Here are the winners and nominations made in 38 categories for the The 54th Annual Equity Jeff Awards. The 54TH anniversary Equity Jeff Awards will take place October 17, 2022, at Drury Lane in Oakbrook, IL. The most recent season was from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.
2022 EQUITY JEFF AWARD NOMINEES & WINNERS
Winners are in bold.
PRODUCTION – PLAY – LARGE
“Choir Boy” – Steppenwolf Theatre Company
“Good Night, Oscar” – Goodman Theatre
“Lookingglass Alice” – Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors Gymnasium
“Relentless” – TimeLine Theatre Company
“Two Trains Running” – Court Theatre
PRODUCTION – PLAY – MIDSIZE
“The Last Pair of Earlies” – Raven Theatre
“The Luckiest” – Raven Theatre
“The Moors” – A Red Orchid Theatre
“Outside Mullingar” – Citadel Theatre
“Rasheeda Speaking” – Shattered Globe Theatre
“Spay” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
PRODUCTION – MUSICAL – LARGE (The Dr. Harlan Haimes Award)
“Evita” – Drury Lane Productions
“Kinky Boots” – Paramount Theatre
“Life After” – Goodman Theatre
“Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I” – Drury Lane Productions
“The Sound of Music” – Marriott Theatre
PRODUCTION – MUSICAL OR REVUE – MIDSIZE
“Sister Act” – Mercury Theater Chicago
“Somewhere Over the Border” – Teatro Vista
“Women of Soul” – Mercury Theater Chicago
PRODUCTION – REVUE – LARGE
“Blues in the Night” – Porchlight Music Theatre
“Do the Right Thing, No Worries if Not” – The Second City
“Forever Plaid” – Drury Lane Productions
“The World Goes ‘Round” – Marriott Theatre
ENSEMBLE – PLAY
“Choir Boy” – Steppenwolf Theatre Company
“Lookingglass Alice” – Lookingglass Theatre Company in association with The Actors Gymnasium
“The Moors” – A Red Orchid Theatre
“The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci” – Goodman Theatre
“Steel Magnolias” – Drury Lane Productions
“Two Trains Running” – Court Theatre
ENSEMBLE – MUSICAL OR REVUE
“Blues in the Night” – Porchlight Music Theatre
“Do the Right Thing, No Worries if Not” – The Second City
“It Came From Outer Space” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater in association with Universal Theatrical Group
“Somewhere Over the Border” – Teatro Vista “Women of Soul” – Mercury Theater Chicago
NEW WORK (The Libby Adler Mages Award)
Tyla Abercrumbie – “Relentless” – TimeLine Theatre Company
Joshua Allen – “The Last Pair of Earlies” – Raven Theatre
J. Nicole Brooks – “Her Honor Jane Byrne” – Lookingglass Theatre Company
Madison Fiedler – “Spay”- Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Rajiv Joseph – “King James” – Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Center Theatre Group
Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair – “It Came From Outer Space” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater in association with Universal Theatrical Group
Spike Manton and Harry Teinowitz – “When Harry Met Rehab” – Donald Cameron Clark
Brian Quijada – “Somewhere Over the Border” – Teatro Vista
Addie Morales (Maria) – “The Sound of Music” – Marriott Theatre
Betsy Morgan (Anna Leonowens) – “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I” -Drury Lane Productions
Brian Quijada (Narrator) – “Somewhere Over the Border” – Teatro Vista
Alexis J. Roston (Deloris Cartier) – “Sister Act” – Mercury Theater Chicago
Alex Syiek (Phil Connors) – “Groundhog Day The Musical” – Paramount Theatre
Michael Wordly (Lola) – “Kinky Boots” -Paramount Theatre
SOLO PERFORMANCE
Annabel Armour (Joan Didion) – “The Year of Magical Thinking” – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
E. Faye Butler (Fannie Lou Hamer) – “Fannie, The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer” – Goodman Theatre in association with Seattle Rep and Asolo Repertory Theatre
Madeline Sayet (Madeline) – “Where We Belong” – Goodman Theatre in association with Folger Shakespeare Library
Bethany Thomas (Performer) – “Songs for Nobodies” – Northlight Theatre
PERFORMER IN A REVUE
Joseph Anthony Byrd (Performer) – “The World Goes ‘Round” – Marriott Theatre
Felicia P. Fields (Performer) – “Blues in the Night” – Porchlight Music Theatre
Donica Lynn (Performer) – “Blues in the Night” – Porchlight Music Theatre
Evan Mills (Performer) – “Do the Right Thing, No Worries If Not” – The Second City
Meghan Murphy (Performer) – “The World Goes ‘Round” – Marriott Theatre
Deborah Hay (Jacques/LeBeau) – “As You Like It” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Kayvon Khoshkam (Touchstone) – “As You Like It” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Elizabeth Ledo (Truvy) – “Steel Magnolias” – Drury Lane Productions
Tara Mallen (Cheryl) – “The Luckiest” – Raven Theatre
Xavier Edward King (Franklin) – “Relentless” – TimeLine Theatre Company
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – MUSICAL
Christine Bunuan (Lady Thiang) – “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I” – Drury Lane Productions
Jonathan Butler-Duplessis (Borney/Frank/Coral) – “It Came From Outer Space” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater in association with Universal Theatrical Group
Daniella Dalli (Mother Abbess) – “The Sound of Music” – Marriott Theatre
Danielle Davis (Louise) – “Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn” – Drury Lane Productions
Alex Goodrich (Sheriff Matt Warren/George/Prakaxias) – “It Came From Outer Space” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater in association with Universal Theatrical Group
David Fiorello – “Blues in the Night” – Porchlight Music Theatre
Tim Laciano – “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I” – Drury Lane Productions
Ryan T. Nelson – “The Sound of Music” – Marriott Theatre
Victor Pichardo – “American Mariachi” – Goodman Theatre in a co-production with Dallas Theater Center
PROJECTION DESIGN
Rasean Davonte Johnson – “Fannie, The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer” – Goodman Theatre in association with Seattle Rep and Asolo Repertory Theatre
Rasean Davonte Johnson – “Her Honor Jane Byrne” – Lookingglass Theatre
Rasean Davonte Johnson and Michael Salvatore Commendatore – “It Came From Outer Space” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater in association with Universal Theatrical Group
Liviu Pasare – “Somewhere Over the Border” – Teatro Vista
Mike Tutaj – “Groundhog Day The Musical” – Paramount Theatre
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
Charlie Baker – “West Side Story” – Marriott Theatre
Dave Gonzalez – “Last Hermanos” – A Red Orchid Theatre
Christian Kelly-Sordelet and David Blixt – “Athena” – Writers Theatre
Jonathan Hawley Purvis – “As You Like It” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater