More Places at the Table
Nominations expand for the 10th Austin Critics Table Awards
By Robert Faires, Fri., May 24, 2002
We came, we saw, we liked an awful lot of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin Critics Table to the last year in the arts. As the informal affiliation of local arts writers gathered to put together nominations for the 2001-02 Critics Table Awards, they found so much exceptional work they wished to recognize, they opted to expand the size of the categories to include up to 10 nominees. Contributing nominations for the 2001-02 season -- which ended April 30 -- were Austin American-Statesman staff reporters Michael Barnes and Jeanne Claire van Ryzin (arts), and freelance writers Jamie Smith Cantara (theatre), Sondra Lomax (dance), David Mead (music), and Moira Muldoon (theatre), and Austin Chronicle writers Rob Curran (theatre), Robi Polgar (music and theatre), and yours truly. This year marks the 10th time local arts critics have teamed up to honor achievements on the local cultural scene, and the Critics Table will mark the occasion by founding the Austin Arts Hall of Fame. The initial inductees into the Hall of Fame, which will include artists, administrators, and patrons from the areas of dance, classical music, theatre, visual art, and comedy, will be announced during the presentation of the awards in a ceremony -- an exceedingly informal ceremony, as always -- Monday, June 3, 7pm, at a location to be announced. As always, admission is free.
David Mark Cohen New Play Award
Anna Bella Eema, Lisa D'Amour
The Dinosaur Within, John Walch
Madame X, Ann Ciccolella
The Medea Stories, J. Ed Araiza & Medea company
El Paraiso, Kirk Lynn
Le Petomane, David Yeakle, et al.
Tilt Angel, Dan Dietz
Production, Drama
The Dinosaur Within, State Theater Company
Fugitive Pieces, Salvage Vanguard Theater
The Laramie Project, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Madame X, Different Stages
Master Class, Zachary Scott Theatre
The Medea Stories, Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's
Shopping and Fucking, Vortex Repertory Company
Tilt Angel, Salvage Vanguard Theater
Production, Comedy
Big Love, Rude Mechanicals
The Chairs, State Theater Company
Desdemona, iron belly muses
The Isosceles Love Triangle, Austin Commedia Society
The London Cuckolds, Bedlam Faction
The Tempest, State Theater Company
Production, Musical
Anna Bella Eema, Refraction Arts Project/ Physical Plant Theater
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Jelly's Last Jam, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Landscape of the Body, UT Department of Theatre & Dance
El Paraiso, Rude Mechanicals
The Sound of Music, Austin Musical Theatre
The World Goes Round, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Director, Drama
J. Ed Araiza, The Medea Stories
Michael Breault, The Dinosaur Within
Ann Ciccolella, Madame X/Master Class
Justin Elliott, This Is Our Youth
Jason Neulander, Fugitive Pieces/Tilt Angel
Barry Pineo, Shopping and Fucking
Michelle Polgar, The Glass Menagerie
Dave Steakley, The Laramie Project
Director, Comedy
Rick Garcia, Luminarias
Shoshana Gold, Seven Deadly Sins
Richard Jones, The Chairs
Scott Kanoff, The Tempest
Johanna McKeon, As You Like It
Deanna Shoemaker, Desdemona
Darron L. West, Big Love
Director, Musical
Kevin Archambault, Once Upon a Mattress
Rod Caspers, Really Rosie
Amparo Garcia Crow, Landscape of the Body
Katie Pearl, Anna Bella Eema
Shawn Sides, El Paraiso
Dave Steakley, Hedwig and the Angry Inch/ Jelly's Last Jam/The World Goes Round
Scott Thompson and Richard Byron, The Sound of Music
Actress, Drama
Lisa Bansavage, Master Class
Barbara Chisholm, Stephen King's Misery
Megan Cole, Wit
Lee Eddy, Fugitive Pieces
Lameece Isaaq, The Dinosaur Within
Karen Jones, The Glass Menagerie
Christa Kimlicko Jones, The Seagull
Helen Merino, Hamlet/Madame X
Bernadette Nason, Faith Healer
Stephanie Swenson, Shopping and Fucking
Actress, Comedy
Emily Abrams, The London Cuckolds
Holly Babbitt, Desdemona
Tamara Beland, Desdemona
Monika Bustamante, Blur
Lee Eddy, Desdemona
Shannon Grounds, The London Cuckolds
Karen Jones, The Chairs
Keri Safran, As You Like It/Changes of Heart
Actress, Musical
Jill Blackwood, The Gifts of the Magi
Stephanie Block, Oliver!
Stevi Cavender, The USO Christmas Show
Alexis Chamow, Landscape of the Body
Felicia Dinwiddie, Jelly's Last Jam
Lauren Hathaway, The Sound of Music
Meredith McCall, Little Shop of Horrors
Marlow Moore, Once Upon a Mattress/ Really Rosie
Actor, Drama
Scott Bate, Burn This
Martin Burke, Shopping and Fucking
Joey Hood, The Metamorphosis
Judson L. Jones, Fugitive Pieces
Michael Miller, Corpus Christi
Jason Phelps, Tilt Angel
David Stahl, The Glass Menagerie/ Richard III/The Seagull
Actor, Comedy
Kirk Burg, Laughing Wild
Mick D'Arcy, Cyrano de Bergerac
Patrick Johnson, Lend Me a Tenor
Rob Nash, Rob Nash Does Romeo and Juliet
Benjamin Sterling, As You Like It
Nick Walker, Once in a Lifetime
Jaston Williams, The Chairs
Actor, Musical
Tim Blackwood, The Will Rogers Follies
Kevin Cahoon, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Kevin Gray, Man of La Mancha
Mark Jacoby, The Sound of Music
Peter Kevoian, Oliver!
Gerard Lebeda, Little Shop of Horrors
Robert Pierson, Le Petomane
Andrew Rannells, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ronn K. Smith, Jelly's Last Jam
Supporting Actress, Drama
Barbara Chisholm, Hamlet
Mary Agen Cox, The Dinosaur Within
Shannon Grounds, Wit
Karen Kuykendall, The Dinosaur Within
Andrea Osborn, The Dinosaur Within
Jill Swanson, Madame X
Cyndi Williams, Tilt Angel
Supporting Actress, Comedy
San Juanita Alcala, Petra's Sueño
Babs George, The Tempest
Lameece Isaaq, Seven Deadly Sins
Karen Kuykendall, Big Love
Lana Lesley, Big Love
Sarah Richardson, Big Love
Erica Saenz, Luminarias
Shawn Sides, Big Love
Supporting Actress, Musical
Susanne Abbott, Hedwig and the Angry Inch/Little Shop of Horrors
Karen Kuykendall, The World Goes Round
Jill Leberknight, The World Goes Round
Lana Lesley, El Paraiso
Sarah Richardson, El Paraiso
Rebecca Schoolar, The World Goes Round
Janis Stinson, Jelly's Last Jam/Little Shop of Horrors/The USO Christmas Show
Larissa Walcott, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Melanie Wilkinson, Blues in the Night
Supporting Actor, Drama
Ron Berry, The Dinosaur Within
Leon Addison Brown, The Dinosaur Within
Raul Castillo, Blade to the Heat
Cory Gagne, Fugitive Pieces
Paul Norton, Hamlet/Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
Matthew Patterson, Shopping and Fucking,
Robert Pierson, Tilt Angel
Guy Roberts, The Glass Menagerie/Wit
Clay Towery, Shopping and Fucking
Supporting Actor, Comedy
Greg Gondek, Art Stripped Naked
Joey Hood, Blur
Andrew Hutcheson, As You Like It
Michael T. Mergen, Big Love
Robert Newell, Big Love
Guy Roberts, The Tempest
Jon Watson, Big Love
Supporting Actor, Musical
René Alvarado, El Paraiso
Harvey Guion, El Paraiso
Mark Anthony Hall, Jelly's Last Jam
Gerard Lebeda, The World Goes Round
Jason Liebrecht, El Paraiso
Paul Norton, Oliver!
Dan Sullivan, Little Shop of Horrors
Ensemble Performance
Anna Bella Eema, Refraction Arts Project/Physical Plant Theater
Corpus Christi, Real Rain Productions
The Isosceles Love Triangle, Austin Commedia Society
The Laramie Project, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
The Medea Stories, Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's
Scenic Design
Anne Marie Gordon, Shopping and Fucking,
Kimberlee Koym, Tilt Angel
Christopher McCollum, The Chairs/The Consul/ La Fanciulla del West/Oliver!/Once in a Lifetime
Stephen Pruitt, Fugitive Pieces
Michael Raiford, Big Love/Hedwig and the Angry Inch/The Laramie Project
Leilah Stewart, Blur/Luminarias/El Paraiso
Michael Yeargan, A Streetcar Named Desire
Costume Design
Dawn Allee, Oliver!
Leslie Bonnell, Big Love
Susan Branch, Jelly's Last Jam
Barbara Fisher and Ann Ford, A Streetcar Named Desire
Marcy Rector, As You Like It
Lighting Design
Jason Amato, Hedwig and the Angry Inch/ Jelly's Last Jam/The Laramie Project
Kathryn Eader, The Glass Menagerie
David Nancarrow, The Chairs/A Streetcar Named Desire
Brian Scott, Big Love/El Paraiso
Clifton Taylor, The Dinosaur Within
Tony Tucci, The Sound of Music
Sound Design
The Gunn Brothers, The Tempest
Jeremy Lee, Fugitive Pieces/El Paraiso/ Tilt Angel
Philip Montoya, Luminarias
Jason Phelps and Margery Segal, The Medea Stories
Allen Robertson, The Laramie Project
Adam Sultan, Anna Bella Eema
Movement
J. Ed Araiza & Medea company, The Medea Stories
Ra-Sean Holloway, Jelly's Last Jam
Shawn Sides, El Paraiso
Scott Thompson and Richard Byron, Oliver!
Musical Direction
Fred Barton, Oliver!/The Sound of Music
Chris Black, Fugitive Pieces/Tilt Angel
Darren Castello, The Big Push
Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski, Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre in Concert/ El Paraiso
Allen Robertson, Hedwig and the Angry Inch/ Jelly's Last Jam/Little Shop of Horrors
Joe Scruggs, Not Afraid of the Dark
Touring Show, Theatre
Aida, UT-PAC
Ann Hampton Callaway, Austin Cabaret Theatre
Cherry Cherry Lemon, FronteraFest
Kiki and Herb, Vortex Repertory Company
Lypsinka! The Boxed Set, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Steve Ross, Austin Cabaret Theatre
Thwak!, Austin Theatre Alliance
Touring Show, Dance
Ballet Hispanico, UT-PAC
Dance Theatre of Harlem, Austin Theatre Alliance
Dance: The Spirit of Cambodia, UT-PAC
Flamenco Fest: Eva La Yerbabuena, UT-PAC
Limón Dance Company, UT-PAC
Washington Ballet, UT-PAC
Touring Show, Music
Australian Chamber Orchestra, UT-PAC
Juilliard String Quartet, UT-PAC
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time, Cactus Pear Festival
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg with the Assad Brothers, One World Theatre
Dawn Upshaw, UT-PAC
Dance Concert, Large
.com, Tapestry Dance Company
Desire, Ballet Austin
Jass, Tapestry Dance Company
Not Afraid of the Dark, Ballet Austin
The Rite of Spring, Ballet Austin
Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Austin
Dance Concert, Small to Medium
Ariel Dance Theatre in Concert, Ariel Dance Theatre
Ascending on Fields of Air, Jacques Productions
The Big Push, Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company
Duets, Holly Williams
Huellas en el Agua/Footprints on Water, Toni Bravo and Sharon Marroquin
Issues, Realm Danceproject
Midnight Playground, Ellen Bartel
Dancer, Male
Anthony Casati, The Nutcracker/Romeo and Juliet
Jim Chappeleaux, Ariel Dance Theatre in Concert
SethJohn Davis, Jass
Eric Midgely, Romeo and Juliet
Nicholas Young, Ascending on Fields of Air/ .com/Jass
Dancer, Female
Andrea Ariel, Ariel Dance Theatre in Concert
Margot Brown, The Nutcracker
Vlada Chtcheberaiko, The Nutcracker/ Romeo and Juliet
Acia Gray, Ascending on Fields of Air/ .com/Jass
Sharon Marroquin, Huellas en el Agua/ Footprints on Water
Anuradha Naimpally, Ascending on Fields of Air
Gina Patterson, The Nutcracker/ Romeo and Juliet
Allyson Paino, The Rite of Spring
Symphonic Concert
Carmina Burana, Austin Symphony
Mahler: Symphony No. 4, Austin Symphony
Mahler: Symphony No. 4, UT Symphony
Mozart's Birthday, A. Mozart Fest Chamber Orchestra
The Rite of Spring, Austin Symphony
Choral Concert
Carmina Burana, Chorus Austin
In Memoriam, Austin Choral Artists
In Response, Conspirare Choir
Modern Muses, Austin ProChorus
Palestrina/Pärt, Conspirare Choir
Chamber Concert
Shostakovich: Ninth Quartet, Cavani String Quartet
Dvorak: Piano Quintet, Cavani String Quartet with Gregory Allen
Mozart concerti, Paul Badura-Skoda with A. Mozart Fest
Sephardic Love Songs, Texas Early Music Project
Harrington String Quartet, Austin Chamber Music Festival
Opera
Carmen, Austin Lyric Opera
The Consul, UT Opera Theatre
La Fanciulla del West, Austin Lyric Opera
A Streetcar Named Desire, Austin Lyric Opera
Singer, Male
Holton Johnson, The Sorcerer
Christopher Le Cluyse, Mid-Winter Festival of Music
David Small, La Fanciulla del West/Messiah
Mel Ulrich, A Streetcar Named Desire
Singer, Female
Jennifer Aylmer, A Streetcar Named Desire
Cheryl Parrish, Ariel Dance Theatre in Concert
Consuelo Sañudo, New Texas Music Festival
Rinat Shaham, Carmen
Pamela South, A Streetcar Named Desire/ La Fanciulla del West
Melanie Sonnenberg, Carmen
Ai-Lan Zhu, Faust
Instrumentalist
Anton Nel, Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Leigh Mahoney, Spirit Musings
Manilal Nag, Sitar Concert
Mary Robbins, Mozart concerti
Laurie Stevens, Mid-Winter Festival of Music
Museum Exhibition
"Brazilian Visual Poetry," Mexic-Arte Museum
"The Road to Aztlan," Austin Museum of Art/ Texas Fine Arts Association
"Trenton Doyle Hancock," Texas Fine Arts Association
"22 to Watch," Austin Museum of Art
"Visualizing the Blues," Austin Museum of Art
Gallery Exhibition
"Ansel Adams," Oswald Gallery
"Cassandra James," Wally Workman Gallery
"Daphne Park," Women & Their Work
"Diane Grammer and Margie Crisp," Davis Gallery
"Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui," Gallery 106
"Full Moon," Lake Austin Fine Arts
"Lance Letscher," D. Berman Gallery
Gallery, Body of Work
D. Berman Gallery
Creative Research Laboratory
Gallery 106
Lake Austin Fine Arts
Wally Workman Gallery
Yard Dog
Artist, Female
Cynthia Camlin
Cassandra James
Katy O'Connor
Daphne Park
Sydney Yeager
Artist, Male
Malcolm Bucknell
Matthew Gutierrez
Lance Letscher
Owen McAuley
Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui
Mark Schatz
Scott Thom
