2015 Ovation Awards

Ahmanson Theatre, platsen för prisutdelningen

Laurie Metcalf, vinnare, huvudrollsinnehavare i en pjäs

Michael Arden, vinnare, regissör av en pjäs

Tony Shalhoub, nominerad, utvald skådespelare i en pjäs

Andy Mientus, nominerad, utvald skådespelare i en musikal

Krysta Rodriguez, nominerad, utvald skådespelerska i en musikal

Ellen Geer, nominerad, huvudrollsinnehavare i en pjäs

John Quale, nominerad, huvudrollsinnehavare i en musikal

Leon Russom, nominerad, huvudrollsinnehavare i en pjäs

De nominerade till 2015 Ovation Awards aka den 26:e årliga LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards tillkännagavs den 24 september 2015 av Los Angeles Stage Alliance. Listan över nomineringar publicerades på deras onlinetidning, @ This Stage.

Priserna delades ut för excellens i scenproduktioner i Los Angeles-området från september 2014 till augusti 2015 baserat på utvärderingar från 240 medlemmar av Los Angeles teatergemenskap. Ovation Awards är de enda peer-bedömda teaterpriserna i Los Angeles.

Vinnarna tillkännagavs den 9 november 2015 vid en ceremoni på Ahmanson Theatre i Los Angeles, Kalifornien . Ceremonin var värd av skådespelarna Vanessa Claire Stewart och franska Stewart .

Utmärkelser

Vinnarna listas först och markeras i fetstil.

Bästa produktion av en musikal (Intim teater)	Bästa produktion av en musikal (stor teater)
Spring Awakening – Deaf West Theatre Scary Musical the Musical – Noho Arts Center Ensemble The Behaviour of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theatre Company The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Actors Co-Op Young Frankenstein – DOMA Theatre Co.	Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Carrie: The Musical – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Memphis – Cabrillo Music Theatre Ragtime – 3D-teatrar Evangeliet i Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre
Bästa produktion av en pjäs (Intim teater)	Bästa produktion av en pjäs (stor teater)
Trevor – Circle X Theatre A Permanent Image – Rogue Machine Theatre Geten, eller vem är Sylvia? – Los Angeles LGBT Center Misslyckande: En kärlekshistoria – Coeurage Theatre Company Bevis – Moth Theatre Company The Day Shall Declare It – Los Angeles Performance Practice St. Antonius frestelse – fyra lärkor	Chavez Ravine: An LA Revival – Center Theatre Group Augusti: Osage County – Theatricum Botanicum Bad Jews – Geffen Playhouse Sista tåget till Nibroc – Rubicon Theatre Company Försöker – Internationella stadsteatern
Huvudrollsinnehavare i en musikal	Huvudrollsinnehavare i en musikal
Todd Adamson som Huey – Memphis – Cabrillo Music Theatre Leigh Wakeford som Bert – Mary Poppins – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Gary Patent som Tateh – Ragtime – 3-D Theatricals Austin P. McKenzie som Melchior – Spring Awakening – Deaf West Theatre Hugo Armstrong som John Broadus Watson – The Behavior of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theatre Company Ellis Hall som sångare Oedipus – The Gospel at Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre Roger Robinson som Preacher Oidipus – Evangeliet i Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre	Christanna Rowader som mamma – Ragtime – 3-D Theatricals Cori Cable Kidder som Patsy – Alltid...Patsy Cline – Sierra Madre Playhouse Vicki Lewis som Mrs. Wilkinson – Billy Elliot the Musical – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Misty Cotton som Margaret – Carrie: The Musical – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Emily Lopez som Carrie – Carrie: The Musical – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Sandra Frank som Wendla – Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Kim Staunton som evangelist Antigone – Evangeliet i Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre
Huvudrollsinnehavare i en pjäs	Huvudrollsinnehavare i en pjäs
Jimmi Simpson som Trevor – Trevor – Circle X Theatre John Prosky som Botvinnik – A Walk in the Woods – Sierra Madre Playhouse Leon Russom som Dodge – Buried Child – Whitefire Theatre Paul Witten som Martin – Bocken, eller vem är Sylvia? – Los Angeles LGBT Center Michael A. Shepperd som Troy – Fences – International City Theatre Stephen Caffrey som Falstaff – Henry IV: Del ett – The Antaeus Company Dave Buzzotta som The Criminal – Tiger By The Tail – The Group Rep at The Lonny Chapman Theatre	Laurie Metcalf som Sandra – Trevor – Circle X Theatre Anne Gee Byrd som Carol – A Permanent Image – Rogue Machine Theatre Lily Knight som Emily – A Small Fire – The Echo Theatre Company Ellen Geer som Violet – August: Osage County – Theatricum Botanicum Elyse Mirto som Leigh Hodges – Conviction – Rubicon Theatre Company Ann Noble som Stevie – Geten, eller vem är Sylvia? – Los Angeles LGBT Center Paige Lindsey White som Sarah Schorr – Trying – International City Theatre
Utvald skådespelare i en musikal	Utvald skådespelerska i en musikal
Samuel Butler som Balladeer – The Gospel at Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre Jeff Skowron som Mr. Collins – Pride and Prejudice – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Andy Mientus som Hanschen – Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts LaVan Davis som Choragos – The Gospel at Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre JA Preston som diakon Creon – The Gospel at Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre Hector Quintana som monstret – Young Frankenstein – DOMA Theatre Co. John Quale som Snow Queen – The Snow Queen – Falcon Theatre	Nicoe Potts som solist – The Gospel at Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre Joanna A. Jones som Lois/Bianca – Kiss Me, Kate – Pasadena Playhouse Krysta Rodriguez som Ilse – Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Gina D'Acciaro som Miss Angela Prysock & The Princess Puffer – The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Actors Co-Op Michelle Holmes som Frau Blucher – Young Frankenstein – DOMA Theatre Co. Toni Smith som Elizabeth Benning – Young Frankenstein – DOMA Theatre Co. Beth Kennedy som Old Woman/Robber Girl – The Snow Queen – Falcon Theatre
Utvald skådespelare i en pjäs	Utvald skådespelerska i en pjäs
Alan Mandell som Gregory Solomon – The Price – Center Theatre Group Stephen O'Mahoney som Billy – A Small Fire – The Echo Theatre Company Darrett Sanders som Billy – A Small Fire – The Echo Theatre Company Andrew Connolly som John Keating – Corktown '57 – Teaterplanerare Matt Orduña som Gabriel – Fences – International City Theatre Tony Shalhoub som Willie – Samuel Becketts lyckliga dagar – The Theatre @ Boston Court Stephen Kearin som företagsmedlem – The Western Unscripted – Impro Theatre	Rebecca Mozo som W – Cock – Rogue Machine Theatre Melora Marshall som Mattie Fae Aiken – Augusti: Osage County – Theatricum Botanicum Sophina Brown som Kate – Good People – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Peggy Ann Blow som Lula – Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black And White – The Antaeus Company Anne Gee Byrd som Herman's Mother – Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black And White – The Antaeus Company Saundra McClain som Lula – Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black And White – The Antaeus Company Lynn Milgrim som Herman's Mother – Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black And White – The Antaeus Company
Skådespeleri ensemble av en musikal	Skådespelarensemble för en pjäs
Skådespelaren i Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Skådespelarna i Memphis – Cabrillo Music Theatre Skådespelarna i Ragtime – 3-D Theatricals Skådespelarna i The Behavior of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theatre Company Skådespelarna i The Gospel at Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre	Skådespelarna i The Temptation of St. Antony – Four Larks Skådespelarna i A Permanent Image – Rogue Machine Theatre Skådespelarna i Chavez Ravine: An LA Revival – Center Theatre Group Skådespelarna i Failure: A Love Story – Coeurage Theatre Company Skådespelarna i Theatre Movement Bazaar's Big Shot – Bootleg Theatre & Theatre Movement Bazaar Skådespelarna i Trevor – Circle X Theatre Skådespelarna i What Of The Night? – Vagrancyen
Regissör för en musikal	Regissör för en pjäs
Michael Arden – Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Brady Schwind – Carrie: The Musical – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Robert Schneider – Memphis – Cabrillo Music Theatre TJ Dawson – Ragtime – 3-D Theatricals Ken Roht & Matt Almos – The Behavior of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theatre Company Andi Chapman – The Gospel at Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre Marco Gomez – Young Frankenstein – DOMA Theatre Co.	Michael Matthews – Failure: A Love Story – Coeurage Theatre Company John Perrin Flynn – A Permanent Image – Rogue Machine Theatre Mary Jo Duprey – augusti: Osage County – Theatricum Botanicum Lisa Peterson – Chavez Ravine: An LA Revival – Center Theatre Group Ken Sawyer – Geten, eller vem är Sylvia? – Los Angeles LGBT Center Mat Sweeney & Sebastian Peters-Lazaro – The Temptation of St. Antony – Four Larks Stella Powell-Jones – Trevor – Circle X Theatre
Musik riktning	Koreografi
Abdul Hamid Royal – Evangeliet i Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre Gerald Sternbach – Love, Noël: The Letters And Songs Of Noël Coward – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Cassie Nickols – Memphis – Cabrillo Music Theatre Julie Lamoureux – Ragtime – 3D-teatrar Jared Stein – Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts John Ballinger – The Behaviour of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theatre Company Brent Crayon – De senaste fem åren – Rubicon Theatre Company	Spencer Liff – Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Kenna Morris Garcia – Memphis – Cabrillo Music Theatre John Charron – Oklahoma! – Cabrillo Musikteater Dana Solimando – Ragtime – 3D-teater Sophie Bortolussi – The Day Shall Declare It – Los Angeles Performance Practice Sebastian Peters-Lazaro & Mat Sweeney – The Temptation of St. Antony – Four Larks Tina Kronis – Theatre Movement Bazaar's Big Shot – Bootleg Theatre & Theatre Movement Bazaar
Bok för en originalmusikal	Text/musik till en originalmusikal
Carolyn Almos, Matt Almos, Jon Beauregard & Albert Dayan – The Behavior of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theatre Company Matt Donnelly & Jamelle Dolphin – Inspelad i Hollywood – Teaterplanerare Madeline Sunshine – Serrano, musikalen – Serrano New York, LLC	Brendan Milburn, Matt Almos & Burglars of Hamm – The Behavior of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theatre Company Andy Cooper – Inspelad i Hollywood – Teaterplanerare Richard Hochberg & Michael Paternostro – Scary Musical the Musical – Noho Arts Center Ensemble
Dramatiker för en originalpjäs	Bästa säsongen
Nick Jones – Trevor – Circle X Theatre Samuel Hunter – A Permanent Image – Rogue Machine Theatre Adam Bock – En liten eld – The Echo Theatre Company Carey Crim – Övertygelse – Rubicon Theatre Company Ron Klier – Guss mode och skor – Vs. Teatersällskap Bekah Brunstetter – Hey Brother – Fresh Produced'd LA Jessica Dickey – Rad efter rad – The Echo Theatre Company	Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts La Mirada teater för scenkonst Los Angeles LGBT Center Rubicon Theatre Company Teatern @ Boston Court
Ljusdesign (Intim teater)	Ljusdesign (stor teater)
Jared Sayeg – Picknick – The Antaeus Company Tom Ontiveros – Fullständighet – Vs. Theatre Company & Firefly Theatre & Films Travis Hagenbuch – Spring Awakening – Deaf West Theatre Jaymi Smith – The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll – The Theatre @ Boston Court Jean-Yves Tessier – Young Frankenstein – DOMA Theatre Co. Brandon Baruch – St. Antonius frestelse – Fyra lärkor Matthew Richter – Vad händer med natten? – Vagrancyen	Ben Stanton – Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Justin Townsend – Bent – ​​Center Theatre Group José López – Chavez Ravine: An LA Revival – Center Theatre Group Ken Booth – Julius Caesar – A Noise Within Jean-Yves Tessier – Ragtime – 3D-teater Karyn Lawrence – The Gospel at Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre Ken Billington – Waterfall: A New Musical – Pasadena Playhouse
Scenisk design (intim teater)	Naturskön design (stor teater)
Darcy Scanlin – Fullständighet – Vs. Theatre Company & Firefly Theatre & Films Andrew Hammer – Broomstick – Fountain Theatre Robert Selander – Geten, eller vem är Sylvia? – Los Angeles LGBT Center Danny Cistone – Guss mode och skor – Vs. Teatersällskap Robert Selander – Picknick – The Antaeus Company Joel Daavid – The Glass Menagerie – Greenway Arts Alliance Sebastian Peters-Lazaro & Regan Baumgarten – Sankt Antonius frestelse – Fyra lärkor	Tom Buderwitz – The Whipping Man – Pasadena Playhouse Beowulf Boritt – Bent – ​​Center Theatre Group Stephen Gifford – Carrie: The Musical – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts John Iocavelli – Närmaste familjen – Center Theatre Group Dane Laffrey – Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Anthony Fanning – Schweiz – Geffen Playhouse Sasavat Busayabandh – Waterfall: A New Musical – Pasadena Playhouse
Ljuddesign (intim teater)	Ljuddesign (stor teater)
John Zalewski – Danny and the Deep Blue Sea – Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) Joseph Slawinski – Flare Path – Teater 40 John Zalewski – My Barking Dog – The Theatre @ Boston Court Jeff Gardner – Picknick – The Antaeus Company Philip Allen – Spring Awakening – Deaf West Theatre John Zalewski – The Day Shall Declare It – Los Angeles Performance Practice Martin Carrillo – What of the Night – The Vagrancy	Drew Dalzell & Noelle Hoffman – Wicked Lit 2014 – Unbound Productions Cricket S. Myers – Bent – ​​Center Theatre Group Paul James Prendergast – Chavez Ravine: an LA Revival – Center Theatre Group Robert Oriol – Julius Caesar – A Noise Within Philip Allen – The Gospel at Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre Jonathan Burke – De senaste fem åren – Rubicon Theatre Company Michael Roth – The Whipping Man – Pasadena Playhouse
Kostymdesign (Intim teater)	Kostymdesign (stor teater)
Vicki Conrad – The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Actors Co-Op Kimberly Freed – Entropy – Theatre Of Note Michael Mullen – Fuga – The Echo Theatre Company Terri Lewis – Picknick – The Antaeus Company Ann Closs-Farley – The Behavior of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theatre Company Garry Lennon – The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll – The Theatre @ Boston Court Brandy Jacobs – Young Frankenstein – DOMA Theatre Co.	Christopher Acebo – Chavez Ravine: an LA Revival – Center Theatre Group Marcy Froehlich – Sista tåget till Nibroc – Rubicon Theatre Company Mela Hoyt-Heydon – Memphis – Cabrillo Music Theatre Naila Sanders – The Gospel at Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre Sharon McGunigle – The Snow Queen – Falcon Theatre Angela Calin – The Threepenny Opera – A Noise Within Wade Laboissionniere – Waterfall A New Musical – Pasadena Playhouse
Video/Projektionsdesign	Presenterad produktion
Jason Thompson – Chavez Ravine: an LA Revival – Center Theatre Group Nick Santiago – A Permanent Image – Rogue Machine Theatre Anthony Backman & Jim Pierce – Astro Boy and the God of Comics – Sacred Fools Theatre Company Lucy Mackinnon – Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Jason Thompson – The Behavior of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theatre Company	Luna Gale – Center Theatre Group Andre & Dorine – Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) The Trip To Bountiful – Center Theatre Group

Ovation Heder

Ovation Honors erkänner enastående prestationer inom områden som inte finns med i standardlistan över nomineringskategorier.

• Composition for a Play – Mat Sweeney & Ellen Warkentine – The Temptation of St. Antony – Four Larks
• Fight Choreography – Mike Mahaffey – She Kills Monsters – Loft Ensemble
• Puppet Design – Ted Blegen – She Kills Monsters – Loft Ensemble