Complete list of equity Jeff Award nominees
The complete list of 2014-2015 equity Jeff Award nominees:
PRODUCTION - PLAY - LARGE
"Airline Highway" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
"The Diary of Anne Frank" - Writers Theatre
"The Little Foxes" - Goodman Theatre
"Moby Dick" - Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors' Gymnasium
"Native Son" - Court Theatre and American Blues Theater
PRODUCTION - PLAY - MID-SIZE
"All Our Tragic" - The Hypocrites
"The Downpour" - Route 66 Theatre Company
"The Royale" - American Theater Company
"Travesties" - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
"The White Road" - Irish Theatre of Chicago
PRODUCTION - MUSICAL - LARGE
"Billy Elliot, the Musical" - Drury Lane Productions
"City of Angels" - The Marriott Theatre
"The King and I" - The Marriott Theatre
"Les Misérables" - Paramount Theatre
"Mary Poppins" - Paramount Theatre
"The Who's Tommy" - Paramount Theatre
PRODUCTION - MUSICAL - MID-SIZE
"The Addams Family" - Mercury Theater Chicago
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" - Porchlight Music Theatre
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" - Porchlight Music Theatre
PRODUCTION - REVUE
"Men of Soul With a Tribute to Bill Withers" - Black Ensemble Theater
"Panic on Cloud 9" - The Second City
"Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash" - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
"Sondheim on Sondheim" - Porchlight Music Theatre
DIRECTOR - PLAY
Jaime Castañeda - "The Royale" - American Theater Company
David Catlin - "Moby Dick" - Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors' Gymnasium
Sean Graney - "All Our Tragic" - The Hypocrites
Nick Sandys - "Travesties" - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Erica Weiss - "The Downpour" - Route 66 Theatre Company
Henry Wishcamper - "The Little Foxes" - Goodman Theatre
DIRECTOR - MUSICAL
Nick Bowling - "City of Angels" - The Marriott Theatre
Nick Bowling - "The King and I" - The Marriott Theatre
Jim Corti - "Les Misérables" - Paramount Theatre
Jim Corti - "The Who's Tommy" - Paramount Theatre
Rachel Rockwell - "Billy Elliot, the Musical" - Drury Lane Productions
Rachel Rockwell - "Mary Poppins" - Paramount Theatre
DIRECTOR - REVUE
Nick Bowling - "Sondheim on Sondheim" - Porchlight Music Theatre
Daryl Brooks - "Men of Soul With a Tribute to Bill Withers" - Black Ensemble Theater
Brian Russell - "Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash" - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
ENSEMBLE
"Airline Highway" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
"All Our Tragic" - The Hypocrites
"The Apple Family Plays" - TimeLine Theatre Company
"The Humans" - American Theater Company
"The Project(s)" - American Theater Company
"A Q Brothers' Christmas Carol" - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
"Season on the Line" - The House Theatre of Chicago
"The White Road" - Irish Theatre of Chicago
ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE - PLAY
Allen Gilmore (Vladimir) - "Waiting for Godot" - Court Theatre
Francis Guinan (Tommy) - "The Night Alive" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Francis Guinan (Ray) - "White Guy on the Bus" - Northlight Theatre
Jerod Haynes (Bigger) - "Native Son" - Court Theatre and American Blues Theater
Jerod Haynes (Jay) - "The Royale" - American Theater Company
Mark L. Montgomery (Anthony Reilly) - "Outside Mullingar" - Northlight Theatre
Larry Yando (King Lear) - "King Lear" - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE - MUSICAL
Anthony Crivello (Louis Prima) - "Louis & Keely 'Live' at the Sahara" - HackFeld LLC
Nicholas Dantes (Billy) - "Billy Elliot, the Musical" - Drury Lane Productions
Devin DeSantis (Tommy) - "The Who's Tommy" - Paramount Theatre
Karl Hamilton (Gomez Addams) - "The Addams Family" - Mercury Theater Chicago
Bill Larkin (Prologus/Pseudolus) - "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" - Porchlight Music Theatre
ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE - PLAY
Brenda Barrie (Robin) - "The Downpour" - Route 66 Theatre Company
Janet Ulrich Brooks (Sonia) - "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" - Goodman Theatre
Hillary Clemens (Crystal) - "Bethany" - The Gift Theatre
Kate Fry (Rosemary Muldoon) - "Outside Mullingar" - Northlight Theatre
Mariann Mayberry (Shelley) - "Grand Concourse" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Lia D. Mortensen (Julianna) - "The Other Place" - Profiles Theatre
Caroline Neff (Hazel) - "The Downpour" - Route 66 Theatre Company
Eileen Niccolai (Serafina Delle Rose) - "The Rose Tattoo" - Shattered Globe Theatre
ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE - MUSICAL
Shoshana Bean (Cee Cee Bloom) - "Beaches, A New Musical" - Drury Lane Productions in association with Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso
Rebecca Finnegan (Nellie Lovett) - "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" - Porchlight Music Theatre
Heidi Kettenring (Anna Leonowens) - "The King and I" - Marriott Theatre
Megan McGinnis (Marianne Dashwood) - "Sense and Sensibility" - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Susie McMonagle (Mrs. Wilkinson) - "Billy Elliot, the Musical" - Drury Lane Productions
ACTOR OR ACTRESS IN A REVUE
Michael Monroe Goodman (Young Johnny) - "Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash" - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
Cory Goodrich (June Carter Cash) - "Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash" - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
John Hartman (Ensemble) - "Panic on Cloud 9" - The Second City
James Earl Jones II (Ensemble) - "Sondheim on Sondheim" - Porchlight Music Theatre
Kent M. Lewis (Johnny) - "Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash" - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Ronald Keaton (Winston Churchill) - "Churchill" - SoloChicago Theatre and Greenhouse Theater Center
Linda Reiter (Mary) - "The Testament of Mary" - Victory Gardens Theater
Kelvin Roston Jr. (Donny) - "Twisted Melodies" - Congo Square Theatre Company
Steven Strafford (Himself) - " Methtacular!" - About Face Theatre in association with Justin Brill
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - PLAY
Greg Matthew Anderson (Tristan Tzara) - "Travesties" - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Behzad Dabu (Amit) - "Samsara" - Victory Gardens Theater
Anthony Fleming III (Queequeg/Ensemble) - "Moby Dick" - Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors' Gymnasium
K. Todd Freeman (Sissy Na Na) - "Airline Highway" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Nic Grelli (Alvaro Mangiacavallo) - "The Rose Tattoo" - Shattered Globe Theatre
Larry Yando (Benjamin Hubbard) - " The Little Foxes" - Goodman Theatre
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - MUSICAL
Matthew Crowle (Hysterium) - "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" - Porchlight Music Theatre
Devin DeSantis (Marius) - "Les Misérables" - Paramount Theatre
Sean Allan Krill (Colonel Brandon) - "Sense and Sensibility" - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Ross Lehman (Moonface Martin) - "Anything Goes" - Marriott Theatre
Travis Taylor (Lancelot) - "Camelot" - Drury Lane Productions
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - PLAY
Annabel Armour (Virginia) - "The Clean House" - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Dana Black (Actor 6) - "Abraham Lincoln Was a F*gg*t" - About Face Theatre
Kate Buddeke (Tanya) - "Airline Highway" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Kate Buddeke (Terry) - "Side Man" - American Blues Theater
Patrese D. McClain (Shatique) - "White Guy on the Bus" - Northlight Theatre
Cassidy Slaughter-Mason (Avery Willard) - "Rapture, Blister, Burn" - Goodman Theatre
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - MUSICAL
Michelle Aravena (Anita) - "West Side Story" - Drury Lane Productions
Kristen Choi (Lady Thiang) - "The King and I" - Marriott Theatre
Marya Grandy (Hildy Esterhazy) - "On the Town" - Marriott Theatre
Meghan Murphy (Oolie/Donna) - "City of Angels " - Marriott Theatre
Colette Todd (Sandra Bloom) - "Big Fish" - Theatre at the Center
NEW WORK - PLAY
Bruce Graham - "White Guy on the Bus" - Northlight Theatre
Laura Jacqmin - "Look, we are breathing" - Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Rohina Malik - "The Mecca Tales" - Chicago Dramatists
PJ Paparelli and Joshua Jaeger - "The Project(s)" - American Theater Company
Caitlin Parrish - "The Downpour" - Route 66 Theatre Company
Mat Smart - "The Royal Society of Antarctica" - The Gift Theatre
NEW WORK - MUSICAL
Paul Gordon - "Sense and Sensibility" - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
GQ, JQ, Jackson Doran, Postell Pringle - "A Q Brothers' Christmas Carol" - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Jessica Thebus, Andre Pluess and Amanda Dehnert - "Shining Lives: A Musical" - Northlight Theatre
NEW ADAPTATION
David Catlin - "Moby Dick" - Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors' Gymnasium
Sean Graney - "All Our Tragic" - The Hypocrites
Nambi E. Kelley - "Native Son" - Court Theatre and American Blues Theater
CHOREOGRAPHY
Brock Clawson - "The Who's Tommy" - Paramount Theatre
Rhett Guter - "West Side Story" - Drury Lane Productions
Danny Herman - "All Shook Up" - Theatre at the Center
Rachel Rockwell - "Billy Elliot, the Musical" - Drury Lane Productions
Alex Sanchez - "On the Town" - Marriott Theatre
ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY
Victoria Deiorio - "The White Road" - Irish Theatre of Chicago
Andrew Hansen - "My Name is Asher Lev" - TimeLine Theatre Company
Henry Marsh - "Pericles" - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Richard Woodbury - "The Little Foxes" - Goodman Theatre
MUSIC DIRECTION
Austin Cook - "Sondheim on Sondheim" - Porchlight Music Theatre
Paul Litteral - "Louis & Keely 'Live' at the Sahara" - HackFeld LLC
Doug Peck - "The Secret Garden" - Court Theatre
Malcolm Ruhl - "Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash" - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
Tom Vendafreddo - "Les Misérables" - Paramount Theatre
SCENIC DESIGN - MIDSIZE
Ira Amyx and Merje Veski - "The White Road" - Irish Theatre of Chicago
John Holt - "Accidentally Like a Martyr" - A Red Orchid Theatre
Jeffrey D. Kmiec - "Watch on the Rhine" - The Artistic Home
Angela Weber Miller - "The Gravedigger" - First Folio Theatre
Sarah Ross - "The Rose Tattoo" - Shattered Globe Theatre
Grant Sabin - "Yankee Tavern" - American Blues Theater
SCENIC DESIGN - LARGE
Linda Buchanan - "Two Trains Running" - Goodman Theatre
Kevin Depinet - "The Game's Afoot" - Drury Lane Productions
Kevin Depinet and Jeffrey D. Kmiec - "Les Misérables" - Paramount Theatre
Jack Magaw - "The Diary of Anne Frank" - Writers Theatre
Scott Pask - "Airline Highway" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Todd Rosenthal - "The Little Foxes" - Goodman Theatre
Joey Wade - "Grand Concourse" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
LIGHTING DESIGN - MIDSIZE
Brian Sidney Bembridge - "The Royale" - American Theater Company
Maggie Fullilove-Nugent - "Endgame" - The Hypocrites
Lee Keenan - "The Hammer Trinity, Part 3: The Excelsior King" - The House Theatre of Chicago
Jared Moore - "All Our Tragic" - The Hypocrites
Julian Pike - "The White Road" - Irish Theatre of Chicago
LIGHTING DESIGN - LARGE
Lee Fiskness - "Camelot" - Drury Lane Productions
Greg Hofmann - "The Who's Tommy" - Paramount Theatre
Jesse Klug - "Les Misérables" - Paramount Theatre
Jesse Klug - "Pericles" - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Marc Stubblefield - "Native Son" - Court Theatre and American Blues Theater
COSTUME DESIGN - MIDSIZE
Mara Blumenfeld and Mieka Van Der Ploeg - "Mr. Burns: a post-electric play" - Theater Wit
Rachel Lambert - "Travesties" - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Frances Maggio - "The Addams Family" - Mercury Theater Chicago
Bill Morey - "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" - Porchlight Music Theatre
Alison Siple - "All Our Tragic" - The Hypocrites
COSTUME DESIGN - LARGE
Dede M. Ayite - "Marie Antoinette" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Theresa Ham - "Mary Poppins" - Paramount Theatre
Susan E. Mickey - "Sense and Sensibility" - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Nancy Missimi - "The King and I" - Marriott Theatre
Nancy Missimi - "La Cage aux Folles" - Marriott Theatre
SOUND DESIGN - MIDSIZE
John Corkill and Alex Monroe - "Macbeth" - The Artistic Home
Victoria Deiorio - "The White Road" - Irish Theatre of Chicago
Joshua Horvath - "The Hammer Trinity, Part 3: The Excelsior King" - The House Theatre of Chicago
Kevin O'Donnell - "All Our Tragic" - The Hypocrites
Rick Sims - "Side Man" - American Blues Theater
Rick Sims - "Twisted Melodies" - Congo Square Theatre Company
SOUND DESIGN - LARGE
Joshua Horvath - "Native Son" - Court Theatre and American Blues Theater
Lindsay Jones - "King Lear" - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Lindsay Jones - "Marie Antoinette" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Andre Pluess - "Iphigenia in Aulis" - Court Theatre
Josh Schmidt - "The Diary of Anne Frank" - Writers Theatre
Rick Sims - "Moby Dick" - Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors' Gymnasium
PROJECTIONS/VIDEO DESIGN
Smooch Medina - "The White Road" - Irish Theatre of Chicago
Aaron Rhyne - "Pericles" - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Jeff Sugg - "Marie Antoinette" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Mike Tutaj - "Mary Poppins" - Paramount Theatre
Mike Tutaj - "Sondheim on Sondheim" - Porchlight Music Theatre
Mike Tutaj - "The Who's Tommy" - Paramount Theatre
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
David Blixt - "Macbeth" - The Artistic Home
Ryan Bourque - "All Our Tragic" - The Hypocrites
Matt Hawkins - "West Side Story" - Drury Lane Productions
John Tovar - "Camelot" - Drury Lane Productions
ARTISTIC SPECIALIZATION
Dave Bova - Hair and Makeup Design - "Marie Antoinette" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Jesse Mooney-Bullock - Puppet Design - "The Hammer Trinity, Part 3: The Excelsior King" - The House Theatre of Chicago
Marco Ramirez and Stephanie Paul - Rhythm and Percussion - "The Royale" - American Theater Company
Isaac Schoepp - Rigging Design - "Moby Dick" - Lookingglass Theatre Company n association with The Actors' Gymnasium