Honor Roll
The 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards
By Robert Faires, Fri., June 6, 2008
On Monday, June 2, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin arts in a ceremony at the Cap City Comedy Club. This year's ceremony, the 16th such presented by this informal association of local arts writers, began with the induction of Margie Coyle, Stan Haas, Don Howell, Craig Hella Johnson, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long, and Tina Marsh into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame.
In the awards themselves, the most honored works were Ballet Austin's Cult of Color: Call to Color, the original ballet based on the artwork of Trenton Doyle Hancock; and Zach Theatre's reinvention of Porgy and Bess, which won four awards and a Special Citation for Greg Bolin's arrangements. Also winning four awards was the Mary Moody Northen Theatre production of Full Circle, a satirical update of The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
Critics participating in this year's awards, covering the period from May 1, 2007, to April 30, 2008, were 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). Obligatory ethical note: Critics refrained from nominating themselves or members of their families for any awards and refrained from voting in any category in which the critic or a family member was nominated.
THEATRE
Production, Drama
Death and the King's Horseman, Mary Moody Northen Theatre/ ProArts Collective
Production, Comedy
Full Circle, Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Production, Musical
Porgy and Bess, Zach Theatre
Direction
Jenny Larson, Voices Underwater/ You Are Pretty
Carlos Treviño, Matt Hislope, and Josh Meyer, A Thought in Three Parts
Acting in a Leading Role
Jill Blackwood, Carousel/Full Circle
Janelle Buchanan, Doubt
Jude Hickey, The Pillowman/ Io: a myth about you
Marc Pouhé, Death and the King's Horseman
Acting in a Supporting Role
Ken Bradley, The Pillowman
Cedric Neal, Porgy and Bess
Amy Nichols, The Ultimate Christmas Musical: The Musical!
Angela Rawna, Doubt
Ensemble Performance
Fefu and Her Friends, UT Department of Theatre & Dance
David Mark Cohen New Play Award
Elephant's Graveyard, George Brant
Music Direction
Lyn Koenning, Carousel/Porgy and Bess/Assassins
Movement
Robin Lewis, Jesucristo Superestrella/Full Circle/Porgy and Bess/ On the Town
Touring Show, Theatre
Five in the Morning, Rotozaza, Fuse Box Festival
DESIGN
Scenic Design
Sarah Davidson, Fefu and Her Friends/Assassins
Costume Design
Trenton Doyle Hancock, Cult of Color: Call to Color
Lighting Design
Tony Tucci, Carousel/Cult of Color: Call to Color
Sound Design
Buzz Moran, Mud/Full Circle/ Voices Underwater
Video Design
Dutch Rall, Woman's Work: Reconstructions of Self
DANCE
Dance Concert
Cult of Color: Call to Color, Ballet Austin
Woman's Work: Reconstructions of Self, Andee Scott
Short Work
"Soudain L'Hiver Dernier," Winter Tryst
Choreographer
Stephen Mills, Cult of Color: Call to Color
Dancer
Anthony Casati, Cult of Color: Call to Color
Andee Scott, Woman's Work: Reconstructions of Self
Duets
Laura Cannon and Nicole Whiteside, Illumination/Constellation
Ensemble
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Paul Michael Bloodgood, Ashley Lynn, Allisyn Paino, Frank Shott
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Symphonic Performance
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Austin Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Performance
Faces of America: The Dark/Faces of America: The Light, Miró Quartet
Nobody Likes a Show-Off. Well, Maybe Just This Once, Austin Chamber Music Center
Choral Concert
The Odyssey, Austin Children's Choir
Original Composition/Score
"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
Instrumentalist
William Doppmann, Adams: Phrygian Gates
Touring Classical
Chanticleer, St. Cecilia Music Series
Body of Work/Season
UT Butler School of Music John Adams series
ART
Museum Exhibition
"Mike's World: Michael Smith & Joshua White (and other collaborators)," Blanton Museum of Art, curator: Annette Carlozzi
Solo Gallery Exhibition
"The Book of Lenny: Jonathan Marshall,"
Art Palace
Group Gallery Exhibition
"Radical Nautical," Gallery Lombardi
"Serious Fun," Butridge Gallery
Independent Project
"I Am ___," Jackie Young and Cybil Gustafson, Art City Austin
Work of Art
Note to Self, Jill Pangallo, "New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch"
Gallery, Body of Work
Women & Their Work
Artist
Jill Pangallo
Touring Show, Art
"Jorge Macchi: The Anatomy of Melancholy," Blanton Museum of Art
SPECIAL CITATIONS
John Bustin Award for Conspicuous Versatility
Joe York
W.H. "Deacon" Crain Award for Outstanding Student Work:
Kimberley Adams, UT Department of Theatre & Dance
Libby Dees, St. Edward's University
Control Shift Award
David Justin, for his set changes in the American Repertory Ensemble performances
Bringing It Home Award
Soloists in The Odyssey
Plenty of Somethin' Award
Greg Bolin, for his arrangements for Porgy and Bess
White Knight Award
Cliff Redd
Thanks for the Memories Award
Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks
St. Joan of P'arc Award
Kevin Patterson of Austin Lyric Opera
Past, Present, and Future Award
Arthouse
Infinite Body of Energy Award
David Ohlerking and Austin Figurative Gallery
