Nominees and Recipients for the Fourth Annual Kevin Kline Awards.

Ceremony March 30, 2009, honoring productions from 2008.

Award Recipients are bolded in red and listed at the top of each category.

Outstanding Production for Young Audiences

Me & Richard 3 (Shakespeare Festival St. Louis) 

The Jungle Book (Stages St. Louis)

Midsummer (Shakespeare Festival St. Louis)

Myth Adventures (The Imaginary Theatre Company)

The Starry Messenger (Upstream Theater)

Outstanding New Play or Musical

Carter W. Lewis, (Evie’s Waltz, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Lee Patton Chiles, (Complacency of Silence: Darfur, Gitana Productions)

Tim Collins, (A Fire as Bright as Heaven, St. Louis Actors’ Studio)

Gregory Jones, (Men With Clubs, HotCity Theatre)

Dan Rubin and Lauren Dusek, (Overexposed, OnSite Theatre Company)

Outstanding Costume Design

Lou Bird (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Stages St. Louis)

Fumiko Bielefeldt (Emma, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Lou Bird (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Stages St. Louis)

Lou Bird (Little Women, Stages St. Louis)

Amanda Handle (The Comedy of Errors, St. Louis Shakespeare)

Outstanding Lighting Design

Thomas Dunn (The Little Dog Laughed, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

John Lasiter (Ella, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Dominique Gallo (Mary’s Wedding, Echo Theatre Company)

Tim Poertner (Complacency of Silence: Darfur, Gitana Productions) 

John Wylie (Evie’s Waltz, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Set Design

Adrian W. Jones (The Little Dog Laughed, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Gianna Downs (The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Steve Gilliam (My Fair Lady, The Muny)

Scott C. Neale (Blood Knot, Upstream Theater)

Tim Poertner (Complacency of Silence: Darfur, Gitana Productions) 

Patrick Huber (9 Parts of Desire, St. Louis Actors’ Studio)

Dunsi Dai (Two-Headed, Black Cat Theatre)

Outstanding Sound Design

Tori Meyer (Grace and Glorie, Insight Theatre Company)

Jason Krueger (My Fair Lady, The Muny)

Michael Miceli (Ella, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Zachary Williamson (The Little Dog Laughed, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Kelly Kerr (Mary’s Wedding, Echo Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

Grace and Glorie (Insight Theatre Company)

The Last Seder (New Jewish Theatre)

The Lieutenant of Inishmore (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

The Little Dog Laughed (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Primal (Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

Colleen Backer (Morning’s at Seven, Stray Dog Theatre)

Thomasina Clark (Complacency of Silence: Darfur, Gitana Productions)

Kari Ely (Chaim’s Love Song, New Jewish Theatre)

Jennifer Nitzband (The Scene, HotCity Theatre)

Jenni Ryan (Grace and Glorie, Insight Theatre Company)

Carolyn Swift (Rabbit Hole, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

John Pierson (The Late Henry Moss, St. Louis Actors’ Studio)

Mark Fisher (The Little Dog Laughed, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Bob Harvey (Chaim’s Love Song, New Jewish Theatre)

Joel King (Complacency of Silence: Darfur, Gitana Productions)

Jared Nell (The Comedy of Errors, St. Louis Shakespeare)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

Erika Rolfsrud (The Little Dog Laughed, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Victoria Adams-Zischke (Rabbit Hole, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Amy Loui (Two-Headed, Black Cat Theatre)

Donna Weinsting (’night, Mother, Stray Dog Theatre)

Magan Wiles (Mary’s Wedding, Echo Theatre Company)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

David Whalen (The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

J. Samuel Davis (Blood Knot, Upstream Theater)

Keith Jochim (Frost/Nixon, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Ben Nordstrom (Mary’s Wedding, Echo Theatre Company)

Cody Proctor (The Comedy of Errors, St. Louis Shakespeare)

Outstanding Director of a Play

Rob Ruggiero (The Little Dog Laughed, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Philip Boehm (Blood Knot, Upstream Theater)

Stuart Carden (The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Eric Little (Mary’s Wedding, Echo Theatre Company)

Wayne Loui (Grace and Glorie, Insight Theatre Company)

Outstanding Production of a Play

The Little Dog Laughed (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Blood Knot (Upstream Theatre)

Evie’s Waltz (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

The Lieutenant of Inishmore (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Rabbit Hole (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Musical Direction

Danny Holgate (Ella, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Laura Bergquist (Emma, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

David Alexander Foote (Cotton Club Revue, Unity Theatre Ensemble)

James Moore (The Producers, The Muny) 

Chris Peterson (High Fidelity, New Line Theatre)

Outstanding Choreography

Keith Tyrone (Sarafina!, The Black Rep)

Stephen Bourneuf (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Stages St. Louis)

Bill Burns (The Producers, The Muny)

Niki Harris (My One and Only, The Muny)

Dana Lewis (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Stages St. Louis)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

Sarafina! (The Black Rep)

Cotton Club Revue (Unity Theatre Ensemble)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Stages St. Louis)

The Music Man (Stages St. Louis)

My Fair Lady (The Muny)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

Colleen Backer (Smoke on the Mountain, Mustard Seed Theatre)

Dani Marcus (Emma, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Angie Schworer (The Producers, The Muny)

Willena Vaughn (Cotton Club Revue, Unity Theatre Ensemble)

Zoe Vonder Haar (My Fair Lady, The Muny)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

Christopher Hickey (Smoke on the Mountain, Mustard Seed Theatre)

Eugene Fleming (My One and Only, The Muny)

Aaron Lawson (High Fidelity, New Line Theatre)

Lee Roy Reams (The Producers, The Muny)

Daniel Reichard (My Fair Lady, The Muny)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical

Tina Fabrique (Ella, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Catherine Brunell (My Fair Lady, The Muny)

Casey Erin Clark (Little Women, Stages St. Louis)

Kari Ely (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Stages St. Louis)

Sharisa Whatley (Sarafina!, The Black Rep)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical

Tie: Jeffrey D. Pruett (Pippin, Stray Dog Theatre)

Tie: Lewis J. Stadlen (The Producers, The Muny)

Timothy Gulan (Emma, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Christopher Kale Jones (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Stages St. Louis)

Robert Westenberg (My Fair Lady, The Muny)

Outstanding Director of a Musical

Rob Ruggiero (Ella, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Stephen Bourneuf (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Stages St. Louis)

Ron Himes (Sarafina!, The Black Rep)

Robert Kelly (Emma, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis) 

Gary John La Rosa (Fiddler on the Roof, The Muny)

Outstanding Production of a Musical

Sarafina! (The Black Rep) 

Cotton Club Revue (Unity Theatre Ensemble)

Ella (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Emma (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Thoroughly Modern Millie (Stages St. Louis)