And the winner is...
John Fisher

Comments:
Fisher: "It's totally great that this award has a cash component. And a very nice plaque. Charles Ludlam said, 'If you're going to tell the truth, you'd better make them laugh.' I don't know if we told the truth or made them laugh, but he was a great man and I love him. Thank you to Elsa Wolthausen, Jane Paik, Jon Zimmerman, Nicholas Gilhool, Reagan Vasher, Angie Lele, and, as always, Michael Sherrod Flores. And thanks to the wonderful, fabulous LA Weekly."

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ONE-ACT PLAYWRITING:
Beth Bigler, Boy, Blank Theater Company at the 2nd Stage
Alyson Croft, Cellophane City, Blue Sphere Alliance at the Lex Theater
Sandra Tsing Loh, Aliens in America, Tiffany Theater
Sharon Yablon, The First Good Day, Oxblood Theater Company at Glaxa Studios

And the winner is...
Alyson Croft

Comments:
Croft: "Thank you Anthony Barnao for taking the chance on a first time writer. To quote the late Margaret Sanger, 'It is a woman's duty to stare the world in the face with a go to hell look in her eye, to speak and act in defiance of convention.' These are words my characters, also myself, try to live by. Peace."

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DIRECTION:
Michael Arabian, Streamers, Hudson Backstage Theater
Bart DeLorenzo, No Orchids for Miss Blandish, Evidence Room at the Ivy Substation
Lauren Hollingsworth, The Adding Machine, Sacred Fools Theater Company at the Heliotrope Theater
Scott Rabinowitz, Burning Chrome, Sacred Fools at the Heliotrope Theater
Wesley Walker, The Conception, Oxblood Theater Company at Glaxa Studios

And the winner is...
Bart DeLorenzo/Wesley Walker

Comments:
DeLorenzo: "I'd like to thank you, especially the LA Weekly, for transforming the profile of my company over the past couple of years. Our theater almost folded and I feel that the LA Weekly was a major force in keeping us alive. And I'd of course like to thank the most rocking company in LA, the Evidence Room.

Walker: "Thank you so very much. We at Oxblood are tremendously grateful for the LA Weekly's support. We want L.A. theater to give other theater hubs a run for the money."

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COMEDY DIRECTION:
Matt Almos, The Superhumans, Moving Arts
Patrick Murphy, Exit the King, Actors' Gang
Alexander Yannis Stephano, Want's Unwished Work, Sacred Fools at Heliotrope Theater
Rainn Wilson, The New Bozena, Hudson Mainstage Theater

And the winner is...
Rainn Wilson

Comments:
Wilson: "This is so awesome. I won an award and now, about eight minutes later, I'm on the internet. I want to thank the internet. I want to thank Arnold Palmer for creating such a terrific beverage. But most of all I want to thank Chad Lowe."

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ONE-ACT DIRECTION:
Jessica Kubzansky, Boy, Blank Theater Company at the 2nd Stage
Bjørn Johnson, Dutchman, Authentic Company at the Theater at the Improv
Bill Penton, Renaissance Geek, Gascon Center Theater/Zephyr Theater

And the winner is...
Bjørn Johnson

Comments:
Johnson: "I'm thrilled that a play by Leroy Jones, 35 years later, is recognized by the LA Weekly. I'm also so psyched that this thing grew the way it did. It started out as a labor of love, growing out of our class with Larry Moss, an incredible teacher and coach and inspiration. We started working on it just for our artistic growth, and then soon realized that we HAD to do it for the public. The other incredible experience was doing the show for students from inner-city high schools who were brought to the show through the generosity of the Magic Johnson Foundation."

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ENSEMBLE:
The Conception, Oxblood Theater Company at Glaxa Studios
The House of Bernarda Alba, Deaf West Theater Company at the Ventura Court Theater
The Illusion, Namaste Theater Company at the Actors' Gang Theater
The Rocky Horror Show, Tiffany Theater
Terminal, Non-Prophet Hatching Company at Theatre/Theater

And the winner is...
Deaf West Theater Company

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COMEDY ENSEMBLE:
Eight Ways To Meet Your Neighbor, Buzzworks at the Tamarind Theater
Kabbalah, Blue Sphere Alliance at the Lex Theater
The New Bozena, Hudson Mainstage Theater
The Superhumans, Moving Arts
Want's Unwished Work, Sacred Fools at the Heliotrope Theater

And the winner is...
Eight Ways To Meet Your Neighbor, Buzzworks

Comments:
Andrea Beutner: "Our theater company is based in Minnesota and it feels great to be so accepted here in L.A. Thank you LA Weekly!"

Kevin McCauley: "Thanks to my parents, Tim and Amy!"

Ann Randolph: "Thanks to my mom and dad! Also, to Kevin McCauley's great writing!"

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SOLO PERFORMANCE:
Steven Berkoff, Shakespeare's Villains, Odyssey Theater
Louis Mustillo, Bartenders, Theatre/ Theater
Paul Stroili, Renaissance Geek, Gascon Center Theater/Zephyr Theater

And the winner is...
Steven Berkoff

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