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Austin Critics’ Table 2009-2010 nominations
The Austin Critics’ Table — an informal group of arts critics from the American-Statesman, the Austin Chronicle and Might Be Good — announce the nominations for the 15th annual Austin Critics’ Table Awards.
Winners will be announced at an informal awards ceremony — free and open to the public — at 7 p.m June 7 at Cap City Comedy Club. All are invited.
VISUAL ART
Museum Exhibition
“David Bates Since 1982: From the Everyday to the Epic,” Austin Museum of Art, curator: Dana Friis-Hansen
“Desire,” Blanton Museum of Art, curator: Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, curator
“From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe,” Ransom Center, curator: Richard Oram, curator
Solo Gallery Exhibition
“Beilu Liu: Bound,” D Berman Gallery
“Colby Bird,” Okay Mountain
“Erin Curtis: Perspective Threshold,” Women & Their Work
“Noriko Ambe: Artist Books, Linear-Actions Cutting Project,” Lora Reynolds Gallery
“Off the Edge: The Experimental Prints of Cynthia Brants,” Flatbed Press
“Texas Instruments: New Paintings by Esther Pearl Watson,” Domy Books
Group Gallery Exhibition
“I am not so different,” Art Palace, curator: Rachel Cook
“Ideas of Mountains,” Creative Research Laboratory, curator: Xotchi Solis
“Mark-making : Dots, Lines and Curves,” Lora Reynolds Gallery, curator: Lora Reynolds
“Over and Under,” Yard Dog Gallery, curator: Jenny Hart
“Polymict,” Okay Mountain, curator: Nathan Green
‘Practice, Practice, Practice,’ Lora Reynolds Gallery, curators: Michael Smith and Jay Sanders
Work of Art: Independent or Public Project
‘East Austin Sunset at 15mph,’ Rachel Stewart, Co-Lab
‘Eclipses for Austin,’ Pablo Vargas Lugo, Blanton Museum of Art
‘July Transplants,’ Nick Falduto, Elliot Gaylord Lehnen, Cole Ludstrom, Mariel Mentink, Jess Pane, Bridget Quinn, Mali Voglund, and Eric Wicks, East Austin Studio Tour
‘One Hundred Black Women/One Hundred Actions,’ Wura Natasha Ogunji, Fusebox Festival
‘24 Hour Roman Reconstruction Project,’ Liz Glynn, Arthouse
‘Traveling Video Show #1,’ Circulatory System
Work of Art: One of A Kind
‘Halliburton Archiving Solutions (II), 1987,’ Adam Schreiber, “One on One on One,” Art Palace
‘2nd Street Window Project: How the West Was Won, I Am Immortal I Have Inside Me Blood of Kings, and Sunset #1,’ Carlos Rosales-Silva, “One Swallow Doesn’t Make a Summer”
‘I Want to Live in America,’ Santiago Forero, “Young Latino Artists 14,” Mexic-Arte Museum
‘Merged Mirage,’ Jonathan Faber, “Broken Gold,” AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center Courtyard Gallery
‘Slurb,’ Marina Zurkow, Women & Their Work
‘Spectator Sport,’ Jade Walker, Austin Museum of Art
Work of Art: Installation
‘Camp Base Camp: Everest Friends,’ Peter Reichardt, Mary Rothlisberger, and Kristyn Weaver, “Ideas of Mountains,” Creative Research Laboratory
‘Dust Storm (Night),’ Jeff Williams, Art City Austin
‘Epic,’ Teresita Fernàndez, “Teresita Fernàndez: Blind Landscape,” Blanton Museum of Art
‘Plastic Mountains, Paper Trees,’ Christa Mares and Teruko Nimura, “Ideas of Mountains,” Creative Research Laboratory
‘(Re)Kirk,’ Leslie Mutchler, Barry Stone, Michelle Marchessault and Virginia Yount, Art City Austin
Touring Show, Art
“Chuck Close, A Couple of Ways of Doing Something,” Austin Museum of Art
“Francisco Matto: The Modern & The Mythic,” Blanton Museum of Art
“The Lining of Forgetting: Internal and External Memory in Art,” Austin Museum of Art
“Teresita Fernàndez: Blind Landscape,” Blanton Museum of Art
THEATER
Production, Drama
‘The Cherry Orchard,’ Breaking String Theatre
‘Dionysus in 69,’ Rude Mechanicals
‘The Jungle’, Trouble Puppet Theatre Company
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night,’ Ar Rud
‘Rabbit Hole,’ City Theatre Company
‘Three Days of Rain,’ Penfold Theatre Company
Production, Comedy
‘Black Snow,’ Tutto Theatre Company
‘bobrauschenbergamerica, ’ Mary Moody Northen Theatre
‘Body Awareness,’ Hyde Park Theatre
‘House of Several Stories,’ Imagine That Productions
‘Killer Joe,’ Capital T Theatre
‘The Taming of the Shrew,’ The Hidden Room Theatre
Production, Musical
‘Bat Boy: The Musical,’ Texas State University
‘Evil Dead: The Musical,’ Doctuh Mistah Productions
‘john & jen,’ Penfold Theatre Company
‘Murder Ballad Murder Mystery,’ Tutto Theatre Company/Vortex Repertory Company
‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’, Zach Theatre
Direction
Beth Burns, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’
Madge Darlington/Shawn Sides, ‘Dionysus in 69’
David Long, ‘bobrauschenbergamerica’
Michael McKelvey,’ john & jen’
Mark Pickell, ‘Killer Joe’
Graham Schmidt, ‘The Cherry Orchard’
Ken Webster, ‘The Collection/The Atheist’
Dustin Wills, ‘Murder Ballad Murder Mystery’/’Black Snow’
Acting in a Leading Role
Martin Burke,’ House of Several Stories’
Pamela Christian, ‘Mary Stuart’
Ryan Crowder, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’
Robert Faires, ‘Henry V’
Babs George, ‘The Cherry Orchard’
Thomas Graves, ‘Dionysus in 69’
Joey Hood, ‘The Atheist’
Joni L. Jones/Omi Osun Olomo, ‘delta dandi’
Lauren Lane, ‘House of Several Stories’
Gabriel Luna, ‘Black Snow’/’Orestes’/’Endgame’
Meredith McCall, ‘House of Several Stories’
Helen Merino, ‘Mary Stuart’
Matt Radford, ‘Measure for Measure’/’The Cherry Orchard’
Michael Stuart, ‘Frost/Nixon’
Nicole Swahn, ‘Eurydice’
Jacob Trussell, ‘Peer Gynt’
Acting in a Supporting Role
Michael Amendola, ‘Our Town ‘(Zach)
Smaranda Ciceu, ‘Black Snow’
Shelby Davenport, ‘Measure for Measure’
Jude Hickey, ‘Leave It to Beverly’
Julia Lorenz, ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Sean Martin, ‘Mary Stuart’/’Three Days of Rain’
Jordan McRae, ‘Our Town’ (Zach)
Josh Meyer, ‘Dionysus in 69’
Nigel O’Hearn, ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’/’The Cherry Orchard’
Corley Pillsbury, ‘Evil Dead: The Musical’
Sofia Ruiz, ‘Our Town’ (UT)
Erica Saenz, ‘Keeping Track’
Jose Villareal, ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’
Ensemble Performance
‘Arrhythmia,’ Uprise! Productions/Vortex Repertory
‘Black Snow,’ Tutto Theatre Company
‘bobrauschenbergamerica,’ Mary Moody Northen Theatre
‘Dionysus in 69,’ Rude Mechanicals
‘Murder Ballad Murder Mystery,’ Tutto Theatre Company/Vortex Repertory Company
‘Our Town,’ Zach Theatre
‘The Taming of the Shrew,’ The Hidden Room Theatre
‘The Trojan Women,’ UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance
‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,’ Zach Theatre
David Mark Cohen New Play Award<
‘American Volunteers,’ John Meyer
‘House of Several Stories,’ John Boulanger
‘Keeping Track,’ Erica Saenz
‘Murder Ballad Murder Mystery,’ Elizabeth Doss
Music Direction
Lyn Koenning, ‘The Difficulty of Crossing a Field’
Todd Lindamood, ‘Bat Boy: The Musical’
Michael McKelvey, ‘john & je’n/’City of Angels’/’Evil Dead: The Musical’
Mark Stewart and Andy Tindall, ‘Murder Ballad Murder Mystery’
Movement
Madge Darlington/Shawn Sides, ‘Dionysus in 69’
Lisa Del Rosario, ‘Leave It to Beverly’
Danny Herman and Rocker Verastique, ‘bobrauschenbergamerica’
Robin Lewis, ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’/’Bat Boy: The Musical’
Dustin Wills, ‘Murder Ballad Murder Mystery
Touring Show, Theater
‘The Color Purple,’ Texas Performing Arts
‘The Doyle and Debbie Show,’ Long Center for the Performing Arts
‘Dreaming of a Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael,’ Austin Cabaret Theatre
‘In the Heights,’ Texas Performing Arts
Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin, Long Center for the Performing Arts
‘Paved Paradise Redux,’ Fusebox Festival
‘Spring Awakening,’ Texas Performing Arts
‘A Western,’ Fusebox Festival
DESIGN
Scenic Design
Connor Hopkins, ‘The Jungle/’A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits’
Lisa Laratta, ‘Murder Ballad Murder Mystery’/’Black Snow<’br>
Anne McMeeking, ‘Three Days of Rain’
Michael Raiford, ‘Rockin’ Christmas Party’
Sonya Rainey, ‘The Difficulty of Crossing a Field’
Robert N. Schmidt, ‘Peer Gynt’
Leilah Stewart, ‘bobrauschenbergamerica’/’City of Angels’
Costume Design
Sachi DeCou, ‘Impermanence’
Pamela Fletcher-Friday/Griffon Ramsey, ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Alison Heryer, ‘The Trojan Women’/’The Difficulty of Crossing a Field’
Jennifer J. Madison, ‘Mary Stuart’/’City of Angels’
Kim H. Ngo, ‘Murder Ballad Murder Mystery’/’Black Snow’/’Peer Gynt’
Susan Branch Towne, ‘The Life of Galileo’
Ariana Schwartz, ‘Pride and Prejudice’
Lighting Design
Jason Amato,’ Impermanence’/’Henry V’/’Mary Stuart’/’Sleeping Beauty’/’Our Town’ (Zach)
William Meadows, ‘Ellen Fullman and the Long String Instrument’
Megan M. Reilly, ‘Murder Ballad Murder Mystery’/’Black Snow’
Stephen Pruitt, ‘bobrauschenbergamerica’/’The Trash Project’/’Ears Wide Open’
Cheng-Wei Teng, ‘The Trojan Women’
Tony Tucci, Voice Dance Company/’Truth & Beauty: The Bach Project’/’City of Angels’<’br>
Lih-Hwa Yu, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field
Sound Design
Craig Brock, City of Angels/Our Town (Zach)
Bill Henry, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field
Taylor Kirk, Our Town (UT)
Content Love Knowles, Eurydice
William Meadows, Impermanence/The Trash Project
Buzz Moran, Peer Gynt
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Symphonic Performance
Mozart: Concerto in F Major, Austin Symphony with Leon Fleischer & Katherine Jacobson Fleischer
Ode to Common Things, Austin Symphony with Conspirare Symphonic Choir
Bolcom: Spring Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra, Barber: Piano Concerto, op.
38, Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet, UT Symphony Orchestra
Symphony VI, Golden Hornet Project
Chamber Performance
Anne Akiko Meyers & Anton Nel, Jessen Series of Distinguished Faculty Artists
The Complete Brahms Violin Sonatas, Austin Chamber Music Center
Ellen Fullman and the Long String Instrument, New Music Co-op
Jorge Caballero and Friends, Austin Classical Guitar Society
Tango on the Terrace, Austin Chamber Music Center
An Evening of Works by Robert Schumann, Texas Piano Quartet
Choral Performance
Ellington: Sacred Concert, Austin Chamber MusicCenter/Huston-Tillotson University Concert Choir
‘A New Year’s Conspirare Classic,’ Conspirare
Ode to Common Things, Conspirare Symphonic Choir with Austin Symphony
‘A Time for Life,’ Conspirare
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem, UT Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Singers, Concert Chorale, and Choral Arts Society
Opera
‘Albert Herring,’ Butler Opera Center
‘La Bohème,’ Austin Lyric Opera
‘The Difficulty of Crossing a Field,’ UT Department of Theatre & Dance
‘The Star,’ Austin Lyric Opera
‘A View From the Bridge,’ UT Butler Opera Center
Vocalist
Jennifer Adams, ‘The Difficulty of Crossing a Field’
Cristina Caldas, ‘A View From the Bridge’
Rubin Casas, ‘A View From the Bridge’
Liz Cass, ‘The Star’/’Hansel and Gretel’
David Farwig, ‘A Time for Life’
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, ‘The Star’
Haley Hussey, ‘The Difficulty of Crossing a Field’
Abibail H. Lennox, ‘A Time for Life’
Gitanjali Mathur, ‘La Serva Padrona’
Brad Raymond, ‘Albert Herring’
Original Composition/Score
“Bounce: Suite in A Minor,” Graham Reynolds
“Princess Songs,” Russell Reed
‘Conversatio Morum,’ Stephen Barber
Symphony VI: Rough Night With Happy Ending, Peter Stopschinski
‘The Trash Project,’ Graham Reynolds
“Toward and Away From the Point of Balance,” Travis Weller
“Two Cautionary Tales,” Steve Snowden
Instrumentalist
Elaine Barber, harp, Symphony VI: Rough Night With Happy Ending
Douglas Harvey, cello, Don Quixote
Nick Hennies & Travis Weller, box bow, Ellen Fullman and the Long String Instrument
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin, Anne Akiko Meyers & Anton Nel
Michelle Schumann, piano, Sonatas and Interludes
DANCE
‘Ears Wide Open,’ Tapestry Dance Company
‘Impermanence,’ Blue Lapis Light
‘Move,’ Ballet Afrique
‘No Time to Fly,’ Deborah Hay Dance Company
‘The Trash Project,’ Forklift Danceworks
‘Truth & Beauty: The Bach Project,’ Ballet Austin
Short Work
“Angel of My Nature,” Truth & Beauty/The Bach Project
“Balkan Chicks,” Voice Dance Company
“Fanfarneta,” Truth & Beauty: The Bach Project
“For You Lucia,” IN under & Through
“Lest,” IN under & Through
“Nina Remixed,” Move
Choreographer
Thang Dao, “Quiet Imprint”
Acia Gray, ‘Ears Wide Open’
Deborah Hay, ‘No Time to Fly’
Sharon Marroquin, “For You Lucia”
Stephen Mills, ‘Truth & Beauty: The Bach Project’
Allison Orr, ‘The Trash Project<’br>
Leah Smiley Tubbs, ‘Move’
Nelly van Bommel, “Farfarnetta”
Dancer
Don Anderson, “The Crane Dance”
Katelyn Harris,’ Ears Wide Open’
Deborah Hay, ‘No Time to Fly’
Masa Kolar, “Your Provision”
Aara Krumpe, ‘The Firebird’
Sharon Marroquin, “For You Lucia”
Anuradha Naimpally, ‘Parampara: Traditional Dance of India’
Rosalyn Nasky, “Temple”
Frank Shott, ‘Truth & Beauty: The Bach Project’
Jaime Lynn Witts, ‘Truth & Beauty: The Bach Project’
Ensemble
‘Alone, Alone,’ Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company
‘Ears Wide Open,’ Tapestry Dance Company
‘Impermanence,’ Blue Lapis Light
‘Quiet Imprint,’ Ballet Austin II
‘The Trash Project,’ Employees of the City of Austin Solid Waste Services Department
‘Truth & Beauty: The Bach Project,’ Ballet Austin
Touring Show, Dance
Black Grace, Texas Performing Arts
‘Comme Toujours Here I Stand,’ Big Dance Theater, Fusebox Festival
Grupo de Rua, Texas Performing Arts
‘.more’, Headlong Dance Theatre, Dance Umbrella
‘P.I. (Pays) or Presentation Intimes,’ Julie Dossavi, Dance Umbrella
Comments
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By cmpsews
May 29, 2010 10:34 AM | Link to this
Work of Art: Independent or Public Project. I’m very partial to July Transplants, their site was brilliant.
By mike
May 18, 2010 1:43 PM | Link to this
“WOW” The trash dance was an unbelievable show, with the rain soaked lot which the dancers drove and preformed on. With lights shinning off the wet surface and every member was unfazed by the conditions and not to mention 2000 spectators watching them do what they do. And it was flawless, every part of the show was great from the performers to the music, this was a great show preformed by people who are not use to being in the spotlight.
Well done �Trash Project Crew�
By thespianman
May 17, 2010 8:30 AM | Link to this
I recently saw the opera “Difficulty Of Crossing a Field” that was put on by the University of Texas. All I can say is how amazing the performance was! I am glad to see that it has so many nominations in various categoreis (8). The one thing I find a bit confusing is how it is not nominated for “Direction”. This opera has more nominations than any other single performance piece. Doesn’t realy compute that the direction for the play was not nominated. My personal salute to the director for this extraordinary piece of work and art !!!
By gburton
May 13, 2010 6:21 PM | Link to this
I love all of Austin’s fine arts….including Austin City Limits :-) though I admit a classical music preference & a belief that classical is important to our cultural. Conspirare has been such an instrument of hope and delight! “A Time for Life” was remarkable and their soloist, soprano Abigail Lennox was a joy! Thanks to all ! GBH
By Steve Labinski
May 13, 2010 9:22 AM | Link to this
Darn it…now again I really wish I’d seen Peer Gynt.