2010 Ovation Awards Explained

The nominees for the 2010 Ovation Awards were announced on October 18, 2010, at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles, California.[1] [2] The awards were presented for excellence in stage productions in the Los Angeles area from September, 2009 to August, 2010 based upon evaluations from 250 members of the Los Angeles theater community.

The winners were announced on January 17, 2011, in a ceremony at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks, California.[3]

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Production of a Musical (Intimate Theater)Best Production of a Musical (Large Theater)
  • Oedipus the King, Mama
 – Troubadour Theater Company
Best Production of a Play (Intimate Theater) – 2 winnersBest Production of a Play (Large Theater)
  • The Ballad of Emmett Till – Fountain Theatre
  • Four Places – Rogue Machine Theatre
    • Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • Oedipus el Rey – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Opus – Fountain Theatre
    • Shaheed -- The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto – Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre
    • Something Happened – Pacific Stages
Lead Actor in a Musical – 3 winnersLead Actress in a Musical
Lead Actor in a Play – 3 winnersLead Actress in a Play – 2 winners
Featured Actor in a MusicalFeatured Actress in a Musical
Featured Actor in a PlayFeatured Actress in a Play
Acting EnsembleBest Season
Director of a MusicalDirector of a Play
  • Matt Walker – Oedipus the King, Mama
 – Troubadour Theater Company
Music DirectionChoreography
Book for an Original MusicalLyrics/Music for an Original Musical
Playwrighting For An Original Play
  • L. Trey Wilson – Something Happened – Pacific Stages
    • Donald Freed – 1951-2006 – The Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC)
    • Jeffrey Hatcher – Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • David Schulner – Forgiveness – Black Dahlia Theatre
    • Luis Alfaro – Oedipus el Rey – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Tom Jacobson – The Twentieth-Century Way – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Del Shores – Yellow – Jd3atrical
Lighting Design (Intimate Theater)Lighting Design (Large Theater)
  • Jeremy Pivnick – Oedipus el Rey – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Leigh Allen – Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • Steven Young – God Save Gertrude – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Brian Sidney Bembridge – The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Elizabeth Harper – The Twentieth-Century Way – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • KC Wilkerson – Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter – The Chance Theater
    • KC Wilkerson – The Who's Tommy – The Chance Theater
Scenic Design (Intimate Theater)Scenic Design (Large Theater)
  • Brian Sidney Bembridge – The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Desma Murphy – As White as O – Road Theatre Company
    • Jeff G. Rack – Black Coffee – Theatre 40
    • Tom Buderwitz – Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • Susan Gratch – God Save Gertrude – The Theatre @ Boston Court
    • Katie Polebaum – Gogol Project – Bootleg Theater
    • John Binkley – Oedipus el Rey – The Theatre @ Boston Court
  • Jeff McLaughlin – Grace & Glorie – The Colony Theatre Company
Sound Design (Intimate Theater)Sound Design (Large Theater)
  • Peter Bayne – Opus – Fountain Theatre
    • John Zalewski – Absinthe, Opium & Magic: 1920s Shanghai – Grand Guignolers
    • David B. Marling – The Ballad of Emmett Till – Fountain Theatre
    • Jason Duplissea – Blood and Thunder – Moving Arts
    • Cricket S. Myers – Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • Mark Wilson – Neighborhood 3 : Requisition of Doom – Sacred Fools Theater Company
    • Rob Oriol – Oedipus el Rey – The Theatre @ Boston Court
Costume Design (Intimate Theater)Costume Design (Large Theater) – 2 winners
  • Teresa Shea – Project Wonderland – Bootleg Theater
    • Vicki Conrad – Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Actors Co-Op/Crossley Theatre
    • Joyce Ferrer – Black Coffee – Theatre 40
    • A. Jeffrey Schoenberg – Children of the Night – Katselas Theatre Company
    • A. Jeffrey Schoenberg – Cousin Bette – The Antaeus Company
    • Kerry Hennessy – Gogol Project – Bootleg Theater
    • Erika C. Miller – The Who's Tommy – The Chance Theater
  • Christopher Oram – Parade – Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
  • Snezana Petrovic – Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands – Overtone Industries
    • Julie Keen – Awake and Sing! – A Noise Within
    • A. Jeffrey Schoenberg – Celadine – The Colony Theatre Company
    • Sharon Mcgunigle – Frosty The Snow Manilow – Troubadour Theater Company
    • Shigeru Yaji – Peace – The J. Paul Getty Trust
    • Ann Closs-Farley – The Pee-Wee Herman Show – AEG Live

Ovation Honors

Ovation Honors, which recognize outstanding achievement in areas that are not among the standard list of nomination categories, were presented when the nominations were announced.

Notes and References

  1. News: Andronico. Michael. Nominees Announced for 2010 Ovation Awards.. 19 October 2010.
  2. News: Ng. David. Los Angeles Times. Ovation Awards nominations announced for 2009-10 season.. 18 October 2010.
  3. News: 2009/2010 Ovation Award Winners.. 17 January 2011. 11 February 2013. 21 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221134904/http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/01/ovationwinners/. dead.