2023 Jeff Award Nominees-Equity

2023 EQUITY JEFF AWARD NOMINEES

Production – Play
“Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” – Drury Lane Productions
“The Cherry Orchard” – Goodman Theatre
“A Christmas Carol” – Goodman Theatre
“Clyde’s” – Goodman Theatre in association with Center Theatre Group
“The Comedy of Errors” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater
“Dear Jack, Dear Louise” – Northlight Theatre
“Swing State” – Goodman Theatre
“Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre

Production – Play – Midsize

“And Neither Have I Wings to Fly” – First Folio Theatre
“Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago
“The Dream King” – Teatro Vista
“Fences” – American Blues Theater
“Is God Is” – A Red Orchid Theatre
“Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
“The October Storm” – Raven Theatre
“Right to Be Forgotten” – Raven Theatre

Production – Musical – Large
“Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre
“A Chorus Line” – Drury Lane Productions
“Damn Yankees” – Marriott Theatre
“Fun Home” – Paramount Theatre
“The Gospel at Colonus” – Court Theatre
“Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre
“Into the Woods” – Paramount Theatre
“The Notebook” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater
“Once” – Writers Theatre
“The Sound of Music” – Paramount Theatre
“The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

Production – Musical – Midsize
“Big River” – Mercury Theater Chicago
“London Road” – Shattered Globe Theatre
“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Ensemble – Play
“Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago
“Fences” – American Blues Theater
“The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington” – Steppenwolf Theatre Company
“Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
“Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” – Steep Theatre
“Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre

Ensemble – Musical or Revue
“A Chorus Line” – Drury Lane Productions
“Don’t Quit Your Daydream” – The Second City
“The Gospel at Colonus” – Court Theatre
“London Road” – Shattered Globe Theatre
“Once” – Writers Theatre
“The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

New Work
Will Allan – “Campaigns, Inc.” – TimeLine Theatre Company
Bekah Brunstetter and Ingrid Michaelson – “The Notebook” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Rebecca Gilman – “Swing State” – Goodman Theatre
Lauren Gunderson and Margo Melcon – “Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley “ –
Northlight Theatre
Lisa Langford – “How Blood Go” – Congo Square Theatre Company
Paloma Nozicka – “Enough to Let the Light In” – Teatro Vista
Marvin Quijada – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista
Tuckie White – “Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Will Wilhelm and Erin Murray – “Gender Play or What You Will” – About Face Theatre
LaDarrion Williams – “Boulevard of Bold Dreams” – TimeLine Theatre Company
Matthew C. Yee – “Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon” – Lookingglass Theatre Company
Martin Yousif Zebari – “Layalina” – Goodman Theatre

Director – Play – Large
Robert Falls – “The Cherry Orchard” – Goodman Theatre
Robert Falls – “Swing State” – Goodman Theatre
Jessica Fisch – “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” – Northlight Theatre
Barbara Gaines – “The Comedy of Errors” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Henry Godinez – “Measure for Measure” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Ron OJ Parson – “Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre
Ron OJ Parson – “Trouble in Mind” – TimeLine Theatre Company

Director – Play – Midsize
Monty Cole – “Fences” – American Blues Theater
Sarah Gitenstein – “Right to Be Forgotten” – Raven Theatre
Marti Gobel – “Is God Is” – A Red Orchid Theatre
Azar Kazemi – “Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Sandra Marquez and Alice da Cunha – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista
Malkia Stampley – “The October Storm” – Raven Theatre
L. Walter Stearns – “Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago
Georgette Verdin – “Enough to Let the Light In” – Teatro Vista

Director – Musical – Large
Jim Corti and Landree Fleming – “Fun Home” – Paramount Theatre
Mark J.P. Hood and Charles Newell – “The Gospel at Colonus” – Court Theatre
Denis Jones – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre
Des McAnuff – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre
Katie Spelman – “Once” – Writers Theatre
Michael Weber – “Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre

Director – Musical – Midsize
Christopher Chase Carter – “Big River” – Mercury Theater Chicago
Christopher Chase Carter – “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” – Mercury Theater Chicago
Elizabeth Margolius – “London Road” – Shattered Globe Theatre

Performer in a Principal Role – Play
Terry Bell (Bashir) – “Routes” – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Kamal Angelo Bolden (Troy Maxson) – “Fences” – American Blues Theater
Tracey N. Bonner (Toni Stone) – “Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre
Shanésia Davis (Rose) – “Fences” – American Blues Theater
Mary Beth Fisher (Peg) – “Swing State” – Goodman Theatre
Kevin Gudahl (Lord Brian Halifax/Dromio of Ephesus) – “The Comedy of Errors” –
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Rob Lindley (Andy Warhol) – “Andy Warhol in Iran” – Northlight Theatre
Sarah Price (Louise) – “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” – Northlight Theatre
Marvin Quijada (Actor) – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista
Shariba Rivers (Mrs. Elkins) – “The October Storm” – Raven Theatre
Shariba Rivers (Wiletta Mayer) – “Trouble in Mind” – TimeLine Theatre Company
Larry Yando (Ebenezer Scrooge) – “A Christmas Carol” – Goodman Theatre

Performer in a Principal Role – Musical
Curtis Bannister (Jim) – “Big River” – Mercury Theater Chicago
Ali Louis Bourzgui (Tommy) – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre
Ben Dow (Buddy) – “Elf The Musical” – Drury Lane Productions
Alexander Gemignani (Edward Bloom) – “Big Fish” – Marriott Theatre
Heidi Kettenring (Dolly Levi) – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre
Kieran McCabe (Buddy Holly) – “Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story” – Marriott Theatre
Andrew Mueller (Ernest Shackleton) – “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” – Porchlight Music Theatre
Kelvin Roston, Jr. (Oedipus) – “The Gospel at Colonus” – Court Theatre
Stephen Schellhardt (Bruce Bechdel) – “Fun Home” – Paramount Theatre
Erica Stephan (Sally Bowles) – “Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre

Solo Performance
Alexis J. Roston (Billie Holiday) – “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” – Mercury Theater Chicago
Antonio Edwards Suarez  (Antonio) – “Antonio’s Song / I Was Dreaming of a Son” – Goodman Theatre
Will Wilhelm (Will) – “Gender Play or What You Will” – About Face Theatre

Performer in a Revue
Felicia P. Fields (Performer) – “Pearl’s Rollin’ With the Blues” – Writers Theatre
Evan Mills (Performer) – “Don’t Quit Your Daydream” – The Second City

Performer in a Supporting Role – Play
Karen Aldridge (She) – “Is God Is” – A Red Orchid Theatre
Andrew Behling (Charlie Doyle) – “And Neither Have I Wings to Fly” – First Folio Theatre
Janet Ulrich Brooks (Helen Hubbard) – “Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” –
Drury Lane Productions
Brianna Buckley (Gayle/Young Chipper Ambitious Black Woman) – “the ripple, the wave that carried me home” – Goodman Theatre in association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Meighan Gerachis (Aunt Weezie) – “Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Francis Guinan (Firs) – “The Cherry Orchard” – Goodman Theatre
Chiké Johnson (Galileo) – “Galileo’s Daughter” – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Felisha D. McNeal (Lucille) – “The October Storm” – Raven Theatre
Jon Hudson Odom (Millie) – “Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre
Jazzma Pryor (Lillian) – “Stew” – Shattered Globe Theatre
Nick Sandys (Eustace Bassington-Bassington ) – “Jeeves Intervenes” – First Folio Theatre

Performer in a Supporting Role – Musical
Sean Fortunato (Applegate) – “Damn Yankees” – Marriott Theatre
Veronica Garza (Rosalie Mullins) – “School of Rock” – Paramount Theatre
Alex Goodrich (Cornelius Hackl) – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre
Stanley Wayne Mathis (Harold Logan) – “Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical” – The Hard Kill LLC
Susan Moniz (Mother Abbess) – “The Sound of Music” – Paramount Theatre
Mary Robin Roth (Fräulein Schneider) – “Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre
Lorenzo Rush, Jr. (Curtis Taylor, Jr.) – “Dreamgirls” – Paramount Theatre
Elizabeth Stenholt (Medium Alison) – “Fun Home” – Paramount Theatre
Gregory Stewart, Jr.  (Philip Bailey) – “Reasons: A Tribute to Earth Wind and Fire” –
Black Ensemble Theater
Joy Woods (Middle Allie) – “The Notebook” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Scenic Design – Large
Andrew Boyce – “Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” – Drury Lane Productions
casaboyce – “Layalina” – Goodman Theatre
John Culbert – “Arsenic and Old Lace” – Court Theatre
Jeffrey D. Kmiec – “Into the Woods” – Paramount Theatre
Jeffrey D. Kmiec – “The Sound of Music” – Paramount Theatre
Collette Pollard – “The Garbologists” – Northlight Theatre

Scenic Design – Midsize
Bob Knuth – “Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago
Jack Magaw – “Andy Warhol’s Tomato” – Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
Angela Weber Miller – “And Neither Have I Wings to Fly” – First Folio Theatre
Angela Weber Miller – “Jeeves Intervenes” – First Folio Theatre
Lauren M. Nichols – “Anna in the Tropics” – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Joe Schermoly – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista

Costume Design – Large
Raquel Adorno – “Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley ” – Northlight Theatre
Raquel Adorno – “Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical” – The Hard Kill LLC
Theresa Ham – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre
Izumi Inaba – “The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington” – Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Samantha C. Jones – “Dreamgirls” – Paramount Theatre
Ana Kuzmanic – “The Cherry Orchard” – Goodman Theatre
Bill Morey – “Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre

Costume Design – Midsize
Gregory Graham – “Anna in the Tropics” – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Marquecia Jordan – “Big River” – Mercury Theater Chicago
Marquecia Jordan – “Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago
Robert Kuhn – “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” – Mercury Theater Chicago
Caitlin McLeod – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista
Alexia Rutherford – “The October Storm” – Raven Theatre

Sound Design – Large
Mikhail Fiksel and Jeffrey Levin – “Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” – Drury Lane Productions
Ben Kauffman and Kyle Vegter – “Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol” – Writers Theatre and Manual Cinema
Ray Nardelli – “The 39 Steps” – Drury Lane Productions
Gareth Owen – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre
André Pluess – “Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre
Adam Rosenthal – “The Sound of Music” – Paramount Theatre
Richard Woodbury – “The Cherry Orchard” – Goodman Theatre

Sound Design – Midsize
Matthew Chapman – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista
Victoria DeIorio – “Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Willow James – “How Blood Go” – Congo Square Theatre Company
Stefanie M. Senior – “Enough to Let the Light In” – Teatro Vista
Kurt Snieckus – “Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Lighting Design – Large
Yael Lubetzky – “Once” – Writers Theatre
Julie Mack – “A Chorus Line” – Drury Lane Productions
José Santiago – “Into the Woods” – Paramount Theatre
Ben Stanton – “The Notebook” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Amanda Zieve – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

Lighting Design – Midsize
Conchita Avitia – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista
Jared Gooding – “Fences” – American Blues Theater
Gabrielle Strong – “Gender Play or What You Will” – About Face Theatre
Eric Watkins – “Routes” – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Levi Wilkins – “Is God Is” – A Red Orchid Theatre

Choreography
Brenda Didier – “Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre
Edgar Godineaux – “Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical” – The Hard Kill LLC
Tyler Hanes – “Damn Yankees” – Marriott Theatre
Denis Jones – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre
Lorin Latarro – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre
Paul Stancato – “Grease” – Drury Lane Productions

Original Music in a Play
Matthew Chapman, Marvin Quijada, Elliot Taggart and Ethan T. Parcell – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista
Orbert Davis and Jorge Amado Molina – “Measure for Measure” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Mikhail Fiksel and Jeffrey Levin – “Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” –
Drury Lane Productions
Ben Kauffman and Kyle Vegter – “Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol” – Writers Theatre and
Manual Cinema
Christopher Kriz – “Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley ” – Northlight Theatre

Music Direction
Carolyn Brady – “A Chorus Line” – Drury Lane Productions
Kory Danielson – “Fun Home” – Paramount Theatre
Kory Danielson – “The Sound of Music” – Paramount Theatre
Matt Deitchman – “Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story” – Marriott Theatre
Matt Deitchman – “Once” – Writers Theatre
Rick Fox – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre
Mark J.P. Hood – “The Gospel at Colonus” – Court Theatre
Ryan T. Nelson – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre
Robert Reddrick – “Blue Heaven” – Black Ensemble Theater
Robert Reddrick – “Reasons: A Tribute to Earth Wind and Fire” – Black Ensemble Theater

Projection Design
John Boesche – “Galileo’s Daughter” – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Anthony Churchill – “Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” – Drury Lane Productions
Reese Craig and Liviu Pasare – “Right to Be Forgotten” – Raven Theatre
Smooch Medina – “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” – Porchlight Music Theatre
Peter Nigrini – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre
Mike Tutaj – “Andy Warhol in Iran” – Northlight Theatre

Artistic Specialization
Drew Dir – Puppet Design – “Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol” – Writers Theatre and Manual Cinema
Drew Dir – Storyboards – “Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol” – Writers Theatre and Manual Cinema
Rueben D. Echoles – Wig, Hair and Makeup Design – “Dreamgirls” – Paramount Theatre
Jyrieka Guest – Fight Choreography – “Is God Is” – A Red Orchid Theatre
Amanda Hermann and Yu Shibagaki – Properties Design – “Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon” –
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Cookie Jordan – Hair and Wig Design – “the ripple, the wave that carried me home” –
Goodman Theatre in association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Ian Merritt – Cinematography – “The Christians” – Citadel Theatre
Jesse Mooney-Bullock – Puppet Design – “Into the Woods” – Paramount Theatre
Mike Oleon – Puppet Design – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista
Keith Ryan – Wig Design – “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Short Run – Production
“The Island” – Court Theatre

Short Run – Performer
Kelly Anne Clark (The Actor) – “Being Seen” – RG Productions
Ronald L. Conner (Winston) – “The Island” – Court Theatre
Kai A. Ealy (John) – “The Island” – Court Theatre

MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS
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