LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Ceremony Set for January 11

The LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Ceremony for the 2008/2009 theatre season will take place Monday, January 11, 2010 at 7:30pm at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, home of the Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities.

Along with French Stewart, Megan Hilty, Vicki Lewis, James Roday and Gregory Itzin, other presenters scheduled to participate include Beth Grant, Davis Gaines, Del Shores, Jim O'Neill and Karyl Lee Burns (Rubicon Theatre Artistic Directors), Matt Walker (Troubadour Theatre Company Artistic Director), Sam Anderson, Oanh Nguyen (Chance Theatre Artistic Director), Ameenah Kaplan, Stephen Sachs and Deborah Lawlor (Fountain Theatre Artistic Directors), Erika Miller, Kelly Todd, Deidrie Henry, Randall Arney (Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director), Joe Spano and Alan Mandell.

Awards will be given in 28 categories, including the brand new Best Season category. Center Theatre Group's Sherwood Award will also be presented. In addition, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Ovation Awards, there will be special recognition of the individuals who helped found the program in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s paired with an introduction of the first group of Fellows in the new Ovation Fellows program.

The Ovation Awards Ceremony is open to the public, and tickets may be purchased at www.lastageblog.com/ovation-awards or by calling (213) 614-0556, ext. 15. Prices range from $40 to $160. The Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center is located at 1935 Manhattan Beach Boulevard in Redondo Beach. Parking is free.

For more information, please visit http://www.lastageblog.com/ovation-awards/

 

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