Nominees and Recipients for the Inaugural Kevin Kline Awards

Ceremony March 20, 2006, honoring productions from 2005

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

Note: Kevin Kline received the first-ever Kevin Kline Award, named in his honor.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

Brooke Edwards (Going to See the Elephant, Orange Girls)

Teresa Doggett (Separate Tables, Act, Inc.)

Michelle Hand (Going to See the Elephant, Orange Girls)

Liz Hopefl (Separate Tables, Act Inc.)

Rory Lipede (Valhalla, HotCity Theatre)

Magan Wiles (The Tempest, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

Gary Wayne Barker (Driving Miss Daisy, New Jewish Theatre)

Michael Balsley (Take Me Out, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Drew Bell (Glen or Glenda: Live!, Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre)

Jim Butz (The Merchant of Venice, New Jewish Theatre)

John Kinney (Unexpected Tenderness, New Jewish Theatre)

Outstanding Production for Young Audiences

Bah! Humbug! (The Imaginary Theatre Company/The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Free to Be … You and Me (Stages St. Louis)

Honk! (DramaRama)

Salt and Pepper (Metro Theatre Company)

The Tempest in a Flash (Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

Outstanding New Play or Musical

The Ensemble (So to Speak, Washington Avenue Players Project)

Lee Patton Chiles (Dancing on Air, Historyonics)

Margeau Steinau, B. Weller and Rachel Jackson (Famous Monsters, HotCity Theatre)

Outstanding Sound Design

Robin Weatherall and Ann Slayton (The Tempest, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

Janet Kalas (Take Me Out, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Jason Krueger (West Side Story, The Muny)

Nathan Ruyle (Adult Entertainment, HotCity Theatre)

John Taylor (Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Spotlight Theatre)

Outstanding Lighting Design

John Lasiter (Take Me Out, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Christopher Edwards (Valhalla, HotCity Theatre)

Don Guy (The Tempest, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

Matthew McCarthy (Hello, Dolly!, Stages St. Louis)

Matthew McCarthy (Man of La Mancha, Stages St. Louis)

Peter Sargent (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Costume Design

Reggie Ray (Crowns, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Lou Bird (Hello, Dolly!, Stages St. Louis)

Jennifer “JC” Carter (Dangerous Liaisons, St. Louis Shakespeare)

Michael J. McDonald (Take Me Out, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Austin Sanderson (The Tempest, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

Outstanding Set Design

Christopher Pickart (The Tempest, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

John Ezell (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Mark Halpin (Hello, Dolly!, Stages St. Louis)

Adrian W. Jones (Take Me Out, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Christopher Pickart (Lobby Hero, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

West Side Story (The Muny)

Crowns (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Footloose (Stages St. Louis)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Hello, Dolly! (Stages St. Louis)

Man of La Mancha (Stages St. Louis)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

Going to See the Elephant (Orange Girls)

Adult Entertainment (HotCity Theatre)

Lobby Hero (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

The Tempest (Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

This Is Our Youth (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

Natascia Diaz (West Side Story, The Muny)

Melissa Bohon (Hello, Dolly!, Stages St. Louis)

Lynn Eldredge (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Georgia Engel (Mame, The Muny)

Lynette Knapp (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Jamie McKittrick (The Robber Bridegroom, New Line Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

Ken Page (Jesus Christ Superstar, The Muny)

Nat Chandler (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The

Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Thomas E. O’Brien (Man of La Mancha, Stages St. Louis)

Jeffrey Pruett (The Robber Bridegroom, New Line Theatre)

John Seidman (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Musical Direction

Kelsey Halbert (West Side Story, The Muny)

Lisa Campbell Albert (Man of La Mancha, Stages St. Louis)

Tim Carpenter (Crowns, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Al Fischer (Hello, Dolly!, Stages St. Louis)

Ben Whiteley (Beauty and the Beast, The Muny)

Outstanding Choreography

Dana Lewis (Footloose, Stages St. Louis)

Kevin Backstrom (West Side Story, The Muny)

Dana Lewis (Hello, Dolly!, Stages St. Louis)

Janet Watson (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Vivian Anderson-Watt and Theodore Jamison (Dancing on Air, Historyonics)

Outstanding Director of a Musical

Tie: Kevin Backstrom (West Side Story, The Muny)

Tie: Michael Hamilton (Footloose, Stages St. Louis)

Ron Gibbs (Jesus Christ Superstar, The Muny)

Michael Hamilton (Hello, Dolly!, Stages St. Louis)

Michael Hamilton (Man of La Mancha, Stages St. Louis)

Edward Stern (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Production of a Musical

West Side Story (The Muny)

Footloose (Stages St. Louis)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Hello, Dolly! (Stages St. Louis)

Man of La Mancha (Stages St. Louis)

Outstanding Director of a Play

Rob Ruggiero (Take Me Out, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Deanna Jent (Going to See the Elephant, Orange Girls)

Tom Martin (Lobby Hero, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Wayne Salomon (Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Spotlight Theatre)

Russell Treyz (The Tempest, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

Outstanding Production of a Play

Take Me Out (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Going to See the Elephant (Orange Girls)

The Merchant of Venice (New Jewish Theatre)

The Tempest (Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

Valhalla (HotCity Theatre)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical

Ben Nordstrom (Footloose, Stages St. Louis)

Bill Lynch (Footloose, Stages St. Louis)

David Schmittou (Hello, Dolly!, Stages St. Louis)

Matthew Scott (West Side Story, The Muny)

Bob Walton (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Repertory

Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical

Zoe Vonder Haar (Hello, Dolly!, Stages St. Louis)

Kate Baldwin (The Sound of Music, The Muny)

Andrea Burns (West Side Story, The Muny)

Kari Ely (Footloose, Stages St. Louis)

Sarah Litzsinger (Beauty and the Beast, The Muny)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

Nat DeWolf (Take Me Out, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Philip Anthony-Rodriguez (Take Me Out, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Jim Butz (Lobby Hero, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Norman McGowan (I’m Not Rappaport, New Jewish Theatre)

Andrew Michael Neiman (The Elephant Man, Stray Dog Theatre)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

Michelle Hand (Separate Tables, Act, Inc.)

Nancy Lewis (Going to See the Elephant, Orange Girls)

Michelle Hand (A Streetcar Named Desire, Stray Dog Theatre)

Darrie Lawrence (The Retreat from Moscow, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Meghan Maguire (Going to See the Elephant, Orange Girls)