Nominations Announced for Jeff Awards The nominations have been announced for the Joseph Jefferson Awards, which honor achievement in the Chicago professional theatre scene. The design nominees are: SCENIC DESIGN - LARGE David Korins - Chinglish - Goodman Theatre Jaqueline and Richard Penrod - The Last Act of Lilka Kadison - Lookingglass Theatre Company Keith Pitts - Heartbreak House - Writers' Theatre Collette Pollard - Broadway Bound - Drury Lane Productions Todd Rosenthal - Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Steppenwolf Theatre Company SCENIC DESIGN - MIDSIZE Robert Groth and Jenniffer J. Thusing - The Weir - Seanachaí Theatre Company Tim Morrison - Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company John Musial- Float - About Face Theatre Jaqueline and Richard Penrod - The Importance of Being Earnest - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Collette Pollard - The Front Page - TimeLine Theatre Company LIGHTING DESIGN - LARGE Christopher Akerlind - As You Like It - Chicago Shakespeare Theatre John Culbert - Romeo and Juliet - Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Jesse Klug - Monty Python's Spamalot - Drury Lane Productions Jason Lyons - White Noise - Holly Way, Jay Strommen, Jimmy Mack, Deborah Taylor/Chris Bensinger, Tom Leonardis and Whoopi Goldberg Jaymi Lee Smith - Virginia Woolf's Orlando - Court Theatre LIGHTING DESIGN - MIDSIZE Brian Sidney Bembridge - The Big Meal - American Theatre Company Jeff Glass - Sweet Bird of Youth - The Artistic Home Sarah Hughey - Scorched - Silk Road Theatre Project Nic Jones and Jesse Klug - In Darfur - TimeLine Theatre Company Keith Parham - Frost/Nixon -TimeLine Theatre Company COSTUME DESIGN - LARGE Mara Blumenfeld - Candide - Goodman Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company Jacqueline Firkins - The Comedy of Errors - Court Theatre Jeremy W. Floyd - Hot Mikado - Drury Lane Productions Susan E. Mickey - The Madness of George III - Chicago Shakespeare Theater Nancy Missimi - 42nd Street - Marriott Theatre COSTUME DESIGN - MIDSIZE Mina Hyun-Ok Hong - Sunday in the Park with George - Porchlight Music Theatre Rachel Lambert - Romeo and Juliet - First Folio Theatre Bill Morey - The King and I - Porchlight Music Theatre Lindsey Pate - The Front Page - TimeLine Theatre Company Melissa Torchia - The Importance of Being Earnest - Remy Bumppo Theatre Company SOUND DESIGN - LARGE Mikhail Fiksel - Travels with My Aunt - Writers' Theatre Andrew Hansen - Heartbreak House - Writers' Theatre Andrew Hansen - The Outgoing Tide - Northlight Theatre Andre Pluess - Virginia Woolf's Orlando - Court Theatre James Savage - Murder for Two - A Killer Musical - Chicago Shakespeare Theatre SOUND DESIGN - MIDSIZE Barry Bennett - Hickorydickory- Chicago Dramatists Joseph Fosco - The New Electric Ballroom - A Red Orchid Theatre Andrew Hansen - In Darfur - TimeLine Theatre Company Andrew Hansen - To Master the Art - TimeLine Theatre Company Peter J. Storms - Scorched - Silk Road Theatre Project Two of the nominated productions -- Chinglish and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? are bound for New York. Chinglish opens in October, and Virginia Woolf? is slated for next season, the play's 50th anniversary. To get the full list of nominees, go to the URL listed below.
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