The 44th Annual Non-Equity Jeff Award Winners

The 44th Annual Non-Equity Jeff Award Winners

The full list of winners of the 2017 Non-Equity Jeff Awards

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David Cerda to Receive Special Jeff Award

David Cerda to Receive Special Jeff Award

More than 200 members of the Chicago theater community signed a recommendation that the 2017 Non-Equity Special Jeff Award be given to David Cerda — the co-founder and Artistic Director of Hell in a Handbag Productions — for his theatrical and charitable contributions.

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2017 Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominees Announced

2017 Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominees Announced

The Jeff Awards announced today a total of 127 nominations in 26 categories for the 44th Annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards for productions that opened between April 1, 2016, and March 31, 2017.

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No Jeff Judges for Letts at Steppenwolf – Jeff Committee Responds

No Jeff Judges for Letts at Steppenwolf – Jeff Committee Responds

“Our Committee of 55 hard-working devoted theatergoers each see more than a hundred plays a year. Our membership is diverse, with all ages and diversity.”

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Non-Equity Jeff Awards Move to Athenaeum

Non-Equity Jeff Awards Move to Athenaeum

Pictured: Athenaeum Theatre In an effort to accommodate more of Chicago’s theater community, the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee announced today that the 2017 Non-Equity Jeff Awards will be held at The Athenaeum Theatre on June 5th. The Athenaeum, located at 2936 N. Southport Avenue, seats 984 patrons in its Main...

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The 2016 Equity Jeff Award Winners Are…

The 2016 Equity Jeff Award Winners Are…

The Best Ensemble Jeff Award-Winning Cast of The House Theater’s UNITED FLIGHT 232, which also won the Best Play: Midsize Award, in the presence of a flight 232 survivor who was in the audience. (Michael Brosilow)   The 48th Annual Equity Jeff Awards were held at Drury Lane Oakbrook on...

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Michael Halberstam to Receive Special Jeff Award

Michael Halberstam to Receive Special Jeff Award

The Artistic Director of Writers Theatre since its inception in 1992 is being honored for outstanding theatrical accomplishments and contributions to Chicagoland theater for the past 25 years.

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Jeff Awards Announces 2016 Equity Nominations

Jeff Awards Announces 2016 Equity Nominations

Six world premiere plays and four new adaptations were among those receiving nominations by The Jeff Awards Committee today.

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43rd Annual Non-Equity Jeff Award Winners

43rd Annual Non-Equity Jeff Award Winners

The cast of RENT at Theo Ubique. Photo by Adam Veness “The Hairy Ape”- Eugene O’Neill’s expressionist play presented in a stark, brutal and imaginative setting; “Byhalia, Mississippi”- a new work of southern love and forgiveness, and “Rent”- the musical update of “La Boheme” performed in a small storefront theatre, took...

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Kimberly Senior to Receive Special Jeff Award

Kimberly Senior to Receive Special Jeff Award

“The theatre world is full of creative people with lots of conflicting ideas. When three agree on something, it’s a breakthrough. When 73 do, it’s almost a miracle,” says Jeff Awards Committee Chair David Liesse, “Yet 73 members of the Chicago theatre community co-signed a letter nominating Kimberly Senior to...

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