The Bay Area Critics Circle Awards

2002 Nominees and Winners

The following artists and productions have been nominated for SFBATCC awards for 2002. The winners are in boldface. This year, unfortunately, the Critics’ Circle will not hold an awards gala because of budget constraints. The winners are also posted on KGO’s site. Congratulations!

(This list was given to TBA by the SFBATCC. Please report spelling errors to TBA at tba@theatrebayarea.org and we will correct it here and report it to the Circle.)

DRAMA

Entire Production
Homebody/Kabul, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
The Mandrake Root, San Jose Repertory Company
The Entertainer, Aurora Theatre Company
1001 Arabian Nights, Marin Shakespeare Company
The Music Lesson, Marin Theatre Company

Principal Performance, Female
Domenique Lozano, The Winter’s Tale, California Shakespeare
Kandis Chapell, The Seagull, California Shakespeare Festival
Lorri Holt, The Music Lesson, Marin Theatre Company
Michelle Morain, Homebody/Kabul, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Lynn Redgrave, The Mandrake Root, San Jose Repertory Company

Principal Performance, Male
Robin Abbott, Bullshot Crummond, Ross Valley Players
Charles Dean, The Entertainer, Aurora Theatre Company
Charles Dean, Menocchio, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Ron Campbell, The Music Lesson, Marin Theatre Company
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues, American Conservatory Theater

Supporting Performance, Female
Emily Ackerman, The Entertainer, Aurora Theatre Company
Phoebe Moyer, The Entertainer, Aurora Theatre Company
Jeri Lynn Cohen, The House of Blue Leaves, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Emily Ackerman, The Seagull, California Shakespeare
Trish Mulholland, The Play about the Baby, Shotgun Players

Supporting Performance, Male
Benjamin Stewart, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, San Jose Repertory Company
Dan Hiatt, Menocchio, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
James Carpenter, The Seagull, California Shakespeare Festival
Gerald Hiken, Rhinoceros, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Zach Hummell, Visiting Mr. Green, Playhouse West

Director
Amy Glazer, The Music Lesson, Marin Theatre Company
Jonathon Moscone, The Seagull, California Shakespeare Festival
Tony Taccone, Homebody/Kabul, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Tom Ross, The Entertainer, Aurora Theatre Company
David Kester, Bullshot Crummond, Ross Valley Players

Set Design
Annie Smart, Night and Day, American Conservatory Theater
Drew Boughton, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, San Jose Repertory Theatre
Giulio Perrone, The Music Lesson, Marin Theatre Comapny
Kate Edmunds, Homebody/Kabul, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
John B. Wilson, The Hairy Ape, Marin Theatre Company

Sound Design:
Cliff Caruthers, The Seagull, California Shakespeare Festival
Norman Kern, The Music Lesson, Marin Theatre Company
Garth Hemphill, Night and Day, American Conservatory Theater
Matthew Spiro, Homebody/Kabul, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Don Seaver, The Hairy Ape, Marin Theatre Company

Lighting Design
Christopher Akerlind, The Seagull, California Shakespeare Festival
Jim Cave, The Music Lesson, Marin Theatre Company
Kurt Landisman, The Hairy Ape, Marin Theatre Company
Jim Cave, The Entertainer, Aurora Theatre
Peter Maradudin, Homebody/Kabul, Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Costume Design
B. Modern, Las Meninas, San Jose Repertory Theatre
William Lane, Cloud Nine, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
B. Modern, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, San Jose Repertory Theatre
Judith Anne Dolan, Night and Day, American Conservatory Theatre
Katherine Roth, The Seagull, California Shakespeare Festival

Original Script
Michelle Carter, Ted Kaczynski Killed People with Bombs, Magic Theatre
Naomi Iizuka, 17 Reasons (Why), Campo Santo/Intersection for the Arts
Mark Jackson, I Am Hamlet, Art Street Theatre
Greg Sarris, Mission Indians, Campo Santo/Intersection for the Arts
Adam Bock, Five Flights, Encore Theatre Company

Choreography or Fight Direction
Larry Friedland, Bullshot Crummond, Ross Valley Players
Jon Tracy, Shakespeare’s R & J, New Conservatory Theatre Center
Jim Provenzano, PINS, New Conservatory Theatre Center
Eric Kupers, The Winter’s Tale, California Shakespeare Festival
Shana Carroll, Circumstance, New Pickle Circus

Original Score
Paul Godwin, Homebody/Kabul, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Michael Roth, The Beard of Avon, American Conservatory Theater
Marc Ream, Sho Ho, Theatre Rhinoceros
Gina Leishman with DJ Quest, The Winter’s Tale, California Shakespeare Festival
Vince Delgado, 1001 Arabian Nights, Marin Shakespeare Company

Ensemble Performance
PINS, New Conservatory Theatre Center
The Seagull, California Shakespeare Festival
Stories by Tobias Wolff, Word for Word
Shakespeare’s R & J, New Conservatory Theatre Center
Five Flights, Encore Theatre Company

Solo Performance
Mark Jackson, I Am Hamlet, Art Street Theatre
Sean San Jose, I Feel Love, Campo Santo/Intersection for the Arts
Jennifer Taggart, Hysterics, Kaliyuga Arts
Ron Campbell, R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe, ODAAT Productions & Foghouse.com

MUSICALS

Entire Production
She Loves Me, Foothill Music Theatre
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Daily Lunch Productions
On The Town, Foothill Music Theatre
Ragtime, TheatreWorks
Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Company

Principal Performance, Female
Annmarie Martin, Evita, Broadway by the Bay
April Armstrong, Ragtime, TheatreWorks
Julie James, Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Company
Virginia Wilcox, Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Company
Caroline Altman, Whispers on the Wind, Playhouse West
Keite Davis, She Loves Me, Foothill Music Theatre

Principal Performance, Male
Mingo Long, Ragtime, TheatreWorks
Davis Gaines, A Connecticut Yankee, 42nd Street Moon
Joshua Powell, Whispers on the Wind, Playhouse West
Michael Levesque, Bye Bye Birdie, The Mountain Play
Jeff Seaberg, Me and My Girl, Broadway by he Bay
Lawrence Ewing, Patience, Lamplighters Music Theatre

Supporting Performance, Female
Kathy Burch, She Loves Me, Foothill Music Theatre
Lisa Peers, Whispers on the Wind, Playhouse West
Cynthia Myers, Suds, Center Repertory
Alice Vienneau, Ragtime, TheatreWorks
Lisa M. Engelken, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Daily Lunch Productions
Lucinda Hitchcock Cone, Ragtime, TheatreWorks

Supporting Performance, Male
David Buttaro, Ragtime, Theatreworks
Mark Farrell, Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Company
Rob Hotzenbeller, Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Company
Ian Leonard, She Loves Me, Foothill Music Theatre
John Elliott Kirk, Passion, New Conservatory Theatre Center

Director
Jason Eagan, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Daily Lunch Productions
Jay Manley, On the Town, Foothill Music Theatre
Lee Sankowich, Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Company
Lois Grandi, Whispers on the Wind, Playhouse West
Jay Manley, She Loves Me, Foothill Music Theatre
Robert Kelley, Ragtime, TheatreWorks

Music Director
Catherine Snider, She Loves Me, Foothill Music Theatre
William Liberatore, Damn Yankees, American Musical Theatre of San Jose
Catherine Snider, On the Town, Foothill Music Theatre
David Lohman, Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Company
Perry James, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Daily Lunch Productions

Set Design
J. B. Wilson, Ragtime, TheatreWorks
Jamie Greenleaf, Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Company
Joe Ragey, On the Town, Foothill Music Theatre
Peter Crompton, Patience, Lamplighters Music Theatre
Joe Ragey, She Loves Me, Foothill Music Theatre

Lighting Design
Pamela Z. Gray, Evita, American Musical Theatre of San Jose
Kurt Landisman, She Loves Me, Foothill Music Theatre
Chris Booras, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Daily Lunch Productions
Kurt Landisman, On the Town, Foothill Music Theatre
Kurt Landisman, Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Company
Michael Ramsaur, Peter Pan, Broadway by the Bay
Michael Ramsaur, Evita, Broadway by the Bay

Choreography
Berle Davis, Peter Pan, Broadway by the Bay
Richard Gibbs, Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Co.
Tyler Risk, On the Town, Foothill Music Theatre
Tyler Risk, She Loves Me, Foothill Music Theatre
Bob Richard, Damn Yankees, American Musical Theatre of San Jose

Costume Design
Francis Black, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Daily Lunch Productions
Fumiko Bielefeldt, Ragtime, TheatreWorks
Janice Bergman, On the Town, Foothill Music Theatre
Laura Hazlett, Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Company
Amy Zsandanyi-Yale, She Loves Me, Foothill Music Theatre

Original Book/Lyrics
Craig Bohmler/Mary Bracken Phillips, Mountain Days, Willows Theatre
David Lang, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field, American Conservatory Theater

Ensemble Performance
She Loves Me, Foothill Music Theatre
Patience, Lamplighters Music Theatre
On the Town, Foothill Music Theatre
Ragtime, TheatreWorks
Wonderful Town, Marin Theatre Company

Special Touring Awards
Fiona Shaw, Medea, Cal Performances presents the Abbey Theatre production
Reno, Rebel Without a Pause, Brava! For Women in the Arts

The Paine Knickerbocker Award goes to Robert Kelley of TheatreWorks.
The Barbara Bladen Porter Award goes to actor Charles Dean.
A special award also goes to James Dunn who will direct his 20th Mountain Play production this year.