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
G “Max” Maxin IV - Into the Woods (2024) - Kokandy Productions
Keith Parham - Attempts on Her Life (2024) - TUTA Theatre
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.

Impresario Award - Excellence in Stage Management

Kyle Aschbrenner, Blank Theatre Company - Impresario Award - Excellence in Stage Management -

Special Award

Recognizing its 100-year legacy of training exceptional artists and its profound influence on the Chicago theater community and beyond.
- Theatre School at DePaul University - Special Award (2024) -