Nominees and Recipients for the Second Annual Kevin Kline Awards

Ceremony March 28, 2007, honoring productions from 2006

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

Outstanding Production for Young Audiences

You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Stages St. Louis)

Beowulf (Metro Theater Company)

Do Over (Spotlight Theatre)

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (Metro Theater Company)

The Velveteen Rabbit (The Imaginary Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

Urinetown: The Musical (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Ace (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Aida (The Muny)

Cabaret (Stages St. Louis)

Johnny Appleweed (New Line Theatre)

The Musical of Musicals – The Musical! (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

The Probe: An Inquiry into the Meteoric Rise and Spectacular Fall of Orson Welles in Hollywood (HotCity Theatre Company and Theatre de la Belle Bete)

The Crucible (Muddy Waters Theatre)

Marija's Pictures (Upstream Theater)

Metamorphoses (St. Louis Shakespeare)

The Pillowman (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Lighting Design

Chris Akerlind (Ace, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

F. Mitchell Dana (I Am My Own Wife, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Mary Jo Dondlinger (The Musical of Musicals – The Musical!, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

James Sale (Of Mice and Men, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Peter E. Sargent (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Sound Design

John H. Shiver and David Partridge (Ace, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Tori Meyer (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Joe Payne (I Am My Own Wife, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Farshid Soltanshahi (Marija's Pictures, Upstream Theater)

Robin Weatherall (Metamorphoses, St. Louis Shakespeare)

Outstanding Set Design

David Korins (Ace, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Patrick Huber (Metamorphoses, St. Louis Shakespeare)

Adrian W. Jones (The Pillowman, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Tim Poertner (The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, HotCity Theatre)

Michael Schweikardt (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Costume Design

Tie:  Marie Anne Chiment (Ace, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Tie:  Anne Kenney (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Lou Bird (Meet Me in St. Louis, Stages St. Louis)

Teresa Doggett (Metamorphoses, St. Louis Shakespeare)

Vincent J. Scassellati (Aida, The Muny)

Outstanding New Play or Musical

Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor (Ace, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Chuck Harper (The Probe: An Inquiry into the Meteoric Rise and Spectacular Fall of Orson Welles in Hollywood, HotCity Theatre Company and Theatre de la Belle Bete)

Lydia Scheuermann Hodak (Marija's Pictures, Upstream Theater)

Carter W. Lewis, (Ordinary Nation, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Scott Miller, (Johnny Appleweed, New Line Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

Lavonne Byers (Polish Joke, HotCity Theatre)

Elizabeth Birkenmeier (Marija's Pictures, Upstream Theater)

Sarah Cannon (The Crucible, Muddy Waters Theatre)

Ruth Heyman (Broken Glass, New Jewish)

Dale Hodges (Witness for the Prosecution, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Jennifer M. Theby (Tartuffe, Stray Dog Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

Jim Butz (Julius Caesar, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

Robert Ashton (The Crucible, Muddy Waters Theatre)

Charlie Barron (Drama at Inish, Act Inc.)

Jim Butz (Troilus and Cressida, St. Louis Shakespeare)

Robert A. Mitchell (Girl Gone, The NonProphet Theater Company)

David Wassilak (Buried Child, Muddy Waters Theatre)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

Donna Weinsting (From Door to Door, New Jewish Theatre)

Dana Acheson (Ordinary Nation, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Lavonne Byers (The Sisters Rosensweig, New Jewish Theatre)

Linda Kennedy (Marija's Pictures, Upstream Theater)

Magan Wiles (The Sugar Syndrome, Echo Theatre Company)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

Arnie Burton (I Am My Own Wife, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

John Contini (A Walk in the Woods, Avalon Theatre Company)

Joneal Joplin (Molly Sweeney, Avalon Theatre Company)

Andrew Long (Pirandello's Henry IV, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

David Wassilak (The Crucible, Muddy Waters Theatre)

Outstanding Director of a Play

John Going (I Am My Own Wife, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Edward Coffield (From Door to Door, New Jewish Theatre)

John Contini (Molly Sweeney, Avalon Theatre Company)

Andrea Urice (Ordinary Nation, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Milton Zoth (Metamorphoses, St. Louis Shakespeare)

Outstanding Production of a Play

I Am My Own Wife (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Julius Caesar (Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

Marija's Pictures (Upstream Theater)

Metamorphoses (St. Louis Shakespeare)

Ordinary Nation (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Musical Direction

Henry Palkes (The Musical of Musicals – The Musical!, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Kevin Farrell (The King and I, The Muny)

Andrew Graham (Aida, The Muny)

David Kreppel (Ace, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

F. Wade Russo (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Choreography

Pamela Hunt (The Musical of Musicals – The Musical!, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Kelli Barclay (Cabaret, Stages St. Louis)

Kelli Barclay (White Christmas, The Muny)

Pepper Clyde (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Muny)

Ralph D. Perkins (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

Sandie Rosa (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Gabrielle Boyadjian (Ace, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Kari Ely (Cabaret, Stages St. Louis)

Alice Kinsella (Johnny Appleweed, New Line Theatre)

Reveka Mavrovitis (The King and I, The Muny)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

Joneal Joplin (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

John Alban Coughlan (Cabaret, Stages St. Louis)

Zac Halley (Meet Me in St. Louis, Stages St. Louis)

Matthew Korinko (Johnny Appleweed, New Line Theatre)

P.J. Palmer (The King and I, The Muny)

Keldon LaVar Price (Grease, Stages St. Louis)

Jeffrey C. Wolf (Cabaret, Stages St. Louis)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical

Jayne Paterson (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Jessica Boevers (Ace, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Lisa Brescia (Aida, The Muny)

Simone (Aida, The Muny)

Zoe Vonder Haar (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical

Noah Galvin (Ace, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Matt Bailey (The Musical of Musicals – The Musical!, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Edwin Cahill (The Musical of Musicals – The Musical!, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

David Elder (Cabaret, Stages St. Louis)

Ben Nordstrom (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Director of a Musical

Rob Ruggiero (Urinetown, the Musical, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Stafford Arima (Ace, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Michael Hamilton (Cabaret, Stages St. Louis)

Pamela Hunt (The Musical of Musicals – The Musical!, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Matt Lenz (Aida, The Muny)

Outstanding Production of a Musical

Urinetown: The Musical (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Ace (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Aida (The Muny)

Cabaret (Stages St. Louis)

The Musical of Musicals – The Musical! (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)