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Accolades
The Colony is proud of its
many awards and accolades. Here are a few:
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Theatre
LA Ovation Awards
The Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards are the only
peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles. Widely considered as
the "Tonys" of LA theatre, these coveted competitive awards were first
handed out in 1994, and The Colony Theatre has earned 49 nominations
and has won 13 awards, including the highest honor, Best Play in a
Larger Theatre, two years in a row (2002 and 2003).
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| 1994 |
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| Jodi
Carlisle |
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Best Lead Actress in a Musical, Working |
| Linden
Waddell |
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Best Featured Actress in
a Musical, Working |
| Todd
Nielsen |
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Best Director of a Musical, Working |
| Todd
Nielsen |
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Best Choreographer, Working |
| Gary
Christensen |
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Best Lighting Design (Smaller
Theatre), Working |
| Richard
D. Bluhm* |
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Best Set Design (Smaller
Theatre), Working |
| 1995 |
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| Todd
Nielsen |
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Best Director of a Musical, King
of Hearts |
| 1996 |
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| The
Colony Theatre* |
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Best Musical (Smaller Theatre), City
of Angels |
| Barbara
Passolt |
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Best Lead Actress in a Musical, City
of Angels |
| Lego
Louis* |
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Best Featured Actor in a
Musical, City
of Angels |
| 1997 |
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| The
Colony Theatre |
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Best Musical (Smaller Theatre), Putting
it Together |
| Nick
DeGruccio |
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Best Director of a Musical, Putting
it Together |
| Barbara
Passolt |
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Best Lead Actress in a Musical, Putting
it Together |
| Michelle
Duffy |
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Best Lead Actress in a Musical, Putting
it Together |
| Bonita
Friedericy* |
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Best Featured Actress in
a Play, Our
Country's Good |
| Lisa
Beezley |
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Best Featured Actress in
a Play, Our
Country's Good |
| Matthew
O. O'Donnell |
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Best Lighting Design (Smaller
Theatre), Our
Country's Good |
| Bradley
Kaye |
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Best Set Design (Smaller
Theatre), Our
Country's Good |
| Dana
R. Woods |
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Best Costume Design (Smaller
Theatre), Our
Country's Good |
| John
Fisher |
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Best Sound Design (Smaller
Theatre), Our
Country's Good |
| 1998 |
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| Lego
Louis |
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Best Lead Actor in a Musical. On
The Twentieth Century |
| Todd
Nielsen |
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Best Director of a Musical, On
The Twentieth Century |
| The
Colony Theatre* |
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Best Musical (Smaller Theatre), On
The Twentieth Century |
| 1999 |
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| Chad
Borden |
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Best Featured Actor in a
Musical, How
to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
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| 2002 |
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Best Musical, Larger Theatre, Side
Show |
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Best Play, Larger Theatre, The
Laramie Project* |
| Nick
DeGruccio |
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Best Director of a Musical, Side
Show |
| Nick
DeGruccio* |
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Best Director of a Play, The Laramie
Project |
| Kevin
Earley |
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Best Lead Actor in a Musical. Side
Show |
Julie
Dixon Jackson*
Misty
Cotton* |
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Best Lead Actress
in a Musical, Side
Show |
Chad
Borden
Jodi
Carlisle
Chip
Heller
Nancy
Learmonth
Ed
F. Martin
Tony
Maggio
Faith
Salie
Alison
Shanks |
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Best Ensemble
Performance, The Cast of The
Laramie Project* |
| David
Jennings |
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Best Featured Actor in a
Musical, Side
Show |
| Rod
Keller* |
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Best Featured Actor in a
Musical, You’re
A Good Man, Charlie Brown |
| Beth
Malone |
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Best Featured Actress in
a Musical, You’re
A Good Man, Charlie Brown |
| Tom
Griffin |
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Best Musical Direction, Side
Show |
| Steven
Young |
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Best Lighting Design, Larger
Theatre, The
Laramie Project |
| Bradley
Kaye |
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Best Set Design, Larger
Theatre, The
Laramie Project |
| A.
Jeffrey Schoenberg* |
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Best Costume Design, Larger
Theatre,Side
Show |
| Drew
Dalzell |
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Best Sound Design, Larger
Theatre, Side
Show |
| 2003 |
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| The
Colony Theatre* |
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Best Play, Larger Theatre, Toys in the Attic |
| Nancy Linehan Charles* |
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Best Featured Actress in a Play, Larger Theatre, Toys in the Attic |
| Thomas Buderwitz |
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Best Set Design, Larger Theatre, Toys in the Attic |
| Alexa Stone |
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Best Costume Design, Larger Theatre, Toys in the Attic |
| 2004 |
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| Jeffrey Rockwell |
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Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Gunmetal Blues
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| Jeff Marlow |
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Best Featured Actor in a Play, Around the World in 80 Days
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| Larry Cedar |
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Best Featured Actor in a Play, Around the World in 80 Days |
| Thomas Buderwitz |
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Best Set Design, Larger Theatre, The Ladies of the Camellias
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| A. Jeffrey Schoenberg |
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Best Costume Design, Larger Theatre, The Ladies of the Camellias |
| Jeremy Pivnick |
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Best Lighting Design, Larger Theatre, The True Story of the Collyer Brothers Who Never Threw Anything Out |
(*
winners)
Drama-Logue
Awards
In its 23-year history, The
Colony has been honored with numerous Drama-Logue Awards - far too
many to list here.
Los
Angeles City Council
presenting
The Colony with a proclamation celebrating its 10th anniversary in May
1985
James
A. Doolittle
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"What The Colony has
already
accomplished has been a 100-to-1 shot... The Colony is the best thing
going in this town.Yours is truly a remarkable organization. If any
theatrical organization deserves support, The Colony is it."
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Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle
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The
prestigious Los Angeles
Drama Critics' Circle has honored individual Colony members and
productions
with many awards and nominations. The Colony itself has been honored to
receive two major awards. In 1976, in only its second season, The
Colony received a Special Award for Continued Excellence in Production.
Then in 1990, it received the coveted Margaret Harford Award for
distinguished achievement
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