Nominations Announced for Eliot Norton Awards

The nominations for the Eliot Norton Awards, which honor achievement in the Boston-area theatre scene, have been announced. Leading the nominations, each with seven nods are Moby-Dick, a new musical by Dave Malloy based on Herman Melville's novel, staged at American Repertory Theater, and Dan McCabe's The Purists, seen at Huntington Theatre Company, a comedy about racial politics, sexism, and homophobia in the hip-hop music world.

The Norton Awards cite entire production design teams, so the nominees are:

Outstanding Design, Large Theater:

Moby-Dick, American Repertory Theater
Scenic design by Mimi Lien, costume design by Brenda Abbandandolo, lighting design by Bradley King, sound design by Hidenori Nakajo, puppet design by Eric F. Avery, and wig, hair and make-up design by Rachel Padula-Shufelt

Sunset Boulevard, North Shore Music Theatre
Scenic design by Kyle Dixon, costume design by Anthony Powell and Kelly Baker, lighting design by Jose Santiago, wig and hair design by Rachel Padula-Shufelt

Detroit Red, ArtsEmerson
Scenic and costume design by Adam Rigg, lighting design by Alan C. Edwards, sound design by Justin Ellington, projection design by Ari Herzig

Sweat, Huntington Theatre Company
Scenic design by Cameron Anderson, costume design by Junghyun Georgia Lee, lighting design by D.M. Wood, sound design by Pornchanok Kanchanabanca

Quixote Nuevo, Huntington Theatre Company
Scenic design by Takeshi Kata; costume design by Rachel Anne Healy; lighting design by Brian J. Lilienthal; sound design by David R. Molina

Outstanding Design, Small or Fringe Theater:

Parade, Moonbox Productions
Scenic design by Lindsay Genevieve Fuori, costume design by Chelsea Kerl, lighting design by Steve Shack, sound design by Elizabeth Cahill, hair and wig design by Peter Mill

The Seagull, Arlekin Players Theatre
Scenic design by Nikolay Simonov, costume design by Nastya Bugaeva, lighting design by Jeff Adelberg

The Stone, Arlekin Players Theatre
Stage design by David R. Gammons, costume design by Nastya Bugaeva, lighting design by Jeff Adelberg, videos designed by Vladimir Gusev

Vietgone, Company One Theatre
Scenic and projection design by Izmir Ickbal, costume design by Debra Kim Sivigny, lighting design by Jennifer Fok, sound design by Aubrey Dube, properties by Kelly Smith

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart Apollinaire Theatre Company
Set/lighting design by Danielle Fauteux Jacques, costume design by Elizabeth Rocha, sound design by David Reiffel

To see the full list of nominees, click in the URL listed below.