ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2024 Joseph Jefferson Awards

PhotoChuck Smith, a former Theatre faculty member who is now the resident director at Goodman Theatre, is among those nominated for a Jeff Award this year.
This year's nominees include individuals from ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½'s Theatre and Music programs working in performance, design, direction, choreography, and musical composition.

Congratulations to alumni, former students, and current and former faculty members who have been nominated for the , Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2023-2024 theatre season. 

 

The ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Jeff Awards nominees include:

Performance

Leah Morrow - Performer in a Revue for "Beehive: The 60’s Musical"

Design

  • Grant Sabin - (Scenic Design, Midsize) for "Turret"
  • Conchita Avitia - (Lighting Design, Midsize) for "The Brightest Thing in the World"
  • Paul Deziel - Projection Design for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

Sound Design

Jeffrey Levin (nominated thrice for sound design in "Eurydice," "Selling Kabul," and "Turret"

Original Music

Jeffrey Levin - Original Music in a Play for "Turret"

Direction

  • Daryl D. Brooks - Director, Revue for "The Time Machine: A Tribute to the '80s"
  • Vanessa Stalling - Director, Play (Large) for "The Lehman Trilogy"
  • Chuck Smith - Director, Play (Midsize) for "The Reclamation of Madison Hemings"
  • Jim CortiDirector, Musical (Large) for "Next to Normal"

Choreography

  • Tammy Mader -"Anything Goes"

Projection Design

  • Mike Tutaj (nominated twice for "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Gods and Monsters"

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