Joseph Jefferson Award Nominations Announced

The nominations are out for the Joseph Jefferson Awards, which honor achievement in Chicago's professional theatre scene. During the 2012-13 season, Jeff Awards judges attended opening nights of 143 Equity productions offered by 51 producing organizations; from these openings, 109 productions were "Jeff Recommended" and eligible for award nominations.

In the Large Theatre category, Chicago Shakespeare Theater has19 nominations, including eight for their presentation of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday In The Park With George, with nods for the production, director Gary Griffin and music director Brad Haak, as well as four for Shakespeare's Henry VIII. Marriott Theatre has 13 nominations, including six for South Pacific. In the Midsize Theatre category, Porchlight Music Theatre has 12 nominations, including six for the musical Pal Joey.

Multiple design nominees include set designer Walt Spangler, for Collected Stories, at American Blues Theater, and Measure for Measure at the Goodman Theatre; lighting designer Jesse Klug, for columbinus, at American Theater Company, and Wasteland, at TimeLine Theatre Company; lighting designer Philip S. Rosenberg, for Julius Caesar and Sunday in the Park with George, both at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; costume designer Mara Blumenfeld, for The Jungle Book, at the Goodman, and Sunday in the Park with George; and projection designer Mike Tutaj, for 33 Variations, at TimeLine Theatre Company, and Sunday in the Park with George. Other productions earning multiple design nominations are Edward Albee's Seascape, at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company; The Whipping Man, at Northlight Theatre; The Iron Stage King: Part One, at the House Theatre of Chicago; and Henry III, at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.

The awards will be given out on Monday, November 4 at Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace.

A full list of design nominees follows. The complete list of nominees can be found at http://plasa.me/739vu.

Scenic Design - Midsize Theatre
Kevin Depinet - Wasteland, TimeLine Theatre Company
Angela Weber Miller - Edward Albee's Seascape, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Andrei Onegin - Bulrusher, Congo Square Theatre in cooperation with Pegasus Players
Sarah E. Ross - Collected Stories, American Blues Theater
Joe Schermoly - Completeness, Theater Wit

Scenic Design - Large Theatre
David Gallo - Head of Passes, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Jack Magaw - The Whipping Man, Northlight Theatre
Todd Rosenthal - The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Walt Spangler - Good People, Steppenwolf Theatre Company Walt Spangler - Measure for Measure, Goodman Theatre

Lighting Design - Midsize Theatre
Brian Sidney Bembridge - Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West, TimeLine Theatre Company
Sarah Hughey - The Iron Stag King: Part One, The House Theatre of Chicago
Jesse Klug - columbinus, American Theater Company
Jesse Klug - Wasteland, TimeLine Theatre Company
Mac Vaughey - Empanada for a Dream, 16th Street Theater and Teatro Vista

Lighting Design - Large Theatre
Christine A. Binder - The Whipping Man, Northlight Theatre
Robert Christen - A Christmas Carol, Goodman Theatre
T.J. Gerckens - Metamorphoses, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Anne Militello - Henry VIII, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Philip S. Rosenberg - Julius Caesar, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Philip S. Rosenberg - Sunday in the Park with George, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Costume Design - Midsize Theatre
Debbie Baer - The Nutcracker, The House Theatre of Chicago
Carol J. Blanchard - Barnum, Mercury Theater Chicago
Rachel Laritz - Edward Albee's Seascape, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Bill Morey - Pal Joey, Porchlight Music Theatre
Emily Waecker - You Never Can Tell, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

Costume Design - Large Theatre
Mara Blumenfeld - The Jungle Book, Goodman Theatre in association with Huntington Theatre Company
Mara Blumenfeld - Sunday in the Park with George, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Jacqueline Firkins - The Misanthrope, Court Theatre
Susan E. Mickey - The School for Lies, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Nancy Missimi - Dreamgirls, Marriott Theatre
Mariann S. Verheyen - Henry VIII, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Sound Design - Midsize Theatre
Harrison Adams - The Iron Stag King: Part One, The House Theatre of Chicago
Martin Desjardins and Andre Pluess - columbinus, American Theater Company
Nick Keenan - Everything is Illuminated, Next Theatre Company
Jeff Kelley - The Magnificents, The House Theatre of Chicago
Jeffrey Levin - In the Company of Men, Profiles Theatre

Sound Design - Large Theatre
Mikhail Fiksel - Mojada, Victory Gardens Theater
Andrew Hansen - The Liar, Writers' Theatre
Lindsay Jones - Julius Caesar, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
James Savage - Othello: The Remix, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Richard Woodbury - Slowgirl, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Projections/Video Design
Michael Stanfill - Completeness, Theater Wit
Mike Tutaj - 33 Variations, TimeLine Theatre Company
Mike Tutaj - Sunday in the Park with George, Chicago Shakespeare Theater