Nominees Announced for Joseph Jefferson Awards

The nominees are in for the Joseph Jefferson Awards, which honor achievement in the Chicago-area professional theatre scene. The design nominees are:

Scenic Design - Large
Andrew Boyce, Translations, Writers Theatre
Andrew Boyce, You Will Get Sick, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Jeffrey D. Kmiec, Frozen, Paramount Theatre
Jeffrey D. Kmiec, Million Dollar Quartet, Paramount Theatre (Stolp Island Theatre)
Jack Magaw, East Texas Hot Links, Court Theatre
Courtney O'Neill, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Writers Theatre
Christopher Oram, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: The Musical, Goodman Theatre

Scenic Design - Midsize
Jose Manuel Diaz-Soto, Lobby Hero, Shattered Globe Theatre
Lauren M. Nichols, Memorabilia, Teatro Vista Productions
Shayna Patel, Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues, American Blues Theater
Grant Sabin and Marcus Klein, The Last Wide Open, American Blues Theater
Mara Ishihara Zinky, Native Gardens, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble

Costume Design - Midsize
Sally Dolembo, A Lie of the Mind, Raven Theatre
Uriel Gomez, Lobby Hero
Kristy Leigh Hall, Art, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Kotryna Hilko, A Tale of Two Cities, Shattered Globe Theatre
Lily Walls, Misery, American Blues Theater

Costume Design - Large
Raquel Adorno, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Mara Blumenfeld, Frozen
Sally Dolembo, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Marriott Theatre
Theresa Ham, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Marriott Theatre
Izumi Inaba, Cats, Paramount Theatre
Ryan Park and Zhang Yu, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Drury Lane Productions
Sully Ratke, Titanic the Musical, Marriott Theatre

Sound Design - Large
Eric Backus, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Eric Backus, Peter and the Starcatcher, Paramount Theatre (Copley)
Michael Daly, Titanic the Musical
Emily Hayman, Henry V, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Willow James, You Will Get Sick
Mikaal Sulaiman, Bust, Goodman Theatre in association with Alliance Theatre, Sonia Friedman Productions, Khaliah Neal, and Thomas Swayne
Connor Wang, Leroy and Lucy, Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Sound Design - Midsize
Angela Joy Baldasare, Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin, A Red Orchid Theatre
Satya Chavez, Memorabilia
Joe Court, Misery
Michael Huey, Cygnus, The Gift Theatre
Michael Huey, Topdog/Underdog, The Gift Theatre
Christopher Kriz, A Tale of Two Cities

Lighting Design - Large
Rory Beaton, The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Lee Fiskness, The Da Vinci Code, Drury Lane Productions
Greg Hofmann, Cats
Greg Hofmann, Frozen
Yael Lubetzky, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Ryan O'Gara, Disney's The Little Mermaid

Lighting Design - Midsize
Ellie Fey, Lobby Hero
G. "Max" Maxin IV, Topdog/Underdog
Eric Watkins, A Tale of Two Cities
Eric Watkins, Ironbound, Raven Theatre
Levi J. Wilkins, Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin

Projection Design
Anthony Churchill and Mike Tutaj, The Da Vinci Code
Michael Salvatore Commendatore, Iraq, But Funny, Lookingglass Theatre Company Paul Deziel, Frozen
Andrzej Goulding, 42 Balloons, Chicago Shakespeare Theater by Special Arrangement with Kevin McCollum, Andy Barnes and Wendy Barnes, and Sonia Friedman Productions in association with Debbie Hicks, Sam Levy, KLIVE Entertainment Corp., Kenny Wax and The Lowry
George Reeve, The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale

Artistic Specialization
Jason Robert Brown, Original Score, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: The Musical, Chicago Puppet Studio, lead designers Caitlin McLeod and Zachary Su, Puppet Design, Disney's The Little Mermaid
Katie Cordts, Wig, Hair, and Makeup Design, Cats
Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi, Circus Choreography, Cats
Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi, Circus and Movement Choreographer, Circus Quixote, Lookingglass Theatre Company, in association with The Actors Gymnasium
Jesse Mooney-Bullock, Puppet Design, Frozen
Grace Needlman, Puppet Design, Circus Quixote
Charlie Tymms, Puppet Design, The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale

Leading the way with the most nominations are Lobby Hero and Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, both of which are well-represented in the design categories. The awards will be presented on September 29.