Nominees and Recipients for Sixth Annual Kevin Kline Awards

Ceremony March 28, 2011, honoring productions from 2010

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

Outstanding Production for Young Audiences

Tie:  Delilah’s Wish (Metro Theatre Company)

Tie:  The Aristocats (Stages St. Louis)

A Peter Rabbit Tale (The Rep’s Imaginary Theatre Company)

Amelia Earhart (The Rep’s Imaginary Theatre Company)

The Nutcracker (The Rep’s Imaginary Theatre Company)

Outstanding New Play or Musical

David Slavitt, translator (Oedipus King, Upstream Theater)

Jami Brandli (The Sinker, HotCity Theatre)

Lee Patton Chiles (Eye on the Sparrow: The World Within St. Louis, Gitana Productions)

Sandra Marie Vago (Treading Backward Thru Quicksand Without Wearing Your Water Wings, Black Cat Theatre)

Outstanding Costume Design

John Inchiostro (The Aristocats, Stages St. Louis)

JC Krajicek (Tartuffe, Mustard Seed)

Dorothy Marshall Englis (Hamlet, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis)

JC Krajicek (Crumbs From the Table of Joy, Mustard Seed Theatre)

Jess Goldstein (High, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Lighting Design

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

Brian Sidney Bembridge (Crime and Punishment, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Matthew McCarthy (Big River, Stages St. Louis)

Matthew McCarthy (Promises, Promises, Stages St. Louis)

Outstanding Set Design

David Gallo (High, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Gianni Downs (Crime and Punishment, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Christopher M. Waller (It Had to be You, Max and Louie Productions)

Mark Halpin (Promises, Promises, Stages St. Louis)

Michael Heil (Oedipus King, Upstream Theater)

Outstanding Sound Design

Tie:  Josh Limpert (Outlying Islands, Upstream Theater)

Tie:  Ann Slayton and Robin Weatherall (Hamlet, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis)

Tie:  Matthew Koch (Slasher, HotCity Theatre)

Mic Pool (The 39 Steps, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

The Chosen (Mustard Seed Theatre)

The 39 Steps (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outlying Islands (Upstream Theater)

Hamlet (Shakespeare Festival St. Louis)

High (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

Kari Ely (Why Torture is Wrong, and The People Who Love Them, HotCity Theatre)

Kimiye Corwin (Hamlet, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis)

Colleen Backer (Our Town, Stray Dog Theatre)

Patrese McClain (Crumbs From the Table of Joy, Mustard Seed Theatre)

Kelley Ryan (Equus, HotCity Theatre)

Betsy Bowman (The Tempest, Shakespeare Company of St. Louis)

Susan Greenhill (Next Fall, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

Evan Jonigkeit (High, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Jerry Vogel (Outlying Islands, Upstream Theater)

Bobby Miller (Laughter on the 23rd Floor, New Jewish Theatre)

Richard Lewis (The Chosen, Mustard Seed Theatre)

Aaron Orion Baker (Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Muddy Waters)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

Kari Ely (Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Muddy Waters)

Michelle Hand (Fires in the Mirror, Mustard Seed Theatre)

Magan Wiles (My Name is Rachel Corrie, Blue Rose Stage Collective)

Kathleen Turner (High, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

Jim Butz (Hamlet, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis)

Jason Cannon (Outlying Islands, Upstream Theater)

Scott McMaster (Outlying Islands, Upstream Theater)

Drew Pannebacker (Equus, HotCity Theatre)

Alan Knoll (This Wonderful Life, Dramatic License Productions)

Outstanding Director of a Play

Philip Boehm (Outlying Islands, Upstream Theater)

Bruce Longworth (Hamlet, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis)

Doug Finlayson (Equus, HotCity Theatre)

Philip Boehm (Oedipus King, Upstream Theater)

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

Deanna Jent (The Chosen, Mustard Seed Theatre)

Outstanding Production of a Play

Hamlet (Shakespeare Festival St. Louis)

Outlying Islands (Upstream Theater)

High (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

The Chosen (Mustard Seed Theatre)

Outstanding Director of Musical

Michael Hamilton (Promises, Promises, Stages St. Louis)

Ron Himes (Five Guys Named Moe, The Black Rep)

Paul Blake (Damn Yankees, The Muny)

Marc Bruni (Sound of Music, The Muny)

Edward Coffield (Man of La Mancha, Insight)

Outstanding Choreography

Mary MacLeod (Damn Yankees, The Muny)

Lazette Rayford-O’Brien (Five Guys Named Moe, The Black Rep)

Heather Beal (The Me Nobody Knows, The Black Rep)

Suzanne Viverito (Cats, The Muny)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical

Five Guys Named Moe (The Black Rep)

The Wild Party (New Line)

Damn Yankees (The Muny)

Cats (The Muny)

Aristocats (Stages St. Louis)

Show Boat (The Muny)

State Fair (Stages St. Louis)

Last of the Red Hot Mamas (New Jewish Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

Brandi Wooten (Promises, Promises, Stages St. Louis)

Sharisa Whatley (The Me Nobody Knows, The Black Rep)

Jo Ann Hawkins White (Show Boat, The Muny)

Johanna Elkana-Hale (Last of the Red Hot Mamas, New Jewish Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

Michel Bell (Show Boat, The Muny)

Joneal Joplin (The Fantasticks, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

Lara Teeter (Beauty and the Beast, The Muny)

Kevin Loreque (Cats, The Muny)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical

Ashley Brown (The Sound of Music, The Muny)

Vanessa Rubin (Yesterdays: An evening with Billie Holiday, The Black Rep)

Stephanie J. Block (Cats, The Muny)

Leah Horowitz (Show Boat, The Muny)

Hollie Howard (State Fair, Stages St. Louis)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical

Ben Nordstrom (Promises, Promises, Stages St. Louis)

Ben Nordstrom (Gutenberg! The Musical!, Temporary Theatre)

John Sparger (Pump Boys and Dinettes, Bear Stage)

Jeffrey Pruett (The Wild Party, New Line)

Eric Kunze (Damn Yankees, The Muny)

Outstanding Musical Direction

Charles Creath (Five Guys Named Moe, The Black Rep)

Sallie duMaine (Pump Boys and Dinettes, Bear Stage)

Michael Horsley (Damn Yankees, The Muny)

Lisa Campbell Albert (Promises, Promises, Stages St. Louis)

Ben Whiteley (Sound of Music, The Muny)

Catherine Matejka (Show Boat, The Muny)

Henry Palkes (Last of the Red Hot Mamas, New Jewish Theatre)

Outstanding Production of a Musical

Show Boat (The Muny)

Five Guys Named Moe (The Black Rep)

Big River (Stages St. Louis)

Damn Yankees (The Muny)

Promises, Promises (Stages St. Louis)

Sound of Music (The Muny)

State Fair (Stages St. Louis)