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Nominations for the Jeff Awards, celebrating excellence in Chicago-area Equity theatre, were announced Aug. 21. A dozen new plays or adaptations are in the mix, pointing to Chicago as a continuing breeding ground for new work. The nominations address work seen between Aug. 1, 2011, and July 31, 2011, produced by 55 organizations.
By company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater earned 18 nominations (two are in association with Redmoon) and Goodman Theatre earned 18 (two in association with Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, three in association with Center Theatre Group and McCarter Theatre Center, four presenting the Teatro Vista production of Fish Men).
The productions earning the most multiple nominations (seven each) are The House Theatre of Chicago's Death and Harry Houdini, Chicago Shakespeare's Follies and Court Theatre's Invisible Man.
The 44th Annual Jeff Awards ceremony will be held on Oct. 15, at Drury Lane Oakbrook in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. For more information, visit jeffawards.org.
Canadians Diane D’Aquila and Steven Sutcliffe were nominated for Best Actor Awards for Timothy Findley’s Elizabeth Rex as was the play itself in the Best Play category.
2012 EQUITY JEFF AWARD NOMINEES
PRODUCTION – PLAY – LARGE
Angels in America, Parts One and Two - Court Theatre
Clybourne Park - Steppenwolf Theatre Company
The Convert - Goodman Theatre in association with Center Theatre Group and McCarter Theatre Center
Elizabeth Rex - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The Iceman Cometh - Goodman Theatre
In the Next Room or the vibrator play – Victory Gardens Theater
Invisible Man - Court Theatre in association with Christopher McElroen Productions
Mr. Rickey Calls A Meeting - Lookingglass Theatre Company
Oedipus el Rey - Victory Gardens Theater
ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY
Usman Ally (Amir) - Disgraced - American Theater Company in special arrangement with The Araca Group
Teagle F. Bougere (Invisible Man) - Invisible Man - Court Theatre in association with Christopher McElroen Productions
William J. Norris (Davies) - The Caretaker - Writers' Theatre
Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud) - Freud's Last Session - Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Robert Stillman, and Jack Thomas present the Barrington Stage Production
Steven Sutcliffe (Ned Lowenscroft) - Elizabeth Rex - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Larry Yando (Roy M. Cohen) - Angels in America, Parts One and Two - Court Theatre
ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY
Pascale Armand (Jekesai/Ester) - The Convert - Goodman Theatre in association with Center Theatre Group and McCarter Theatre Center
Janet Ulrich Brooks (Anya Botvinnik) - A Walk in the Woods - TimeLine Theatre Company
Kate Buddeke (Tanya) - The North Plan - Theater Wit
Diane D'Aquila (Queen Elizabeth I) - Elizabeth Rex - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Kate Fry (Catherine Givings) - In the Next Room or the vibrator play - Victory Gardens Theater
Lia Mortensen (Lynn Fontanne) - Ten Chimneys - Northlight Theatre
Kelli Simpkins (Darcy) - The Kid Thing - Chicago Dramatists and About Face Theatre
By Kenneth Jones for www.playbill.com.
Photo: Diane D’Aquila as Elizabeth I.
2012-08-21
Chicago: Diane D’Aquila and Steven Sutcliffe nominated for Jeff Best Actor Awards