TFT is knee-deep in Ovation nominations

Published: Fri Nov 13, 2009 (updated Tue Dec 15, 2009) in Accolade

TFT snags directing, writing, acting nods at 20th annual local theater nominations

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Ovation Awards

Bruins have been nominated for several of the top prizes in contention at the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, the only peer-judged theater awards in Los Angeles. Labeled the “…highest-profile contest for local theatre…” by the “Los Angeles Times,” the Ovation Awards are presented by members of the local theater community who join the trade organization LA Stage.

Bruins nominated for Ovation Awards in this 20th anniversary year:

Director of a Play:
Alumna Shirley Jo Finney MFA ’73
“Stick Fly”
The Matrix Theater Company

Playwrighting for an Original Play:
Alumnus Matt Almos, “Land of the Tigers.”

Lead Actor in a Musical
Will Collyer ’01 as Josh
“BIG: The Musical”
West Coast Ensemble

Scenic Design – Intimate Theatre
Will Pellegrini ' 96
“Who Lives?”
Renal Support Network

Production of a Musical – Intimate Theatre:
Troubadour Theater Company: “Life Could Be a Dream”
Bruins in the cast include current students Doug Carpenter and Jessica Antony, Ray Bolger Musical Theater alumnus Ryan Castellino ’08 and alums Jessica Keenan Wynn ’09 and James Blashaw ’07.

TFT also salute its creative poartners at the Geffen Playhouse for their many nominations:

Playwrighting for an Original Play
Donald Margulies
“Time Stands Still”
Geffen Playhouse

Lead Actor in a Musical
Hershey Felder as Ludwig van Beethoven, etc.
“Beethoven As I Knew Him”
Geffen Playhouse

Lead Actor in a Musica
Jake Broder as Louis Prima
“Louis & Keely, Live at the Sahara”
Geffen Playhouse

Lead Actor in a Play
Chris Pine as Stephen Bellamy
“Farragut North”
Geffen Playhouse

Lead Actress in a Musical
Vanessa Claire Smith as Keely Smith
“Louis & Keely, Live at the Sahara”
Geffen Playhouse

Lighting Design – Large Theatre
Paul Gallo
“Farragut North”
Geffen Playhouse

Lighting Design – Large Theatre
Anne Militello
“Louis & Keely, Live at the Sahara”
Geffen Playhouse

Scenic Design – Large Theatre
Michael Ganio
“By the Waters of Babylon”
Geffen Playhouse

Scenic Design – Large Theatre
John Lee Beatty
“Time Stands Still”
Geffen Playhouse

Sound Design – Large Theatre
Erik Carstensen
“Beethoven as I Knew Him”
Geffen Playhouse

Sound Design – Large Theatre
Lindsay Jones
“Louis & Keely, Live at the Sahara”
Geffen Playhouse