2016 Equity Jeff Award nominations

« 2666 — Goodman Theatre
• Arcadia — Writers Theatre
• Between Riverside and Crazy — Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• Charm — Northlight Theatre
• The House That Will Not Stand — Victory Gardens Theater
• Long Day's Journey into Night — Court Theatre
• The Tempest — Chicago Shakespeare Theater

• Good for Otto — The Gift Theatre
« Le Switch — About Face Theatre
• The Mutilated — A Red Orchid Theatre
• Pilgrim's Progress — A Red Orchid Theatre
• The Rainmaker — American Blues Theater
• United Flight 232 — The House Theatre of Chicago

• Man of La Mancha — Marriott Theatre
• Oklahoma! — Paramount Theatre
« Ride the Cyclone — Chicago Shakespeare Theater
• War Paint — Goodman Theatre
• West Side Story — Paramount Theatre

« Adding Machine: A Musical — The Hypocrites
• Dreamgirls — Porchlight Music Theatre
• Little Shop of Horrors — American Blues Theater
• The Producers — Mercury Theater Chicago
• Side Show — Porchlight Music Theatre

• Edward Blatchford — The Rainmaker — American Blues Theater
« Michael Halberstam — Arcadia — Writers Theatre
• Aaron Posner and Teller — The Tempest — Chicago Shakespeare Theater
• Vanessa Stalling — United Flight 232 — The House Theatre of Chicago
• Michael Patrick Thornton — Good for Otto — The Gift Theatre

« Nick Bowling — Man of La Mancha — Marriott Theatre
• Jim Corti — West Side Story — Paramount Theatre
• Brenda Didier — Dreamgirls — Porchlight Music Theatre
• Rachel Rockwell — Ride the Cyclone — Chicago Shakespeare Theater
• L. Walter Stearns — The Producers — Mercury Theater Chicago
• Michael Weber — Side Show — Porchlight Music Theatre

• 2666 — Goodman Theatre
• Charm — Northlight Theatre
« Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody — Writers Theatre
• Ride the Cyclone — Chicago Shakespeare Theater
• Spill — TimeLine Theatre Company
• United Flight 232 — The House Theatre of Chicago

• Greg Matthew Anderson (Septimus Hodge) — Arcadia — Writers Theatre
• Nate Dendy (Ariel) — The Tempest — Chicago Shakespeare Theater
• Nicholas Harazin (Jimmy) — Beautiful Autistic — Chicago Dramatists
• Timothy Edward Kane (Francis Henshall) — One Man, Two Guvnors — Court Theatre
• Eamonn Walker (Pops) — Between Riverside and Crazy — Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• Dan Waller (Conor) — Spinning — Irish Theatre of Chicago
« Dexter Zollicoffer (Mama Darleena) — Charm — Northlight Theatre

• Matthew Crowle (Leo Bloom) — The Producers — Mercury Theater Chicago
« Alex Goodrich (Buddy) — Elf The Musical — Marriott Theatre
• Colte Julian (Curly) — Oklahoma! — Paramount Theatre
• Michael Aaron Lindner (Arthur Conan Doyle) — The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes — Mercury Theater Chicago
• Nick Sandys (Sherlock Holmes) — The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes — Mercury Theater Chicago
• Nathaniel Stampley (Cervantes/Don Quixote) — Man of La Mancha — Marriott Theatre

• Jennifer Engstrom (Celeste) — The Mutilated — A Red Orchid Theatre
• Jessica Ervin (Ester) — Dry Land — Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
« Mary Beth Fisher (Judy) — Domesticated — Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• Bryce Gangel (Amy) — Dry Land — Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
• Linda Reiter (Bessie) — Marvin's Room — Shattered Globe Theatre
• Rebecca Spence (Susan Pierce) — How the World Began — Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
• AnJi White (Nina) — Sunset Baby — TimeLine Theatre Company

• Michelle Aravena (Rose Alvarez) — Bye Bye Birdie – Drury Lane Productions
• Klea Blackhurst (Hazel Burke) — Hazel, a Musical Maid in America — Drury Lane Productions
• Christine Ebersole (Elizabeth Arden) — War Paint — Goodman Theatre
• Patti LuPone (Helena Rubinstein) — War Paint — Goodman Theatre
« Donica Lynn (Effie Melody White) — Dreamgirls — Porchlight Music Theatre
• Alexis J. Rogers (Ms. Divine) — Don't Make Me Over (in Tribute to Dionne Warwick) — Black Ensemble Theater

• Shari Addison (Aretha) — Dynamite Divas — Black Ensemble Theater
• Lisa Beasley (Ensemble) — A Red Line Runs Through It — The Second City e.t.c.
• Rashada Dawan (Gladys) — Dynamite Divas — Black Ensemble Theater
« Peter Kim (Ensemble) — A Red Line Runs Through It — The Second City e.t.c.
• Melanie McCullough (Nancy) — Dynamite Divas — Black Ensemble Theater

• Manny Buckley (Alonzo Fields) — Looking Over the President's Shoulder —
American Blues Theater
• Barbara Figgins (Angela) — My Brilliant Divorce — Irish Theatre of Chicago
« Barry Shabaka Henley (Louis Armstrong and others) — Satchmo at the Waldorf — Court Theatre
• Brian Quijada (Himself) — Where did We Sit on the Bus? — Teatro Vista in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Victory Gardens Theater
• Gail Rastorfer (Mary Jane Kelly) — The Unfortunates — SoloChicago Theatre Company

• John Kelly Connolly (Timothy Archer) — Good for Otto — The Gift Theatre
« Mike Nussbaum (Gregory Solomon) — The Price — TimeLine Theatre Company
• Rob Riley (Barnard) — Good for Otto — The Gift Theatre
• Mark Roberts (Uncle Jim) — New Country — Fair Trade Productions
• Kelvin Roston Jr. (Damon) — Sunset Baby — TimeLine Theatre Company
• Cliff Saunders (Crispin) — The Heir Apparent — Chicago Shakespeare Theater

• Sean Fortunato (Sir Lancelot et al.) — Monty Python's Spamalot — Theatre at the Center
• Eric Lewis (Jimmy (James Thunder) Early) — Dreamgirls — Porchlight Music Theatre
« Evan Tyrone Martin (Raymond Deagan) — Far from Heaven — Porchlight Music Theatre
• Evan Tyrone Martin (Jake) — Side Show — Porchlight Music Theatre
• Richard Ruiz (Sancho) — Man of La Mancha — Marriott Theatre

• Deanna Dunagan (Aunt Ruth) — Marvin's Room — Shattered Globe Theatre
• Brookelyn Hébert (Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya) — The Seagull — The Artistic Home
• Elizabeth Ledo (Sarah) — Le Switch — About Face Theatre
« Elizabeth Ledo (Irene Molloy) — The Matchmaker — Goodman Theatre
• Miriam Silverman (Mavis) — The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window — Goodman Theatre
• Jacqueline Williams (Makeda) — The House That Will Not Stand — Victory Gardens Theater

• Mary Antonini (Anita) — West Side Story — Paramount Theatre
• E. Faye Butler (Motormouth Maybelle) — Hairspray — Paramount Theatre
« Susan Moniz (Elsie Hickam) — October Sky — Marriott Theatre
• Lia Mortensen (Joanne) — Company — Writers Theatre
• Alene Robertson (Martha Watson) — Irving Berlin's White Christmas — Drury Lane Productions

« Philip Dawkins — Charm — Northlight Theatre
• Philip Dawkins — Le Switch — About Face Theatre
• Rohina Malik — Yasmina’s Necklace — 16th Street Theater
• Brian Quijada — Where Did We Sit on the Bus? — Teatro Vista in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Victory Gardens Theater
• John Reeger, Julie Shannon and Michael Mahler — The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes — Mercury Theater Chicago
• Vanessa Stalling — United Flight 232 — The House Theatre of Chicago

• Robert Falls and Seth Bockley — 2666 — Goodman Theatre
• Frank Galati — East of Eden — Steppenwolf Theatre Company
« Aaron Thielen and Michael Mahler — October Sky — Marriott Theatre
• Mary Zimmerman — Treasure Island — Lookingglass Theatre Company and Berkeley Repertory Theatre

• William Carlos Angulo — West Side Story — Paramount Theatre
• Matthew Crowle — Irving Berlin's White Christmas — Drury Lane Productions
« Brigitte Ditmars — Xanadu — American Theater Company
• Danny Herman — Nice Work If You Can Get It — Theatre at the Center
• Katie Spelman — Oklahoma! — Paramount Theatre

« Diego Colon and Christopher Kriz — The Grapes of Wrath — The Gift Theatre
• Daniel Knox — The Glass Menagerie — The Hypocrites
• Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen — East of Eden — Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• André Pluess — Treasure Island — Lookingglass Theatre Company and Berkeley Repertory Theatre
• Brando Triantafillou — The Mutilated — A Red Orchid Theatre

« Austin Cook — Little Shop of Horrors — American Blues Theater
• Ryan T. Nelson — Man of La Mancha — Marriott Theatre
• Doug Peck — Dreamgirls — Porchlight Music Theatre
• Tom Vendafreddo — A Christmas Story, the Musical — Paramount Theatre
• Tom Vendafreddo — Oklahoma! — Paramount Theatre
• Tom Vendafreddo — West Side Story — Paramount Theatre

• Thad Hallstein — Jerusalem — Profiles Theatre
• Sarah E. Ross — The Rainmaker — American Blues Theater
• Joe Schermoly — The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence — Theater Wit
• Adam Veness — The New Sincerity — Theater Wit
« Chelsea M. Warren — After All the Terrible Things I Do — About Face Theatre

• Tom Burch — Sucker Punch — Victory Gardens Theater
• Kevin Depinet — The Heir Apparent — Chicago Shakespeare Theater
• Kevin Depinet — West Side Story — Paramount Theatre
• Jeffrey D. Kmiec — Deathtrap — Drury Lane Productions
« Jack Magaw — Long Day's Journey into Night — Court Theatre

« Mike Durst — Adding Machine: A Musical — The Hypocrites
• Diane D. Fairchild — Where Did We Sit on the Bus? — Teatro Vista in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Victory Gardens Theater
• Matt Gawryk — The Glass Menagerie — The Hypocrites
• William C. Kirkham — United Flight 232 — The House Theatre of Chicago
• Richard Norwood — A Small Oak Tree Runs Red — Congo Square Theatre Company
• Michael Stanfill — John Ball’s In the Heat of the Night — Shattered Globe Theatre

• Lee Fiskness — Sucker Punch — Victory Gardens Theater
• Jesse Klug — Man of La Mancha — Marriott Theatre
• Jesse Klug — West Side Story — Paramount Theatre
• Kenneth Posner — War Paint — Goodman Theatre
• Aaron Spivey — 2666 — Goodman Theatre
« Thom Weaver — The Tempest — Chicago Shakespeare Theater
• David Weiner — East of Eden — Steppenwolf Theatre Company

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« Jeremy W. Floyd — The Explorers Club — Windy City Playhouse
• Frances Maggio — The Producers — Mercury Theater Chicago
• Bill Morey — Dreamgirls — Porchlight Music Theatre
• Bill Morey — Far from Heaven — Porchlight Music Theatre
• Bill Morey — Side Show — Porchlight Music Theatre

• Theresa Ham — Hairspray — Paramount Theatre
• Ana Kuzmanic — Treasure Island — Lookingglass Theatre Company and Berkeley Repertory Theatre
• Nancy Missimi — Elf The Musical — Marriott Theatre
• Brenda Winstead — Nice Work If You Can Get It — Theatre at the Center
« Catherine Zuber — War Paint — Goodman Theatre

• Christopher Kriz — The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story — First Folio Theatre
• Steve Labedz — United Flight 232 — The House Theatre of Chicago
« Miles Polaski and Mikhail Fiksel — Fulfillment — American Theater Company and The Flea Theater
• Brian Quijada — Where did We Sit on the Bus? — Teatro Vista in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Victory Gardens Theater
• Brandon Reed — A Small Oak Tree Runs Red — Congo Square Theatre Company

• Barry G. Funderburg — The 39 Steps — Theatre at the Center
• Ryan Hickey — Deathtrap — Drury Lane Productions
• Lindsay Jones — Othello — Chicago Shakespeare Theater
« André Pluess — Spill — TimeLine Theatre Company
• André Pluess — Treasure Island — Lookingglass Theatre Company and Berkeley Repertory Theatre

• Joseph A. Burke — 1984 — Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• Liviu Pasare — In the Time of the Butterflies — Teatro Vista
• Shawn Sagady — 2666 — Goodman Theatre
« Mike Tutaj — Chimerica — TimeLine Theatre Company
• Mike Tutaj — Ride the Cyclone — Chicago Shakespeare Theater

• Chuck Coyl — Fight Choreography — Sucker Punch — Victory Gardens Theater
• Christine Edison — Origami Art and Consultation — Animals Out of Paper — Shattered Globe Theatre
« Mary O'Dowd and Amy Peter — Properties Design — The Price — TimeLine Theatre Company
• Sarah E. Ross — Puppet Design — Little Shop of Horrors — American Blues Theater
• Cassy Schillo — Properties and Set Dressing — Deathtrap — Drury Lane Productions
• Johnny Thompson — Magic Design — The Tempest — Chicago Shakespeare Theater