2020 Nominees

Friends of AUDELCO
2019 – 2020 Theatre Season
“The VIV” NOMINEES

LIGHTING DESIGN

 Stacey Derosier (Stew)

 Alan C. Edwards (Fires in The Mirror)

 Alan C. Edwards (The New Englanders)

 David Moodey (Reparations)

 Cha See (One in Two)

SET DESIGN

 D’Vaughn Agu (The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America)

 Isabel Curley-Clay & Moriah Curley-Clay (Reparations)

 Troy Hourie ((A)loft Modulation)

 Lawrence E. Moton III (Stew)

 Joshua Warner (The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker)

COSTUME DESIGN

 Asa Benally (Blues for an Alabama Sky)

 Niiamar Felder (Reparations)

 Dominique Fawn Hill (Stew)

 Toni-Leslie James (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf)

” Ben Philipp (Leaving the Blues)

 Raymond Pizarro (The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker)

SOUND DESIGN

 Andy Evan Cohen ((A)loft Modulation)

 Palmer Hefferan (The New Englanders)

 David Lawson (Bars and Measures)

 Mikaal Sulaiman (Fires in the Mirror)

 David Wright (Reparations)

DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

 Saheem Ali (The New Englanders)

 Colette Robert (Stew)

 Michele Shay (Reparations)

 Stevie Walker-Webb (One in Two)

 LA Williams (Blues for an Alabama Sky)

 Tamilla Woodard (Where We Stand)
DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
 Jack Cummings, III (Broadbend, Arkansas)
 Thomas Kail (The Wrong Man)

 Tai Thompson (The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker)

CHOREOGRAPHER
 Camille A. Brown (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf)
 Leslie Dockery (a photograph / lovers in motion)
 Kim Grier-Martinez (The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker)
 Candace Taylor (TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever)
 Travis Wall (The Wrong Man)
PLAYWRIGHT
 Jeff Augustin (The New Englanders)
 Idris Goodwin (Bars and Measures)
 Donnetta Lavinia Grays (Where We Stand)
 Zora Howard (Stew)
 Donja R. Love (One in Two)
FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
 W. Tre Davis (Seared)
 Charlie Hudson III ((A)loft Modulation)
 Elisha Lawson ((A)loft Modulation)
 Benjamin Mapp (Leaving the Blues)
 Khiry Walker (Blues for an Alabama Sky)
 Sheldon Woodley (Blues for an Alabama Sky)
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
 
Lisa Arrindell (Reparations)
 
Patrice Johnson Chevannes (Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven)
 
Harriett D. Foy (The Young Man from Atlanta)
 
Toni Lachelle Pollitt (Stew)
 Nikkole Salter (Stew)
LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
 Justin Cunningham (Broadbend, Arkansas)
 Joshua Henry (The Wrong Man)

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

 Iris Beaumier (The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker)

 Danyel Fulton (Broadbend, Arkansas)

 Taylor Iman Jones (Scotland, PA)

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

 James A. Pierce III (The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker)

 Ryan Vasquez (The Wrong Man)

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTOR

 Mario E. Sprouse (The Dark Star from Harlem:  The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker)

 Alex Lacamoire (The Wrong Man)

 Deah Love Harriott (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf)
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL COMPOSER
 Justin Ellington (Bars and Measures)

 David Murray (A Photograph /Lovers In Motion)
 Martha Redbone (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf)
BEST MUSICAL
 Broadbend, Arkansas (Transport Group)
 The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker (Glynn Borders and La Mama ETC)
 The Wrong Man (MCC Theater)

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
 a photograph / lovers in motion (Negro Ensemble Company)

 Bars and Measures (Urban Stages)

 One in Two (The New Group)

 Sassy Mamas (Black Spectrum Theatre Company)

SOLO PERFORMANCE

 Donnetta Lavinia Grays (Where We Stand)

 Douglas Wade (Thurgood)

 Michael Benjamin Washington (Fires in the Mirror)

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY

 Obi Abili (Fear)

 Kamal Bolden (Reparations)

 Teagle F. Bougere (The New Englanders)

 Chike Johnson (Run Boy Run & In Old Age)

 John-Andrew Morrison (Blues for an Alabama Sky)

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY

 Rosalind Brown (Leaving the Blues)

 Liza Colon-Zayas (Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven)

 Alfie Fuller (Blues for an Alabama Sky)

 Portia (Stew)

 Kara Young (The New Englanders)

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY

 American Moor (Red Bull Theater)

 a photograph / lovers in motion (Negro Ensemble Company)

 Blues for an Alabama Sky (Keen Company)

 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf (The Public Theater)

 Sassy Mamas (Black Spectrum Theatre Company)

BEST PLAY

 Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (Atlantic Theater Company)

 Leaving the Blues (TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence))

 One in Two (The New Group)
 Reparations (Billie Holiday Theatre)

 Stew (Page 73)
 The New Englanders (Manhattan Theatre Club)

2019-2020 NOMINATED PRODUCTIONS

1 (A)loft Modulation the american vicarious
2 a photograph / lovers in motion Negro Ensemble Company
3 American Moor Red Bull Theater
4 Bars and Measures Urban Stages
5 Blues for an Alabama Sky Keen Company
6 Broadbend, Arkansas Transport Group
7 Fear Lucille Lortel Theatre
8 Fires in The Mirror Signature Theatre Company
9 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf The Public Theater
10 Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven Atlantic Theater Company & LAByrinth Theater Company 
11 Leaving the Blues TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence)
12 One in Two The New Group
13 Reparations Billie Holiday Theatre
14 Run Boy Run & In Old Age New York Theatre Workshop
15 Sassy Mamas Black Spectrum Theatre Company
16 Scotland, PA Roundabout Theatre
17 Seared MCC Theater
18 Stew Page 73 Productions
19 The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America HERE and Smoke and Mirrors Collaborative
20 The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker Glynn Borders and La Mama ETC
21 The New Englanders Manhattan Theatre Club
22 The Wrong Man MCC Theater
23 The Young Man from Atlanta Signature Theatre Company
24 TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever JACK
25 Thurgood Black Spectrum Theatre Co./bdouglaswade, Inc.
26 Where We Stand WP Theatre

48TH ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON
AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS
“THE VIV” for Excellence in Black Theatre

48 YEARS OF BLACK EXCELLENCE
BLACK THEATRE MATTERS

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020
VIRTUAL PRESENTATION
7:00 PM EDT

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