Joseph Jefferson Nominations Announced

The nominations for the Joseph Jefferson Awards, which honor achievement in the Chicago professional theatre community, have been announced. The nominations cover shows that opened between August 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012. The nominees in design categories are:

Scenic Design - Midsize Theatre
Ira Amyx and Merje Veski, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Seanachaí Theatre Company
John Iacovelli, Immediate Family, Paul Boskind, Ruth Hendel, and Stephen Hendel by special arrangement with Goodman Theatre, and in association with About Face Theatre Company
Jack Magaw, Disgraced, American Theater Company in special arrangement with The Araca Group
Brian Prather, Freud's Last Session, Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Robert Stillman, and Jack Thomas present The Barrington Stage Production
Chelsea M. Warren, The Kid Thing, Chicago Dramatists and About Face Theatre

Scenic Design - Large Theatre
Kevin Depinet, The Iceman Cometh, Goodman Theatre
Troy Hourie, Invisible Man, Court Theatre in association with Christopher McElroen Productions
Jack Magaw, The Caretaker, Writers' Theatre
Jack Magaw, In the Next Room or the vibrator play, Victory Gardens Theater
Dan Ostling, Eastland: A New Musical, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Todd Rosenthal, Clybourne Park, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Todd Rosenthal, An Iliad, Court Theatre
Todd Rosenthal, Red, Goodman Theatre in association with Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
Walt Spangler, Time Stands Still, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Lighting Design - Midsize Theatre
Jesse Klug, The Amish Project, American Theater Company
Jesse Klug, Fish Men, Goodman Theatre presents the Teatro Vista production
JR Lederle, Chesapeake, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Michael McNamara, The Turn of the Screw, First Folio Theatre
Ben Wilhelm, Death and Harry Houdini, The House Theatre of Chicago

Lighting Design - Large Theatre
John Culbert, Invisible Man
James F. Ingalls, Camino Real, Goodman Theatre
Natasha Katz, The Iceman Cometh
Jesse Klug, Sweeney Todd, Drury Lane Productions
Keith Parham, Red

Costume Design - Midsize Theatre
David Hyman, Rent, American Theater Company and About Face Theatre
Branimira Ivanova, Cloud 9, The Gift Theatre
Lee Keenan, Death and Harry Houdini
Kate Murphy, Absolute Hell, The Gift Theatre
Michael Alan Stein, The Nativity, Congo Square Theatre Company

Costume Design, Large Theatre
Jacqueline Firkins, In the Next Room or the vibrator play
Rachel Anne Healy, A Little Night Music, Writers' Theatre
Virgil C. Johnson, Follies, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Nancy Missimi, The Pirates of Penzance, Marriott Theatre
Nancy Missimi, Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Musical, Marriott Theatre

Sound Design - Midsize Theatre
Victoria DeIorio, Falling: A Wake, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Mikhail Fiksel, Fish Men
Christopher Kriz, The Turn of the Screw
Kevin O'Donnell and Harrison Adams, Death and Harry Houdini
Rick Sims, Chesapeake

Sound Design - Large Theatre
Mikhail Fiksel, Oedipus el Rey, Victory Gardens Theater
Joshua Horvath and Kevin O'Donnell, Angels in America, Parts One and Two, Court Theatre
Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen, The 39 Steps, Drury Lane Productions
Andre Pluess, An Iliad
Josh Schmidt, The March, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Projections/Media Design
Maya Ciarrocchi, Crowns, Goodman Theatre
Seth Henrikson and Oddmachine, Megacosm, A Red Orchid Theatre
Alex Koch, Invisible Man
Mike Tutaj, I Am Going to Change the World, Chicago Dramatists
Mike Tutaj, A Midsummer Night's Dream,, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Mike Tutaj, A Walk in the Woods,TimeLine Theatre Company

The awards will be presented at a ceremony on October 15.

For the full list of nominees, go to the URL listed below.