Ovation Awards
Encyclopedia
The Ovation Awards are a Southern California
award
for excellence in theatre
, established in 1989. They are given out by the Los Angeles
Stage Alliance and are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles. They have been called the "...highest-profile contest for local theatre..." by the Los Angeles Times
. Each year, in November, the Ovation Awards draw national attention to the quality and quantity of professional theatre in Los Angeles.
II. ONE of following options
Southern California
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award
Award
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...
for excellence in theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, established in 1989. They are given out by the Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
Stage Alliance and are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles. They have been called the "...highest-profile contest for local theatre..." by the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
. Each year, in November, the Ovation Awards draw national attention to the quality and quantity of professional theatre in Los Angeles.
Eligibility
I. Production criteria- LA Stage Alliance Membership
- Produced solely or as co-production for Los Angeles (not a touring production)
- Minimum of 12 performances in a 99-seat venue; minimum of 6 performances in a 100-seat or larger venue
- Not on "strike list"
II. ONE of following options
- 50% performers are AEA; or one AEA member and SDC director, or Dramatists Guild playwright. For world premieres, minimum of two AEA performers and an AEA stage manager.
- Performers paid at least $25 per performance, designers paid at least $500, and director paid at least $1,000.
- Producing entity must have been in Los Angeles at least three years, and must have produced at least three full productions (12 performances) during last three years (one per year).
Production
- Musical – Large Theatre
- Musical – Intimate Theatre (Franklin R. Levy Award)
- Play – Large Theatre
- Play – Intimate Theatre
- Touring Production
Performance
- Lead Actress in a Musical
- Lead Actor in a Musical
- Featured Actress in a Musical
- Featured Actor in a Musical
- Lead Actress in a Play
- Lead Actor in a Play
- Featured Actress in a Play
- Featured Actor in a Play
- Ensemble Performance
- Solo Performance (Ray Stricklyn Memorial Award)
Direction/Choreography/Design
- Direction of a Musical
- Direction of a Play
- Choreography
- Music Direction
- Set Design – Large Theatre
- Set Design – Intimate Theatre
- Lighting Design – Large Theatre
- Lighting Design – Intimate Theatre
- Sound Design – Large Theatre
- Sound Design – Intimate Theatre
- Costume Design – Large Theatre
- Costume Design – Intimate Theatre
Writing/Composition
- Playwriting of an Original Play
- Books/Lyrics/Music for an Original Musical