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NOMINEES FOR THE 50TH ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN BLACK THEATRE | Celebrating 50 Years of AUDELCO Excellence
LIGHTING DESIGN
Amina Alexander [SUPERHERO]
Amith Chandrashaker & Emma Deane [Confederates]
Stacey Derosier [Fat Ham]
Stacey Derosier [Wedding Band]
Alan C. Edwards [Twelfth Night]
Jeanette Oi-SukYew [cullud wattah]
SET DESIGN
Maruti Evans [Fat Ham]
Rachel Hauck [Confederates]
Arnulfo Maldonado [Nollywood Dreams]
Adam Rigg [Cullud Wattah]
Jason Ardizzone-West [Wedding Band]
Reid Thompson […what will the end be]
Chris Cumberbatch [Gong Lum’s Legacy]
COSTUME DESIGN
Dede Ayite [Richard III]
Mika Eubanks [Twelfth Night]
Dominique Fawn Hill [Tambo & Bones]
Qween Jean [Wedding Band]
Rhonda Lucas [Oya]
SOUND DESIGN
Curtis Craig & Jimmy Keys [Confederates]
Twi McCallum & Jamie Tippett [Little Girl Blue]
Mikhail Fiksel [Tambo & Bones]
Mikaal Sulaiman [Fat Ham]
Mikaal Sulaiman [On Sugarland]
David Wright [Gong Lum’s Legacy]
DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Saheem Ali [Fat Ham]
Stori Ayers [Confederates]
Carl Cofield [Twelfth Night]
Candis C. Jones [cullud wattah]
Awoye Timpo [Wedding Band]
Whitney White [On Sugarland]
DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Scott Elliott [Black No More]
Davanand Janki [Little Girl Blue]
Lee Summers [Ella: First Lady of Song]
Lileana Blain-Cruz [Dreaming Zenzile
CHOREOGRAPHER
Tiffany Rea-Fisher [Twelfth Night]
Marjani Forté-Saunders [Dreaming Zenzile]
Bill T. Jones [Black No More]
Raja Feather Kelly [On Sugarland]
Dyane Harvey Salaam [Oya]
PLAYWRIGHT
Jocelyn Bioh [Nollywood Dreams]
Erika Dickerson-Despenza [cullud wattah]
Ian Eaton [SuperHero]
Aleshea Harris [On Sugarland]
James Ijames [Fat Ham]
Donja Love [Soft]
Dominique Morisseau [Confederates]
FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Caleb Eberhardt [On Sugarland]
Allen Gilmore [Twelfth Night]
Ryan Jamaal Swain […what will the end be]
James Garrett [Mandela]
Leon Addison Brown [Soft]
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Stephanie Berry [On Sugarland]
Lizan Mitchell [cullud wattah]
Alicia Pilgrim [cullud wattah]
Elizabeth Van Dyke [Wedding Band]
Sharon Washington [Richard III]
Malika Nzinga [Mandela]
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Jerome Brooks, Jr. [Black Love]
Mark Fifer [Little Girl Blue]
Dionne Hendricks [Ella: First Lady of Song]
Keith Johnston [Lambs to Slaughter]
Hervé Samb [Dreaming Zenzile]
FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Fernell Hogan II [Kimberly Akimbo]
Ephraim Sykes [Black No More]
Tariq Trotter [Black No More]
Phumzile Sojola [Dreaming Zenzile]
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Adrienne Danrich [Intimate Apparel]
Harriett D Foy [Ella: First Lady of Song]
Debra Walton [Ella: First Lady of Song]
Lillias White [Black No More]
Naledi Masilo [Dreaming Zenzile]
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
- Confederates [Elijah Jones, Kristolyn Lloyd, Andrea Patterson, Kenzie Ross, Michelle Wilson]
- Gong Lum’s Legacy [Anthony Goss, Alinca Hamilton, DeShawn White, Eric Yang, Henry Yuk]
- Lambs to Slaughter [Adiagha Faizah, Shaquila Gooden, Terayle Hill, Khalil Kain]
- Nollywood Dreams [Abena, Charlie Hudson III, Nana Mensah, Sandra Okuboyejo, Ade Otukoya, Emana Rachelle]
- Fat Ham [Adrianna Mitchell, Billy Eugene Jones, Calvin Leon Smith, Benja Kay Thomas, Marcel Spears, Chris Herbie Holland, Nikki Crawford]
- SuperHero [Jeorge Bennett Watson, Bryce Michael Wood, SJ Hannah, Valisa LeKae
- Tambo & Bones [Brendan Dalton, W. Tre Davis, Tyler Fountleroy, Dean Linnard]
BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE
Jade Anouka [Heart]
Felicia Curry [Queens Girl in the World]
Laiona Michelle [Little Girl Blue]
Ronald “Smokey” Stevens [I Just Want to Tell Somebody]
Torie Wiggins [Your Negro Tour Guide]
LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Justin Austin [Intimate Apparel]
Justin Cooley [Kimberly Akimbo]
Brandon Victor Dixon [Black No More]
Aaron Marcellus [Dreaming Zenzile]
Alexander Jay Brown [Ain’t Misbehavin: The Fats Waller Musical]
LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kearstin Piper Brown [Intimate Apparel]
Somi Kakoma [Dreaming Zenzile]
Tamika Lawrence [Black No More]
Freda Payne [Ella: First Lady of Song]
LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
J’Laney Allen [Twelfth Night]
Carl Clemons-Hopkins [Lessons in Survival: 1971]
Biko Eisen-Martin [Soft]
Billy Eugene Jones [On Sugarland]
Keith Randolph Smith […what the end will be]
Daniel J. Watts [The Last of the Love Letters]
Robert Greene [Mandela]
LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Brittany Bradford [Wedding Band]
Crystal Dickinson [cullud wattah]
Danai Gurira [Richard III]
Kara Young [Twelfth Night]
BEST MUSICAL
Black No More [The New Group]
Dreaming Zenzile [New York Theatre Workshop & NBT]
Ella: First Lady of Song [The Madison Theatre]
Intimate Apparel [Lincoln Center Theater]
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Black Love [Black Spectrum Theatre Company]
Oya [Black Spectrum Theatre Company]
Richard III [The Public Theater]
Twelfth Night [Classical Theatre of Harlem]
Wedding Band [Theatre for a New Audience]
BEST PLAY
Confederates [Signature Theatre Company]
cullud wattah [The Public Theater]
Gong Lum’s Legacy [New Federal Theatre]
Nollywood Dreams [MCC Theater]
On Sugarland [New York Theatre Workshop]
Soft [MCC Theatre]
…what the end will be [Roundabout Theatre Company]
50TH ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON
AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS
“THE VIV” for Excellence in Black Theatre
“Celebrate 50 years of AUDELCO Excellence”
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2022
LIVE PRESENTATION
7:30 PM EDT
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
190 West Street
New York, NY 10013