Diane Ferry Williams wins Jeff Award Lighting designer Diane Ferry Williams won a Jeff Award, given to honor achievement in the Chiacago professional theatre, for her work on Miss Saigon at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre. The awards were given out November 4th.
Other design winners included James Schuette (set design, The Royal Family, at Steppenwolf Theatre), Mariann Verheyan (costume design, As You Like It at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), and Duncan Robert Edwards (sound design, Miss Saigon).
A full list of winners follows: Production of a Play
The Price, Writers' Theatre
Production of a Musical
Pacific Overtures Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Ensemble
The Laramie Project Next Theatre
New Work
John Green, The Liquid Moon, Chicago Dramatists
Jaime Pachino, Waving Goodbye Naked Eye Theatre Company
New Adaptation
Robin Chaplik, Rosa Lublin Piven Theatre
Terrence McNally, John Kander, and Fred Ebb, The Visit, Goodman Theatre Director of a Play
David Cromer, The Price
Director, of a Musical
Gary Griffin, Pacific Overtures
Director of a Revue
Joshua Funk, Holy War, Batman! or the Yellow Cab of Courage, The Second City e.t.c.
Actress in a Principal Role in a Play
Lusia Strus, Go Away-Go Away, European Repertory Company
Actor in a Principal Role in Play
John Sierros, Dylan Seanachai Theatre Company
Actress in a Principal Role in Musical
Kate Fry, My Fair Lady, Court Theatre
Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical
Joseph Anthony Foronda, Pacific Overtures
Kevin Gudahl, My Fair Lady
Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play
Peggy Roeder, Indian Ink, Apple Tree Theatre
Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play
Guy Adkins, Misalliance, Writers' Theatre
Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Marilynn Bogetich, My Fair Lady
Actor in a Supporting role in a Musical
Kevin Gudahl, Pacific Overtures
Actor in a Revue
Keegan-Michael Key, Holy War, Batman! or the Yellow Cab of Courage
Scenic Design
James Schuette, The Royal Family, Steppenwolf Theatre
Costume Design
Mariann Verheyen, As You Like It , Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Lighting Design
Diane Ferry WIlliams, Miss Saigon, Marriott Theatre Lincolnshire
Sound Design
Duncan Robert Edwards, Miss Saigon
Choreography
David H. Bell and Lainie Sakakura, Damn Yankees, Marriott Theatre Lincolnshire
Original Music
Alaric Jans, The Tempest, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Musical Direction
Tom Murray, Pacific Overtures
Non-resident Production The Full Monty
Non-resident in a Principal Role
John Leguizamo, Sexaholix... a love story
Non-resident in a Supporting Role
Bob Stillmann, Dirty Blonde
Special Achievement Awards
Mike Nussbaum, City of Chicago, Lois Weisberg and Maggie Daley