The Nether, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Parade, Shrek and The Scottsboro Boys were among the winners of the 2013 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, which honor the best in Los Angeles theater. Beth Malone, who won for Lead Actress in a Musical for her role in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, can currently be seen in off-Broadway's Fun Home. A full list of winners from the awards' November 3 ceremony is as follows:
Best Season
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts:
(Boeing Boeing,
Jekyll & Hyde,
Next to Normal,
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,
Spring Awakening)
Best Production of a Play
(Intimate Theater)
Dying City,
Rogue Machine
Best Production of a Play
(Large Theater)
Joe Turner's Come and Gone,
Center Theatre Group
Best Production of a Musical
(Intimate Theater)
Triassic Parq,
The Chance Theatre
Best Production of a Musical
(Large Theater)
Parade,
3-D Theatricals
Best Presented Production
The Scottsboro Boys,
Center Theatre Group
Acting Ensemble of a Play
Joe Turner's Come and Gone,
Center Theatre Group
Acting Ensemble of a Musical
Parade,
3-D Theatricals
Choreography
Ameenah Kaplan, The Royale
, Center Theatre Group
Music Direction
Taylor Stephenson, Triassic Parq
, The Chance Theatre
Book for an Original Musical
Jim Leonard, Bad Apples,
Circle X Theatre Company
Lyrics/Music for an Original Musical
Rob Cairns, Jim Leonard and Beth Thornley, Bad Apples,
Circle X Theatre Company
Playwrighting of an Original Play
Jennifer Haley, The Nether,
Center Theatre Group
Director of a Musical
Brian Kite, Spring Awakening,
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Director of a Play
Shirley Jo Finney, In the Red and Brown Water, Fountain Theatre
Lead Actor in a Musical
Jeff Skowron, Parade, 3-D Theatricals
Lead Actress in a Musical
Beth Malone, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Lead Actor in a Play
Glynn Turman, Joe Turner's Come and Gone,
Center Theatre Group
Lead Actress in a Play
Gigi Bermingham, Master Class,
International City Theatre
Featured Actor in a Musical
Rufus Bonds, Parade,
3-D Theatricals
Featured Actress in a Musical
Kellie Spill, Triassic Parq,
The Chance Theatre
Featured Actor in a Play
Dakin Matthews, The Nether,
Center Theatre Group
Featured Actress in a Play
Brighid Fleming, The Nether,
Center Theatre Group
Lighting Design (Intimate Theater)
Jeremy Pivnick, Cassiopeia, The Theatre @ Boston Court
Lighting Design (Large Theater)
Christopher Kuhl, The Nether,
Center Theatre Group
Scenic Design
(Intimate Theater)
Tom Walsh,
Annapurna,
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Scenic Design
(Large Theater)
Adrian Jones,
The Nether, Center Theatre Group
Sound Design (Intimate Theater)
John Zalewski,
Theatre in the Dark,
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Sound Design
(Large Theater)
John Zalewski, The Nether, Center Theatre Group
Costume Design
(Intimate Theater)
Michael Mullen,
Dreamgirls,
DOMA Theatre Company
Costume Design
(Large Theater)
Alex Jaeger, The Nether,
Center Theatre Group
Ovation Honors:
Composition for a Play
Michael Redfield, Walking the Tightrope,
24th Street Theatre
Fight Choreography
Ken Merckx, Cymbeline, A Noise Within
Puppet Design
Derek Lux and Christian Anderson, Shrek, 3-D Theatricals
Video Design
Jeffrey Elias Teeter, On the Spectrum, Fountain Theatre