The Theatre School Well Represented in 2022-2023 Equity Jeff Award Nominations

Congratulations to The Theatre School alumni and faculty who received 2022-2023 Equity Jeff Award Nominations. All in all, TTS alumni and faculty received 22 nominations!

The 2023 Equity Jeff Awards will be presented October 2, 2023 at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook, IL.

The full list of TTS-affiliated nominees are:

KAREN ALDRIDGE (MFA, Acting, ’01) – Performer in a Supporting Role, Play for Is God Is at A Red Orchid Theatre

TRACEY N. BONNER (MFA, Acting, ’05) – Performer in a Principal Role, Play for Toni Stone at Goodman Theatre

ANTHONY CHURCHILL (Faculty) – Projection Design for Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express at Drury Lane Productions

REESE CRAIG (BFA, Projection Design, ’23) – Projection Design for Right to be Forgotten at Raven Theatre

JOHN CULBERT (Dean Emeritus) – Scenic Design, Large for Arsenic and Old Lace at Court Theatre

SHANÉSIA DAVIS (BFA, Acting, ’89)  – Performer in a Principal Role, Play for Fences at American Blues Theater

VICTORIA DEIORIO (Former Faculty) – Sound Design, Midsize for Motherhouse at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

JARED GOODING (BFA, Lighting Design, ’12) – Lighting Design, Midsize for Fences at American Blues Theater

IZUMI INABA (Faculty) – Costume Design, Large for The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

AZAR KAZEMI (MFA, Directing, ’11) – Director, Play, Midsize for Motherhouse at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

JEFFREY LEVIN (Faculty) – Original Music in a Play for Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express at Drury Lane Productions

JEFFREY LEVIN (Faculty) – Sound Design, Large for Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express at Drury Lane Productions

JACK MAGAW (Faculty) – Scenic Design, Midsize for Andy Warhol’s Tomato at Buffalo Theatre Ensemble

RAY NARDELLI (Faculty) – Sound Design, Large for The 39 Steps at Drury Lane Productions

LAUREN M. NICHOLS (Faculty) – Scenic Design, Midsize for Anna in the Tropics at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

LIVIU PASARE (BFA, Projection Design, ’23) – Projection Design for Right to be Forgotten at Raven Theatre

COLLETTE POLLARD (BFA, Scene Design, ’00) – Scenic Design, Large for The Garbologists at Northlight Theatre

SARAH PRICE (BFA, Acting, ’12) – Performer in a Principal Role, Play for Dear Jack, Dear Louise at Northlight Theatre

NICK SANDYS (Faculty) – Performer in a Supporting Role, Play for Jeeves Intervenes at First Folio Theatre

MIKE TUTAJ (Faculty) – Projection Design for Andy Warhol in Iran at Northlight Theatre

MICHAEL WEBER (BFA, Acting, ’90) – Director, Musical, Large for Cabaret at Porchlight Music Theatre

TUCKIE WHITE (BFA, Acting, ’12) – New Work for Motherhouse at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

LARRY YANDO (MFA, Acting, ’88) – Performer in a Principal Role, Play for A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theatre

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Timeline’s Relentless at Goodman Theatre

Timeline’s Relentless, Goodman Theatre, closing 5/1/22. AYANNA BRIA BAKARI (BFA, Acting, ’17) is in the cast. JACK MAGAW (Faculty) is the Scenic Designer. CHRISTINE PASCUAL (Faculty) is the Sound Designer. HEATHER GILBERT (MFA, Lighting Design, ’97) is the Lighting Designer. JENNIFER WERNAU (BFA, Scene Design, ’18) is the Properties Designer. MEGAN E. PIRTLE (BFA, Costume Design & Technology, ’18) is the Wig & Hair Designer. SAMMI GRANT (Faculty) is the Dialect Director.

Radio Golf at Court Theatre

Radio Golf, Court Theatre, closes 9/30/2018. JACK MAGAW (Faculty) is the scene designer.

“With wit and soul, Radio Golf brings to a close the most ambitious theatrical undertaking in the history of American theater.” —New York Sun Real estate developer Harmond Wilks is determined to become the first black mayor of Pittsburgh, on a mission to revive his blighted childhood neighborhood. As Wilks confronts characters from the past, […]

Source: Radio Golf | Court Theatre – Court Theatre

Support Group for Men at Goodman Theatre

Support Group of Men, Goodman Theatre, closes 7/29/2018. RYAN KITLEY (MFA, Acting, ’98 and FACULTY) and ERIC SLATER (BFA, Acting, ’17) are in the cast. ISAAC GOMEZ (Faculty) is the dramaturg, JACK MAGAW (Faculty) is the scene designer, and ALDEN VASQUEZ (Faculty) is the production stage manager.

Source: Support Group for Men | Goodman Theatre