15th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards

15th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards February 21st, 2005

Best Choreography – Equity Starlight Express – Arlene Phillips Best Choreography – Local The Tower – Sharyn Gabriel Best Costumes – Equity Starlight Express – John Napier Best Costumes – Local Passing – Joan Francis Best Director – Equity Driving Miss Daisy – James O’Neil Best Director – L ocal Stage Directions – Dan Bonnell Best Director of a Musical – Equity Hairspray – Jack O’Brien Best Director of a Musical – Local Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Claude Purdy Best Ensemble Cast – Equity Topdog Underdog Best Ensemble Cast – Local Misery Street Best Lead Female - Equity Rain Pryor – Fried Chicken & Latkas Best Lead Female – Local Peggy Ann Blow – Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill Best Lead Male – Equity Clarence Williams III – I Just Stopped By To See The Man Best Lead Male – Local Russell Andrews – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Best Lighting – Equity One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – Chuck Schuman Best Lighting - Local Daisy In The Dreamtime – Kathi O’Donohue Best Music Director – Equity Hairspray – Jim Vukovich Best Music Director – Local If You Don’t Believe: A Love Story – Scott Allen		Best Playwright – Equity Topdog Underdog – Suzan-Lori Parks Best Playwright – Local Stage Directions – L. Trey Wilson Best Producer – Equity Topdog Underdog – CTG/Mark Taper Forum Best Producer – Local Hattie – Long Beach Playhouse Best Set Design – Equity One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – Mike Goode Best Set Design – Local Civil Rites – Byron Nora Best Sound – Equity 24 Hours: A Rock Musical – Darcy Wood Best Sound – Local Applause – Forrest Gardner Best Supporting Female – Equity Charolotte Crossley – Hairspray Best Supporting Female – Local Lee Oliver Boyd – Black Berry Love Best Supporting Male – Equity David Roberson – Romeo & Juliet Best Supporting Male – Local Thomas Martell Brimm – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom