Inaugural STAGE RAW THEATRE AWARDS Winners Are Announced!

By: Apr. 15, 2015
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April 14, 2015...It was an awards show born in a moment of relevance. An electrified contingent of professional Los Angeles Intimate theater companies and their friends sold out Los Angeles theatre Center to support the first-everSTAGE RAW THEATRE AWARDS. Picking up where the LA WEEKLY Awards, left off, and hosted by the Celebration Theatre and the hilarious duo of Alec Mapa and Parvesh Cheena, it was a night to celebrate the best of 99-seat theatre and a rallying cry against the Equity proposal and referendum that is currently being voted on. Impassioned speeches were given by Steven Leigh Morris and Bill Raden to open the show, followed by an introduction of the original plaintiffs in the Equity wars of 30 years ago who all received a standing ovation. One of those plaintiffs, Gary Grossman, gave a rousing speech as he presented the "Queen of the Angels" award to Rebecca Metz, who brought down the house with her heartfelt message of community and standing up for what is right in the face of adversity. The emotion in the room was palpable from start to finish and it was a fitting start to a tradition that it sure to last for decades to come!
The award recipients for the 2014 STAGE RAW Awards are as follows:
Fight Choreography
Ahmed Best, Backyard, Echo Theater Company
Video/Projection Design
Hana S. Kim, The Ugly One, Ensemble Studio Theatre/L.A.
Queen of the Angels
Adaptation
Aaron Posner, Stupid f-ing Bird, Circle X Theatre Company and Theatre @ Boston Court
Playwriting
Benjamin Brand, Taste, Sacred Fools Theater Company
Sound Design
Christopher Moscatiello, Penelope, Rogue Machine
Career Achievement
Lighting Design
Pablo Santiago, The Brothers Size, The Fountain Theatre
Costume Design
Jenny Foldenauer, Everything You Touch, Theatre @ Boston Court and Rattlestick
Playwrights Theater
Set Design
DeAnne Millais, Taste, Sacred Fools Theatre Company
Production Design
Everything You Touch, Theatre @ Boston Court and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Two Person Performance
Donal Thoms-Cappello and Chris L. McKenna, Taste, Sacred Fools Theater Company
Supporting Female Performance
Kelli Anderson, One in the Chamber, 6140 Productions/Theatre Planners
Supporting Male Performance
Joel Polis, My Name Is Asher Lev, The Fountain Theatre
Male Comedy Performance
Hugo Armstrong, The Behavior of Broadus, Burglars of Hamm and Sacred Fools
Theater Company
Female Comedy Performance
Ann Noble, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia, LGBT's Davidson/Valenti Theatre
Solo Performance
Ben Moroski, The Wake, Theatre Asylum
Comedy Ensemble
The Ugly One, Ensemble Studio Theatre/L.A.
Ensemble
The Wedding Band, The Anteaus Company
Original Music
Matt Almos, Brendan Milburn and Burglars of Hamm, The Behavior of Broadus,
Burglars of Hamm and Sacred Fools Theater Company
Choreography
Ken Roht, The Behavior of Broadus, Burglars of Hamm and Sacred Fools Theater
Company
Leading Female Performance
Cara Pifko, O Réjane, Bootleg Theatre
Leading Male Performance
Musical Direction
John Ballinger, The Behavior of Broadus, Burglars of Hamm and Sacred Fools Theater Company
Comedy Direction Award
Stuart Gordon, Taste, Sacred Fools Theater Company
Direction Award
Jessica Kubzansky, Everything You Touch, Theater @ Boston Court and Rattlestick
Playwrights Theater
Musical of the Year Award
The Behavior of Broadus, Burglars of Hamm and Sacred Fools Theater Company
Revival Production Of The Year Award (of a 20th- or 21st-century work)
Wedding Band, The Antaeus Company
Production Of The Year Award
Everything You Touch, Theatre @ Boston Court and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater


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