2007 Leon Rabin Award winners announced

by PegNews wire

The Dallas Theater League held the 2007 Leon Rabin Awards, November 12, at the Patty Granville Arts Center in Garland. Nominations were announced early October, and last night, they revealed what they thought was the best theater offered in the last year:

Play: End Times, Kitchen Dog Theater
Musical - Tied: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Garland Summer Musicals and Thrill Me, Uptown Players
New play or musical: End Times by Allison Moore
Actress in a play - Tied: Kristina Baker, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, WaterTower Theatre; and Christina Vela, Fat Pig, Kitchen Dog Theater
Actress in a musical: Stephanie Hall, The Pirates of Penzance, ICT Mainstage
Actor in a play: James Crawford, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, WaterTower Theatre
Actor in a musical: Joshua Doss, Tick, Tick ... Boom!, Uptown Players
Supporting actress in a play: Clara Peretz, End Times, Kitchen Dog Theater
Supporting actress in a musical: Allison Rogers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Garland Summer Musicals
Supporting actor in a play: Bob Hess, Scapino, Second Thought Theatre
Supporting actor in a musical: Cedric Neal, Tick, Tick ... Boom!, Uptown Players
Director of a play: Tina Parker, End Times, Kitchen Dog Theater
Director of a musical: Buff Shurr, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Garland Summer Musicals
Choreography: Joseph Jones, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Garland Summer Musicals
Costume design for a play: Aaron Patrick Turner, Sleeping Beauty, Dallas Children's Theater
Costume design for a musical: Deborah Gerard, The Mikado, Garland Civic Theatre
Lighting design for a play: Jason Foster, The Sugar Bean Sisters, WaterTower Theatre
Lighting design for a musical: Jason Foster, Man of La Mancha, WaterTower Theatre
Set design for a play: Clare Floyd Devries, The Sugar Bean Sisters, WaterTower Theatre
Set design for a musical: Bruce R. Coleman, Thrill Me, Uptown Players
Sound design: Emily Young, End Times, Kitchen Dog Theater
Music director: Mark Mullino, Tick, Tick ... Boom!, Uptown Players
Standing Ovation Award: Garland Civic Theatre
Silver Ticket Award: Bob Stoller, theatrical lawyer
Judy Bigler Theatre Award of Distinction: Chris Robinson, multimedia designer
Special award: Andrea Redmon, past president of the Dallas Theatre League