Seattle Theater Writers, a critics' circle of local theater writers and reviewers, today announces the 2012 slate of nominees of the second annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, theater awards devoted to recognizing excellence across the economic spectrum of professional Seattle theaters.
"The range of nominees is a terrific representation of the enormous variety of excellent theatrical performances last year in Seattle, as well as the variety of opinions from our writers!" said Seattle Theater Writers founder, Miryam Gordon. "We feel our final slate reflects a real cornucopia of delights from a critics' choice perspective."
Winners will be announced on Friday, January 25, 2013!
The 2012 Gypsy Rose Lee Award Nominees (in alphabetical order by individual's last name or title of play) are:
Excellence in Production of a Play
*(Large Budget):
Accidental Death of an Anarchist - Strawberry Theatre Workshop
Or, - Seattle Repertory Theatre
Pygmalion - Seattle Shakespeare Company
The Pitmen Painters - ACT Theatre
*(Small Budget):
Jesus Hopped the A Train - Azeotrope
Kittens in a Cage - Annex Theatre
Superior Donuts - Seattle Public Theater
Torso - Printer's Devil Theatre
Excellence in Production of a Musical
(Large Budget):
The Producers - Village Theatre
(Small Budget):
A Mouse Who Knows Me - Annex Theatre
Avenue Q - Balagan Theatre
Spring Awakening - Balagan Theatre
Excellence in Direction of a Play
(Large Budget):
Gabriel Baron - Accidental Death of an Anarchist - Strawberry Theatre Workshop
Valerie Curtis-Newton - Dirty Story - Intiman Theatre
Allison Narver - Or, - Seattle Repertory Theatre
Jeff Steitzer - Pygmalion - Seattle Shakespeare Company
(Small Budget):
Russ Banham - Superior Donuts - Seattle Public Theater
David Burnett - Torso - Printer's Devil Theatre
Desdemona Chiang - Jesus Hopped the A Train - Azeotrope
SuzAnne Cohen - Odin's Horse - Mirror Stage Company
Excellence in Direction of a Musical
(Large Budget):
Steve Tomkins - The Producers - Village Theatre
(Small Budget):
Eric Ankrim - Avenue Q - Balagan Theatre
Eric Ankrim - Spring Awakening - Balagan Theatre
Excellence in Performance as a Lead Actor
(Large Budget):
Mark Anders - Pygmalion - Seattle Shakespeare Company
Ryan Higgins - Accidental Death of an Anarchist - Strawberry Theatre Workshop
David Hogan - The Art of Racing in the Rain - Book-It Repertory
Trieu Tran - Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam - ACT Theatre
(Small Budget):
Richard N. Sloniker - Jesus Hopped the A Train - Azeotrope
John Q. Smith - Torso - Printer's Devil Theatre
Excellence in Performance as a Lead Actress
(Large Budget):
Suzanne Bouchard - The Glass Menagerie - Seattle Repertory Theatre
Kirsten Potter - Or, - Seattle Repertory Theatre
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