Michael Weber

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

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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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War of the Well(e)s, A New Audiodrama by A Red Orchid Theatre, Now Available

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War of the Well(e)s, A Red Orchid Theatre, available through 7/31/2020. MICHAEL WEBER (BFA, Acting, ’90) is the playwright and artistic director of A Red Orchid Theatre. LANCE BAKER (BFA, Acting, ’93), MIERKA GIRTEN (MFA, Acting, ’93), and CAMERON ROBERTS (BFA, Acting, ’19) are in the cast.

Congratulations to 2019 Equity Jeff Nominees

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2019 Equity Jeff Nominees – DePaul Alum:

New Work – Play

     IKE HOLTER (BFA, Playwriting, ’07) – Lottery Day, Goodman Theatre

Director – Play – Midsize

     IAN FRANK (MFA, Directing, ’13) Frankenstein, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

Director – Musical – Midsize

     MICHAEL WEBER (BFA, Acting, ’90) Gypsy, Porchlight Music Theatre

Performer In A Principal Role – Musical

     E. FAYE BUTLER (GSD) Gypsy (Rose), Porchlight Music Theatre

Sound Design – Midsize

     MATT REICH (BFA, Sound Design, ’15) The Worst Mother in the World, Halcyon Theatre

 

The 51 st Annual Equity Jeff Awards will be held on Monday, October 21st, at Drury Lane Theatre. The event will be directed by Steve Scott and feature performances from nominated musicals and plays.

Advance tickets, which include the ceremony and pre-/post-show parties, are $85 ($65 for members of Actors’ Equity Association, United Scenic Artists, Stage Directors, and Choreographers Society, Stage Managers’ Association, IATSE, The Dramatists Guild of America, and the American Federation of Musicians). Tickets at the door, if available, will be an additional $10 per ticket.

 

Merrily We Roll Along at Porchlight Music Theatre

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Merrily We Roll Along, Porchlight Music Theatre, closes 3/11/2018. MICHAEL WEBER (BFA, Acting, ’90) directs. GREG PINSONEAULT (BFA, Scene Design, ’15) is the co-scene designer.

January 26 – March 11 Traveling backward in time and set over three decades of friendship and business, this landmark musical charts the highs and lows of the turbulent relationship between three very…

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