• 23 different companies received nominations.
• Shakespeare Theatre Company and the Kennedy Center each had six different productions nominated.
• Arena Stage received 23 total nominations, STC 22, Folger 19, and Kennedy Center 18
• The most nominated show was Candide, by the Shakespeare Theatre Company, with 12 nominations.

View the nominations by category or by company.

Nominations Listed by Category

Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production

• Diane Coburn Bruning, Improbable Frequency, Solas Nua
• Ben Cunis, King Arthur, Synetic Theater
• Parker Esse, Oklahoma!, Arena Stage
• Maurice Hines, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Arena Stage
• Irina Tsikurishvili, King Arthur, Synetic Theater
• Irina Tsikurishvili, Othello, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

• Mara Blumenfeld, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Murell Horton, The Liar, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• William Ivey Long, Henry VIII, Folger Theatre
• Reggie Ray, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Arena Stage
• Anastasia Ryurikov Simes, Othello, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Director, Resident Musical

• Toby Orenstein, Hairspray, Toby’s Dinner Theatre
• Eric Schaeffer, Chess, Signature Theatre
• Molly Smith, Oklahoma!, Arena Stage
• Molly Smith, The Light in the Piazza, Arena Stage
• Mary Zimmerman, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Director, Resident Play

• Kasi Campbell, Travels With My Aunt, Rep Stage
• Joseph Haj, Hamlet, Folger Theatre
• Robert Richmond, Henry VIII, Folger Theatre
• Howard Shalwitz, Clybourne Park, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
• Paata Tsikurishvili, Othello, Synetic Theater
• Paata Tsikurishvili, The Master and Margarita, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production

• Steel Burkhardt, Hair, The Kennedy Center
• Brent Michael DiRoma, Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood, The Kennedy Center
• Gavin Lee, Mary Poppins, The Kennedy Center
• David Pittsinger, South Pacific, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical

• Maurice Hines, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Arena Stage
• Marc Kudisch, Sycamore Trees, Signature Theatre
• Geoff Packard, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Nicholas Rodriguez, Oklahoma!, Arena Stage
• Bobby Smith, Annie, Olney Theatre Center
• Cody Williams, Oklahoma!, Arena Stage

Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production

• Carmen Cusack, South Pacific, The Kennedy Center
• Jaqueline Grabois, Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Caroline Sheen, Mary Poppins, The Kennedy Center
• Kacie Sheik, Hair, The Kennedy Center
• Caren Lyn Tackett, Hair, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical

• E. Faye Butler, Oklahoma!, Arena Stage
• Eleasha Gamble, Oklahoma!, Arena Stage
• Carrie A. Johnson, Annie, Olney Theatre Center
• Lauren Molina, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Jill Paice, Chess, Signature Theatre
• Hollis Resnik, The Light in the Piazza, Arena Stage

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play

• Lise Bruneau, Mikveh, Theater J
• Naomi Jacobson, Henry VIII, Folger Theatre
• Sarah Marshall, Mikveh, Theater J
• Jennifer Mendenhall, Clybourne Park, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
• Erika Rose, In Darfur, Theater J
• Holly Twyford, Orestes, A Tragic Romp, Folger Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

• Colin K. Bills, Antony and Cleopatra, Synetic Theater
• Colin K. Bills, The Master and Margarita, Synetic Theater
• Dan Covey, On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning, Rep Stage
• T.J. Gerckens, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Klyph Stanford, Henry VIII, Folger Theatre
• Justin Townsend, Hamlet, Folger Theatre

Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production

• George Fulginiti-Shakar, Oklahoma!, Arena Stage
• Jon Kalbfleisch, Sunset Boulevard, Signature Theatre
• Daniel Kluger, Orestes, A Tragic Romp, Folger Theatre
• Fred Lassen, Sycamore Trees, Signature Theatre
• Konstantine Lortkipandze, Othello, Synetic Theater
• Doug Peck, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Paul Sportelli, The Light in the Piazza, Arena Stage
• James Sugg, Orestes, A Tragic Romp, Folger Theatre

Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production

• Tony Cisek, Henry VIII, Folger Theatre
• Simon Higlett, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• James Kronzer, Clybourne Park, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
• Eugene Lee, Oklahoma!, Arena Stage
• Derek McLane, The Lisbon Traviata, The Kennedy Center
• Daniel Ostling, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production

• Anthony Cochrane, Henry VIII, Folger Theatre
• Jack Herrick, Hamlet, Folger Theatre
• Irakli Kavsadze, Othello, Synetic Theater
• Konstantine Lortkipandze, Othello, Synetic Theater
• Matthew M. Nielson, Hamlet, Folger Theatre
• Matt Otto, Johnny Meister and the Stitch, Solas Nua
• Michael Rasbury, Henry VIII, Folger Theatre
• Tom Teasley, The Ramayana, Constellation Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical

• Ed Dixon, Sunset Boulevard, Signature Theatre
• James Konicek, Annie, Olney Theatre Center
• Jeremy Kushnier, Chess, Signature Theatre
• John Manzari, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Arena Stage
• Leo Manzari, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Arena Stage
• Jesse J. Perez, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Larry Yando, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play

• Louis Butelli, Henry VIII, Folger Theatre
• Adam Green, The Liar, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Michael Tolaydo, New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza, Theater J
• Ted van Griethuysen, All’s Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Paxton Whitehead, All’s Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical

• MaryLee Adams, Hairspray, Toby’s Dinner Theatre
• Lauren ‘Coco’ Cohn, Glimpses of the Moon, MetroStage
• Jesaira Glover, Hairspray, Toby’s Dinner Theatre
• Marva Hicks, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Arena Stage
• Hollis Resnik, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Jenna Sokolowski, Annie, Olney Theatre Center

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play

• Colleen Delany, Pirates! A Boy at Sea, Imagination Stage
• Naomi Jacobson, Richard II, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• MacKenzie Meehan, Circle Mirror Transformation, The Studio Theatre
• Phylicia Rashad, every tongue confess, Arena Stage
• Dawn Ursula, Clybourne Park, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production

• Ellen Harvey, Mary Poppins, The Kennedy Center
• Jodi Kimura, South Pacific, The Kennedy Center
• Marc Kudisch, Golden Age, The Kennedy Center
• Josh Lamon, Hair, The Kennedy Center
• Hoon Lee, Golden Age, The Kennedy Center

The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical

• every tongue confess, Marcus Gardley, Arena Stage
• Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred), music by Zina Goldrich, The Kennedy Center Family Theater
• Sycamore Trees, book, music & lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon, Signature Theatre
• Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred), book & lyrics by Marcy Heisler, The Kennedy Center Family Theater
• The Liar, David Ives, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical, musical arrangements by Deborah Wicks La Puma, The Kennedy Center Family Theater
• Sycamore Trees, book by Nina Mankin, Signature Theatre
• Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical, music by Michael Silversher, The Kennedy Center Family Theater
• Pirates! A Boy at Sea, Charles Way, Imagination Stage
• Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical, script & lyrics by Mo Willems, The Kennedy Center Family Theater

The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play

• Philip Fletcher, Othello, Synetic Theater
• John Glover, The Lisbon Traviata, The Kennedy Center
• Graham Michael Hamilton, Hamlet, Folger Theatre
• Mitchell Hébert, Clybourne Park, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
• Bill Largess, The Foreigner, The Bay Theatre Company, Inc.
• Alex Mills, Othello, Synetic Theater
• Cody Nickell, Clybourne Park, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
• Ian Merrill Peakes, Henry VIII, Folger Theatre
• Johnny Ramey, Superior Donuts, The Studio Theatre
• Alexander Strain, New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza, Theater J

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical

• Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Hairspray, Toby’s Dinner Theatre
• If You Give a Pig a Pancake, Adventure Theatre
• Oklahoma!, Arena Stage
• Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred), The Kennedy Center Family Theater
• Sycamore Trees, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play

• American Buffalo, The Studio Theatre
• Clybourne Park, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
• Henry VIII, Folger Theatre
• Orestes, A Tragic Romp, Folger Theatre
• Othello, Synetic Theater
• Travels With My Aunt, Rep Stage

Outstanding Non-Resident Production

• Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• The Last Cargo Cult, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
• Mary Poppins, The Kennedy Center
• South Pacific, The Kennedy Center
• Thurgood, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences

• If You Give a Pig a Pancake, Adventure Theatre
• Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical, The Kennedy Center Family Theater
• The Nutcracker, The Puppet Co.
• Pirates! A Boy at Sea, Imagination Stage
• Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred), The Kennedy Center Family Theater
• The Red Balloon, Adventure Theatre

Outstanding Resident Musical

• Annie, Olney Theatre Center
• Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company
• Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Arena Stage
• Hairspray, Toby’s Dinner Theatre
• The Light in the Piazza, Arena Stage
• Little Shop of Horrors, Ford’s Theatre
• Oklahoma!, Arena Stage
• Sweeney Todd, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Resident Play

• Clybourne Park, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
• Hamlet, Folger Theatre
• Henry VIII, Folger Theatre
• The Master and Margarita, Synetic Theater
• New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza, Theater J
• Orestes, A Tragic Romp, Folger Theatre
• Othello, Synetic Theater
• Superior Donuts, The Studio Theatre

The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company

• No Rules Theatre Company
• Factory 449: a theatre collective

Nominations listed By Company Name

Adventure Theatre

• If You Give a Pig a Pancake
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical
  • Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences
• The Red Balloon
  • Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences

Arena Stage

• Oklahoma!
  • Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production, Parker Esse
  • Outstanding Director, Resident Musical, Molly Smith
  • Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical, Nicholas Rodriguez
  • Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical, Cody Williams
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical, E. Faye Butler
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical, Eleasha Gamble
  • Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production, George Fulginiti-Shakar
  • Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production, Eugene Lee
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical
  • Outstanding Resident Musical
• Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies
  • Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production, Maurice Hines
  • Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production, Reggie Ray
  • Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical, Maurice Hines
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical, John Manzari
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical, Leo Manzari
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical, Marva Hicks
  • Outstanding Resident Musical
• The Light in the Piazza
  • Outstanding Director, Resident Musical, Molly Smith
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical, Hollis Resnik
  • Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production, Paul Sportelli
  • Outstanding Resident Musical
• every tongue confess
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play, Phylicia Rashad
  • The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical, Marcus Gardley

The Bay Theatre Company, Inc.

• The Foreigner
  • The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play, Bill Largess

Constellation Theatre Company

• The Ramayana
  • Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production, Tom Teasley

Factory 449: a theatre collective

• The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company

Folger Theatre

• Henry VIII
  • Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production, William Ivey Long
  • Outstanding Director, Resident Play, Robert Richmond
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play, Naomi Jacobson
  • Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production, Klyph Stanford
  • Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production, Tony Cisek
  • Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production, Anthony Cochrane
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play, Louis Butelli
  • The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play, Ian Merrill Peakes
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play
  • Outstanding Resident Play
• Hamlet
  • Outstanding Director, Resident Play, Joseph Haj
  • Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production, Justin Townsend
  • Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production, Matthew M. Nielson
  • The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play, Graham Michael Hamilton
  • Outstanding Resident Play
• Orestes, A Tragic Romp
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play, Holly Twyford
  • Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production, James Sugg
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play
  • Outstanding Resident Play

Ford’s Theatre

• Little Shop of Horrors
  • Outstanding Resident Musical

Imagination Stage

• Pirates! A Boy at Sea
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play, Colleen Delany
  • The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical, Charles Way
  • Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences

The Kennedy Center

• Hair
  • Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production, Steel Burkhardt
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production, Kacie Sheik
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production, Caren Lyn Tackett
  • Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production, Josh Lamon
• Thurgood
  • Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production, Laurence Fishburne
  • Outstanding Non-Resident Production
• Mary Poppins
  • Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production, Gavin Lee
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production, Caroline Sheen
  • Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production, Ellen Harvey
  • Outstanding Non-Resident Production
• South Pacific
  • Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production, David Pittsinger
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production, Carmen Cusack
  • Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production, Jodi Kimura
  • Outstanding Non-Resident Production
• The Lisbon Traviata
  • Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production, Derek McLane
  • The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play, John Glover
• Golden Age
  • Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production, Marc Kudisch
  • Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production, Hoon Lee

The Kennedy Center Family Theater

• Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred)
  • The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical, music by Zina Goldrich
  • The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical, book & lyrics by Marcy Heisler
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical
  • Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences
• Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical
  • The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical, music by Michael Silversher
  • The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical, script & lyrics by Mo Willems
  • The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical, musical arrangements by Deborah Wicks La Puma
  • Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences

MetroStage

• Glimpses of the Moon
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical, Lauren ‘Coco’ Cohn

No Rules Theatre Company

• The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company

Olney Theatre Center

• Annie
  • Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical, Bobby Smith
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical, Carrie A. Johnson
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical, James Konicek
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical, Jenna Sokolowski
  • Outstanding Resident Musical

The Puppet Co.

• The Nutcracker
  • Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences

Rep Stage

• Travels With My Aunt
  • Outstanding Director, Resident Play, Kasi Campbell
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play
• On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning
  • Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production, Dan Covey

Shakespeare Theatre Company

• Candide
  • Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production, Mara Blumenfeld
  • Outstanding Director, Resident Musical, Mary Zimmerman
  • Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical, Geoff Packard
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical, Lauren Molina
  • Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production, T.J. Gerckens
  • Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production, Doug Peck
  • Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production, Daniel Ostling
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical, Jesse J. Perez
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical, Larry Yando
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical, Hollis Resnik
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical
  • Outstanding Resident Musical
• The Liar
  • Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production, Murell Horton
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play, Adam Green
  • The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical, David Ives
• Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical
  • Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production, Brent Michael DiRoma
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production, Jaqueline Grabois
  • Outstanding Non-Resident Production
• Mrs. Warren’s Profession
  • Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production, Simon Higlett
• All’s Well That Ends Well
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play, Ted van Griethuysen
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play, Paxton Whitehead
• Richard II
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play, Naomi Jacobson

Signature Theatre

• Chess
  • Outstanding Director, Resident Musical, Eric Schaeffer
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical, Jill Paice
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical, Jeremy Kushnier
• Sycamore Trees
  • Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical, Marc Kudisch
  • Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production, Fred Lassen
  • The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical, book, music & lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon
  • The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical, book by Nina Mankin
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical
• Sunset Boulevard
  • Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production, Jon Kalbfleisch
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical, Ed Dixon
• Sweeney Todd
  • Outstanding Resident Musical

Solas Nua

• Improbable Frequency
  • Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production, Diane Coburn Bruning
• Johnny Meister and the Stitch
  • Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production, Matt Otto

The Studio Theatre

• Circle Mirror Transformation
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play, MacKenzie Meehan
• Superior Donuts
  • The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play, Johnny Ramey
  • Outstanding Resident Play
• American Buffalo
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play

Synetic Theater

• King Arthur
  • Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production, Irina Tsikurishvili
• Othello
  • Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production, Irina Tsikurishvili
  • Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production, Anastasia Ryurikov Simes
  • Outstanding Director, Resident Play, Paata Tsikurishvili
  • Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production, Konstantine Lortkipandze
  • Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production, Irakli Kavsadze
  • Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production, Konstantine Lortkipandze
  • The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play, Philip Fletcher
  • The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play, Alex Mills
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play
  • Outstanding Resident Play
• The Master and Margarita
  • Outstanding Director, Resident Play, Paata Tsikurishvili
  • Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production, Colin K. Bills
  • Outstanding Resident Play
• Antony and Cleopatra
  • Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production, Colin K. Bills

Theater J

• Mikveh
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play, Lise Bruneau
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play, Sarah Marshall
• In Darfur
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play, Erika Rose
• New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play, Michael Tolaydo
  • The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play, Alexander Strain
  • Outstanding Resident Play

Toby’s Dinner Theatre

• Hairspray
  • Outstanding Director, Resident Musical, Toby Orenstein
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical, MaryLee Adams
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical, Jesaira Glover
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical
  • Outstanding Resident Musical

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

• Clybourne Park
  • Outstanding Director, Resident Play, Howard Shalwitz
  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play, Jennifer Mendenhall
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play, Dawn Ursula
  • The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play, Mitchell Hébert
  • The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play, Cody Nickell
  • Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production, James Kronzer
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play
  • Outstanding Resident Play
• The Last Cargo Cult
  • Outstanding Non-Resident Production

• Travels With My Aunt, August – September 2010 Schedule
• Two By J.M. Barrie: The New Word and The Old Lady Shows Her Medals, October 2010 Schedule
• An Almost Holy Picture, February 2011 Schedule
• Speech & Debate, April – May 2011 Schedule

Schedule is subject to change due to performance rights conflicts or other issues.

Travels With My Aunt is a play by Graham Greene with stage adaptation by Giles Havergal. Henry Pulling is a 55 year old retired banker looking to find himself at his mother’s funeral he meets his 70 year old Aunt and the two of them strike up a friendship that takes them around the world. Aunt Augustus has led a colorful life and Henry Pulling isn’t sure he is always up to the chase.

Travels With My Aunt was an interesting, fast paced show which was sometimes hard to keep up. Four men played a total of almost 30 different characters. Having just seen Greater Tuna, I was expecting each actor to make lots of costume changes, and the overall feel of the show to be more like slapstick. Instead it was fairly sophisticated, with each actor showing their roles through the nuance of accent, mannerisms, and dialect without major costume changes.

Although all four men played the lead character of Henry Pulling at different times, Bill Largess was the primary Henry throughout the performance. Largess played Pulling with the calm humor and demeanor of the British. The only time he seemed to become ruffled was when he played a wolf. Then he played his part with enthusiasm and believability.

Nigel Reed had the distinction of playing the ever lovable Aunt Augustus. Reed carried the walk and mannerisms so smoothly you forgot you were looking at a man even though he wore a suit the entire evening. His sincerity and feeling were quite touching.

Finishing out the quartet were Lawrence Redmond and Michael Russotto. Redmond’s two most notable characters were Wordsworth, Aunt Augustus’ butler/lover and Mr. Visconti, the real lover of Aunt Augustus. Redmond managed to play each role with enough differences that they were seen as two separate people. Redmond played one with a lot of emotion and grand gestures, while the other was smooth and suave. Michael Russotto played both James O’Toole, an FBI Agent from Philadelphia and his daughter Tooley. Again Russotto had to change mannerisms, accent, speech and pitch to make himself believed by the audience. He did it and did it well.

Besides all the different characters another aspect that really made the show stand out were the scene changes and lighting effects. Every man had his task and at the end of the scene carried something on or off with the choreography of a ballet. The lighting (designed by Dan Covey) was excellent, with many subtle hues and imaginative transitions to set the different moods and tones of the show. James Fouchard’s set was gorgeous, made up of circles, lines, and multiple levels and lots of depth to make for an interesting place to travel.

Director’s Notes

In Search of “Lifegivers”
“As I went upstairs to bed I felt myself to be a ghost returning home, transparent as water…I was almost surprised to see that my image was visible in the glass.”-Henry Pulling in the novel, Travels with My Aunt

How does one keep from fading to invisible when existence is painted in shades of monotonous grey routine, in a world that discards your life and work in its reach for the newest shiny object? Maybe we borrow the colors from other people’s memories of us. Perhaps we assume the substance when a storyteller makes us a character in their act of creation. If fortune finds us, we might come under a “Lifegiver’s” wing, and learn to color our own existence through the prism of their brilliant light. The act of living can be a spontaneous art form in the company of these bewitching mediums. The power of their narrative and endlessly evocative opinions challenges us-makes us run to keep up with them. Life never feels second hand in their extemporary existence. A lovely parallel occurs in the theatre when the transformative gift of the actor and the strength of the writer’s storytelling work a kindred magic, and we surrender to their seductive charms.

However beguiling the peripatetic Aunt Augustus’s presence may be, there’s no denying she operates in an amoral arena of chicanery and intrigue, even while simultaneously posing questions of real moral weight to her repressed nephew. One can almoszt see Graham Greene winking at us as we try to balance the vitality of Aunt Augusta’s illegal hi-jinks against lifeless respectability of Henry’s circumspect retirement. But just as Aunt Augusta initiates Henry into the glamour and passion of life, so must she reveal to him the existence of life’s shadows and risks. Then again, anything made visible with imaginative color and substance will most likely cast a shadow if it is capable of reflecting joy.

-Kasi Campbell

Cast

• Henry Pulling, Italian Girl, Wolf: Bill Largess
• Henry Pulling, Richard Pulling, Taxi Driver, Wordworth, Sargeant Sparrow’s Colleague, Hatty, Uncle Jo, Colonel Hakim, Misss Patterson, Spanish Palm Reader, Bodyguard, Mr. Visconti: Lawrence Redmond
• Henry Pulling, Aunt Augustus, Policeman, Bartender: Nigel Reed
• Henry pulling, Vicar, Girl in Jodhpurs, Miss Keene, Detective Sargeant Sparrow, Tooley, Frau Genersl Schmidt, Turkish Receptionist, James O’Toole, Turkish Policeman, Yolanda: Michael Russotto

Crew

• Director: Kasi Campbell
• Scenic Designer: James Fouchard
• Lighting Designer: Dan Covey
• Costume Designer: Melanie Clark
• Sound Designer: Neil McFadden
• Properties Designer: Liza Davies
• Dialect Consultant: Elizabeth van den Berg
• Producing Artistic Director: Michael Stebbins
• Managing director: Nancy Tarr Hart
• Founding Artistic Director: Valerie Lash
• Production Stage Manager: Emily Carter Watson
• Production Manager: Lisa Miion
• Production Assistants: Kiirstn Pagan
• Literary Manager/Dramaturg: Lisa A. Wilde
• Communications and Group Sales Manager: Yvonne Erickson
• Photography: Stan Barouh
• Videographer: Tony Hoos
• Program Cover Artwork: Barbara VanRossum
• Carpentry: Josh Cookson, Jamie Driskill, Keilyn D. Jones, Brian Mandel
• Paint: Marmi Blachowicz, Lian French, j. R. Fitsch, Kiirstn Pagan
• Master Electrician: Eric Moore
• Electrics: James Engelkeimier, Josh Jarboe

Disclaimer: Rep Stage provided two complimentary media tickets to ShowBizRadio for this review.

On The Verge requires a bit more from audience members than most plays. Getting accustomed to the wordplay occuring in the First Act was draining, but the excellent use of stage lighting and a gorgeous set presentation helped prevent your mind from wandering, unlike the three characters who were exploring through time. The second act had more of a concrete plotline. The three ladies (Tiffany Fillmore, Natasha Staley, and Leigh Jameson) did a fabulous job presenting their characters to us and keeping them bright and alive throughout the show, while Duane Boutte cretaed a myriad of other characters to interact with the trio of explorers.

The time explorers also explored themselves in the second act, with each actress revealing the layers of their characters. Each character discovered something about herself as she interacted with her environment, while each actress made that discovery enjoyable to the audience.

Both the lighting by Dan Covey and the sound design by Chas Marsh set the tone for the performance. Set Designer Richard Montgomery’s use of a revolving platform was not only innovative, but beautiful to look at. That added with the use of colors made the tale all the more fanciful. On the Verge, or The Geography of Yearning is a trip.

Notes from the Producing Artistic Director

When I first came to Rep Stage in the Fall of 2005, I met Jackson Phippin, but it wasn’t until the spring of 2009 that I asked him to meet with me to discuss the possibility of directing On The Verge or The Geography of Yearning.

I had seen its professional premier, which Jackson directed, in 1985 at Center Stage when I was in Baltimore for a few months performing at the Six Flags Power Plant. I was 19 yer old at the time and our song and dance troupe planned to breeze in and breeze out of Baltimore, leaving musical revue cheer trailing behind us. Up until then, I had seen professional productions at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, a national tour of Annie at Shea’s Theatre in Buffalo, and They’re Playing Our Song at the Marriott Lincolnshire in Chicago. Growing up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, I had also seen community theatre productions and a “big budget” production of The Odd Couple featuring Kenosha’s own Al Molinaro (Murray the Cop on TV’s The Odd Couple) as …Murray the Cop. All of those shows were wonderful, but none of them swept me off my feet; I never got lost in them.

But, On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning grabbed hold of me. Though I can no longer recall the specific moments in the play that held me in their grasp, I can imagine it was the language, the sense of journey, the one actor playing many roles. But I know that it was unlike anything else born a born-in Buffalo, raised-in-Kenosha kid had ever experienced before. And it made an impression on me, one that I would recall over the years when asked if their was a play – a theatre-going experience that made or left an impression on me. On The Verge or The Geography of Yearning made a lot of sense to me – it was amazing that it seemed that there were no rules and tht having one could imagine could indeed happen. I was swept off my feet and I got lost in it.

When the song and dance troupe went on to the next town, I stayed behind after auditioning for – and receiving – a theatre scholarship at UMBC. I had turned a corner and was soon walking down a new path. Why? I’m not sure. I wasn’t trying to control the situation, but I decided to hang up my song and dance shoes to become a professional actor. Could I credit part of my wanting to be a professional actor to taking in On The Verge or The Geography of Yearning at Center Stage and watching a new world unfold before my eyes? Maybe so, but I think that many times, when we stop trying to control the situation – when we give over – that our greatest journeys begin.

I hope that tonight you enjoy watching Fanny, Mary, and Alex as they give over to the adventures that await them in the landscape that, as the paywright Eric Overmeyer wrote in the published version of the script, owes “infinite gratitude to Jackson Phippin, who influenced so much the shape of the play.”

Regards

Michael Stebbins
Producing Artistic Director

Cast

• Mary: Leigh Jameson
• Fanny: Natasha Staley
• Alex: Tiffany Fillmore
• Grover et al: Duane Boutte

Crew

• Director: Jackson Phippin
• Set Design: Richard Montgomery
• Lighting Design: Dan Covey
• Costume Design: Denise Umland
• Production Stage Manager: Emily Carter Watson
• Properties Design: Liza Davies
• Sound Design/Composition: Chas Marsh
• Dialect Coach: BettyAnn Leesberg-Lange
• Dramaturg: Lisa A. Wilde
• Producing Artistic director: Michael Stebbins
• Interim Managing Director: Nancy Tarr Hart
• Founding Artistic Director: Valerie Lash
• Production Manager: Lisa Mion
• Production Assistants: Ally Cribbs, Mark Scanga
• Dramaturgy Intern: Robyn Bosica
• Communications and Group Sales Manager: Yvonne Erickson
• Photography: Stan Barouh
• Videographer: Tony Hoos
• Intern: Jaci Jones
• Carpenters: Jamie Driskill, Andrea “Dre” Moore, Daniel Townsend, Matt Wolfe,
• Paint: Richard Montgomery
• Master Electrician: Eric Moore
• Electrics: Josh Cookson, Joseph Nkwanyuo
• Light Board operator: Matt Wolfe
• Sound Board Operator: Dean Pelton

Disclaimer: Rep Stage provided two complimentary media tickets to ShowBizRadio for this review.

If you are looking for something that will make you laugh, cry and leave the theatre with a new understanding of psychology go see Hysteria. It’s the kind of show that even though there are some parts you want to look away from you just cant do it, and other times you will find yourself leaning in closer.

Hysteria revolves around the ever crumbling world and sanity of a dieing Sigmund Freud. The show is thought provoking, funny and at times a little scary. We follow Freud, played by Jeff Baker, in his final days dealing with extremely painful jaw cancer. He is about to publish his last works which tries to question religion and the and mythology surrounding Moses. His dear friend and personal Doctor Abraham Yahuda, played by Conrad Feininger, tries to discourage him from publishing the works. For much of Freud’s life he was never questioned, but in his final hours he his visited by some strange guests. A young woman, Jessica, played by Marni Penning, is angry and wanting answers about his most famous patient Rebecca. He is also visited by a very comical and self centered Salvador Dali, played by Bruce R. Nelson.

The characters are all very well constructed, full of life and personality leaving the audience completely vulnerable to their actions. When they are happy, you are happy. When they are sad, you are sad. Dali’s character is the comedian. He is blissfully unaware of his peer’s negative critiques and refers to himself in the third person. He and Jessica have a great chemistry on stage and together add a child like spunk and physical comedy. There is some silliness between Yahuda and Freud as Freud tries desperately to hide this mysterious girl who demands answers about Rebecca. There is also the appearance of Freud’s Daughter Anna, played by Elizabeth Simmons, and another mysterious woman, which turns out to be one of Freud’s dark secrets.

There is so much that happens in this play, it makes it go by so quickly, almost too quickly. In the end you are left alone with your thoughts. Not just about the show itself, but about the real people that were in the play. The show does not claim to be truthful, but it makes one think about the so called “hysteric” and if someone would be diagnosed it today. The show questions Freud’s theory and opens the doors to his own hidden secrets. A farce and a drama all in one, Hysteria is playing at the Rep Stage, housed in the beautiful theatre department of Howard Community College. Be aware that this show contains nudity and simulated hallucinations. It is a little too dark for a date show or a family show.

Cast

• Sigmund Freud: Jeff Baker
• Abraham Yahuda: Conrad Feininger
• Salvador Dali: Bruce R. Nelson
• Jessica: Mari Penning
• Anna/The Woman: Elzabeth Simmons

Crew

• Director: Steven Carpenter
• Scenic Design: Klyph Stanford
• Lighting Design: Dan Covey
• Costume Design: Yvette Ryan
• Production Stage Manager: Emily Carter Watson
• Properties Design: Andrea “Dre” Moore
• Sound Design: Chas Marsh
• Dialect Coach: BettyAnn Leeseberg-Lange
• Dramaturg: Lisa A. Wilde

Disclaimer: Rep Stage provided two complimentary media tickets to ShowBizRadio for this review.