(via Deepal Patadia, Time Out North America.)
The winners of Time Out Chicago’s 2015 Theater Awards, from Time Out Chicago readers and critics are:
READERS’ CHOICE
Best New Work: Sean Graney, All Our Tragic, The Hypocrites
Best Production of an Existing Play: Stupid Fucking Bird, Sideshow Theatre Company
Best Production of a Musical: The Wild Party, Bailiwick Chicago
Best Direction: Jeremy Wechsler, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, Theater Wit
Best Ensemble: All Our Tragic, The Hypocrites
Best Actor: Michael Patrick Thornton, Title and Deed, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Best Actress: Hillary Clemens, Bethany, The Gift Theatre
Best Supporting Actor: Chester Gregory, Two Trains Running, Goodman Theatre
Best Supporting Actress: Caroline Neff, Airline Highway, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Best Design: Marie Antoinette, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
CRITIC’S PICK
Best Under-Rehearsed Swordplay: Aaron Latterell, The Hammer Trinity, The House Theatre of Chicago
Best Bartender’s-Eye View: Accidentally, Like a Martyr, A Red Orchid Theatre
Best Double Casting: Jerod Haynes and Eric Lynch, Native Son, Court Theatre/American Blues Theater
Best Return Engagement: Smokefall, Goodman Theatre
Best Lack of Scenic Design: Song About Himself, Theater Oobleck
Best Use of Butcher Paper to Depict Annual Butchering: The Jungle, Oracle Theatre
Best First-Time Score for a Middling Musical: Sting, The Last Ship
Most promising debut: A Map of Virtue, Cor Theatre
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