The 2007 Drama Critics Circle Award Recipients Are:
PRODUCTION
- 13, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum
- In Arabia, We’d All Be Kings, Elephant Theatre Company in association with VS. Theatre Company
REVIVAL
- The Hasty Heart, Pacific Resident Theatre Company
DIRECTION
- Dan Bonnell, Anatol, Pacific Resident Theatre
- Nick DeGruccio, Zanna, Don’t!, West Coast Ensemble at Lyric-Hyperion Theatre
- Michael Michetti, dark play or stories for boys, The Theatre @ Boston Court
WRITING
- Jeff Goode, Love Loves a Pornographer, Circle X at [Inside] the Ford
- Stephen Adly Guirgis, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings
ADAPTATION
- Matt Walker, Alice In One-Hit Wonderland, Troubadour Theatre Company at Falcon Theatre
MUSICAL DIRECTION
- David O, 13
- Gerald Sternbach, On Your Toes, Reprise! Broadway’s Best at UCLA Freud Playhouse
MUSICAL SCORE
- Jason Robert Brown, 13
CHOREOGRAPHY
- Lee Martino, On Your Toes
- Janet Miller, Winter Wonderettes, El Portal Forum Theatre
LEAD PERFORMANCE
- Danny Calvert, Zanna, Don’t!
- Matt Letscher, Anatol
- Alan Mandell, Trying, Colony Theatre
- Rebecca Marcotte, Loyal Women, Theatre Banshee
- Laurie Metcalf, The Quality of Life, Geffen Playhouse, Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
- Gabriel Olds, Tryst, Black Dahlia Theatre
FEATURED PERFORMANCE
- Misty Cotton, A Little Night Music, South Coast Repertory
- Adam Haas Hunter, dark play or stories for boys
- Shawn Lee, An Impending Rupture of the Belly, Furious Theatre Company at Pasadena Playhouse Carrie Hamilton Theatre
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
- 13, Mark Taper Forum
- Zanna, Don’t!, West Coast Ensemble
SCENIC DESIGN
- Joel Daavid, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings
LIGHTING DESIGN
- Joel Daavid, In Arabia We’d All be Kings
COSTUME DESIGN
- Shon LeBlanc, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, Fountain Theatre
SOUND DESIGN
- Lindsay Jones, Bug, Lost Angels Theatre Company at Coast Playhouse
PUPPET DESIGN
- Rick Lyon, Avenue Q, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
The 2007 special award recipients are as follows:
The Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in theatre by an individual, company or theater, sponsored by Stella Adler Academy, Los Angeles, with a $500 honorarium, goes to Musical Theatre West
The Polly Warfield Award for an outstanding single season by a small to mid-sized theatre, sponsored by the Nederlander Organization with a $500 honorarium, goes to Theatre Banshee
The Ted Schmitt Award for outstanding world premiere play in Los Angeles, sponsored by Samuel French with a $1000 honorarium and offer to publish, goes to Jane Anderson for “The Quality of Life”
The Angstrom Award for career achievement in lighting design, sponsored by Angstrom Lighting with a $1000 honorarium, goes to Leigh Allen
The Joel Hirschhorn Award for outstanding achievement in musical theatre goes to Jason Graae
A special award goes to Jon Maher for his long-term outstanding achievement as an ASL interpreter