Five theatre designers will be honored at the American Theatre Wing’s 2017 Henry Hewes Design Awards luncheon. Among this year’s recipients are The Band’s Visit lighting designer Tyler Micoleau and Come From Away costume designer Toni-Leslie James.
Read: BEHIDN THE ONSTAGE TRANSFORMATIONS OF COME FROM AWAY‘S CAST OF CHARACTERS
Also recognized for their work this past year are set designer Laura Jellinek (A Life at Playwrights Horizons), Machine Dazzle (costume designer for Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music) and Jared Mezzocchi, projection designer for Manhattan Theatre Club’s Vietgone.
Read: WHY YOU CAN’T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF OF TONI-LESLIE JAMES’ COSTUMES FOR JITNEY
Micoleau and James previously won Hewes Design Awards for their work on Blasted and Jelly’s Last Jam, respectively.
The annual honors, first awarded in 1965 as the Maharam Awards, celebrate design work on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway. The awards committee includes chairman Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, David Barbour, David Cote, Glenda Frank, Helen Shaw, Michael Sommers, and Martha Wade Steketee.
The awards presentation will take place January 23, 2018.
See below for a full list of nominees (winners bolded)
SCENIC DESIGN
Alexander V. Nichols, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me
Amy Rubin, Miles for Mary
Andrew Lieberman, Othello
Arnulfo Maldonado, Caught
Beowulf Boritt, A Bronx Tale
Carl Sprague, Fiorello!
Carolyn Mraz, The Black Crook
Christopher Barreca, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire
Dane Laffrey, Rancho Viejo
David Gallo, Jitney
David Korins, Bandstand
David Zinn, Present Laughter
Derek DelGaudio and Glenn Kaino, In and of Itself
Derek McLane, Gently Down the Stream
Derek McLane, If I Forget
Derek McLane, The Price
James Morgan, Marry Harry
Jason Sherwood, The View UpStairs
Jason Simms, Hamlet
Kate Noll, Orange Julius
Laura Jellinek, A Life
Laura Jellinek, The Light Years
Laura Jellinek, The Wolves
Mark Wendland, The Layover
Marsha Ginsberg, Dolphins and Sharks
Peiyi Wong, Charleses
Rachel Hauck, Tiny Beautiful Things
Sandra Goldmark, Vanity Fair
Scott Davis, Ride the Cyclone
Scott Pask, The Band’s Visit
Scott Pask, The Little Foxes
COSTUME DESIGN
Anita Yavich, The View UpStairs
Ann Roth, The Front Page
Ásta Bennie Hostetter, Miles for Mary
Ásta Bennie Hostetter, Picnic and Come Back, Little Sheba
Ásta Bennie Hostetter, The Wolves
Catherine Zuber, Oslo
Catherine Zuber, War Paint
Clint Ramos, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire
David Murin, Fiorello!
David Zinn, A Doll’s House, Pt. 2
Dustin Cross, Spamilton
Emily Rebholz, Indecent
Hunter Kaczorowski, Yours Unfaithfully
Jane Greenwood, The Little Foxes
Katja Andreiev, Beardo
Kaye Voyce, Mourning Becomes Electra
Linda Cho, Anastasia
Machine Dazzle, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Mark Thompson, The Taming of the Shrew
Oana Botez, Duat
Paloma Young, Bandstand
Sarah Laux, The Band’s Visit
Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter
Toni-Leslie James, Come From Away
Toni-Leslie James, Jitney
Valérie Thérèse Bart, The Servant of Two Masters
Valérie Thérèse Bart, Vanity Fair
LIGHTING DESIGN
Adam Silverman, The Glass Menagerie
Amith Chandrashaker, Seven Spots on the Sun
Barbara Samuels, Orange Julius
Brian H. Scott, Chess Match No. 5
Brian MacDevitt, The Front Page
Christopher Akerlind, Indecent
David Weiner, Plenty
David Weiner, The Price
Donald Holder, Anastasia
Jane Cox, Jitney
Jane Cox, Othello
Japhy Weideman, The Layover
Jeff Croiter, Bandstand
Jen Schriever, The Moors
Jennifer Tipton, A Doll’s House, Pt. 2
Justin Townsend, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire
Justin Townsend, The Little Foxes
Kenneth Posner, War Paint
Matt Frey, A Life
Matt Frey, Everybody
Matt Frey, Rancho Viejo
Natasha Katz, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Oona Curley, Underground Railroad Game
Reza Behjat, Hamlet
Robert Wierzel, Troilus and Cressida
Russell H. Champa, The Light Years
Seth Reiser, Vanity Fair
Tyler Micoleau, The Band’s Visit
NOTABLE EFFECTS
Aaron Rhyne (Projection Design), Anastasia
Andrew Schneider (Video Design), Dolphins and Sharks
Austin Switser (Video Design), Elements of Oz
John Cleater (Augmented Reality Design), Jessie Garrison (Interactive Design), Basil Twist (Puppet Design), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dan Moses Schreier and Joshua Reid (Sound Design), Beardo
Darron L. West (Sound Design), Chess Match No. 5
Elaine McCarthy (Projection Design), Notes From the Field
Emma Wilk (Sound Design), Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey
Jared Mezzocchi (Projection Design), Vietgone
John Narun (Projection Design), Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey
Leon Rothenberg (Sound Design), Notes From the Field
Lucy Mackinnon (Projection Design), Yen
Machine Dazzle, Mimi Lien, John Torres, Jamie McElhinney, David Schnirman,
and Anastasia Durasova (Production Design), A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Mike Tutaj (Video and Projection Design), Wilderness
Mike Tutaj (Projection Design), Ride the Cyclone
Mikhail Fiksel (Sound Design), A LifePalmer Heffernan (Sound Design), Orange Julius
Peter Nigrini (Projection Design), Wakey, Wakey
Reid Farrington (Projection Design), CasablancaBox
Tal Yarden (Projection Design), Indecent
Tal Yarden and Christopher Ash (Chromolume Design), Sunday in the Park With George
LOVE THE THEATRE? CHECK OUT THE PLAYBILL STORE FOR MERCHANDISE!
