2004/2005 Season and Awards

The Suzi Bass Awards

Celebrating Atlanta’s Professional Theatres

Text Box: The Spirit of Suzi Bass Award (on left) was created by the Fräbel Art Glass Studio of Atlanta. The Suzi (on right) is presented each season in over twenty performance categories. Photo: Cayce Callaway

A photo by Cayce Callaway shows the Frabel Glass sculpture that is the Spirit of Suzi Bass Award and the silver star trophy that is the Suzi Award.

October, 2005

The 2005 Spirit of Suzi Bass Award went to Karen Howell: actor, director and long-time volunteer Chair of the Actor’s Equity Association Atlanta Liaison Committee.

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A Commemorative Spirit of Suzi Bass Award was given to Bob Bass and the Bass Family in recognition of their support.

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Four Suzi Awards for Performance were also presented, after being chosen by committee.

Outstanding Production

Alliance Theatre for The Color Purple

Based on the novel written by Alice Walker

Book by Marsha Norman, Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Ailee Willis and Stephen Bray

Outstanding Director

Carol Mitchell-leon for Mahalia, by Tom Stoltz

(Produced by Theatre in the Square)

Outstanding Actor

Christopher Ekholm in The Diviners, by Jim Leonard, Jr.

(Produced by Theatre in the Square)

Outstanding Actress

Bernardine Mitchell in Mahalia, by Tom Stoltz

(Produced by Theatre in the Square)

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A production photo from Theatre in the Square's show, The Diviners, with Tom Piper and Suzi Recipient Christopher Ekholm.

Text Box: 2006 Nominee Thomas Piper (left) and 2005 Outstanding Actor Christopher Ekholm (right) in The Diviners at Theatre in the Square.

2004/2005 Season & Awards

April, 2005

The very first Spirit of Suzi Bass Award (2004) was presented to

Kenny Leon

in a small ceremony at VSA/Arts of GA. Mr. Leon is a nationally known actor and director who has greatly contributed to Atlanta’s Theatre Community over the past twenty years. He is currently the Artistic Director of True Colors Theatre Company.

2004 – 2005 Season Nominees and Recipients

(Recipients in Bold with Asterisk)

Outstanding Production

Mahalia, Theatre in the Square

*The Color Purple, Alliance Theatre

The Diviners, Theatre in the Square

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Alliance Theatre

The Syringa Tree, Horizon Theatre

Outstanding Director

Alan Kilpatrick, Take Me Out, Theatre in the Square

Alan Kilpatrick, The Diviners, Theatre in the Square

*Carol Mitchell Leon, Mahalia, Theatre in the Square

Jessica Phelps West, Fiddler on the Roof, Jewish Theatre of the South

Lisa Adler, The Syringa Tree, Horizon Theatre

Outstanding Female Actor

*Bernardine Mitchell, Mahalia, Theatre in the Square

Carolyn Cook, The Syringa Tree, Horizon Theatre

Jill Jane Clements, The Foreigner, Theatrical Outfit

LaChanze, The Color Purple, Alliance Theatre

Marianne Fraulo, From Door to Door, Jewish Theatre of the South

Outstanding Male Actor

Chris Eckholm, The Diviners, Theatre in the Square

Chris Kayser, Comedy of Errors, Georgia Shakespeare

Chris Moses, The Diviners, Theatre in the Square

Dan Triandiflou, The Foreigner, Theatrical Outfit

Travis Young, Take Me Out, Theatre in the Square

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