2018 Nominees

Friends of AUDELCO
2017 – 2018 Theatre Season
“The VIV” NOMINEES

LIGHTING DESIGN
 Alan C. Edwards (A Small Oak Tree Runs Red)
 Maruti Evans (The Peculiar Patriot)
 Carolina Ortiz Herrera (Yellowman)
 Donald Holder (He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box)
 Adam Honore (Carmen Jones)
 Jason Lyons (Sugar in Our Wounds)

SET DESIGN
 Chris Cumberbatch (Harriet’s Return)
 Diggle (A Small Oak Tree Runs Red)
 Mimi Lien (Fairview)
 Arnulfo Maldonado (Sugar in Our Wounds)
 Frank J. Oliva (The Old Settler)

COSTUME DESIGN
 Carolyn Adams (Two Trains Running)
 Montana Levi Blanco (The House That Will Not Stand)
 Toni-Leslie James (Othello)
 Ntokozo Fuzunina Kunene (The Homecoming Queen)
 Pearl Williams & Ty Stephens (On Kentucky Avenue)
 Ali Turns (A Soldier’s Play)

SOUND DESIGN
 Luqman Brown (The Peculiar Patriot)
 Curtis Craig (Antigone)
 Justin Ellington (Syncing Ink)
 Palmer Hefferan (Sugar in Our Wounds)
 Mikaal Sulaiman (Fairview)

DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
 Saheem Ali (Sugar in Our Wounds)
 Lileana Blain-Cruz (The House That Will Not Stand)
 Timothy Douglas (Yellowman)
 Harry Lennix (A Small Oak Tree Runs Red)
 Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Paradise Blue)
 Awoye Timpo (The Homecoming Queen)

DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
 Joshua Bergasse (Smokey Joe’s Cafe)
 John Doyle (Carmen Jones)
 Regge Life (Cross That River: A Tale of the Black West)
 Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj (Little Rock)
 Lee Summers (On Kentucky Avenue)

PLAYWRIGHT
 Ngozi Anyanwu (The Homecoming Queen)
 Marcus Gardley (The House That Will Not Stand)
 Jiréh Breon Holder (Too Heavy for Your Pocket)
 Donja R. Love (Sugar in Our Wounds)
 Dominique Morisseau (Paradise Blue)

FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
 Oberon K.A. Adjepong (The Homecoming Queen)
 Neil Dawson (Waiting for Giovanni)
 Anthony Vaughn Merchant (Antigone)
 Joshua David Robinson (X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation)
 Gil Tucker (A Soldier’s Play)

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
 Joniece Abbott-Pratt (The House That Will Not Stand)
 Zainab Jah (School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play)
 Nedra McClyde (The House That Will Not Stand)
 Ava McCoy (Antigone)
 Mirirai Sithole (The Homecoming Queen)

LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
 Ato Blankson-Wood (Twelfth Night)
 Clifton Duncan (Carmen Jones)
 Alan Harris (Cross That River: A Tale of the Black West)
 Ty Stephens (On Kentucky Avenue)

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
 Maya Azucena (Cross That River: A Tale of the Black West)
 Marcie Henderson (Gypsy)
 Nikki M. James (Twelfth Night)
 N’Kenge (On Kentucky Avenue)
 Anika Noni Rose (Carmen Jones)

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
 David Aron Damane (Carmen Jones)
 Justin Keyes (Jerry Springer – The Opera)
 Count Stovall (On Kentucky Avenue)
 Lee Summers (On Kentucky Avenue)
 Tramell Tillman (Carmen Jones)

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
 Allyson Kaye Daniel (Unexpected Joy)
 Andricka Hall (On Kentucky Avenue)
 Tiffany Mann (Jerry Springer – The Opera)
 Lindsay Roberts (Carmen Jones)
 Soara-Joye Ross (Carmen Jones)

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTOR
 Shelton Becton (Carmen Jones)
 Richard Cummings, Jr. (On Kentucky Avenue)
 Kahlil X. Daniel (Antigone)
 Darryl G. Ivey (Little Rock)
 Matt Oestreicher (Smokey Joe’s Cafe)

CHOREOGRAPHY
 Joshua Bergasse (Smokey Joe’s Cafe)
 Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio (Syncing Ink)
 Bill T. Jones (Carmen Jones)
 Tiffany Rea-Fisher (Antigone)
 Ty Stephens & Donna Clark (On Kentucky Avenue)

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
 A Small Oak Tree Runs Red (Billie Holiday Theatre)
 Little Rock (Harvey Butler/Rebel Theatrical Mgmt, LLC)
 Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre Company)
 Sugar in Our Wounds (Manhattan Theatre Club)
 Too Heavy for Your Pocket (Roundabout Theatre Company)
 Two Trains Running (Andrea Fulton Productions)

SOLO PERFORMANCE
 Akin Babatundé (Lonesome Blues)
 Tymisha Harris (Josephine)
 Karen Jones Meadows (Harriet’s Return)
 J. Alphonse Nicholson (Freight: The Five Incarnations of Abel Green)
 Liza Jessie Peterson (The Peculiar Patriot)
 Sharon Washington (Feeding the Dragon)

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
 Edi Gathegi (Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train)
 Hill Harper (Our Lady of 121st Street)
 Tyrone Mitchell Henderson (Yellowman)
 Ty Jones (Antigone)
 David Roberts (Josh: The Black Babe Ruth)

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
 Quincy Tyler Bernstine (Our Lady of 121st Street)
 Jessica Frances Dukes (Yellowman)
 Harriett D. Foy (The House That Will Not Stand)
 Lynda Gravátt (The House That Will Not Stand)
 Roslyn Ruff (X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation)
 Mfoniso Udofia (Homecoming Queen)

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
 Ain’t Misbehavin’ (NJPAC & Crossroads Theatre Company)
 Carmen Jones (Classic Stage Company)
 Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Stage 42)

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
 A Soldier’s Play (Negro Ensemble Company)
 Antigone (Classical Theatre of Harlem)
 The Old Settler (Billie Holiday Theatre)
 Yellowman ((Billie Holiday Theatre)

BEST MUSICAL
 Cross That River: A Tale of the Black West  (Love Productions Records, Inc.)
 Little Rock (Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, Harvey Butler/Rebel Theatrical Mgmt, LLC)
 On Kentucky Avenue (Wade & Wade Productions/City College Center for the Arts)

BEST PLAY
 A Small Oak Tree Runs Red (Billie Holiday Theatre)
 Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre Company)
 Sugar in Our Wounds (Manhattan Theatre Club)
 The Homecoming Queen (Atlantic Theater Company
 The House That Will Not Stand (New York Theatre Workshop)
 Too Heavy for Your Pocket (Roundabout Theatre Company)


46TH ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON
AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS
“THE VIV” for Excellence in Black Theatre
A TRIBUTE TO AMAZING GRACE!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2018
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
199 Chambers St, New York, NY 10007

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