Beverly Hills, California (September 30, 2013) – The NAACP Beverly Hills/Hollywood Branch’s Theatre Viewing Committee announces nominations for the 23rd Annual NAACP Theatre Awards. The awards include 32 categories, which encompass local and equity nominations. This year’s awards show will be held on Monday, November 11, 2013, at 6:00 P.M. at the historical Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, California, formerly known as the Fox Wilshire Theatre.
This year’s Equity Theatre nominations include an array of phenomenal productions including “Memphis”, securing seven nominations counting Christopher Ashley in the category of “Best Director of a Musical – Equity”. Locking in second place with six nominations, Henry Miller leads an all-star cast in the provocative “Fraternity” whose cast includes Rocky Carroll and Roger Robinson both nominated in the category of “Best Leading Male – Equity” and Robert Gossett and Mel Winkler both nominated in the category of “Best Supporting Male – Equity”. “Intimate Apparel” and “The Scottsboro Boys” tie for third place in the Equity category both with five nominations. For “Intimate Apparel” Tony-award nominee Sheldon Epps is nominated in the category of Best Director-Equity and for “The Scottsboro Boys” Susan Stroman receives a nomination in the category of Best Director of a Musical-Equity. In the category of Local Theatre nominations “Anna Lucasta” by Best Playwright-Local nominee Phillip Yordan, takes the lead with 11 nominations including Ashlee Olivia as Best Lead Female-Local. “In the Red & Brown Water receives eight nominations including a Best Director-Local to Shirley Jo Finney and Best Supporting Female-Local to Iona Morris. The critically-acclaimed “Camp Logan” rounds out the local category with six nominations recognizing the producing team of Ben Guillory, Academy Award nominee Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Juvee Productions, Vanessa Paul, Alex Morris and Sparkling Entertainment.
The Theatre Viewing Committee considers all candidates who submit their production from January 2012 through December 2012 for possible nomination. All productions must have a five consecutive week production run in Southern California (San Diego to Bakersfield included) to be considered. Productions who meet all eligibility requirements before the deadline are considered eligible for a 2013 NAACP Theatre Award. For more information on the NAACP Theatre Awards, please visit www.naacptheatreawards.com or call Premier Concepts for full nominee list at (310) 605-5472.
About The NAACP Theatre Awards:
The NAACP Theatre Awards is presented by the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Branch. Ron Hasson is Branch President and Tia Boyd is the Executive Producer for the NAACP Theatre Awards Show. The prestigious star-studded gala is produced for the purpose of honoring thespians among the best in the field of entertainment. The branch also celebrates a four-day theatre festival, which provides a platform for thespians to express their craft and
share their contributions with an audience of their peers, the community and other individuals who celebrate live theatre in Los Angeles.
| Best Choreography – EquityMemphis – Sergio TrujilloFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf – Fernando Christopher The Scottsboro Boys – Susan Stroman
Best Choreography – Local Anna Lucasta – Kellie Dantzler In The Red & Brown Water – Ameenah Kaplan The Color Purple – Janet Roston
Best Costumes – Equity By The Way, Meet Vera Stark – ESosa Intimate Apparel – Leah Piehl Memphis – Paul Tazewell
Best Costumes – Local Anna Lucasta – Naila Aladdin Sanders In The Red & Brown Water – Naila Aladdin Sanders The Blue Iris – Naila Aladdin Sanders
Best Director – Equity Jitney – Ron OJ Parson Intimate Apparel – Sheldon Epps Memphis – Christopher Ashley
Best Director – L ocal CampLogan – Alex Morris. In The Red & Brown Water – Shirley Jo Finney Elimina’s Kitchen – Gregg T. Daniel
Best Director of a Musical – Equity Memphis – Christopher Ashley The Scottsboro Boys – Susan Stroman Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Saundra McClain
Best Director of a Musical – Local Fellowship – Joel McCrary Down Around BrownTown – Frit & Frat Fuller The Merchant of Venice with music: Something of Silver – Tony Tanner
Best Ensemble Cast – Equity Jitney By The Way, Meet Vera Stark The Scottsboro Boys
Best Ensemble Cast – Local Elimina’s Kitchen Innocent Flesh The Cell Block Seven
Best Lead Female – Equity The Convert – Pascale Armand
| Best Lead Female – LocalAnna Lucasta – Ashlee OliviaIn The Red & Brown Water – Diarra Kilpatrick The Color Purple – Cesili Williams
Best Lead Male – Equity The Recommendation – Brandon Gill Fraternity – Rocky Carroll Fraternity – Roger Robinson
Best Lead Male – Local Anna Lucasta – Nick Gillie Anna Lucasta – Dwain A. Perry Take Me Out – Sean Cameron – Young
Best Lighting – Equity Memphis – Howell Binkley Intimate Apparel – Brian L. Gale The Recommendation – Philip S. Rosenberg
Best Lighting – Local CampLogan – Sammie Wayne IV In The Red & Brown Water – Jose Lopez The Blue Iris – Jeff McLaughlin
Best Music Director – Equity Memphis – Christopher Jahnke The Scottsboro Boys – Eric Ebbenga Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Rahn Coleman
Best Music Director – Local Hoodoo Love – Haskel Joseph Elimina’s Kitchen – Leon Morenzie The Color Purple – Gregory Nabours
Best One Person Show – Equity
Best One Person Show – Local Uncle Jacques’ Symphony – Dominic Hoffman The World is My Home – The Life of Paul Roberson – Stogie Kenyatta Lovin’ Chocolate – Kelley Williams
Best Playwright – Equity The Recommendation – Jonathan Caren Memphis – Joe DiPietro & David Bryan The Convert – Danai Gurira
Best Playwright – Local CampLogan – Celeste Bedford Walker. Anna Lucasta – Philip Yordan Doubt, A Parable – John Patrick Shanley | Best Producer – EquityThe Convert – Center Theatre Group, McCarter Theatre Center & Goodman TheatreThe Recommendation – The Old Globe Fraternity – Ebony Repertory Theatre & Wren T. Brown
Best Producer – Local Camp Logan – Ben Guillory – Robey Theatre Co., Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Juvee Productions, Vanessa Paul and Alex Morris, Sparkling City Entertainment In The Red & Brown Water – Stephen Sachs & Deborah Lawlor Doubt, A Parable – Calia Mintzer-Wolf & Linda Reinhardt
Best Set Design – Equity Intimate Apparel – John Iacovelli Jitney – Shaun Motley The Scottsboror Boys – Beowulf Boritt
Best Set Design – Local Anna Lucasta – Tom Meleck CampLogan – Rodney Rincon & Phil Buono Doubt, A Parable – Michael-Anthony Nozzi
Best Sound – Equity Memphis – Ken Travis Intimate Apparel – Steven Cahill By The Way, Meet Vera Stark – John Gromada
Best Sound – Local Anna Lucasta – Eric Butler CampLogan – Eric Butler Innocent Flesh – Pennix McGee, Ken Christianson & Jwyanza Hobson
Best Supporting Female – Equity The Convert – Cheryl Lynn Bruce The Convert – Zainab Jah Dividing The Estate – Pat Bowie
Best Supporting Female – Local Anna Lucasta – Cydney Wayne Davis In The Red & Brown Water – Iona Morris Doubt, A Parable – Jacquelin Schofield
Best Supporting Male – Equity Fraternity – William Allen Young Fraternity – Robert Gossett Fraternity – Mel Winkler
Best Supporting Male – Local Anna Lucasta – Sammie Wayne IV In The Red & Brown Water – Gilbert Glenn Brown Anna Lucasta – Carl Crudup |
