46th Annual Non–Equity Jeff Awards Nominations Announced
By: A.A. Cristi Apr. 22, 2019
The Jeff Awards announced today via a special video, a total of 132 nominations in 22 categories for the 46th Annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards.
Between April 1, 2018 and March 31, 2019, there were 144 eligible Non-Equity productions submitted for Jeff Recommendation. Of those, 68 productions (or 47%) were recommended, including 14 world premieres. There were 51 productions that received at least one nomination, which represents the work of 33 theatre companies. The 46th Annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards will be hosted by Breon Arzell and held on Monday, June 3, 2019, at the Athenaeum Theatre. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with several cash bars available, and the awards will start at 7:30 p.m. Following the show, cash bars will remain open and complimentary light bites will be available. Tickets are $45 in advance and $50 on June 3. To purchase tickets, visit the Athenaeum website (http://athenaeumtheatre.org). A group rate of $40 is available for parties of 10 or more by calling the Athenaeum box office. Individual nominees and members of nominated ensembles must email jeffawardsheadshots@gmail.com ASAP. Festive cocktail attire is suggested, and the public is cordially invited. For more information, contact Drew Blau, Non-Equity Wing Chair, at nonequitywing@jeffawards.org. Follow live tweets from the ceremony and behind the scenes at #jeffawards."Eclipsed" - Pegasus Theatre Chicago
"Haymarket" - Underscore Theatre Company
"Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies" - First Floor Theater
"In the Blood" - Red Tape Theatre
"Plainclothes" - Broken Nose Theatre
"Red Rex" - Steep Theatre Company PRODUCTION - MUSICAL
"The Bridges of Madison County" - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
"Bright Star" - BoHo Theatre
"Grand Hotel" - Kokandy Productions
"Haymarket" - Underscore Theatre Company
"The Total Bent" - Haven Theatre in association with About Face Theatre PRODUCTION - PLAY
"Birdland" - Steep Theatre Company
"Dutch Masters" - Jackalope Theatre Company
"Eclipsed" - Pegasus Theatre Chicago
"Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies" - First Floor Theater
"Requiem for a Heavyweight" - The Artistic Home
"Tilikum" - Sideshow Theatre Company
"Yen" - Raven Theatre DIRECTOR - MUSICAL
Fred Anzevino - "The Bridges of Madison County" - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Lili-Anne Brown - "The Total Bent" - Haven Theatre in association with About Face Theatre
Ericka Mac - "Bright Star" - BoHo Theatre
Ed Rutherford - "Evil Dead the Musical" - Black Button Eyes Productions
Nick Thornton - "Haymarket" - Underscore Theatre Company DIRECTOR - PLAY
Jonathan Berry - "Birdland" - Steep Theatre Company
Lili-Anne Brown - "Tilikum" - Sideshow Theatre Company
Mikael Burke - "Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies" - First Floor Theater
Wardell Julius Clark - "Dutch Masters" - Jackalope Theatre Company
Ilesa Duncan - "Eclipsed" - Pegasus Theatre Chicago
Elly Green - "Yen" - Raven Theatre
John Mossman - "Requiem for a Heavyweight" - The Artistic Home PERFORMER IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE - MUSICAL
Bridget Adams-King (Lucy Parsons) - "Haymarket" - Underscore Theatre Company
Neala Barron (Lizzie) - "110 in the Shade" - BoHo Theatre
Robert Cornelius (Joe Roy) - "The Total Bent" - Haven Theatre in association with About Face Theatre.
Tessa Dettman (Jo March) - "Little Women" - Brown Paper Box Co.
Gilbert Domally (Marty Roy) - "The Total Bent" - Haven Theatre in association with About Face Theatre
Kelli Harrington (Desiree Armfeldt) - "A Little Night Music" - BoHo Theatre
Kelli Harrington (Francesca) - "The Bridges of Madison County"
- Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Jordan Dell Harris (Ash) - "Evil Dead the Musical" - Black Button Eyes Productions
Tommy Thurston (Robert) - "The Bridges of Madison County"
- Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Missy Wise (Alice Murphy) - "Bright Star" - BoHo Theatre PERFORMER IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE - PLAY
Patrick Agada (Eric) - "Dutch Masters" - Jackalope Theatre Company
Jalen Gilbert (Tru) - "Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies" - First Floor Theater
Jyreika Guest (Hester) - "In the Blood" - Red Tape Theatre
Kenneth D. Johnson (Walter "Pops" Washington) - "Between Riverside and Crazy"
- Redtwist Theatre
Marssie Mencotti (Hannah) - "The Safe House" - City Lit Theater Company
Brian Parry (Richard Nixon) - "Frost/Nixon" - Redtwist Theatre
Mark Pracht (Harlan "Mountain" McClintock) - "Requiem for a Heavyweight"
- The Artistic Home
Joel Reitsma (Paul) - "Birdland" - Steep Theatre Company
Kevin V. Smith (Volodya) - "Radio Culture" - TUTA Theatre
Eliza Stoughton (Li'l Bit) - "How I Learned to Drive" - Raven Theatre
Kendra Thulin (Linda) - "Linda" - Steep Theatre Company
Vahishta Vafadari (Anne Lister) - "I Know My Own Heart" - Pride Films and Plays PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - MUSICAL
Ryan Armstrong (Buddy) - "The Last Session" - Refuge Theatre Project
Elizabeth Bollar (Vicki) - "The Last Session" - Refuge Theatre Project
Darilyn Burtley (Tryshia) - "The Last Session" - Refuge Theatre Project
Carl Herzog (Bud) - "The Bridges of Madison County" - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Caitlin Jackson (Cheryl) - "Evil Dead the Musical" - Black Button Eyes Productions
Michelle Jasso (Elizaveta Grushinskaya) - "Grand Hotel" - Kokandy Productions
Stevie Love (Shelly / Annie) - "Evil Dead the Musical" - Black Button Eyes Productions
Jeff Pierpoint (Billy Cane) - "Bright Star" - BoHo Theatre
Christopher Ratliff (Jimmy) - "110 in the Shade" - BoHo Theatre
Jonathan Schwart (Otto Kringlein) - "Grand Hotel" - Kokandy Productions
Stephanie Stockstill (Countess Charlotte Malcolm) - "A Little Night Music"
- BoHo Theatre PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - PLAY
Tiffany Bedwell (Maggie) - "Yen" - Raven Theatre
Debo Belogun (Trevor) - "Red Rex" - Steep Theatre Company
Brianna Buckley (Lily Anne Green) - "Crumbs from the Table of Joy"
- Raven Theatre
August N. Forman (Gina) - "Girl in the Red Corner" - Broken Nose Theatre
Annie Hogan (Grace Miller) - "Requiem for a Heavyweight" - The Artistic Home
Evan Linder (Sam) - "Grace" - Interrobang Theatre Project
Marssie Mencotti (Louise) - "Herland" - Redtwist Theatre
Jessica Dean Turner (Nicole) - "Red Rex" - Steep Theatre Company
Netta Walker (Jennifer) - "Yen" - Raven Theatre
H.B. Ward (Max) - "Rock 'n' Roll" - The Artistic Home SOLO PERFORMANCE
Sam Krey (Ryan Smithson) - "Ghosts of War" - Griffin Theatre Company NEW PLAY
Guadalís Del Carmen - "Not for Sale" - UrbanTheater Company
Kristiana Rae Colon - "Tilikum" - Sideshow Theatre Company
Spenser Davis - "Plainclothes" - Broken Nose Theatre
Philip Dawkins - "The Gentleman Caller" - Raven Theatre
Isaac Gomez - "The Displaced" - Haven Theatre Company
Ike Holter - "Red Rex" - Steep Theatre Company
Shannon O'Neill - "May the Road Rise Up" - The Factory Theater
Kristine Thatcher - "The Safe House" - City Lit Theater Company NEW MUSICAL
Alex Higgin-Houser and David Kornfeld - "Haymarket" - Underscore Theatre Company
Cindy O'Connor and Larry Todd Cousineau - "Flies! The Musical!"
- Pride Films and Plays MUSIC DIRECTION
Jermaine Hill - "The Total Bent" - Haven Theatre in association with About Face Theatre
Julie B. Nichols - "Bright Star" - BoHo Theatre
Robert Ollis - "Haymarket" - Underscore Theatre Company
Jeremy Ramey - "The Bridges of Madison County" - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Tom Vendafreddo - "A Little Night Music" - BoHo Theatre ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY
Coco Elysses - "Tilikum" - Sideshow Theatre Company
Jonathan Guillen - "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde"
- Promethean Theatre Ensemble
Andrew Hansen - "Neverwhere" - Lifeline Theatre
Christopher Kriz - "The Man Who Was Thursday" - Lifeline Theatre
M. Anthony Reimer - "Melancholy Play" - Organic Theater Company CHOREOGRAPHY
Breon Arzell - "The Total Bent" - Haven Theatre in association with About Face Theatre
Brenda Didier - "Grand Hotel" - Kokandy Productions
Ericka Mac - "Bright Star" - BoHo Theatre
Derek Van Barham - "Evil Dead the Musical" - Black Button Eyes Productions FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
Samantha Kaufman - "The Lady Demands Satisfaction"
- Babes With Blades Theatre Company
John Mossman - "Requiem for a Heavyweight" - The Artistic Home
Almanya Narula - "Monsieur D'Eon Is a Woman" - Trap Door Theatre
Jaq Seifert - "Not One Batu" - Nothing Without a Company and Aloha Center Chicago
John Tovar - "Girl in the Red Corner" - Broken Nose Theatre SCENIC DESIGN
Kerry Lee Chipman - "The Goat Or, Who Is Sylvia?" - Interrobang Theatre Project
Ryan Emens - "Dutch Masters" - Jackalope Theatre Company
Joanna Iwanicka - "Suddenly Last Summer" - Raven Theatre
Jeffrey D. Kmiec - "The Gentleman Caller" - Raven Theatre
Jacqueline Penrod - "Eclipsed" - Pegasus Theatre Chicago
Samantha Rausch - "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" - Eclipse Theatre Company PROJECTION DESIGN
Tony Churchill - "How I Learned to Drive" - Raven Theatre
Paul Deziel - "Tilikum" - Sideshow Theatre Company
Liviu Pasare - "Not for Sale" - UrbanTheater Company
Michael Stanfill - "Ghosts of War" - Griffin Theatre Company
Michelle Underwood - "Neverwhere" - Lifeline Theatre LIGHTING DESIGN
Erik S. Barry - "The Displaced" - Haven Theatre Company
Claire Chrzan - "Fun Harmless Warmachine" - The New Colony
Claire Chrzan - "Yen" - Raven Theatre
Jared Gooding - "Tilikum" - Sideshow Theatre Company
Brandon Wardell - "Birdland" - Steep Theatre Company COSTUME DESIGN
Aly Renee Amedei - "Neverwhere" - Lifeline Theatre
Leah Hummel - "The Revolutionists" - Strawdog Theatre Company
Beth Laske-Miller - "Nightmares and Nightcaps: The Stories of John Collier"
- Black Button Eyes Productions
Caitlin McLeod and Anna Wooden - "The Man Who Was Thursday" - Lifeline Theatre
John Nasca - "Grand Hotel" - Kokandy Productions
Rachel M. Sypniewski - "Monsieur D'Eon Is a Woman" - Trap Door Theatre SOUND DESIGN
Victoria Deiorio - "Tilikum" - Sideshow Theatre Company
Sarah D. Espinoza - "The Displaced" - Haven Theatre Company
Robert Hornbostel - "Nightmares and Nightcaps: The Stories of John Collier"
- Black Button Eyes Productions
Steve Labedz - "Dutch Masters" - Jackalope Theatre Company
Peter Wahlback - "Requiem for a Heavyweight" - The Artistic Home ARTISTIC SPECIALIZATION
Jeremiah Barr (Puppet Design) - "Nightmares and Nightcaps: The Stories of
John Collier" - Black Button Eyes Productions
Rachel Flesher (Rigging Design) - "The Displaced" - Haven Theatre Company
Sam Hubbard (Violence and Intimacy Direction) - "Yen" - Raven Theatre
John LaFlamboy (Makeup Design) - "Requiem for a Heavyweight" - The Artistic Home
Adam McAleavey (Puppet Design) - "Flies! The Musical!" - Pride Films and Plays
Mary O'Dowd (Properties Design) - "Rock 'n' Roll" - The Artistic Home
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