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

August 14, 2023August 14, 2023 TSN Theatre Anthony Churchill, Azar Kazemi, Collette Pollard, Izumi Inaba, Jack Magaw, Jared Gooding, Jeff Awards, Jeffrey Levin, John Culbert, Karen Aldridge, Larry Yando, Lauren Nichols, Liviu Pasare, Michael Weber, Mike Tutaj, Nick Sandys, Ray Nardelli, Reese Craig, Sarah Price, Shanesia Davis, Tracey Bonner, Tuckie White, Victoria DeIorio

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

Fences at American Blues Theater

July 1, 2022July 6, 2022 hruwe Theatre Cara Parrish, Jared Gooding, Shanesia Davis

Fences, American Blues Theatre performing at Theatre Wit, closing 8/6/22. SHANÉSIA DAVIS (BFA, Acting, ’89) is in the cast. JARED GOODING (BFA, Lighting Design, ’12) is the lighting designer. CARA PARRISH (faculty) is the stage manager.

Hamlet by The Gift Theatre

June 7, 2018April 16, 2018 Theatre Casey Morris, Shanesia Davis, The Gift Theatre

Hamlet, The Gift Theatre, closes 7/29/2018. SHANESIA DAVIS (BFA, Acting, ’89) and CASEY MORRIS (MFA, Acting, ’15) are in the cast.

HAMLET | Shows and Events | The Gift Theatre

Landladies by Northlight Theatre

March 14, 2018August 14, 2018 Theatre Northlight Theatre, Shanesia Davis

Landladies, Northlight Theatre, closes 4/20/2018. SHANESIA DAVIS (BFA, Acting, ’89) is in the cast.

Source: Northlight Theatre | Landladies

Mary Stuart by Chicago Shakespeare Theater

February 21, 2018March 1, 2018 Theatre Chicago Shakespeare Theater, David Woolley, Shanesia Davis

Mary Stuart, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, closes 4/15/2018. SHANESIA DAVIS (BFA, Acting, ’89) understudies, and DAVID WOOLLEY (BFA, Acting, ’81) is the fight choreographer.

Source: Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Mary Stuart

Billy Elliot at Porchlight Music Theatre

October 6, 2017December 11, 2017 Theatre Morgan Lake, Porchlight Music Theatre, Shanesia Davis

Billy Elliot, Porchlight Music Theatre, closes 12/31/2017. SHANESIA DAVIS (BFA, Acting, ’89) is in the cast. MORGAN LAKE (BFA, Sound design, ‘15) is the sound engineer.

Source: Billy Elliot the Musical | Porchlight Music Theatre

Richard III by Gift Theatre

March 7, 2016December 8, 2016 Theatre Gift Theatre, Shanesia Davis

Richard III, Gift Theatre at the Steppenwolf Garage, closes 5/1/16. SHANESIA DAVIS (BFA, Acting, ’89) is in the cast.

Source: Review: Remarkably able moments in Gift Theatre’s ‘Richard III’ – Chicago Tribune

Native Son by American Blues Theater

September 19, 2014December 7, 2016 Theatre American Blues Theater, Edgar Sanchez, Joshua Horvath, Nami E. Kelley, Shanesia Davis, Tracey Bonner

Native Son, American Blues Theater at the Court Theatre, closes 10/19/2014. SHANESIA DAVIS (BFA, Acting, ’89), EDGAR SANCHEZ (BFA, Acting, ’07), and TRACEY BONNER (MFA, Acting, ’05) are in the cast. NAMBI E. KELLEY (BFA, Playwriting, ’95) adapted the play. JOSHUA HORVATH (Faculty) is the sound designer.

Source: Native Son – American Blues Theater

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