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Jeff Award Nominations Announced By Actor Michael Shannon
Michael Shannon ("Man of Steel," "Boardwalk Empire") continued the trend of celebrity Jeff Award announcers, when he revealed the nominations for the 2015 awards Aug. 21 in a video posted at JeffAwards.org.
Shannon, who is a founding member of A Red Orchid Theatre is a recipient of two Jeff Awards.
The Jeff Awards, named for actor Joseph Jefferson, are presented annually to outstanding theatre artists in the Chicago area. They are presented to both Equity and Non-Equity performers.
The Jeff Awards ceremony will take place on Oct. 5 at the Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago.
View a full list of nominees below:
Production – Play – Large
Airline Highway - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
The Diary of Anne Frank - Writers Theatre
The Little Foxes - Goodman Theatre
Moby Dick - Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors’ Gymnasium
Native Son - Court Theatre and American Blues Theater
Production – Play – Midsize
All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites
The Downpour - Route 66 Theatre Company
The Royale - American Theater Company
Travesties - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
The White Road - Irish Theatre of Chicago
Production
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Billy Elliot, the Musical - Drury Lane Productions
City of Angels - Marriott Theatre
The King and I - Marriott Theatre
Les Misérables - Paramount Theatre
Mary Poppins - Paramount Theatre
The Who’s Tommy - Paramount Theatre
Production – Musical – Midsize
The Addams Family - Mercury Theater Chicago
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Porchlight Music Theatre
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Porchlight Music Theatre
Production – Revue
Men of Soul with a Tribute to Bill Withers - Black Ensemble Theater
Panic on Cloud 9 - The Second City
Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
Sondheim on Sondheim - Porchlight Music Theatre
Director – Play
Jaime Castañeda -
The Royale - American Theater Company
David Catlin -
Moby Dick - Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors’ Gymnasium
Sean Graney -
All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites
Nick Sandys -
Travesties - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Erica Weiss -
The Downpour - Route 66 Theatre Company
Henry Wishcamper -
The Little Foxes - Goodman Theatre
Director – Musical
Nick Bowling -
City of Angels - Marriott Theatre
Nick Bowling -
The King and I - Marriott Theatre
Jim Corti -
Les Misérables - Paramount Theatre
Jim Corti -
The Who’s Tommy - Paramount Theatre
Rachel Rockwell -
Billy Elliot, the Musical - Drury Lane Productions
Rachel Rockwell -
Mary Poppins - Paramount Theatre
Director – Revue
Nick Bowling -
Sondheim on Sondheim - Porchlight Music Theatre
Daryl Brooks -
Men of Soul with a Tribute to Bill Withers - Black Ensemble Theater
Brian Russell -
Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
Ensemble
Airline Highway - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites
The Apple Family Plays - TimeLine Theatre Company
The Humans - American Theater Company
The Project(s) - American Theater Company
A Q Brothers Christmas Carol - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Season on the Line - The House Theatre of Chicago
The White Road - Irish Theatre of Chicago
Actor in a Principal Role – Play
Allen Gilmore (Vladimir) -
Waiting for Godot - Court Theatre
Francis Guinan (Tommy) -
The Night Alive - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Francis Guinan (Ray) -
White Guy on the Bus - Northlight Theatre
Jerod Haynes (Bigger) -
Native Son - Court Theatre and American Blues Theater
Jerod Haynes (Jay) -
The Royale - American Theater Company
Mark Montgomery (Anthony Reilly) -
Outside Mullingar - Northlight Theatre
Larry Yando (King Lear) -
King Lear - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Actor in a Principal Role – Musical
Anthony Crivello (Louis Prima) -
Louis & Keely ‘Live’ at the Sahara - HackFeld LLC
Nicholas Dantes (Billy) -
Billy Elliot, the Musical - Drury Lane Productions
Devin DeSantis (Tommy) -
The Who’s Tommy - Paramount Theatre
Karl Hamilton (Gomez Addams)
- The Addams Family - Mercury Theater Chicago
Bill Larkin (Prologus/Pseudolus)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Porchlight Music Theatre
Actress in a Principal Role – Play
Brenda Barrie (Robin) -
The Downpour - Route 66 Theatre Company
Janet Ulrich Brooks (Sonia) -
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike - Goodman Theatre
Hillary Clemens (Crystal) -
Bethany - The Gift Theatre
Kate Fry (Rosemary Muldoon) -
Outside Mullingar - Northlight Theatre
Mariann Mayberry (Shelley) -
Grand Concourse - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Lia D. Mortensen (Julianna) -
The Other Place - Profiles Theatre
Caroline Neff (Hazel) -
The Downpour - Route 66 Theatre Company
Eileen Niccolai (Serafina Delle Rose) -
The Rose Tattoo - Shattered Globe Theatre
Actress in a Principal Role – Musical
Shoshana Bean (Cee Cee Bloom) -
Beaches, a new musical - Drury Lane Productions in association with Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso
Rebecca Finnegan (Nellie Lovett) -
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Porchlight Music Theatre
Heidi Kettenring (Anna Leonowens) -
The King and I - Marriott Theatre
Megan McGinnis (Marianne Dashwood) -
Sense and Sensibility - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Susie McMonagle (Mrs. Wilkinson) -
Billy Elliot, the Musical - Drury Lane Productions
Actor or Actress in a Revue
Michael Monroe Goodman (Young Johnny) -
Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
Cory Goodrich (June Carter Cash) -
Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
John Hartman (Ensemble) -
Panic on Cloud 9 - The Second City
James Earl Jones II (Ensemble) -
Sondheim on Sondheim - Porchlight Music Theatre
Kent M. Lewis (Johnny) -
Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
Solo Performance
Ronald Keaton (Winston Churchill) -
Churchill - SoloChicago Theatre and Greenhouse Theater Center
Linda Reiter (Mary) -
The Testament of Mary - Victory Gardens Theater
Kelvin Roston, Jr. (Donny) -
Twisted Melodies - Congo Square Theatre Company
Steven Strafford (Himself) -
Methtacular! - About Face Theatre in association with Justin Brill
Actor in a Supporting Role – Play
Greg Matthew Anderson (Tristan Tzara) -
Travesties - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Behzad Dabu (Amit) -
Samsara - Victory Gardens Theater
Anthony Fleming III (Queequeg/Ensemble) -
Moby Dick - Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors’ Gymnasium
K. Todd Freeman (Sissy Na Na) -
Airline Highway - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Nic Grelli (Alvaro Mangiacavallo) -
The Rose Tattoo - Shattered Globe Theatre
Larry Yando (Benjamin Hubbard) -
The Little Foxes - Goodman Theatre
Actor in a Supporting Role - Musical
Matthew Crowle (Hysterium) -
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Porchlight Music Theatre
Devin DeSantis (Marius) -
Les Misérables - Paramount Theatre
Sean Allan Krill (Colonel Brandon) -
Sense and Sensibility - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Ross Lehman (Moonface Martin) -
Anything Goes - Marriott Theatre
Travis Taylor (Lancelot) -
Camelot - Drury Lane Productions
Actress in a Supporting Role – Play
Annabel Armour (Virginia) -
The Clean House - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Dana Black (Actor 6) -
Abraham Lincoln Was a F*gg*t - About Face Theatre
Kate Buddeke (Tanya) -
Airline Highway - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Kate Buddeke (Terry) -
Side Man - American Blues Theater
Patrese D. McClain (Shatique) -
White Guy on the Bus - Northlight Theatre
Cassidy Slaughter-Mason (Avery Willard) -
Rapture, Blister, Burn - Goodman Theatre
Actress in a Supporting Role – Musical
Michelle Aravena (Anita) -
West Side Story - Drury Lane Productions
Kristen Choi (Lady Thiang) -
The King and I - Marriott Theatre
Marya Grandy (Hildy Esterhazy) -
On the Town - Marriott Theatre
Meghan Murphy (Oolie/Donna) -
City of Angels - Marriott Theatre
Colette Todd (Sandra Bloom) -
Big Fish - Theatre at the Center
New Work - Play
Bruce Graham -
White Guy on the Bus - Northlight Theatre
Laura Jacqmin -
Look, we are breathing - Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Rohina Malik -
The Mecca Tales - Chicago Dramatists
PJ Paparelli and Joshua Jaeger -
The Project(s) - American Theater Company
Caitlin Parrish -
The Downpour - Route 66 Theatre Company
Mat Smart -
The Royal Society of Antarctica - The Gift Theatre
New Work - Musical
Paul Gordon -
Sense and Sensibility - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
GQ, JQ, Jackson Doran, Postell Pringle -
A Q Brothers’ Christmas Carol - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Jessica Thebus, Andre Pluess and Amanda Dehnert -
Shining Lives: A Musical - Northlight Theatre
New Adaptation
David Catlin -
Moby Dick - Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors’ Gymnasium
Sean Graney -
All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites
Nambi E. Kelley -
Native Son - Court Theatre and American Blues Theater
Choreography
Brock Clawson -
The Who’s Tommy - Paramount Theatre
Rhett Guter -
West Side Story - Drury Lane Productions
Danny Herman -
All Shook Up - Theatre at the Center
Rachel Rockwell -
Billy Elliot, the Musical - Drury Lane Productions
Alex Sanchez -
On the Town - Marriott Theatre
Original Music in a Play
Victoria Deiorio -
The White Road - Irish Theatre of Chicago
Andrew Hansen -
My Name is Asher Lev - TimeLine Theatre Company
Henry Marsh -
Pericles - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Richard Woodbury -
The Little Foxes - Goodman Theatre
Music Direction
Austin Cook -
Sondheim on Sondheim - Porchlight Music Theatre
Paul Litteral -
Louis & Keely ‘Live’ at the Sahara - HackFeld LLC
Doug Peck -
The Secret Garden - Court Theatre
Malcolm Ruhl -
Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash - Mercury Theater Chicago and Theatre at the Center
Tom Vendafreddo -
Les Misérables - Paramount Theatre
Scenic Design – Midsize
Ira Amyx and Merje Veski -
The White Road - Irish Theatre of Chicago
John Holt -
Accidentally Like a Martyr - A Red Orchid Theatre
Jeffrey D. Kmiec -
Watch on the Rhine - The Artistic Home
Angela Weber Miller -
The Gravedigger - First Folio Theatre
Sarah Ross -
The Rose Tattoo - Shattered Globe Theatre
Grant Sabin -
Yankee Tavern - American Blues Theater
Scenic Design – Large
Linda Buchanan -
Two Trains Running - Goodman Theatre
Kevin Depinet -
The Game’s Afoot - Drury Lane Productions
Kevin Depinet and Jeffrey D. Kmiec -
Les Misérables - Paramount Theatre
Jack Magaw -
The Diary of Anne Frank - Writers Theatre
Scott Pask -
Airline Highway - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Todd Rosenthal -
The Little Foxes - Goodman Theatre
Joey Wade -
Grand Concourse - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Lighting Design – Midsize
Brian Sidney Bembridge -
The Royale - American Theater Company
Maggie Fullilove-Nugent -
Endgame - The Hypocrites
Lee Keenan -
The Hammer Trinity, Part 3: The Excelsior King - The House Theatre of Chicago
Jared Moore -
All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites
Julian Pike -
The White Road - Irish Theatre of Chicago
Lighting Design – Large
Lee Fiskness -
Camelot - Drury Lane Productions
Greg Hofmann -
The Who’s Tommy - Paramount Theatre
Jesse Klug -
Les Misérables - Paramount Theatre
Jesse Klug -
Pericles - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Marc Stubblefield -
Native Son - Court Theatre and American Blues Theater
Costume Design – Midsize
Mara Blumenfeld and Mieka Van Der Ploeg -
Mr. Burns: a post-electric play - Theater Wit
Rachel Lambert -
Travesties - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Frances Maggio -
The Addams Family - Mercury Theater Chicago
Bill Morey -
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Porchlight Music Theatre
Alison Siple -
All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites
Costume Design – Large
Dede M. Ayite -
Marie Antoinette - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Theresa Ham -
Mary Poppins - Paramount Theatre
Susan E. Mickey -
Sense and Sensibility - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Nancy Missimi -
The King and I - Marriott Theatre
Nancy Missimi -
La Cage aux Folles - Marriott Theatre
Sound Design – Midsize
John Corkill and Alex Monroe -
Macbeth - The Artistic Home
Victoria Deiorio -
The White Road - Irish Theatre of Chicago
Joshua Horvath -
The Hammer Trinity, Part 3: The Excelsior King - The House Theatre of Chicago
Kevin O'Donnell -
All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites
Rick Sims -
Side Man - American Blues Theater
Rick Sims -
Twisted Melodies- Congo Square Theatre Company
Sound Design – Large
Joshua Horvath -
Native Son - Court Theatre and American Blues Theater
Lindsay Jones -
King Lear - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Lindsay Jones -
Marie Antoinette - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Andre Pluess -
Iphigenia in Aulis - Court Theatre
Josh Schmidt
- The Diary of Anne Frank - Writers Theatre
Rick Sims
- Moby Dick - Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors' Gymnasium
Projections/Video Design
Smooch Medina -
The White Road - Irish Theatre of Chicago
Aaron Rhyne -
Pericles - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Jeff Sugg -
Marie Antoinette - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Mike Tutaj -
Mary Poppins - Paramount Theatre
Mike Tutaj -
Sondheim on Sondheim - Porchlight Music Theatre
Mike Tutaj -
The Who’s Tommy - Paramount Theatre
Fight Choreography
David Blixt -
Macbeth - The Artistic Home
Ryan Bourque -
All Our Tragic - The Hypocrites
Matt Hawkins -
West Side Story - Drury Lane Productions
John Tovar -
Camelot - Drury Lane Productions
Artistic Specialization
Dave Bova - Hair and Makeup Design -
Marie Antoinette - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Jesse Mooney-Bullock - Puppet Design -
The Hammer Trinity, Part 3: The Excelsior King - The House Theatre of Chicago
Marco Ramirez and Stephanie Paul - Rhythm and Percussion -
The Royale - American Theater Company
Isaac Schoepp - Rigging Design -
Moby Dick - Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors’ Gymnasium
The Jeff Awards ceremony will take place on Oct. 5 at the Drury Lane Theatre in Illinois.