50TH ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS “THE VIV” for Excellence in Black Theatre
AND THE WINNER IS…
LIGHTING DESIGN
Stacey Derosier [Fat Ham]
SET DESIGN
Maruti Evans [Fat Ham]
COSTUME DESIGN
Dede Ayite [Richard III]
SOUND DESIGN
Curtis Craig & Jimmy Keys [Confederates]
DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Carl Cofield [Twelfth Night]
DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Lee Summers [Ella: First Lady of Song]
CHOREOGRAPHER
Dyane Harvey Salaam [Oya]
PLAYWRIGHT
Dominique Morisseau [Confederates]
FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
James Garrett [Mandela]
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Elizabeth Van Dyke [Wedding Band]
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Dionne Hendricks [Ella: First Lady of Song]
FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Ephraim Sykes [Black No More]
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (TIE)
Harriett D. Foy [Ella: First Lady of Song]
Lillias White [Black No More]
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Confederates [Elijah Jones, Kristolyn Lloyd, Andrea Patterson, Kenzie Ross, Michelle Wilson]
BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE
Ronald “Smokey” Stevens [I Just Want to Tell Somebody]
LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brandon Victor Dixon [Black No More]
LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Freda Payne [Ella: First Lady of Song]
LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Billy Eugene Jones [On Sugarland]
LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Kara Young [Twelfth Night]
BEST MUSICAL
Ella: First Lady of Song [The Madison Theatre]
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Wedding Band [Theatre for a New Audience]
BEST PLAY (TIE)
cullud wattah [The Public Theater]
Gong Lum’s Legacy [New Federal Theatre]
HONOREES
HUMANITARIAN – CIVIL RIGHT AWARD
• Sidney Poitier
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HONOREES
• Richard Wesley
• Count Stovall
• Elizabeth Van Dyke
• Rome Neal
PIONEER AWARD
• Peggy Alston
• LaZette McCants
• Ben Harney
• Jamal Joseph
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• Harry Lennix
• Leon
• Carla Brothers
• Tico Wells
• Michael Wright
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARD
• Hon. Inez Dickens
• Marcia Pendelton
• Don Thomas
• Jeanne Parnell
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• Anthony Wayne
• Linda Stewart
• Eric Lockley