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Awards Pasadena Playhouse's The Father Leads Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards

This year's awards honor productions from 2020 and 2021.

Alfred Molina and Pia Shah in The Father at Pasadena Playhouse Jenny Graham

Pasadena Playhouse's The Father, starring Alfred Molina, led this year's Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, winning nine categories, including the Production Award, an honor it shares with Echo Theater Company's Poor Clare. Molina also took Lead Performance along with Poor Clare star Jordan Hull. 

Dolby Theatre's My Fair Lady won the McCulloh Award for Revival, with music director John Bell, choreographer Christopher Gatelli, and costume designer Catherine Zuber also winning in their respective categories for their work on the production, a stop on the national tour of Lincoln Center's 2018 Tony-nominated Broadway revival.

The awards were announced August 3, honoring productions that played in 2020 and 2021. The organization again dispensed with an in-person ceremony and will instead send plaques to honorees.

See the full list of winners:

Production
Poor Clare, The Echo Theater Company
The Father, Pasadena Playhouse

    McCulloh Award for Revival
    My Fair Lady, Dolby Theatre

      Lead Performance
      Jordan Hull, Poor Clare, The Echo Theater Company
      Alfred Molina, The Father, Pasadena Playhouse

        Featured Performance
        Sue Cremin, The Father, Pasadena Playhouse
        Ann Noble, Poor Clare, The Echo Theater Company
        Michael Sturgis, Poor Clare, The Echo Theater Company

          Ensemble Performance
          Poor Clare, The Echo Theater Company
          The Father, Pasadena Playhouse

            Solo Performance
            Jim Ortlieb, Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight, VS. Theatre Company & Circle X Theatre Co.

              Writing
              Chiara Atik, Poor Clare, The Echo Theater Company
              Florian Zeller (translation by Christopher Hampton), The Father, Pasadena Playhouse

                Writing Adaptation
                Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, An Octoroon, The Fountain Theatre

                  Musical Score
                  Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen, Hollywood Pantages Theatre
                  David Yazbek, The Band's Visit, Dolby Theatre

                    Music Direction
                    John Bell, My Fair Lady, Dolby Theatre
                    Andre Cerullo, Hamilton, Hollywood Pantages Theatre
                    Adrian Ries, The Band’s Visit, Dolby Theatre
                    Ryan Whyman, Lizastrata, Troubadour Theater Company

                      Choreography
                      Jess Coffman, Suzanne Jolie, L.T. Martinez, Matt Walker, Lizastrata, Troubadour Theater Company
                      Christopher Gatelli, My Fair Lady, Dolby Theatre

                        Direction
                        Alana Dietze, Poor Clare, The Echo Theater Company
                        Jessica Kubzansky, The Father, Pasadena Playhouse

                          Set Design
                          David Meyer, The Father, Pasadena Playhouse
                          Frederica Nascimento, An Octoroon, The Fountain Theatre

                            Lighting Design
                            Elizabeth Harper, The Father, Pasadena Playhouse
                            Natasha Katz, Frozen, Hollywood Pantages Theatre
                            Azra King-Abadi, Poor Clare, The Echo Theater Company

                              Costume Design
                              Christopher Oram, Frozen, Hollywood Pantages Theatre
                              Halei Parker, Lizastrata, Troubadour Theater Company
                              Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady, Dolby Theatre

                                Sound Design
                                John Zalewski, The Father, Pasadena Playhouse

                                  CGI/Video
                                  Kaitlyn Pietras, Jason H. Thompson, Revenge Song, Geffen Playhouse
                                  Finn Ross, Frozen, Hollywood Pantages Theatre

                                    Streaming Design
                                    Corwin Evans, Bree Pavey, UnRavelled, Global Brain Health Institute, based at the University of California, San Francisco; and Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland
                                    Andrew Schmedake, The Ballad of Emmett Till, The Fountain Theatr

                                      Specialty
                                      Lily Bartenstein, Prop Design, Lizastrata, Troubadour Theater Company
                                      Jeremy Chernick, Visual Effects, Frozen, Hollywood Pantages Theatre
                                      Joe Seely, Puppet Design, The ODDyssey, Troubadour Theater Company

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