2008
OVATION AWARDS

Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara
Lead Actress in a Musical - Vanessa Claire Smith
Lead Actor in a Musical - Jake Broder
Direction of a Musical
- Jeremy Aldridge
Franklin R. Levy Award for Musical in an Intimate Theater

 

2007
GLAAD AWARDS

Act a Lady
Outstanding Los Angeles Theatre Award

L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS

The Swine Show
Revival Production of the Year
Comedy Direction - Paul Plunkett
* Sound Design
- Tim Labor
Comedy Ensemble
- Jaime Andrews, Adam Bitterman,
Rafeal Clements, Donna Giffen, Supatra Hanna,
Joe Hendrix, Brendan Hunt, Rebecca Rhae Larsen,
Scott Leggett, Molly McDowell, Franci Montgomery,
Jaime Robledo, Ruth Silveira & Dan Wingard

MYFOXLA HOTLIST

* Best Theatre Group

 

2006
OVATION AWARDS

Gorey Stories
* The Franklin R. Levy Memorial Award for Musical/Intimate Theater
Best Set Design (Intimate Theater)
- Joel Daavid & Michael Franco
Best Director of a Musical
- Pat Towne
Best Costume Design
- Ann Closs-Farley
Best Ensemble Performance - Henry Dittman, Joe Fria,
Jenifer Hamel, Kelley Hazen, Mary Guilliams,
Joe Jordan, Paul Plunkett, Ryan Templeton,
Pat Towne & Lola Ward

La Bête
Best Actor - Dan Mailley

L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS

Claire Z
Best Adaptation - John Wuchte

La Bête
* Leading Male Performance - Dan Mailley

L.A. DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS

La Bête
* Best Actor - Dan Mailley

GARLAND AWARDS
(* = Winner, all others are Honorable Mentions)

La Bête
* Production
* Direction - Kiff Scholl
* Costume Design - Michelle Lynette Bush
* Makeup Design - Mark Crowell
* Performance in a (Primarily) Straight Play -
Dan Mailley
Performance - Joe Jordan & Philip Newby
David Hirson
- Playwriting

Bukowsical!
Musical Score - Gary Stockdale & Spencer Green

 

2005
L.A. DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS

Gorey Stories
Best Direction - Pat Towne
Best Musical Direction
- Graham Jackson
Best Musical Score - David Aldrich with Graham Jackson
* Best Lighting Design - Cricket Sloat
* Best Costume, Hair, Wigs & Makeup
- Ann Closs-Farley
* Best Ensemble Performance - Henry Dittman, Joe Fria,
Jenifer Hamel, Kelley Hazen, Mary Guilliams,
Joe Jordan, Paul Plunkett, Ryan Templeton,
Pat Towne & Lola Ward

L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS

Love Tapes
* Comedy Direction - Jessie Marion
Comedy Performance
- Dean Cameron
Comedy Performance
- Julie Mullen
Play Writing
- Steven Banks & Penn Jillette

Gorey Stories
Comedy Direction - Pat Towne
Comedy Ensemble
- Henry Dittman, Joe Fria,
Jenifer Hamel, Kelley Hazen, Mary Guilliams,
Joe Jordan, Paul Plunkett, Ryan Templeton,
Pat Towne & Lola Ward
Costume Design - Ann Closs-Farley
Set Design - Joel Daavid

GARLAND AWARDS
(* = Winner, all others are Honorable Mentions)

Gorey Stories
Production
Adaptation - Stephen Currens
Direction - Pat Towne
Musical Direction - Graham Jackson
Musical Score - David Aldrich with Graham Jackson
Scenic Design - Joel Daavid
* Costume Design - Ann Closs-Farley
Lighting Design - Cricket Sloat
Sound Design - William Levine
Ensemble Performance
- Henry Dittman, Joe Fria,
Jenifer Hamel, Kelley Hazen, Mary Guilliams,
Joe Jordan, Paul Plunkett, Ryan Templeton,
Pat Towne & Lola Ward

A Dr. Jeuss Christmas
Performance - Jason Frazier
Costume Design -
M.E. Dunn

REVIEWPLAYS.COM

Love Tapes
* Best Comedy of the Year

MARTINI REPUBLIC'S BEST OF 2005

A Dr. Jeuss Christmas
* Best Costume Design - M.E. Dunn

 

2004
L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS

Midnight Brainwash Revival
Set Design - M.E. Dunn

GARLAND AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTIONS)

View of the Dome
Best Ensemble - Bryan Bellomo, Pat Caldwell,
Thomas Craig Elliot, Victor Isaac, Liesel Kopp,
Jenelle Riley, Donald Robert Stewart, B. Todi,
David Wilcox & John Wuchte

Midnight Brainwash Revival
Set Design - M.E. Dunn

 

2003
OVATION AWARDS

Dracula: A Musical Nightmare
Best Musical, Small Theater

L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS

Don Juan in Chicago
* Comedy Direction - Joe Jordan
Comedy Ensemble - Julie Alexander, Michael Lanahan,
Ashley West Leonard, Maggie Marion, Jeff Marlow,
Frank Stasio, Mark McClain Wilson and Philip Wofford
Costume Design - Ruth Silveira & Mary Hayes

GARLAND AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTIONS)

The Mechanical Rabbit
Puppets - Christine Papalexis, Mark Bryan Wilson & Mandolina Moon

Frankenstein in Love
Makeup Design - Lee Joyner & Amy Ali

Frankenstein, Vicki
Ensemble - Carla Jo Bailey, Jay Bogdanowitsch,
Lena Bouton, Will Bowles, Stephanie Dees, Bob DeRosa,
Tom Kiesche, Corey Klemow, Yuri Lowenthal, Christopher May,
Shelby Medlang, John Maynard, Susan Papa, Tara Platt,
Jenelle Riley, Trey Stafford & Frank Stasio

 

2002
OVATION AWARDS

The Tragedy of Macbeth
Sound Design
- Jef Bek

L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS

Dracula: A Musical Nightmare
Leading Male Performance - Joe Jordan
Comedy Ensemble - Cindy Caddel, Dean Cameron,
Drake Carrington, Melinda Cowan, Chastity DeVille,
Chauncey DeVille, Henry Dittman, Brad Friedman,
Hiro Goto, Mary Hayes, Joe Jordan, Cara LaGreen,
Michael Lanaha
n, Andrea Odinov, Bruno Oliver,
Travis Poelle, Bashir Salahuddin, Ron Snyder, Faith Stanwick,
Tyler Tanner & Hope Winteres

CÏRQUE PÏCNÍQUE
Production Design - Theatre Movement Bazaar
Choreography - Tina Kronis

NAACP THEATER AWARDS

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Outstanding Ensemble - Ahmed A. Best, Rob Brink,
Stan Freitag, Carolyn Hennesy, Jon Huertas, Yvans Jourdain,
Edgar Allan Poe IV, Fred Shahadi & J. Karen Thomas
Sound Design - Jason Tuttle
Choreography - Mary Gormley

GARLAND AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTIONS)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Musical Score - The Ensemble

dumbshOw
Choreography - Tina Kronis

Crazyface
Direction - Aaron Francis
Scenic Design - Aaron Francis

The Tragedy of Macbeth
Direction - Joe Jordan
Music Direction - Jef Bek

Heaven
Performance - Adam Bitterman
Scenic Design - Carlos Fedos

 

2001
L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS

Grimm!
Director (one-act) - Ben Davis
Writer (one-act) - Haynes Brooke
* Performance (male, one-act) - Bruno Oliver
* Performance (male, one-act) - John Rosenfeld

GARLAND AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTIONS)

Grimm!
Performance - John Rosenfeld

Feet
Playwriting - Padraic Duffy
Direction - Jessie Marion
Ensemble Performance - Tina Ballabio, Mauri Bernstein,
Tom Chalmers, Tabatha Hall, Victor Isaac, Dean Jacobson,
Corey Klemow, Ashley Leonard, Linda Miller, John Prince,
Ruth Silveira, Casey Smith & Scott Stein 

The Caliban
Scenic Design - Evan A. Bartoletti
Ensemble Performance - Andrew Carrillo, Doreen Calderon,
Stacie Chaiken, Loren Davidson, Rashad El Amin, Elaine Kao,
Ameenah Kaplan, Mark T.J. Lifrieri, Maricela Ochoa, Melissa Roddy,
Matthew Saxe & Ho-Kwan Tse

 

2000
L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS

Dubya 2000
Comedy Direction - Rik Keller
Production Design - Sacred Fools Theater Company
Videography - Michael Rainey
* Prop Design - Bradley Thordarson

NAACP THEATER AWARDS

2G’s
Best Produced Play
* Best Director - Scott Rabinowitz
Best Music - DJ Al Jackson, Jonathon Goldstein & Jessie Thompson 
* Best Choreography - Joe Hernandez-Kolski
Best Lighting - Aaron Francis & Norman Gilmore 
Best Performance Male - R.C. Ormand
Best Performance Female - Ameenah Kaplan

 

1999
OVATION AWARDS

The Adding Machine
* Best Director - Lauren Hollingsworth
Best Play (Smaller Theater)
Best Lighting Design (Smaller Theater) - Brian Schulte

L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS

Burning Chrome
Direction
- Scott Rabinowitz
Production Design
Lighting Design - Aaron Francis & Norman Gilmore
* Special Commendation for Props - Stan Freitag & Darrin W. Jaques

The Adding Machine
* Revival Production of the Year (of a 20th-Century Work)
Direction
- Lauren Hollingsworth
Leading Male Performance - Craig Mathers
Supporting Male Performance - Jeff Goldman
Makeup

Wants Unwished Work
Comedy Direction
- Alexander Yannis Stephano
Comedy Ensemble - Kurt Carley, Nicole Gallie, Caroline Gray Anders,
Amy Bryson, Shirley Roeca, Lauren Daniels, Scott McShane,
Christopher Paul Hart,  Dallas Dickinson,Rob Brink, Bryan Bellomo,
Joe Henandez-Kolski,  Graham McCann, Charles Michael Edmonds,
Dan Etheridge,  Sacha Vaughn & Michael Houston King
Costume Design - M.E. Dunn

GARLAND AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTIONS)

Wants Unwished Work
Playwriting
- Kirk Wood Bromley
Scenic & Costume Design - M.E. Dunn

The Adding Machine
Lighting Design
- Bryan Schulte

Burning Chrome
Adaptation -
Steve Pickering and Charley Sherman
Lighting Design - Aaron Francis & Norman Gilmore

 

1998
DRAMALOGUE AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTIONS)

Timon of Athens
Production
- Bil Garrity & Mark TJ Lifrieri
Directon - Scott Rabinowitz
Ensemble - Jill Bennet, Lisette Bross, Joel Christian, Desi Doyen,
Robert D'Entremont, Laura Ford, Jon Hamm, J. Haran, Piper Henry,
Michael Louden, Scott McShane, Bruno Oliver, Marc Ian Sklar,
Danielle Surrette, Abby Wolf & Jennifer Wu

 

1997
DRAMALOGUE AWARDS

Fatty Arbuckle Spookhouse Review
* Musical Direction
- Jonathan Goldstein

Tuesday
Direction - David P. Moore
Performance - Patrick Ryals

Hunchback of Notre Dame
* Production
- Jonathan L. Goldstein
* Direction - Adam Bitterman
* Ensemble - Patrick Towne, Andrew Friedman,
John Sylvain and Michelle Philippe
* Costume Design - Perry Ash
* Lighting Design
- John Sylvain

A Pound of Flesh
* Writing
- Todd Alcott

Catching Hell
* Performance
- Gerald McClanahan
* Performance - Piper Henry

 

35 AWARDS, 81 NOMINATIONS
and
36 HONORABLE MENTIONS
SINCE 1997!
All Nominations listed.
* Winners denoted with asterisk.