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Ostrander Award Nominees

It’s time once again for the Memphis theater world’s biggest annual party. The 2013-14 Ostrander Awards, the Bluff City’s answer to the Tonys, will

be handed out Sunday, August 24th, at 6 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre.

COMMUNITY OSTRANDER AWARD NOMINEES AND WINNERS

2013-2014

SET DESIGN

Mark Guirguis, Les Miserables, Playhouse on the Square

Dan Kopera and Bill Short, The Royal Family, Theatre Memphis

Chris Sterling, Haint, New Moon Theatre Company

Jack Yates, Harvey, Theatre Memphis

Jack Yates, Proof, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

COSTUMES

Paul McCrae, As You Like It, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

Rebecca Y. Powell, Hairspray, Playhouse on the Square

Rebecca Y. Powell, Les Misérables, Playhouse on the Square

Andre Bruce Ward, The Music Man, Theatre Memphis

Andre Bruce Ward, The Royal Family, Theatre Memphis

SOUND DESIGN

Zach Badreddine, 4,000 Miles, POTS@TheWorks

Zach Badreddine, The Diary of Anne Frank, Playhouse on the Square

Zach Badreddine, Les Misérables, Playhouse on the Square

Eric Sefton, Haint, New Moon Theatre Company

Eric Sefton, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

CHOREOGRAPHY

Leah Beth Bolton, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

Christi Hall, The Music Man, Theatre Memphis

Jordan Nichols and Travis Bradley, Spamalot, Playhouse on the Square

Courtney Oliver and Standrew Parker, Reefer Madness, The Circuit Playhouse

Shorey Walker, Jordan Nichols, and Travis Bradley Hairspray, Playhouse on the Square

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Elisabeth Cross Hipp, Les Misérables, Playhouse on the Square

Morgan Howard, Les Misérables, Playhouse on the Square

Lynden Lewis, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

Caroline Simpson, Hairspray, Playhouse on the Square

Jaclyn Suffel, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Gregory Alexander, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

Jonathan Christian, Spamalot, Playhouse on the Square

Rob Hanford, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

Jordan Nichols, Spamalot, Playhouse on the Square

Kent Reynolds, Spamalot, Playhouse on the Square

Ken Zimmerman, Hairspray, Playhouse on the Square

LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Leigh Eck, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

Carla McDonald, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, The Circuit Playhouse

Carla McDonald, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Playhouse on the Square

Courtney Oliver, Hairspray, Playhouse on the Square

LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Bill Andrews, Spamalot, Playhouse on the Square

Justin Asher, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

Marques W. Brown, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

Philip Andrew Himebook, Les Misérables, Playhouse on the Square

Jordan Nichols, Hairspray, Playhouse on the Square

DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

Scott Ferguson, Spamalot, Playhouse on the Square

Dave Landis, Hairspray, Playhouse on the Square

Gary John La Rosa, Les Misérables, Playhouse on the Square

Cecelia Wingate, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION

Hairspray, Playhouse on the Square

Les Misérables, Playhouse on the Square

Monty Python’s Spamalot, Playhouse on the Square

The Music Man, Theatre Memphis

Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Jillian Barron, As You Like It, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

Mary Buchignani, Clybourne Park, Playhouse on the Square

Meredith Julian, Clybourne Park, Playhouse on the Square

Ellen Saba, The Miracle Worker, Germantown Community Theatre

Christina Wellford Scott, The Diary of Anne Frank, Playhouse on the Square

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Stephen Garrett, Proof, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

Michael Gravois, Clybourne Park, Playhouse on the Square

Stephen Huff, As You Like It, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

Kinon Keplinger, The Submission, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

John Maness, Grace, The Circuit Playhouse

LEADING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Jillian Barron, Proof, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

Jessica Johnson, The Submission, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

Karen Mason Riss, 4,000 Miles, POTS@TheWorks

Christina Wellford Scott, The Royal Family, Theatre Memphis

Lena Wallace, The Miracle Worker, Germantown Community Theatre

LEADING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Gabe Beutel-Gunn, The Submission, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

Jerry Chipman, Other Desert Cities, The Circuit Playhouse

Tony Isbell, Red, The Circuit Playhouse

Stuart Turner, Boeing Boeing, Germantown Community Theatre

S.A. Weakley, Proof, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

SMALL ENSEMBLE ACTING (Cast of 7 or fewer)

Clybourne Park, Playhouse on the Square

Proof, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

Red, The Circuit Playhouse

The Submission, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

LARGE ENSEMBLE ACTING (Cast of 8 or more)

As You Like It, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

Hairspray, Playhouse on the Square

Les Misérables, Playhouse on the Square

Monty Python’s Spamalot, Playhouse on the Square

Seven Guitars, Hattiloo Theatre

Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

FEATURED/CAMEO ROLE

Jonathan Christian, Hairspray, Playhouse on the Square

Barry Fuller, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

James Dale Green, Young Frankenstein, Theatre Memphis

Jo Lynne Palmer, Harvey, Theatre Memphis

Kim Sanders Hairspray, Playhouse on the Square

DIRECTION OF A DRAMATIC PRODUCTION

Jerry Chipman, The Submission, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

Stephen Hancock, Clybourne Park, Playhouse on the Square

Jo Lenhart, As You Like It, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

BEST DRAMATIC PRODUCTION

As You Like It, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

Clybourne Park, Playhouse on the Square

Proof, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

The Submission, Next Stage @ Theatre Memphis

THE EUGART YERIAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

John Rone