French Stewart and Vanessa Claire Stewart hosted the 2015 ceremony, which took place at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Spring Awakening earned two separate Best Production of a Musical awards, given for shows at different size theatres, for its run at Deaf West Theatre, and for its subsequent transfer to the larger Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. It also won Best Ensemble, Best Director (Michael Arden), Best Choreography (Spencer Liff) and Best Lighting Design (Ben Stanton).
A total of 35 awards were bestowed on 18 different Southern California theatre companies. The most honored companies of the year were The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts/Deaf West Theatre/Cody Lassen (Spring Awakening); Center Theatre Group (Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival, The Price, Luna Gale); Circle X Theatre Company (Trevor); Ebony Repertory Company (The Gospel at Colonus); Sacred Fools Theater Company (The Behavior of Broadus, a co-production with Burglars of Hamm and Center Theatre Group); Four Larks (The Temptation of St Antony); and Loft Ensemble (She Kills Monsters).
Other companies honored were 3-D Theatricals, Actors Co-op, Cabrillo Music Theatre, Coeurage Theatre Company, Los Angeles Performance Practice, The Pasadena Playhouse, Rogue Machine, Unbound Productions and VS. Theatre Company.
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts received the Best Season Award (Enter Laughing, Love, Noël: The Letters and Songs of Noël Coward, Spring Awakening).
A list of this year's winners follows:
Best Season:
Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts
Best Production Of A Play (Intimate Theatre):
Trevor, Circle X Theatre Company
Best Production Of A Play (Large Theatre):
Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival, Center Theatre Group
Best Production Of A Musical (Intimate Theatre):
Spring Awakening, Deaf West Theatre
Best Production Of A Musical (Large Theatre):
Spring Awakening, Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre and Cody Lassen
Best Presented Production:
Luna Gale, Center Theatre Group
Acting Ensemble Of A Play:
The Temptation Of St. Antony, Four Larks
Acting Ensemble Of A Musical:
Spring Awakening, Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre and Cody Lassen
Choreography:
Spencer Liff, Spring Awakening, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre and Cody Lassen
Music Direction:
Abdul Hamid Royal, The Gospel at Colonus, Ebony Repertory Theatre
Book of an Original Musical:
Carolyn Almos, Matt Almos, Jon Beauregard and Albert Dayan, The Behavior of Broadus, Sacred Fools Theater Company, Burglars of Hamm and Center Theatre Group
Lyrics/Composition of an Original Musical:
Brendan Milburn, Matt Almos and Burglars of Hamm, The Behavior of Broadus, Sacred Fools Theater Company, Burglars of Hamm & Center Theatre Group
Playwriting for an Original Play:
Nick Jones, Trevor, Circle X Theatre Company
Direction of a Musical:
Michael Arden, Spring Awakening, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre and Cody Lassen
Direction of a Play:
Michael Matthews, Failure: A Love Story, Coeurage Theatre Company
Lead Actor in a Musical:
Todd Adamson, Memphis, Cabrillo Music Theatre
Lead Actress in a Musical:
Christanna Rowader, Ragtime, 3-D Theatricals
Lead Actor in a Play:
Jimmi Simpson, Trevor, Circle X Theatre Company
Lead Actress in a Play:
Laurie Metcalf, Trevor, Circle X Theatre Company
Featured Actor in a Musical:
Samuel Butler, The Gospel at Colonus, Ebony Repertory Theatre
Featured Actress in a Musical:
Nicoe Potts, The Gospel at Colonus, Ebony Repertory Theatre
Featured Actor in a Play:
Alan Mandell, The Price, Center Theatre Group
Featured Actress in a Play:
Rebecca Mozo, Cock, Rogue Machine
Lighting Design (Intimate Theatre):
Jared Sayeg, Picnic, The Antaeus Company
Lighting Design (Large Theatre):
Ben Stanton, Spring Awakening, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Deaf West Theatre and Cody Lassen
Scenic Design (Intimate Theatre):
Darcy Scanlin, Completeness, VS. Theatre Company and Firefly: Theater & Films
Scenic Design (Large Theatre):
Tom Buderwitz, The Whipping Man, Pasadena Playhouse
Sound Design (Intimate Theatre):
John Zalewski, The Day Shall Declare It, Los Angeles Performance Practice
Sound Design (Large Theatre):
Drew Dalzell and Noelle Hoffman, Wicked Lit 2014, Unbound Productions
Costume Design (Intimate Theatre):
Vicki Conrad, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Actors Co-op
Costume Design (Large Theatre):
Christopher Acebo, Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival, Center Theatre Group
Video/Projection Design:
Jason Thompson, Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival, Center Theatre Group
2015 Ovation Honors:
Composition for a Play:
Mat Sweeney and 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
For a full list of nominees, click here.
