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THE
BEVERLY HILLS/HOLLYWOOD NAACP ANNOUNCES HONOREES AND NOMINEES FOR THE 17TH
ANNUAL NAACP THEATRE AWARDS
(
Usher
Raymond – Spirit
Award
Je’Caryous
Johnson and Gary Guidry of I’m Ready Productions – Trailblazer Award
Cynthia
Marshall of AT&T –
President’s Award
Keith
E. Hopps and Elizabeth Valtierra of Abbott Laboratories – Community Service Award
The NAACP
Theatre Awards, which are given for excellence in theater featuring African
American themes and performers, are a coveted honor.
The following is a complete list of nominees in the Equity (union) and
Local (non-union) categories:
2006 – 2007 Equity
Nominees
Lead
Female
Lisa Renee Pitts – “Intimate Apparel”
Victoria Platt Tilford –
“Hope Runs Eternal”
Erica Tazel – “I have before me a Remarkable Document Given to me by a Young Lady from
Rwonda”
Lead
Male
Laurence
Fishburne – “Without Walls”
Ted Lange
– “I’m Not Rappaport”
Darryl
McKellar – “The Piano Lesson”
Supporting
Female
Lisa H.
Payton – “Intimate Apparel”
Sylvia
M’Lafi Thompson – “Intimate
Apparel”
Ryan
Michelle Bathe – “Stages”
Supporting
Male
Michael
Sheppard – “Intimate Apparel”
Myron
Campbell – “The Piano Lesson”
Amos
Cowson – “The Piano Lesson”
Ensemble
Cast
“Da Kink
In My Hair”
“Demeter
in the City”
“Friends
& Lovers”
Director
Shishir
Kurup – “Demeter in the City”
Marion J.
Caffey – “Da Kink In My Hair”
Delicia
Turner Sommenberg – “Intimate
Apparel”
Music
Director
Shishir
Kurup & David Markowitz – “Demeter
in the City”
E’Marcus
Harper – “Da Kink In My Hair”
Marcus
Bryant – “Friends & Lovers”
Choreography
Jennifer
Li – “Demeter in the City”
Aaron
Hendry – “Anthony & Cleopatra”
RoRo
Taylor – “Friends & Lovers”
Costumes
Jennifer
Brown Giddings – “Intimate Apparel”
Erica
Frank – “Anthony & Cleopatra”
Marcia
Pryor – “The Piano Lesson”
Lighting
Jennifer
Setlow – “Intimate Apparel”
William
Wilday – “The Piano Lesson”
Donald
Holder – “Without Walls”
Set
Design
Shigeru
Yaji – “Demeter in the City”
Fred
Kinney – “Intimate Apparel”
Thomas
Lynch & Charlie Corcoran –
“Without Walls”
Sound
Colbert
M. Scott
Grobau – “Da Kink In My Hair”
Myron
Campbell – “The Piano Lesson”
Playwright
Trey
Anthony – “Da Kink In My Hair”
Sarah Ruhl
– “Demeter In the City”
Sonja
Linden – “I have before me a
Remarkable Document Given to me by a Young Lady from Rwonda”
Producer
Center
Theatre Group – “Without Walls”
Tom
Parraish – “Intimate Apparel”
Cornerstone
Theatre Company – “Demeter in the
City”
2006 – 2007 Local
Nominees
Lead
Female
Valarie
Pettiford – “Wild Party”
Sybyl
Walker – “Beneath Rippling Water”
Nadjah M.
Dabney – “The First Breeze of
Summer”
Lead
Male
Vincent
Cook – “Ali: The Man, The Myth, The
People’s Champion”
Rodney
Chaise Williams – “Strange Fruit on
Spencer
Scott – “A Credit to His Race”
Supporting
Female
Theresa
Sharp – “Reflections of a Black Deaf
Woman”
Fredericka
Meek – “The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds
Her Chameleon Skin”
Jennifer
Dale Sammons – “The First Breeze of
Summer”
Supporting
Male
Dig
Daren A.
Herbert – “Wild Party”
Leonard
Roberts – “A Hole in the Dark”
Ensemble
Cast
“Joe
Turner’s Come and Gone”
“The
Bachelorette Party”
“The
Dance: The History of American Mistralry”
Director
Jeffrey
Hayden – “Fences”
Ben
Bradley – “Joe Turner’s Come and
Gone”
Kelly Ann
Ford – “Bluebonnet Court”
Director
of a Musical
Daniel
Henning – “Wild Party”
Lindsey
Gearhart – “The Bubbly Black Girl
Sheds Her Chameleon Skin”
Aaron S.
White & Jason C. White – “The
Dance: The History of American Minstralry”
Music
Director
David O
– “Wild Party”
Robbie
Gillman – “Lizard”
Robert Max
– “Beneath Rippling Water”
Choreography
Ameenah
Kaplan & Hasson Christopher – “Everyman
for Himself”
Jane
Lanier – “Wild Party”
Tom Pardoe
– “The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her
Chameleon Skin”
Costumes
Dana
Peterson – “Wild Party”
Shon
LeBlanc – “Bluebonnet Court”
Naila
Aladdin-Sanders – “Joe Turner’s
Come and Gone”
Lighting
Kathi
O’Donohue – “Bluebonnet Court”
Yammy
Smoot – “Dutchman”
Cricket
Myers & Carol Doehring – “Four”
Set
Design
Joel
Daavid – “Bluebonnet Court”
David
Ledger – “Dutchman”
Craig
Siebels – “Lizard”
Sound
Mdla – “Dutchman”
Zig Gron
– “Hercules On Normandie”
David B.
Marling – “Joe Turner’s Come and
Gone”
Playwright
Sybyl
Walker – “Beneath Rippling Water”
Rodney
Chaise Williams & Marlio
Jason C.
White – “The Dance: The History of
American Minstralry”
Producer
Jeffrey
Hayden, Eva Marie Saint & Ron Sossi – “Fences”
Stacy
Reed, Eddie Mills, Noah Wyle & The Blank Theatre – “Wild Party”
The
Fountain Theatre – “Joe Turner’s
Come and Gone”
A special
Technical Awards ceremony will take place on Monday, February 19, 2007 at the
DGA Theatre at 1:30 pm. The VIP
Reception and Red Carpet Arrivals begin at 5:30 pm.
The Awards Show will be held at 7 pm followed by a Post-Show Reception at
9:30 pm.
Ticket
prices are $200, $125 and $75. For
ticket purchases or more information, visit www.bhwdnaacptheatreawards.com
or call (323) 464-7616. For press
inquiries and credentials, please contact Lisa Sorensen of LSPR at (818)
761-0430 or e-mail lisa@ls-pr.com.
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