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Thirteen UCLA TFT alumni and faculty received 15 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards nominations when they were announced on Monday, Nov. 19. Alumnus Greg Ballora (B.A. ’86) will be an Ovation Honors Recipient for his puppet design for Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin.

The Ovation Awards are the only peer-judged theater awards in Los Angeles, created to recognize excellence in theatrical performance, production and design in the Greater Los Angeles area. The 29th edition of the awards will take place at the Theatre at Ace Hotel on Monday, January 28, 2019.

NOMINATIONS

DANA SOLIMANDO (Faculty)
Choreography — Cabaret

ALESSANDRO CAMON (M.A. ’94)
Playwriting for an Original Play — Time Alone

KELLY LESTER (B.A. ’81)
Featured Actress in a Musical — Cabaret

PABLO SANTIAGO-BRANDWEIN (Faculty)
Lighting Design (Large Theater) — Skeleton Crew

PABLO SANTIAGO-BRANDWEIN (Faculty)
Lighting Design (Large Theater) — Time Alone

FRANCOIS-PIERRE COUTURE (M.F.A. ’06)
Scenic Design (Large Theater) — Jackie Unveiled

SIBYL WICKERSHEIMER (M.F.A. ’99)
Scenic Design (Large Theater) — Significant Other

CRICKET MYERS (Faculty)
Sound Design (Intimate Theater) — Cabaret

DREW DALZELL (Faculty) & NOELLE HOFFMAN
Sound Design (Large Theater) — Wicked Lit 2017

CRICKET MYERS (Faculty)
Sound Design (Large Theater) — Allegiance

SARA RYUNG CLEMENT (Faculty)
Costume Design (Large Theater) — Mrs. Warren's Profession

CORWIN EVANS (M.F.A. ’09)
Video/Projection Design (Intimate Theater) — The Art Couple

HANA KIM (M.F.A. ’12)
Video/Projection Design (Intimate Theater) — With Love and a Major Organ

ADAM FLEMMING (Faculty)
Video/Projection Design (Large Theater) — Allegiance

YEE EUN NAM (M.F.A. ’14)
Video/Projection Design (Intimate Theater) — Bordertown Now

OVATION HONORS RECIPIENT

GREG BALLORA (B.A. ’86)
Puppet Design — Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin

Posted: November 21, 2018