OVATION AWARD WINNERS 2017
2017 Ovation Award Winners
BY RYAN LUÉVANO
The moment you’ve all been waiting for . . . AND THE 2017 OVATION AWARDS GO TO:
Best Season
ROGUE MACHINE
Dutch Masters
Les Blancs
Still Life
The Super Variety Match Bonus Round
Best Production of a Play (Intimate Theatre)
33 VARIATIONS
Actors Co-op
Best Production of a Play (Large Theatre)
GULF VIEW DRIVE
Rubicon Theatre Company
Best Production of a Musical (Intimate Theatre)
WHEN JAZZ HAD THE BLUES
CEK Productions
Best Production of a Musical (Large Theatre)
NEXT TO NORMAL
East West Players
Best Presented Production
THE ENCOUNTER
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Acting Ensemble of a Play
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Center Theatre Group
Acting Ensemble of a Musical
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
Ebony Repertory Theatre
Choreography
PAUL MCGILL
THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE
Geffen Playhouse
Music Direction
JESSE VARGAS
FOR THE RECORD: SCORSESE – AMERICAN CRIME REQUIEM
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts / For the Record
Book for an Original Musical
CAROLE EGLASH-KOSOFF
WHEN JAZZ HAD THE BLUES
CEK Productions
Lyrics/Composition for an Original Musical
MICHAEL SHAW FISHER
SKULLDUGGERY: THE MUSICAL PREQUEL TO HAMLET
Sacred Fools Theater Company
Playwriting for an Original Play
ANNA ZIEGLER
ACTUALLY
Geffen Playhouse
Direction of a Musical
NANCY KEYSTONE
NEXT TO NORMAL
East West Players
Direction of a Play
THOMAS JAMES O’LEARY
33 VARIATIONS
Actors Co-op
Lead Actor in a Musical
B. SLADE as Stacks
FOR THE RECORD: SCORSESE – AMERICAN CRIME REQUIEM
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts / For the Record
Lead Actress in a Musical
DEEDEE MAGNO HALL as Diana
NEXT TO NORMAL
East West Players
Lead Actor in a Play
HARRY GROENER as Big Daddy
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Antaeus Theatre Company
Lead Actress in a Play
DEBRA JO RUPP as Della
THE CAKE
The Echo Theater Company
Featured Actor in a Musical
ROGELIO DOUGLAS, JR. as Four Eyed Moe
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
Ebony Repertory Theatre
Featured Actress in a Musical
ISA BRIONES as Natalie
NEXT TO NORMAL
East West Players
Featured Actor in a Play
ADOLPHUS WARD as Stool Pigeon
AUGUST WILSON’S KING HEDLEY II
Sophina Brown
Featured Actress in a Play
ELLA JOYCE as Ruby
AUGUST WILSON’S KING HEDLEY II
Sophina Brown
Lighting Design (Intimate Theatre)
ANDREW SCHMEDAKE
33 VARIATIONS
Actors Co-op
Lighting Design (Large Theatre)
JOSH EPSTEIN
THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE
Geffen Playhouse
Scenic Design (Intimate Theatre)
NICHOLAS ACCIANI
33 VARIATIONS
Actors Co-op
Scenic Design (Large Theatre)
TIM MACKABEE
ARCHDUKE
Center Theatre Group
Sound Design (Intimate Theatre)
JOSEPH SLAWINSKI
BURNERS
Moving Arts
Sound Design (Large Theatre)
JEFF GARDNER
DRY LAND
Center Theatre Group / The Echo Theater Company
Costume Design (Intimate Theatre)
MICHAEL MULLEN
SIAMESE SEX SHOW
Theatre Planners
Costume Design (Large Theatre)
E.B. BROOKS
THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE
Geffen Playhouse
Video/Projection Design
CORWIN EVANS
PLASTICITY
SoulArt
Ovation Honors Recipients
BARS AND MEASURES
The Theatre @ Boston CourtFight Choreography:AHMED BEST
BLUEBERRY TOAST
The Echo Theater CompanyPuppet Design:
JOE SEELY
WICKED LIT 2016
Unbound Productions
Sherwood Award
Hana S.Kim
