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Non-Equity Jeff Award nominations: Theo's ‘Secret Garden' and Kokandy Productions lead the way

Nominations have been announced for the 51st annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards, with Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre and Kokandy Productions earning the most nominations for their off-Loop musicals. The Evanston company also known simply as Theo received 22 nominations for three productions, including 'The Secret Garden' (with 10), 'A Little Night Music' (with 8) and 'Sondheim Tribute Revue' (with 4 nominations across the awards' 23 categories.) Chicago's Kokandy Productions received 14 nominations, with most going to its holiday production of Sondheim's 'Into the Woods,' which was staged in the basement of the Chopin Theatre (10 nominations). According to the announcement Thursday by the all-volunteer Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee, Invictus Theatre Company and City Lit Theater Company also earned 12 and 11 nominations, respectively, for multiple productions in the past year. The Non-Equity Jeff Awards are for the most recent season of theater productions by the Chicago area's non-union theaters. Eligible productions for the 51st annual awards opened between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2024, and the nominations cast a wide net, recognizing some 138 artists in shows from 29 companies. The ceremony for the 51st Anniversary Jeff Awards for Non-Equity Theater will be 7 p.m. March 24 at the Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph St. at Millennium Park; tickets are $73.60, on sale Feb. 17 at NON-EQUITY JEFF AWARD NOMINEES PRODUCTION OF A PLAY 'Attempts on Her Life' – TUTA Theatre 'August Wilson's Seven Guitars' – City Lit Theatre 'Coronation' – Refracted Theatre 'Native Son' – Lifeline Theatre 'Pro-Am' – First Floor Theater 'Topdog/Underdog' – Invictus Theatre Company PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL OR REVUE 'A Little Night Music' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre 'Into the Woods' – Kokandy Productions 'On the Twentieth Century' – Blank Theatre Company 'Sondheim Tribute Revue' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre 'The Secret Garden' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre ENSEMBLE OF A PLAY 'Attempts on Her Life' – TUTA Theatre 'August Wilson's Seven Guitars' – City Lit Theatre 'Dogs' – Red Theater 'Pro-Am' – First Floor Theater 'The Singularity Play' – Jackalope Theatre Company ENSEMBLE OF A MUSICAL OR REVUE 'A Little Night Music' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre 'Alice by Heart' – Kokandy Productions 'Into the Woods' – Kokandy Productions 'Sondheim Tribute Revue' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre 'The Secret Garden' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre NEW WORK Brynne Frauenhoffer – 'Pro-Am' – First Floor Theater Erik Gernand – 'The Totality of All Things' – Redtwist Theatre George Howe and William Massolia – 'The House Without a Christmas Tree' – Griffin Theatre Company Hanna Kime – 'Dogs' – Red Theater Mark Pracht – 'The House of Ideas' – City Lit Theatre Jay Stull – 'The Singularity Play' – Jackalope Theatre Company Loy A. Webb – 'Judy's Life's Work' – Definition Theatre Laura Winters – 'Coronation' – Refracted Theatre DIRECTOR OF A PLAY Aaron Reese Boseman – 'Topdog/Underdog' – Invictus Theatre Company Manny Buckley – 'August Wilson's Seven Guitars' – City Lit Theatre Aileen Wen McGroddy – 'Attempts on Her Life' – TUTA Theatre Max Truax – 'Mother Courage and Her Children' – Trap Door Theatre Georgette Verdin – 'The Singularity Play' – Jackalope Theatre Company Rebecca Willingham – 'Pro-Am' – First Floor Theater DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Fred Anzevino – 'Sondheim Tribute Revue' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Danny Kapinos – 'On the Twentieth Century' – Blank Theatre Company Christopher Pazdernik – 'The Secret Garden' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre L. Walter Stearns – 'A Little Night Music' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Derek Van Barham – 'Into the Woods' – Kokandy Productions Derek Van Barham and Brittney Brown – 'Alice by Heart' – Kokandy Productions PERFORMER IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE (PLAY) Bide Akande (Berenger) – 'Rhinoceros' – Theatre Y Mikha'el Amin (Lincoln) – 'Topdog/Underdog' – Invictus Theatre Company DeMorris Burrows (Booth) – 'Topdog/Underdog' – Invictus Theatre Company Holly Cerney (Mother Courage) – 'Mother Courage and Her Children' – Trap Door Theatre Peter Ferneding (Ned Weeks) – 'The Normal Heart' – Redtwist Theatre Jacqueline Grandt (Judith) – 'The Totality of All Things' – Redtwist Theatre Tamarus Harvell (Bigger) – 'Native Son' – Lifeline Theatre Claudia Quesada (Alba Guerrero) – 'An Educated Guess'– Definition Theatre Ana Santos (Electra Casados) – 'Adverses' – Aguijón Theater Company Katherine Schwartz (Agnes Eggling) – 'A Bright Room Called Day' – Blank Theatre Company James Sparling (Thomas Becket) – 'Murder in the Cathedral' – City Lit Theater Company PERFORMER IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE (MUSICAL) Patrick Byrnes (Frederik Egerman) – 'A Little Night Music' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Caitlyn Cerza (Alice) – 'Alice by Heart' – Kokandy Productions Joryhebel Ginorio (Mary Lennox) – 'The Secret Garden' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Madison Kauffman (Cinderella) – 'Into the Woods' – Kokandy Productions Will Koski (Lord Archibald Craven) – 'The Secret Garden' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Julia Limoncelli (Addie Mill) – 'The House Without a Christmas Tree' – Griffin Theatre Company Tyler Anthony Smith (Hedwig) – 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' – Haven Theatre Colette Todd (Desiree Armfeldt) – 'A Little Night Music' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Karylin Veres (Lily Garland) – 'On the Twentieth Century' – Blank Theatre Company Kevin Webb (Baker) – 'Into the Woods' – Kokandy Productions PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (PLAY) Cereyna Jade Bougouneau (Charli) – 'Judy's Life's Work' – Definition Theatre Grant Carriker (Gregor Bazwald) – 'A Bright Room Called Day' – Blank Theatre Company Kason Chesky (Micah) – 'The Totality of All Things' – Redtwist Theatre Callahan Romen Crnich (Hal) – 'Proof' – BlueBird Arts Justice Ford (Lotte/Carmen) – 'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark' – The Artistic Home Jodi Gage (Actor 1) – 'Coronation' – Refracted Theatre Company Robert Howard (Hedley) – 'August Wilson's Seven Guitars' – City Lit Theater Company Zachary Linnert (Felix Turner) – 'The Normal Heart' – Redtwist Theatre Stephanie Shum (Two) – 'Dogs' – Red Theater Jarvell Williams (Canewell) – 'August Wilson's Seven Guitars' – City Lit Theater Company Michael B. Woods (Macduff) – 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' – Invictus Theatre Company PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MUSICAL) Lexi Alioto (Susan) – '[Title of Show]' – PrideArts Alicia Berneche (Letitia Peabody Primrose) – 'On the Twentieth Century' – Blank Theatre Company August Forman (Narrator/Mysterious Man) – 'Into the Woods' – Kokandy Productions Shea Hopkins (Cinderella's Prince, Wolf) – 'Into the Woods' – Kokandy Productions Dakota Hughes (Martha Sowerby) – 'The Secret Garden' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Brennan Martinez (Lily Craven) – 'The Secret Garden' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Shannon McEldowney (Heidi) – '[Title of Show]' – PrideArts Maya Rowe (Charlotte Malcolm) – 'A Little Night Music' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Anne Sheridan Smith (Beverly) – 'The Mad Ones' – Blank Theatre Company Kevin Webb (Carl–Magnus Malcolm) – 'A Little Night Music' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre PRODUCTION (SHORT RUN) 'Cock' – Open Space Arts 'The Drowsy Chaperone' – Surging Films and Theatrics 'The Language Archive' – Edge of the Wood Theatre 'Light Switch' – Open Space Arts 'Pilot Island and Her Keepers' – The Impostors Theatre Co. 'The Smuggler' – Jackalope Theatre Company DIRECTOR (SHORT RUN) Michael D. Graham – 'Light Switch' – Open Space Arts Stacey Lind – 'The Language Archive' – Edge of the Wood Theatre Billy Surges – 'The Drowsy Chaperone' – Surging Films and Theatrics Iraida Tapias – 'The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon' – Water People Theatre Wren Wesner – 'Cock' – Open Space Arts PERFORMER IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE (SHORT RUN) Rebeca Alemán (Paulina) – 'The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon' – Water People Theatre Seth E. Harman (Man in Chair) – 'The Drowsy Chaperone' – Surging Films and Theatrics Philip Andrew Monnett (Henry) – 'Light Switch' – Open Space Arts Mafer Roussell (Helen of Troy) – 'Juicio a Una Zorra' – Repertorio Latino Theater Company Andrew Burden Swanson (Tim Finnegan) – 'The Smuggler' – Jackalope Theatre Company Phil Timberlake (Jacob Marley) – 'Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol' – Lifeline Theatre PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (SHORT RUN) Jeff Broitman (Resten) – 'The Language Archive' – Edge of the Wood Theatre Yahdina U–Deen (Grandma Betty) – 'Beneath the Willow Tree' – Pulse Theatre Company Sonya Robinson (W) – 'Cock' – Open Space Arts Ellen Shaw (Emma) – 'The Language Archive' – Edge of the Wood Theatre ARTISTIC SPECIALIZATION (SHORT RUN) Dominick Alesia (original music) – 'Pilot Island and Her Keepers' – The Imposters Theatre Co. Diane Fairchild (lighting design) – 'Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol' – Lifeline Theatre Madeline Felauer (costume design) – 'The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don't Gang: The Mystery of the Haunted Bush' – Hell in a Handbag Productions Tim Huggenberger (choreography) – 'The Drowsy Chaperone' – Surging Films and Theatrics Stefan Roseen (sound design) – 'Pilot Island and Her Keepers' – The Imposters Theatre Co. SCENIC DESIGN Rose Johnson – 'Bottle Fly' – Redtwist Theatre Manuel Ortiz – 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' – Invictus Theatre Company Samantha Anna Rausch – 'Proof'– BlueBird Arts Kevin Rolfs – 'Network' – Invictus Theatre Company Kevin Rolfs – 'Topdog/Underdog' – Invictus Theatre Company Marvin Tate – 'Rhinoceros' – Theatre Y COSTUME DESIGN Gregory Graham – 'Coronation' – Refracted Theatre Company Rachel Lambert – 'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark' – The Artistic Home Lucy Elkin – 'The Secret Garden' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Rachel S. Parent – 'August Wilson's Seven Guitars' – City Lit Theater Company Patti Roeder – 'Murder in the Cathedral' – City Lit Theater Company SOUND DESIGN Ethan Korvne – 'Coronation' – Refracted Theatre Company Christopher Kriz – 'The Singularity Play' – Jackalope Theatre Company L.J. Luthringer – 'The Tempest' – Idle Muse Theatre Company Kimberly A. Sutton – 'Rhinoceros' – Theatre Y Petter Wahlbäck – 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' – Invictus Theatre Company LIGHTING DESIGN Garrett Bell – 'Coronation' – Refracted Theatre Company Keith Parham – 'Attempts on Her Life' – TUTA Theatre G 'Max' Maxin IV – 'Into the Woods' – Kokandy Productions Hannah Wien – 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' – Invictus Theatre Company Levi J. Wilkins – 'The Secret Garden' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre PROJECTION DESIGN DJ Douglass – 'Network' – Invictus Theatre Company Abboye Lawrence – 'Coronation' – Refracted Theatre Company G. 'Max' Maxin IV – 'The House of Ideas' – City Lit Theater Company MUSIC DIRECTION Carolyn Brady – 'Sondheim Tribute Review' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Carolyn Brady – 'The Secret Garden' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Eugene Dizon – 'A Little Night Music' – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Heidi Joosten – 'Alice by Heart' – Kokandy Productions Aaron Kaplan – 'On the Twentieth Century' – Blank Theatre Company Nick Sula – 'Into the Woods' – Kokandy Productions ARTISTIC SPECIALIZATION Violent Delights (Amber Wuttke & Jay Donley) (fight choreography) – 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' – Invictus Theatre Company Jillian Leff (fight choreography) – 'Die Hard 4 Your Luv' – Factory Theater Ariana Miles, Evelyn Ryan and Nick Sula (orchestrations) – 'Into the Woods' – Kokandy Productions Philip Seward (original music) – 'Murder in the Cathedral' – City Lit Theater Company