The Seattle Theater Writers have announced the winners of the 2012 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards. Nominations for the third annual awards were announced on January 15th.
In addition to the standard categories of achievement the group bestowed a special award for Excellence in Playwriting on Kathy Hsieh in recognition of her serial Sex in Seattle. The show consists of about 40 hours of performance over 20 episodes w the final episode was produced last year.
Excellence in Production of a Play (Large Budget):
The Pitmen Painters — ACT Theatre
Excellence in Production of a Play (Small Budget):
Jesus Hopped the A Train — Azeotrope
Excellence in Production of a Musical (Large Budget):
The Producers — Village Theatre
Excellence in Production of a Musical (Small Budget):
Spring Awakening — Balagan Theatre
Excellence in Direction of a Play (Large Budget):
Allison Narver — Or, — Seattle Repertory Theatre
Excellence in Direction of a Play (Small Budget):
Desdemona Chiang — Jesus Hopped the A Train — Azeotrope
Excellence in Direction of a Musical (Large Budget):
Steve Tomkins — The Producers — Village Theatre
Excellence in Direction of a Musical (Small Budget):
Eric Ankrim — Spring Awakening — Balagan Theatre
Excellence in Performance as a Lead Actor (Large Budget):
David Hogan — The Art of Racing in the Rain — Book-It Repertory
Excellence in Performance as a Lead Actor (Small Budget):
Richard N. Sloniker — Jesus Hopped the A Train — Azeotrope
Excellence in Performance as a Lead Actress (Large Budget):
Jennifer Lee Taylor — Pygmalion — Seattle Shakespeare Company
Excellence in Performance as a Lead Actress (Small Budget):
Mary Ewald — Happy Days — New City Theater
Excellence in Performance as a Supporting Actor — any non-lead (Large Budget):
Nick DeSantis — The Producers — Village Theatre
Excellence in Performance as a Supporting Actor — any non-lead (Small Budget):
Dumi — Jesus Hopped the A Train — Azeotrope
Excellence in Performance as a Supporting Actress — any non-lead (Large Budget):
Jeanne Paulsen — Pygmalion — Seattle Shakespeare Company
Excellence in Performance as a Supporting Actress — any non-lead (Small Budget):
Nike Imoru — Titus Andronicus — upstart crow
Excellence in Performance as an Ensemble (Large Budget):
Or, — Seattle Repertory Theatre (Kirsten Potter, Basil Harris, Montana von Fliss)
Excellence in Performance as an Ensemble (Small Budget):
Kittens in a Cage — Annex Theatre (Francesca Mondelli, Katie Driscoll, Lisa Viertel, Laurel Ryan, Tracy Leigh, Erin Pike, Erin Stewart)
Excellence in Set Design (Large Budget):
Scott Bradley — Clybourne Park — Seattle Repertory Theatre
Excellence in Set Design (Small Budget):
Deanna Zibello — Jesus Hopped the A Train — Azeotrope
Excellence in Costume Design (Large Budget):
Catherine Hunt — Or, — Seattle Repertory Theatre
Excellence in Costume Design (Small Budget):
Katie Hegarty — The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls — WET
Excellence in Lighting Design (Large Budget):
L.B. Morse — Hedda Gabler — Intiman Theatre
Excellence in Lighting Design (Small Budget):
Amiya Brown — The Skriker — Janice Findley Productions
Excellence in Sound Design (Large Budget):
Evan Mosher — The Bells — Strawberry Theatre Workshop
Excellence in Sound Design (Small Budget):
Michael White Hayes — Team of Heroes: Behind Closed Doors — Annex Theatre
Excellence in Musical Direction (Large Budget):
Jmichael — Pullman Porter Blues — Seattle Repertory Theatre
Excellence in Musical Direction (Small Budget):
Kimberly Dare — Spring Awakening — Balagan Theatre
Excellence in Choreography or Movement (Large Budget):
Kristin Bohr Holland — The Producers — Village Theatre
Excellence in Choreography or Movement (Small Budget):
Pat Graney — The Skriker — Janice Findley Productions
Excellence in Local Playwriting
S.P. Miskowski — Emerald City — Live Girls! Theater
Excellence in Local Composing
Christian “Lil Kriz” Beeber — Jesus Hopped the A Train — Azeotrope