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Along with one UCLA TFT alum who has been named an honor recipient, 14 alumni and faculty received LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards nominations when they were announced on Thursday, Jan. 28. The 31st edition of the awards will take place remotely, streaming at www.ovationawards.com, on Tuesday, March 30. 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.

NOMINATIONS

Emily Chase (MFA ’90)
Direction of a Play
Eight Nights, Antaeus Theatre Co.

Peggy Hickey (Faculty)
Choreography
The Music Man, 5-Star Theatricals

Alex Jaeger (MFA ’95)
Costume Design (Intimate Theatre)
Eight Nights, Antaeus Theatre Co.

Lana McKissack (BA ’05) WINNER
Featured Actress in a Musical
Rockwell Musical Parodies Presents: Stephen King’s IT, Rockwell Table & Stage

Cricket S. Myers (Faculty)
Sound Design (Large Theatre)
Witch, Geffen Playhouse

Yee Eun Nam (MFA ’14)
Video/Projection Design (Large Theatre)
And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, MainStreet Theatre Company

Kaitlyn Pietras (MFA ’12) (with Jason H Thompson)
Video/Projection Design (Large Theatre)
Revenge Song, Geffen Playhouse

Steven M. Porter (BA ’80)
Lead Actor in a Play
Can’t Pay? Don’t Pay! The Actors’ Gang Theater

Aaron Rhyne (Faculty) WINNER
Video/Projection Design (Large Theatre)
Love Actually Live, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Sterling Sulieman (BA ’06)
Featured Actor in a Musical
Rockwell Musical Parodies Presents: Stephen King’s IT, Rockwell Table & Stage

Mat Diafos Sweeney (BA ’05) WINNER
Direction of a Play
Frankenstein, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Rachel Weck (BA ’12)
Lead Actress in a Play
Beast on the Moon, International City Theatre

Sibyl Wickersheimer (MFA ’99)
Scenic Design (Intimate Theatre)
Punk Play, Circle X Theatre Co.

Zoe Yale (BA ’17)
Lead Actress in a Play
Eight Nights, Antaeus Theatre Co.

HONOR RECIPIENT

Emory Royston (BA ’16)
Puppet Design
Miss Lilly Gets Boned, Rogue Machine

Top: Faculty member Cricket Myers is nominated for her sound design work on the Geffen Playhouse production of Witch, starring Maura Tierney, pictured.

Posted: January 29, 2021
Updated: March 31, 2021