Theater Awards 2016
READERS’ CHOICE
BEST NEW WORK
Ride the Cyclone, Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) OTHER FINALISTS: Byhalia, Mississippi, Evan Linder, The New Colony and Definition Theatre Company; Charm, Philip Dawkins, Northlight Theatre; Good for Otto, David Rabe, The Gift Theatre; Prowess, Ike Holter, Jackalope Theatre Company
BEST PRODUCTION OF AN EXISTING PLAY
The Hairy Ape (Oracle Theatre) OTHER FINALISTS: Arcadia, Writers Theatre; The Flick, Steppenwolf Theatre Company; The Mutilated, A Red Orchid Theatre; The Tempest, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
BEST DIRECTION
Monty Cole, The Hairy Ape (Oracle Theatre) OTHER FINALISTS: Dexter Bullard, The Flick, Steppenwolf Theatre
The Tempest BEST DESIGN
Company; Geoff Button, Adding Machine: A Musical, The Hypocrites; BJ Jones, Charm, Northlight Theatre; Rachel Rockwell, Ride the Cyclone, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
BEST ENSEMBLE
The Hairy Ape (Oracle Theatre) OTHER FINALISTS: Charm, Northlight Theatre; Direct from Death Row the Scottsboro Boys, Raven Theatre; Mary Page Marlowe, Steppenwolf Theatre Company; The Matchmaker, Goodman Theatre
BEST ACTOR
Julian Parker, The Hairy Ape (Oracle Theatre)
The Tempest: Dan Conway, scenic; Paloma Young, costumes; Thom Weaver, lighting; Johnny Thompson, magic; Ray Nardelli, sound; Melissa Veal, wigs and makeup (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) OTHER FINALISTS: After Miss Julie, Strawdog Theatre Company; The Mutilated, A Red Orchid Theatre; Pocatello, Griffin Theatre Company; Sucker Punch, Victory Gardens Theater
OTHER FINALISTS: Maurice Demus, Sucker Punch, Victory Gardens Theater; Patrick Du Laney, Adding Machine: A Musical, The Hypocrites; Michael McKeough, Pocatello, Griffin Theatre Company; Dexter Zollicoffer, Charm, Northlight Theatre
BEST ACTRESS
Donica Lynn, Dreamgirls (Porchlight Music Theatre) OTHER FINALISTS: Audrey Francis, Kill Floor, American Theater Company; Cindy Gold, Mothers and Sons, Northlight Theatre; Courtney Mack, Heathers: The Musical, Kokandy Productions; Mary Williamson, Sender, A Red Orchid Theatre
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Dana Black, Abraham Lincoln Was a F*gg*t (About Face Theatre) OTHER FINALISTS: Neala Barron, Adding Machine: A Musical, The Hypocrites; Monica Orozco, Charm, Northlight Theatre; Emily Rohm, Ride the Cyclone, Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Katherine Thomas, Dreamgirls, Porchlight Music Theatre
Adding Machine: A Musical
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Ride the Cyclone (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) OTHER FINALISTS: Adding Machine: A Musical, The Hypocrites; Dreamgirls, Porchlight Music Theatre; Heathers: The Musical, Kokandy Productions; Rent, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
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Bear Bellinger, Adding Machine: A Musical (The Hypocrites) OTHER FINALISTS: Matthew Mueller, Peter and the Starcatcher, Drury Lane Theatre; Mike Nussbaum, The Price, TimeLine Theatre Company; Namir Smallwood, Charm, Northlight Theatre; Travis Turner, The Flick, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
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