Nominees Announced for Chicago's 45th Annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards
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Nominees have been announced for the 2018 Non-Equity Jeff Awards. Hosted by Veronica Garza on June 11 at the Athenaeum Theatre, this year's 45th annual ceremony will be the first to feature gender-neutral performance categories. Each performance category will have at least 10 nominees and two recipients. Watch the announcement video and see a complete list of nominees below.
The list of nominees is as follows:
ENSEMBLE
Ideation – Jackalope Theatre Company
Insurrection: Holding History – Stage Left Theatre
Into the Empty Sky – Trap Door Theatre
Mother of the Dark Water – MPAACT
Ragtime – Griffin Theatre Company
Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery – Pegasus Theatre Chicago
PRODUCTION – MUSICAL
Bonnie & Clyde – Kokandy Productions
Marie Christine – BoHo Theatre
Ragtime – Griffin Theatre Company
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Violet – Griffin Theatre Company
PRODUCTION – PLAY
Foxfinder – Interrobang Theatre Project
Ideation – Jackalope Theatre Company
The Invisible Hand – Steep Theatre Company
Lela & Co. – Steep Theatre Company
The Light – The New Colony
DIRECTOR – MUSICAL
Fred Anzevino – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Lili-Anne Brown – Marie Christine – BoHo Theatre
Spencer Neiman – Bonnie & Clyde – Kokandy Productions
Scott Weinstein – Ragtime – Griffin Theatre Company
Scott Weinstein – Violet – Griffin Theatre Company
DIRECTOR – PLAY
Audrey Francis – The Invisible Hand – Steep Theatre Company
Margaret Knapp – Foxfinder – Interrobang Theatre Project
Toma Langston – The Light – The New Colony
Gus Menary – Ideation – Jackalope Theatre Company
Robin Witt – Lela & Co. – Steep Theatre Company
PERFORMER IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – MUSICAL
Kyrie Courter (Marie Christine) – Marie Christine – BoHo Theatre
Max DeTogne (Clyde) – Bonnie & Clyde – Kokandy Productions
Desiree Gonzalez (Bonnie) – Bonnie & Clyde – Kokandy Productions
Matthew Huston (Stu) – Yank! A World War II Love Story – Pride Films and Plays
Jacquelyne Jones (Mrs. Lovett) – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Nicole Laurenzi (Violet) – Violet – Griffin Theatre Company
Laura McClain (Mother) – Ragtime – Griffin Theatre Company
Jason Richards (Tateh) – Ragtime – Griffin Theatre Company
Dani Shay (Young Albert) – The Civility of Albert Cashier – Permoveo Productions i/a/w Pride Films and Plays
Philip Torre (Sweeney Todd) – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Denzel Tsopnang (Coalhouse Walker, Jr.) – Ragtime – Griffin Theatre Company
PERFORMER IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY
Lucy Carapetyan (Josephine) – Nice Girl – Raven Theatre Company
Alexandra Fisher (Judith Covey) – Foxfinder – Interrobang Theatre Project
Jeffery Owen Freelon Jr. (Rashad) – The Light – The New Colony
Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel (Lela) – Lela & Co. – Steep Theatre Company
Vince Kracht (Chauncey) – The Nance – Pride Films and Plays
John Mossman (Peck) – How I Learned to Drive – The Artistic Home
Tiffany Oglesby (Genesis) – The Light – The New Colony
Sara Pavlak McGuire (Sarah) – Time Stands Still – AstonRep Theatre Company
Joel Reitsma (Nick) – The Invisible Hand – Steep Theatre Company
Alejandro Tey (Mace) – The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity – Red Theater Chicago
Michael B. Woods (Cyrano) – Cyrano – BoHo Theatre
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – MUSICAL
Stephen Allen (Flick) – Violet – Griffin Theatre Company
Gina Francesca (Hetaira) – Lysistrata Jones – Refuge Theatre Project
Veronica Garza (Lisa) – A New Brain – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Emily Goldberg (Shelby) – The Spitfire Grill – Refuge Theatre Project
Nicole Michelle Haskins (Effy) – The Spitfire Grill – Refuge Theatre Project
Molly LeCaptain (Louise / Radio Singers) – Yank! A World War II Love Story – Pride Films and Plays
John Marshall Jr. (Artie) – Yank! A World War II Love Story – Pride Films and Plays
Billy Rude (Jeffrey) – The Civility of Albert Cashier – Permoveo Productions i/a/w Pride Films and Plays
Katherine Thomas (Sarah) – Ragtime – Griffin Theatre Company
Missy Wise (Blanche) – Bonnie & Clyde – Kokandy Productions
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – PLAY
Owais Ahmed (Bashir) – The Invisible Hand – Steep Theatre Company
Chris Chmelik (Man) – Lela & Co. – Steep Theatre Company
Gregory Fenner (Dubby) – Megastasis – Eclipse Theatre Company
Bryce Gangel (Robin) – 1980 (Or Why I'm Voting for John Anderson) – Jackalope Theatre Company
Kelli Harrington (Barbara Grant) – Perfect Arrangement – Pride Films and Plays
Renee Lockett (Bernadette) – Surely Goodness and Mercy – Redtwist Theatre
Stella Martin (Sherry) – Nice Girl – Raven Theatre Company
RjW Mays (Phaedra) – Kingdom – Broken Nose Theatre
Andrew Neftali Perez (Norte) – Water & Power – UrbanTheater Company
Kathleen Ruhl (Daphne) – I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn't Even Smile – Redtwist Theatre
NEW MUSICAL
Preston Max Allen – Carrie 2: The Rage (An Unauthorized Musical Parody) – Underscore Theatre Company
David Cerda – Lady X: The Musical – Hell in a Handbag Productions
Jay Paul Deratany, Joe Stevens, and Keaton Wooden – The Civility of Albert Cashier – Permoveo Productions i/a/w Pride Films and Plays
NEW PLAY
Shepsu Aakhu – Never the Milk and Honey – MPAACT
Patricia Cotter – 1980 (Or Why I'm Voting for John Anderson) – Jackalope Theatre Company
Michael Allen Harris – Kingdom – Broken Nose Theatre
Douglas Post – Forty-Two Stories – City Lit Theater Company
Lloyd Suh – Franklinland – Jackalope Theatre Company
Loy A. Webb – The Light – The New Colony
MUSIC DIRECTION
John Cockerill – Bonnie & Clyde – Kokandy Productions
Jermaine Hill and Ellen Morris – Ragtime – Griffin Theatre Company
Robert Ollis – Yank! A World War II Love Story – Pride Films and Plays
Jeremy Ramey – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Jon Schneidman – The Spitfire Grill – Refuge Theatre Project
CHOREOGRAPHY
William Carlos Angulo – Ragtime – Griffin Theatre Company
Breon Arzell – Marie Christine – BoHo Theatre
Kevin Bellie – Bullets Over Broadway – NightBlue Performing Arts
Jenna Schoppe – Yank! A World War II Love Story – Pride Films and Plays
Shanna VanDerwerker – Lysistrata Jones – Refuge Theatre Project
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
Jon Beal – Cyrano – BoHo Theatre
David Blixt – Her Majesty's Will – Lifeline Theatre
Kyle Encinas – The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity – Red Theater Chicago
ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY
Jesse Case – Foxfinder – Interrobang Theatre Project
Red Clay, Desta Sound – Never the Milk and Honey – MPAACT
Jeffrey Levin – Her Majesty's Will – Lifeline Theatre
Mike Mazzocca – Into the Empty Sky – Trap Door Theatre
Nicholas Tonozzi – Round Heads and Pointed Heads – Red Tape Theatre
SOUND DESIGN
Jesse Case – Foxfinder – Interrobang Theatre Project
Thomas Dixon – The Invisible Hand – Steep Theatre Company
Justin Glombicki – In the Soundless Awe – Saltbox Theatre Collective
Morgan Lake – Pillars of the Community – Strawdog Theatre Company
Michael J. Patrick – Bonnie & Clyde – Kokandy Productions
COSTUME DESIGN
Beth Laske-Miller – Shockheaded Peter – Black Button Eyes Productions
Bill Morey – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
John Nasca – The Nance – Pride Films and Plays
Rachel Sypniewski – Ragtime – Griffin Theatre Company
Zachery Wagner – The School for Lies – The Artistic Home
LIGHTING DESIGN
Heather Gilbert – Marie Christine – BoHo Theatre
John Kelly – Foxfinder – Interrobang Theatre Project
James Kolditz – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
G. "Max" Maxin IV – Cyrano – BoHo Theatre
Brandon Wardell – Lela & Co. – Steep Theatre Company
SCENIC DESIGN
Jeffrey D. Kmiec – American Hero – First Floor Theater
Eric Luchen – Foxfinder – Interrobang Theatre Project
Joe Schermoly – Lela & Co. – Steep Theatre Company
Ray Toler – Choir Boy – Raven Theatre Company
John Wilson – The Light – The New Colony
