Congratulations to 2009 Equity Jeff Award winners!

October 20, 8:18 AMChicago Theater ExaminerDavid Zak

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The 41st Annual Jeff Equity Awards ceremony welcomed a near-capacity audience, who enjoyed exciting award presentations including performances from 11 nominated musicals and revues; video features representing nominated plays, and live and historic video performances from The Second City, which received a Tribute Award for its 50th anniversary. The festivities were directed by Michael Weber, produced by Jeff Equity Chair Diane Hires, and hosted by actors Elizabeth Ledo and Rob Lindley.

TimeLine Theatre’s “The History Boys” took top honors in the midsize theatre Play category and walked off with 5 statues, the most of any production honored at the festive ceremony held at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, on Oct. 19. “Ruined,” a searing cry against the systematic violation of women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 2000 civil war, presented by the Goodman Theatre in a co-production with Manhattan Theatre Club, in a rare tie, shared top honors for Production-Play in the large theatre category, along with Steppenwolf Theatre’s brilliant rendering of seasoned Irish cronies in Conor McPherson’s “The Seafarer.” “Ruined” also garnered a New Work award for playwright Lynn Nottage. Honored musicals were Court Theatre’s innovative staging of “Caroline, or Change” (large theatre), whose star E. Faye Butler also took Principal Actress – Musical honors, and “Hilary A. Williams, LLC’s “Tomorrow Morning” (midsize theatre).

THE 2008-2009 RECIPIENTS ARE:

PRODUCTION – PLAY – LARGE (Tie)

“Ruined” - Goodman Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club

“The Seafarer” - Steppenwolf Theatre Company

PRODUCTION – PLAY - MIDSIZE

“The History Boys” - TimeLine Theatre Company

PRODUCTION – MUSICAL – LARGE

“Caroline, or Change” - Court Theatre

PRODUCTION – MUSICAL – MIDSIZE

“Tomorrow Morning” - Hilary A. Williams, LLC

PRODUCTION – REVUE

“Studs Terkel's Not Working” - The Second City e.t.c.

ENSEMBLE

“The History Boys” - TimeLine Theatre Company

DIRECTOR – PLAY

Nick Bowling – “The History Boys” - TimeLine Theatre Company

DIRECTOR – MUSICAL

Charles Newell – “Caroline, or Change” - Court Theatre

DIRECTOR – REVUE

Matt Hovde – “Studs Terkel's Not Working” - The Second City e.t.c.

SOLO PERFORMANCE

Max McLean – “Mark's Gospel” - Fellowship for the Performing Arts

ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY (Tie)

William L. Petersen – “Blackbird” - Victory Gardens Theater

Larry Neumann, Jr. – “A Moon for the Misbegotten” - First Folio Theatre

ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE - MUSICAL

Joseph Anthony Foronda – “Miss Saigon” - Drury Lane Oakbrook

ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY

Saidah Arrika Ekulona – “Ruined” - Goodman Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club

ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – MUSICAL

E. Faye Butler – “Caroline, or Change” - Court Theatre

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – PLAY

Alex Weisman – “The History Boys” - TimeLine Theatre Company

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – MUSICAL

Max Quinlan – “The Light in the Piazza” - Marriott Theatre

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – PLAY

Spencer Kayden – “Don't Dress for Dinner” - The British Stage Company

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – MUSICAL (Tie)

Liz Baltes - “A Minister's Wife” - Writers' Theatre

Summer Smart - “The Light in the Piazza” - Marriott Theatre

ACTOR IN A REVUE

Mark David Kaplan – “Forbidden Broadway: Dances with the Stars” - John Freedson, Harriet

Yellin, & Margaret Cotter

ACTRESS IN A REVUE

Amanda Blake Davis – “Studs Terkel's Not Working” - The Second City e.t.c.

SCENIC DESIGN – LARGE

Lucy Osborne – “Twelfth Night” - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

SCENIC DESIGN - MIDSIZE

Brian Sidney Bembridge - “The History Boys” - TimeLine Theatre Company

COSTUME DESIGN - LARGE

Mara Blumenfeld - “The Arabian Nights” - Lookingglass Theatre Company

COSTUME DESIGN – MIDSIZE

Rachel Laritz – “The Voysey Inheritance” - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

LIGHTING DESIGN - LARGE

Christopher Akerlind - Rock 'n' Roll - Goodman Theatre

LIGHTING DESIGN - MIDSIZE

Jesse Klug - “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” - American Theater Company

SOUND DESIGN - LARGE

Ray Nardelli and Joshua Horvath – “Miss Saigon” - Drury Lane Oakbrook

SOUND DESIGN - MIDSIZE

Lindsay Jones – “The K of D: An Urban Legend” - The Route 66 Theatre Company

CHOREOGRAPHY

David H. Bell – “The Boys from Syracuse” - Drury Lane Oakbrook

ORIGINAL INCIDENTAL MUSIC

Dominic Kanza – “Ruined” - Goodman Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club

MUSIC DIRECTION

Doug Peck - “Caroline, or Change” - Court Theatre

NEW ADAPTATION – PLAY

Seth Bockley – “Jon” – Collaboraction

NEW WORK – PLAY

Lynn Nottage – “Ruined” - Goodman Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club

NEW ADAPTATION - MUSICAL

Schmidt, Jan Tranen and Austin Pendleton – “A Minister's Wife” - Writers' Theatre

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Steve Tolin – “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” - Northlight Theatre

VIDEO DESIGN

Mike Tutaj – “Tomorrow Morning” - Hilary A. Williams, LLC

TRIBUTE AWARD

The Second City - 50th Anniversary

SPECIAL AWARD

William Pullinsi - Director and Producer – Outstanding Achievement – 50 Years in Theatre