Jeff Awards Nominees AnnouncedThe nominees for the 47th Annual Equity Jeff Awards were announced August 21. The ceremony, celebrating professional theatre produced within the immediate Chicago area, will be held October 5 at Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. The White Road leads the design categories with four nominations. Ira Amyx and Merje Veski are nominated for scenic design - midsize theatre; Julian Pike for lighting design - midsize theatre; Victoria Deiorio for sound design - midsize theatre; and Smooch Medina for projections/video design. In addition, Rick Sims has received three sound design nominations: sound design - midsize for Side Man and Twisted Melodies; and sound design - large for Moby Dick. Finally, Mike Tutaj has been nominated for three shows in the projections/video design category: Mary Poppins, Sondheim on Sondheim, and The Who's Tommy. Additional design nominees include: Scenic Design - Midsize John Holt, Accidentally Like a Martyr Jeffrey D. Kmiec, Watch on the Rhine Angela Weber Miller, The Gravedigger Sarah Ross, The Rose Tattoo Grant Sabin, Yankee Tavern Scenic Design - Large Linda Buchanan, Two Trains Running Kevin Depinet, The Game's Afoot Kevin Depinet and Jeffrey D. Kmiec, Les Misérables Jack Magaw, The Diary of Anne Frank Scott Pask, Airline Highway Todd Rosenthal, The Little Foxes Joey Wade, Grand Concourse Lighting Design - Midsize Brian Sidney Bembridge, The Royale Maggie Fullilove-Nugent, Endgame Lee Keenan, The Hammer Trinity, Part 3: The Excelsior King Jared Moore, All Our Tragic Lighting Design - Large Lee Fiskness, Camelot Greg Hofmann, The Who's Tommy Jesse Klug, Les Misérables Jesse Klug, Pericles Marc Stubblefield, Native Son Costume Design - Midsize Mara Blumenfeld and Mieka Van Der Ploeg, Mr. Burns: a post-electric play Rachel Lambert, Travesties Frances Maggio, The Addams Family Bill Morey, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Alison Siple, All Our Tragic Costume Design - Large Dede M. Ayite, Marie Antoinette Theresa Ham, Mary Poppins Susan E. Mickey, Sense and Sensibility Nancy Missimi, The King and I Nancy Missimi, La Cage aux Folles Sound Design - Midsize John Corkill and Alex Monroe, Macbeth Joshua Horvath, The Hammer Trinity, Part 3: The Excelsior King Kevin O'Donnell, All Our Tragic Sound Design - Large Joshua Horvath, Native Son Lindsay Jones, King Lear Lindsay Jones, Marie Antoinette Andre Pluess, Iphigenia in Aulis Josh Schmidt, The Diary of Anne Frank Projections/Video Design Aaron Rhyne, Pericles Jeff Sugg, Marie Antoinette Artistic Specialization Jesse Mooney-Bullock - Puppet Design, The Hammer Trinity, Part 3: The Excelsior King Isaac Schoepp - Rigging Design, Moby Dick For more information on the Jeff Awards, see the URL below. ![](/std_images/blank.gif)
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