Friends of AUDELCO AUDELCO List of Nominated Plays (Audience Development Committee, Inc.) In order to keep abreast of your support of professional Black theatre, we request that you check the plays listed below that you have seen. All listed plays have nominations AUDELCO was established and incorporated in 1973 to in one or more categories. generate more recognition, understanding and awareness of AUDELCO the arts in African-American communities; to provide better  A Raisin in the Sun (Audience Development Committee, Inc.) public relations and to build new audiences for non-profit  Adam theatre and dance companies.  And She Would Stand Like This 2017  Autumn You receive discounts to some of your favorite Off and Off-  Bella: An American Tall Tale Off Broadway theatres when you attend theatre and dance BALLOT  Cabaret productions as a “Friend of AUDELCO.”  Coriolanus  Cost of Living NOMINEES FOR THE At informal gatherings, “Friends of AUDELCO” meet and th  Daughters of the Mock interact with others who share an interest in Black Theatre 45 ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON  Demerara Gold and Dance. AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS  Dolphins and Sharks FOR EXCELLENCE IN BLACK THEATRE  Everybody “Friends of AUDELCO” receive INTERMISSION, our In- 2016 – 2017 THEATRE SEASON  Finian’s Rainbow House newsletter. Friends are kept abreast of current  Kill Move Paradise activities through newsletter updates.  Man from Nebraska Presented by  Marie and Rosetta On the third Monday of November, AUDELCO presents  Martin Luther on Trial the annual AUDELCO Awards, recognizing and honoring Audience Development Committee, Inc.  Master Harold…and the Boys Excellence in Black Theatre.  Notes from the Field * * * * * * * *  On Strivers Row Your contribution enables you to vote for productions and  Othello performers of your choice. ONLY AUDELCO CONTRIBUTORS MAY  Othello The Remix VOTE.  Party People AUDELCO sponsored Conversations with AUDELCO –  Pipeline Vote by selecting only ONE nominee Discussion with writers, producers, directors, technicians in each category.  Ragtime and performers who create the magic will enhance your  Raisin knowledge and enjoyment of the wonderfully creative, ever Use the symbol “X” to designate your choice.  Rosalee Pritchett & The Perry’s Mission fascinating world of theatre and dance.  Sell/Buy/Date PLEASE DO NOT VOTE IN ANY CATEGORY IN  Spamilton If your interest in the performing arts goes beyond WHICH YOU HAVE NOT SEEN AT LEAST 3 OF THE  Sweat Broadway and you are ready for theatre experiences that NOMINEES IN THAT CATEGORY.  Sweeney Todd transcend the “Great White Way,” you should be a “Friend  Sweet of AUDELCO.” If there are 3 or fewer nominations in a category, do  Sweet Charity not vote unless you have seen ALL of the nominees.  Sweetee Our basic support comes from “Friends” who believe in us  The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World… enough to offer tangible support to our efforts. UNSIGNED BALLOTS ARE NOT VALID  The Emperor Jones  The Skin of Our Teeth We need Actors, Producers, Playwrights, Technicians, Please sign your ballot. Your signature certifies that  The Three Musketeers Choreographers, Designers and the general public - all those you have seen at least 3 nominees in each category in  The View Upstairs interested in the growth of Black Theatre to become  Two Trains Running “Friends of AUDELCO.” which you have voted. Mail this ballot in the enclosed  Venus envelope. It must be postmarked no later than:  Verses at Work Our “Friends” come in many categories. Check our  Yen “Friends” information and decide what kind of “Friend” you OCTOBER 30, 2017  Zora Neale Hurston wish to be.

Signature Vivian Robinson Founder (1926-1996) Print Friends of AUDELCO SUPPORTING ACTOR SOLO PERFORMANCE 2016 - 2017 Theatre Season  Leon Addison Brown (Master Harold…and the Boys)  Ingrid Griffith (Demerara Gold)  R.J. Foster (The Three Musketeers)  Sarah Jones (Sell/Buy/Date)  Jamil A.C. Mangan (Martin Luther on Trial)  Timothy Simonson (Adam) NOMINEES “The VIV”  Jaime Lincoln Smith (Pipeline)  Anna Deavere Smith (Notes from the Field)  Count Stovall (Autumn)  Malik Work (Verses at Work) LIGHTING DESIGN  Kate Bashore (The Three Musketeers) SUPPORTING ACTRESS LEAD ACTOR  Marcus Doshi (Party People)  Jocelyn Bioh (Everybody)  Obi Abili (The Emperor Jones)  Alan C. Edwards (Kill Move Paradise)  Nana Mensah (Man from Nebraska)  Jerome Preston Bates (Autumn)  Matt Frey (Everybody)  Heather Velazquez (Pipeline)  Dion Johnstone (Coriolanus)  Brian Tovar (And She Would Stand Like This)  Pernell Walker (Dolphins and Sharks)  David Oyelowo (Othello)  Pauletta Washington (Autumn)  Justice Smith (Yen) SET DESIGN  Victor Williams (Cost of Living)  Patrice Andrew Davidson (Rosalee Pritchett & The Perry’s Mission) OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL -

 Maruti Evans (Kill Move Paradise) FEMALE LEAD ACTRESS  Ricardo Hernandez (The Skin of Our Teeth)  Asmeret Ghebremichael (Sweet Charity)  Miriam Hyman (The Three Musketeers)  Clint Ramos (Bella: An American Tall Tale)  Angela Grovey (Finian’s Rainbow)  Zainab Jah (Venus)  Christopher & Justin Swader (The Three Musketeers)  Ashley D. Kelley (Bella: An American Tall Tale)  Kecia Lewis (The Skin of Our Teeth)

 Ebony Marshall-Oliver (Raisin) Karen Pittman (Pipeline) COSTUME DESIGN   Renee Steadman (Ragtime)  Elizabeth Van Dyke (Zora Neale Hurston)  Dede M Ayite (Bella: An American Tall Tale)  NaTasha Yvette Williams (Bella: An American Tall Tale)  Kim Yancey-Moore (On Strivers Row)

 Montana Blanco (The Death of the Last Black Man….)  Rachel Dozier-Ezell (The Three Musketeers) OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL - BEST REVIVAL  Sidney Fortner (On Strivers Row) MALE  A Raisin in the Sun (Harlem Repertory Theatre)  Emilio Sosa (Venus)  Jelani Alladin (Sweetee)  Daughters of the Mock (Negro Ensemble Company)  Nathan Lee Graham (The View Upstairs) On Strivers Row (Metropolitan Playhouse) SOUND DESIGN  Marcus A. Jordan (Ragtime)   Two Trains Running (Black Spectrum Theatre Company)  Luqman Brown (The Three Musketeers)  Norm Lewis (Sweeney Todd)  Zora Neale Hurston (New Federal Theatre)  David Ferdinand (Othello The Remix)  Warren Nolan, Jr. (Raisin)

 Palmer Hefferan (Kill Move Paradise)  Larry Owens (Cabaret) MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR  Lindsay Jones (Bella: An American Tall Tale) OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTOR  Bella: An American Tall Tale (Playwrights Horizons)  Brandon Wolcott (Everybody)  Othello The Remix (John Leguizamo et al.)  Fred Barton (Spamilton) DIRECTOR/DRAMATIC PRODUCTION  James Dobinson (The View Upstairs)  Raisin (Astoria Performing Arts Center)  Jenny Bennett (The Three Musketeers)  Rona Siddiqui (Bella: An American Tall Tale)  Spamilton (Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre)  Darius Smith (Raisin)  The View Upstairs (Invisible Wall Productions)  Lileana Blain-Cruz (Pipeline)  Walter Dallas (Autumn)  Leslie Wickman (Ragtime)  Timothy Johnson (On Strivers Row) DRAMATIC PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR CHOREOGRAPHY  Raelle Myrick-Hodges (Sweet)  Autumn (Billie Holiday Theatre)  Camille A. Brown (Bella: An American Tall Tale)  Pipeline (Lincoln Center Theater) DIRECTOR/MUSICAL PRODUCTION  Millicent Johnnie (Party People)  Sweat (The Public Theater)  Gerard Alessandrini (Spamilton)  Kia LaBeija (And She Would Stand Like This)  Sweet (National Black Theatre)  Dev Bondarin (Raisin)  Darell G. Moultrie (Kill Move Paradise) .The Three Musketeers (Classical Theatre of Harlem)  Scott Ebersold (The View Upstairs)  Tiffany Rea-Fisher (The Three Musketeers)

 GQ & JQ (Othello the Remix) OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE  Robert O’Hara (Bella: An American Tall Tale)  Daughters of the Mock (Negro Ensemble Company)  Kill Move Paradise (National Black Theatre) PLAYWRIGHT Thank you for being a Friend of AUDELCO  Marie and Rosetta (Atlantic Theatre Company)  Kirsten Childs (Bella: An American Tall Tale) and for participating in the process.  Dominique Morisseau (Pipeline)  Sweat (The Public Theater)  Lynn Nottage (Sweat)  Sweet (National Black Theatre)  Harrison David Rivers (Sweet)  Richard Wesley (Autumn) AUDELCO is supported in part with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and individual contributions from friends of AUDELCO.