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NOMINEES FOR THE 52nd ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN BLACK THEATRE | Celebrating 52 Years of AUDELCO Excellence
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Melody A. Beal | Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company
Alan C. Edwards | Sally & Tom | The Public Theater
S. Jordan Ford-Isler | Broken Mirror | Harlem Bomb Shelter/New Heritage Theatre Group
Lucky Perato | Scrambled Eggs | Faith Steps Productions./24 Bond Arts Center
Tyler Micoleau | Buena Vista Social Club | Atlantic Theater Company
Cha See | Covenant | Roundabout Theatre Company
Ben Stanton | Table 17 | MCC Theater
BEST SET DESIGN
Chris Cumberbatch | Telling Tales Out of School | New Federal Theatre
Chris Cumberbatch & Angel Smith | Unentitled | Negro Ensemble Company
Patrice Davidson | Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company
Riccardo Hernandez | Sally & Tom | The Public Theater
Arnulfo Maldonado | The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop
Harlan Penn | The Last Block Association | Black Spectrum Theatre Company
Christopher & Justin Swader | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Classical Theatre of Harlem
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dede Ayite | Buena Vista Social Club | Atlantic Theater Company
Dede Ayite | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater
Mika Eubanks | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Classical Theatre of Harlem
Qween Jean | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC
Rodrigo Munoz | Sally & Tom | The Public Theater & Guthrie Theater
Devario D. Simmons | Table 17 | MCC Theater
Ali Turns | The World According to Micki Grant | New Federal Theatre
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Christopher Darbassie | Table 17 | MCC Theater
Justin Ellington | Covenant | Roundabout Theatre Company
Twan Howard | Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company
Frederick Kennedy | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Classical Theatre of Harlem
Gareth Owen | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater
Dan Moses Schreier | Sally & Tom | The Public Theater
Mikaal Sulaiman | {pray) |Ars Nova & National Black Theatre
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Steve H. Broadnax III | Sally & Tom | The Public Theater & Guthrie Theater
Carl Cofield | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Classical Theatre of Harlem
Tiffany Nichole Greene | Covenant Roundabout Theatre Company
Woodie King Jr. | Telling Tales Out of School | New Federal Theatre
Zhailon Levingston | Table 17 | MCC Theater
Patricia McGregor | The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney | Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Saheem Ali | Buena Vista Social Club | Atlantic Theater Company
Nora Cole | The World According to Micki Grant | New Federal Theatre
Michael Greif | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater
nicHidouglas | (pray) | Ars Nova & National Black Theatre
Zhailon Levingston & Bill Rauch | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC
Stevie Walker-Webb | Gun & Powder |Paper Mill Playhouse
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
Camille Brown | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater
Patricia Delgado & Justin Peck | Buena Vista Social Club | Atlantic Theater Company
nicHi douglas | (pray) | Ars Nova & National Black Theatre
Dell Howlett | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Classical Theatre of Harlem
Bill T. Jones | Watch Night | PAC NYC
Raja Feather Kelly | Teeth | Playwrights Horizons
Arturo Lyons & Omari Wiles | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC
BEST PLAYWRIGHT
Brittany K. Allen | Redwood | Ensemble Studio Theatre
Nathan Alan Davis | The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop
Douglas Lyons | Table 17 | MCC Theater
Dominique Morisseau | Sunset Baby | Signature Theatre Company
Suzan-Lori Parks | Sally & Tom | The Public Theater & Guthrie Theater
York Walker | Covenant | Roundabout Theatre Company
FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Jaylen D. Eashmond | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Classical Theatre of Harlem
Jon Michael Hill | The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop
Mykal Kilgore | A Midsummer Night’s Dream Classical Theatre of Harlem
Alano Miller | Sally & Tom | The Public Theater & Guthrie Theater
Benjamin Rowe | Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company
Reginald Wilson | Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company
Jamar Arthur | Fences | Gallery Players
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Sharon Hope | Fabulation: or The Re-Education of Undine | Billie Holiday Theatre
Jessica Frances Dukes | The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company
Constance S. Thompson | Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company
Kristolyn Lloyd | Sally & Tom | The Public Theater
Noah Michal | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Classical Theatre of Harlem
Lizan Mitchell | The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop
Seret Scott | SIX Characters | Lincoln Center Theater
Seven F.B. Duncombe | SIX Characters | Lincoln Center Theater
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTOR
STARR Busby | (pray) | Ars Nova & National Black Theatre
Michael Greif | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater
Jacinth Greywoode | I Can Get It For you Wholesale | Classic Stage Company
Marco Paguia | Buena Vista Social Club | Atlantic Theater Company
Arcoiris Sandoval | Cross That River | Love Productions Records
Tom Spahn | The World According to Micki Grant | New Federal Theatre
William Waldrop | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC
FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Andre De Shields | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC
Brandon Victor Dixon Hell’s Kitchen The Public Theater
Sydney James Harcourt | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC
Antwayn Hopper | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC
Robert Silk Mason | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC
Mel Seme | Buena Vista Social Club | Atlantic Theater Company
Arri Lawton Simon | Watch Night | Perlman Performing Arts Center
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jeannette Bayardelle | Gun & Powder | Paper Mill Playhouse
Kenya Browne | Buena Vista Social Club |Atlantic Theater Company
Kecia Lewis | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater
Danaya Esperanza | Buena Vista Social Club | Atlantic Theater Company
“Tempress” Chasity Moore | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC
Bebe Nicole Simpson | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC
Joy Woods | I Can Get It For You Wholesale | Classic Stage Company
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
- Coping Mechanism | Gerrard James, Eric Ruffin, Jes Washington, DeShawn White | wild project
- Covenant | Crystal Dickinson, Chaundre Hall-Broomfield, Ashley N. Hildreth, Jade Payton, Lark White | Roundabout Theatre Company
- Redwood | Brittany K. Allen, Denny Dale Bess, Bryn Carter, Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, Drew Lewis, Portia, Kate Siahaan-Rigg, Eric R. Williams | Ensemble Studio Theatre
- Sunset Baby | Russell Hornsby, Moses Ingram, J. Alphonse Nicholson | Signature Theatre
- Table 17 | Biko Eisen-Martin, Michael Rishawn, Kara Young | MCC Theater
- Telling Tales out of School | Richarda Abrams, June Ballinger, Petronia Paley, Elizabeth Van Dyke | New Federal Theatre
- FISH | Toree Alexandre, Morgan Siobhan Green, Mikayla LaShae Bartholomew, Margaret Odette, Rachel Leslie, Josiah Gaffney, Christopher B. Portley | Keen Company and Working Theater
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Laurence Fishburne | Like They Do in the Movies Perelman Performing Arts Center
Luther D. Isler | Broken Mirror | Harlem Bomb Shelter/New Heritage Theatre Group
Beverly Johnson | In Vogue 59e59 Theatre
Tami Tyree | Colored Silk: A Civil War Odyssey | Tami Tyree
LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Renesito Avich | Buena Vista Social Club | Atlantic Theater Company
Brian Davis | The World According to Micki Grant | New Federal Theatre
Allan Harris | Cross That River | Love Productions Records
Chris Lee | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater
Jeffery Lewis | Cross That River | Love Productions Records
Brandon Michael Nase | Watch Night | PAC NYC
Akron Lanier Watson | A Sign of the Times | York Theatre Company
LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Natalie Venetia Belcon | Buena Vista Social Club | Atlantic Theater Company
Danyel Fulton | Watch Night | PAC NYC
Rebecca Naomi Jones | I Can Get It For you Wholesale | Classic Stage Company
Liisi LaFontaine | Gun & Powder | Paper Mill Playhouse
Crystal Lucas-Perry | A Sign of the Times | York Theatre Company
Maleah Joi Moon | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater
Ciara Renee | Gun & Powder | Paper Mill Playhouse
Matelyn Alicia, April Armstrong, Patrice Bell | The World According to Micki Grant | New Federal Theatre
LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Reginald L. Barnes | The Bleeding Class | Undiscovered Works
Keith Hamilton Cobb | Fences | Crossroads Theatre Company
Isaiah Joseph | Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company
Count Stovall | American Rot | La Mama Experimental Theatre Club
Daniel J. Watts | The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop
Reginald Wilson | Scrambled Eggs | Faith Steps Productions and 24 Bond Arts Center
Reginald Wilson | Fences | Gallery Players
LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Felicia Curry | Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine | Billie Holiday Theatre
Sheria Irving | Sally & Tom | The Public Theater & Guthrie Theater
Christian Neal | Ella – The Ungovernable | Theater for New City
Nicole Ari Parker | The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop
Gina-Simone Pemberton | Fences | Gallery Players
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine | Billie Holiday Theatre
Fences | Crossroads Theatre Company
Fences | Gallery Players
Sizwe Banzi is Dead | Caribbean American Repertory Theatre
Sunset Baby | Signature Theatre Company
Unentitled | Negro Ensemble Company
Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company
A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Classical Theatre of Harlem
BEST MUSICAL
Buena Vista Social Club | Atlantic Theater Company
Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC
Gun & Powder | Paper Mill Playhouse
Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater
(pray) | Ars Nova & National Black Theatre
The World According to Micki Grant | New Federal Theatre
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
A RAISIN IN THE SUN | The Public Theater
CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY | Keen Company
HAMLET | The Public Theater
MANDELA | American Theatre for Actors
BEST PLAY
Covenant | Roundabout Theatre Company
Redwood | Ensemble Studio Theatre
Sally & Tom | The Public Theater & Guthrie Theater
Table 17 | MCC Theatre
The Last Block Association | Black Spectrum Theatre Company
The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop
52nd ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON
AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS
“THE VIV” for Excellence in Black Theatre
“Celebrate 52 years of AUDELCO Excellence”
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2024
LIVE PRESENTATION
7:00 PM EDT