Outstanding!
Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards
By Robert Faires, Fri., May 18, 2007
This is the 15th year that local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to recognize the year's most exceptional work in town and high time for an awards tune-up. You see, these scribes initially focused their attention solely on theatre, and that's what they handed out awards for. By the ninth go-round, however, they had seen so much outstanding work outside that discipline that they decided to expand the honors to include the rest of the performing arts – i.e., dance and classical music – and the visual arts, too. So 18 new categories were added to the 30 or so already in place, and three times the critics took seats at the table. Still, as positive a step as that was, it made for a most unbalanced awards presentation, with one discipline garnering almost twice the recognition of the other three combined. So, after much discussion and consumption of adult beverages, the members of the Critics Table have restructured the categories to spread the honors a bit more evenly. Gone are the distinctions between gender in all the categories and most of the divisions between genres in theatre, while new categories have been created to broaden the recognition of achievements in dance, classical music, and the visual arts. The number of awards still aren't even across the disciplines, but they're considerably closer – theatre (10), dance (6), classical music (8), performing arts design (5), visual arts (8) – and we'll continue to refine them in the future. That said, the nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards, covering the period from May 1, 2006, to April 30, 2007, were assembled by the following arts writers: the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes (arts), Clare Croft (dance), Randy Harriman (music), Erin Keever (visual art), 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), Patti Hadad (theatre), Rachel Koper (visual arts), Nikki Moore (visual arts), and Robert Faires (arts). The Critics Table will present the awards and induct the sixth class of local legends into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame during an as-ever informal ceremony on Monday, June 4, 7pm, at the Cap City Comedy Club, 8120 Research. The public is welcome. Admission is free.
THEATRE
Production, Drama
Afterplay, Austin PlayhouseFunnyhouse of a Negro, ACC Drama Department/ProArts Collective
I Am My Own Wife, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
In On It, the dirigo group
Slaughter City, UT Department of Theatre & Dance
St. Nicholas, Hyde Park Theatre
Take Me Out, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Production, Comedy
As You Like It, Austin Shakespeare FestivalThe Assumption, Refraction Arts Project
La Dispute, Capital T Theatre
Moonlight and Magnolias, Austin Playhouse
My Child, My Child, My Alien Child, Hyde Park Theatre
Present Laughter, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Psycho Beach Party, Naughty Austin
Thom Pain (based on nothing), Hyde Park Theatre
Production, Musical
At Home With Dick 2, Rubber RepertoryBig River, TexARTS
I Love My Dead Gay Son: The Musical!, Yellow Tape Construction Co.
The Music Man, TexARTS
Parade, Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Zilker Theatre Prod.
David Mark Cohen New Play Award
The Assumption, Rebecca Beegle, Ron Berry, Sonnet Blanton, Jeffery Mills, Chase Staggs, Cyndi WilliamsBars, Bedrooms, Bukowski, James Cotton
Have You Ever Been Assassinated?, Rebecca Beegle
My Child, My Child, My Alien Child, Zell Miller III
Wireless-less, David Modigliani
Direction
Corey Atkins, Slaughter CityLowell Bartholomee, In On It
Sonnet Blanton & Julia M. Smith, The Assumption
Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Big River
Joseph Evans, The Barber of Seville
Charles T. Hill, Sleuth
Ev Lunning Jr., Parade
Marcus McQuirter, Funnyhouse of a Negro
Katie Pearl, Kneeling Down at Noon/Wireless-less
Dave Steakley, I Am My Own Wife/Present Laughter/Take Me Out
Acting in a Leading Role
Daniel Adams, Big RiverKimberley Adams, Slaughter City
Jill Blackwood, As You Like It
Martin Burke, Take Me Out
Lana Dieterich, Catfish!
Lee Eddy, Wireless-less
Robert Faires, In On It
Jamie Goodwin, Present Laughter
Matt Hislope, Trickster
Leslie Hollingsworth, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Nathan Jenkins, Sleuth
Rebecca Luker, The Music Man
Feliz Dia McDonald, Funnyhouse of a Negro
Bernadette Nason, Shirley Valentine
Glenn Peters, I Am My Own Wife
Rebecca Robinson, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Breanna Stogner, I Love My Dead Gay Son: The Musical!/Psycho Beach Party
Ken Webster, St. Nicholas/Thom Pain (based on nothing)
Acting in a Supporting Role
Bill Akey, Big RiverRon Berry, The Assumption
Libby Dees, Parade
Leslie Hethcox, Pageant
Kevin Jones, A Brief History of Helen of Troy
Quincy Kuykendall, Parade
Carra Martinez, The Assumption
Jeffery Mills, The Assumption
Adriene Mishler, The Assumption
Jason Newman, Vaudeville Vanya
Andrea Osborn, As You Like It
Nathan Osburn, Macbeth
Marc Pouhé, Take Me Out
Mark Stewart, Thrush
Zach Thompson, Take Me Out
Steve Uzell, Big River
Jose Villarreal, Death of Dayanara
Ensemble Performance
Against My Will, Humdrum CollectiveThe Assumption, Refraction Arts Project
As You Like It, Austin Shakespeare Festival
The Biscuit Brothers, the Biscuit Brothers
Funnyhouse of a Negro, ACC Drama Department/ProArts Collective
I Love My Dead Gay Son: The Musical!, Yellow Tape Construction Co.
Moonlight and Magnolias, Austin Playhouse
Red Cans, Rubber Repertory
Wireless-less, UT Department of Theatre & Dance
Movement
Corey Atkins and ensemble, Slaughter CityAmanda Butterfield, I Love My Dead Gay Son: The Musical!/I Am Not Tartuffe
Company, Have You Ever Been Assassinated?
Stacey Houston, Parade
Robin Lewis, The Music Man/Seven Brides for Seven Brothers/Big River
Touring Show, Theatre
Bunk Bed Brothers, Austin Theatre AllianceConfessions of a Mormon Boy, Arts on Real
Hairspray, UT-PAC
Hamlet, Actors From the London Stage
Eartha Kitt, Austin Cabaret Theatre
The Lion King, UT-PAC
Faith Prince, Austin Cabaret Theatre
DESIGN
Scenic Design
Sarah Davidson, The Way of the World/Slaughter CityMichael Massey, Parade
Michael Raiford, I Am My Own Wife/Take Me Out
Cliff Simon, Present Laughter
Chase Staggs, The Assumption/Macbeth
Leilah Stewart, Minus Tide/Have You Ever Been Assassinated?
Costume Design
Susan Branch, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers/Present LaughterLaura Cannon, Requiem/Have You Ever Been Assassinated?
Blair Hurry, Parade (Mary Moody Northen Theatre)
Buffy Manners, The Souls of Our Feet/An Ideal Husband
Susan Mickey, et al., "Parade" (UT Dance Repertory Theatre)
Sarah Mosher, The Way of the World
Lighting Design
Jason Amato, Requiem/I Am My Own Wife/The Souls of Our Feet/Take Me Out
Diana Duecker, Kneeling Down at Noon
Natalie George, Have You Ever Been Assassinated?/ The Assumption
Michelle Habeck, Dialogues 2007
Stephen Pruitt, Macbeth
Peter Sukovaty, Funnyhouse of a Negro
Sound Design
Craig Brock, Take Me OutK. Eliot Haynes, The Assumption
William Meadows, Requiem
Buzz Moran, Macbeth
Phillip Owen, Vaudeville Vanya
Video Design
Avram Dodson, I Am Not TartuffeK. Eliot Haynes, The Assumption
Matt Ryan, The Souls of Our Feet
DANCE
Dance Concert
Director's Choice/Gold, Ballet AustinFlash Dance; 30 Dances in 60 Minutes, Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company
Requiem, Blue Lapis Light
Sleeping Beauty, Act III/Serenade, Ballet Austin
The Souls of Our Feet, Tapestry Dance Company
Short Work
"Creative Process: Weekday 6:00AM," Hot September Flurries, Sharon Marroquin"Group Therapy," Dialogues 2006, American Repertory Ensemble
"Just a Regular Joe," Dialogues 2006, American Repertory Ensemble
"La Maja Dolorosa," Dialogues 2007, American Repertory Ensemble
"The Medium Is the Message," Dialogues 2007,
American Repertory Ensemble
"Move Over Bacon," Suite, … Peggy Lee, Ballet East
"Parade," Ways to Get There, Dance Repertory Theatre
"Room," Fuse Box Festival, Deborah Hay, Linda Austin, Tahni Holt
Choreographer
Amanda Butterfield, We Are Normal, Cha Cha ChaaaKathy Dunn Hamrick, Flash Dance: 30 Dances in 60 Minutes
Sally Jacques, Requiem
Sharon Marroquin, "Creative Process: Weekday 6:00AM," Hot September Flurries/"Upstream," Suite, … Peggy Lee/"Prayer 1-4," Dance Carousel 2007
Roen Salinas, El Gran Circo: The Aztlan Circus
Dancer
Lisa del Rosario "Dance With Glass of Water," Hot September FlurriesIkolo Griffin, "The Lark Ascending," Dialogues 2007
Theresa Hardy, Requiem
Katelyn Harris, The Souls of Our Feet
Marlo Harris, Flash Dance: 30 Dances in 60 Minutes
Jason Janas, The Souls of Our Feet
Aara Krumpe, "Serenade"/Golden Section
Brenna Kuhn, The Souls of Our Feet
Tasha Lawson, The Souls of Our Feet
Ashley Lynn, Sleeping Beauty, Act III
Sharon Marroquin, "Creative Process: Weekday 6:00AM," Hot September Flurries
Lisa Nicks, Flash Dance: 30 Dances in 60 Minutes
Allisyn Paino, Taming of the Shrew
Matt Shields, The Souls of Our Feet
Lisa Washburn, Romeo and Juliet
Nicole Whiteside, Requiem
Ensemble
Dance Carousel 2007, Elsewhere Dance Theatre/ Sheep Army"Group Therapy," Dialogues 2006
The Souls of Our Feet, Tapestry Dance Company
We Are Normal, Cha Cha Chaaa, Yellow Tape Construction Co.
Touring Show, Dance
Heat and Life, Catalyst, Dance UmbrellaFetish and Other Dances, Hijack, Refraction Arts Fuse Box Festival
Hubbard Street Dance Company, UT-PAC
Noche Flamenca, One World Theatre
The Bends of Life, Wideman/Davis Dance, Dance Umbrella
ART
Museum Exhibition
"The American Twenties," Harry Ransom Center, Rodney Phillips curator"Cantata for Twelve Choirs and Several Salamanders/Daniel Bozhkov," Arthouse, Regine Basha and Diana Block curators
"The Geometry of Hope," Blanton Museum of Art, Gabriel Perez-Barreiro curator
"Graciela Iturbide: Ojos Para Volar/Eyes to Fly With," Wittliff Gallery, Connie Todd curator
"Luca Cambiaso," Blanton Museum of Art, Jonathan Bober curator
"Again + Again," Austin Museum of Art, Dana Friis-Hansen curator
"YLA No. 11: Juventud Desenfrenada," Mexic-Arte Museum, Alberto McKelligan Hernandez curator
Solo Gallery Exhibition
"Elaine Bradford: Freaks of Nurture," Women & Their Work"Buster Graybill: The Oklahoma Snorkel," Donkey Show
"Kenneth J. Hale: New Works on Paper," Slugfest Gallery
"Heather Johnson: Degrees of Separation," Women & Their Work
"Jules Buck Jones & Caitlin Haskell: Beast Footed Feathered Serpents," Testsite
"Joseph Phillips," D Berman Gallery
Matthew Rodriguez, "duck duck GOOSE," Volitant Gallery
Christopher Schade, "Islands," D Berman Gallery
Michael Sieben, "Smile Forever," Art Palace
Cauleen Smith & A. Van Jordan, "I Want to See My Skirt," Testsite
Eric Zimmerman, "Simplon Pass," Art Palace
Group Gallery Exhibition
"Austin Graffiti Art: From Birth to Present," Gallery Lombardi, Rachel Koper curator"Celebrated Skin," Butridge Gallery, DAC, Christina Hiett curator
"Eastern European Painting Now," Lora Reynolds Gallery, Jane Neal curator
"The Llamerret Show," Darkroom Gallery, John King curator
"Staff Infection," Okay Mountain, Okay Mountain staff curators
"Intersections," Creative Research Lab
"Sugarcoated," Women & Their Work, Lisa Choinacky and Katherine McQueen curators
"Summer Fling," Art Palace, Ali Fitzgerald curator
"Take Me to Bed or Lose Me Forever," Volitant Gallery, Leona Scull-Hons curator
Independent Project
"House Painting," Erica Curtis (MASS Gallery)"The Gathering," Courtney DiSabato and Sean Gaulager (Else Madsen Gallery)
"The 'I' of Texas," Luke Savisky (First Night Austin)
"The Message," Johnny Walker (First Night Austin)
"PINK," Jaclyn Pryor (First Night Austin) Stacked Studios, Stacked Studios
"Stalemate of the Boozefox," Drew Liverman, Scott Eastwood, Mike Phalan, and Jules Buck (Fuse Box)
"Texas Biennial 2007," Butridge Gallery, Okay Mountain, Site 1808, Bolm Studios
Work of Art
Makeover Mandala, Virginia Fleck (Texas Biennial)Memento Mori, Leah Markov-Lindsey (Volitant)
Mirror, Mirror, Linda Pace (Texas Biennial)
"Outside In" installation, Elaine Bradford (Okay Mountain)
The Things You Need to Know …, Reed Posey (Volitant)
Gallery, Body of Work
Art PalaceCreative Research Laboratory
Lora Reynolds Gallery
Okay Mountain
Women & Their Work
Artist
Roberto BelliniElaine Bradford
Candace Briceño
Virginia Fleck
William Hundley
Michael Sieben
Cauleen Smith
Rebecca Ward
Mel Ziegler
Touring Show, Art
"Draw," Gallery Lombardi"E-Flux Video Rental," Arthouse
"America Starts Here: Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler," Austin Museum of Art
"Hitten' Switches," Okay Mountain
"Over + Over," Austin Museum of Art
"Radical NY!," Austin Museum of Art
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Symphonic Performance
Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Joshua Bell with Austin Symphony OrchestraMozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor/Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4, Yefim Bronfman with Austin Symphony Orchestra
Respighi: Pines of Rome, Austin Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar," Nikita Storojev with Austin Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Performance
Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin, A. Mozart FestNielsen: Woodwind Quintet/Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds, Chamber Soloists of Austin
Two to Tango: Nuevo Tangos of Astor Piazzolla, Austin Chamber Music Center
Choral Concert
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, St. Cecilia Music SeriesChristmas at the Carillon, Conspirare
Crossing the Divide Closing Gala Concert, Conspirare, et al.
Mozart: Mass in C Minor, Conspirare
Opera
The Barber of Seville, Austin Lyric OperaThe Fall of the House of Usher, Butler Opera Center
Turn of the Screw, Butler Opera Center
Waiting for the Barbarians, Austin Lyric Opera
Singer
Sandra Piques Eddy, The Barber of SevillePhillip Hall, Plump Jack/Fall of the House of Usher
Julie-Anne Hamula, Turn of the Screw
Hee Hyun Lim, Madame Butterfly
Eugene Perry, Waiting for the Barbarians
Gerardo Ramos, Prodigal Son
Richard Salter, Waiting for the Barbarians
David Small, The Barber of Seville
Agnes Vojtko, Turn of the Screw
Adriana Zabala, Waiting for the Barbarians
Original Composition/Score
The Assumption, Justin Bankston, Adam Sultan, & the Moonlight Towers"DSCH" & Symphony No. 5, Graham Reynolds
Thrush, Adam Sultan
"La Maja Dolorosa," Rob Deemer, Dialogues 2007
"Miniamal," Maurice Chammah
"Pluto: Requiem for an Icy World," William Meadows
"Salut au Monde," John Muehleisen
"Leaves of Grass," Dan Welcher
"Poemas de Amor," Stephen Paulus
Instrumentalist
Paul Galbraith, Austin Classical Guitar SocietyMarianne Gedigian, flute, Liebermann: Flute Concerto, UT Symphony
Leigh Mahoney, "… I to My Friends," Dialogues 2006
Michelle Schumann, "In a Landscape," Dialogues 2006
Body of Work/Season
American Repertory EnsembleAustin Chamber Music Center
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Conspirare
Texas Early Music Project
