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2008-2009 NON-EQUITY AWARDS
PRESENTED JUNE 8
Chicago's nationally-renowned storefront and black box theatre community gathered at the Park West Monday night for its annual celebration. The Jeff Awards Committee gave out 26 Non-Equity Jeff Awards in 24 categories. In addition, a Special Award was given to Pegasus Players’ founder Arlene Crewdson for her lifelong contributions to Chicago theatre.
Top honors for Outstanding Production - Play went to The Hypocrites' "Our Town," which was remounted to critical success in New York City. The award for Outstanding Production – Musical or Revue went to Theo Ubique's "Evita," beautifully re-imagined for the company’s tiny cabaret space, capping an evening in which the production walked away with a total of six awards – the most for any single production.
Directing honors went to Fred Anzevino for "Evita" and David Cromer for "Our Town." Steep Theatre received the highly-coveted Outstanding Ensemble award for "In Arabia We'd All Be Kings." Principal Acting awards went to Chris Damiano and Maggie Portman for "Evita"; Esteban Andres Cruz for his portrayal of a prisoner in Raven Theatre's "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train"; and Laura Coover for her role in Eclipse Theatre Company's "Blue Surge."
For the Complete list, see Current Nominees or the Press Release, with all the news.
Click here for more photos from the June 8 Awards Ceremony.
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