The Suzi Bass Awards |
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Celebrating Atlanta’s Professional Theatres |
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2008 Awards |
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Al Hamacher and Suzi Bass in Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Produced by Alliance Theatre, 1996 Photo by David Zeiger. |
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*Winners are marked with BOLD face and an asterisk
Production - Play Eurydice Alliance & Georgia Shakespeare * In the Red and Brown Water Alliance Theatre Richard III Georgia Shakespeare In Darfur Horizon Theatre Song for Coretta 7 Stages
Director - Play Richard Garner Eurydice Alliance & Georgia Shakespeare * Tina Landau In the Red and Brown Water Alliance Theatre Richard Garner Richard III Georgia Shakespeare Lisa Adler In Darfur Horizon Theatre Freddie Ashley dark play or stories for boys Actor’s Express Rachel May Expecting Isabel Synchronicity
Lead Actress - Play * LaLa Cochran The Little Dog Laughed Theatre in the Square Suehyla El-Attar The Clean House Horizon Theatre Jill Jane Clements Southern Comforts Theatrical Outfit Jackie Prucha Six Dance Lessons/Six Weeks Georgia Ensemble Theatre Joanna Daniel Lettice & Lovage Shakespeare Tavern Ayesha Nqaujah Angela’s Mixtape Synchronicity Courtney Patterson My Name Is Rachel Corrie Synchronicity
Lead Actor - Play * Joe Knezevich Richard III Georgia Shakespeare David de Vries Sleuth Alliance Theatre Eric J. Little Blue Door Theatre in the Square Travis Smith Of Mice and Men Shakespeare Tavern Jon Hayden Diary of a Madman Metropolis Port Theatre
Featured Actress - Play Kate Donadio Rabbit Hole Theatre in the Square * Bethany Anne Lind The Last Schwartz Jewish Theatre of the South Tess Malis Kincaid The Missionary Position Horizon Theatre Tess Malis Kincaid Richard III Georgia Shakespeare Donna Biscoe Gee’s Bend Theatrical Outfit Donna Biscoe Doubt Alliance Theatre Maria Sager Expecting Isabel Synchronicity
Featured Actor - Play Don Finney Some Men Actor’s Express * Andrew Benator Eurydice Alliance & Georgia Shakespeare Chris Kayser Eurydice Alliance & Georgia Shakespeare Daniel Thomas May In the Red and Brown Water Alliance Theatre Tom Thon Some Men Actor’s Express James Donadio Richard III Georgia Shakespeare Doug Kaye Of Mice and Men Shakespeare Tavern
Ensemble - Play * In the Red and Brown Water Alliance Theatre Some Men Actor’s Express It’s a Wonderful Life Theatrical Outfit Angela’s Mixtape Synchronicity Song for Coretta 7 Stages |
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Production - Musical The Women of Brewster Place Alliance Theatre * Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Alliance Theatre Godspell Theatrical Outfit Little Shop of Horrors Atlanta Lyric Theatre Annie Get Your Gun Aurora Theatre
Director - Musical *Susan V. Booth Jacques Brel is Alive and Well Alliance Theatre and Living in Paris Molly Smith The Women of Brewster Place Alliance Theatre Tom Key Godspell Theatrical Outfit Brandt Blocker Little Shop of Horrors Atlanta Lyric Theatre Kate Warner The Last Five Years Actor’s Express
Music Direction Ann-Carol Pence Annie Get Your Gun Aurora Theatre Ann-Carol Pence Godspell Theatrical Outfit B.J. Brown Forever Plaid Atlanta Lyric Theatre Brandt Blocker Little Shop of Horrors Atlanta Lyric Theatre *Michael Fauss Jacques Brel is Alive and Well Alliance Theatre and Living in Paris
Choreography *Byron Easley/Kent Gash Sophisticated Ladies Alliance Theatre Craig A. Meyer Jacques Brel is Alive and Well Alliance Theatre and Living in Paris Dawn Axam Godspell Theatrical Outfit Heidi Cline & Jeff McKerley Water Coolers: An Office Musical Horizon Theatre Jen MacQueen & Ricardo Aponte Annie Get Your Gun Aurora Theatre Ricardo Aponte Little Shop of Horrors Atlanta Lyric Theatre
Lead Actress - Musical Claci Miller Little Shop of Horrors Atlanta Lyric Theatre Courtenay Collins Jacques Brel is Alive and Well Alliance Theatre and Living in Paris *Natasha Drena Annie Get Your Gun Aurora Theatre Natasha Drena The Last Five Years Actor’s Express Tina Fabrique The Women of Brewster Place Alliance Theatre
Lead Actor - Musical Jeff Juday Little Shop of Horrors Atlanta Lyric Theatre Craig Waldrip Hedwig and the Angry Inch Actor’s Express *Craig A. Meyer Jacques Brel is Alive and Well Alliance Theatre and Living in Paris Geoff Uterhardt Five Course Love ART Station Jahi Kearse Godspell Theatrical Outfit
Featured Actress - Musical *Marva Hicks The Women of Brewster Place Alliance Theatre Angela Motter Hedwig and the Angry Inch Actor’s Express Barbara Cole Uterhardt Annie Get Your Gun Aurora Theatre Harriet D. Foy The Women of Brewster Place Alliance Theatre Felicia Boswell Little Shop of Horrors Atlanta Lyric Theatre
Featured Actor - Musical Geoff Uterhardt Little Shop of Horrors Atlanta Lyric Theatre Bryan Terrell Clark Sophisticated Ladies Alliance Theatre Craig A. Meyer Forever Plaid Atlanta Lyric Theatre Geoff Uterhardt Annie Get Your Gun Aurora Theatre *Eric Moore Godspell Theatrical Outfit
Ensemble - Musical *Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Alliance Theatre Godspell Theatrical Outfit Forever Plaid Atlanta Lyric Theatre The Women of Brewster Place Alliance Theatre Little Shop of Horrors Atlanta Lyric Theatre
Costume Design *Christine Turbitt The Merchant of Venice Georgia Shakespeare Douglas J. Koertge All’s Well That Ends Well Georgia Shakespeare Joanna Schmink The Persians Theatre in the Square Miranda Hoffman Eurydice Alliance & Georgia Shakespeare Sydney Roberts Richard III Georgia Shakespeare
Lighting Design Jessica Coale In Darfur Horizon Theatre Justin Townsend Eurydice Alliance & Georgia Shakespeare Ken Yunker The Persians Theatre in the Square Mike Post Richard III Georgia Shakespeare *Scott Zielinski In the Red and Brown Water Alliance Theatre
Scenic Design Dex Edwards The Persians Theatre in the Square Edward E. Haynes, Jr. Sleuth Alliance Theatre *Kat Conley Eurydice Alliance & Georgia Shakespeare Kat Conley Richard III Georgia Shakespeare Leslie Taylor The Merchant of Venice Georgia Shakespeare Leslie Taylor Jacques Brel is Alive and Well Alliance Theatre and Living in Paris
Sound Design Chris Bartelski & It’s A Wonderful Life Theatrical Outfit Henry Howard *Chris Bartelski In Darfur Horizon Theatre Clay Benning & Kendall Simpson Eurydice Alliance & Georgia Shakespeare Haddon Givens Kime Richard III Georgia Shakespeare Joseph P. Monaghan, III Octopus Actor’s Express Mimi Epstein In the Red and Brown Water Alliance Theatre |
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We had a great time at the
2008 Suzi Bass Awards
with terrific performances and lots of celebrating!
Congratulations to all the Nominees and Recipients, and thank you to our Judges, our Members, and the great folks who helped out with the event.
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NEWS RELEASE: Alliance sweeps both Outstanding Playand Musical Awards.Atlanta Playwright Pearl Cleage receives the Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award.Atlanta, GA November 10, 2008: The Atlanta theatrical community celebrated its own tonight decked out in its finest as the 4th Annual Suzi Awards were held in the beautiful Egyptian ballroom of the Fabulous Fox Theatre. This year’s event presented awards in twenty categories representing the best in metro Atlanta professional theatres.
Alliance Theatre swept the evening by winning both major awards. First taking home the prize for Outstanding Play, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s brilliant In the Red and Brown Water, then for Outstanding Musical, artistic director Susan Booth’s haunting staging of the classic, Jacques Brel is Alive an Well and Living in Paris. Atlanta’s Tony winning theatre also took home eleven other awards during the evening including both director awards, Tina Landau for In the Red and Brown Water and Susan Booth for Jacques Brel…Paris.
Aurora Theatre took home its first-ever Suzi award for Lead Actress in a Musical, Natasha Drena’s sumptuous performance as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun. Bethany Anne Lind won the Featured Actress in a Play award for Jewish Theatre of the South’s farewell presentation of The Last Schwartz.
Del Hamilton, artistic director of 7 Stages, proudly introduced and presented the Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting award to Atlanta’s own Pearl Cleage for her first script written in ten years, the stirring A Song for Coretta.
The evening did have its sad moments as a video tribute was presented of founder Gene-Gabriel Moore, who passed away this summer. The 2008 “Spirit of Suzi’ award was presented to local actress and educator, Carol Mitchel-leon. Presented by her dear friend, Dr. Jen Harper, the award was tearfully accepted by former student and recent colleague, Dorothy Bell. Ms. Mitchell-leon was unable to attend for health reasons.
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