Local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to recognize the year's most exceptional work in theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art. The nominations for the 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards, covering the period from May 1, 2004, to April 30, 2005, were assembled by an informal affiliation of arts writers, consisting of the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes (arts), Jamie Smith Cantara (theatre), Sondra Lomax (dance), David Mead (music), Tommy O'Malley (theatre), and Jeanne Claire van Ryzin (arts); and the Chronicle's Heather Barfield (theatre), Rachel Koper (visual art), and Robert Faires (arts). The Critics Table will present the awards and induct the fourth class of local legends into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame during an as-ever informal ceremony on Monday, June 6, 7pm, at the Cap City Comedy Club, 8120 Research. The public is welcome. Admission is free.
Production, Drama
Death of a Cat, Salvage Vanguard Theater
Nightswim, State Theater Company
Omnium-Gatherum, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Orange, Refraction Arts Project
Director, Drama
J. Ed Araiza, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Sonnet Blanton & Julia M. Smith, The Philomel Project: we are all transformed to birds
Christina J. Moore, Metamorphoses
Jason Neulander, The Death of a Cat
Katie Pearl, Nightswim
Dave Steakley, Omnium-Gatherum
Actress, Drama
Janelle Buchanan, Omnium-Gatherum
Peyton Hayslip, Molly Sweeney
Christa Kimlicko Jones, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Jenny Larson, The Death of a Cat
Julia M. Smith, Orange
Cyndi Williams, Orange
Actor, Drama
Robert Faires, Nightswim
Judson L. Jones, Orange/Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Jeffery Mills, Death of a Cat
David Stahl, Nightswim
Douglas Taylor, Nightswim
Scott Tesh, Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Brent Werzner, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Supporting Actress, Drama
Mary Agen Cox, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Sarah Johnson, Othello
Helen Merino, Omnium-Gatherum
Carla Nickerson, House Arrest/Omnium- Gatherum/Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Annie Suite, Metamorphoses
Supporting Actor, Drama
Mark Banks, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Frank Benge, Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Joel Citty, Orange
Dan Dietz, The Death of a Cat
Harvey Guion, Omnium-Gatherum
Joey Hood, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Erik Parillo, Omnium-Gatherum
Guy Roberts, Othello
Production, Comedy
Blown Sideways Through Life, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
The Dog in the Manger, Austin Shakespeare Festival
The Drawer Boy, Hyde Park Theatre
The Jinn, dirigo group
Not Clown, Physical Plant Theater
Director, Comedy
J. Ed Araiza, Ladee Leroy
Guy Roberts, The Dog in the Manger
Karen Sneed, Crimes of the Heart
Carlos Treviño, Not Clown
Ken Webster, The Drawer Boy/Pageant
David Yeakle, The Comedy of Errors
Actress, Comedy
Barbara Chisholm, Blown Sideways Through Life
Elizabeth Doss, Not Clown
Lee Eddy, Ladee Leroy
Kelsey Kling, Pageant
Meredith McCall, The Jinn
Bobbie Owens Oliver, Marvin's Room
Lauri Raymond, Enchanted April
Actor, Comedy
Brad Carlin, The Drawer Boy
David Jones, The Drawer Boy
Robert Pierson, The Jinn
Guy Roberts, The Dog in the Manger
Michael Stuart, The Drawer Boy
Mark Stewart, The Comedy of Errors
Supporting Actress, Comedy
Monica Asencio, The Comedy of Errors
Jill Blackwood, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lana Dieterich, Bell, Book, and Candle
Lee Eddy, Not Clown
Andrea Osborn, Enchanted April
Marijane Vandivier, Enchanted April
Supporting Actor, Comedy
Robert Fisher, The Jinn
Corey Gagne, A Midsummer Night's Dream/ Pageant
Josh Meyer, Not Clown
Robert Pierson, Not Clown
David Stahl, Enchanted April
Ben Wolfe, The Dog in the Manger
Production, Musical
Cabaret, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Cabaret, UT Department of Theatre & Dance
Hair, Southwestern University
Honk!, Mary Moody Northen Theatre
The Secret Garden, Zilker Theatre Productions
Director, Musical
Rod Caspers, The Secret Garden/Honk!
Ann Ciccolella, Cabaret (Zach)
Jason Neulander, Genghis Khan
Rick Roemer, Hair
J. Richard Smith, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Actress, Musical
Susanne Abbott, Cabaret (Zach)
Catherine Berry, Spin
Jill Blackwood, Aida
Lee Coleé-Atnip, 110 in the Shade
Libby Dees, Honk!
Corley Pillsbury, The Secret Garden
Actor, Musical
Daniel Adams, Honk!
David Gallagher, Honk!
Greg Gondek, Cabaret (Zach)
Scotty Roberts, Cabaret (Zach)
Dan Sullivan, The Secret Garden
Dustin Hunter Wills, Cabaret (UT)
Supporting Actress, Musical
Jill Blackwood, Cabaret (Zach)
Karen Kuykendall, Cabaret (Zach)
Janis Stinson, Crowns/Lost Highway
Kendra Treichler, Cabaret (UT)
Larissa Walcott, The Secret Garden
Musical Direction
Lyn Koenning, The Secret Garden/Cabaret (UT)
Michael McKelvey, A Christmas Carol (State)/ Honk!
Graham Reynolds, Genghis Khan
Allen Robertson, Crowns/Aida
Dennis Whitehead, Hair
Movement
Abi Basch, Fear of a Führer
Carlos Ferreira, Cabaret (Zach)
Rachel Murray, Cabaret (UT)
Judy Thompson-Price, Hair/Honk!
Carlos Treviño and company, Not Clown
Ensemble Performance
Cherrywood, Rude Mechanicals
Fear of a Führer, UT Department of Theatre & Dance
Metamorphoses, Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Omnium-Gatherum, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Orange, Refraction Arts Project
The Philomel Project: we are all transformed to birds, Refraction Arts Project
David Mark Cohen New Play Award
The Death of a Cat, C. Denby Swanson
Fear of a Führer, Abi Basch
The Jinn, Kirk Lynn
Nightswim, Steve Moore
Not Clown, Steve Moore and Carlos Treviño
Orange, Ron Berry and the Orange Writers Collective
Original Composition
La Canción Desesperada, Donald Grantham
Circus Maximus, John Corigliano
Genghis Khan, Graham Reynolds
Holy Night, Dan Welcher & Paul Woodruff
Sleeping Beauty, Content Love Knowles & Bonnie Cullum
Original Score
Robert S. Fisher, Hemophiliacs
Andy Hadaway, Killsport
Graham Reynolds & Peter Stopschinski, Detour
Adam Sultan, Fear of a Führer
Cabaret or Theatrical Concert
Laurie Anderson, Paramount Theatre
At Home With Dick, Dick Price/ Rubber Repertory
Klea Blackhurst: Everything the Traffic Will Allow, Austin Cabaret Theatre
Ann Hampton Callaway, Austin Cabaret Theatre
Tina Marsh with Eddy Hobizal, Creative Opportunity Orchestra
Donna McKechnie: Gypsy in My Soul, Austin Cabaret Theatre
Touring Show
42nd Street, UT-PAC
Jane Comfort and Company, Dance Umbrella
La Conquista, Vortex Repertory Company
Renée Fleming, UT-PAC
Martha Graham Dance Company, UT-PAC
Throws Like a Girl: Index to Idioms/Single Wet Female/Dress Suits to Hire, Rude Mechs
Varekai, Cirque du Soleil
Scenic Design
Ann Marie Gordon, Ghost From a Perfect Place/ St. Enid and the Black Hand/Pageant
Kim Gritzer, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Richard Isackes, Metamorphoses
Christopher McCollum, Nightswim/A Ride With Bob/Light: The Holocaust & Humanity Project
J. Richard Smith, The Secret Garden
Chase Staggs, The Death of a Cat/Know Dog/ The Philomel Project: we are all transformed to birds/Genghis Khan
Costume Design
Susan Branch, Cabaret (Zach)/The Secret Garden/Aida
Hope Irish Buchanan, Honk!
Laura Cannon, The Death of a Cat/Cherrywood/ Genghis Khan
Michael McDonald & Leslie Bonnell, Crowns
Candida Nichols, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Kari Perkins, Sleeping Beauty
Lighting Design
Jason Amato, Cabaret (Zach)/Ghost From a Perfect Place/Where Nothing Falls II/ Omnium-Gatherum/Crowns/St. Enid and the Black Hand/Aida/Sleeping Beauty
Diana Duecker, The Death of a Cat/Know Dog/ Genghis Khan
Amarante L. Lucero, Reflex
Monique R. Norman, The Circular Ruins
Tony Tucci, Light: The Holocaust & Humanity Project
Robert Whyburn, The Secret Garden
Sound Design
Robert S. Fisher, Cherrywood/Hemophiliacs
Gunn Brothers, A Christmas Carol (State)
K. Eliot Haynes, Orange/The Philomel Project: we are all transformed to birds
Lindsay Jones, Nightswim
Allen Robertson, House Arrest/Omnium- Gatherum
Chad Salvata, Ghost From a Perfect Place
Dance Concert, Large
Cinderella, Ballet Austin
In the Pocket, Tapestry Dance Company
Light: The Holocaust & Humanity Project, Ballet Austin
Where Nothing Falls II, Blue Lapis Light
Dance Concert, Small to Medium
Detour, Ariel Dance Theatre
Danceworks Junction, Sharir+Bustamante Danceworks
The King & I, Forklift Danceworks
The Match, Deborah Hay Dance Company/ Dance Umbrella
Reflex, Sharir+Bustamante Danceworks
Choreographer
José Luis Bustamante, Reflex/ The Circular Ruins
Deborah Hay, The Match
Stephen Mills, Cinderella/Light: The Holocaust & Humanity Project
Allison Orr, Transit/The King & I
Carolyn Pavlik, Lady-Boy/Endless Buttonings
Dancer, Female
Margot Brown, Cinderella/Peter Pan/Let the Fools Stand in Line/Light: The Holocaust & Humanity Project
Theresa Hardy, Transit/The King & I
Allisyn Paino, Light: The Holocaust & Humanity Project
Chrysa Parkinson, The Match
Ros Warby, The Match
Dancer, Male
Jason Janas, In the Pocket
Mark Lorimer, The Match
Steve Ochoa, Detour
D. Poet Powell, In the Pocket
Jim Stein, Light: The Holocaust & Humanity Project
Symphonic Performance
A Baroque Festival Concert, St. Cecilia Music Series
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Austin Symphony
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Austin Symphony with Chorus Austin
Corigliano: Circus Maximus, UT Wind Ensemble
Janácek: Sinfonietta, Austin Symphony
Chamber Performance
Dvorák: "American" Quartet, Miró Quartet
Dvorák: Trio in F Minor, Miró Quartet (Yamamoto, Gindele, with Gregory Allen)
Deliciously Dvorák, Cactus Pear Music Festival
Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings, Cactus Pear Music Festival
Rachmaninoff: Suite for Two Pianos, Duo Turgeon, Austin Chamber Music Festival
Veritably Vienna, A. Mozart Fest
Choral Concert
Come Together, Conspirare
Conversations From Opposite Sides of the Room (Mirror Images), Conspirare
Haydn: Mass in Time of War, Austin Civic Chorus
Midsummer Night's Renaissance, Conspirare
Pathways to Bach, Texas Early Music Project
Opera
Della's Gift/Holy Night, UT Opera Theatre
Elektra, Austin Lyric Opera
Genghis Khan, Salvage Vanguard Theater
The Marriage of Figaro, Austin Lyric Opera
Tosca, Austin Lyric Opera
Singer, Female
Brenda Harris, Elektra/Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Kelly Hart, Della's Gift
Susan Marie Pierson, Elektra
Rose Taylor, From Stephen Foster to Stephen Sondheim
Agnes Vojko, La Tragédie de Carmen
Singer, Male
Drake Dantzler, Holy Night
Tom Fox, Elektra
Yoon Sang Lee, Holy Night
Stephen Ruduski, Della's Gift
Wayne Tigges, The Marriage of Figaro
Instrumentalist
Anton Nel, recital at UT, Oct. 17, 2004
Bion Tsang, Dvorák: Cello Concerto, UT Symphony
Caitlin Tully, Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Austin Symphony
Peter Otto and Amy Oshiro, Music for Two Violins by Mozart, Grappelli, Sarasate, Cactus Pear Music Festival
Museum Exhibition
"Collaborative Spirit: Prints, Presses, & Deluxe Artists' Books," Ransom Center
"Color/Pattern/Grid," Austin Museum of Art
"European Paintings: Open Storage," Blanton Museum of Art
"Lance Letscher: Books and Parts of Books, 1996-2004," Austin Museum of Art
"Lounge!," Arthouse
"Miguel Covarrubias: A Certain Clairvoyance," Ransom Center
Solo Gallery Exhibition
Margarita Cabrera, "Maquila," Women & Their Work
Peat Duggins, "Battle of Hickory Ridge," The Fresh Up Club
Jeffrey Shore and John Fisher "Livefeed," Gallery II, Texas State University
Lance Letscher, "Provisional Beauty," D Berman Gallery
Joseph Phillips, "Funicular," Plan B Gallery
Saira Wasim "Political Carousel," Southwestern University
Group Gallery Exhibition
"Construction Site," AMLI Downtown
"Hot for Teacher," Camp Fig
"Mothership Connection," Creative Research Laboratory
"Open Doors: Downtown," AMLI Downtown
"Terrestrial Arcs," Plan B Gallery
"Texas Biennial 2005," everywhere
Gallery, Body of Work
Camp Fig
D Berman Gallery
Gallery I and II, Texas State University
Studio 107
2040 Gallery
Artist, Female
Candace Briceno
Ledia Carroll
Erin Cone
Jenny Hart
Hana Hillerova
Artist, Male
Robert Dale Anderson
Andy Coolquitt
Peat Duggins
Young-Min Kang
Lance Letscher
Matthew Rodriguez
