28th NAACP Theatre Awards

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28th NAACP Theatre Awards
DateJune 17, 2019
Venue Millennium Biltmore Hotel
Hosted by Loni Love
Most awardsBorn For This (6)
Website naacptheatreawards.com
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The 28th NAACP Theatre Awards , presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in theater during the 2018 calendar year. [1] The ceremony was hosted by Loni Love and took place on Monday, June 17, 2019 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles. [2] [3] [4]

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During the ceremony American actress and singer Lillias White was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award. American actress and producer Viola Davis was honored with the Trailblazer Award. American actress Condola Rashad was recognized with the Spirit Award. [5]

Awards and nominations

All nominees are listed below, and the winners are listed in bold. [6] [7]

Special honors

Lifetime Achievement Award
Trailblazer Award
Spirit Award

Directions, writings and productions fields

Best Director — Larger TheatreBest Director — 99 Seat Theatre
Best Director of a Musical — Larger TheatreBest Director of a Musical — 99 Seat
  • Antony and Cleopatra — Gloria Gifford
  • Can God's Love — Spencer M. Collins IV
  • Her Final New Beginning — Wanda Ray Willis
Best Playwright — Larger TheatreBest Playwright — 99 Seat Theatre
  • King Hedley II — August Wilson
  • This Land — Evangeline Ordaz
  • An Accident — Lydia Stryk
Best Producer — Larger TheatreBest Producer — 99 Seat Theatre
  • Tum Me Loose — Get Lifted Film Company, John Legend and Mike Jackson
  • Born For This — My Destiny Productions and Ron Gillyard
  • Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Lalolla Playhouse
  • This Land — Company of Angels, Danny Munoz and Tamadhur Al-Ageel
  • The Meeting — Shannon Sylvain
  • King Hedley II — Sophina Brown

Acting performances fields

Best Ensemble Cast —Larger TheatreBest Ensemble Cast — 99 Seat Theatre
  • The Meeting
  • Periphery
  • Les Blancs
Best Lead Female - Larger TheatreBest Lead Female — 99 Seat Theatre
  • An Accident — Katie Rogers
  • This Land — LeShay Tomlinson Boyce
  • Br'er Cotton — Yvonne Huff Lee
  • This Land — Niketa Calame
Best Lead Male — Larger TheatreBest Lead Male — 99 Seat Theatre
  • Born For This — Juan Winans
  • Between Riverside and Crazy — John Cothran
  • Driving Miss Daisy — Arthur Richardson
  • Br'er Cotton — Omete Anassi
  • An Accident — Kent Faulcon
  • Transitions — Joshua Wolf Coleman
Best Supporting Female — Larger TheatreBest Supporting Female ~ 99 Seat Theatre
  • Born For This — Nita Whitaker
  • Born For This — Kirsten Wyatt Born
  • Born For This — Kiandra Richardson
Best Supporting Male — Larger TheatreBest Supporting Male — 99 Seat Theatre
  • Born For This — Milton Craig Nealy
  • Five Guys Named Moe — Rogelio Douglas, Jr
  • The Legend of Georgia McBride — Larry Powell
  • King Hedley I — Adolphus Ward Punk
  • Rock — Jacob Gibson
  • Bret Cotton — Christopher Carrington
Best One Person Show — Larger TheatreOutstanding Character Voice Performance — Motion Picture
  • Tum Me Loose — Joe Morto
  • Lyrics from Lockdown — Bryonn Bain
  • Love is a Dirty Word — Giovanni Adams
  • Conversation “Bout the Girls — Sonia Jackson

Music and choreographies

Best Choreography — Larger TheatreBest Choreography — 99 Seat Theatre
  • Les Blancs — Toyce Guy
  • Punk Rock — Matthew Glave
  • Runaway Home — Janet Roston
Best Music Director — Larger TheatreBest Music Director — 99 Seat Theatre
  • Love is a Dirty Word — Giovanni Adams
  • Elevator — Mario Marchetti
  • Can God's Love — Cedric Lily
Best Sound — Larger TheatreBest Sound — 99 Seat Theatre
  • Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Gareth Owen
  • Head of Passes — Rob Milbum and Michael Bodeen
  • Shout Sister Shout — Jon Gottlieb
  • Transition — David Darling
  • Les Blancs — Jeff Gardner
  • King Hedley Il — Kevin Novinsky

Technical fields

Best Costumes — Larger TheatreBest Costumes — 99 Seat Theatre
  • Transition — Kate Bergh
  • Les Blanes — Wendell C. Carmichael
  • Antony and Cleopatra — Gloria Gifford, Lauren Plaxco and Lucy Walsh
Best Lighting — Larger TheatreBest Lighting — 99 Seat Theatre
  • Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Howell Binkley
  • Head of Passes — Jeff Croiter
  • Born For This — Jason Lyons
  • Transition — Donny Jackson
  • Les Blancs — Derrick McDaniel
  • King Hedley Il - Derek Jones
Best Set Design — Larger TheatreBest Set Design — 99 Seat Theatre
  • Head of Passes — G. W. Mercier
  • Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Robert Brill
  • Big Night — John Lee Beatty
  • This Land — Justine Huen
  • Bee-luther Hatchee — Christopher Scott Murillo
  • King Hedley Il — John Iacovelli

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  3. ↑ Hookey, Sarah (June 18, 2019). "BORN FOR THIS Receives Five NAACP Theatre Awards for Los Angeles Production". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  4. ↑ Cristi, A. A. (March 28, 2019). "NAACP Reveals Nominations For The 28th Annual Theatre Awards". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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