Awards & Honors
2013
Ovation Recommended
Triassic Parq - The Musical
Premieres
West Coast Premiere
Triassic Parq - The Musical, by Marshall Pailet,
Bryce Norbitz and Steve Wargo
2012
2012 LADCC Award WINNER
Special Achievement
in Fight Choreography (Kelly Todd & David McCormick - West
Side Story)
2012 LADCC Award Nomination
Best Revival
(West Side Story)
2011-2012 Ovation Award Nominations
Director of a Musical
(Patrick Pearson - ROOMS: A Rock Romance)
Scenic Design - Intimate Theater (Joe
Holbrook - ROOMS: A Rock Romance)
Los Angeles Times Critic's Choice
West Side Story
Back Stage Critic's Pick
ROOMS: a rock romance
Reborning
West Side Story
Ovation Recommended
ROOMS: a rock romance
Premieres
World Premiere
Overlooked, by Brian Nelson
West Coast Premiere
ROOMS: a rock romance, by Paul Scott Goodman
& Miriam Gordon
Southern California Premiere
Reborning, by Zayd Dohrn
Grants
Arts Orange County
Bank of America
Ecolab Foundation
Elizabeth George Foundation
Orange County Community Foundation
2011
2010-2011 Ovation Award WINNER
Production of a
Musical - Intimate Theater (Jerry Springer: The Opera)
2011 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award WINNER
Music Direction
(Mike Wilkins - Jerry Springer: The Opera)
2011 Back Stage Garland Award WINNERS
Production (Jerry
Springer: The Opera)
Musical Score (Stewart
Lee and Richard Thomas - Jerry
Springer: The Opera)
Direction
(Trevor Biship - Jerry Springer: The Opera)
Music Direction
(Mike Wilkins - Jerry Springer: The Opera)
Sound Design (Casey
Long - Jerry
Springer: The Opera)
2011 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award Nominations
Production (Jerry Springer: The Opera)
Direction (Trevor
Biship - Jerry Springer: The Opera)
Choreography (Kelly Todd - Jerry Springer:
The Opera)
Book of a Musical (Richard Thomas
& Stewart Lee - Jerry
Springer: The Opera)
Ensemble (The Cast of Jerry
Springer: The Opera)
Lighting Design (Brian
S. Shevelenko - Jerry Springer: The Opera)
Sound Design (Casey
Long - Jerry Springer: The Opera)
2010-2011 Ovation Award Nominations
Director of a Musical (Trevor Biship - Jerry
Springer: The Opera)
Choreography (Kelly Todd - Jerry Springer:
The Opera)
Music Direction (Mike Wilkins - Jerry
Springer: The Opera)
Lead Actor
in a Musical (David Laffey - Jerry Springer: The Opera)
Acting Ensemble
of a Musical (The Cast of Jerry Springer: The Opera)
Best of 2011
Best New Play - Nerve (LA/OC
Examiner)
Best Actress - Jessie Withers, Nerve (LA/OC
Examiner)
Best Musical - Jerry Springer: The
Opera (San Diego Gay & Lesbian News)
Production - Jerry Springer: The Opera and Up (LA
STAGE)
Los Angeles Times Critic's Choice
Jerry Springer: The Opera
Back Stage Critic's Pick
The Boy in the Bathroom
Jerry Springer: The Opera
Up
Ovation Recommended
Jerry Springer: The Opera
Grants
Anaheim Rotary
Dramatists Guild Fund
Elizabeth George Foundation
Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim
Premieres
World Premiere
The Boy in the Bathroom, by Michael Lluberes
and Joe Maloney
West Coast Premieres
Nerve, by Adam Szymkowicz
The Superheroine Monologues, by John Kuntz
and Rick Park
Southern California Premieres
Jerry Springer: The Opera, by Richard
Thomas and Stewart Lee
Up, by Bridget Carpenter
2010
2009-2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics
Circle Awards
Lighting Design (KC
Wilkerson - The Who's Tommy)
CGI/Video Design
(KC Wilkerson - The Who's Tommy)
2009-2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle
Award Nomination
Choreography (Allison
Bibicoff - The
Who's Tommy)
2009-2010 Ovation Award
Ovation
Honors - Video Design (KC
Wilkerson - The Who's Tommy)
2009-2010 Ovation Award Nominations
Production of a
Musical - Intimate Theater (The Who's Tommy)
Director of a Musical (Oanh Nguyen - The
Who's Tommy)
Costume Design - Intimate Theater (Erika
C. Miller - The Who's Tommy)
Lighting Design - Intimate Theater (KC
Wilkerson - The Who's Tommy)
Lighting
Design - Intimate Theater (KC Wilkerson - Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter)
2009-2010 Garland Awards
Choreography (Allison
Bibicoff - The
Who's Tommy)
Lighting
Designer (KC Wilkerson - The Who's Tommy)
OC Weekly Best Play
of 2010
Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?
Los Angeles Times Critic's Choice
Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?
Back Stage Critic's Pick
The Who's Tommy
Edward Albee's The Goat
or, Who is Sylvia?
Ovation Recommended
Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter
The Who's Tommy
Grants
AT&T Foundation
Anaheim Arts Council
Anaheim
Community Foundation
Anaheim Rotary Club
Disney VoluntEARS Community Fund
Elizabeth
George Foundation
James Irvine Foundation
Orange County Arts Initiative of the
Orange County Community Foundation
Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim
Robert J. & Doreen
D. Marshall Fund for Dramatic Arts and Classical Music
of the Orange County Community
Foundation
Premieres
Southern California Premiere
Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter, by Julie Marie Myatt
Orange County Premiere
The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, by Edward
Albee
2009
Arts Orange County Annual Achievement Honoree
Outstanding Arts Organization
2009 LADCC Award Nominations
McCulloh Award for Revival (Hair)
Direction (Oanh Nguyen - Hair)
Choreography (Kelly Todd - Hair)
Music Direction (Bill Strongin - Hair)
Ensemble Performance (Hair)
CGI/Video (John MacDonald - Hair)
2008-2009 Ovation Award Nominations
Best Season
Production of a Musical - Intimate Theater (Hair)
Director of a Musical (Oanh Nguyen - Hair)
Choreographer (Kelly Todd - Hair)
Costume Design - Intimate Theater (Erika C. Miller - Hair)
Scenic Design - Intimate Theater (Christopher Scott Murillo - Hair)
#2 Live-Theater Group - OC Register's The Best of Orange County 2009
"Best Theater Programming" - OC Weekly Best of 2009
"Best Theatre Group" - MyFoxLA OC Hotlist
Back Stage West Garland Award (Honorable Mention)
PRODUCTION:
Jesus Hates Me
HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
The Seagull
PLAYWRITING:
Wayne Lemon, Jesus Hates Me
ADAPTATION:
Richard Nelson, The Seagull
DIRECTION:
Oanh Nguyen, Jesus Hates Me
Oanh Nguyen, HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
Tony Vezner, The Seagull
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Kelly Todd, HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
MUSIC DIRECTION:
Bill Strongin, HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
LIGHTING DESIGN:
Jeff Brewer, The Seagull
KC Wilkerson, HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
COSTUME DESIGN:
Erika C. Miller, HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
SOUND DESIGN:
Bryan Barton, The Girl, The Grouch, and The Goat
Casey Holm, HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
Peter Bayne, The Seagull
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY:
Chance Dean, Jesus Hates Me
Dan Flapper, The Seagull
Jennifer Ruckman, The Seagull
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE:
HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
The Seagull
Grants
Anaheim Arts Council
Anaheim Community Foundation
Argyros Foundation
Bank of America – Local Heroes
California Arts Council
Disneyland Cast & Community Fund
Dramatists Guild Fund
GFS, Inc.
Kiwanis
Club of Greater Anaheim
The Lear Family Foundation
Orange County Community Foundation – Robert
J. and Doreen D. Marshall Fund
for Dramatic Arts and Classical Music
Orange County
Community Foundation – OC Arts Initiative
Premieres
West Coast Premieres
Jesus Hates Me, by Wayne Lemon
The Girl, The Grouch, and The Goat, by Mark Hollmann and Jack Helbig
West Coast Premiere Adaptation
The Seagull, by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Richard Nelson
2008
"Best Small Theater" - Orange Coast Magazine, Best of OC Issue
"Best Theatre Group" - MyFoxLA OC Hotlist
#2 Live-Theater Group - OC Register's The Best of Orange County 2008
Back Stage West Garland Award (Honorable Mention)
PRODUCTION:
Rabbit Hole, The Chance Theater
The Brain From Planet X, The Chance Theater
DIRECTION:
Oanh Nguyen, Rabbit Hole, The Chance Theater
MUSICAL SCORE:
Bruce Kimmel and David Wechter, The Brain From Planet X, The Chance Theater
MUSIC DIRECTION:
Carmen Cortez Dominguez, Assassins, The Chance Theater
SCENIC DESIGN:
Oanh Nguyen and Joe Pew, Assassins, The Chance Theater
LIGHTING DESIGN:
K.C. Wilkerson, The Brain From Planet X, The Chance Theater
SOUND DESIGN:
Mitchell Kohen, Rabbit Hole, The Chance Theater
Mitchell Kohen and Dave Mickey, The Brain From Planet X, The Chance Theater
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION:
Paul Kehler, Assassins, The Chance Theater
David Lamoureux, Assassins, The Chance Theater
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE:
Rabbit Hole, The Chance Theater
Back Stage West Critic's Pick
Talk About The Passion
Rabbit Hole
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
Grants
Allergan Foundation
Jane Deming and Robert & Doreen Marshall Fund
Disneyland Cast Community Fund
James Irvine Foundation CAA Initiative
Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim
Target Corporation
Premieres
World Premiere
The Giant and The Pixie, by Jonathan Josephson
California Premiere
Talk About The Passion, by Graham Farrow
Orange County Premieres
The Brain From Planet X, by David Wechter & Bruce Kimmel
Rabbit Hole, by David Lindsay-Abaire
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, by Tom Mula
2007
Awards and Honors
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) Polly Warfield Award
#2 Live-Theater Group - OC Register's The Best of Orange County 2007
Arts Orange County Annual Achievement Honoree
Outstanding Individual Artist (Oanh Nguyen)
Arts Orange County Nomination
Outstanding Volunteer (John R. Karczynski)
Back Stage West Garland Award (Honorable Mention)
PRODUCTION:
Frozen, The Chance Theater
DIRECTION:
Oanh Nguyen, Frozen, The Chance Theater
MUSIC DIRECTION:
Bill Strongin, Sunday in the Park with George, The Chance Theater
SOUND DESIGN:
Casey Long, Frozen, The Chance Theater
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY:
Michael Irish, Biloxi Blues, The Chance Theater
Jonathon Lamer, Frozen, The Chance Theater
Jennifer Ruckman, Frozen, The Chance Theater
Karen Webster, Frozen, The Chance Theater
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE:
Sunday in the Park with George, The Chance Theater
Grants
Allergan Foundation
Anaheim Arts Council
Anaheim Rotary
Arts Orange County
Disneyland Cast Community Fund
Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim
Target
Wells Fargo Foundation
Premieres
World Premieres
Best Chance, Chance Best, by John Bolen
Minglers, by Max Espinoza
Bitches and Cocks, by Jonathan Josephson
The Best Lie, by John MacDonald
Alpha Best, by Sarah Moreau
Baseball to a Russian, by Peter Schnake
Orange County Premieres
Inventing Van Gogh, by Steven Dietz
Shakespeare's R & J, adapted by Joe Calarco
Anne of Green Gables - The Musical, by Robinette and Swensson
2006
Awards and Honors
GLAAD Media Award Nominee, Outstanding LA Theater - Porcelain
Arts Orange County Nominations
Outstanding Arts Organization
Outstanding Individual Artist (Oanh Nguyen)
Back Stage West Garland Award (Honorable Mention)
PRODUCTION:
The Lying Kind, The Chance Theater
PLAYWRITING:
Anthony Neilson, The Lying Kind, The Chance Theater
Annie Thoms, with their eyes: September 11th - The View from a High School at Ground Zero, The Chance Theater
SOUND DESIGN:
Casey Long, The Lying Kind, The Chance Theater
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) STRAIGHT PLAY:
Courtney Hayes, Never In My Lifetime, The Chance Theater
John M. Jurcheck, Never In My Lifetime, The Chance Theater
PERFORMANCE IN A (PRIMARILY) MUSICAL PRODUCTION:
Jocelyn A. Brown, The Last Five Years, The Chance Theater
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE:
Hot 'N' Throbbing, The Chance Theater
Into The Woods, The Chance Theater
with their eyes: September 11th - The View from a High School at Ground Zero, The Chance Theater
MISCELLANEOUS:
Dialect Coaching, Glenda Morgan Brown, The Lying Kind and with their eyes: September 11th - The View from a High School at Ground Zero, The Chance Theater
LA Times Critic's Choice
with their eyes: September 11th - The View from a High School at Ground Zero
Back Stage West Critic's Pick
Never in My Lifetime
Into the Woods
Coyote on a Fence
Grants
Anaheim Arts Council
Anaheim Community Foundation
Arts Orange County
Deluxe Corporation Foundation
Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim
Rotary Club of Anaheim
Washington Mutual
Premieres
World Premieres
Anaheim Home Companion, by Tira Palmquist and members of The Chance Theater Repertory Company
365 Days/365 Plays, by Suzan Lori-Parks
West Coast Premieres
with their eyes: September 11th - The View from a High School at Ground Zero, edited by Annie Thoms
The Lying Kind, by Anthony Neilson
Orange County Premieres
Hot 'N' Throbbing, by Paula Vogel
Never In My Lifetime, by Shirley Gee
Coyote on a Fence, by Bruce Graham
2005
Awards and Honors
Arts Orange County Nominations
Outstanding Arts Organization
Outstanding Individual Artist (Oanh Nguyen)
Back Stage West Garland Award (Honorable Mention)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Erika C. Miller, Cabaret, The Chance Theater
Beach Vickers, Cabaret, The Chance Theater
Best of 2005, OC Register
One Flea Spare (Production, Performance - Joshua Jones)
Porcelain (Production, Performances - Nghia Luu and Beach Vickers)
The Diary of Anne Frank (Ensemble)
The Laramie Project (Ensemble)
OC Weekly Award
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Best Ensemble)
8 OC Weekly Award Nominations
Porcelain (Best Production, Best Direction - Oanh Nguyen, Best Actor - Nghia Luu)
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Best Production)
One Flea Spare (Best Production, Best Direction - Patricia L. Terry)
The Rover (Best Direction - Josh Costello, Best Ensemble)
Winner of "Roar of the Crowd", Goldstar Events
Closer Than Ever
The Diary of Anne Frank
LA Times Critic's Choice
Closer Than Ever
Back Stage West Critic's Pick
The Diary of Anne Frank
Porcelain
One Flea Spare
Cabaret
Grants
Anaheim Arts Council
Arts Orange County
Disneyland Cast Community Fund
Target
Washington Mutual
Premieres
World Premiere Adaptations
The Rover, by Aphra Behn, adapted by Josh Costello
FIG: R.O.(retro opera), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, adapted by Robert G. Leigh, Heather Howe, and The Chance Theater Repertory Company
Orange County Premieres
Closer Than Ever, by Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire
Porcelain, by Chay Yew
One Flea Spare, by Naomi Wallace
Big Love, by Charles L. Mee
The World Goes Round, by John Kander and Fred Ebb
2004
Awards and Honors
Arts Orange County Annual Achievement Honoree
Outstanding Arts Organization
Arts Orange County Nomination
Outstanding Individual Artist (Jocelyn A. Brown)
Best of Orange County : Hidden Gem, Orange County Register
Honorary OC Weekly Award
Best Ensemble Oriented Theatre Troupe
OC Weekly Award
Goodnight Children Everywhere (Best Actress - Jocelyn A. Brown)
13 OC Weekly Award Nominations
Goodnight Children Everywhere (Best Production, Best Ensemble, Best Direction - Oanh Nguyen, Best Actor - Brian C. Weed, Best Supporting Actor - Beach Vickers)
The Cherry Orchard (Best Direction - Jocelyn A. Brown, Best Actress - Wendy Braun)
The Lord of the Screen the Fellowship of the Pen (Best New Play)
Company (Best Musical, Best Ensemble,
Best Supporting Actress - Bonnie Wickeraad)
Tape (Best Actor - Casey Long)
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Best Ensemble)
Premieres
World Premiere
The Lord of the Screen: The Fellowship of the Pen - The Improv-ical, by Alex Bueno, Eric McGregor and Oanh Nguyen
Southern California Premiere
Goodnight Children Everywhere, by Richard Nelson
Orange County Premieres
Far Away, by Caryl Churchill
Tape, by Stephen Belber
2003
Awards and Honors
Honorary OC Weekly Award
Muchos Huevos, Lee Miller: The Angel and the Fiend
2 OC Weekly Awards
That Which Remains (Best Direction - Robert G. Leigh, Best Supporting Actor - Ken Rugg)
5 OC Weekly Award nominations
The Mikado (Best Musical, Best Actor - Jonathan Talmadge)
The Hanging of Mary Surratt (Best New Play)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Best Actress - Ruby Wendell)
Lee Miller: The Angel and The Fiend (Best New Play)
Back Stage West Critic's Pick
The Mikado
Premieres
World Premiere
Lee Miller: The Angel and the Fiend, by Anthony Penrose (commissioned by The Getty Center; performed at The Getty Center and The Chance Theater)
Orange County Premiere
Spring's Awakening, by Frank Wedekind, translated by Carl R. Mueller
2002
Awards and Honors
Best of 2002, OC Register
Three Days of Rain (Production, Director, Performance - Joseph Horn)
The Gondoliers (Production - Honorable Mention)
As You Like It (Performances - Ramlah Frediani, Joseph Horn, Erika C. Miller)
Molly Sweeney (Performances - Jill Cary Martin and Tom Turnley)
Trail of Tears (Performance - Richard Comeau)
Nine (Performance - Erika Amato)
4 OC Weekly Award nominations
Nine (Best Musical, Best Actress - Erika Amato)
A History of the American Film (Best Musical, Best Ensemble)
3 Northern Lights Creson Awards
Strongest Season
Molly Sweeney (Best Actress - Jill Cary Martin)
A History of the American Film (Best Ensemble)
Premieres
World Premieres
Trail of Tears, by Joseph Hullett
The Worthy Master of the Law, by Mark Scrivener
West Coast Premiere
Dead White Males, by William Missouri Downs
2001
Awards and Honors
Best of 2001, OC Register
Unrelenting Relaxation (Production, Director - Amanda DeMaio)
The Angelina Project (Performance - Sigalit Solitto)
OC Weekly Award
Unrelenting Relaxation (Best Ensemble)
2 OC Weekly Award nominations
For Pete's Sake (Best New Play)
Therese Raquin (Best Actress - Liz Simmons)
Northern Lights Creson Award
Unrelenting Relaxation
Premieres
World Premieres
Confirmation, by Joseph Hullett
The Angelina Project, by Frank Canino
Dragons in New York, by Pattric Walker
For Pete's Sake, by J.R. Sussman
West Coast Premiere
Therese Raquin, by Emile Zola, adapted by Neal Bell
Southern California Premiere
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, adapted by Lisa Duvall
2000
Premieres
World Premieres
The Stroop Report, by Robert Preston Jones
The Stop My Insanity Trilogy, by Chris Secor
The Beach... Without Leo, by The Chance Theater Repertory Company
Scream 4, by Chris Ceballos and Eileen Dreger
X
, by David LeMaster
West Coast Premieres
Nobody Knows I'm A Dog, by Alan David Perkins
Where Men Are Empty Overcoats, by Eric Pfeffinger
1999
World Premieres
Wasted Wishes, by Marie Mastrangelo
The Wednesday Night Save The World Society, by Dave Eisenstark and Fred Burke
Memories On The Wind, by Kent Johnson
Episode II, by The Chance Theater Repertory Company
But I Don't FEEL Grown Up, by Chris Ceballos, Erika C. Miller, Jeff Hellebrand and Oanh Nguyen
Green Stone Soup, by Green Stone Players
Wish You Were Here!, by Joseph Hullett
Holiday Tidings, by Green Stone Players
Affiliations:
Theatre Communications Group
Network of Ensemble Theaters
Los Angeles Stage Alliance
Arts Orange County
Anaheim Arts Council
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce
Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce
Canyon Hills Community Council
