2005 Nominees

PRODUCTION

• Pera Palas, The Theatre@Boston Court & Antaeus Company, The Theatre@Boston Court
• Play Without Words, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
• Stuff Happens, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum
• The Drowsy Chaperone, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
• The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum
• The Paris Letter, Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas Theatre
• The Wild Party, Blank Theatre Company, Hudson Mainstage Theatre
• Yellowman, Bennett Bradley and The Fountain Theatre, The Fountain Theatre

TOM MCCULLOH AWARD FOR REVIVAL

• Happy End, Pacific Resident Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre
• Mother Courage and Her Children, Antaeus Theatre Company, NewPlace Warehouse Theatre
• On The Town, Reprise! Broadway’s Best, UCLA Freud Playhouse
• Private Lives, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse

DIRECTION

• Michael Michetti, Pera Palas, The Theatre@Boston Court & Antaeus Company
• Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ahmanson Theatre
• Stefan Novinski & Hassan Christopher, J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera, the Stella Adler Theatre
• Warner Shook, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Mark Taper Forum
• Pat Towne, Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools Theater

MUSICAL DIRECTION

• Graham Jackson, Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools Theater
• David O, The Wild Party, Blank Theatre Company at Hudson Mainstage Theatre
• Phil Reno, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ahmanson Theatre
• Gerald Sternbach, On the Town, Reprise! Broadway’s Best at UCLA Freud Playhouse

• Edward Albee, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Mark Taper Forum
• David Hare, Stuff Happens, Mark Taper Forum
• Bob Martin and Don McKellar, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ahmanson Theatre
• Dael Orlandersmith, Yellowman, The Fountain Theatre

ADAPTATION

• Joanne Gordon, Love, Bukowski, California Repertory Company at Edison Theatre
• KOAN Ensemble, Kafka Thing, Odyssey Theatre
• Simon Levy, What I Heard About Iraq, The Fountain Theatre

MUSICAL SCORE

• David Aldrich and Graham Jackson, Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools Theater
• Michael John LaChiusa, The Wild Party, Blank Theatre Company at Hudson Mainstage Theatre
• Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ahmanson Theatre

LEAD PERFORMANCE

• Michael Arden, Pippin, Reprise! Broadway’s Best at UCLA Freud Playhouse
• Chris Butler, Yellowman, The Fountain Theatre
• Deidrie Henry, Yellowman, The Fountain Theatre
• Beth Hogan, Kafka Thing, Odyssey Theatre
• Brian Kerwin, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Mark Taper Forum
• Bob Martin, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ahmanson Theatre
• Lisa Tharps, Medea, The Theatre@Boston Court
• Trieu D. Tran, Equus, East/West Players

FEATURED PERFORMANCE

• Frank Ashmore, National Pastime, Fremont Centre Theatre
• Nathan Lee Graham, The Wild Party, Blank Theatre Company at Hudson Mainstage Theatre
• Daren A. Herbert, The Wild Party, Blank Theatre Company at Hudson Mainstage Theatre
• Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ahmanson Theatre
• Bets Malone, On the Town, Reprise! Broadway’s Best at UCLA Freud Playhouse
• Jeff Marlow, Medea, The Theatre@Boston Court
• Kirsten Potter, Honour, Matrix Theatre Company

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

• Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools Theater
• Kafka Thing, Odyssey Theatre Love, Bukowski, California Repertory Company at Edison Theatre
• Pera Palas, The Theatre@Boston Court & Antaeus Company

SCENIC DESIGN

• Evan A. Bartoletti, Floyd Collins, West Coast Ensemble
• Tom Buderwitz, Pera Palas, The Theatre@Boston Court & Antaeus Company
• David Gallo, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ahmanson Theatre

LIGHTING DESIGN

• Mike Durst, Kafka Thing, Odyssey Theatre
• Cricket Sloat, Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools Theater
• Steven Young, J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera, the Stella Adler Theatre

COSTUME DESIGN HAIR, WIGS & MAKEUP

• Ann Closs-Farley (costumes, hair, wigs & makeup), Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools Theater
• Mary Vogt (costumes), Private Lives, Pasadena Playhouse
• Gerald Altenburg (hair, wigs & make-up), The School for Scandal, Mark Taper Forum

SOUND DESIGN

• Cricket Meyers, Floyd Collins, West Coast Ensemble
• Kurt Thum, Kafka Thing, Odyssey Theatre
• John Zalewski, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, EvidEnce Room

CHOREOGRAPHY

• Matthew Bourne and the company, Play Without Words, Ahmanson Theatre
• Hassan Christopher, J.O.B. The Hip-Hopera, the Stella Adler Theatre
• Lee Martino, On the Town, Reprise! Broadway's Best at UCLA Freud Playhouse

The 2005 special award recipients are as follows:

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