Nominations Announced for Jeff Awards The nominations are out for the 2022 - 2023 Equity Jeff Awards, which honor achievement Chicago's Equity theatre community. The nominees include 214 theatre artists across 32 categories of excellence in theatre production among shows from 35 companies. During the most recent season, which ran from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023, Jeff Awards members attended 105 Equity productions. From these, 88 productions became "Jeff Recommended" and therefore eligible for award nominations. Goodman Theatre garnered the most honors with 32 nominations from nine productions, two of which were co-productions with other companies, followed by Paramount Theatre (18), Mercury Theater Chicago (15), and a tie between Drury Lane Productions, Marriott Theatre and Teatro Vista (13). The Dream King at Teatro Vista drew the largest number of nominations for a single production (10). Among New Work, ten world premiere plays and two new musicals are in award consideration. Scenic Design - Large
Andrew Boyce, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, Drury Lane Productions
casaboyce, Layalina, Goodman Theatre
John Culbert, Arsenic and Old Lace, Court Theatre
Jeffrey D. Kmiec, Into the Woods, Paramount Theatre
Jeffrey D. Kmiec, The Sound of Music, Paramount Theatre
Collette Pollard, The Garbologists, Northlight Theatre Scenic Design - Midsize
Bob Knuth, Clue, Mercury Theater Chicago
Jack Magaw, Andy Warhol's Tomato, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
Angela Weber Miller. And Neither Have I Wings to Fly, First Folio Theatre
Angela Weber Miller, Jeeves Intervenes, First Folio Theatre
Lauren M. Nichols, Anna in the Tropics, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Joe Schermoly, The Dream King, Teatro Vista Costume Design - Large
Raquel Adorno, Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, Northlight Theatre
Raquel Adorno, Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical, The Hard Kill LLC
Theresa Ham, Hello, Dolly!, Marriott Theatre
Izumi Inaba, The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Samantha C. Jones, Dreamgirls, Paramount Theatre
Ana Kuzmanic, The Cherry Orchard, Goodman Theatre
Bill Morey, Cabaret, Porchlight Music Theatre Costume Design - Midsize
Gregory Graham, Anna in the Tropics, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Marquecia Jordan, Big River, Mercury Theater Chicago
Marquecia Jordan, Clue, Mercury Theater Chicago
Robert Kuhn, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Mercury Theater Chicago
Caitlin McLeod, The Dream King, Teatro Vista
Alexia Rutherford, The October Storm. Raven Theatre Sound Design - Large
Mikhail Fiksel and Jeffrey Levin, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, Drury Lane Productions
Ben Kauffman and Kyle Vegter, Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol, Writers Theatre and Manual Cinema
Ray Nardelli, The 39 Steps, Drury Lane Productions
Gareth Owen, The Who's Tommy, Goodman Theatre
André Pluess, Toni Stone, Goodman Theatre
Adam Rosenthal, The Sound of Music, Paramount Theatre
Richard Woodbury, The Cherry Orchard, Goodman Theatre Sound Design - Midsize
Matthew Chapman, The Dream King, Teatro Vista
Victoria DeIorio, Motherhouse, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Willow James, How Blood Go, Congo Square Theatre Company
Stefanie M. Senior, Enough to Let the Light In, Teatro Vista
Kurt Snieckus, Clue, Mercury Theater Chicago Lighting Design - Large
Yael Lubetzky, Once, Writers Theatre
Julie Mack, A Chorus Line, Drury Lane Productions
José Santiago, Into the Woods, Paramount Theatre
Ben Stanton, The Notebook, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Amanda Zieve, The Who's Tommy, Goodman Theatre Lighting Design - Midsize
Conchita Avitia, The Dream King, Teatro Vista
Jared Gooding, Fences, American Blues Theater
Gabrielle Strong, Gender Play or What You Will, About Face Theatre
Eric Watkins, Routes, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Levi Wilkins, Is God Is, A Red Orchid Theatre Projection Design
John Boesche, Galileo's Daughter, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Anthony Churchill, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express,, Drury Lane Productions
Reese Craig and Liviu Pasare, Right to Be Forgotten, Raven Theatre
Smooch Medina, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, Porchlight Music Theatre
Peter Nigrini, The Who's Tommy, Goodman Theatre
Mike Tutaj, Andy Warhol in Iran, Northlight Theatre Artistic Specialization
Drew Dir, Puppet Design, Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol, Writers Theatre and Manual Cinema
Drew Dir, Storyboards, Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol, Writers Theatre and Manual Cinema
Rueben D. Echoles, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design, Dreamgirls, Paramount Theatre
Jyrieka Guest, Fight Choreography, Is God Is, A Red Orchid Theatre
Amanda Hermann and Yu Shibagaki, Properties Design, Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Cookie Jordan, Hair and Wig Design, the ripple, the wave that carried me home, Goodman Theatre in association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Ian Merritt, Cinematography, The Christians, Citadel Theatre
Jesse Mooney-Bullock, Puppet Design, Into the Woods, Paramount Theatre
Mike Oleon, Puppet Design, The Dream King, Teatro Vista
Keith Ryan, Wig Design, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Mercury Theater Chicago The 55th anniversary Equity Jeff Awards will take place October 2, 2023, at Drury Lane in Oakbrook, IL. More details on the program will be announced soon. For the full list of nominees, go to mailchi.mp/cb64591096da/2023-nominations-for-equity-jeff-awards. 
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