The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announces the winners of its 37th annual awards. The awards, which recognize excellence in theatre in the Greater Los Angeles Area in 2005, were announced at an awards ceremony on Monday, March 13, 2006 at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood.
The winners of the 2005 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards are:
PRODUCTION
- The Drowsy Chaperone, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
- The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum
- Pera Palas, The Theatre@Boston Court & Antaeus Company, The Theatre@Boston Court
- 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
DIRECTION
- Michael Michetti, Pera Palas, The Theatre@Boston Court & Antaeus Company
- Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ahmanson Theatre
MUSICAL DIRECTION
- David O, The Wild Party, Blank Theatre Company at Hudson Mainstage Theatre
WRITING
- Edward Albee, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Mark Taper Forum
ADAPTATION
- KOAN Ensemble, Kafka Thing, Odyssey Theatre
MUSICAL SCORE
- Michael John LaChiusa, The Wild Party, Blank Theatre Company at Hudson Mainstage Theatre
LEAD PERFORMANCE
- Chris Butler, Yellowman, The Fountain Theatre
- Deidrie Henry, Yellowman, The Fountain Theatre
- Brian Kerwin, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Mark Taper Forum
- Bob Martin, The Drowsy Chaperone, Ahmanson Theatre
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
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
- Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools Theater
- 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
- Cricket Sloat, Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools Theater
COSTUME DESIGN HAIR, WIGS & MAKEUP
- Ann Closs-Farley (costumes, hair, wigs & makeup), Gorey Stories, Sacred Fools Theater
SOUND DESIGN
- Cricket Meyers, Floyd Collins, West Coast Ensemble
CHOREOGRAPHY
- Matthew Bourne and the company, Play Without Words, Ahmanson Theatre
The 2005 special award recipients are as follows:
The Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in theater will be awarded to Musical Theatre Guild
The Ted Schmitt Award for world premiere of an outstanding new play will be award to Jon Robin Baitz for The Paris Letter
The Bob Z Award for career achievement in set design will be awarded to Donna Marquet
The Angstrom Award for career achievement in lighting design will be awarded to Jeremy Pivnick
The Polly Warfield Award for an excellent season in a small to mid-size theater will be awarded to California Repertory Company
The Joel Hirschhorn Award for outstanding achievement in musical theatre will be awarded to Eric Anderson