Nominees Announced for Jeff Awards

The nominees for The Jeff Awards, honoring Chicago Equity theatrical productions, were announced August 23. Disney's The Little Mermaid leads the design categories with four nominations: Jeffrey D. Kmiec for scenic design - large; Theresa Ham for costume design - large (Ham is also nominated for Mamma Mia!); Jesse Klug for lighting design - large (Klug is also nominated for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street); and Jesse Mooney-Bullock for puppet design (Mooney-Bullock is also nominated for A Comedical Tragedy for Mister Punch).

Also, Mike Tutaj is nominated for projection design for both Julius Caesar and Objects in the Mirror.

Additional Design nominations include:

Scenic Design - Large
William Boles, Native Gardens
Linda Buchanan, Blues for an Alabama Sky
Jack Magaw, East Texas Hot Links
Courtney O'Neill, Harvey
Todd Rosenthal, Uncle Vanya

Scenic Design - Midsize
Angela Weber Miller, Captain Blood
Greg Pinsoneault, In the Heights
Christopher Rhoton, End of the Rainbow
Grant Sabin, Born Yesterday
Joe Schermoly, Naperville

Costume Design - Large
Rachel Healy, Blues for an Alabama Sky
Susan E. Mickey, Shakespeare in Love
Sully Ratke, Chicago The Musical

Costume Design - Midsize
Kristy Leigh Hall, Pygmalion
Izumi Inaba, A Comedical Tragedy for Mister Punch
Kate Setzer Kamphausen, In the Heights
Bill Morey, End of the Rainbow
Mieka van der Ploeg, The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz

Sound Design - Large
Mikhail Fiksel, The Hunter and the Bear
Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen, Julius Caesar
Andre Pluess, Man in the Ring
Richard Woodbury, Uncle Vanya

Sound Design - Midsize
Joe Court, 10 Out of 12
Heath Hays, The Room
Grover Holloway, The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz
Jeffrey Levin, The River Bride

Lighting Design - Large
Nick Belley, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Bart Cortright, The Hunter and the Bear
Lee Fiskness, Chicago the Musical
Greg Hofmann, Jesus Christ Superstar

Lighting Design - Midsize
Erik Barry, Circumference of a Squirrel
Christine Binder, Bright Half Life
Cat Davis, The River Bride
John Kelly, I Am My Own Wife
Michael Stanfill, Wit

Puppet Design
Blair Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth

Projection Design
Christopher Ash, Mamma Mia!
Paul Deziel, Beauty's Daughter
Stephan Mazurek, The Fundamentals

For the full list of nominees, go to http://plasa.me/msj1e.