Big congrats to Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominees and Recipients

 

NON-EQUITY Jeff Award
Nominees and Recipients

RECIPIENTS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED

****Shows with 4 asterisks were highly recommended favorites of ChiIL Live Shows

 

Production - Play
****Opus - Redtwist Theatre
****Punk Rock - Griffin Theatre Company
Red Light Winter - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.
Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses - The Hypocrites
Superior Donuts - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.
The Word Progress on My Mother's Lips . . . - Trap Door Theatre

Production - Musical
Passing Strange - Bailiwick Chicago
Pump Boys and Dinettes - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre  

Spring Awakening - Griffin Theatre Company
The Light in the Piazza - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Violet The Musical - Bailiwick Chicago

Director - Play
Blake Montgomery - Moby-Dick - The Building Stage
Helena Kays - 6 Characters in Search of an Author - The Hypocrites
****Jason W. Gerace - Opus - Redtwist Theatre
****Jonathan Berry - Punk Rock - Griffin Theatre Company
Sean Graney - Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses - The Hypocrites
Seth Bockley - The Ugly One - Sideshow Theatre Company

Director - Musical
Elizabeth Margolius - Violet The Musical - Bailiwick Chicago
Fred Anzevino - Pump Boys and Dinettes - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Fred Anzevino and Brenda Didier - The Light in the Piazza - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Jonathan Berry - Spring Awakening - Griffin Theatre Company
Lili-Anne Brown - Passing Strange - Bailiwick Chicago

Ensemble
Moby-Dick - The Building Stage
****Opus - Redtwist Theatre
Pump Boys and Dinettes - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
****Punk Rock - Griffin Theatre Company
Shakespeare's R & J - Idle Muse Theatre Company
Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses - The Hypocrites

Actor in a Principal Role - Play
Andrew Burden Swanson - The Last Duck - Jackalope Theatre
Brian Grey - The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion - Caffeine Theatre
Brian Plocharczyk - Farragut North - Stage Left Theatre
Dan Behrendt - Red Light Winter - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.
****Joey De Bettencourt - Punk Rock - Griffin Theatre Company
Peter Oyloe - Elling - Redtwist Theatre
Preston Tate, Jr. - Superior Donuts - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.

Actor in a Principal Role - Musical
Chuck Sisson - The Baker's Wife - Circle Theatre
Courtney Crouse - Pump Boys and Dinettes - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
****Creg Selavi - Urinetown the Musical - Circle Theatre
Jayson "JC" Brooks - Passing Strange - Bailiwick Chicago
Steven Perkins - Passing Strange - Bailiwick Chicago

Actress in a Principal Role - Play
Eileen Niccolai - Orpheus Descending - Shattered Globe Theatre
Jacqueline Grandt - Bug - Redtwist Theatre
Katherine Keberlein - Fifty Words - Profiles Theatre
Melanie Keller - East of Berlin & the Russian Play - Signal Ensemble Theatre
Stacy Stoltz - Assisted Living - Profiles Theatre

Actress in a Principal Role - Musical
Harmony France - Violet The Musical - Bailiwick Chicago
Kelli Harrington - The Light in the Piazza - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Rachel Klippel - The Light in the Piazza - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre

Actor in a Supporting Role - Play
****Aaron Kirby - Dark Play or Stories for Boys - Collaboraction
Barth Bennett - A Lesson Before Dying - Lincoln Square Theatre
Dereck Garner - Red Light Winter - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.
Eric Burgher - A Behanding in Spokane - Profiles Theatre
J.P. Pierson - One Flea Spare - Eclipse Theatre Company
****Ryan Heindl - Punk Rock - Griffin Theatre Company

Actor in a Supporting Role - Musical
Evan Tyrone Martin - Violet The Musical - Bailiwick Chicago
Jeremy Rill - A Little Night Music - Circle Theatre
Justin Adair - The Light in the Piazza - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Michael Kingston - Pippin - Bohemian Theatre Ensemble

Actress in a Supporting Role - Play
Caroline Neff - Under the Blue Sky - Steep Theatre Company
Sasha Gioppo - Red Light Winter - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.
Susan Monts-Bologna - Superior Donuts - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.
Vanessa Greenway - Life is a Dream - Vitalist Th. in association with Premiere Theatre

Actress in a Supporting Role - Musical
Anita Hoffman - The Baker's Wife - Circle Theatre
Dana Tretta - Pippin - Bohemian Theatre Ensemble
Danni Smith - Pump Boys and Dinettes - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Khaki Pixley - A Little Night Music - Circle Theatre

New Work
Deidre O'Connor - Assisted Living - Profiles Theatre
Keith Josef Adkins - The Last Saint on Sugar Hill - Ma'at Prod. Assoc. of Afrikan Centered Theater
Lucas Neff - The Last Duck - Jackalope Theatre
Scott Barsotti, Molly Each, Laura Eason, Brian Golden, Kristin Idaszak, Kim Morris, Nick Ward, Doug Whippo - We Live Here - Theatre Seven of Chicago
Shepsu Aakhu - Speaking in Tongues: The Chronicles of Babel - Ma'at Prod. Assoc. of Afrikan Centered Theater

New Adaptation
Blake Montgomery - Moby-Dick - The Building Stage
****John Hildreth - Watership Down - Lifeline Theatre
Matt Hawkins - Cyrano - The House Theatre of Chicago
Sean Graney - Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses - The Hypocrites
Steve Moulds - 6 Characters in Search of an Author - The Hypocrites

Choreography
Brenda Didier - Pippin - Bohemian Theatre Ensemble
****Kevin Bellie - Urinetown the Musical - Circle Theatre
Nicole Pellegrino - Spring Awakening - Griffin Theatre Company

Fight / Movement Direction
David Woolley - Superior Donuts - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.
Matt Hawkins - Cyrano - The House Theatre of Chicago
****R&D Choreography - Watership Down - Lifeline Theatre

Music Direction
Allison Kane - Spring Awakening - Griffin Theatre Company
Andra Velis Simon - Violet The Musical - Bailiwick Chicago
James Morehead - Passing Strange - Bailiwick Chicago
Jeremy Ramey - The Light in the Piazza - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Jim DeSelm - Pump Boys and Dinettes - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre

Original Incidental Music
Andrew Hansen - Hunger - Lifeline Theatre
Christopher Kriz - The Count of Monte Christo - Lifeline Theatre
Kevin O'Donnell - Cyrano - The House Theatre of Chicago
Kevin O'Donnell - Moby-Dick - The Building Stage
Michael Huey - The Spirit Play - The Strange Tree Group
Ovidiu Iloc - The Word Progress on My Mother's Lips . . . - Trap Door Theatre

Scenic Design
Aam Veness - The Light in the Piazza - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Amanda Rozmiarek - The Price - Raven Theatre
Bob Knuth - The Women - Circle Theatre
Jack Magaw and Kimberly Senior - Bug - Redtwist Theatre
Ray Toler - Bus Stop - Raven Theatre

Lighting Design
Jared Moore - Lighthousekeeping - New Leaf Theatre
Jared Moore - Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses - The Hypocrites
Kevin D. Gawley - Hunger - Lifeline Theatre
Lee Keenan - Spring Awakening - Griffin Theatre Company
Lee Keenan - The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek - Eclipse Theatre Company
Mac Vaughey - The Ugly One - Sideshow Theatre Company

Costume Design
Aly Renee Amidei - The Count of Monte Christo - Lifeline Theatre
Elizabeth Wislar - A Little Night Music - Circle Theatre
Elizabeth Wislar - The Women - Circle Theatre
Jacqueline Firkins - Cyrano - The House Theatre of Chicago
****Jesus Perez - Urinetown the Musical - Circle Theatre

Sound Design
Christopher Kriz - Bug - Redtwist Theatre
****Christopher Kriz - Opus - Redtwist Theatre
Christopher Kriz - The Count of Monte Christo - Lifeline Theatre
****Mikhail Fiksel - Watership Down - Lifeline Theatre
Thomas Dixon - The Sea - Theatre Mir

Artistic Specialization
Magic Design - Brett Schneider - The Spirit Play - The Strange Tree Group
Percussion - Casey Baker, Kevin O'Donnell, Mike Przygoda - Moby-Dick - The Building Stage
****Puppet, Mask and Video Design - Joanna Iwanicka - Watership Down - Lifeline Theatre
Properties/Set Dressing - Mary O'Dowd - The Price - Raven Theatre
Make Up / Gore Design - Mary Williamson and Christine Conley - Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses - The Hypocrites
Video Design and Cinematography - Nivan Yahaghi and Amanda Clifford - cinematography - We Live Here - Theatre Seven of Chicago
****Music Coach - Zhanna Bullock - Opus - Redtwist Theatre

Dialect Coaching
Anita Deely - Old Times - Strawdog Theatre Company
****Elise Kauzlaric - Punk Rock - Griffin Theatre Company
Eve Breneman - The Light in the Piazza - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre 

Congrats to all the nominees and winners!   You make Chicago a richer and more wonderous city.

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