Dennehy, Letts, et al. Among Jeff Award Noms; Dunagan, Fields to Host Ceremony 10/25

The Jeff Awards for Chicago Equity theater announced this year's nominees.  Productions that opened between August 1, 2009 and July 31, 2010 were eligible for nominations.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

PRODUCTION - PLAY - LARGE

"The Brother/Sister Plays" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company

"The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" - Victory Gardens Theater i/a/w Teatro Vista...Theatre With a View

"The Illusion" - Court Theatre

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - Court Theatre

"The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Court Theatre

"A Streetcar Named Desire" - Writers' Theatre

PRODUCTION - PLAY - MIDSIZE

"Abigail's Party" - A Red Orchid Theatre

"All My Sons" - TimeLine Theatre Company

"The Farnsworth Invention" - TimeLine Theatre Company

"‘Master Harold'...And The Boys" - TimeLine Theatre Company

"Tobacco Road" - American Blues Theater

PRODUCTION - MUSICAL - LARGE

"Animal Crackers" - Goodman Theatre

"Cabaret" - Drury Lane Productions

"The Drowsy Chaperone" - Marriott Theatre

"Hairspray" - Marriott Theatre

"Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions

"Thoroughly Modern Millie" - Drury Lane Productions

PRODUCTION - REVUE

"The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life" - The Second City e.t.c.

"Low Down Dirty Blues" - Northlight Theatre

"Oh Coward!" - Writers' Theatre

ENSEMBLE

"Abigail's Party" - A Red Orchid Theatre

"Animal Crackers" - Goodman Theatre

"The Brother/Sister Plays" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company

"The Farnsworth Invention" - TimeLine Theatre Company

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - Court Theatre

"Ragtime" - Drury Lane Productions

"The Wedding" - TUTA Theatre Chicago

NEW WORK - PLAY

Kristoffer Diaz - "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" - Victory Gardens Theater i/a/w Teatro Vista...Theatre With a View

Michael Golamco - "Year Zero" - Victory Gardens Theater

Andrew Hinderaker - "Suicide, Incorporated" - The Gift Theatre

Jim Lynch - "The Tallest Man" - The Artistic Home

Bruce Norris - "A Parallelogram" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company

David Schwimmer and Andy Bellin - "Trust" - Lookingglass Theatre Company

Craig Wright - "Mistakes Were Made" - A Red Orchid Theatre

DIRECTOR - PLAY

Nick Bowling - "The Farnsworth Invention" - TimeLine Theatre Company

David Cromer - "A Streetcar Named Desire" - Writers' Theatre

Sean Graney - "The Mystery of Irma Vep" - Court Theatre

Tina Landau - "The Brother/Sister Plays" - Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Shade Murray - "Abigail's Party" - A Red Orchid Theatre

Charles Newell - "The Illusion" - Court Theatre

Kimberly Senior - "All My Sons" - TimeLine Theatre Company

Edward Torres - "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" - Victory Gardens Theater i/a/w Teatro Vista...Theatre With a View

DIRECTOR - MUSICAL or REVUE

Jim Corti - "Cabaret" - Drury Lane Productions

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