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Valley Theatre League
THEATRE COMMUNITY
CELEBRATES AT
TENTH ANNUAL A.D.A.
AWARDS AT
The
Tenth Annual ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (the
ADAs) were celebrated by a joyous crowd of theatre
artists and producers at the El Portal Theatre in the
NoHo Arts District on Monday, Dec. 1st.
Twenty-four
theatres and producing companies received
nominations this season, representing a total of
fifty-one productions.
NBC’s Fritz Coleman emceed the ceremony, assisted by
Fred Willard, Dee Wallace-Stone, John Rubinstein, Jack
Riley, Chuck McCann, Paul Linke, among others, serving
as Awards Presenters.
The evening commenced
with a reception in the spacious El Portal lobby, after
which City Councilman Tom LaBonge made a few remarks.
The ceremony, running a brisk two hours and fifteen
minutes, was followed by a catered party in the lobby.
Entertainment was provided by the nominated production,
“SANTASIA ROCKS”, which played at the Whitmore-Lindley
Theatre Center last season. They did three of their
”sequences” in total, receiving a standing ovation for
their finale, “Sledding”. They are opening a new
version: “SANTASIA RELOADED” on Dec. 5th at
the Whitmore-Lindley.
The El Portal Theatre, The Road Theatre Company and
Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Company each received
five awards, followed by the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre
Center with four awards and three apiece for Actors
Workout Studio, Alliance Repertory Company, Fremont
Centre Theatre, Whitefire Theatre and the Woodland Hills
Theatre.
Individually, “CESAR & RUBEN” led the way with five
awards, followed by “THE WOMAN IN BLACK” and “BLOCKAGE”
with four awards each. “MEET ME AT THE OAK” and “THE
HOSTAGE” each received three awards, as did “THE TALE OF
CHICKEN LITTLE” in the Youth & Family Theatre
categories. Ed Begley, Jr. was awarded a special “Beacon
of Light Award “ for his efforts to spotlight
professional live theatre in the Valley.
The entire evening was
directed by award-winning director and Broadway actress,
Pamela Hall.
The ADA Awards are
sponsored by Valley Theatre League, and produced for the
League by Edmund Gaynes and Bianconi & Associates.
PRESS
CONTACT:
Edmund Gaynes or
Pamela Hall
818-623-0040
FAX: 818-623-0202 |
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The ADA Goes to....
PRODUCTION –
ORIGINAL PLAY - DRAMA
“MEET ME AT THE OAK” -
Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center
PRODUCTION – ORIGINAL PLAY – COMEDY
“BLOCKAGE”
- Whitefire Theatre
PRODUCTION – REVIVAL PLAY – DRAMA
“THE WOMAN IN BLACK” - The Road
Theatre Company
PRODUCTION – REVIVAL PLAY - COMEDY
“THE HOSTAGE” - Alliance Repertory
Company
PRODUCTION – ORIGINAL MUSICAL
“CESAR & RUBEN” - El Portal Theatre
PRODUCTION – REVIVAL MUSICAL
“NUNCRACKERS” - Fremont Centre Theatre
PRODUCTION – ONE PERSON PLAY OR MUSICAL
“A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS” -
Fremont Centre Theatre
PRODUCTION – EVENING OF ONE-ACT PLAYS
“ALL IN THE TIMING” - Actors Workout
Studio
LEAD ACTOR - PLAY - DRAMA
JON BERRY - “ The Chase” -
Woodland Hills Theatre
LEAD ACTOR – PLAY – COMEDY
SHAUN LOESER - “Santasia Rocks” -
Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center
LEAD ACTRESS PLAY – DRAMA
TIE
ANNIE ABBOTT - “’night, Mother ” - Interact Theatre Company
& TAMARA ZOOK - “The
Seventh Monarch” - The Road Theatre Company
LEAD ACTRESS – PLAY – COMEDY
KAZ MATAMURA - “The Teahouse of the
August Moon” - Secret Rose Theatre
SUPPORTING ACTOR – PLAY – DRAMA
DAVID BRANDT - “October Country” -
Theatre West
SUPPORTING ACTOR – PLAY – COMEDY
TIE
JIM ESHOM “The
Holy Re-Worked Performance of Benedict and Os”
Zombie Joe’s
Underground Theatre
& CARY THOMPSON - “Acts of
God” - Actors Workout Studio
SUPPORTING ACTRESS – PLAY – DRAMA
CARMEN
PEREZ - “Soldiers Don’t Cry” -
Avery Schreiber Theatre
SUPPORTING ACTRESS – PLAY – COMEDY
JENNIFER TAYLOR - “The Mating Game” -
Woodland Hills Theatre
LEAD ACTOR – MUSICAL
RICHARD BROWN - “Songs the Girls Sang”
- Actors Workout Studio
LEAD ACTRESS – MUSICAL
JACLYN MILLER - “Annie Get Your Gun”
- Golden Performing Arts Center
SUPPORTING ACTOR – MUSICAL
EDWARD ALBERT - “Cesar & Ruben” - El
Portal Theatre
SUPPORTING ACTRESS – MUSICAL
JEANINE PACHECO - “Cesar & Ruben” -
El Portal Theatre
ENSEMBLE CAST – DRAMA
“OUR TOWN” - Interact Theatre Company
ENSEMBLE CAST – COMEDY
“THE HOSTAGE” - Alliance Repertory
Company
ENSEMBLE CAST – MUSICAL
“ANGRY YOUNG TEEN-AGE GIRL GANG” -
Theatre Unlimited
DIRECTOR – ORIGINAL PLAY - DRAMA
LAYON GRAY - “Meet Me at the Oak” -
Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center
DIRECTOR – ORIGINAL PLAY – COMEDY
JEFF HARE - “Blockage” - Whitefire
Theatre
DIRECTOR – REVIVAL PLAY – DRAMA
NORMAN COHEN - “A Woman of Independent
Means” - Fremont Centre Theatre
DIRECTOR – REVIVAL PLAY – COMEDY
STEPHANIE SHROYER - “The Hostage” -
Alliance Repertory Company
DIRECTOR – MUSICAL
ED BEGLEY JR. - “Cesar & Ruben” - El
Portal Theatre
CHOREOGRAPHER
DENISE DEVIN, TANIA L PEARSON, ANNIE
K. ROLLINS & CHRISTY BARKER
“Dancing on the Edge” - Zombie
Joe’s Underground Theatre
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
GENE CASEY - “Gene Casey’s Theatre
Songs” - Lonny Chapman’s Group Repertory Theatre
AUTHOR – ORIGINAL PLAY – DRAMA
LAYON GRAY - “Meet Me at the Oak” -
Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center
AUTHOR – ORIGINAL PLAY – COMEDY
RICK BITZELBERGER - “Blockage” -
Whitefire Theatre
BOOK, MUSIC, LYRICS – ORIGINAL MUSICAL
MARK W. KNOWLES & DAVID g. SMITH -
“Angry Young Teen-Age Girl Gang” Theatre Unlimited
SET DESIGN
TIE
DESMA MURPHY - “The Woman in Black” - The
Road Theatre Company
& VICTORIA PROFITT - “The Chase”
-Woodland Hills Theatre
LIGHTING DESIGN
ROBERT L. SMITH - “The Woman in Black”
- The Road Theatre Company
COSTUME DESIGN
HINA MAMEMURA - “The Teahouse of the
August Moon” - Secret Rose Theatre
SOUND DESIGN
FREDERICK BOOT - “Cesar & Ruben” - El
Portal Theatre
STAGE MANAGER
BETTINA ZACAR & JEFF GRIFFITH - “The
Woman in Black” - The Road Theatre Company
PRODUCTION – YOUTH & FAMILY THEATRE
“THE TALE OF CHICKEN LITTLE” - Zombie
Joe’s Underground Theatre
DIRECTOR – YOUTH & FAMILY THEATRE
BRENNAN MARQUEZ - “The Tale of Chicken
Little” - Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre
BOOK, MUSIC, LYRICS – ORIGINAL YOUTH &
FAMILY MUSICAL
B.K. WILLERFORD & WILLOW HALE - “A
Bug, a Frog, a Dog, a Log and…Aesop”
Stuff Yourself
& Go Wild Company
ACTOR – YOUTH & FAMILY THEATRE
JOSH T. RYAN - “The Tale of Chicken
Little” - Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre
ACTRESS – YOUTH & FAMILY THEATRE
KELLY STABLES - “The Circus is Coming
to Town” - Storybook Theatre & Theatre West
BEACON OF LIGHT AWARD
ED BEGLEY, JR.
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