2024 Non-Equity Nominees
RECIPIENTS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED
Production - Musical or Revue
A Little Night Music (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Into the Woods (2024) - Kokandy Productions
On the Twentieth Century (2024) - Blank Theatre Company
The Secret Garden (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Sondheim Tribute Revue (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Production - Play
Attempts on Her Life (2024) - TUTA Theatre
August Wilson's Seven Guitars (2024) - City Lit Theater
Coronation (2024) - Refracted Theatre Company
Native Son (2024) - Lifeline Theatre
Pro-Am (2024) - First Floor Theater
Topdog/Underdog (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
Ensemble - Musical or Revue
A Little Night Music (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Alice by Heart (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Into the Woods (2024) - Kokandy Productions
The Secret Garden (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Sondheim Tribute Revue (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Ensemble - Play
Attempts on Her Life (2024) - TUTA Theatre
August Wilson's Seven Guitars (2024) - City Lit Theater
Dogs (2024) - Red Theater
Pro-Am (2024) - First Floor Theater
The Singularity Play (2024) - Jackalope Theatre Company
New Work
Brynne Frauenhoffer - Pro-Am (2024) - First Floor Theater
Erik Gernand - The Totality of All Things (2024) - Redtwist Theatre
George Howe and William Massolia - The House Without a Christmas Tree (2024) - Griffin Theatre Company
Hanna Kime - Dogs (2024) - Red Theater
Mark Pracht - The House of Ideas (2024) - City Lit Theater
Jay Stull - The Singularity Play (2024) - Jackalope Theatre Company
Loy A. Webb - Judy's Life's Work (2024) - Definition Theatre
Laura Winters - Coronation (2024) - Refracted Theatre Company
Director - Musical
Fred Anzevino - Sondheim Tribute Revue (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Danny Kapinos - On the Twentieth Century (2024) - Blank Theatre Company
Christopher Pazdernik - The Secret Garden (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
L. Walter Stearns - A Little Night Music (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Derek Van Barham - Into the Woods (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Derek Van Barham and Brittney Brown - Alice by Heart (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Director - Play
Aaron Reese Boseman - Topdog/Underdog (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
Manny Buckley - August Wilson's Seven Guitars (2024) - City Lit Theater
Aileen Wen McGroddy - Attempts on Her Life (2024) - TUTA Theatre
Max Truax - Mother Courage and Her Children (2024) - Trap Door Theatre
Georgette Verdin - The Singularity Play (2024) - Jackalope Theatre Company
Rebecca Willingham - Pro-Am (2024) - First Floor Theater
Performer in a Principal Role - Musical
Patrick Byrnes - A Little Night Music (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Caitlyn Cerza - Alice by Heart (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Joryhebel Ginorio - The Secret Garden (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Madison Kauffman - Into the Woods (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Will Koski - The Secret Garden (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Julia Limoncelli - The House Without a Christmas Tree (2024) - Griffin Theatre Company
Tyler Anthony Smith - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2024) - Haven Chicago
Colette Todd - A Little Night Music (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Karylin Veres - On the Twentieth Century (2024) - Blank Theatre Company
Kevin Webb - Into the Woods (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Performer in a Principal Role - Play
Bide Akande - Rhinoceros (2024) - Theatre Y
Mikha'el Amin - Topdog/Underdog (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
DeMorris Burrows - Topdog/Underdog (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
Holly Cerney - Mother Courage and Her Children (2024) - Trap Door Theatre
Peter Ferneding - The Normal Heart (2024) - Redtwist Theatre
Jacqueline Grandt - The Totality of All Things (2024) - Redtwist Theatre
Tamarus Harvell - Native Son (2024) - Lifeline Theatre
Claudia Quesada - An Educated Guess (2024) - Definition Theatre
Ana Santos - Adverses (2024) - Aguijón Theater Company
Katherine Schwartz - A Bright Room Called Day (2024) - Blank Theatre Company
James Sparling - Murder in the Cathedral (2024) - City Lit Theater
Performer in a Supporting Role - Musical
Lexi Alioto - [title of show] (2024) - PrideArts
Alicia Berneche - On the Twentieth Century (2024) - Blank Theatre Company
August Forman - Into the Woods (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Shea Hopkins - Into the Woods (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Dakota Hughes - The Secret Garden (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Brennan Martinez - The Secret Garden (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Shannon McEldowney - [title of show] (2024) - PrideArts
Maya Rowe - A Little Night Music (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Anne Sheridan Smith - The Mad Ones (2024) - Blank Theatre Company
Kevin Webb - A Little Night Music (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Performer in a Supporting Role - Play
Cereyna Jade Bougouneau - Judy's Life's Work (2024) - Definition Theatre
Grant Carriker - A Bright Room Called Day (2024) - Blank Theatre Company
Kason Chesky - The Totality of All Things (2024) - Redtwist Theatre
Callahan Romen Crnich - Proof (2024) - Bluebird Arts
Justice Ford - By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (2024) - The Artistic Home
Jodi Gage - Coronation (2024) - Refracted Theatre Company
Robert Howard - August Wilson's Seven Guitars (2024) - City Lit Theater
Zachary Linnert - The Normal Heart (2024) - Redtwist Theatre
Stephanie Shum - Dogs (2024) - Red Theater
Jarvell Williams - August Wilson's Seven Guitars (2024) - City Lit Theater
Michael B. Woods - The Tragedy of Macbeth (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
Scenic Design
Rose Johnson - Bottle Fly (2024) - Redtwist Theatre
Manuel Ortiz - The Tragedy of Macbeth (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
Samantha Rausch - Proof (2024) - Bluebird Arts
Kevin Rolfs - Network (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
Kevin Rolfs - Topdog/Underdog (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
Marvin Tate - Rhinoceros (2024) - Theatre Y
Costume Design
Lucy Elkin - The Secret Garden (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Gregory Graham - Coronation (2024) - Refracted Theatre Company
Rachel Lambert - By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (2024) - The Artistic Home
Rachel S. Parent - August Wilson's Seven Guitars (2024) - City Lit Theater
Patti Roeder - Murder in the Cathedral (2024) - City Lit Theater
Sound Design
Ethan Korvne - Coronation (2024) - Refracted Theatre Company
Christopher Kriz - The Singularity Play (2024) - Jackalope Theatre Company
L.J. Luthringer - The Tempest (2024) - Idle Muse Theatre Company
Kimberly Sutton - Rhinoceros (2024) - Theatre Y
Petter Wahlbäck - The Tragedy of Macbeth (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
Lighting Design
Garrett Bell - Coronation (2024) - Refracted Theatre Company
Joe Court - Attempts on Her Life (2024) - TUTA Theatre
G “Max” Maxin IV - Into the Woods (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Hannah Wien - The Tragedy of Macbeth (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
Levi J. Wilkins - The Secret Garden (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Music Direction
Carolyn Brady - The Secret Garden (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Carolyn Brady - Sondheim Tribute Revue (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Eugene Dizon - A Little Night Music (2024) - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Heidi Joosten - Alice by Heart (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Aaron Kaplan - On the Twentieth Century (2024) - Blank Theatre Company
Nick Sula - Into the Woods (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Projection Design
DJ Douglass - Network (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
Abboye Lawrence - Coronation (2024) - Refracted Theatre Company
G. "Max" Maxin IV - The House of Ideas (2024) - City Lit Theater
Artistic Specialization
Jillian Leff - Fight Choreography - Die Hard 4 Your Luv (2024) - The Factory Theater
Ariana Miles, Evelyn Ryan, and Nick Sula - Orchestrations - Into the Woods (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Philip Seward - Original Music - Murder in the Cathedral (2024) - City Lit Theater
Violent Delights (Amber Wuttke & Jay Donley) - Fight Choreography - The Tragedy of Macbeth (2024) - Invictus Theatre Company
Short Run Production - Production
Cock (2024) - Open Space Arts
The Drowsy Chaperone (2024) - Surging Films & Theatrics
The Language Archive (2024) - Edge of the Wood Theatre
Light Switch (2024) - Open Space Arts
Pilot Island & Her Keepers (2024) - The Impostors Theatre Co.
The Smuggler (2024) - Jackalope Theatre Company
Short Run Production - Director
Michael D. Graham - Light Switch (2024) - Open Space Arts
Stacey Lind - The Language Archive (2024) - Edge of the Wood Theatre
Billy Surges - The Drowsy Chaperone (2024) - Surging Films & Theatrics
Iraida Tapias - The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon (2024) - Water People Theater
Wren Wesner - Cock (2024) - Open Space Arts
Short Run Production - Performer in a Principal Role
Rebeca Alemán - The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon (2024) - Water People Theater
Seth E. Harman - The Drowsy Chaperone (2024) - Surging Films & Theatrics
Philip Andrew Monnett - Light Switch (2024) - Open Space Arts
Mafer Roussell - Juicio A Una Zorra (2024) - Repertorio Latino Theater Company
Andrew Burden Swanson - The Smuggler (2024) - Jackalope Theatre Company
Phil Timberlake - Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol (2024) - Lifeline Theatre
Short Run Production - Performer in a Supporting Role
Jeff Broitman - The Language Archive (2024) - Edge of the Wood Theatre
Sonya Robinson - Cock (2024) - Open Space Arts
Ellen Shaw - The Language Archive (2024) - Edge of the Wood Theatre
Yahdina U-Deen - Beneath the Willow Tree (2024) - Pulse Theatre Chicago
Short Run Production - Artistic Specialization
Dominick Alesia - Original Music - Pilot Island & Her Keepers (2024) - The Impostors Theatre Co.
Diane Fairchild - Lighting Design - Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol (2024) - Lifeline Theatre
Madeline Felauer - Costume Design - The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don't Gang: The Mystery of the Haunted Bush (2024) - Hell in a Handbag Productions
Tim Huggenberger - Choreography - The Drowsy Chaperone (2024) - Surging Films & Theatrics
Stefan Roseen - Sound Design - Pilot Island & Her Keepers (2024) - The Impostors Theatre Co.
Special Award
Michael and Mona Heath have emerged as outstanding pillars of support for storefront Chicago theater. Their passion for the arts lives through a remarkable commitment to attending hundreds of shows annually as well as generous contributions made by the Michael and Mona Heath Fund, which has provided vital financial assistance to countless theaters and artists. - Michael and Mona Heath - Special Award (2023) - Special Award