Another Round of Praise
Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards
By Robert Faires, Fri., May 9, 2008
For the 16th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics have joined to recognize the year's most exceptional achievements in the visual arts, dance, classical music, and theatre. The nominations for the 2008 Austin Critics Table Awards, covering the period from May 1, 2007, to April 30, 2008, were assembled by the following writers: the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes (arts), Clare Croft (dance), Randy Harriman (music), Erin Keever (visual arts), David Mead (music), Joey Seiler (theatre), and Jeanne Claire van Ryzin (arts) and the Chronicle's Salvador Castillo (visual arts), Elizabeth Cobbe (theatre), Amanda Douberley (visual arts), Michael Kellerman (music), Rachel Koper (visual arts), Nikki Moore (visual arts), Avimaan Syam (theatre), and Robert Faires (arts). The Critics Table will present the awards and induct the seventh class of local legends into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame during an as-ever informal ceremony on Monday, June 2, 7pm, at the Cap City Comedy Club, 8120 Research. The public is welcome. Admission is free.
THEATRE
Production, Drama
Death and the King's Horseman, Mary Moody Northen Theatre/ProArts Collective
Doubt, Zach Theatre
Elephant's Graveyard, UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance
Far Away, ACC Drama Department
Fefu and Her Friends, UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance
Mud, Salvage Vanguard Theater
The Pillowman, Hyde Park Theatre
Voices Underwater, Salvage Vanguard Theater
Production, Comedy
The Brats of Clarence, The Bedlam Faction
Full Circle, Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Happy Days, Capital T Theatre
The Lonesome West, Hyde Park Theatre
Matt and Ben, Naughty Austin
The Method Gun, Rude Mechs
A Thought in Three Parts, Rubber Repertory
Tuna Does Vegas, Fathers and Song Inc./Pearl Productions Inc./Howard & Kaffaty Inc.
Production, Musical
Assassins, UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance
Carousel, TexARTS
High School Musical, Zach Performing Arts School
Io: a myth about you, Shrewd Productions
Jesucristo Superestrella, Zach Theatre
Porgy and Bess, Zach Theatre
The Ultimate Christmas Musical: The Musical!, Yellow Tape Construction Co.
Direction
Rod Caspers, Assassins
Steven Dietz, Doubt
Stephen Gerald, Death and the King's Horseman
Jenny Larson, Voices Underwater/You Are Pretty
David Long, Full Circle
Marcus McQuirter, Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil
Laura Somers, Far Away
Dave Steakley, Jesucristo Superestrella/High School Musical/Porgy and Bess
Carlos Treviño, Matt Hislope, and Josh Meyer, A Thought in Three Parts
Ken Webster, The Pillowman/The Lonesome West
Acting in a Leading Role
Jill Blackwood, Carousel/Full Circle
Janelle Buchanan, Doubt
Katherine Catmull, Happy Days
Lee Eddy, You Are Pretty
Babs George, The Seagull
Jude Hickey, The Pillowman/Io: a myth about you
David Jennings, Porgy and Bess
Jodi Jinks, Far Away
Jenny Larson, Mud
Feliz McDonald, Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil
Jeffery Mills, Mud
John Pointer, Jesucristo Superestrella
Marc Pouhé, Death and the King's Horseman
Matt Radford, The Seagull
Ben Summers, The Lonesome West
Robin Grace Thompson, Voices Underwater
Emily Tindall, Ashes, Ashes
Acting in a Supporting Role
Kimberley Adams, Fefu and Her Friends
Sydney Andrews, Doubt
Ken Bradley, The Pillowman
Leslie Chastain, Ashes, Ashes
Libby Dees, On the Town
Amy Downing, High School Musical
Liz Fisher, Featuring Loretta/The Seagull
Billy Harden, Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil
Gina Houston, Io: a myth about you
Helyn Rain Messenger, Full Circle
Cedric Neal, Porgy and Bess
Amy Nichols, The Ultimate Christmas Musical: The Musical!
Angela Rawna, Doubt
Richard Romeo, Death and the King's Horseman
Janis Stinson, Porgy and Bess
Cary Winscott, Speeding Motorcycle
Molly Wissinger, Carousel
Ensemble Performance
Ashes, Ashes, UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance
The Brats of Clarence, The Bedlam Faction
Elephant's Graveyard, UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance
Fefu and Her Friends, UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance
Full Circle, Mary Moody Northen Theatre
The Method Gun, Rude Mechs
The Ultimate Christmas Musical: The Musical!,
Yellow Tape Construction Co.
You Are Pretty, St. Idiot Collective
David Mark Cohen New Play Award
Ashes, Ashes, Eve Tulbert
"Cecelia," Sarah Saltwick
Elephant's Graveyard, George Brant
Io: a myth about you, Monika Bustamante
The Method Gun, Kirk Lynn
No One Else in the Woods Tonight, Rebecca Wadlinger
Voices Underwater, Abi Basch
Music Direction
Anthony Barilla, Speeding Motorcycle
Jason Connor, High School Musical
Lyn Koenning, Carousel/Porgy and Bess/Assassins
Michael McKelvey, Full Circle/Troades/On the Town
Allen Robertson, Jesucristo Superestrella
Mark Stewart, The Buttons and Bows Show: Hilah's Dollhouse
Movement
Amanda Butterfield, The Ultimate Christmas Musical:
The Musical!
Mary Chase, Elephant's Graveyard
Lisa Holmstrom and Robin Lewis, High School Musical
Stacey Huston and Robin Lewis, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Jenny Larson, Voices Underwater
Robin Lewis, Jesucristo Superestrella/Full Circle/ Porgy and Bess/On the Town
Lindsey Taylor & Ensemble, Ashes, Ashes
Touring Show, Theatre
Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway, Austin Cabaret Theatre
Five in the Morning, Rotozaza, Fuse Box Festival
Incognito, Michael Fosberg, Black Arts Movement
Macbeth, Actors From the London Stage
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Kristina Wong, Throws Like a Girl series
DESIGN
Scenic Design
Szu-Feng Chen, Elephant's Graveyard
Sarah Davidson, Fefu and Her Friends/Assassins
Connor Hopkins, Voices Underwater
Lisa Laratta, Ashes, Ashes
Michael Raiford, Jesucristo Superestrella/Speeding Motorcycle
Leilah Stewart, Full Circle
Peter Sukovaty, Far Away
Costume Design
Susan Branch, Jesucristo Superestrella/Fefu and Her Friends
Amy Burrell, Woman's Work: Reconstructions of Self
Laura Cannon, Illuminaton/Constellation/Full Circle
Eleanor Fluhart, "Isabella," Lived Experience!
Dance Reflections Transferred or Layered
Trenton Doyle Hancock, Cult of Color: Call to Color
Jennifer Madison, Assassins
Jan McCauley, Elephant's Graveyard
Sarah Mosher, Ashes, Ashes
Lighting Design
Jason Amato, Jesucristo Superestrella/Constellation/Illumination/Porgy and Bess/Doubt
Diana Duecker, Full Circle/Voices Underwater
Michelle Habeck, Winter Tryst/Woman's Work: Reconstructions of Self
Katy Hallee, Fefu and Her Friends
Paul Hancock, Ashes, Ashes
Peter Sukovaty, Far Away/Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil
Will C. Sutliff, Assassins
Tony Tucci, Carousel/Cult of Color: Call to Color
Sound Design
Kristen Bennett, Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil
Craig Brock, Jesucristo Superestrella/Porgy and Bess
Billy Henry, Assassins
William Meadows, Constellation/Illumination
Buzz Moran, Mud/Full Circle/Voices Underwater
Jason Newman, The Rainbow Family of the Serendipitous Now
Graham Reynolds, The Method Gun
Video Design
Ensemble, The Brats of Clarence
Michael Mergen and Lowell Bartholomee,
The Method Gun (workshop)
Dutch Rall, Woman's Work: Reconstructions of Self
DANCE
Dance Concert
Constellation, Blue Lapis Light
Cult of Color: Call to Color, Ballet Austin
Hot September Flurries: Night of Spank Dance Company, Spank Dance Company
The King and I, Forklift Danceworks
The Souls of Our Feet 2008, Tapestry Dance Company
Stuporwoman and Other Exhausting Dances of Mad Beauty, Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks
Woman's Work: Reconstructions of Self, Andee Scott
Short Work
"Aero," Stuporwoman and Other Exhausting Dances of Mad Beauty
"Ascendant (sextet in memory of Aaron Copland)," Lingo
"Corazon Loco," The Sameness of Change
"Helluva Day," Hot September Flurries: Night of Group Works
"No Time Jazz," Lingo
"Soudain L'Hiver Dernier," Winter Tryst
"Vast Landscape of Nothingness," Hot September Flurries: Night of Group Works
Choreographer
Ellen Bartel, "4Red Lines"/"Cool.Dance."
Jose Luis Bustamante, "Aero"
Acia Gray, "Listening"
Kathy Dunn Hamrick, The BarreTenders
Sally Jacques, Illumination/Constellation
Jason Janas, "Feeling"
David Justin, "Ascendant (sextet in memory of Aaron Copland)"/"Helluva Day"
Sharon Marroquin, "Vast Landscape of Nothingness," Hot September Flurries: Night of Group Works/"Corazon Loco," The Sameness of Change
Stephen Mills, Cult of Color: Call to Color
Dancer
Meg Brooker, Lived Experience! Dance Reflections Transferred or Layered
Anthony Casati, Cult of Color: Call to Color
Kathy Dirks, The BarreTenders
Sharon Marroquin, "Corazon Loco," The Sameness of Change
Anu Naimpally, Footprints
Erica Santiago, The Loop/The BarreTenders
Andee Scott, Woman's Work: Reconstructions of Self
Jim Stein, Cult of Color: Call to Color
Duets
Laura Cannon and Nicole Whiteside, Illumination/Constellation
Theresa Hardy and Andee Scott, "The Sky Is Falling"
David Justin and Ramon Thielen, "Soudain L'Hiver Dernier"
John Welker and Christine Winkler, "Already Dusk"
Ensemble
Dolly Would, Getalong Gang Performance Group
"Feeling," Jason Janas, Tony Meriwether, Matt Shields
The King and I, Forklift Danceworks
"Listening," Jason Janas, Tasha Lawson, Siobhan Cook
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Paul Michael Bloodgood,
Ashley Lynn, Allisyn Paino, Frank Shott
ART
Museum Exhibition
"The 2007 Arthouse Texas Prize Exhibition," Arthouse, curator: Elizabeth Dunbar
"Atelier 2008: Selections From the Department of Art & Art History Faculty at the University of Texas at Austin," Blanton Museum of Art, curator: James Elaine
"Florian Slotawa: One After the Other," Arthouse, curator: Elizabeth Dunbar
"Mike's World: Michael Smith & Joshua White (and other collaborators)," Blanton Museum of Art, curator: Annette Carlozzi
"New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch," Austin Museum of Art, curators: Diane Barber, Eva Buttacavoli, Bill FitzGibbons, and Dennis Kois
"On the Road with the Beats," Harry Ransom Center, curator: Ransom Center staff
"Transactions," Blanton Museum of Art, curator: Kelly Baum
Solo Gallery Exhibition
"The Book of Lenny: Jonathan Marshall," Art Palace
"Conrad Bakker," Lora Reynolds Gallery
"David Everett," Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum
"Faith Gay: New Work," D Berman Gallery
"Jeff Williams: Thickly Settled," Okay Mountain
"Jennifer Balkan: Her New Work," Wally Workman Gallery
"Matt Rebholz: The Golem," Slugfest Gallery
"Silver Lining flat lining: Michael Wutz," Volitant Gallery
"Through the Eyes of Winky Kimbro: Agriculture, Petroleum and War," T. Paul Hernandez, Bolm Studios
"Writesey Drawsey: Sterling Allen," Art Palace
"Yoon Cho: Nothing Lasts Forever," Women & Their Work
Group Gallery Exhibition
"Agent on the Road," Art Palace, curator: Arturo Palacios
"Few, Some, Several, Many, and More ..." Creative Research Laboratory, curator: Jade Walker
"It's Going to Be Everything," Okay Mountain at Creative Research Lab
"Lasers in the Jungle, Eric Gibbons and Nathan Green," Art Palace
"Paint: Work by 10 Austin Painters," Davis Gallery
"Pattern, Pattern, Pattern," Women & Their Work
"Radical Nautical," Gallery Lombardi
"Sarah Greene Reed & Shawn Smith," D Berman Gallery
"Serious Fun," Butridge Gallery
Independent Project
"I Am ___," Jackie Young and Cybil Gustafson, Art City Austin
"Installation 816: A Dialogue in an Urban Flux Space," curator: Christina Hiett
Sol-Art, East Austin Studio Tour
"Ultimate Pulse," Lewis Legge Lewis, First Night 2008
Work of Art
Arbor de la Vida – John Deere Model #790, Margarita Cabrera, "The 2007 Arthouse Texas Prize Exhibition"
Caterpillar, Blue Genie, "The People's Gallery 2008"
Note to Self, Jill Pangallo, "New Art in Austin:
20 to Watch"
Rekindling, Shawn Smith, "New Art in Austin:
20 to Watch"
Pharma Visions: Something for Everyone, Michelle Mayer, "Installation 816: A Dialogue in an Urban Flux Space"
Gallery, Body of Work
Art Palace
Creative Research Laboratory
Lora Reynolds Gallery
Okay Mountain
Women & Their Work
Artist
Sterling Allen
Yoon Cho
Ali Fitzgerald
Jonathan Marshall
Jill Pangallo
Mike Smith
Rebecca Ward
Eric Zimmerman
Touring Show, Art
"Albrecht Dürer: Prints From the Foundation of Lower Saxony and the Konrad Liebmann Foundation, Germany," Blanton Museum of Art
"Jess: To and From the Printed Page," Harry Ransom Center
"Jorge Macchi: The Anatomy of Melancholy," Blanton Museum of Art
"Extra-Ordinary: The Everyday Object in American Art," Austin Museum of Art
"Roy Lichtenstein: Prints 1956-1997," Austin Museum of Art
"The Target Collection of American Photography:
A Century in Pictures," Austin Museum of Art
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Symphonic Performance
Adams: Grand Pianola Music, UT Wind Ensemble
Adams: The Wound-Dresser, David Small with UT Symphony Orchestra
Borodin: Symphony No. 2, Austin Symphony Orchestra
Debussy: La Mer, Austin Symphony Orchestra
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Austin Symphony Orchestra
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto, Jessica Mathaes with
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)/Der Rosenkavalier: First Sequence of Waltzes and Act 3 Trio and Finale, Brenda Harris, Mela Dailey, and Jennifer Lane with Austin Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Performance
Adams: Chamber Symphony, UT New Music Ensemble
Brahms: Horn Trio, UT Music Faculty
Douglas: "Ascendant (sextet in memory of Aaron Copland)," American Repertory Ensemble
Faces of America: The Dark/Faces of America: The Light, Miró Quartet
Handel: Passacaglia for Violin and Viola/Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano/Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien/Brahms: Piano Quartet in C Minor, Texas Piano Quartet
Messaien: Quartet for the End of Time, Austin Chamber Music Center
Nobody Likes a Show-Off. Well, Maybe Just This Once, Austin Chamber Music Center
Vibrancy, Chamber Soloists of Austin/Laurel Trio
Choral Concert
J.S. Bach: Magnificat, Austin Symphony Orchestra with Choirs of St. David's Episcopal Church
J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, UT Choral Arts Society
Handel: Messiah, Consortium of Presbyterian Churches
I Dream a World, Conspirare
Mendelssohn: St. Paul, Chorus Austin
The Odyssey, Austin Children's Choir
Threshold of Night: Music of Tarik O'Regan, Conspirare
Original Composition/Score
"Ascendant (sextet in memory of Aaron Copland)," Dave Douglas
Cult of Color: Call to Color, Graham Reynolds
Footprints, Atash
"Hot, Crazy, Fun," Rob Deemer
"Kinship Collapse," Arnold Dreyblatt
The Odyssey, Graham Reynolds
"The American Nightmare – The Marriage of Church and State: A Dark Fantasia on Hymn and Patriotic Tunes," P. Kellach Waddle
Singer
Scot R. Cameron, St. Paul
Stephanie Prewitt, The Music of Dietrich Buxtehude
David Small, The Wound-Dresser
Jenifer Thyssen, Monteverdi: Letters and Laments
Instrumentalist
Reuben Allred, Deemer: "Hot, Crazy, Fun"
William Doppmann, Adams: Phrygian Gates
Graeme Francis, J.S. Bach: "Sarabande" from the Partita No. 2 in D Minor
Jessica Mathaes, Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Anton Nel, Granados: Allegro de Concierto/
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Graham Reynolds, "Treasure Hunt"
Michelle Schumann, Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor/Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor
Alice Wang, Deemer: "Memoirs"
Touring Classical
Kathleen Battle, The Long Center Presents
Beaux Arts Trio, Austin Chamber Music Festival
Chanticleer, St. Cecilia Music Series
Berta Rojas, Austin Classical Guitar Society
Pepe Romero, Austin Classical Guitar Society
Body of Work/Season
American Repertory Ensemble
Austin Chamber Music Center
Austin Classical Guitar Society
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Conspirare
UT Butler School of Music John Adams series
