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In the list below, (*) indicates a member of Actors Equity Association, (^) indicates a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, (’) indicates a member of United Scenic Artists, and (”) indicates a member of the Dramatist’s Guild.

And the 2008/2009 Ovation Award Nominees are…

Best Season

Fountain Theatre
Coming Home
Gem of the Ocean
Photograph 51

Geffen Playhouse
Beethoven as I Knew Him
Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara
By the Waters of Babylon
Farragut North
The Seafarer
Time Stands Still

Rubicon Theatre Company
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
Spit Like a Big Girl
The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Chance Theater
Evita
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
Jesus Hates Me
The Girl, the Grouch and the Goat

Troubadour Theater Company
Alice in One-Hit Wonderland 2: Through the Looking Glass
As U2 Like It
It’s a Stevie Wonderful Life

Production of a Musical - Intimate Theatre
Divorce! The Musical
Rick Culbertson, in association with Lynn Marks and Paradox Entertainment

HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
The Chance Theater

Joe’s Garage
Open Fist Theatre Company

Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical
Havok Theatre Company

Life Could Be a Dream
David Elzer, Peter Schneider & Crooning Crabcakes LLC

Production of a Play - Intimate Theatre
A Skull in Connemara
Theatre Tribe

Coming Home
Fountain Theatre

Equus
The Production Company

Family Planning
Chalk Repertory Theatre

Photograph 51
Fountain Theatre

Stick Fly
The Matrix Theatre Company

The Idea Man
Elephant Theatre Company

Production of a Musical - Large Theatre
Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2: Through the Looking Glass
Troubadour Theater Company

As U2 Like It
Troubadour Theater Company

Louis & Keely, Live at the Sahara
L & K Productions

Smokey Joe’s Cafe
El Portal Theatre in association with Corky Hale

The Last Five Years
East West Players

Production of a Play - Large Theatre
Farragut North
Geffen Playhouse

Lydia
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

The Little Dog Laughed
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

The Rehearsal
A Noise Within

Two Trains Running
Ebony Repertory Theatre

Book/Lyrics/Music for an Original Musical

Dolly Parton & Patricia Resnick
9 to 5: The Musical
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Erin Kamler
Divorce! The Musical
Rick Culbertson, in association with Lynn Marks and Paradox Entertainment

Book, Lyrics and Music by Frank Zappa
Adapted by Pat Towne and Michael Franco from Frank Zappa’s original stage play
Joe’s Garage
Open Fist Theatre Company

Ken Roht & John Ballinger
Ken Roht’s Calendar Girl Competition
Bootleg Theater

Charles Strouse, Susan Birkenhead & Bob Martin
Minsky’s
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Playwrighting for an Original Play
Rajiv Joseph”
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Tim Toyama” & Aaron Woolfolk
Bronzeville
Robey Theatre Company

Carolyn Almos, Matt Almos, Albert Dayan and Jon Beauregard
Land of the Tigers
Sacred Fools, Burglars of Hamm and Frantic Redhead Productions

Vince Melocchi
Lions
Pacific Resident Theatre

Kevin King”
The Idea Man
Elephant Theatre Company

John W. Lowell”
The Letters
Andak Stage Company

Donald Margulies”
Time Stands Still
Geffen Playhouse

Director of a Musical
Matt Walker*^
Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2: Through the Looking Glass
Troubadour Theater Company

Matt Walker*^
As U2 Like It
Troubadour Theater Company

Rick Sparks^
Divorce! The Musical
Rick Culbertson, in association with Lynn Marks and Paradox Entertainment

Oanh Nguyen^
HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
The Chance Theater

Nick DeGruccio*^
Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical
Havok Theatre Company

Jeffrey Polk^
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
El Portal Theatre in association with Corky Hale

Jon Lawrence Rivera^
The Last Five Years
East West Players

Director of a Play
Stuart Rogers
A Skull in Connemara
Theatre Tribe

August Viverito’
Equus
The Production Company

Larissa Kokernot
Family Planning
Chalk Repertory Theatre

Shirley Jo Finney^
Stick Fly
The Matrix Theatre Company

David Fofi
The Idea Man
Elephant Theatre Company

Scott Ellis^
The Little Dog Laughed
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Israel Hicks^
Two Trains Running
Ebony Repertory Theatre

Music Direction
Eric Heinly
Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2: Through the Looking Glass
Troubadour Theater Company

Eric Heinly
As U2 Like It
Troubadour Theater Company

David O
Divorce! The Musical
Rick Culbertson, in association with Lynn Marks and Paradox Entertainment

Ross Wright
Joe’s Garage
Open Fist Theatre Company

Darryl Archibald
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
El Portal Theatre in association with Corky Hale

Billy Stritch*
The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman
Rubicon Theatre Company

Daniel Thomas
The Producers
Musical Theatre West

Choreographer
Jon Engstrom^
42nd Street
Cabrillo Music Theatre

Nadine Ellis, Ameenah Kaplan & Christine Lakin^
Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2: Through the Looking Glass
Troubadour Theater Company

Ameenah Kaplan
Altar Boyz
Celebration Theatre

Christine Lakin^
As U2 Like It
Troubadour Theater Company

Kelly Todd
HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
The Chance Theater

Ken Roht
Ken Roht’s Calendar Girl Competition
Bootleg Theater

Lee Martino^
Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical
Havok Theatre Company

Acting Ensemble
Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2: Through the Looking Glass
Troubadour Theater Company

As U2 Like It
Troubadour Theater Company

Divorce! The Musical
Rick Culbertson, in association with Lynn Marks and Paradox Entertainment

Forbidden Broadway:  Greatest Hits Volume 1
Musical Theatre West

Mercury Fur
needtheater

Model Behavior, i.e., the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
24th Street Theatre

Stick Fly
The Matrix Theatre Company

Lead Actor in a Musical
Hershey Felder* as Ludwig van Beethoven, etc.
Beethoven As I Knew Him
Geffen Playhouse

Will Collyer* as Josh
BIG: The Musical
West Coast Ensemble

Eric Kunze* as Jesus
Jesus Christ Superstar
Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities

Chad Borden* as Molina
Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical
Havok Theatre Company

Jake Broder* as Louis Prima
Louis & Keely, Live at the Sahara
Geffen Playhouse

Christopher Fitzgerald* as Billy Minsky
Minsky’s
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Michael K Lee* as Jamie
The Last Five Years
East West Players

Lead Actor in a Play
Morlan Higgins* as Mick Dowd
A Skull in Connemara
Theatre Tribe

Sam R. Ross* as Alan Turing
Breaking the Code
The Production Company

Chris Pine* as Stephen Bellamy
Farragut North
Geffen Playhouse

Sam Anderson* as Ichabod Banks
The Bird and Mr. Banks
Road Theatre Company

Glynn Turman* as Memphis
Two Trains Running
Ebony Repertory Theatre

Matt Gottlieb* as Gabriel Hornstein
Who Lives?
Renal Support Network

Joe Spano* as George
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Rubicon Theatre Company

Lead Actress in a Musical
Megan Hilty* as Doralee Rhodes
9 to 5: The Musical
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Allison Janney* as Violet Newstead
9 to 5: The Musical
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Vanessa Claire Smith* as Keely Smith
Louis & Keely, Live at the Sahara
L & K Productions

Katrina Lenk as Linda Lovelace
Lovelace A Rock opera
The Hayworth

Leslie Uggams* as Lena Horne
Stormy Weather
Pasadena Playhouse

Lillias White* as Lillias
The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman
Rubicon Theatre Company

Jennifer Paz* as Cathy
The Last Five Years
East West Players

Lead Actress in a Play
Deidrie Henry* as Veronica
Coming Home
Fountain Theatre

Alina Phelan* as Olivia
Family Planning
Chalk Repertory Theatre

Aria Alpert* as Rosalind Franklin
Photograph 51
Fountain Theatre

Julia Fletcher* as Anna
The Letters
Andak Stage Company

Julie White* as Diane
The Little Dog Laughed
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Laurie Metcalf* as Virginia
Voice Lessons
Zephyr Theatre

Betty Garrett* as Sarita Myrtle
Waiting in the Wings
Theatre West

Featured Actor in a Musical
Jim Holdridge* as Eugene
Life Could Be a Dream
David Elzer, Peter Schneider & Crooning Crabcakes LLC

Niles Rivers as Niles
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
El Portal Theatre in association with Corky Hale

TC Carson* as TC
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
El Portal Theatre in association with Corky Hale

John Woodard III* as John
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
El Portal Theatre in association with Corky Hale

Maceo Oliver* as Maceo
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
El Portal Theatre in association with Corky Hale

Michael Paternostro* as Carmen Ghia
The Producers
Musical Theatre West

David Engel* as Roger DeBris
The Producers
Musical Theatre West

Featured Actor in a Play
Jeff Kerr McGivney as Mairtin Hanlon
A Skull in Connemara
Theatre Tribe

David Ross Paterson* as Dillwyn Knox
Breaking The Code
The Production Company

David Ari* as Rosen
Family Planning
Chalk Repertory Theatre

Adolphus Ward* as Solly Two Kings
Gem of the Ocean
Fountain Theatre

Hugo Armstrong* as Sabretooth and Tim
Land of the Tigers
Sacred Fools, Burglars of Hamm and Frantic Redhead Productions

Geoff Elliott* as Hero
The Rehearsal
A Noise Within

Roger Robinson* as Holloway
Two Trains Running
Ebony Repertory Theatre

Featured Actress in a Musical
Beth Leavel* as Maisie
Minsky’s
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Dionne Figgins* as Dionne
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
El Portal Theatre in association with Corky Hale

DeLee Lively* as DeLee
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
El Portal Theatre in association with Corky Hale

Sharon Catherine Blanks* as Sharon
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
El Portal Theatre in association with Corky Hale

Nikki Crawford* as Young Lena
Stormy Weather
Pasadena Playhouse

Dee Hoty* as Kay Thompson
Stormy Weather
Pasadena Playhouse

Sarah Cornell* as Ulla
The Producers
Musical Theatre West

Featured Actress in a Play
Jenny O’Hara* as Maryjohnny Rafferty
A Skull in Connemara
Theatre Tribe

Danielle Kennedy* as Greta
Family Planning
Chalk Repertory Theatre

Elia Saldana as Jilly
Family Planning
Chalk Repertory Theatre

Tasha Ames* as Izzy
Rabbit Hole
Malibu Stage Company

Kerry Carney as Francine Carlson
The Idea Man
Elephant Theatre Company

Josette DiCarlo* as Tamara
The Prodigal Father
Celebration Theatre and Playwrights 6

Angela Goethals* as Honey
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Rubicon Theatre Company

Costume Design - Intimate Theatre
Jeffrey Schoenberg
Bach at Leipzig
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Erika C. Miller
HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
The Chance Theater

Martine Granby
Joe’s Garage
Open Fist Theatre Company

Ann Closs-Farley’
Ken Roht’s Calendar Girl Competition
Bootleg Theater

Ann Closs-Farley’
Land of the Tigers
Sacred Fools, Burglars of Hamm and Frantic Redhead Productions

A. Jeffrey Schoenberg’
Light Up The Sky
Open Fist Theatre Company

Catherine Glover
Who Lives?
Renal Support Network

Costume Design - Large Theatre
William Ivey Long’
9 to 5: The Musical
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Sharon McGunigle’
Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2: Through the Looking Glass
Troubadour Theater Company

Ann Closs-Farley’
James and the Giant Peach
MainStreet Theatre Company

Gregg Barnes’
Minsky’s
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Soojin Lee’
Oliver Twist
A Noise Within

Soojin Lee’
The Rehearsal
A Noise Within

Robert Perdziola’
The School of Night
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Lighting Design - Intimate Theatre
Luke Moyer’
A Skull in Connemara
Theatre Tribe

Brian Sidney Bembridge
Battle Hymn
Circle X Theatre Company

Luke Moyer’
Dracula
NoHo Arts Center Ensemble

Steven Young’
Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical
Havok Theatre Company

Chris Wojcieszyn
Spider Bites
Theatre of NOTE

Christian Epps’
Stick Fly
The Matrix Theatre Company

Jeremy Pivnick’
Who Lives?
Renal Support Network

Lighting Design - Large Theatre
Jules Fisher’ & Peggy Eisenhauer’
9 to 5: The Musical
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

David Lander’
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Paul Gallo’
Farragut North
Geffen Playhouse

Anne Militello’
Louis & Keely, Live at the Sahara
L & K Productions

Ken Booth’
Oliver Twist
A Noise Within

Donald Holder’
The Little Dog Laughed
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Dan Weingarten’
Two Trains Running
Ebony Repertory Theatre

Scenic Design - Intimate Theatre
Jeff McLaughlin
A Skull in Connemara
Theatre Tribe

Desma Murphy’
Dracula
NoHo Arts Center Ensemble

Leonard Ogden
Eternal Equinox
Grove Theater Center

Christopher Scott Murillo
HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
The Chance Theater

David Harwell’
Rantoul And Die
Elephant Theatre Company

John Iacovelli’
Stick Fly
The Matrix Theatre Company

Will Pellegrini
Who Lives?
Renal Support Network

Scenic Design - Large Theatre
Scott Pask’
9 to 5: The Musical
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Derek McLane’
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Michael Ganio’
By the Waters of Babylon
Geffen Playhouse

Anna Louizos’
Minsky’s
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Allen Moyer’
The Little Dog Laughed
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

John Lee Beatty’
Time Stands Still
Geffen Playhouse

Edward E. Haynes, Jr.’
Two Trains Running
Ebony Repertory Theatre

Sound Design - Intimate Theatre
Michael Levine & Cricket S. Myers’
Battle Hymn
Circle X Theatre Company

Bruno Louchouarn’
Courting Vampires
The Theatre @ Boston Court

Ken Sawyer^
Dracula
NoHo Arts Center Ensemble

Cody Henderson & Matt Almos
Land of the Tigers
Sacred Fools, Burglars of Hamm and Frantic Redhead Productions

David B. Marling’ and Christopher Moscatiello
The Bird and Mr. Banks
Road Theatre Company

Joseph “Sloe” Slawinski
Treefall
Rogue Machine

Jeffrey Porter
Who Lives?
Renal Support Network

Sound Design - Large Theatre
John H. Shivers’
9 to 5: The Musical
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Erik Carstensen
Beethoven as I Knew Him
Geffen Playhouse

Kathryn Bostic & Cricket S. Myers’
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

Lindsay Jones’
Louis & Keely, Live at the Sahara
L & K Productions

Chris Webb & David Molina’
Lydia
Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Cricket Myers’
Mary’s Wedding
The Colony Theatre Company

Lewis Flinn & Cricket S. Myers’
The Little Dog Laughed
Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre

NUMERIC BREAKDOWN

By Organization

Center Theatre Group 25
Geffen Playhouse 14
Troubadour Theater Company 12
El Portal Theatre in association with Corky Hale 10
Theatre Tribe 7
Chalk Repertory Theatre 6
Ebony Repertory Theatre 6
Fountain Theatre 6
The Chance Theater 6
A Noise Within 5
Elephant Theatre Company5
Havok Theatre Company 5
Musical Theatre West 5
Open Fist Theatre Company 5
Renal Support Network 5
Rubicon Theatre Company 5
Rick Culbertson, in association with Lynn Marks and Paradox Entertainment 5
The Matrix Theatre Company 5
East West Players 4
Sacred Fools, Burglars of Hamm and Frantic Redhead Productions 4
The Production Company 4
Bootleg Theater 3
NoHo Arts Center Ensemble 3
Pasadena Playhouse 3
Andak Stage Company 2
Celebration Theatre 2
Circle X Theatre Company 2
David Elzer, Peter Schneider & Crooning Crabcakes LLC 2
Road Theatre Company 2
24th Street Theatre 1
Cabrillo Music Theatre 1
Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities 1
Grove Theater Center 1
MainStreet Theatre Company 1
Malibu Stage Company 1
needtheater 1
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble 1
Pacific Resident Theatre 1
Playwrights 6 1
Robey Theatre Company 1
Rogue Machine 1
The Colony Theatre Company 1
The Hayworth 1
The Theatre @ Boston Court 1
Theatre of NOTE 1
Theatre West 1
West Coast Ensemble 1
Zephyr Theatre 1

By Production

Smokey Joe’s Cafe 10
9 to 5: The Musical 7
A Skull in Connemara 7
Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2: Through the Looking Glass 6
Family Planning 6
The Little Dog Laughed 6
Two Trains Running 6
AS U2 Like It 5
Divorce! The Musical 5
HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical 5
Kiss of the Spider Woman-The Musical 5
Louis & Keely, Live at the Sahara 5
Minsky’s 5
Stick Fly 5
Who Lives? 5
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo 4
Joe’s Garage 4
Land of the Tigers 4
The Idea Man 4
The Last Five Years 4
The Producers 4
Dracula 3
Farragut North 3
Ken Roht’s Calendar Girl Competition 3
Stormy Weather 3
The Rehearsal 3
Battle Hymn 2
Beethoven As I Knew Him 2
Breaking The Code 2
Coming Home 2
Equus 2
Life Could Be A Dream 2
Lydia 2
Oliver Twist 2
Photograph 51 2
The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman 2
The Bird and Mr. Banks 2
The Letters 2
Time Stands Still 2
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2
42nd Street 1
Altar Boyz 1
Bach at Leipzig 1
BIG: The Musical 1
Bronzeville 1
By the Waters of Babylon 1
Courting Vampires 1
Eternal Equinox 1
Forbidden Broadway:
Greatest Hits Volume 1 1
Gem of the Ocean 1
James and the Giant Peach 1
Jesus Christ Superstar 1
Light Up The Sky 1
Lions 1
Lovelace A Rock opera 1
Mary’s Wedding 1
Mercury Fur 1
Model Behavior, i.e., the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1
Rabbit Hole 1
Rantoul And Die 1
Spider Bites 1
The Prodigal Father 1
The School of Night 1
Treefall 1
Voice Lessons 1
Waiting in the Wings 1