2010 Ovation Awards

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Josh Grisetti, winner, Lead Actor in a Musical
Beth Grant, winner, Lead Actress in a Play Beth Grant.jpg
Beth Grant, winner, Lead Actress in a Play
Sally Struthers, winner, Featured Actress in a Musical Sally Struthers.jpg
Sally Struthers, winner, Featured Actress in a Musical
Harry Groener, winner, Featured Actor in a Play Harry Groener.jpg
Harry Groener, winner, Featured Actor in a Play
John Caird, winner, Book for an Original Musical, and nominee, Director of a Musical John Caird in January 2011.jpg
John Caird, winner, Book for an Original Musical, and nominee, Director of a Musical
T. R. Knight, nominee, Lead Actor in a Musical TR Knight cropped.jpg
T. R. Knight, nominee, Lead Actor in a Musical
Patrick J. Adams, nominee, Featured Actor in a Play Patrick J Adams.jpg
Patrick J. Adams, nominee, Featured Actor in a Play
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Connor Trinneer, nominee, Featured Actor in a Play

The nominees for the 2010 Ovation Awards were announced on October 18, 2010, at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] The awards were presented for excellence in stage productions in the Los Angeles area from September, 2009 to August, 2010 based upon evaluations from 250 members of the Los Angeles theater community.

Contents

The winners were announced on January 17, 2011, in a ceremony at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks, California. [3]

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Production of a Musical (Intimate Theater)Best Production of a Musical (Large Theater)
Best Production of a Play (Intimate Theater) 2 winnersBest Production of a Play (Large Theater)
  • The Ballad of Emmett Till Fountain Theatre
  • Four Places Rogue Machine Theatre
    • Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • Oedipus el Rey – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Opus Fountain Theatre
    • Shaheed -- The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto – Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre
    • Something Happened – Pacific Stages
Lead Actor in a Musical 3 winnersLead Actress in a Musical
Lead Actor in a Play 3 winnersLead Actress in a Play 2 winners
Featured Actor in a MusicalFeatured Actress in a Musical
Featured Actor in a PlayFeatured Actress in a Play
Acting EnsembleBest Season
Director of a MusicalDirector of a Play
Music DirectionChoreography
Book for an Original MusicalLyrics/Music for an Original Musical
Playwrighting For An Original Play
  • L. Trey Wilson Something Happened – Pacific Stages
    • Donald Freed  1951-2006 – The Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC)
    • Jeffrey Hatcher  Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • David Schulner  Forgiveness – Black Dahlia Theatre
    • Luis Alfaro  Oedipus el Rey – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Tom Jacobson  The Twentieth-Century Way – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Del Shores  Yellow – Jd3atrical
Lighting Design (Intimate Theater)Lighting Design (Large Theater)
  • Jeremy Pivnick Oedipus el Rey – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Leigh Allen Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • Steven Young God Save Gertrude – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Brian Sidney Bembridge The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Elizabeth Harper The Twentieth-Century Way – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • KC Wilkerson Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter – The Chance Theater
    • KC Wilkerson  The Who's Tommy  – The Chance Theater
Scenic Design (Intimate Theater)Scenic Design (Large Theater)
  • Brian Sidney Bembridge The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Desma Murphy As White as O – Road Theatre Company
    • Jeff G. Rack  Black Coffee  – Theatre 40
    • Tom Buderwitz Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • Susan Gratch God Save Gertrude – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Katie Polebaum Gogol Project – Bootleg Theater
    • John Binkley Oedipus el Rey – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • Jeff McLaughlin Grace & Glorie – The Colony Theatre Company
Sound Design (Intimate Theater)Sound Design (Large Theater)
  • Peter Bayne Opus Fountain Theatre
    • John Zalewski Absinthe, Opium & Magic: 1920s Shanghai – Grand Guignolers
    • David B. Marling The Ballad of Emmett Till Fountain Theatre
    • Jason Duplissea Blood and Thunder – Moving Arts
    • Cricket S. Myers  Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • Mark Wilson Neighborhood 3 : Requisition of Doom Sacred Fools Theater Company
    • Rob Oriol Oedipus el Rey – The Theatre @ Boston Court
Costume Design (Intimate Theater)Costume Design (Large Theater) 2 winners
  • Teresa Shea Project Wonderland – Bootleg Theater
    • Vicki Conrad Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Actors Co-Op/Crossley Theatre
    • Joyce Ferrer  Black Coffee  – Theatre 40
    • A. Jeffrey Schoenberg Children of the Night – Katselas Theatre Company
    • A. Jeffrey Schoenberg Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • Kerry Hennessy Gogol Project – Bootleg Theater
    • Erika C. Miller  The Who's Tommy  – The Chance Theater
  • Christopher Oram  Parade  Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
  • Snezana Petrovic Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands – Overtone Industries
    • Julie Keen  Awake and Sing!  – A Noise Within
    • A. Jeffrey Schoenberg Celadine – The Colony Theatre Company
    • Sharon Mcgunigle Frosty The Snow Manilow Troubadour Theater Company
    • Shigeru Yaji Peace – The J. Paul Getty Trust
    • Ann Closs-Farley The Pee-Wee Herman Show AEG Live

Ovation Honors

Ovation Honors, which recognize outstanding achievement in areas that are not among the standard list of nomination categories, were presented when the nominations were announced.

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References

  1. Andronico, Michael (19 October 2010). "Nominees Announced for 2010 Ovation Awards".
  2. Ng, David (18 October 2010). "Ovation Awards nominations announced for 2009-10 season". Los Angeles Times.
  3. "2009/2010 Ovation Award Winners". 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2013.