OC Weekly Theater Awards started nine years ago as an intimate soiree at a posh restaurant in Laguna Beach—and a ukulele player in a grass skirt. Just because.
This year's awards, March 21 at South Coast Repertory's Julianne Argyros Stage, may or may not repeat the skirt thing, but OC Weekly is still hosting, and they're still open to all comers. So anything, in theory, is possible. (If you think you might be a comer, e-mail sa****@oc******.com, and we'll put you on the list.)
The social climbing begins at 7 p.m. with free cocktails and munchies, followed by the awards at 8—lightly toasted being a great way to cushion watching your peers take home all the OCIEs (trophies we named after the Village Voice theater awards, the OBIES).
This year, for the first time in the event's history, we've asked a handful of performers to reprise some of the best monologues heard on local stages the past year. You'll hear people like Jeremy Gable, who shone in the Hunger Artists' The Gog/Magog Project, and Patty Cumby, who delivered a wonderfully manic commentary on depression in Stages' Roscoe Spitzer is Afraid of Dying.And George W. Bush may make an appearance—with special guests. It's that kinda night.
Here is the full list of nominees:
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE BY A MALE
Mark Coyan, The Importance of Being Ernest,Hunger Artists
Anthony Cohen, Dial M for Murder,Vanguard Theatre Ensemble
Jay Fraley, Candy and Dorothy,Rude Guerilla
Jeremy Gable, The Gog/Magog Project,Hunger Artists
Mark Harelik Cyrano de Bergerac,South Coast Repertory
Casey Long, Tape,The Chance Theater
Steven Parker, Dinner With Ribbentrop, Rude Guerrilla
Brian C. Weed, Goodnight Children Everywhere, Chance Theater
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE
Jocelyn A. Brown, Goodnight Children Everywhere, The Chance Theater
Kandis Chappell, Intimate Exchanges,South Coast Repertory
Linda Gehringer, Retreat from Moscow, South Coast Repertory
Christa Jackson, Always . . . Patsy Cline Musical Theatre West
Angela Lopez, Jack and Jill, Insurgo Theater Movement
Maggie Peach, Master Class, Long Beach Playhouse
Eliza Pryor Nagel, Mr. Marmalade, South Coast Repertory
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE
Michael Irish, Poona the Fuckdog, Rude Guerrilla
Steven Lamprinos, Roscoe Spitzer is Afraid of Dying, Stages
Steven Parker, Eye of God, Rude Guerrilla
Howard Patterson, Redwood Curtain, Newport Theater Arts Center
Beach Vickers, Goodnight Children Everywhere, Chance Theater
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE
Jill Cary Martin, Wuthering Heights, Insurgo
Karen Harris, Eye of God, Rude Guerrilla
Beth Kennedy, The Comedy of Aerosmith,Troubador
Entia Lawal, The Old Settler, Vanguard Theatre Ensemble
Marnelle Ross, Equus, Rude Guerrilla
Bonnie Wickeraad, Company, Chance Theater
BEST ENSEMBLE
Assassins, Hunger Artists
Company, Chance Theater
Goodnight Children Everywhere, Chance Theater
The Eight Reindeer Monologues, Chance Theater
Red Noses,Stages
Rube, Orange County Theater Festival
Tabletop, Laguna Playhouse
BEST NEW PLAY
Kristina Leach, The Medea Project, Hunger Artists
Eric McGregor, Alex Bueno and Oanh Nguyen, Lord of the Screen: The Fellowship of the Pen, Chance Theater
Myles Nye, Dirt-Cheap Musicals, Stages Theatre
BEST MUSICAL
Company, The Chance Theater
Comedy of Aerosmith, The Troubadour Theater Company
Constant Star, Laguna Playhouse
Hot Mikado, Musical Theatre West
Jesus Christ Superstar, Stages
Roscoe Spitzer is Afraid of Dying, Stages Theatre
The Tin Pan Alley Rag, Fullerton Civic Light Opera
BEST PRODUCTION
Goodnight Children Everywhere, The Chance Theater
The Gog/Magog Project, Hunger Artists
Mr. Marmalade, South Coast Repertory
The Retreat from Moscow, South Coast Repertory
Tabletop, Laguna Playhouse
BEST DIRECTION
Dave Barton, Handbag, Rude Guerrilla
Andrew Barnicle, Tabletop, Laguna Playhouse
Martin Benson, The Retreat from Moscow, South Coast Repertory
Sharyn Case, Dinner with Ribbentrop, Rude Guerrilla
Kevin Cochran, The Becket Project II, Grove Theater Center
Oanh Nguyen, Goodnight Children Everywhere, The Chance
Ethan McSween, Mr. Marmalade, South Coast Repertory
Joel Beers has written about theater and other stuff for this infernal rag since its very first issue in, when was that again???
I recently tried CBD gummies from this website https://www.cornbreadhemp.com/collections/cbd-cream for the blue ribbon prematurely and was pleasantly surprised past the results. Initially skeptical, I initiate that it significantly helped with my appetite and slumber issues without any remarkable side effects. The fuel was easy to utter, with legible dosage instructions. It had a merciful, shameless taste that was not unpleasant. Within a week, I noticed a patent improvement in my all-inclusive well-being, instinct more blas‚ and rested. I comprehend the regular approximate to wellness CBD offers and procedure to go on using it.