Atlanta theatre’s awards season is officially off and running.
On August 26th, the Suzi Bass Award board announced this year’s nominees, with the Alliance Theatre leading the pack with 49 nominations. Known as Atlanta’s version of the Tony Awards, the 15th annual “Suzis” honor professional theatre in Greater Atlanta and will take place at Oglethorpe University on November 4, 2019.
Check out the full list of nominees below!
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION – MUSICAL
Daddy Long Legs at
Legacy Theatre
Ever After at Alliance Theatre
Men with Money at Aurora Theatre
Ragtime at Serenbe Playhouse
Ride the Cyclone at Alliance Theatre
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION – MUSICAL
Susan V. Booth for Ever
After at Alliance Theatre
Taylor Buice for Parade at Wallace
Buice Theatre Company
Brian Clowdus for Ragtime at Serenbe
Playhouse
Brian Clowdus for Titanic at Serenbe
Playhouse
Leora Morris for Ride the Cyclone at
Alliance Theatre
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION – MUSICAL
S. Renee Clark for Five
Guys Named Moe at Theatrical Outfit
Jodi Cotton for Daddy Long Legs at
Legacy Theatre
Chris Brent Davis for Ragtime at
Serenbe Playhouse
Greg Matterson for Ride the Cyclone
at Alliance Theatre
Phil Reno for Ever After at Alliance
Theatre
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY – MUSICAL
Ricardo Aponte for Men
with Money at Aurora Theatre
Ricardo Aponte for Newsies at Aurora
Theatre/Atlanta Lyric Theatre
Joann M. Hunter for Ever After at
Alliance Theatre
Thomas W. Jones II for Five Guys Named
Moe at Theatrical Outfit
Cindy Mora Reiser for 42nd Street at
City Springs Theatre
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR/FEMALE – MUSICAL
Sierra Boggess for Ever
After at Alliance Theatre
Kaitlyn Sage for Daddy Long Legs at
Legacy Theatre
Adrianna Trachell for Songs for a New
World at BUICEntennial Productions
India Tyree for Aida at Atlanta Lyric
Theatre
Rachel York for Ever After at
Alliance Theatre
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR/MALE – MUSICAL
David Garrison for Ever
After at Alliance Theatre
Jacob Louchheim for Ragtime at Serenbe
Playhouse
William Michals for South Pacific at
City Springs Theatre Company
Chase Peacock for Daddy Long Legs at
Legacy Theatre
Haden Rider for Aida at Atlanta Lyric
Theatre
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR/FEMALE – MUSICAL
Deborah Bowman for 42nd
Street at City Springs Theatre
Nicole Vanessa Ortiz for Ragtime at
Serenbe Playhouse
Rhyn Saver for Ever After at Alliance
Theatre
Yvonne Strumecki for South Pacific at
City Springs Theatre Company
Adrianna Trachell for Men with Money
at Aurora Theatre
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR/MALE – MUSICAL
Corey Bryant for Footloose
at Theatre Buford
Chase Davidson for Ragtime at Serenbe
Playhouse
Max Gukhman for South Pacific at City
Springs Theatre Company
Chris Kayser for Ever After at
Alliance Theatre
Dan Wisniewski for Men with Money at
Aurora Theatre
OUTSTANDING ACTING ENSEMBLE – MUSICAL
The cast of Falsettos at Actor’s Express—Kandice
Arrington, Kylie Brown*, Jessica De Maria, Jordan Dell Harris, Vinny Montague,
Alex Newberg, Ben Thorpe*, Craig Waldrip*
The cast of Five Guys Named Moe at Theatrical
Outfit—Sterling McClary*, Eric Moore*, Omar Madden*, Lawrence Flowers, Eugene
Russell IV*, Trevor Rayshay Perry
The cast of Ride the Cyclone at Alliance Theatre–
Lillian Castillo*, Chaz Duffy, Karl Hamilton*, Scott Redmond*, Emily Rohm*, Tiffany Tatreau*,
Kholby Wardell*
The cast of Parade by Wallace Buice Theatre Company—
Kandice Arrington, Jess Berzack, Jared Bradshaw*, Sean Brya, Chloe Cordle, Ben
Fierke, Lamont Hill, Amy Little, Matt Morris, J. Koby Parker, Ben Pitts, Haden
Rider, Maggie Salley, Kari Twyman, Adam Washington, Molly Wiley, Jeremy Wood
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN – MUSICAL
Linda Cho for Ever
After at Alliance Theatre
Nyrobi N. Moss for Five Guys Named Moe
at Theatrical Outfit
Elizabeth Rasmusson for Men with Money
at Aurora Theatre
Emmie Tuttle for Bullets Over Broadway
at Georgia Ensemble Theatre
Alan Yeong for Titanic at Serenbe
Playhouse
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN – MUSICAL
Greg Hofmann for Ride
the Cyclone at Alliance Theatre
Mike Post for Men with Money at
Aurora Theatre
Ben Rawson for Aida at Atlanta Lyric
Theatre
Robert Wierzel for Ever After at
Alliance Theatre
Mike Wood for Billy Elliott at City
Springs Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN – MUSICAL
Scott Davis for Ride
the Cyclone at Alliance Theatre
Adam Koch for Titanic at Serenbe
Playhouse
Anna Louizos for Ever After at
Alliance Theatre
Julie Allardice Ray for Men with Money
at Aurora Theatre
Shannon Robert for Newsies at Aurora
Theatre/Atlanta Lyric Theatre
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN – MUSICAL
Clay Benning for Ride
the Cyclone at Alliance Theatre
Joshua Horvath for Nick’s Flamingo Grill
at Alliance Theatre
Jason Polhemus for Daddy Long Legs at
Legacy Theatre
Daniel Terry for Five Guys Named Moe
at Theatrical Outfit
Ken Travis for Ever After at Alliance
Theatre
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN – MUSICAL
Bradley Bergeron for Daddy
Long Legs at Legacy Theatre
Bradley Bergeron for Elf at City
Springs Theatre Company
Milton M. Cordero for Newsies at
Aurora Theatre/Atlanta Lyric Theatre
Sven Ortel for Ever After at Alliance
Theatre
Mike Tutaj for Ride the Cyclone at
Alliance Theatre
OUTSTANDING WORLD PREMIERE
Hands of Color at
Synchronicity Theatre
Goodnight, Tyler at Alliance Theatre
Knead at Alliance Theatre
Men with Money at Aurora Theatre
On the Third Day at Vanguard
Repertory Company
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION – PLAY
The Book of Will at
Theatrical Outfit
Goodnight, Tyler at Alliance Theatre
K2 at Catalyst Arts Atlanta
An Octoroon at Actor’s Express
The Royale at Theatrical Outfit
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION – PLAY
Freddie Ashley for A
Doll’s House, Part 2 at Actor’s Express/Aurora Theatre
David Catlin for A Midsummer Night’s
Dream at Alliance Theatre
David Crowe for The Book of Will at
Theatrical Outfit
Kent Gash for Goodnight, Tyler at
Alliance Theatre
Padtro Harris for The Royale at
Theatrical Outfit
Adam Koplan for The Pitmen Painters
at Theatrical Outfit
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR/FEMALE – PLAY
Denise Burse-Fernandez for Dot at True Colors Theatre Company
Tonia Jackson for Skeleton Crew at
True Colors Theatre Company
Marcie Millard for The Cake at
Horizon Theatre
Courtney Moors for Nell Gwynn at
Synchronicity Theatre
Mary Lynn Owen for Knead at Alliance
Theatre
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR/MALE – PLAY
Jeremy Aggers for This
Wonderful Life at Aurora Theatre
Alex V. Gibson for Goodnight, Tyler
at Alliance Theatre
Lee Osorio for Hamlet at Atlanta
Shakespeare Company
Stephen Ruffin for Pipeline at
Horizon Theatre
Peter Smith for I Am My Own Wife at
Out Front Theatre
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR/FEMALE – PLAY
Shelli Delgado for Hamlet
at Atlanta Shakespeare Company
Therecia Lang for Hands of Color at
Synchronicity Theatre
Deadra Moore for A Doll’s House, Part 2
at Actor’s Express/Aurora Theatre
Gina Rickicki for Romeo and Juliet at
Atlanta Shakespeare Company
Kristen Storla for Romeo and Juliet
at Atlanta Shakespeare Company
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR/MALE – PLAY
Matt Baum for Waiting
for Godot at 7 Stages
Marlon Burnley for The Royale at
Theatrical Outfit
Allan Edwards for The Cake at Horizon
Theatre
Chris Hecke for Henry the Fourth Part One
at Atlanta Shakespeare Company
Jonathan Horne for Henry the Fourth Part
One at Atlanta Shakespeare Company
OUTSTANDING ACTING ENSEMBLE – PLAY
The cast of An Octoroon at Actor’s Express— Neal A.
Ghant*, Brandy Sexton, Isake Akanke, Kyle Brumley*, Ryan Vo, Parris Sarter,
Kylie Brown*, Candy McClennan, Curtis Lipsey
The cast of The Book of Will at Theatrical Outfit—
Kyle Brumley*, Elisa Carlson*, Suehyla El-Attar*, Paul Hester*, Tom Key*,
Eliana Marianes, Jeff McKerley*, William S. Murphey*, Doyle Reynolds*, Ryan Vo
The cast of Not About Heroes at Aris—Chris Harding,
Eric Lang
The cast of The Pitmen Painters at Theatrical
Outfit— Andrew Benator*, Allan Edwards*, Richard Garner, Clifton Guterman*,
Caitlin Josephine Hargraves, Tess Malis Kincaid*, Brian Kurlander*, Sam R. Ross
The cast of The Wolves at Horizon Theatre Company—
Katie Causey, Anna Williford, Rebeca Robles, Ebony Jerry, Michelle Pokopac,
Shelby Folks, Shannon McCarren, Jasmine Thomas, Erika Miranda, Megan Cramer
OUTSTANDING
COSTUME DESIGN – PLAY
April Andrew for An Octoroon at
Actor’s Express
Landi McAdams for Nell Gwynn at
Synchronicity Theatre
Sully Ratke for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
at Alliance Theatre
Jennifer Schottstaedt for Code Noir
at Theatre du Reve
Emmie Tuttle for The Book of Will at
Theatrical Outfit
OUTSTANDING
LIGHTING DESIGN – PLAY
Maranda DeBusk for Hands of Color at
Synchronicity Theatre
Michelle Habeck for Angry, Raucous, and
Shamelessly Gorgeous at Alliance Theatre
Zach Murphy for An Octoroon at
Actor’s Express
Liz Lee for Goodnight, Tyler at
Alliance Theatre
Mary Parker for The Cake at Horizon
Theatre
Mary Parker for The Royale at
Theatrical Outfit
OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN – PLAY
Kat Conley for A
Midsummer Night’s Dream at Alliance Theatre
Isabel and Moriah Curley-Clay for The
Book of Will at Theatrical Outfit
Isabel and Moriah Curley-Clay for I Love
to Eat at Theatrical Outfit
Isabel and Moriah Curley-Clay for The
Cake at Horizon Theatre
Barrett Doyle for K2 at Catalyst Arts
Atlanta
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN – PLAY
Brandon Bush for Approval
Junkie at Alliance Theatre
Anna Lee for This Wonderful Life at
Aurora Theatre
Jeff Millsaps for The Royale at
Theatrical Outfit
Rick Sims for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
at Alliance Theatre
Bennett Walton and Daniel Pope for K2
at Catalyst Arts Atlanta
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN – PLAY
Justin Anderson for This
Wonderful Life at Aurora Theatre
Bradley Bergeron for Pipeline at
Horizon Theatre
Bradley Bergeron for Skeleton Crew at
True Colors Theatre Company
Mike Post for The Pitmen Painters at
Theatrical Outfit
Vanguard Rep for On the Third Day at
Vanguard Repertory Company
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION – TYA
Gimme, Please at
Alliance Theatre
Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds at
Synchronicity Theatre
Max Makes a Million at Alliance
Theatre
Harold and the Purple Crayon at
Center for Puppetry Arts
The Wizard of Oz at Alliance Theatre
OUTSTANDING WORLD PREMIERE – TYA
The True Story of
Pocahontas at Serenbe Playhouse
Max Makes a Million at Alliance
Theatre
Gimme, Please at Alliance Theatre
Harold and the Purple Crayon at
Center for Puppetry Arts
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION – TYA
Max Makes a Million
at Alliance Theatre – Music Direction: Eric Baumgartner; Direction: Liz Diamond
Harold and the Purple Crayon at
Center for Puppetry Arts – Music Direction: Dolph Amick; Direction: Jon Ludwig
La Tortuga and the Hare at Alliance
Theatre – Direction: Rosemary Newcott
Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds at
Synchronicity Theatre – Musical Direction: S. Renee Clark; Direction: Taryn
Carmona
The Wizard of Oz at Alliance Theatre
– Musical Direction: Phillip DePoy; Direction: Rosemary Newcott
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE/ENSEMBLE – TYA
The cast of Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds at Synchronicity Theatre—Patrick Coleman, Jessenia Ingram, Jaymyria Etienne, Greg Hunter, Vallea E. Woodbury, Sterling McClary
The cast of La Tortuga and the Hare at Alliance Theatre—Ricardo Aponte, Raina Mitchell, Otis Gould, Maya Lawrence
The cast of The Wizard of Oz at Alliance Theatre—Jeremy Aggers, Niki Badua, Molly Coyne, Scott E. DePoy, Thomas Neal Antwon Ghant, Jeremiah Parker Hobbs, Rob Lawhon, Ellen McQueen, Lyndsay Ricketson
The cast of Max Makes a Million at Alliance Theatre—Shelli Delgado, Thomas Neal Antwon Ghant, Ann Marie Gideon, Tony Manna, Diany Rodriguez
The cast of Harold and the Purple Crayon at Center for Puppetry Arts—Jimmica Collins, Reay Kaplan, Tim Sweeney, Brian Harrison, Jake Krakovsky
OUTSTANDING DESIGN – TYA
The design team of Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Aurora Theatre—Scenic and Costume Designers: Isabel and Moriah Curley-Clay; Sound Designer: Anna Lee; Lighting Designer: Maranda Debusk
The design team of Harold and the Purple Crayon at Center for Puppetry Arts—Puppet Designer: Jason Hines; Scenic Designer: Jeremy Villines; Projection Designer: Mike Post; Lighting Designer: Liz Lee; Sound Designer: Gregory Montague
The design team of Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds at Synchronicity Theatre—Set Designer: Derrick Vanmeter; Lighting Designer: Kevin Frazier; Costume Designer: L. Nyrobi Moss; Sound Designer: Kevin Frazier; Choreography: Jenise Cook
The design team of The Wizard of Oz at Alliance Theatre—Scenic Design: Kat Conley; Costume Design: Sydney Roberts; Lighting Design: Ben Rawson; Sound Design: Clay Benning; Puppet Design: Jason Hine; Choreography: Jen McQueen
The design team of Max Makes a Million at Alliance Theatre—Scenic Design: Louisa Thompson; Costume Design: Fabian Fidel Aguilar; Lighting Design: Liz Lee; Sound Design: Clay Benning; Projection Design: Mike Tutaj; Choreography: Emily Coates
NOMINEES BY THE NUMBERS
By theatre:
Alliance Theatre: 49
Theatrical Outfit: 19
Aurora Theatre: 17
Serenbe Playhouse: 10
Synchronicity Theatre: 9
By production:
Ever After (Alliance Theatre): 14
Men with Money (Aurora Theatre): 8
Ride the Cyclone (Alliance Theatre): 8
Ragtime (Serenbe Playhouse): 6
Daddy Long Legs (Legacy Theatre): 6
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