The nominees for the 2009 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for theatrical excellence are as follows:
Production
- Life Could Be a Dream, David Elzer, Peter Schneider & Crooning Crabcakes, LLC, Hudson Mainstage
- Munched, Buzzworks Theater Company, El Centro Theatre
- No Man’s Land, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Odyssey Theatre
- Parade, Center Theatre Group and the Donmar Warehouse, Mark Taper Forum
- Stick Fly, The Matrix Theatre Company, Matrix Theatre
- The Happy Ones, South Coast Repertory, South Coast Repertory
- The Pain and the Itch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Furious Theatre Company, Theatre @ Boston Court
McCulloh Award for Revival
(shows between 1920 and 1980)
- Equus, The Production Company, Chandler Studio Theatre
- Hair, Chance Theater, Chance Theater
- The Browning Version, Pacific Resident Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre
Direction
- Sean T. Cawelti, Gogol Project, Rogue Artists Ensemble in association with Bootleg Theater at Bootleg Theater
- Duane Daniels, Munched, Buzzworks Theater Company at the El Centro Theatre
- Shirley Jo Finney, Stick Fly, The Matrix Theatre
- Marilyn Fox, The Browning Version, Pacific Resident Theatre
- Oanh Nguyen, Hair, Chance Theater
Writing
- Julie Hébert, Tree, Ensemble Studio Theatre—LA at [Inside] the Ford
- Bruce Norris, The Pain and the Itch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Furious Theatre Company at the Theatre @ Boston Court
- Kim Porter, Munched, Buzzworks Theater Company at the El Centro Theatre
- Brian Christopher Williams, Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins, West Coast Ensemble at the El Centro Theatre
Writing (Adaptation)
- Kitty Felde, Gogol Project, Rogue Artists Ensemble in association with Bootleg Theater at Bootleg Theater
- Meryl Friedman, The Wasps, Stinger Productions at The Lost Studio
Music Direction
- Brent Crayon, Songs for a New World, International City Theatre
- David O, The Wasps , The Lost Studio
- Michael Paternostro, Life Could Be a Dream, Hudson Mainstage
- Phil Reno, Minsky’s, Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre
- Bill Strongin, Hair, Chance Theatre
Choreography
- Matthew Bourne, Stephen Mear, and Geoffrey Garratt, Mary Poppins, Disney and CameronMackintosh at the Ahmanson Theatre
- Ameenah Kaplan, Altar Boyz, Celebration Theatre
- Kelly Todd, Hair, Chance Theater
Musical Score
- Susan Birkenhead and Charles Strouse, Minsky’s, Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre
- Anthony Bollas, Stranger, Bootleg Theater
- Erin Kamler, Divorce! The Musical, Hudson Mainstage
Lead Performance
- Sam Anderson, The Bird and Mr. Banks, The Road Theatre Company at the Lankershim Arts Center
- Johnny Clark, Blackbird, VS. Theatre Company at the Elephant Studio Space
- Jade Dornfeld, Blackbird, VS. Theatre Company at the Elephant Studio Space
- Bruce French, The Browning Version, Pacific Resident Theatre
- Jim Hanna, Equus, The Production Company at The Chandler Studio Theatre
- Deidrie Henry, Coming Home, The Fountain Theatre
- William Dennis Hurley, Shining City, The Fountain Theatre
- Michael Kostroff, The Producers, Musical Theatre West at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center
- Alan Mandell, No Man’s Land, Odyssey Theatre
- Laurie Metcalf, Voice Lessons, Zephyr Theater
- Darin Singleton, The Unseen, The Road Theatre Company at the Lankershim Arts Center
- Samantha Sloyan, Munched, Buzzworks Theater Company at the El Centro Theatre
Featured Performance
- Hugo Armstrong, Land of the Tigers, The Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm in association with Frantic Redhead Productions at Sacred Fools Theater
- Chuma Gault, Tree, Ensemble Studio Theatre—LA at [Inside] the Ford
- P.J. Griffith, Setup & Punch, The Blank Theatre Company at the 2nd Stage Theatre
- Andrea Hutchman, Munched, Buzzworks Theater Company at the El Centro Theatre
- Heather Lee, No Way to Treat a Lady, Colony Theatre
- Sally Smythe, The Browning Version, Pacific Resident Theatre
- Greg Watanabe, The Happy Ones, South Coast Repertory
- Jacqueline Wright, Tree, Ensemble Studio Theatre—LA at [Inside] the Ford
Ensemble Performance
- Hair, Chance Theater
- Hunter Gatherers, Furious Theatre Company at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre
- Life Could Be a Dream, Hudson Mainstage
- Our Mother’s Brief Affair, South Coast Repertory
- Stick Fly, The Matrix Theatre
- The Pain and the Itch, The Theatre @ Boston Court and Furious Theatre Company at the Theatre @ Boston Court
Set Design
- John Iacovelli, Stick Fly, The Matrix Theater
- Jeff McLaughlin, A Skull in Connemara, Theatre Tribe
- Stephanie Kerley Schwartz, Treefall, Rogue Machine at Theatre/Theater
Lighting Design
- Lap-Chi Chu, Our Mother’s Brief Affair, South Coast Repertory
- Haylee Freeman, Gogol Project, Rogue Artists Ensemble in association with Bootleg Theater at Bootleg Theater
- David Lander, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
- Dan Weingarten, Stranger, Bootleg Theater
Costume Design
- Gregg Barnes, Minsky’s, Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre
- Ann Closs-Farley, Land of the Tigers, The Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm in association with Frantic Redhead Productions at Sacred Fools Theater
- Shigeru Yaji, Peace, The Getty Villa
Sound Design
- Ron Klier, Blackbird, Elephant Theatre Lab
- John Nobori, Gogol Project, Rogue Artists Ensemble in association with Bootleg Theater at Bootleg Theater
- Ken Sawyer, Dracula, Noho Arts Center
CGI/Video
- John MacDonald, Hair, Chance Theater
- Brian White, Gogol Project, Rogue Artists Ensemble in association with Bootleg Theater at Bootleg Theater
Fight Choreography
- Brian Danner, Macbeth, Theater Banshee
- Victor Warren, Stranger, Bootleg Theater
Awards will also be given in the following categories:
Solo Performance
- Danny Hoch, Taking Over, Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Makeup Design
- Ann Closs-Farley, Land of the Tigers, The Sacred Fools Theater Company & Burglars of Hamm in association with Frantic Redhead Productions at Sacred Fools Theater
Puppet Design
- Wes Crain, Lena Garcia, Lynn Jeffries, Elizabeth Luce, and Brian White, Gogol Project, Rogue Artists Ensemble in association with Bootleg Theater at Bootleg Theater.