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Austin Critics’ Table Award Winners 2008-2009
The 14th annual Austin Critics’ Table Awards for 2008-2009 were presented tonight at the Cap City Comedy.
ART
Museum Exhibition
‘Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York’ Blanton Museum of Art, curator Linda Henderson
Solo Gallery Exhibition
‘Lee Baxter Davis,’ Texas Biennial 2009
Group Gallery Exhibition
‘Photography in the Abstract,’ Lora Reynolds Gallery, curator Maureen Mahony
Independent or Public Project
‘12:19 Library,’ Ron Berry, Phil Soltanoff, Scott Wilcox; Fusebox Festival
Work of Art
‘‘Let Me Entertain You,’ Jill Pangallo, Texas Biennial 2009
Artist
Sterling Allen
Touring Show, Art
‘Birth of the Cool,’ Blanton Museum of Art
New Kid on the Block Award
Co-Lab: A New Media Project Space
MUSIC
Symphonic Performance
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, UT Symphony Orchestra with UT Chamber Singers, Concert Chorale, Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus, and Choral Arts Society
Welcher: Symphony No. 5, Austin Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Performance
‘GHP 10,’ Golden Hornet Project with Tosca String Quartet
Choral Concert
Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Conspirare Symphonic Choir, Texas State University Choirs, Victoria Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Opera
‘Dialogues of the Carmelites,’ Austin Lyric Opera
Singer
Elizabeth Petillot, Viola by Choice
Emily Pulley, ‘Dialogues of the Carmelites’ (Austin Lyric Opera)
Original Composition/Score
‘Between Steel and Stardust (Songs of Texas Women),’ Graham Reynolds and Carrie Fountain
‘Symphony No. 5,’ Dan Welcher
Body of Work Award
Viola by Choice
Instrumentalist
Anton Nel, Anton Nel in Recital
Michelle Schumann, Gershwin: ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ (Austin Chamber Music Center)
Touring Classical
Onix Ensemble, UT Performing Arts Center
Old Wine in New Wineskins (or Margarita Glass) Award
Lyova Rosanoff, Steve Saugey, and Shaun Wainwright-Branigan for their Austincentric libretto to ‘The Bat’
THEATER
Production, Drama
‘Cyrano de Bergerac,’ Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Production, Comedy
‘Age of Arousal,’ Austin Playhouse
Production, Musical
‘The Last Five Years,’ Penfold Theatre Company/Austin Playhouse
Direction
Michelle Polgar, ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’
Dustin Wills, ‘Ophelia’
Acting in a Leading Role
Annika Johansson, ‘The Last Five Years’
David Long, ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’
Tom Truss, ‘The Idiot’
Jennifer Underwood, ‘The Casket of Passing Fancy’ / ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’
Acting in a Supporting Role
Verity Branco, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ / ‘An Ideal Husband’
Shavanna Calder, ‘Caroline, or Change’
Jenny Gravenstein, ‘Age of Arousal’
Marc Pouhe, ‘The Three Sisters’ / ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’/ ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
Ensemble Performance
‘The Red Balloon,’ Tongue and Groove Theatre
David Mark Cohen New Play Award
‘Dug Up’, Cyndi Williams
John Bustin Award for Conspicuous Versatility
Michael McKelvey
Music Direction
Jeff Hellmer, ‘Queenie Pie’
Movement
Jennifer Sherburn/David Yeakle, ‘The Red Balloon’
Touring Show, Theatre
Elaine Strich at Liberty, Austin Cabaret Theatre
‘Spectacular,’ Forced Entertainment, Fusebox Festival
None of the Above
‘The Casket of Passing Fancy,’ Rubber Repertory
W.H. “Deacon” Crain Award for Outstanding Student Work
Mark Scheibmeir, UT Department of Theatre & Dance
DESIGN
Scenic Design
Kevin Beltz, ‘Still Life With Iris’
Costume Design
Michaele Hite, ‘Queenie Pie’
Ariana Schwartz, ‘Still Life With Iris’
Lighting Design
Lih-Hwa Yu, ‘The Shape of White’
Sound Design
Buzz Moran, ‘Hamilton Township’
Video Design
Duncan Alexander, ‘The Color of Dissonance’
DANCE
Dance Concert
‘Skate! A Night at the Rink,’ Forklift Danceworks
Short Work
‘Crandall Canyon Mine,’ Sharon Marroquin, Big Range Austin Dance Festival
Choreographer
Sharon Marroquin, ‘Garden’ / ‘Crandall Canyon Mine’ / ‘Desprendimiento’
Dancer
Paul Michael Bloodgood, ‘Episodes’/ ‘Hamlet’ (Ballet Austin)
Ashley Lynn, ‘Episodes’ / ‘Hamlet’ / ‘Left Unsaid’ (Ballet Austin)
Touring Show, Dance
‘Grub,’ Teeth, Fusebox Festival
“A Gore-us Line” Award
Henri Mazza and the Alamo Drafthouse, Shawn Sides and the Rude Mechanicals, Indiana Adams and Flash Mob Austin, for Thrill the World Austin
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