter Bayne, Broomstick, Fountain Theatre
Richard Woodbury, Slowgirl, Geffen Playhouse
PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Brooke Adams, Happy Days, The Theatre @ Boston Court
Hugo Armstrong, Backyard, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
Rae Gray, Slowgirl, Geffen Playhouse
O-Lan Jones, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Eric Lange, The Country House, Geffen Playhouse
Abigail Marks, Top Girls, Antaeus Theatre Company
Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
Ann Noble, The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?, Los Angeles LGBT Center at The Davidson/Valentini Theatre at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza
Jaimi Paige, Venus in Fur, South Coast Repertory
William Petersen, Slowgirl, Geffen Playhouse
David Selby, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Susan Sullivan, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre
Kirsten Vangsness, Everything You Touch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater at The Theatre @ Boston Court
Paul Witten, The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?, Los Angeles LGBT Center at The Davidson/Valentini Theatre at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza
Jacqueline Wright, Backyard, The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre
PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Carter Calvert, Always…Patsy Cline, El Portal Theater
Larry Raben, The Drowsy Chaperone, Norris Center for the Performing Arts/Palos Verdes Performing Arts at Norris Theatre
Jeff Skowron, The Producers, 3-D Theatricals, Plummer Auditorium and Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
Kyle Taylor Parker, Kinky Boots, Pantages Theatre
Peter Allen Vogt, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Actors Co-op at the Crossley Theatre
Stuart Ward, Once, Pantages Theatre and Segerstrom Stage
Mark Whitten, Floyd Collins, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Kris Andersson, Dixie’s Tupperware Party, Geffen Playhouse
Annette Bening, Ruth Draper’s Monologues, Geffen Playhouse
Barry McGovern, I’ll Go On, Center Theatre Group at Kirk Douglas Theatre
Christopher Plummer, A Word or Two, Center Theatre Group at Ahmanson Theatre
Michael Urie, Buyer & Cellar, Center Theatre Group at Mark Taper Forum
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
One in the Chamber, 6140 Productions & Lounge Theatre at Lounge Theatre: Kelli Anderson, Robert Bella, Alec Frasier, Fenix Isabella, Emily Peck, and Heidi Sulzman
Stupid Fucking Bird, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company at The Theatre @ Boston Court: Will Bradley, Arye Gross, Charlotte Gulezian, Zarah Mahler, Matthew Floyd Miller, Amy Pietz, and Adam Silver
The voting critics of ArtsInLA.com: Travis Michael Holder, Dany Margolies, Julio Martinez, Dink O’Neal, Jonas Schwartz, Bob Verini, and Neal Weaver
January 5, 2015
Larry Cedar, Armin Shimerman, and David Melville in The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord, NoHo Arts Center and Geffen Playhouse
Mark Whitten, Floyd Collins, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
O-Lan Jones and Susan Sullivan, A Delicate Balance, Odyssey Theatre, photo by Enci Box
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