2008 After Dark Awards Announced!
Gay Chicago Magazine has just announced this year’s After Dark Awards. Below is an abbreviated list. For the complete list, as well as production photos, go to Venus Zarris’s website: Chicago State Review
Best Production
Passion Play: A Cycle in Three Parts (Goodman Theatre)
The Mark of Zorro (Lifeline Theatre)
Hunchback (Redmoon Theatre)
Outstanding New Work
Sarah Ruhl - Passion Play: A Cycle in Three Parts (Goodman Theatre)
Anna Carini – Sweet Confinement (SiNNERMAN Ensemble)
Tracy Letts – Superior Donuts (Steppenwolf Theatre)
Outstanding Adaptation
Shishir Kurup – Merchant on Venice (Silk Road Project)
Devon de Mayo and Ensemble – As Told By The Vivian Girls (Dog & Pony Theatre)
Outstanding Musical
Old Town (Strawdog Theatre)
Outstanding Direction
David Cromer – Our Town (Hypocrites Theatre)
John Mossman – Juno and the Paycock (Artistic Home)
Anna Bahow – Sweet Confinement (SiNNERMAN Ensemble)
Peter Robel – Merchant of Venice (Bohemian Theatre Ensemble)
Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Fred Anzevino – “Cabaret” and Jacque Brel’s Lonesome Losers of the Night (Theo Ubique Theatre)
Outstanding Musical Direction
Joshua Stephen Kartes – Jacque Brel’s Lonesome Losers of the Night (Theo Ubique Theatre)
Outstanding Performance in a Play
Jennifer Grace – Our Town (Hypocrites Theatre)
Mark Ulrich – Juno and the Paycock (Artistic Home)
Nicole Wiesner – Passion Play: A Cycle in Three Parts (Goodman Theatre)
Keland Scher – Much Ado About Nothing (First Folio Theatre)
Madeline Long – Soldiers: The Desert Stand (LiveWire Chicago Theatre)
Sadieh Rafai – Speech and Debate (American Theatre Company)
Jeremy Sher – Hunchback (Redmoon Theatre)
Annabel Armour – Fiction (Remy Bumppo)
Jenn Remke – Resort 76 (Infamous Commonwealth)
Andy Hager – Red Light Winter (Thunder and Lightning Ensemble)
Polly Noonan – Passion Play: A Cycle in Three Parts (Goodman Theatre)
Nick Vatterott – Love is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy (Annoyance Theatre)
Adam Kander – The Merchant of Venice (Bohemian Theatre Ensemble)
Outstanding Performance in a Musical or Review
E. Faye Butler – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Goodman Theatre)
Kat McDonnell – Old Town (Strawdog Theatre)
Summer Smart – Sweet Charity (Drury Lane Oakbrook)
Bethany Thomas – Nine (Porchlight Music Theatre)
Outstanding Ensemble
Emma (Trapdoor Theatre)
As Told by the Vivian Girls (Dog & Pony Theatre)
Juno and the Paycock (The Artistic Home)
Sweet Confinement (SiNNERMAN Ensemble)
Superior Donuts (Steppenwolf Theatre)
For the complete listing of all 2008 After Dark Awards, including full descriptions and great pictures, go to my friend Venus Zarris’s theatre blog: www.chicagostagereview.com. Go Venus!!
Category: After Dark Awards, American Theatre Company, Annoyance Theatre, Artistic Home, Bohemian Theatre, Dog and Pony Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook, First Folio, Goodman Theatre, Hypocrites Theatre, Infamous Commonwealth, Lifeline Theatre, LiveWire Chicago, Porchlight Music Theatre, Redmoon, Remy Bumppo, Silk Road Theatre Project, SiNNERMAN Ensemble, Steppenwolf, Strawdog Theatre, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, Thunder and Lightning, Tracy Letts, Trapdoor Theatre, Venus Zarris, World Premier
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