Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards | Intimate Excellent
The Fountain Theatre earned nine award nominations from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle for excellence in 2020/21, it was announced yesterday. The Fountain’s Los Angeles premiere of An Octoroon on its Outdoor Stage, its groundbreaking livestream presentation of The Ballad of Emmett Till, and the L.A. debut of The Children were chosen for recognition.
LADCC nominations for the Fountain Theatre for 2020-2021:
- Lead Performance – Matthew Hancock – An Octoroon
- Featured Performance – Rob Nagle – An Octoroon
- Writing Adaptation – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – An Octoroon
- Set Design – Frederica Nascimento – An Octoroon
- Costume Design – Naila Aladdin-Sanders – An Octoroon
- Fight Direction – Jen Albert – An Octoroon
- Props – Michael Allen Angel – An Octoroon
- Streaming Design & CGI – The Ballad of Emmett Till – Andrew Schmedake
- Ensemble Performance – Ron Bottitta, Elizabeth Elias Huffman, Lily Knight – The Children
Out of an abundance of COVID caution, there will be no in-person ceremony. Instead, the award recipients will be named in a future press release in the upcoming weeks.
Congratulations to all of the nominees! Click here for the complete list.
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Stephen Sachs, Verton Banks, Bill Brochtrup, Tim Cummings, Jeff Witzke, Ray Paolantonio and Simon Levy.
Last night was another memorable evening for the Fountain Theatre, as our acclaimed production of The Normal Heart won Best Production of a Revival of a Play at the LA Drama Critics Circle Awards. Actor Tim Cummings also took the honor of Best Lead Performance and designer Adam Flemming won Best Video Design.
The Award event was held at The Colony Theatre in Burbank and was attended by hundreds of esteemed members from the LA Theatre community. Representing the Fountain Theatre were Co-Artistic Stephen Sachs, Producing Director Simon Levy, and publicist Lucy Pollak. Cast members from The Normal Heart included Verton Banks, Bill Brochtrup, Tim Cummings, Ray Paolantonio and Jeff Witzke.
“Our production of The Normal Heart was more than just producing a play,” said Sachs. “It became this powerful, moving and deeply meaningful cathartic event for the many people who came to see it and for all of us who brought it to life on stage.”
The theme for the awards show was “Family”. It was certainly another wonderful night for the Fountain Family.
For a full list of all award winners: click here.
Enjoy These Snapshots from the Awards Night
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