Friends of AUDELCO
NOMINEES FOR THE 54th ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN BLACK THEATRE | Celebrating 54 Years of AUDELCO Excellence
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Neil Austin | Shifters | Cherry Lane Theatre
Devin Cameron | Freedom Riders: A Journey with No End in Sight | Harlem Stage
Mextly Couzin | Mexodus Audible | Theater & P3 Productions
Adam Honore | Oh Happy Day! | The Public Theater
Allison Ramnarine | Watch The Throne | Black Spectrum Theatre Company
Antoinette Tynes | Blooming in Dry Season | New Federal Theatre
Leila Wright | No Ordinary Days | Negro Ensemble Company Inc.
BEST SET DESIGN
Alex Berry | Shifters | Cherry Lane Theatre
Chris Cumberbatch | Watch The Throne | Black Spectrum Theatre Company
Isabela and Moriah Curley-Clay | Blooming in Dry Season | New Federal Theatre
Riw Rakkulchon | Mexodus | Audible Theater & P3 Productions
Anne L. Thompson-Scretching | Home is Sweet Sorrow | American Theatre of Actors/Shining Star Productions
Luciana Stecconi | Oh Happy Day! | The Public Theater
Teresa L. Williams | The Waterfall | WP Theater
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ria Alexander | Watch The Throne | Black Spectrum Theatre Company
E.S.Q. Design-Everette Clark | Home is Sweet Sorrow | American Theatre of Actors/Shining Star Productions
Mika Eubanks | The Monsters | Manhattan Theatre Club
Qween Jean | Saturday Church | New York Theatre Workshop
Katherine Roberson | No Ordinary Days | Negro Ensemble Company Inc.
Alex Rockey | Lady Patriot | Lange Productions
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Linwood Booker | No Ordinary Days | Negro Ensemble Company Inc.
Mikhail Fiksel | Mexodus | Audible Theater & P3 Productions
Tony Gayle | Shifters | Cherry Lane Theatre
Liam Riordan | Home is Sweet Sorrow | American Theatre of Actors/Shining Star Productions
Marc Anthony Thompson | In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat | New York Theatre Workshop
Fan Zhang | The Whoopi Monologues | Lincoln Center Theater
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Jackie Alexander | Blooming in Dry Season | New Federal Theatre
Indira Etwaroo | Freedom Riders: A Journey with No End in Sight | Harlem Stage
Lawrence Floyd | Watch The Throne | Black Spectrum Theatre Company
Lynette Linton | Shifters | Cherry Lane Theatre
Anne L. Thompson-Scretching | Home is Sweet Sorrow | American Theatre of Actors/Shining Star Productions
Stevie Walker-Webb | Oh Happy Day! | The Public Theater
Whitney White | The Whoopi Monologues | Lincoln Center Theater
Reginald L. Wilson | No Ordinary Days | Negro Ensemble Company Inc.
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Elizabeth Addison | Chasing Grace | SheNYC Arts
Eli Bauman | 44 The Musical | Monica Saunders-Weinberg & Eli Bauman
Phillip Howze | Dream Feed | HERE Arts Center
David Mendizábal | Mexodus | Audible Theater & P3 Productions
Whitney White | Saturday Church | New York Theatre Workshop
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
James Alsop | 44 The Musical | Monica Saunders-Weinberg and Eli Bauman
Brian Harlan Brooks | Chasing Grace | SheNYC Arts
Juel D. Lane | The Brothers Size | The Shed and Geffen Playhouse
Darrell Grand Moultrie | Saturday Church | New York Theatre Workshop
Eboni Nichols | Oh Happy Day! | New York Theatre Workshop
Tony Thomas | Mexodus | Audible Theater & P3 Productions
BEST PLAYWRIGHT
Ngozi Anyanwu | The Monsters | Manhattan Theatre Club
Jordan E. Cooper | Oh Happy Day! | Public Theater
Whoopi Goldberg | The Whoopi Monologues | Lincoln Center Theater
Ted Lange | Lady Patriot | Lange Productions
Benedict Lombe | Shifters | Cherry Lane Theatre
Felix Omozusi | Watch The Throne | Black Spectrum Theatre Company
Anne L. Thompson-Scretching | Home is Sweet Sorrow | American Theatre of Actors/Shining Star Productions
Eljon Wardally | Blooming in Dry Season | New Federal Theatre
FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Kevin Sidney Bronson | Watch The Throne | Black Spectrum Theatre Company
Lamar Cheston | No Ordinary Days | Negro Ensemble Company Inc.
Brian D. Coats | Oh Happy Day! | The Public Theater
Kevin Leonard | Home is Sweet Sorrow | American Theatre of Actors/Shining Star Productions
Antwain N. Lewis | (S)kinfolk | Gene Frankel Theatre
Alani Longwe | The Brothers Size | The Shed and Geffen Playhouse
Malcolm Mays | The Brothers Size | The Shed and Geffen Playhouse
Count Stovall | Lady Patriot | Lange Productions
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Joy Foster | Home is Sweet Sorrow | American Theatre of Actors/Shining Star Productions
Hollie Harper | The Popes of Farragut Street | Theater for the New City
Cloteal L. Horne | Crumbs From The Table of Joy | Crossroads Theatre Company
Amber Iman | Tartuffe | House of the Redeemer
Johnnie Mae | No Ordinary Days | Negro Ensemble Company Inc.
Tiffany Mann, Sheila Melody McDonald, Latrice Pace | Oh Happy Day! | The Public Theater
Lizan Mitchell | Cold War Choir Practice | MCC Theater/Clubbed Thumb/Page 73
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Anthony Brewster | 44 The Musical | Monica Saunders-Weinberg & Eli Bauman
Jacinth Greywoode | Chasing Grace | SheNYC Arts
Deah Love Harriott | Saturday Church | New York Theatre Workshop
FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Chad Doreck | 44 The Musical | Monica Saunders-Weinberg & Eli Bauman
J. Harrison Ghee | Saturday Church | New York Theatre Workshop
Dino Shorte | 44 The Musical | Monica Saunders-Weinberg & Eli Bauman
FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Summer Nicole Greer | 44 The Musical | Monica Saunders-Weinberg & Eli Bauman
Jade Hicks | Dream Feed | HERE Arts Center
Tracey Conyer Lee | Chasing Grace | SheNYC Arts
Kristolyn Lloyd | Saturday Church | New York Theatre Workshop
B. Noel Thomas | Saturday Church | New York Theatre Workshop
Shamiea Thompson | Chasing Grace | SheNYC Arts
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISOR/ARRANGEMENTS/ORCHESTRATIONS
Mikhail Fiksel, Brian Quijada, Nygel D. Robinson | Mexodus | Audible Theater & P3 Productions
Jacinth Greywoode | Chasing Grace | SheNYC Arts
Davinity Roxx, Daniel Bernard Roumaine, Arden Altino | Freedom Riders: A Journey with No End in Sight | Harlem Stage
Jason Michael Webb, Luke Solomon | Saturday Church | New York Theatre Workshop
Justin Hicks, Kenita Miller, Jade Hicks | Dream Feed | HERE Arts Center
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Michael Green | 39 Steps Toward Freedom | Shades of Truth Theatre
Luther “Anubis” D. Isler | The Ballad of Dog God | Harlem Bomb Shelter and New Heritage Theatre Group
Sam Jay | We The People Lincoln | Center Theater
Liza Jessie Peterson | The Peculiar Patriot | National Black Theatre/New York Theatre Workshop
Roger Guenveur Smith | In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat | New York Theatre Workshop
LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Bryson Battle | Saturday Church | New York Theatre Workshop
Justin Hicks | Dream Feed | HERE Arts Center
Brian Quijada, Nygel D. Robinson | Mexodus | Audible Theater & P3 Productions
T.J. Wilkins | 44 The Musical | Monica Saunders-Weinberg & Eli Bauman
LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Gabrielle Beckford and Harper Miles | Chasing Grace | SheNYC Arts
Joaquina Kalukango | Saturday Church | New York Theatre Workshop
Kenita Miller | Dream Feed |HERE Arts Center
Shanice | 44 The Musical |Monica Saunders-Weinberg & Eli Bauman
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
.. Blooming in Dry Season | Nikyla Boxley, Melanie Matthews, Brian Richardson | New Federal Theatre
.. Freedom Riders: A Journey With No End in Sight | Lisa Arrindell, Russell Hornsby, Billy Eugene Jones, Angelica Ross, Stephen Tyrone Williams | Harlem Stage
.. Shifters | Daniel Ezra, Heather Agyepong, Charity Bedu-Addo | Cherry Lane Theatre
.. The House of the Negro Insane | Sidney Hatcher, Rob Penty, Benjamin C. Rowe, Wadiah Waliah | Negro Ensemble Company Inc.
.. The Monsters | Aigner Mizzelle, Okieriete Onaodowan | Manhattan Theatre Club
.. The Waterfall | Patrice Johnson Chevannes, Natalie Paul | WP Theater
.. The Whoopi Monologues | Dominique Fishback, Kecia Lewis, Danielle Pinnock, Jurnee Smollett, Kerry Washington, Kara Young | Lincoln Center Theater
LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Jordan E. Cooper | Oh Happy Day! | The Public Theater
Andre De Shields | Tartuffe | House of the Redeemer
Andre Holland | The Brothers Size | The Shed and Geffen Playhouse
Layton Lamell | Home is Sweet Sorrow | American Theatre of Actors/Shining Star Productions
Jamil Mangan | Crumbs From The Table of Joy | Crossroads Theatre Company
Karon Joseph Riley | (S)kinfolk | Gene Frankel Theatre
David Roberts | Watch The Throne | Black Spectrum Theatre Company
Ben C. Rowe | The Popes of Farragut Street | Theater for the New City
James Udom | Othello | Classical Theatre of Harlem
LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Patricia Fields | Home is Sweet Sorrow | American Theatre of Actors/Shining Star Productions
Tamika Lawrence | Oh Happy Day! | Public Theater
Chrystee Pharris | Lady Patriot | Lange Productions
Wadiah Waliah | No Ordinary Days | Negro Ensemble Company Inc.
Kenya Wilson | Watch The Throne | Black Spectrum Theatre Company
C. Kelly Wright | (S)kinfolk | Gene Frankel Theatre
Kara Young | Gruesome Playground Injuries | Seaview & Wagner Johnson Productions
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Crumbs From The Table of Joy | Crossroads Theatre Company
Hang Time | The Flea – presented at Apollo Stages at Victoria Theatre
Sizwe Bansi is Dead | Crossroads Theatre Company
The Brothers Size | The Shed and Geffen Playhouse
The Mountaintop | Mile Square Theatre
BEST MUSICAL
44 The Musical | Monica Saunders-Weinberg and Eli Bauman
Chasing Grace | SheNYC Arts
Dream Feed | HERE Arts Center
Heaux Church | Ars Nova in association with Lena Waithe
Mexodus | Audible Theater & P3 Productions
Saturday Church | New York Theatre Workshop
BEST PLAY
Blooming in Dry Season | New Federal Theatre
Freedom Riders: A Journey with No End in Sight | Harlem Stage
Home is Sweet Sorrow | American Theatre of Actors/Shining Star Productions
Lady Patriot | Lange Productions
No Ordinary Days | Negro Ensemble Company Inc.
Oh Happy Day! | The Public Theater
Shifters | Cherry Lane Theatre
The Whoopi Monologues | Lincoln Center Theater
Watch The Throne | Black Spectrum Theatre Company
54th ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON
AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS
“THE VIV” for Excellence in Black Theatre
“Celebrate 54 years of AUDELCO Excellence”
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2026
LIVE PRESENTATION
7:30 PM EDT