LA Stage Alliance announced the 2008 Ovation Award Nominees this week. Congrats to all. I’m lucky to be included a category of such amazingly talented designers. I’m honored. Congrats to my fellow nominees. Thank you for being such an important part of Los Angeles story telling. It’s a hard job. I’m grateful for you.

COSTUME DESIGN

Ann Closs-Farley
NORMAN’S ARK
John Anson Ford Theatre and DuHirst Music (US) Ltd.

Marcy Froehlich
BUS STOP
Rubicon Theatre Company

Marcy Froehlich
PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE
Rubicon Theatre Company

Shon Le Blanc
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Rubicon Theatre Company

Sharell Martin and Ambra Wakefield
JEKYLL & HYDE
FCLO Music Theatre

Paul Tazewell
RAY CHARLES LIVE – A NEW MUSICAL
Pasadena Playhouse

Naomi Yoshida
PIPPIN
East West Players
COSTUME DESIGN – INTIMATE THEATRE

Stephanie Kerley-Schwartz & Lauren Tyler
COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY
Rogue Machine; Produced by John Perrin Flynn and Matthew Elkins

Gelareh Khalioun
AND NEITHER HAVE I WINGS TO FLY
Road Theatre Company

Scott A. Lane
PEST CONTROL – THE MUSICAL
Open at the Top Productions and Canum Entertainment

Shon Le Blanc
THE MILK TRAIN DOESN’T STOP HERE ANYMORE
Fountain Theatre; Produced by Ben Bradley and Diana Gibson

Nalia Sanders
THE PIANO LESSON
The Hayworth, Stagewalkers Productions and 444 Productions

A. Jeffrey Shoenberg
1776
Actors Co-op/Crossley Theatre

A. Jeffrey Shoenberg
TONIGHT AT 8:30 – PART II: COME THE WILD
The Antaeus Company