Annual Jeff Awards Equity Nominations Announced in ChicagoThe nominees for the 48th Annual Jeff Awards, honoring Chicago Theatre, were announced August 30. The ceremony will be held October 27 at Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. Bill Morey leads the Design categories with three costume design -- midsize nominations (Dreamgirls, Far From Heaven, and Side Show). Also with three Design nominations is Deathtrap: Jeffrey D. Kmiec for scenic design -- large, Ryan Hickey for sound design -- large, and Cassy Schillo for properties and set dressing (artistic specialization). Additional Design category nominees include: Scenic Design -- Midsize Thad Hallstein, Jerusalem Sarah E. Ross, The Rainmaker Joe Schermoly, The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence Adam Veness, The New Sincerity Chelsea M. Warren, After All the Terrible Things I Do Scenic Design -- Large Tom Burch, Sucker Punch Kevin Depinet, The Heir Apparent Kevin Depinet, West Side Story Jack Magaw, Long Day's Journey into Night Lighting Design -- Midsize Mike Durst, Adding Machine: A Musical Diane D. Fairchild, Where Did We Sit on the Bus? Matt Gawryk, The Glass Menagerie William C. Kirkham, United Flight 232 Richard Norwood, A Small Oak Tree Runs Red Michael Stanfill, John Ball's In the Heat of the Night Lighting Design -- Large Lee Fiskness, Sucker Punch Jesse Klug, Man of La Mancha Jesse Klug, West Side Story Kenneth Posner, War Paint Aaron Spivey, 2666 Thom Weaver, The Tempest David Weiner, East of Eden Costume Design -- Midsize Jeremy W. Floyd, The Explorers Club Frances Maggio, The Producers Costume Design -- Large Theresa Ham, Hairspray Ana Kuzmanic, Treasure Island Nancy Missimi, Elf The Musical Brenda Winstead, Nice Work If You Can Get It Catherine Zuber, War Paint Sound Design -- Midsize Christopher Kriz, The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story Steve Labedz, United Flight 232 Miles Polaski and Mikhail Fiksel, Fulfillment Brian Quijada, Where did We Sit on the Bus? Brandon Reed, A Small Oak Tree Runs Red Sound Design -- Large Barry G. Funderburg, The 39 Steps Lindsay Jones, Othello André Pluess, Spill André Pluess, Treasure Island Projections/Video Design Joseph A. Burke, 1984 Liviu Pasare, In the Time of the Butterflies Shawn Sagady, 2666 Mike Tutaj, Chimerica Mike Tutaj, Ride the Cyclone Artistic Specialization Mary O'Dowd and Amy Peter -- Properties Design, The Price Sarah E. Ross -- Puppet Design, Little Shop of Horrors Johnny Thompson -- Magic Design, The Tempest For more information on the Jeff Awards, please visit the URL below.
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