Winners at the 30th Annual LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards

The 30th Annual LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards were presented on Monday, January 13, 2020, at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

The fast-moving evening awarded in thirty-six categories—13 Southern California theatre companies won, with 33 individual artists receiving awards.

Of the total awards, the Geffen Playhouse received 17 total for their shows “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol” with Dane Laffrey winning two (2)—Scenic Design and Costume Design – Large Theatre, and “Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole.” The Fountain Theatre received six (6) awards  for “Cost of Living” and “Hype Man: A Break Beat Play,” the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts received four (4) total for their shows “Singin’ in the Rain” and “A Night with Janis Joplin, and Sophina Brown received three (3) for “August Wilson’s Two Trains Running,” as did the Pasadena Playhouse for “Ragtime.”

The Skylight Theatre received two (2) awards for “Bronco Billy – The Musical,” as did the Center Theatre Group for “Dana H.” and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for “Witness Uganda.”

The Fountain Theatre received the Best Season Award for “Cost of Living,” “Daniel’s Husband,” and “Hype Man: A Break Beat Play.”

Here are winners at the 30th Annual LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards in the order of their announcements:

PLAYWRITING FOR AN ORIGINAL PLAY

LUCAS HNATH
DANA H.
Center Theatre Group

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

DANIEL J. WATTS
LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE
Geffen Playhouse

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

AMBER IMAN
WITNESS UGANDA
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

ADOLPHUS WARD
AUGUST WILSON’S TWO TRAINS RUNNING
Sophina Brown

Monique LeBleu

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• A Noise Within
• After Hours Theatre Company
• Boston Court Pasadena
• Center Theatre Group
• Chance Theater
• Coeurage Theatre Company
• Dance On Productions
• Fountain Theatre
• Geffen Playhouse
• La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
• LA Stage Alliance
• Ovation Awards
• Pasadena Playhouse
• Skylight Theatre Company
• Sophina Brown
• The 30th Annual Ovation Awards
• The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts