Megan McGinnis and Josh Grisetti Among Winners of L.A. Ovation Awards
Megan McGinnis, Josh Grisetti and Daniel Beaty are among the winners of the 2010 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, which were announced in a January 17 ceremony at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Broadway alum McGinnis took home top honors for her role in the two-actor musical Daddy Long Legs and Grisetti won for his role in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, while Beaty took the Lead Actor in a Play category for his solo show Through the Night.
L.A.’s Geffen Playhouse and Fountain Theatre were the evening’s biggest winners, taking home five awards each. The annual Ovations, which honor achievements in California theater, classify awards according to the size of eligible theaters.
The 2009-10 Ovation Award winners are:
PRODUCTION OF A PLAY, LARGE THEATRE
Equivocation, Geffen Playhouse
PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL – LARGE THEATRE
Oedipus the King, Mama, Troubadour Theater Company
PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL – INTIMATE THEATRE
The Women of Brewster Place, Celebration Theatre
PRODUCTION OF A PLAY – INTIMATE THEATRE
The Ballad of Emmett Till, The Fountain Theatre
PLAYWRITING FOR AN ORIGINAL PLAY
L. Trey Wilson, Something Happened, Pacific Stages
BEST SEASON
Fountain Theatre: The Ballad of Emmett Till, Opus, Shining City
DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Matt Walker, Oedipus the King, Mama, Troubadour Theater Company
DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Shirley Jo Finney, The Ballad of Emmett Till, Fountain Theatre
BOOK FOR AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL
John Caird, Daddy Long Legs, Rubicon Theatre Company
LYRICS/MUSIC FOR AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL
Paul Gordon, Daddy Long Legs, Rubicon Theatre Company
LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Josh Grisetti, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Reprise Theatre Company
Brendan Hunt, Savin' Up for Saturday Night, Sacred Fools Theatre Company
Robert J. Townsend, The Story of My Life, Havok Theatre Company
LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Bruce French, The Browning Version, Pacific Resident Theatre
Alan Mandell, No Man's Land, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Daniel Beaty, Through the Night, Geffen Playhouse
LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Megan McGinnis, Daddy Long Legs, Rubicon Theatre Company
LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Beth Grant, Grace & Glorie, Colony Theatre Company
Anna Khaja, SHAHEED - The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto, Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre
FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
David St. Louis, Parade, Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Harry Groener, Equivocation, Geffen Playhouse
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sally Struthers, Cinderella, Cabrillo Music Theatre
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Deirdre O'Connell, The Wake, Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
ACTING ENSEMBLE
The cast of The Ballad of Emmett Till, The Fountain Theatre
MUSIC DIRECTION
John Glaudini, Sweeney Todd, Musical Theatre West
CHOREOGRAPHER
Lee Martino, Carousel, Reprise Theatre Company
COSTUME DESIGN – INTIMATE THEATRE
Teresa Shea, Project Wonderland, Bootleg Theater
COSTUME DESIGN – LARGE THEATRE
Christopher Oram, Parade, Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum
Snezana Petrovic, Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands, Overtone Industries
LIGHTING DESIGN – INTIMATE THEATRE
Jeremy Pivnick, Oedipus el Rey, Theatre @ Boston Court
LIGHTING DESIGN – LARGE THEATRE
Scott Zielinski, Equivocation, Geffen Playhouse
SCENIC DESIGN – INTIMATE THEATRE
Brian Sidney Bembridge, The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder, Theatre @ Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company
SCENIC DESIGN – LARGE THEATRE
Jeff McLaughlin, Grace & Glorie, Colony Theatre Company
SOUND DESIGN – INTIMATE THEATRE
Peter Bayne, Opus, Fountain Theatre
SOUND DESIGN – LARGE THEATRE
Lindsay Jones, Through the Night, Geffen Playhouse
OVATION HONORS FOR VIDEO DESIGN
KC Wilkerson, The Who's Tommy, Chance Theater
OVATION HONORS FOR MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A PLAY
Ego Plum, Gogol Project, Bootleg Theater and Rogue Artists Ensemble
OVATION HONORS FOR PUPPET DESIGN
Lynn Jeffries, Project Wonderland, Bootleg Theater
OVATION HONORS FOR FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
Edgar Landa, Oedipus el Rey, Theatre @ Boston Court