Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards
(Los Angeles, CA)

Lead Performance
Kirk Baily, Additional Particulars
Kathleen Chalfant, Wit, Geffen Playhouse
Leland Crooke, Taking Sides
Alice Dodd, In Flagrante Gothicto
David Dukes, Waiting for Godot, Matrix Theatre
Leslie Fera, Lady Chatterley's Lover
Travis Michael Holder, Nasty Little Secrets, Theatre/Theater
Gregory Itzin, Waiting for Godot
Troy M. Kotsur, A Streetcar Named Desire
Suanne Spoke, A Streetcar Named Desire
Deborah Strang, The Skin of Our Teeth, A Noise Within

Featured Performance
Eydie Alyson, Once in a Lifetime, West Coast Ensemble
Anastasia Basil, In Flagrante Gothicto
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jitney, Mark Taper Forum
Jill Hill, The Skin of Our Teeth
Leslie Jordan, Southern Baptist Sissies, Zephyr Theatre
Keili Lefkovitz, bare
Molly Schaffer, Tonight at 8:30
Ann Walker, Southern Baptist Sissies
Amy Warner, Lady Chatterley's Lover

Scenic Design
David Gallo, Jitney
Daniel Ostling, Metamorphoses
Neil Patel, Dinner with Friends, Geffen Playhouse
Gary Smoot, In Flagrante Gothicto
Robert Steinberg, A Streetcar Named Desire

Lighting Design
T. J. Gerckens, Metamorphoses
Donald Holder, The Lion King, at Pantages Theatre
Jennifer Tipton, James Joyce's The Dead
Dan Weingarten, In Flagrante Gothicto

Costume Design
Maro Parian & Sofi Khachmanyan, The Master and Margarita
Julie Taymor, The Lion King (Costume Design)
Julie Taymor & Michael Curry, The Lion King (Mask & Puppet Design)
Michael Ward, The Lion King (Hair & Makeup Design)

Sound Design
Bruce Ellman, Fully Committed, at Coronet Theatre
Andre Pluess & Ben Sussman, Metamorphoses
Casey Stone, bare

Choreography
Cate Caplin, Godspell, Actors Co-op
Garth Fagan, The Lion King
Onalee Hunter, bare

Direction
Jillian Armenante, In Flagrante Gothicto
Michael Lilly, Additional Particulars, Third Stage Theatre
Daniel O'Connor, Tonight at 8:30
John Vreeke, Lady Chatterley's Lover
Mary Zimmerman, Metamorphoses

Musical Direction
Deborah Lurie, bare, Hudson Theatre
Charles Prince, James Joyce's The Dead, Ahmanson Theatre
Boko Suzuki, Swing!, Ahmanson Theatre
Mary Van Arsdel, Tonight at 8:30

Writing
Jillian Armenante & Alice Dodd, In Flagrante Gothicto
Phyllis Frelich, Linda Bove & Bob Daniels, A Streetcar Named Desire, Deaf West Theatre (Adaptation)
Ronald Harwood, Taking Sides, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Ed Simpson, Additional Particulars

Musical Score
Shaun Davey (music), Richard Nelson & Davey (lyrics), James Joyce's The Dead
Amanda Green (lyrics) & Curtis Moore (music), up the week without a paddle
Jon Hartmere, Jr. (lyrics) & Damon Intrabartolo (music), bare

Production
In Flagrante Gothicto, McCadden Place Theater (Circle X Theatre Company)
Lady Chatterley's Lover, Pacific Resident Theatre
The Master and Margarita, ArtShare and Hudson Theatre (Zoo District)
Metamorphoses, Mark Taper Forum
Tonight at 8:30, Pacific Resident Theatre

Ted Schmitt Award (World premiere of an outstanding new play)
Alice Dodd & Jillian Armenante, In Flagrante Gothicto, Circle X Theatre Company

Angstrom Award (Lifetime achievement in stage lighting)
D Martyn Bookwalter

Bob Z. Award (Lifetime achievement in set design)
John Iacovelli

Margaret Harford Award (Sustained excellence in the theater)
International City Theatre

Natalie Schafer Award (Emerging comic actress)
Carolyn Hennesyz

Polly Warfield Award (Outstanding season in a small or mid-size theater)
Deaf West Theatre