Jeff Award Nominations Announced

The Equity Jeff Award nominations for the 2013-2014 season were announced August 21. The 46th Annual Jeff Awards ceremony, paying tribute to professional theatre produced in the immediate Chicago area, will be held Monday, October 13 at Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. Leading the design awards with three nominations each are The White Snake from Goodman Theatre and Dorian from The House Theatre of Chicago. For Snake, the nominations include T. J. Gerckens for Lighting Design -- Large, Shawn Sagady for Projections/Video Design, and Mara Blumenfeld for Costume Design -- Large. Dorian's, nominees are Rebecca A. Barrett and Lee Keenan for Lighting Design -- Midsize, Kevin O'Donnell for Sound Design -- Midsize, and Portrait Artist Jeff Klapperich for Artistic Specializations.

Additional design nominees include:

Scenic Design -- Midsize
Brian Sidney Bembridge , A Raisin in the Sun (TimeLine Theatre Company)
Stephen H. Carmody, Broadsword (The Gift Theatre)
Angela Weber Miller, Rough Crossing (First Folio Theatre)
Angela Weber Miller, Salvage (First Folio Theatre)
Andrei Onegin, King Hedley II (Congo Square Theatre Company)
Katie-Bell Springmann, Cock (Profiles Theatre )

Scenic Design -- Large
Kevin Depinet, The Dance of Death (Writers Theatre)
Regina Garcia, Seven Guitars (Court Theatre)
Riccardo Hernandez, Pullman Porter Blues (Goodman Theatre)
Collette Pollard, In the Garden: A Darwinian Love Story (Lookingglass Theatre Company)
Todd Rosenthal , Luna Gale (Goodman Theatre)
Yu Shibigaki, Appropriate (Victory Gardens Theater)

Lighting Design -- Midsize
Brian Sidney Bembridge, A Raisin in the Sun (TimeLine Theatre Company)
Charlie Cooper , Mill Fire (Shattered Globe Theatre)
Mike Durst, Our Class (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company)
Lee Keenan, The Crownless King (The House Theatre of Chicago)

Lighting Design -- Large
Greg Hofmann, Les Misérables (Drury Lane Productions)
William Kirkham, The Little Prince (Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors Gymnasium)
Jesse Klug , Cats (Marriott Theatre)
Keith Parham, M. Butterfly (Court Theatre)

Costume Design -- Midsize
Rachel Lambert, Northanger Abbey (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company)
Frances Maggio, The Color Purple - The Musical about Love (Mercury Theater Chicago)
Bill Morey, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Porchlight Music Theatre)
Alexia Rutherford , Double Trouble (Porchlight Music Theatre)
Lynn Sandberg, The Goddess (The Artistic Home)

Costume Design -- Large
Mara Blumenfeld, Brigadoon (Goodman Theatre)
Theresa Ham, Hello, Dolly! (Drury Lane Productions)
Rachel Anne Healy and Carolyn Cristofani, Tom Jones (Northlight Theatre)
Susan E. Mickey, Cyrano de Bergerac (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
Susan E. Mickey, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
Mariann S. Verheyen, Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

Sound Design -- Midsize
Joshua Horvath, The Crownless King (The House Theatre of Chicago)
Lindsay Jones, Grounded (American Blues Theater)
Christopher Kriz, Cicada (Route 66 Theatre Company and Hear/Tell Productions)
Christopher Kriz, Mill Fire (Shattered Globe Theatre)

Sound Design -- Large
Mikhail Fiksel, The Old Man and the Old Moon (Writers Theatre)
Lindsay Jones, Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
Kevin O'Donnell, The Wheel (Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
Josh Schmidt, The Dance of Death (Writers Theatre)
Rick Sims, The Little Prince (Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors Gymnasium)

Projections/Video Design
John Boesche, Our Class (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company)
Sage Marie Carter, Les Misérables (Drury Lane Productions)
Shawn Sagady, Brigadoon (Goodman Theatre)
Michael Stanfill, The Normal Heart (TimeLine Theatre Company)
Mike Tutaj, Grounded (American Blues Theater)

Artistic Specializations
Cassy Schillo - Properties Design, Salvage (First Folio Theatre)
Russ Walko - Puppet Design, Avenue Q (Mercury Theater Chicago)

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