Announcing the 2017 Chicago Theatre Award Nominations

We are thrilled to announce the inaugural Chicago Theatre Awards - a new way to recognize the brilliant artists working in our city. All winners will be chosen by YOU, the Chicago theatre audience. Any production that opened between June 1st, 2016 and May 31st, 2017 was eligible. The first round of voting was open through Friday, June 23, and the final round of voting will conclude July 16. Winners will be announced July 19.
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We received almost 1600 votes in the first round! Cast your ballot here.
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​You do not need to submit responses to every category. You may only vote once per email address. Duplicate submissions will be discarded and will not count towards the voting total.

The full list of nominations is below!

​Best Production of a Play
Threesome - Other Theatre
Men on Boats - American Theatre Company
How We Got On - Haven Theatre
At the Table - Broken Nose Theatre
Death of a Salesman - Redtwist Theatre

Best Production of a Musical
Strangest Things! The Musical - Random Acts
The Wiz - Kokandy Productions
High Fidelity - Refuge Theatre Project
Next to Normal - BoHo Theatre
Northanger Abbey - Lifeline Theatre

Best Ensemble
Parachute Men - Teatro Vista
Strangest Things! The Musical - Random Acts
The Wiz - Kokandy Productions
How We Got On - Haven Theatre
Death of a Salesman - Redtwist Theatre

Best Actor in a Play
Adam Bitterman - Death of a Salesman - Redtwist Theatre
Demetrios Troy - Threesome - Other Theatre
J. Salome Martinez, Jr. - Parachute Men - Teatro Vista
Malic White - Picnic - American Theater Company
Eamonn Walker - Between Riverside and Crazy - Steppenwolf Theatre
Larry Yando - Shakespeare in Love - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
George Seegebrecht - Hauptmann - City Lit Theater Co.
Suzanne Faycurry - Threesome - Other Theatre
Linda Reiter - Shakespeare in Love - Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Best Actor in a Musical
Colette Todd - Next to Normal - BoHo Theatre
Patti LuPone - War Paint - Goodman Theatre
Christine Ebersole - War Paint - Goodman Theatre
Molly LeCaptain - Strangest Things! - Random Acts
Kevin O'Connell - Strangest Things! - Random Acts
Sydney Charles - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions
Henry McGinniss - Urinetown - BoHo Theatre
Amanda Horvath - Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera - Underscore Theatre Company
William Roberts - The Most Happy Fella - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
Stephanie Stockstill - Northanger Abbey - Lifeline Theatre

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Tommy Rivera-Vega - Parachute Men - Teatro Vista
Mike Tepeli - Threesome - Other Theatre
Eddie Martinez - Parachute Men - Teatro Vista
Echaka Agba - At the Table - Broken Nose Theatre
Joshua Servantez - The History Boys - Eclectic Theater Co. 
Angela Alise - How We Got On - Haven Theatre
Deanna Reed-Foster - Even Longer and Farther Away - The New Colony
Kendra Thulin - Wastwater - Steep Theatre

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Honey West - Priscilla: Queen of the Desert - Pride Films & Plays
Veronica Garza - Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera - Underscore Theatre Company
Jennifer Tyler - Northanger Abbey - Lifeline Theatre
Anne Sheridan Smith - Bat Boy: the Musical - Griffin Theater Co.
Alexandra Alontaga - Strangest Things! - Random Acts
Colleen DeRosa - Strangest Things! - Random Acts
Christian Siebert - Strangest Things! - Random Acts
Nicole Michelle Haskins - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions
Chuckie Benson - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions
Gilbert Domally - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions

Best Touring Production
Hamilton
The Spongebob Musical 
Aladdin 
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 

Best Director
Scott Weinstein - Bat Boy: The Musical - Griffin Theatre
Carla Stillwell - Never the Milk and Honey - MPAACT
Jason Gerace - Threesome - Other Theatre
Lili-Anne Brown - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions
Tommy Rivera-Vega - Strangest Things! - Random Acts

Best Special Event
Daughters of Ire - Beverly Arts Center & Other Theatre
Unbound - Random Acts
The Midnight Society Awakens - Oracle Theater
The 44th Annual Jeff Awards - The Joseph Jefferson Committee

Best Solo Performance
Philip Dawkins - The Happiest Place on Earth - Greenhouse Theater Center & Sideshow Theatre
Savanna Rae - Daughters of Ire - Beverly Arts Center & Other Theatre
Brian Quijada - Where Did We Sit on the Bus? - Victory Gardens
Sarah Gise - The Amish Project - Interrobang Theater 
Carin Silkaitis - I Do Today - Greenhouse Theater Center & Other Theatre

Best New Work 
The Wolf at the End of the Block - Ike Holter
Strangest Things! - Bryan Renaud and Emily Schmidt
Never the Milk and Honey - Shepsu Aakhu 
Northanger Abbey - Robert Kauzlaric and George Howe

Best Choreography
Breon Arzel - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions
Aubrey Adams - Urinetown - BoHo Theatre
Christopher Pazdernik - High Fidelity - Refuge Theater Project
Jon Martinez - Priscilla: Queen of the Desert - Pride Films & Plays 
Tommy Rivera-Vega - Strangest Things! - Random Acts

Best Costumes
Virginia Varland - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions
Catherine Zuber - War Paint - Goodman Theatre
Bill Morey - Side Show - Porchlight Music Theater
John Nasca - Priscilla: Queen of the Desert - Pride Films & Plays
Rachel M. Sypniewski - The Resistable Rise of Arturio Ui - Trap Door Theater

Best Scenic Design 
Arnel Sancianco - The Wiz - Kokandy Productions
Lizzie Bracken - Threesome - Other Theatre
Jeffrey D. Kmiec - The Assembled Parties - Raven Theatre
Ashley Ann Woods - Miss Holmes - Lifeline Theatre
Kevin Hagan - Our Lady of 121st Street - Eclipse Theater Co. 

Best Lighting Design 
Kevin Adams - The Spongebob Musical - Oriental Theater
Alexander Ridgers - Winterset - Griffin Theater
Brandon Wardell - Bat Boy: The Musical - Griffin Theater
G. Maxin IV - Urinetown - BoHo Theatre

Best Sound Design
Stephen Ptacek - How We Got On - Haven Theatre
Thomas Dixon - Peerless - First Floor Theater
Thomas Dixon - Wastwater - Steep Theater
Eric Brackus - A Wrinkle in Time - Lifeline Theater
Matt Reich - The Promise of a Rose Garden - Babes With Blades

Cast your ballot today! ​Click here.