28th NAACP Theatre Awards
# 28th NAACP Theatre Awards

The following productions and persons were nominated for the 28th NAACP Theatre Awards.

Best Choreography — Larger Theatre

* The Legend of Georgia McBride — Paul McGill
* Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Sergio Trujillo
* Born For This ~ Warren Adams

Best Choreography — 99 Seat Theatre

* Les Blancs — Toyce Guy
* Punk Rock - Matthew Glave
* Runaway Home ~ Janet Roston

Best Costumes ~ Larger Theatre

* Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Paul Tazewell
* The Legend of Georgia McBride ~ EB. Brooks
* Born For This ~ William Ivey Long

Best Costumes — 99 Seat Theatre

* Transition — Kate Bergh
* Les Blanes — Wendell C. Carmichael
* Antony and Cleopatra — Gloria Gifford, Lauren Plaxco and Lucy Walsh

Best Director — Larger Theatre

* Head of Passes — Tina Landau
* Zoot Suit — Luis Valdez
* The Legend of Georgia McBride ~ Mike Donahue

Best Director — 99 Seat Theatre

* The Meeting — Bill Cobbs
* Lyrics from Lockdown — Gina Belafonte
* Runaway Home ~ Shirley Jo Finney

Best Director of a Musical — Larger Theatre

* Born For This - Charles Randolph-Wright
* Shout Sister Shout — Randy Johnson
* Summer: The Donna Summer Musical - Des McAnuff

Best Director of a Musical - 99 Seat

* Antony and Cleopatra — Gloria Gifford
* Can God's Love ~ Spencer M. Collins IV
* Walking in Dorothy Dandridge's Shoes.
* Her Final New Beginning - Wanda Ray Willis

Best Ensemble Cast —Larger Theatre

* Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
* Home
* 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

Best Ensemble Cast — 99 Seat Theatre

* The Meeting
* Periphery
* Les Blancs

Best Lead Female - Larger Theatre

* Head of Passes — Phylicia Rashad
* Born For This - Deborah Joy Winans
* Trouble in Mind — Eamestine Phillips

Best Lead Female — 99 Seat Theatre

* An Accident — Kacie Rogers
* This Land — LeShay Tomlinson Boyce
* Br'er Cotton - Yvonne Huff Lee
* This Land — Niketa Calame

Best Lead Male — Larger Theatre

* Born For This — Juan Winans
* Between Riverside and Crazy — John Cothran
* Driving Miss Daisy - Arthur Richardson

Best Lead Male — 99 Seat Theatre

* Br'er Cotton — Omete Anassi
* An Accident ~ Kent Faulcon
* Transitions - Joshua Wolf Coleman

Best Lighting — Larger Theatre

* Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Howell Binkley
* Head of Passes — Jeff Croiter
* Born For This — Jason Lyons

Best Lighting - 99 Seat Theatre

* Transition — Donny Jackson
* Les Blancs — Derrick McDaniel
* King Hedley Il - Derek Jones

Best Music Director Larger Theatre

* Bom For This - Jaret Landon
* Shout Sister Shout - Rahn Coleman
* Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Ron Melrose

Best Music Director ~ 99 Seat Theatre

* Love is a Dirty Word — Giovanni Adams
* Elevator — Mario Marchetti
* Can God's Love - Cedric Lily

Best One Person Show — Larger Theatre

Best One Person Show - 99 Seat Theatre

* Lyrics from Lockdown ~ Byronn Bain
* Love is a Dirty Word — Giovanni Adams
* Conversation “Bout the Girls - Sonia Jackson

Best Playwright — Larger Theatre

* Born for This - Bebe Winans and Charles Randolph- Wright
* Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Colman Domingo, Robert Cary and Des McAnuff
* Head of Passes — Tarrell Alvin Me Craney

Best Playwright — 99 Seat Theatre

* King Hedley II - August Wilson
* This Land — Evangeline Ordaz
* An Accident — Lydia Stryk

Best Producer — Larger Theatre

* Tum Me Loose — John Legend (Get Lifted Film Company) & Mike Jackson
* Born For This - My Destiny Productions and Ron Gillyard
* Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Lalolla Playhouse

Best Producer — 99 Seat Theatre

* This Land — Company of Angels, Danny Munoz & Tamadhur Al-Ageel
* The Meeting - Shannon Sylvain
* King Hedley II — Sophina Brown

Best Set Design — Larger Theatre

* Head of Passes — G. W. Mercier
* Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Robert Brill
* Big Night — John Lee Beatty

Best Set Design - 99 Seat Theatre

* This Land — Justine Huen
* Bee-luther Hatchee — Christopher Scott Murillo
* King Hedley Il — John Iacovelli

Best Sound ~ Larger Theatre

* Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Gareth Owen
* Head of Passes - Rob Milbum and Michael Bodeen
* Shout Sister Shout — Jon Gottlieb

Best Sound — 99 Seat Theatre

* Transition — David Marling
* Les Blancs — Jeff Gardner
* King Hedley Il - Kevin Novinsky

Best Supporting Female ~ Larger Theatre

* Born For This - Nita Whitaker
* Born For This ~ Kirsten Wyatt Born
* Born For This - Kiandra Richardson

Best Supporting Female ~ 99 Seat Theatre

* Peace Be Still - Brely Evans
* Peace Be Still - Anika McFall
* Punk Rock ~ Raven Scott
* Runaway Home - Karen Malina White

Best Supporting Male — Larger Theatre

* Born For This - Milton Craig Nealy
* Five Guys Named Moe - Rogelio Douglas, Jr
* The Legend of Georgia McBride — Larry Powell

Best Supporting Male — 99 Seat Theatre

* King Hedley I — Adolphus Ward Punk
* Rock — Jacob B. Gibson
* Bret Cotton — Christopher Carrington
