The awards were presented for excellence in stage productions in the Los Angeles area from September, 2014 to August, 2015 based upon evaluations from 240 members of the Los Angeles theater community. The Ovation Awards are the only peer-judged theater awards in Los Angeles.[3]
Best Production of a Musical (Intimate Theater) | Best Production of a Musical (Large Theater) |
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Best Production of a Play (Intimate Theater) | Best Production of a Play (Large Theater) |
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Lead Actor in a Musical | Lead Actress in a Musical |
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- Todd Adamson as Huey – Memphis – Cabrillo Music Theatre
| - Christanna Rowader as Mother – Ragtime – 3-D Theatricals
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Lead Actor in a Play | Lead Actress in a Play |
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Featured Actor in a Musical | Featured Actress in a Musical |
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Featured Actor in a Play | Featured Actress in a Play |
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- Alan Mandell as Gregory Solomon – The Price – Center Theatre Group
- Stephen O‘Mahoney as Billy – A Small Fire – The Echo Theater Company
- Darrett Sanders as Billy – A Small Fire – The Echo Theater Company
- Andrew Connolly as John Keating – Corktown ’57 – Theatre Planners
- Matt Orduña as Gabriel – Fences – International City Theater
- Tony Shalhoub as Willie – Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days – The Theatre @ Boston Court
- Stephen Kearin as Company Member – The Western Unscripted – Impro Theatre
| - Rebecca Mozo as W – Cock –Rogue Machine Theatre
- Melora Marshall as Mattie Fae Aiken – – Theatricum Botanicum
- Sophina Brown as Kate – Good People – La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
- Peggy Ann Blow as Lula – Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black And White – The Antaeus Company
- Anne Gee Byrd as Herman’s Mother – Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black And White – The Antaeus Company
- Saundra McClain as Lula – Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black And White – The Antaeus Company
- Lynn Milgrim as Herman’s Mother – Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black And White – The Antaeus Company
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Acting Ensemble of a Musical | Acting Ensemble for a Play |
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| - The cast of The Temptation of St. Antony – Four Larks
- The cast of A Permanent Image – Rogue Machine Theatre
- The cast of Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival – Center Theatre Group
- The cast of Failure: A Love Story – Coeurage Theatre Company
- The cast of Theatre Movement Bazaar’s Big Shot – Bootleg Theater & Theatre Movement Bazaar
- The cast of Trevor – Circle X Theatre
- The cast of What Of The Night? – The Vagrancy
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Director of a Musical | Director of a Play |
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| - Michael Matthews – Failure: A Love Story – Coeurage Theatre Company
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Music Direction | Choreography |
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| - Spencer Liff – Spring Awakening – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
- Kenna Morris Garcia – Memphis – Cabrillo Music Theatre
- John Charron – Oklahoma! – Cabrillo Music Theatre
- Dana Solimando – Ragtime – 3-D Theatricals
- Sophie Bortolussi – The Day Shall Declare It – Los Angeles Performance Practice
- Sebastian Peters-Lazaro & Mat Sweeney – The Temptation of St. Antony – Four Larks
- Tina Kronis – Theatre Movement Bazaar’s Big Shot – Bootleg Theater & Theatre Movement Bazaar
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Book for an Original Musical | Lyrics/Music for an Original Musical |
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- Carolyn Almos, Matt Almos, Jon Beauregard & Albert Dayan – The Behavior of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theater Company
- Matt Donnelly & Jamelle Dolphin – Recorded in Hollywood – Theatre Planners
- Madeline Sunshine – Serrano, the Musical – Serrano New York, LLC
| - Brendan Milburn, Matt Almos & Burglars of Hamm – The Behavior of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theater Company
- Andy Cooper – Recorded in Hollywood – Theatre Planners
- Richard Hochberg & Michael Paternostro – Scary Musical the Musical – Noho Arts Center Ensemble
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Playwrighting For An Original Play | Best Season |
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Lighting Design (Intimate Theater) | Lighting Design (Large Theater) |
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- Jared Sayeg – Picnic – The Antaeus Company
- Tom Ontiveros – Completeness – Vs. Theatre Company & Firefly Theater & Films
- Travis Hagenbuch – Spring Awakening – Deaf West Theatre
- Jaymi Smith – The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll – The Theatre @ Boston Court
- Jean-Yves Tessier – Young Frankenstein – DOMA Theatre Co.
- Brandon Baruch – The Temptation of St. Antony – Four Larks
- Matthew Richter – What of the Night? – The Vagrancy
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Scenic Design (Intimate Theater) | Scenic Design (Large Theater) |
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- Darcy Scanlin – Completeness – Vs. Theatre Company & Firefly Theater & Films
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Sound Design (Intimate Theater) | Sound Design (Large Theater) |
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- John Zalewski – Danny and the Deep Blue Sea – The Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC)
- Joseph Slawinski – Flare Path – Theatre 40
- John Zalewski – My Barking Dog – The Theatre @ Boston Court
- Jeff Gardner – Picnic – The Antaeus Company
- Philip Allen – Spring Awakening – Deaf West Theatre
- John Zalewski – The Day Shall Declare It – Los Angeles Performance Practice
- Martin Carrillo – What of the Night – The Vagrancy
| - Drew Dalzell & Noelle Hoffman – Wicked Lit 2014 – Unbound Productions
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Costume Design (Intimate Theater) | Costume Design (Large Theater) |
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- Vicki Conrad – The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Actors Co-Op
- Kimberly Freed – Entropy – Theatre Of Note
- Michael Mullen – Fugue – The Echo Theater Company
- Terri Lewis – Picnic – The Antaeus Company
- Ann Closs-Farley – The Behavior of Broadus – Sacred Fools Theater Company
- Garry Lennon – The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll – The Theatre @ Boston Court
- Brandy Jacobs – Young Frankenstein – DOMA Theatre Co.
| - Christopher Acebo – Chavez Ravine: an L.A. Revival – Center Theatre Group
- Marcy Froehlich – Last Train to Nibroc – Rubicon Theatre Company
- Mela Hoyt-Heydon – Memphis – Cabrillo Music Theatre
- Naila Sanders – The Gospel at Colonus – Ebony Repertory Theatre
- Sharon McGunigle – The Snow Queen – Falcon Theatre
- Angela Calin – The Threepenny Opera – A Noise Within
- Wade Laboissionniere – Waterfall A New Musical – Pasadena Playhouse
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Video/Projection Design | Presented Production |
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Ovation Honors recognize outstanding achievement in areas that are not among the standard list of nomination categories.