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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
2007-08 Austin Critics’ Table Awards winners
The Austin Critics’ Table handed out it annual awards Monday night at Cap City Comedy Club.
The informal group of arts critics from the American-Statesman and the Austin Chronicle acknowledges achievement in the arts with its annual awards.
THEATRE
Production, Drama “Death and the King’s Horseman,” Mary Moody Northen Theatre/ProArts Collective
Production, Comedy “Full Circle,” Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Production, Musical “Porgy and Bess,” Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Direction Jenny Larson, “Voices Underwater”/”You Are Pretty” Carlos Treviño, Matt Hislope, and Josh Meyer, “A Thought in Three Parts”
Acting in a Leading Role Jill Blackwood, “Carousel”/”Full Circle” Janelle Buchanan, “Doubt” Jude Hickey, “The Pillowman”/”Io: a myth about you” Marc Pouhe, “Death and the King’s Horseman”
Acting in a Supporting Role Ken Bradley, “The Pillowman” Cedric Neal, “Porgy and Bess” Amy Nichols, “The Ultimate Christmas Musical: The Musical!” Angela Rawna, “Doubt”
Ensemble Performance “Fefu and Her Friends,” UT Department of Theatre & Dance
David Mark Cohen New Play Award “Elephant’s Graveyard,” George Brant
Music Direction Lyn Koenning, “Carousel”/”Porgy and Bess”/”Assassins”
Movement Robin Lewis, “Jesuchristo, Superestrella”/”Full Circle”/”Porgy and Bess”/”On the Town”
Touring Show, Theatre “Five in the Morning,” Rotozaza, Fuse Box Festival
DESIGN
Scenic Design Sarah Davidson, “Fefu and Her Friends”/”Assassins”
Costume Design Trenton Doyle Hancock, “Cult of Color: Call to Color”
Lighting Design Tony Tucci, “Carousel”/”Cult of Color: Call to Color”
Sound Design Buzz Moran, “Mud”/”Full Circle”/”Voices Underwater”
Video Design Dutch Rall, “Woman’s Work: Reconstructions of Self”
DANCE
Dance Concert “Cult of Color: Call to Color,” Ballet Austin & “Woman’s Work: Reconstructions of Self,” Andee Scott
Short Work “Soudain L’Hiver Dernier,” Winter Tryst
Choreographer Stephen Mills, “Cult of Color: Call to Color”
Dancer Anthony Casati, “Cult of Color: Call to Color” & Andee Scott, “Woman’s Work: Reconstructions of Self”
Duets Laura Cannon and Nicole Whiteside, “Illuminaton”/”Constellation”
Ensemble “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Paul Michael Bloodgood, Ashley Lynn, Allisyn Paino, Frank Shott
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Symphonic Performance “Falla: The Three-cornered Hat,” Austin Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Performance “Faces of America: The Dark/Faces of America: The Light,” Miró Quartet “Nobody Like a Show-Off. Well, Maybe Just This Once,” Austin Chamber Music Center
Choral Concert “The Odyssey,” Austin Children’s Choir
Original Composition/Score “The American Nightmare: The Marriage of Church and State - Dark Fantasia on Hymn and Patriotic Tunes,” P. Kellach Waddle
Singer Scot R. Cameron, St. Paul
Instrumentalist William Doppmann, Adams: Phrygian Gates
Touring Classical Chanticleer, St. Cecilia Music Series
Body of Work/Season UT Butler School of Music John Adams series
ART
Museum Exhibition “Mike’s World: Michael Smith & Joshua White (and other collaborators),” Blanton Museum of Art, curator: Annette Carlozzi
Solo Gallery Exhibition “The Book of Lenny: Jonathan Marshall,’ Art Palace
Group Gallery Exhibition “Radical Nautical,” Gallery Lombardi, curators: Ian Schultz, Michael Schiefke, Kevin Peake, Kev Tijerina and Rachel Koper “Serious Fun,” Butridge Gallery, curator: Edith Whitsitt.
Independent Project “I Am _,” Jackie Young and Cybil Gustafson, Art City Austin
Work of Art Note to Self, Jill Pangallo, “New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch”
Gallery, Body of Work Women & Their Work
Artist Jill Pangallo
Touring Show, Art “Jorge Macchi: The Anatomy of Melancholy,” Blanton Museum of Art
SPECIAL CITATIONS John Bustin Award for Conspicuous Versatility: Joe York
W.H. “Deacon” Crain Award for Outstanding Student Work: Kimberley Adams, UT Theatre & Dance; Libby Dees, St. Edward’s University
Control Shift Award: David Justin, for his set changes in the American Repertory Ensemble performances
Bringing It Home Award: Soloists in The Odyssey (David Geyer, Marshall Geyer, Amber Mercado, Christine Ortiz, Caleb Rech, Janie Townsend, Alina Vega, Kayla Watson, and Sean Yi)
Plenty of Somethin’ Award: Greg Bolin, for his arrangements for “Porgy and Bess”
White Knight Award: Cliff Redd
Thanks for the Memories Award: Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks
St. Joan of P’arc Award: Kevin Patterson of Austin Lyric Opera
Past, Present, and Future Award: Arthouse
Infinite Body of Energy Award: David Ohlerking and Austin Figurative Gallery
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