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1969
Best Play
 * The Rose Tattoo'' – Ivanhoe Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * George Keathley (The Rose Tattoo – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Art Kassul (The Subject Was Roses – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Robert Thompson (Sabrina Fair – Mill Run Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Geraldine Kay (Sabrina Fair – Mill Run Theatre)

Best Guest Artist
 * Rita Moreno (The Rose Tattoo – Ivanhoe Theatre)

1970
Best Play
 * Man of La Mancha'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

Best Director of a Play
 * Douglas Seale (Heartbreak House – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Leonard Cimino (The Man in the Glass Booth – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Dolores Rothenberger (Man of La Mancha – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Bill Morey (Janus – Pheasant Run Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Robert Thompson (Bus Stop – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Marrian Walters (Bus Stop – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Best Guest Artist
 * Ethel Waters (Member of the Wedding – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Juvenile Category
 * Clay Taylor (Member of the Wedding – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Special Award (''Juvenile Performance)
 * Clay Taylor (Member of the Wedding – Ivanhoe Theatre)

1971
Best Play
 * Lady Audley’s Secret'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * George Keathley (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Lee Pelty (Fiddler on the Roof – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Douglas Mellor (The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Rebecca Taylor (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Special Award (''Most Promising Player)
 * David Beaird (Look Homeward, Angel – Ravinia)

1972
Best Play
 * Child’s Play
 * Company
 * Moonchildren
 * The Boys from Syracuse
 * The National Health

Best Director of a Play
 * Donald Driver (Status Quo Vadis – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Child’s Play – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Company – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (The National Health – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Norman Rice (Plaza Suite – Country Club Theatre)
 * Peter Sander (Moonchildren – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Carl Stohn Jr (Affairs of State – Pheasant Run Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Frank Galati (The National Health – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * William Munchow (Child’s Play – Candlelight Forum Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Melissa Hart (Company – Candlelight Forum Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Joe Greco (Something Different – Country Club Theatre)
 * Mike Nussbaum (The Royal Family – Goodman Theatre)
 * Roger Baron (Child’s Play – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * William Munchow (The National Health – Candlelight Forum Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Harriet Hall (Holiday for Lovers – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * Louise Jenkins (Something Different – Country Club Theatre)
 * Geraldine Kay (Status Quo Vadis – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Melody Rogers (The Boys from Syracuse – Goodman Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Lou Conte (Company – Candlelight Forum Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Tony D'Angelo (The National Health – Candlelight Forum Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Alicia Finkel (The Boys from Syracuse – Goodman Theatre)

Best Guest Artist
 * Brian Bedford (The Tavern – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Cathleen Nesbitt (The Royal Family – Goodman Theatre)
 * David Wilson (Status Quo Vadis – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Irene Dailey (The House of Blue Leaves – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Jack Warden (Death of a Salesman – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * June Lockhart (Affairs of State – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * Lawrence Guittard (The Ruling Class – Goodman Theatre)
 * Lois Nettleton (The Rainmaker – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Michael Davis (Company – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Murray Matheson (The Ruling Class – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ronald Bishop (The Ruling Class – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ruby Dee (Wedding Band – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Special Award (''Producer)
 * John Reich'' – The Goodman Theatre

Special Award
 * Morton Ries'' – Former chairman of the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee

1973
Best Play
 * A Moon for the Misbegotten'' – Academy Festival Theatre
 * A Streetcar Named Desire'' – Ivanhoe Theatre
 * Boss'' – Candlelight Forum Theatre
 * Cabaret'' – Theatre-in-the-Round
 * In the Case of J Robert Oppenheimer'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Oliver'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest'' – Arlington Park Theatre
 * Suddenly, Last Summer'' – Ivanhoe Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * George Keathley (A Streetcar Named Desire – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * George Keathley (Suddenly, Last Summer – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * George Keathley (The Hot L Baltimore – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Gene Lesser (In the Case of J Robert Oppenheimer – Goodman Theatre)
 * Harvey Medlinksy (One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Edward Parone (The Mind with the Dirty Man – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (1776 – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * William Pullinsi (Boss – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Jose Quintero (A Moon for the Misbegotten – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Martha Webster (Cabaret – Theatre-in-the-Round)

Best Ensemble
 * Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope'' – Happy Medium Theatre
 * Golden Oldies or Tippicanoe and Déjà Vu'' – Second City
 * One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest'' – Arlington Park Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Norman Rice (The Lion in Winter – Country Club Theatre)
 * Dietrich Snelling (Cabaret – Theatre-in-the-Round)
 * Robert Thompson (Angel Street – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Jack Wallace (One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest – Arlington Park Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Marrian Walters (The Hot L Baltimore – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Tudi Wiggins (Old Times – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * David Beaird (The Hot L Baltimore – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Allen Carlsen (Suddenly, Last Summer – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Brian Hickey (Who Killed Santa Claus – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * Al Nuti (Love in E-flat – Rustic Barn Theatre)
 * Lee Zara (The Hot L Baltimore – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Rebecca Balding (Angel Street – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Rebecca Taylor (The Hot L Baltimore – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Martha Webster (Cabaret – Theatre-in-the-Round)

Best Cameo Actor in a Play
 * Mel Haynes (One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Bob Larkin (In the Case of J Robert Oppenheimer – Goodman Theatre)
 * Cliff Osmond (You Never Can Tell – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Norman Rice (One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Bruce Taylor (Boss – Candlelight Forum Theatre)

Best Cameo Actor in a Musical
 * Merwin Goldsmith (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Frank Galati (Boss – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Jules Tasca (The Mind with the Dirty Man – Arlington Park Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Lou Conte (Boss – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * John Landovsky (Oliver – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * John Landovsky (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * David E Rossow (Cabaret – Theatre-in-the-Round)
 * Joyce Trislet (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Tony D'Angelo (Boss – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Clarke Dunham (Twentieth Century – Goodman Theatre)
 * Thomas M Guerra / Joseph Nieminski (Suddenly, Last Summer – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Marjorie Kellogg / GE Naselius (Old Times – Goodman Theatre)
 * James Maronek (Guys and Dolls – Goodman Theatre)
 * Dan Snyder (Rich and Famous – Academy Festival Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Nicole-La Bruja (Boss – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Alicia Finkel (The Lady’s Not for Burning – Goodman Theatre)

Best Guest Artist
 * James Broderick (A Streetcar Named Desire – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Jans Conreid (How the Other Half Loves – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * John Cullum (The Lady’s Not for Burning – Goodman Theatre)
 * Colleen Dewhurst (A Moon for the Misbegotten – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Barbara Erwin (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)
 * James Farentino (One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Katharine Houghton (Suddenly, Last Summer – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Don Knotts (The Mind with the Dirty Man – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Rochelle Oliver (A Streetcar Named Desire – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Jozella Reed (Eli – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Pernell Roberts (Welcome Home – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Sylvia Sidney (Suddenly, Last Summer – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Special Award (''Producer)
 * Bernie Sahlins'' – Second City

Special Award (''Adaptation)
 * Frank Galati (Boss – Forum Theatre)

Special Award (''In Memoriam)
 * Marshall Migatz'' – Founder of Academy Theatre, now Academy Festival Theatre

1974
Best Play
 * Awake and Sing'' – Candlelight Forum Theatre
 * Da'' – Ivanhoe Theatre
 * Freedom of the City'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Lenny'' – 11th Street Theatre
 * The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit'' – Organic Theatre Company

Best Musical
 * Dance on a Country Grave'' – Arlington Park Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Julian Barry (Lenny – 11th Street Theatre)
 * Kenneth Frankel (When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder – First Chicago Centre)
 * Stuart Gordon (Bloody Bess – Organic Theatre Company)
 * Stuart Gordon (The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit – Organic Theatre Company)
 * George Keathley (The Dark at the Top of the Stairs – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * George Keathley (The Sea Horse – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Awake and Sing – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Forty Years On – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Loot – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Solitaire/Double Solitaire – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (The Real Inspector Hound – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * James D Waring (Da – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * William Woodman (Freedom of the City – Goodman Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Patrick Henry (Dance on a Country Grave – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Michael Kahn (The Tooth of Crime – Goodman Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit'' – Organic Theatre Company
 * When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder'' – First Chicago Centre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Lenny Baker (Freedom of the City – Goodman Theatre)
 * Allan Carlsen (Freedom of the City – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joe Greco (The Real Inspector Hound – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * George C Hearn (Henry IV – Goodman Theatre)
 * Stephen Joyce (Da – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Charles Kimbrough (Rich and Famous – Academy Festival Theatre
 * Joe Mantegna (The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit – Organic Theatre Company)
 * Charles Mayer (Awake and Sing – Candlelight Forum Theatre
 * Mark Medoff (When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder – First Chicago Centre)
 * Mike Nussbaum (Forty Years On – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Mike Nussbaum (Loot – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Mike Nussbaum (The Real Inspector Hound – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Ray Rayner (The Prisoner of Second Avenue – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Tom Rosqui (The Sea Horse – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Ted Schwartz (Lenny – 11th Street Theatre)
 * Wayne Tippit (The Dark at the Top of the Stairs – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Robert LuPone (The Tooth of Crime – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Gertrude Berman (Awake and Sing – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Natalie Burns (Loot – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Frances Hyland (Freedom of the City – Goodman Theatre)
 * Delphi Lawrence (Separate Tables – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Carole Shelley (A Doll’s House – Goodman Theatre)
 * Elaine Shore (The Sea Horse – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Rebecca Clements (The Sound of Music – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Andrea Marcovicci (Dance on a Country Grave – Arlington Park Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Peter De Maio (Play It Again, Sam – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Jack Goring (Kind Sir – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * Gordon Oas-Heaim (Awake and Sing – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Jeffrey Tambour (The Play’s the Thing – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Thompson (Da – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Robert Thompson (Solitaire/Double Solitaire – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * George Womack (Lenny – 11th Street Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Eugene J Anthony (George M – Theatre-in-the-Round)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Louise Hoven (When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder – First Chicago Centre)
 * Lolly Trauscht (Forty Years On – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Lolly Trauscht (The Real Inspector Hound – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Marrian Walters (The Dark at the Top of the Stairs – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Ronna Kaye (The Sound of Music – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Scenic Design
 * Tony D'Angelo (Solitaire/Double Solitaire – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Eric Head (The Play’s the Thing – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Hooker (Call Me by My Rightful Name – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * David Jenkins (Freedom of the City – Goodman Theatre)
 * James Maronek (Guys and Dolls – Goodman Theatre)
 * Dan Snyder (Rich and Famous – Academy Festival Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Alicia Finkel (A Doll’s House – Goodman Theatre)

Best Guest Artist
 * John Davidson (Oklahoma – Arie Crown Theatre)
 * Ben Gazarra (Hughie – First Chicago Centre)
 * John McGiver (Da – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Betsy Palmer (The Dark at the Top of the Stairs – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Special Award (Playwright)
 * David Mamet

Special Award
 * Free Street Theatre

Special Award
 * Marvin J Welfeld – Former Chairperson of the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee

1975
Best Play
 * Sweet Bird of Youth'' – Academy Festival Theatre
 * The Cherry Orchard'' – Goodman Theatre
 * The Gingerbread Lady'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * The Philanthropist'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Musical
 * A Midsummer Night’s Dream'' – Ivanhoe Theatre
 * My Fair Lady'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Robert and Elizabeth'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

Best Director of a Play
 * Frank Galati (Three Cuckholds – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Stuart Gordon (Huckleberry Finn I – Organic Theatre Company)
 * Stuart Gordon (Huckleberry Finn II – Organic Theatre Company)
 * George Keathley (Great Sebastians – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Marshall W Mason (The Farm – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Brian Murray (The Cherry Orchard – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mike Nussbaum (Under Milkwood – Orphans Theatre Company)
 * June Pullinsi (The Gingerbread Lady – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Edward Sherin (Sweet Bird of Youth – Academy Festival Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Del Close (For a Good Time, Dial – Second City)
 * Del Close / Bernard Sahlins (Once More with Fooling – Second City)
 * Cecil O'Neal (The Magnolia Club – Victory Gardens)
 * William Pullinsi (My Fair Lady – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * William Pullinsi (Robert and Elizabeth – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Ensemble
 * A Midsummer Night’s Dream'' – Ivanhoe Theatre
 * For a Good Time, Dial'' – Second City
 * Once More with Fooling'' – Second City
 * Robert and Elizabeth'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * The First Hundred Years'' – Second City
 * Under Milkwood'' – Orphans Theatre Company

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Lenny Baker (The Sea – Goodman Theatre)
 * Charles Berendt (Three Cuckholds – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Brian Hickey (Huckleberry Finn I – Organic Theatre Company)
 * Jack Gwillim (The Farm – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Art Kassul (Born Yesterday – Marriott Theatre)
 * Art Kassul (Twigs – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * Scott McKay (Ah, Wilderness – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Tony Mockus (Plaza Suite – Athenaeum Theatre)
 * Brian Murray (The Philanthropist – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mike Nussbaum (The Good Doctor – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Robert Swan (The Lesson – Orphans Theatre Company)
 * Bruce Taylor (Huckleberry Finn I – Organic Theatre Company)
 * Jack Wallace (The Seahorse – Orphans Theatre Company)
 * Kenneth Welsh (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Stephen Arlen (My Fair Lady – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Stephen Arlen (Robert and Elizabeth – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Gary Giocomo (I Do, I Do – Theatre-in-the-Round)
 * Frank Miller (The Magnolia Club – Victory Gardens)
 * Richard Woods (Robert and Elizabeth – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Brenda Forbes (The Sea – Goodman Theatre)
 * Pat Fraser (The Good Doctor – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Barbara Gaines (The Lesson – Orphans Theatre Company)
 * Deloris Gaskins (A Raisin in the Sun – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Swoosie Kurtz (The Philanthropist – Goodman Theatre)
 * Alice Spivak (Plaza Suite – Athenaeum Theatre)
 * Maureen Steindler (Ruffian on the Stair – Orphans Theatre Company)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Bonnie Sue Arp (The Magnolia Club – Victory Gardens)
 * Linda Daugherty (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (My Fair Lady – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * George Brengel (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Goodman Theatre)
 * Pat Corley (Sweet Bird of Youth – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Kelly Danford (George Washington Slept Here – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * Edward Herrmann (The Cherry Orchard – Goodman Theatre)
 * Eddie Jones (The Gingerbread Lady – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Tony Mockus (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jack Wallace (Huckleberry Finn I – Organic Theatre Company)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Dean Hill (The Magnolia Club – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Neil Hunt (Robert and Elizabeth – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Robert Weil (My Fair Lady – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Herman Wheatley (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Ivanhoe Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Rebecca Balding (The Gingerbread Lady – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Adele Malis (George Washington Slept Here – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * Debra Mooney (The Farm – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Nancy Zala (The Cherry Orchard – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Cindy Benson (Carousel – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Pat Fraser (My Fair Lady – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Pat Fraser (Robert and Elizabeth – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Iris Lieberman (Carousel – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Iris Lieberman (Robert and Elizabeth – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Cameo Actor in a Play
 * Stephen Sodaro (The Gingerbread Lady – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Robert Thompson (A Raisin in the Sun – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Cameo Actress in a Play
 * Louise Jenkins (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Goodman Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Gary Giocomo (West Side Story – Theatre-in-the-Round)
 * John Landovsky (Carousel – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * John Landovsky (My Fair Lady – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Scenic Design
 * Dennis Conway (Steambath – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Dennis Conway / Tony D'Angelo (Enter a Free Man – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Tony D'Angelo (Three Cuckholds – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * David Emmons (The Great Sebastians – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Alfred G Huber (Spoon River and Beyond – Gallery Theatre)
 * David Mitchell (The Cherry Orchard – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joseph Nieminski (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rick Paul (The Magnolia Club – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Peter Wexler (The Philanthropist – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Lowell Achziger (Sweet Bird of Youth – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * William Deri-Davis (Spoon River and Beyond – Gallery Theatre)
 * Gilbert V Hemsley (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Goodman Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * James Brady (Chemin de Fer – Goodman Theatre)
 * James Campbell (Three Cuckholds – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * James Campbell / Kay Tignor (Robert and Elizabeth – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Laura Crow (Sweet Bird of Youth – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Virgil C Johnson (The Cherry Orchard – Goodman Theatre)

Best Guest Artist
 * Leslie Caron (13 Rue de l'Amour – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * June Havoc (Twigs – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * Eileen Herlie (The Great Sebastians – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Louis Jordan (13 Rue de l'Amour – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Werner Klemperer (The Great Sebastians – Ivanhoe Theatre)
 * Claudia McNeil (A Raisin in the Sun – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Janis Paige (The Gingerbread Lady – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Elke Sommer (Born Yesterday – Marriott Theatre)
 * Christopher Walken (Sweet Bird of Youth – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Irene Worth (Sweet Bird of Youth – Academy Festival Theatre)

Special Award
 * Richard J Daley'' – Inauguration of the first Chicago Theatre Month

Special Award (''Adaptation)
 * Stuart Gordon (Huckleberry Finn – Organic Theatre Company / Victory Gardens Theatre)

Special Award (''Musical Scoring)
 * Tony Zito (Under Milkwood – Orphans Theatre Company)

1976
Best Play
 * A View from the Bridge'' – St Nicholas Theatre
 * Misalliance'' – Academy Festival Theatre
 * That Championship Season '' – Arlington Park Theatre
 * The Caretaker '' – Victory Gardens Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Jerry Adler (That Championship Season – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Jack Cassidy (Wait Until Dark – Marriott Theatre)
 * Stuart Gordon (Switch Bitch – Organic Theatre)
 * George Keathley (Our Town  – Goodman Theatre)
 * Austin Pendleton (Misalliance – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Steven Schacter (A View from the Bridge – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Dennis Zacek (The Caretaker – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * A View from the Bridge'' – St Nicholas Theatre
 * East of Edens'' – Second City
 * Misalliance'' – Academy Festival Theatre
 * Our Town'' – Goodman Theatre
 * That Championship Season'' – Arlington Park Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Danny Aiello (That Championship Season – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Gerald Castillo (A View from the Bridge – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Maurice Copeland (Dirty Jokes – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * James Deuter (Stoppard by Two – Dream Theatre / The Body Politic)
 * Bobby Di Cicco (All I Want – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Richard Fire (Switch Bitch – Organic Theatre)
 * Dennis Franz (Switch Bitch – Organic Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (God's Favourite – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Robert Guillaume (Benito Cereno – Goodman Theatre)
 * JJ Johnston (American Buffalo – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Peter Masterson (That Championship Season – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Tony Mockus (Our Town – Goodman Theatre)
 * William J Norris (Hitler Masque – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * William J Norris (Switch Bitch – Organic Theatre)
 * William J Norris (The Caretaker – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Chelcie Ross (Bus Stop – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Annabel Armour (A View from the Bridge – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Laura Esterman (Mourning Becomes Electra – Goodman Theatre)
 * Cordis Fejer (Switch Bitch – Organic Theatre)
 * Pat Fraser (Au Pair Man – Evanston Theatre Centre)
 * Carole Goldman (A View from the Bridge – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Wesley Ann Pfenning (Wait Until Dark – Marriott Theatre)
 * Carolyn Purdy-Gordon (Switch Bitch – Organic Theatre)
 * Ann Ryerson (East of Edens – Second City)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Martha Webster (Something's Afoot – Chateau Louise)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Matthew Cowles (Dirty Jokes – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (The Caretaker – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * William H Macy (American Buffalo – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * William H Macy (The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Moberly (Misalliance – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Brian Murray (The Devil’s Disciple – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Saad (The Caretaker – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Thomas Stechschulte (Wait Until Dark – Marriott Theatre)
 * George Womack (Our Town – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * James Harms (The Fantasticks – Midwest Theatre Foundation)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Beverly Feldt (Bus Stop – Marriott Theatre)
 * Avril Gentles (Our Town – Goodman Theatre)
 * Connie McGrail (Wait Until Dark – Marriott Theatre)
 * Lolly Trauscht (How the Other Half Loves – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Scenic Design
 * Maher Ahmad (The Caretaker – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Jeanne Bolan / Edward L Burch (Something's Afoot – Chateau Louise)
 * David Emmons (A View from the Bridge – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * William B Fosser (That Championship Season – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Eric Head (Hughie – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Eric Head (Misalliance – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * David Jenkins (Benito Cereno – Goodman Theatre)
 * James Maronek (Beckoning Fair One – Organic Theatre)
 * James Maronek (The Devil’s Disciple – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (All I Want – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Joseph Nieminski (The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * James Maronek (Beckoning Fair One – Organic Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (All I Want – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (The Caretaker – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Laura Crow (Misalliance – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Marsha Kowal (The Caretaker – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Guest Artist
 * William Atherton (Misalliance – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * William Conrad (That Championship Season – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Donald Moffat (Misalliance – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Lynne Redgrave (Misalliance – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Jason Robards (Hughie – Academy Festival Theatre)

Special Award (''Best Musical Scoring)
 * Alaric Jans (A View from the Bridge – St Nicholas Theatre)

Special Award
 * Bruce Hickey (''All I Want)

Special Award (''Best New Play)
 * David Mamet (''American Buffalo)

Special Award (''Special Achievement)
 * Essee Kupcinet – For production of Jeff Awards program and past chairperson

Special Award
 * Harry Lee Rodgers – Children’s Theatre

Special Award Lucille Strauss – Past Chairperson

1977
Best Play
 * Cops'' – Organic Theatre
 * Richard III'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Saturday, Sunday, Monday'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Sizwe Banzi Is Dead'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Who's Happy Now'' – The Body Politic

Best Director of a Play
 * Stuart Gordon (Bleacher Bums – Organic Theatre)
 * George Keathley (Seascape – Evanston Theatre Centre)
 * Marshall W Mason (Old Times – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Gregory Mosher (Sizwe Banzi Is Dead – Goodman Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Saturday, Sunday, Monday – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Steven Schacter (Mert and Phil – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Joseph Slowick (Who's Happy Now – The Body Politic)
 * William Woodman (Design for Living – Goodman Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * Bleacher Bums'' – Organic Theatre
 * Merry-Go-Round'' – Pheasant Run Theatre
 * Sylvia Plath: A Dramatic Portrait'' – Chicago Theatre Strategy at The Body Politic
 * The Birthday Party'' – Evanston Theatre Centre
 * The Sport of My Mad Mother'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Wellsapoppin'' – Second City
 * Who's Happy Now'' – The Body Politic

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Guy Barile (Mert and Phil – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Eugene Butler (PS Your Cat Is Dead – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * David Dukes (Design for Living – Goodman Theatre)
 * Dennis Franz (Cops – Organic Theatre)
 * Robert Guillaume (Don Juan – Goodman Theatre)
 * Bud Hollis (A Breeze from the Gulf – Illinois Theatre Centre)
 * JJ Johnston (Some Kind of Life – Actors' at Victory Gardens)
 * William H Macy (The Collected Works of Billy the Kid – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * J Pat Miller (Kaspar – Goodman Theatre)
 * Tony Mockus (George Jean Nathan in Revue – Goodman Theatre)
 * Brian Murray (Design for Living – Goodman Theatre)
 * Frank Rice (The Blood Knot – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Michael Saad (Bleacher Bums – Organic Theatre)
 * John V Shea (Long Day’s Journey into Night – Goodman Theatre)
 * Lionel Smith (Sizwe Banzi Is Dead – Goodman Theatre)
 * Norman Snow (Richard III – Goodman Theatre)
 * William Stecz (The Blood Knot – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Meshach Taylor (Sizwe Banzi Is Dead – Goodman Theatre)
 * Daniel Therriault (Who's Happy Now – The Body Politic)
 * Jack Wallace (Who's Happy Now – The Body Politic)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Don DePollo (Wellsapoppin – Second City)
 * Steven Williams (Joplin – St Nicholas Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Marji Bank (Saturday, Sunday, Monday – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Linda Clink-Scale (Some Kind of Life – Actors' at Victory Gardens)
 * Ann Eggert (Who's Happy Now – The Body Politic)
 * Betty Forsyth (Who's Happy Now – The Body Politic)
 * Patricia Fraser (Candida – Evanston Theatre Centre)
 * Frances Hyland (Long Day’s Journey into Night – Goodman Theatre)
 * Audrie J Neenan (Domino Courts – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Conceta Tomei (Blithe Spirit – Marriott Theatre)
 * Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Shelley Long (Wellsapoppin – Second City)
 * Angelina Reaux (Joplin – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Jackie Taylor (Joplin – St Nicholas Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Richard Bauer (The Landscape of the Body – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Barry Cullison (Seascape – Evanston Theatre Centre)
 * Jack Gwillim (Too Good to Be True – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Joe Mantegna (Volpone – Organic Theatre / Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Steve Marmer (Catch Me If You Can – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * Robert Moberly (Too Good to Be True – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Owen Sullivan (The Glass Menagerie – Marriott Theatre)
 * Robert Swan (Knock Knock – The Body Politic)
 * Ian Williams (Cops – Organic Theatre)
 * Joe Young (Mert and Phil – St Nicholas Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Patricia Fraser (A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – Evanston Theatre Centre)
 * Catherine Goedert (Mert and Phil – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Linda Kimbrough (Candida – Evanston Theatre Centre)
 * Gerry Lange (Mert and Phil – St Nicholas Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Africa Pace Brown (In de Beginnin – Genesis Co at The Body Politic)

Best Cameo Actor in a Play
 * William J Norris (Volpone – Organic Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Damon Reicheg (Barefoot in the Park – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Rex Robbins (The Landscape of the Body – Academy Festival Theatre)

Best Cameo Actress in a Play
 * Cynthia Baker Johnson (The Big Knife – Arlington Park Theatre)
 * Joanne Good (Mert and Phil – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Ann Ives (Tobacco Road – Academy Festival Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * John Lee Beatty (Tobacco Road – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * David Emmons (Seascape – Evanston Theatre Centre)
 * Fred Kolouch (Too Good to Be True – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * James Maronek (Cops – Organic Theatre)
 * Joseph Nieminski (Design for Living – Goodman Theatre)
 * Dean Taucher (Who's Happy Now – The Body Politic)

Best Lighting Design
 * Robert Christen (A Life in the Theatre – Goodman Theatre)
 * F Mitchell Dana (Richard III – Goodman Theatre)
 * James Maronek (The Sirens of Titan – Organic Theatre)
 * Jennifer Tipton (The Landscape of the Body – Academy Festival Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * James Edmund Brady (Design for Living – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jessica Hahn (Seascape – Evanston Theatre Centre)
 * Kaye Nottbusch (Mert and Phil – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Laura Crow (Too Good to Be True – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Susan T Gayford (Who's Happy Now – The Body Politic)

Best Guest Artist
 * Shirley Knight (The Landscape of the Body – Academy Festival Theatre)

Special Award (''Best Musical Scoring)
 * Fred Kaz'' – Second City

Special Award
 * Wiley and the Hairy Man'' – Gangway Gang

Special Award
 * Peter Pan'' – Forum Theatre / Inspiration Inc

Special Award (''Best New Play)
 * John Guare (The Landscape of the Body – Academy Festival Theatre)

1978
Best Play
 * You Can’t Take It with You'' – St Nicholas Theatre

Best Musical
 * Hello, Dolly'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

Best Director of a Play
 * Gerald Gutierrez (You Can’t Take It with You – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Mike Nussbaum (Lunching – The Body Politic)
 * Mike Nussbaum (Uncommon Women and Others – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Steven Schacter (Ashes – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * William Woodman (Otherwise Engaged – Goodman Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * William Pullinsi (Hello, Dolly – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Steven Schwartz (Working – Goodman Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * Lunching'' – The Body Politic
 * Sexual Perversity among the Buffalo'' – Second City
 * Uncommon Women and Others'' – St Nicholas Theatre
 * Working'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Barry Cullison (The Mound Builders – Northlight Theatre)
 * Richard Henzel (Mark Twain in Person – Richard Henzel and Dean Hill)
 * Philip Kerr (Otherwise Engaged – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Moberly (Twelfth Night – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Nicholas Surovy (Much ado about Nothing – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Laura Esterman (Much ado about Nothing – Goodman Theatre)
 * Judith Ivey (The Goodbye People – Northlight Theatre)
 * Carole Lockwood (Ashes – St Nicholas Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Miriam Flynn (Sexual Perversity among the Buffalo – Second City)
 * Carla Oleck (Hello, Dolly – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * John Cothran Jr (Ceremonies in Dark Old Men – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Patrick Hines (Much ado about Nothing – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ward Ohrman (Twigs – Marriott Theatre)
 * Robert Thompson (The Night of the Iguana – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Dale Benson (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * James Harms (Hello, Dolly – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Cameo Actress in a Play
 * Gerry Lange (You Can’t Take It with You – St Nicholas Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Jim Bates (The Music Man – Marriott Theatre)
 * Lou Conte (Cabaret – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Rudy Hogenmiller (Hello, Dolly – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Scenic Design
 * Maher Ahmed (The Goodbye People – Northlight Theatre)
 * David Emmons (You Can’t Take It with You – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Fred Kolouch (What the Butler Saw – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Joseph Nieminski (The Night of the Iguana – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joseph Nieminski (The Seagull – Goodman Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Laura Crow (Twelfth Night – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Jessica Hahn (Hello, Dolly – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Virgil C Johnson (Much ado about Nothing – Goodman Theatre)
 * Juie Nagel (You Can’t Take It with You – St Nicholas Theatre)

Best Guest Artist
 * Cloris Leachman (Twigs – Marriott Theatre)
 * Ellis Rabb (Twelfth Night – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * George Rose (What the Butler Saw – Academy Festival Theatre)

Special Award (''Best Director)
 * George Keathley

Special Award
 * Harry Lee Rogers (Hobbit – Mill Run Children’s Theatre)

Special Award
 * Muriel Savage, former Chairperson of the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee

Special Award (''Best New Works)
 * St Nicholas Theatre for a commitment to premieres

Special Award
 * Stuart Gordon, Founder-Producer'' – Organic Theatre Company

1979
Best Play
 * A Christmas Carol'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Eden'' – Victory Gardens Theatre
 * Morning’s at Seven'' – Academy Festival Theatre
 * That Championship Season'' – Northlight Theatre
 * The Glass Menagerie'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Musical
 * Funeral March for a One-Man Band'' – St Nicholas Theatre
 * Hold Me'' – Apollo Theatre Chicago

Best Director of a Play
 * George Keathley (That Championship Season – Northlight Theatre)
 * Robert E Leonard (The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia – Marriott Theatre)
 * Vivian Matalon (Morning’s at Seven – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Tom Mula (Porch – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Chuck Smith (Eden – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Aubrey Berg (Hold Me – Apollo Theatre Chicago)
 * Bob Falls (Bagtime – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Gerald Gutierrez (The Curse of an Aching Heart – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Michael Maggio (The Club – Northlight Theatre)
 * Amy Satz (Funeral March for a One-Man Band – St Nicholas Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * Hold Me'' – Apollo Theatre Chicago
 * That Championship Season'' – Northlight Theatre
 * The Club'' – Northlight Theatre
 * The Glass Menagerie'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Jim Belushi (Sexual Perversity in Chicago – Apollo Theatre Chicago)
 * John Green (Comedians – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Robert Moberly (Charlie's Aunt – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Byrne Piven (The Man in 605 – Performance Community/Piven Theatre Workshop)
 * Meshach Taylor (Native Son – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * BJ Jones (Bagtime – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Tim Kazurinsky (Freud Slept Here – Second City)
 * John Reeger (Funeral March for a One-Man Band – St Nicholas Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Ellen Crawford (Coming of Age – Northlight Theatre)
 * Laurel Cronin (Gemini – Apollo Theatre Chicago)
 * Anne Edwards (The Glass Menagerie – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Sonja Lanzener (Porch – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Pat Patton (Eden – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Elizabeth Wilson (Morning’s at Seven – Academy Festival Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Michelle Callahan (Funeral March for a One-Man Band – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Sonja Lanzener (The Curse of an Aching Heart – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Mary Lou Rosato (The Curse of an Aching Heart – St Nicholas Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Terry Kinney (The Glass Menagerie – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * William H Macy (Holiday – Goodman Theatre)
 * David Rounds (Morning’s at Seven – Academy Festival Theatre)
 * Colin Stinton (Holiday – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Talkie (The Homecoming – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Michael Dunn (Funeral March for a One-Man Band – St Nicholas Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Laurel Cronin (The Shadow Box – Stage Centre)
 * Beatrice Fredman (The Shadow Box – Stage Centre)
 * Linda Kimbrough (Gemini – Apollo Theatre Chicago)
 * Laurie Metcalf (The Glass Menagerie – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Mesequa Myers (Eden – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Allison Giglio (Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up – Maven Productions)
 * Diane Hurley (Ragtime – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Megan Mullally (Bagtime – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Tracy Friedman (The Club – Northlight Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * David Emmons (Gemini – Apollo Theatre Chicago)
 * James Maronek (Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up – Maven Productions)
 * Joseph Nieminski (A Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joseph Nieminski (Holiday – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rick Paul (Jonathan Wild – Organic Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Robert Christen (A Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre)
 * David H K Elliott (Warp – Organic Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (Funeral March for a One-Man Band – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * John Rodriguez (Statements upon an Arrest/Scenes from Soweto – The Body Politic)
 * Jennifer Tipton (Two-Part Invention – Goodman Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * James Edmund Brady (A Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre)
 * Cookie Gluck (Warp – Organic Theatre)

Best Guest Artist
 * Leonard Frey (Two-Part Invention – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jerome Kilty (Two-Part Invention – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kate Reid (Bosoms and Neglect – Goodman Theatre)
 * Avery Schreiber (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Marriott Theatre)

1980
Best Play
 * Buried Child'' – Northlight Theatre
 * Getting Out'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * Talley's Folly'' – Goodman Theatre
 * The Importance of Being Earnest'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * Wings'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre

Best Musical
 * Funny Girl'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road'' – Travel Light Productions
 * Oklahoma'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

Best Director of a Play
 * Bob Falls (Getting Out – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Gerald Gutierrez (The Primary English Class – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Gregory Kandel (Buried Child – Northlight Theatre)
 * Austin Pendleton (Say Goodnight, Gracie – Travel Light Productions)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Word Baker (I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road – Travel Light Productions)
 * William Pullinsi (Oklahoma – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Ensemble
 * I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road'' – Travel Light Productions
 * Say Goodnight, Gracie'' – Travel Light Productions
 * The Importance of Being Earnest'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * The Primary English Class'' – St Nicholas Theatre
 * Waiting for Lefty'' – Apollo Theatre Chicago

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Jordan Charney (Talley's Folly – Goodman Theatre)
 * Nathan Davis (Buried Child – Northlight Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (Travesties – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * John Malkovich (Say Goodnight, Gracie – Travel Light Productions)
 * J Pat Miller (The Artaud Project – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Ramiro Carillo (Latino Chicago – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Dionisio (Latino Chicago – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Tim Kazurinsky (I Remember DaDa – Second City)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Roslyn Alexander (Wings – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Linda Kimbrough (The Importance of Being Earnest – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Laurie Metcalf (Getting Out – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Mary Lou Rosato (The Primary English Class – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Janice St John (Getting Out – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Gretchen Cryer (I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road – Travel Light Productions)
 * Carla Oleck (Funny Girl – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Tom Avalino (The Dick Gibson Show – Novel Ventures Ltd)
 * Terry Kinney (Death of a Salesman – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * John Mahoney (Death of a Salesman – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Gary Sinise (Getting Out – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Chuck Stransky (The Primary English Class – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Robert Swan (Buried Child – Northlight Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Gregory Edelman (Camelot – Marriott Theatre)
 * Lawrence McCauley (Camelot – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Marji Banks (Catsplay – Northlight Theatre)
 * Glenne Headly (Say Goodnight, Gracie – Travel Light Productions)
 * Ina Jaffe (Buried Child – Northlight Theatre)
 * Ruth Landis (The Dick Gibson Show – Novel Ventures Ltd)
 * Marie Mathay (Getting Out – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Sally Benoit (Cole Porter – The Body Politic)
 * Patti Wilkus (Funny Girl – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Cameo Actor in a Play
 * David Chadderdon (All’s Well That Ends Well – Court Theatre)
 * Ed Meekin (The Play’s the Thing – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell (Cabaret – Marriott Theatre)
 * Rudy Hogenmiller (Funny Girl – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * John Landovsky (Oklahoma – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Wole Soyinka (Death and the King's Horseman – Goodman Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Edward Zelnis (The Dick Gibson Show – Novel Ventures Ltd)

Best Scenic Design
 * Gary Baugh (Wings – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Tom Beall (Getting Out – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * John Lee Beatty (Cyrano de Bergerac – Goodman Theatre)
 * John Lee Beatty (Talley's Folly – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert F Doepel (GR Point – Travel Light Productions)

Best Lighting Design
 * Maher Ahmad (Angel Street – Northlight Theatre)
 * David H K Elliott (Warp II – Organic Theatre)
 * Dawn Hollingsworth (Getting Out – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (Wings – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Dennis Parichy (Talley's Folly – Goodman Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Cookie Gluck (Warp II – Organic Theatre)
 * Cynthia Maniates (Funny Girl – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Jordan Ross (Love’s Labour’s Lost – Court Theatre)
 * Christa Scholtz (Cyrano de Bergerac – Goodman Theatre)
 * Christa Scholtz (Death and the King's Horseman – Goodman Theatre)

Special Award
 * Joyce Sloane, Associate Producer'' – Second City

Special Award (''Best Mixed Media Artistry)
 * The Artaud Project'' – Victory Gardens

Special Award (''Best Stage Manager)
 * Thomas Guerra

Special Award
 * Victory Gardens Theatre / Latino Theatre Company for innovative programming

Special Award (''Best Audio Design)
 * Wings'' – Wisdom Bridge

1981
Best Play
 * A Doll’s House'' – Court Theatre
 * Balm in Gilead'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Juno and the Paycock'' – Court Theatre

Best Musical
 * Follies'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

Best Director of a Play
 * John Malkovich (Balm in Gilead – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * James O'Reilly (Juno and the Paycock – Court Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (Man of La Mancha – Marriott Theatre)
 * David H Bell (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Del Close (Miro, Miro on the Wall – Second City)
 * Paul Hough (Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill – Pary Production Company / Threepenny Projects)

Best Ensemble
 * Absent Friends'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Balm in Gilead'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill'' – Pary Production Company / Threepenny Projects
 * Miro, Miro on the Wall'' – Second City
 * Well, I'm Off to the Thirty Years' War'' – Second City

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Jonathan Fuller (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Part 1 – Organic Theatre)
 * Joe Greco (I Ought to Be in Pictures – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * Jack McLaughlin-Gray (How I Got That Story – Northlight Theatre)
 * James O'Reilly (Juno and the Paycock – Court Theatre)
 * Gary Sinise (Balm in Gilead – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jack Wallace (Ties – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Walter Hook (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)
 * Chelcie Ross (The Magnolia Club – Novel Ventures Ltd)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Pauline Brailsford (Juno and the Paycock – Court Theatre)
 * Glenne Headly (Absent Friends – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Laurie Metcalf (Balm in Gilead – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Fern Persons (The Gin Game – Northlight Theatre)
 * Diane Rudall (A Doll’s House – Court Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Bonnie Sue Arp (The Magnolia Club – Novel Ventures Ltd)
 * Alene Robertson (Man of La Mancha – Marriott Theatre)
 * Loida Santos (Bye Bye Birdie – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Frank Galati (Mother Courage and Her Children – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Tim Halligan (Ties – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Tom Mula (Twelfth Night – The Body Politic)
 * James O'Reilly (A Doll’s House – Court Theatre)
 * Nicholas Rudall (Juno and the Paycock – Court Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Dale Benson (Bye Bye Birdie – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Dean Hill (The Magnolia Club – Novel Ventures Ltd)
 * James W Sudik (Man of La Mancha – Marriott Theatre)
 * James W Sudik (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Glenne Headly (Balm in Gilead – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Glenne Headly (Mother Courage and Her Children – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Audrie J Neenan (Mother Courage and Her Children – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Bina Sharif (Play Mas – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jackie Taylor (Dame Lorraigne – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Bruce Jarchow (Well, I'm Off to the Thirty Years' War – Second City)

Best Cameo Actor in a Play
 * Gary Cole (The Magnolia Club – Novel Ventures Ltd)
 * Lawrence McCauley (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Oak Park Festival Theatre)

Best Cameo Actress in a Play
 * Debra Engle (Balm in Gilead – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Cameo Actress in a Musical
 * Jane McDonough (Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell (Man of La Mancha – Marriott Theatre)
 * David H Bell (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)
 * Dennis J Grimaldi (Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Bryan Lynch (Bye Bye Birdie – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Joseph Reiser (Mother Courage and Her Children – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Mark J Van Hecke (Poe – Organic Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Linda Buchanan (A Doll’s House – Court Theatre)
 * Linda Buchanan (Juno and the Paycock – Court Theatre)
 * Jeremy Conway (How I Got That Story – Northlight Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (Mother Courage and Her Children – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (Balm in Gilead – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Robert Christen (Savages – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Gary Heitz (A Sorrow beyond Dreams – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * Mark S Mongold (Poe – Organic Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (Balm in Gilead – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jennifer Tipton (Plenty – Goodman Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * John H Depp (A Little Night Music – Marriott Theatre)
 * Adrianne Lobel (Play Mas – Goodman Theatre)
 * Cynthia Maniates (Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Nancy Missimi (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Oak Park Festival Theatre)
 * Jordan Ross (A Doll’s House – Court Theatre)

Special Award
 * June Psykacek, founder of Kingston Mines Theatre / co-founder of Victory Gardens Theatre for her work as a director and teacher

1982

 * Best Play
 * Kabuki Macbeth'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * The Tooth of Crime'' – Remains Theatre

Best Musical
 * Little Me'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Revue
 * Tintypes'' – Travel Light Productions

Best Director of a Play
 * Stuart Gordon (E/R – Organic Theatre)
 * Jim O'Connor (The Island – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Shozo Sato (Kabuki Macbeth – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Gary Sinise (True West – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Dennis Zacek (Clara's Play – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (Little Me – Marriott Theatre)
 * David H Bell (They’re Playing Our Song – Marriott Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Wayne Bryan / Gary Pearle (Tintypes – Travel Light Productions)

Best Ensemble
 * The House'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Tintypes'' – Travel Light Productions
 * Waiting for the Parade'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Gary Cole (The Tooth of Crime – Remains Theatre)
 * Stephen Henderson (The Island – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Richard Lavin (Clara's Play – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * John Malkovich (True West – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * William Petersen (The Tooth of Crime – Remains Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Walter Hook (Kismet – Marriott Theatre)
 * Lee Pelty (Zorba – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * David Rounds (Herringbone – St Nicholas Theatre)
 * James W Sudik (Little Me – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Carmen Decker (Clara's Play – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Kit Flanagan (Standing on My Knees – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Glenne Headly (The House – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Peg Small (Eva – The Body Politic)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (Sr Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Carol Dilley (Little Me – Marriott Theatre)
 * Maria Ricossa (They’re Playing Our Song – Marriott Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (Kismet – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Joe Van Slyke (The House – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Michael Tezla (Eva – The Body Politic)
 * Tom Irwin (The Glass Menagerie – Northlight Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Laurel Cronin (An Italian Straw Hat – Court Theatre)
 * Pauline Brailsford (The Entertainer – Court Theatre)
 * Fern Persons (Les Belles Soeurs – Northlight Theatre)
 * Rondi Reed (Waiting for the Parade – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Ross Lehman (Tintypes – Travel Light Productions)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Audrie J Neenan (Tintypes – Travel Light Productions)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell (Little Me – Marriott Theatre)
 * Bryan Lynch (Zorba – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Fugue (The Tooth of Crime – Remains Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Linda Buchanan (The Guardsman – Court Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (Lakeboat – Goodman Theatre)
 * John Murbach / Shozo Sato (Kabuki Macbeth – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Joseph Nieminski (An Italian Straw Hat – Court Theatre)
 * Joseph Nieminski (The Front Page – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * F Mitchell Dana (Lakeboat – Goodman Theatre)
 * Gary Heitz (Standing on My Knees – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Dawn Hollingsworth (Clara's Play – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Mary McAuliffe / Kevin Rigdon (The Tooth of Crime – Remains Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (Kabuki Macbeth – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Cookie Gluck (Kismet – Marriott Theatre)
 * William Ivey Long (The Front Page – Goodman Theatre)
 * Doug Marmee (Little Me – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (An Italian Straw Hat – Court Theatre)
 * Shozo Sato (Kabuki Macbeth – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Special Award (''Best Total Production Concept)
 * Edmund – The Goodman Theatre

1983
Best Play
 * Moby Dick'' – Remains Theatre

Best Musical
 * Brigadoon'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Camelot'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Chicago'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Terry Kinney (And a Nightingale Sang – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (Brigadoon – Marriott Theatre)
 * David H Bell (Chicago – Marriott Theatre)
 * David H Bell (Give My Regards to Broadway – Marriott Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Phantom – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Bernard Sahlins (Exit, Pursued by a Beat – Second City)

Best Ensemble
 * And a Nightingale Sang'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Cloud 9'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Moby Dick'' – Remains Theatre
 * The Dining Room'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Traps'' – Remains Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Robert Drivas (The Man Who Had Three Arms – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * David Dunbar (Camelot – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Bud Nease (Camelot – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Robert Neches (They’re Playing Our Song – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * James W Sudik (Give My Regards to Broadway – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Joan Allen (And a Nightingale Sang – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Mary Ernster (Brigadoon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Patty Lombard (They’re Playing Our Song – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Hollis Resnik (Camelot – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Barbara Robertson (Chicago – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Scott Jaeck (Awake and Sing – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Scott Jaeck (Tribute – Pheasant Run Theatre)
 * Roger Mueller (Taking Steps – The Body Politic)
 * Kenneth Northcott (You Never Can Tell – Court Theatre)
 * Jeff Perry (Cloud 9 – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Dale Benson (Camelot – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Michael Dunn (Funeral March for a One-Man Band – Douglas Bragan)
 * Vince Viverito (Chicago – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Lucy Childs (Translations – The Body Politic)
 * Glenne Headly (The Miss Firecracker Contest – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Charlotte Maier (You Never Can Tell – Court Theatre)
 * Laurie Metcalf (And a Nightingale Sang – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Rondi Reed (Cloud 9 – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Alene Robertson (Chicago – Marriott Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Douglas Wood (The Fine Line – The Fine Stars Two)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Delores Hall (Street Dreams – Gloria Hope Sher)
 * Cheryl Rhoads (The Fine Line – The Fine Stars Two)

Best New Work
 * Elaine May (Hot Line – Goodman Theatre)
 * Shel Silverstein (Gorilla – Goodman Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * ??? (Moby Dick – Remains Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell (Chicago – Marriott Theatre)
 * David H Bell (Give My Regards to Broadway – Marriott Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * William Harper (Red River – Goodman Theatre)
 * Douglas Wieselman (The Comedy of Errors – Goodman Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Nels Anderson (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Northlight Theatre)
 * Linda Buchanan (Endgame – Court Theatre)
 * Franne Lee (Gorilla – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (Moby Dick – Remains Theatre)
 * Karen Schulz (Red River – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Paul Gallo (Red River – Goodman Theatre)
 * Terry Jenkins (Brigadoon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mary McAuliffe / Kevin Rigdon (Moby Dick – Remains Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (Antigone – Court Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (Filthy Rich – Northlight Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Linda Buchanan (Antigone – Court Theatre)
 * Catherine DeVuono (Moby Dick – Remains Theatre)
 * Jessica Hahn (You Never Can Tell – Court Theatre)
 * Susan Hifferty (The Comedy of Errors – Goodman Theatre)
 * Julie Jackson (Camelot – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Sound Design
 * Christian Petersen (Moby Dick – Remains Theatre)

Special Award
 * Claudia Cassidy, internationally known critic, for lifelong championship of excellence in the performing arts

Special Award
 * Fred Fine, Chairperson of the Columbia College Arts, Entertainment and Media Management programme and former Jeff member, for his support of the arts

Special Award
 * Marcie McVay, General Manager of Victory Gardens Theatre / Sharon Phillips, Managing Director of the Body Politic, for their vision of cooperation in creating the Victory Gardens-Body Politic Complex

Special Award
 * Michael Madigan, Illinois House Speaker / Sidney Yates, US Representative, for advocacy of state and federal support of the arts

1984
Best Play
 * Glengarry Glen Ross'' – Goodman Theatre
 * In the Belly of the Beast'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * Kabuki Medea'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * The Time of Your Life'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Tracers'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Musical
 * A Day in Hollywood, a Night in the Ukraine'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Grease'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Gypsy'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Windy City'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Bob Falls (In the Belly of the Beast – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Donald W Moffatt (The Time of Your Life – Goodman Theatre)
 * Gregory Mosher (Glengarry Glen Ross – Goodman Theatre)
 * Shozo Sato (Kabuki Medea – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Gary Sinise (Tracers – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (Windy City – Marriott Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (Gypsy – Marriott Theatre)
 * Charles Repole (A Day in Hollywood, a Night in the Ukraine – Marriott Theatre)
 * Dennis Zacek (Turntables – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Ed Greenberg / Bernard Sahlins (Orwell That Ends Well – Second City)
 * David Pierce (Candida – Goodman Theatre)
 * Alan Ruck (Billy Bishop Goes to War – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * A Day in Hollywood, a Night in the Ukraine'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Glengarry Glen Ross'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Orwell That Ends Well'' – Second City
 * Tracers'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Lunching'' – Apollo Theatre Chicago

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Frank Galati (The Dresser – The Body Politic)
 * John Mahoney (The Hothouse – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * William Petersen (In the Belly of the Beast – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * David Pierce (Candida – Goodman Theatre)
 * Alan Ruck (Billy Bishop Goes to War – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Ron Holgate (Windy City – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kurt Johns (Windy City – Marriott Theatre)
 * Gene Weygandt (A Day in Hollywood, a Night in the Ukraine – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Rebecca Cole (Lunching – Apollo Theatre Chicago)
 * Amy Morton (Life and Limb – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Rondi Reed (Fool for Love – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (Kabuki Medea – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Melva Williams (A Raisin in the Sun – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Bonnie Sue Arp (Turntables – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (Gypsy – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Randall Arney (Fool for Love – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Del Close (The Time of Your Life – Goodman Theatre)
 * Terry Kinney (Tracers – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Joe Mantegna (Glengarry Glen Ross – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Prosky (Glengarry Glen Ross – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Marji Bank (Ladies in Retirement – The Body Politic)
 * Laurel Cronin (What I Did Last Summer – Northlight Theatre)
 * Lisa Dodson (The Tempest – Festival Theatre)
 * Jackie Taylor (A Raisin in the Sun – Goodman Theatre)
 * Natalie West (Life and Limb – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Meagen Fay (Orwell That Ends Well – Second City)

Best Cameo Actress in a Musical
 * Peggy Roeder (Gypsy – Marriott Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell (Windy City – Marriott Theatre)
 * Paula Grider (A Day in Hollywood, a Night in the Ukraine – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mark Hoebee (Gypsy – Marriott Theatre)
 * Bryan Lynch (Grease – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Music Direction
 * Kevin Stites (Windy City – Marriott Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Michael Cerri (Kabuki Medea – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Douglas Post (The Tempest – Festival Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Linda Buchanan (Hay Fever – Court Theatre)
 * Christopher Harris (The Tempest – Festival Theatre)
 * Thomas Lynch (The Time of Your Life – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (The Price – Northlight Theatre)
 * Joseph Nieminski (Candida – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Kenneth Bowen (The Tempest – Festival Theatre)
 * Robert Christen (The Time of Your Life – Goodman Theatre)
 * Louis DeCrescenzo (Tracers – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (In the Belly of the Beast – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Nan Cibula (The Time of Your Life – Goodman Theatre)
 * Susan Hilferty (The Three Muskateers – Goodman Theatre)
 * Julie Jackson (Grease – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Nanalee Raphael-Schirmer (The Tempest – Festival Theatre)
 * Shozo Sato (Kabuki Medea – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Larry Hart (The Hothouse – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jim Kusyk (In the Belly of the Beast – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Christian Petersen (Tracers – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Special Award
 * David Mamet, playwright (Glengarry Glen Ross – Goodman Theatre)

Special Award
 * Second City in honor of its 25th anniversary

1985
Best Play
 * A Life'' – The Body Politic
 * Hamlet'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * Orphans'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Reunion'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Terra Nova'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre

Best Musical
 * A Chorus Line'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Candide'' – Goodman Theatre
 * City on the Make'' – Northlight Theatre
 * Evita'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Nine'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

Best Director of a Play
 * Bob Falls (Hamlet – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * John Malkovich (Coyote Ugly – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Tom Mula (A Life – The Body Politic)
 * Steven Schacter (Reunion – Goodman Theatre)
 * Gary Sinise (Orphans – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Rudy Hogenmiller / William Pullinsi (Evita – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Michael Maggio (City on the Make – Northlight Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (Carousel – Marriott Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Nine – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Chuck Smith (Po – Chicago Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * A Life'' – The Body Politic
 * Orphans'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Po'' – Chicago Theatre
 * Reunion'' – Goodman Theatre
 * True Mid-West'' – Second City

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Kevin Anderson (Orphans – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * David Darlow (The Philanthropist – Court Theatre)
 * Terry Kinney (Orphans – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Ernest Perry Jr (Suspenders – Chicago Theatre)
 * Paul Raci (Children of a Lesser God – Immediate Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Mark Jacoby (Nine – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Robert Stillman (Candide – Goodman Theatre)
 * Richard White (Carousel – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Janis I Cole (Children of a Lesser God – Immediate Theatre)
 * Laurel Cronin (The Birthday Party – Court Theatre)
 * Isabella Hoffman (Teibele and Her Demon – Northlight Theatre)
 * Laurie Metcalf (Coyote Ugly – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (Painting Churches – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Mary Easterling (Carousel – Marriott Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (Evita – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Del Close (Hamlet – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Bernie Landis (The God of Isaac – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Edgar Meyer (A Life – The Body Politic)
 * Jeffrey Steele (A Life – The Body Politic)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Kathy Santen (Carousel – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Jodean Culbert (Quartermaine's Terms – Northlight Theatre)
 * Lisa Dodson (Hamlet – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Glenne Headly (Coyote Ugly – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Elizabeth Kelly (A Life – The Body Politic)
 * Judy O'Malley (The Miser – Immediate Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Patty Lombard (Nine – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Hollis Resnik (Nine – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Choreography
 * Rudy Hogenmiller (Evita – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Candace Tovar (A Chorus Line – Marriott Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Rufus Hill (Po – Chicago Theatre)
 * Kevin Stites (Candide – Goodman Theatre)
 * Nick Venden (Nine – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Scenic Design
 * John Lee Beatty (Reunion – Goodman Theatre)
 * Linda Buchanan (Heart of a Dog – Northlight Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (City on the Make – Northlight Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (Terra Nova – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Michael Merritt (Hamlet – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Dennis Parichy (Reunion – Goodman Theatre)
 * David Pomato (Evita – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Robert Shook (City on the Make – Northlight Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Jessica Hahn (The Misanthrope – Court Theatre)
 * Patricia Hart (The Fifth Sun – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt / John Murbach (Hamlet – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Star Time – Marriott Theatre)
 * Christa Schotz (Candide – Goodman Theatre)

Special Award
 * Danny Newman, consultant to arts organizations, for audience development aid

Special Award
 * Illinois Arts Council, in honor of its 21st anniversary, for public support of the arts

1986
Best Play
 * A Lesson from Aloes'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Isn't It Romantic'' – Multi Production Partnership
 * Puntila and His Hired Man'' – Remains Theatre
 * The Government Inspector'' – Goodman Theatre
 * The Real Thing'' – Northlight Theatre
 * You Can’t Take It with You'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Musical
 * A Chorus Line'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Baby'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Hello, Dolly'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Little Shop of Horrors'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Quilters'' – Northlight Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Frank Galati (You Can’t Take It with You – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Woodie King Jr (Boesman and Lena – Northlight Theatre)
 * Michael Maggio (The Real Thing – Northlight Theatre)
 * Suzanne Shepard (A Lesson from Aloes – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Larry Sloan (Puntila and His Hired Man – Remains Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * ??? (Baby – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kyle Donnelly (Quilters – Northlight Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (A Chorus Line – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * William Pullinsi (Little Shop of Horrors – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Bill Castellino (Rap Master Ronnie – RayMar Productions)
 * Tracy Friedman (The Middle of Nowhere in the Middle of the Night – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * A Lesson from Aloes'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Quilters'' – Northlight Theatre
 * The Middle of Nowhere in the Middle of the Night'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * You Can’t Take It with You'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Denis Arndt (Puntila and His Hired Man – Remains Theatre)
 * David Darlow (The Real Thing – Northlight Theatre)
 * Francis Guinan (A Lesson from Aloes – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * James O'Reilly (Falstaff and Hal – The Body Politic)
 * Alan Wilder (The Caretaker – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Dale Benson (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)
 * Dan Foster (Baby – Marriott Theatre)
 * Russell Reneau (Baby – Marriott Theatre)
 * Gene Weygandt (Little Shop of Horrors – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Joan Allen (A Lesson from Aloes – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Tarzana Beverly (Boesman and Lena – Northlight Theatre)
 * Amy Morton (Puntila and His Hired Man – Remains Theatre)
 * Elizabeth Perkins (Lydie Breeze – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Kristine Thatcher (The Real Thing – Northlight Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Liz Callaway (Baby – Marriott Theatre)
 * Shannon Cochran (Baby – Marriott Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (Little Shop of Horrors – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Alene Robertson (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Randall Arney (You Can’t Take It with You – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Larry Brandenburg (Season's Greetings – The Body Politic)
 * Robert Curry (Boesman and Lena – Northlight Theatre)
 * Danny Glover (A Lesson from Aloes – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Bruce Norris (Puntila and His Hired Man – Remains Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * William Akey (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)
 * David Bedella (A Chorus Line – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Richard Casper (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)
 * Dale Morgan (Little Shop of Horrors – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Ingrid Blekys (Heartbreak House – Court Theatre)
 * Pat Bowie (American Dreams – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Barbara Gaines (The Real Thing – Northlight Theatre)
 * Kelley Hazen (American Dreams – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Amy Morton (You Can’t Take It with You – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Molly Regan (You Can’t Take It with You – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * William M Bush (Rap Master Ronnie – RayMar Productions)
 * Don Franklin (The Middle of Nowhere in the Middle of the Night – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Roy Hytower (The Middle of Nowhere in the Middle of the Night – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Hollis Resnik (The Middle of Nowhere in the Middle of the Night – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Kathy Santen (Rap Master Ronnie – RayMar Productions)

Best Cameo Actress in a Play
 * Peggy Roeder (You Can’t Take It with You – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Barbara A Woods (Mr 80% – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Tracy Friedman (The Middle of Nowhere in the Middle of the Night – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Rudy Hogenmiller (A Chorus Line – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Rudy Hogenmiller (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)
 * David Puszh (Quilters – Northlight Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Margaret James (Rap Master Ronnie – RayMar Productions)
 * Steve Rashid (The Middle of Nowhere in the Middle of the Night – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Rick Snyder (Quilters – Northlight Theatre)
 * Kevin Stites (Baby – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kevin Stites (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nick Venden (Little Shop of Horrors – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Howard Levy (Puntila and His Hired Man – Remains Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Jeff Bauer (The Lady’s Not for Burning – Court Theatre)
 * Linda Buchanan (Quilters – Northlight Theatre)
 * Rob Hamilton (Puntila and His Hired Man – Remains Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (The Government Inspector – Goodman Theatre)
 * Thomas Ryan (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Robert Christen (Boesman and Lena – Northlight Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (The Middle of Nowhere in the Middle of the Night – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Rita Pietraszek (Quilters – Northlight Theatre)
 * Rita Pietraszek (The Lady’s Not for Burning – Court Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (A Lesson from Aloes – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (The Government Inspector – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Rourke (Falstaff and Hal – The Body Politic)

Best Costume Design
 * Jessica Hahn (Heartbreak House – Court Theatre)
 * Jessica Hahn (The Lady’s Not for Burning – Court Theatre)
 * Rob Hamilton (Puntila and His Hired Man – Remains Theatre)
 * Virgil Johnson (The Government Inspector – Goodman Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Scott Lehrer (Isn't It Romantic – Multi Production Partnership)
 * David Neuhaus (The Government Inspector – Goodman Theatre)
 * David Pomato (Little Shop of Horrors – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Special Award
 * Bill Conner / Bernard Sahlins / Jane Nicholl Sahlins'' – Quadrangle Productions for the International Theatre Festival, celebrating theatrical universality

Special Award
 * Illinois Quilters Association / Northlight Theatre for collaboration on Quilters

1987
Best Play
 * Aunt Dan and Lemon'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Galileo'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Kabuki Othello'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * Road'' – Remains Theatre
 * She Always Said Pablo'' – Goodman Theatre
 * The Normal Heart'' – Next Theatre

Best Musical
 * My One and Only'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Sunday in the Park with George'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' – Copper Productions Ltd / Apple Tree Theatre
 * The King and I'' – Marriott Theatre
 * The Wiz'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Bob Falls (Road – Remains Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (Aunt Dan and Lemon – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (She Always Said Pablo – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Maggio (Highest Standard of Living – Remains Theatre)
 * Shozo Sato (Kabuki Othello – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Eric Simonson (The Normal Heart – Next Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (The Wiz – Marriott Theatre)
 * Michael Maggio (Sunday in the Park with George – Goodman Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (1776 – Marriott Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)
 * Travis L Stockley (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Copper Productions Ltd / Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * 1776'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Bang'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Beehive'' – James P Productions
 * Bozo the Town'' – Chicago Theatre Productions / Practical Theatre
 * Road'' – Remains Theatre
 * The Normal Heart'' – Next Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Jamie Baron (The Mystery of Irma Vep – Remains Theatre)
 * Gary Cole (Bang – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Brian Dennehy (Galileo – Goodman Theatre)
 * Roger Mueller (Corpse – Goodman Theatre)
 * Bruce Norris (The Mystery of Irma Vep – Remains Theatre)
 * Nicholas Rudall (Jumpers – Court Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Ray Frewen (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)
 * John Herrera (Sunday in the Park with George – Goodman Theatre)
 * Roger Mueller (1776 – Marriott Theatre)
 * Richard Ruth (My One and Only – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Scott Schumacher (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Copper Productions Ltd / Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Marji Bank (She Always Said Pablo – Goodman Theatre)
 * Moira Harris (Bang – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Martha Lavey (Aunt Dan and Lemon – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Laurie Metcalf (Educating Rita – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Amy Morton (Highest Standard of Living – Remains Theatre)
 * Molly Regan (Aunt Dan and Lemon – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Ann Arvia (Rags – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Mary Ernster (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)
 * Susan Moniz (The Wiz – Marriott Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Copper Productions Ltd / Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (Sunday in the Park with George – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Frank Galati (Galileo – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ross Lehman (The Normal Heart – Next Theatre)
 * Denis O'Hare (The Voice of the Prairie – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Peter Syvertsen (The Normal Heart – Next Theatre)
 * Bruce A Young (The Tempest – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Dale Benson (My One and Only – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Stephen Finch (The Wiz – Marriott Theatre)
 * Michael Lynch (The Wiz – Marriott Theatre)
 * Robert Mason (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Copper Productions Ltd / Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Joe Van Slyke (1776 – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Ann Dowd (The Normal Heart – Next Theatre)
 * Linda Emond (Tartuffe – Court Theatre)
 * Cynthia Judge (Benefactors – Northlight Theatre)
 * Mary MacDonald Kerr (Eleemosynary – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (Eleemosynary – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Ann Arvia (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)
 * Etel Billig (Sunday in the Park with George – Goodman Theatre)
 * E Faye Butler (The Wiz – Marriott Theatre)
 * Felicia Caldwell (The Wiz – Marriott Theatre)
 * Susan Moniz (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)

Best Cameo Actor in a Play
 * Matt DeCaro (The Normal Heart – Next Theatre)

Best Cameo Actor in a Musical
 * Rick Boynton (1776 – Marriott Theatre)

Best New Work
 * David Breskin / Rick Cleveland (Kids in the Dark – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Laura Cunningham (Bang – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (She Always Said Pablo – Goodman Theatre)
 * Keith Reddin (Highest Standard of Living – Remains Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Peter Amster / Steven Ivcich (She Always Said Pablo – Goodman Theatre)
 * David H Bell (The Wiz – Marriott Theatre)
 * James Harms / Rudy Hogenmiller (My One and Only – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Michelle Kelly (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Skip Brevis (Beehive – James P Productions)
 * Nancy Macomber (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Copper Productions Ltd / Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Steve Rashid (Bozo the Town – Chicago Theatre Productions / Practical Theatre)
 * Kevin Stites (Sunday in the Park with George – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kevin Stites (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Michael Cerri / Rob Milburn (Kabuki Othello – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * ??? (She Always Said Pablo – Goodman Theatre)
 * John Lee Beatty (Sunday in the Park with George – Goodman Theatre)
 * David SS Davis (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Copper Productions Ltd / Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (Union Boys – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (Aunt Dan and Lemon – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (Bang – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * ??? (She Always Said Pablo – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Christen (Sunday in the Park with George – Goodman Theatre)
 * James F Ingalls (Galileo – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (Kabuki Othello – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (Aunt Dan and Lemon – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * ??? (She Always Said Pablo – Goodman Theatre)
 * Nan Cibula (Sunday in the Park with George – Goodman Theatre)
 * Julie Jackson (My One and Only – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Nancy Missimi (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (The Wiz – Marriott Theatre)
 * Shozo Sato (Kabuki Othello – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Rob Milburn (Circe and Bravo – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Rob Milburn (Kabuki Othello – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Rob Milburn (Union Boys – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)

Special Award
 * Court Theatre for championing and expanding the role of the dramaturg

Special Award
 * Joe Barbieri for years of service to the theatre industry and community

Special Award
 * John Boesche for expanding visual artistry through audio/visual techniques

1988
Best Play
 * Driving Ms Daisy'' – Henaghan and Platt / Daisy Company
 * Killers'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Passion Play'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Playboy of the West Indies'' – Court Theatre
 * Red Noses'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Troilus and Cressida'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Best Musical
 * La Cage aux Folles'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * My Fair Lady'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Pal Joey'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Randall Arney (Killers – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Barbara Gaines (Troilus and Cressida – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (Passion Play – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rondi Reed (The Common Pursuit – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Larry Sloan (Big Time – Remains Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Dyanne Earley (My Fair Lady – Marriott Theatre)
 * Bob Falls (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Dreamgirls – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * William Pullinsi (La Cage aux Folles – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Ernest Zulia (110 in the Shade – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Andre De Shields (The Coloured Museum – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Jane Morris (Channel This – Second City)

Best Ensemble
 * Channel This'' – Second City
 * Jean-Paul Sartre and Ringo'' – Second City
 * Little Egypt'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Ten November'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * The Common Pursuit'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Vito Bitondo (Mud – Element Theatre)
 * Bill Cobbs (Driving Ms Daisy – Henaghan and Platt / Daisy Company)
 * Francis Guinan (Little Egypt – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Stephen Markle (Passion Play – Goodman Theatre)
 * Denis O'Hare (Sneaky Feelings – Remains Theatre)
 * Richard Wharton (Seduced – The Immediate Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Ray Frewen (My Fair Lady – Marriott Theatre)
 * James Harms (La Cage aux Folles – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Celeste Williams (Playboy of the West Indies – Court Theatre)
 * Geina Mhlope (Have You Seen Zandile – The Chicago Theatre)
 * Glenne Headly (Born Yesterday – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Sada Thompson (Driving Ms Daisy – Henaghan and Platt / Daisy Company)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Shannon Cochran (My Fair Lady – Marriott Theatre)
 * Lynette DuPre (Dreamgirls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mary Ernster (110 in the Shade – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Carlin Glynn (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kathy Taylor (Goblin Market – Next Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Donald Brearley (Rough Crossing – The Body Politic)
 * Ramiro Carillo (A Flea in Her Ear – Goodman Theatre)
 * Neil Flynn (Whistle in the Dark – The Body Politic)
 * Alan Novak (Big Time – Remains Theatre)
 * Jim True (Killers – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Don Forston (My Fair Lady – Marriott Theatre)
 * Ted Koch (110 in the Shade – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Gordon McClure (La Cage aux Folles – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Marshall Titus (Dreamgirls – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Pat Bowie (Playboy of the West Indies – Court Theatre)
 * Irma P Hall (Have You Seen Zandile – The Chicago Theatre)
 * Amy Morton (Big Time – Remains Theatre)
 * Peggy Roeder (Landscape of the Body – Goodman Theatre)
 * Yvonne Suhor (The Vampires – The Immediate Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Shannon Cochran (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)
 * Peggy Roeder (Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up – Marriott Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Steve Assad (Jean-Paul Sartre and Ringo – Second City)
 * Chris Barnes (Channel This – Second City)
 * Terrence A Carson (The Coloured Museum – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Kevin Crowley (Jean-Paul Sartre and Ringo – Second City)
 * Rick Hall (Jean-Paul Sartre and Ringo – Second City)

Best Cameo Actress in a Musical
 * Barbara Robertson (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * James Harms / Rudy Hogenmiller (La Cage aux Folles – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Danny Herman (Dreamgirls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Ann Reinking / Chet Walker (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Jeffrey Lewis (Goblin Market – Next Theatre)
 * Kevin Stites (My Fair Lady – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kevin Stites (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)
 * Nick Venden (La Cage aux Folles – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Ralph Carney (Killers – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Eric Peltoniemi (Ten November – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Larry Schanker (Red Noses – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kevin Stites (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Waldman (Driving Ms Daisy – Henaghan and Platt / Daisy Company)

Best Scenic Design
 * Jeff Bauer (Rough Crossing – The Body Politic)
 * John Conklin (Passion Play – Goodman Theatre)
 * Adrianne Lobel (Playboy of the West Indies – Court Theatre)
 * Thomas Lynch (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)
 * George Tsypin (Landscape of the Body – Goodman Theatre)
 * Scott Weldin (Red Noses – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Rick Paulsen (Red Noses – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (Ten November – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (Passion Play – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (Troilus and Cressida – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jennifer Tipton (Landscape of the Body – Goodman Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Laura Crow (Red Noses – Goodman Theatre)
 * Lindsay Davis (A Flea in Her Ear – Goodman Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (My Fair Lady – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kaye Nottbusch (La Cage aux Folles – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Martin Pakledinaz (Pal Joey – Goodman Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Rob Milburn (Passion Play – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Neuhaus (Red Noses – Goodman Theatre)

Special Award
 * David Woolley for consistent excellence in stage combat

Special Award
 * Joe Barbieri for generosity and dedication to excellence in theatre

1989
Best Play
 * Pygmalion'' – Court Theatre
 * Romeo and Juliet'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Stepping Out'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * The American Clock'' – Court Theatre
 * The Grapes of Wrath'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Musical
 * A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Follies'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Jesus Christ Superstar'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Matador'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Oil City Symphony'' – Frazier, Sharpe, Norton
 * The Music Man'' – Drury Lane Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Randall Arney (A Walk in the Woods – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Kyle Donnelly (Pygmalion – Court Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (The Grapes of Wrath – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Richard Russell Ramos (The American Clock – Court Theatre)
 * Rondi Reed (Stepping Out – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Larry Forde (Oil City Symphony – Frazier, Sharpe, Norton)
 * Frank Galati (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Goodman Theatre)
 * Scott Harris (Jesus Christ Superstar – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Travis L Stockley (The Music Man – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Nate Herman (America Lite – Second City)

Best Ensemble
 * America Lite'' – Second City
 * Oil City Symphony'' – Frazier, Sharpe, Norton
 * Stepping Out'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * The American Clock'' – Court Theatre
 * The Enormous Room'' – Next Theatre
 * The Grapes of Wrath'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * John Mahoney (After the Fall – National Jewish Theatre)
 * DW Moffett (Speed-the-Plow – Remains Theatre / Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Denis O'Hare (Music from a Locked Room – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Nicholas Pennell (Pygmalion – Court Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * William Akey (Big River – Marriott Theatre)
 * Louis DeCrescenzo (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ross Lehman (Where's Charley – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Robert Alan Mason (The Human Comedy – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Gary Sandy (The Music Man – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Skip Sudduth (Peter Pan – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Lisa Dodson (After the Fall – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Linda Emond (Pygmalion – Court Theatre)
 * Pamela Gay (Sea Marks – Royal George Theatre / John and Pam Walker)
 * Lois Smith (The Grapes of Wrath – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (The Long Awaited – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Ann Arvia (Happy End – Court Theatre)
 * Susan Moniz (West Side Story – Marriott Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (Gypsy – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Kathy Santen (Peter Pan – Marriott Theatre)
 * Ami Silvestre (Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Judith Thiergaard (The Human Comedy – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * James Deuter (Knuckle – Next Theatre)
 * Terry Kinney (The Grapes of Wrath – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Stephen Lang (The Speed of Darkness – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ross Lehman (The Rover – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ned Schmidtke (Nothing Sacred – Northlight Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Darius de Haas (Pastel Refugees – Northlight Theatre)
 * Wally Engelhardt (The Music Man – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Ross Lehman (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Goodman Theatre)
 * Skip Sudduth (Big River – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marshall Titus (Jesus Christ Superstar – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Deanna Dunagan (Stepping Out – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Carlton Miller (Stepping Out – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Peggy Roeder (Romeo and Juliet – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joan Schwenk (Apocalyptic Butterflies – The Immediate Theatre)
 * Linda Stephens (Stepping Out – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Marilyn Bogetich (Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Shannon Cochran (Happy End – Court Theatre)
 * Jamie Dawn Gangi (Matador – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mary Murfitt (Oil City Symphony – Frazier, Sharpe, Norton)
 * Susie Vaughn-Raney (Oil City Symphony – Frazier, Sharpe, Norton)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Mark Beltzman (America Lite – Second City)
 * David Pasquesi (The Gods Must Be Lazy – Second City)
 * Ron West (America Lite – Second City)

Best Cameo Actress in a Musical
 * Neil Friedman (Jesus Christ Superstar – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best New Work
 * ??? (Matador – Marriott Theatre)
 * Claudia Allen (The Long Awaited – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * John Carlile (The Enormous Room – Next Theatre)
 * Mike Leander / Edward Seago (Matador – Marriott Theatre)
 * John Logan (Music from a Locked Room – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * Frank Galati (The Grapes of Wrath – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Raphael Aguilar / David H Bell (Matador – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mark Hoebee (West Side Story – Marriott Theatre)
 * Bryan Lynch (Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Terry Rieser (Jesus Christ Superstar – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Nancy Teinowitz (The Music Man – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Robert Wells (Stepping Out – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Rob Bowman (Big River – Marriott Theatre)
 * Rick Lewis (The Taffetas – Payne-Leavitt Productions / Cohen, Whitelaw and Shellenberger)
 * Joel Raney (Oil City Symphony – Frazier, Sharpe, Norton)
 * Steve Rashid (Pastel Refugees – Northlight Theatre)
 * Tom Sivak (Jesus Christ Superstar – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Nick Venden (Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Adam Grant (The Enormous Room – Next Theatre)
 * Larry Schanker (Romeo and Juliet – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Smith (The Grapes of Wrath – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Jeff Bauer (Pygmalion – Court Theatre)
 * Jeff Bauer (The Long Awaited – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Mary Griswold / John Paoletti (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (Romeo and Juliet – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (The Grapes of Wrath – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Rick Belzer (Jesus Christ Superstar – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (The Speed of Darkness – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (The Grapes of Wrath – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (After the Fall – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (Antony and Cleopatra – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Lindsay W Davis (The Rover – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mary Griswold / John Paoletti (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Goodman Theatre)
 * Andrew B Marlay (Pygmalion – Court Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Matador – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kaye Nottbusch (Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Sound Design
 * Martin Levan (Jesus Christ Superstar – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Rob Milburn (The Grapes of Wrath – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Rob Milburn (The Speed of Darkness – Goodman Theatre)
 * Richard Woodbury (A Walk in the Woods – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Special Award
 * Edward Gardner for vision, leadership and commitment to the renovation of the New Regal Theatre

Special Award
 * Glenna Syse, senior critic of the Chicago Sun-Times, for challenging and inspiring the Chicago theatre community

Special Award
 * James E Swank, master propmaker

1990
Best Play
 * Marvin's Room'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Serious Money'' – Court Theatre
 * The Tale of Cymbeline'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Winter’s Tale'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Musical
 * Chess'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Into the Woods'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Man of La Mancha'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Me and My Girl'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Singin’ in the Rain'' – Drury Lane Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Kyle Donnelly (The Paradise Hotel – Court Theatre)
 * Barbara Gaines (The Tale of Cymbeline – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Terry McCabe (Serious Money – Court Theatre)
 * David Petrarca (Marvin's Room – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jonathan Wilson (From the Mississippi Delta – Northlight Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (Chess – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jim Corti / Travis L Stockley (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Into the Woods – Marriott Theatre)
 * Travis L Stockley (Man of La Mancha – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * Forever Plaid'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * From the Mississippi Delta'' – Northlight Theatre
 * Into the Woods'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Our Country's Good'' – Remains Theatre
 * Serious Money'' – Court Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Shelley Berman (I'm Not Rappaport – Henaghan, Platt, Ross, Kessler and Scatena)
 * Nicholas Rudall (The Paradise Hotel – Court Theatre)
 * Greg Vinkler (84 Charing Cross Road – Northlight Theatre)
 * Alan Wilder (The Homecoming – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Larry Yando (Kiss of the Spider Woman – Pegasus Players)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * James Harms (Me and My Girl – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * David Hilliday (Man of La Mancha – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Kim Strauss (Chess – Marriott Theatre)
 * David Studwell (Chess – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Joan Allen (Reckless – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Laura Esterman (Marvin's Room – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ernestine Jackson (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Peggy Roeder (Twigs – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Celeste Williams (Pecong – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Linda Balgord (Funny Girl – Marriott Theatre)
 * Linda Balgord (Man of La Mancha – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Susie McMonagle (Chess – Marriott Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (Into the Woods – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * James Deuter (The Importance of Being Ernest – The Body Politic)
 * Raphy Green (Ragged Dick – The Immediate Theatre)
 * BJ Jones (Peacekeeper – American Theatre Company)
 * Tim Monsion (Marvin's Room – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mark Rosenthal (Marvin's Room – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * William Akey (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Lucy Childs (Our Country's Good – Remains Theatre)
 * Linda Emond (The Winter’s Tale – Goodman Theatre)
 * Pamela Webster (The Dangerous Liaisons – Interplay / The Windy City Theatre)
 * Celeste Williams (84 Charing Cross Road – Northlight Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Mary Ernster (Me and My Girl – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Marla Fries (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Rondi Reed (Funny Girl – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kathy Santen (Company – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (Company – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Steve Carter (Pecong – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Scott McPherson (Marvin's Room – Goodman Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Jim Corti (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * James Harms / Rudy Hogenmiller (Me and My Girl – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse_

Best Music Direction
 * ??? (Into the Woods – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kingsley Day (Listen to My Song – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Malcolm Ruhl (Pump Boys and Dinettes – Cullen, Henaghan and Platt)
 * Tim Schirmer (Falsettoland – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Kevin Stites (Chess – Marriott Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * ??? (The Winter’s Tale – Goodman Theatre)
 * Peter Aglinskas (Kiss of the Spider Woman – Pegasus Players)
 * Willy Steele (Pecong – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * John Culbert (Serious Money – Court Theatre)
 * James Dardenne (Pecong – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Walter Maritishius (Kiss of the Spider Woman – Pegasus Players)
 * Michael Merritt (84 Charing Cross Road – Northlight Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (The Tale of Cymbeline – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Robert Christen (Peacekeeper – American Theatre Company)
 * Peter Gottlieb (Kiss of the Spider Woman – Pegasus Players)
 * Robert Shook (Pecong – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (The Tale of Cymbeline – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jennifer Tipton (The Winter’s Tale – Goodman Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Virgil Johnson (The Winter’s Tale – Goodman Theatre_
 * Nancy Missimi (Chess – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Funny Girl – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Into the Woods – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marilyn Wick (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre)

Special Award
 * John T Richardson, President of DePaul University for outstanding leadership in rescuing and refurbishing The Theatre School and the Blackstone Theatre

1991
Best Play
 * Another Time'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * King John'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Iceman Cometh'' – Goodman Theatre
 * The Secret Rapture'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Musical
 * A Chorus Line'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Annie'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Brigadoon'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Little Me'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * On the Twentieth Century'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * American Song'' – Northlight Theatre

Best Revue
 * Forbidden Broadway'' – Halsted Theatre Centre / Cochran Productions
 * We Made a Mesopotamia, Now You Clean It Up'' – Second City
 * Winner Takes Oil'' – Second City

Best Director of a Play
 * Randall Arney (Curse of the Starving Class – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Bob Falls (The Iceman Cometh – Goodman Theatre)
 * Barbara Gaines (King John – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Terry McCabe (Only Kidding – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Joseph Sadowski (Artist Descending a Staircase – The Body Politic)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (Sylvia's Real Good Advice – Pegasus Players / Nick Rabkin Productions)
 * Peter Glazer (American Song – Northlight Theatre)
 * Joe Leonardo (Me and My Girl – Marriott Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Little Me – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Travis L Stockley (Annie – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Gerard Alessandrini (Forbidden Broadway – Halsted Theatre Centre / Cochran Productions)
 * Tom Gianas (Winner Takes Oil – Second City)
 * Barbara Wallace (We Made a Mesopotamia, Now You Clean It Up – Second City)

Best Ensemble
 * American Song'' – Northlight Theatre
 * Forbidden Broadway'' – Halsted Theatre Centre / Cochran Productions
 * Peepshow'' – International Performance Studio
 * We Made a Mesopotamia, Now You Clean It Up'' – Second City
 * Winner Takes Oil'' – Second City

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Nathan Davis (The Sunshine Boys – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Albert Finney (Another Time – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Dev Kennedy (The Golem – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Jerome Kilty (The Gigli Concert – Court Theatre)
 * Steve Pickering (Coriolanus – Next Theatre)
 * Ned Schmidtke (The Lion in Winter – The Body Politic)
 * Stephen Trovillion (Eastern Standard – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Gene Weygandt (Me and My Girl – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * David Studwell (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)
 * Gene Weygandt (Me and My Girl – Marriott Theatre)
 * Larry Wyatt (Little Me – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Larry Yando (Sweet Charity – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Deanna Dunagan (Coriolanus – Next Theatre)
 * Linda Emond (The Caucasian Chalk Circle – Court Theatre)
 * Linda Emond (The Secret Rapture – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Maureen Gallagher (The Belle of Amherst – The Body Politic)
 * Caitlin Hart (The Lovers of Viorne – Interplay)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Shannon Cochran (Sweet Charity – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mary Ernster (Brigadoon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Lori Hammel (Little Me – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Kathy Santen (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (On the Twentieth Century – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Robert Breuler (Curse of the Starving Class – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jerome Kilty (The Iceman Cometh – Goodman Theatre)
 * Terry Kinney (Another Time – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jim Ortlieb (Only Kidding – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Vince Viverito (Breaking Legs – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Dale Benson (Little Me – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Stephen Buntrock (Brigadoon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Gene Weygandt (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Joan Cusack (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Goodman Theatre)
 * Deanna Dunagan (Still Waters – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Kate Goehring (Candida – Court Theatre)
 * Molly Regan (Another Time – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Tina Fabrique (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (Annie – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Kathy Santen (Brigadoon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Carolynn Warren (Sylvia's Real Good Advice – Pegasus Players / Nick Rabkin Productions)
 * Ann Whitney (Me and My Girl – Marriott Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Kevin Ligon (Forbidden Broadway – Halsted Theatre Centre / Cochran Productions)
 * Nicholas Augustus (Forbidden Broadway – Halsted Theatre Centre / Cochran Productions)
 * Peter Burns (We Made a Mesopotamia, Now You Clean It Up – Second City)

Best New Work
 * ??? (Sylvia's Real Good Advice – Pegasus Players / Nick Rabkin Productions)
 * Claudia Allen (Still Waters – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * David Cale (Deep in a Dream of You – Goodman Theatre)
 * Tom Mula (The Golem – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Jeffrey Sweet (American Enterprise – Organic Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell (Brigadoon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Darlene Blackburn (The Lion and the Jewel – Court Theatre)
 * James Harms / Rudy Hogenmiller (A Chorus Line – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Danny Herman (Little Me – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Mark S Hoebee (Sweet Charity – Marriott Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Elihoenai (The Lion and the Jewel – Court Theatre)
 * Jeff Lewis (The Great Gatsby – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Albert Potts III (Brigadoon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Malcolm Ruhl (American Song – Northlight Theatre)
 * Nick Venden (Little Me – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Peter Aglinskas (Peepshow –International Performance Studio)
 * Evan Chen (Coriolanus – Next Theatre)
 * Roy Nathanson (Deep in a Dream of You – Goodman Theatre)
 * Larry Schanker (The Golem – National Jewish Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * John Conklin (Candida – Court Theatre)
 * John Conklin (The Iceman Cometh – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (The Golem – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (Another Time – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (Curse of the Starving Class – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Paul Steinberg (The Visit – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * James F Ingalls (The Iceman Cometh – Goodman Theatre)
 * James F Ingalls (The Visit – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (Pick Up Ax – Northlight Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (King John – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (Much ado about Nothing – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Nan Cibula-Jenkins (Much ado about Nothing – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Susan Hilferty (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jack Kirkby (Little Me – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Frances Maggio (The Golem – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (The Lion in Winter – The Body Politic)

Best Sound Design
 * Joe F Cerqua (Pick Up Ax – Northlight Theatre)
 * Jim Dawson (Artist Descending a Staircase – The Body Politic)
 * Rob Milburn (The Secret Rapture – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Rob Milburn (The Visit – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Neuhaus (King John – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Special Award
 * Sheldon Patinkin for years of service and support to the theatre community

1992
Best Play
 * Hauptmann'' – Victory Gardens Theatre
 * Pericles'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Stand-Up Tragedy'' – Apple Tree Theatre
 * The Good Person of Sichuan'' – Goodman Theatre
 * The Song of Jacob Zulu'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Musical
 * Anything Goes'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Candide'' – Court Theatre
 * Dames at Sea'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Falsettoland'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * La Cage aux Folles'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Phantom'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

Best Revue
 * Spunk: Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Frank Galati (The Good Person of Sichuan – Goodman Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (Stand-Up Tragedy – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Terry McCabe (Hauptmann – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Dorothy Milne (Eleemosynary – Interplay)
 * Mike Nussbaum (Belmont Avenue Social Club – Northlight Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (Hapgood – Centre Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Peter Amster (The Rothschilds – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * David H Bell (Arthur – Marriott Theatre)
 * Barry Harman (Romance/Romance – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (Phantom – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Travis L Stockley (Dames at Sea – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Donald Douglass (Spunk: Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston – Goodman Theatre)
 * Nate Herman (The Heliotrope Players' Our Town – Second City)

Best Ensemble
 * Belmont Avenue Social Club'' – Northlight Theatre
 * Eleemosynary'' – Interplay
 * Falsettoland'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * Spunk: Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Stand-Up Tragedy'' – Apple Tree Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Tab Baker (My Children, My Africa – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * K Todd Freeman (The Song of Jacob Zulu – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Denis O'Hare (Hauptmann – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Steve Pickering (On the Open Road – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * James Harms (La Cage aux Folles – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * John Herrera (Romance/Romance – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Harve Presnell (Annie Warbucks – Marriott Theatre)
 * David Studwell (The Rothschilds – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Gene Weygandt (Arthur – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Michelle Elise Duffy (My Children, My Africa – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Cherry Jones (The Good Person of Sichuan – Goodman Theatre)
 * Laurie Metcalf (My Thing of Love – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Martie Sanders (Eleemosynary – Interplay)
 * Kathy Scambiatterra (Abundance – Centre Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * E Faye Butler (Hello, Dolly – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Melissa Dye (Candide – Court Theatre)
 * Karen Leigh (Phantom – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Susan Moniz (Romance/Romance – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (Anything Goes – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * David Anzuelo (Stand-Up Tragedy – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Robert Breuler (Belmont Avenue Social Club – Northlight Theatre)
 * Danny Johnson (Ms Evers' Boys – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jack McLaughlin-Gray (Stand-Up Tragedy – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Si Osborne (The Heidi Chronicles – National Jewish Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * William Brown (Arthur – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jim Corti (Falsettoland – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Ray Frewen (The Rothschilds – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Dennis Kelly (Phantom – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Kirk Mouser (Evita – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Steve Pickering (Anything Goes – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Marilyn Dodds Frank (Love and Anger – Next Theatre)
 * Deanna Dunagan (Private Passage – Odyssey Theatre)
 * Robin Kersey (Private Passage – Odyssey Theatre)
 * Kristine Thatcher (Pericles – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Hynden Walch (The School for Wives – Northlight Theatre)
 * Pamela Webster (Eleemosynary – Interplay)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Marilyn Bogetich (Phantom – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Felicia Fields (Showboat – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Robin Kersey (Anything Goes – Marriott Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (Annie Warbucks – Marriott Theatre)
 * Peggy Roeder (Arthur – Marriott Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Ellis Foster (Spunk: Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joe Liss (The Heliotrope Players' Our Town – Second City)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * JoNell Kennedy (Spunk: Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston – Goodman Theatre)
 * Shari A Seals (Spunk: Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston – Goodman Theatre)

Best New Work
 * ??? (The Rhino's Policeman – Northlight Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (Earthly Possessions – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Alexandra Gersten (My Thing of Love – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Bernard Sahlins (The Mystery Cycle-Creation – Court Theatre)
 * Tug Yourgrau (The Song of Jacob Zulu – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * ??? (The Phantom of the Opera – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * James Harms / Rudy Hogenmiller (La Cage aux Folles – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Rudy Hogenmiller (Evita – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Kenny Ingram / Andrew J Lupp (Dames at Sea – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Hello, Dolly – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Music Direction
 * Michael Duff (Anything Goes – Marriott Theatre)
 * Terry James (Dames at Sea – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Tim Schirmer (Falsettoland – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Nick Venden (Phantom – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Joe Cerqua / Marty Higginbotham (Dr Faustus – Oak Park Festival Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (Pericles – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Lloyd Broadnax King (Macbeth – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Larry Schanker (The Mystery Cycle-Creation – Court Theatre)
 * Claudia Schmidt (The Good Person of Sichuan – Goodman Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Loy Arcenas (The Good Person of Sichuan – Goodman Theatre)
 * William B Fosser (Phantom – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Rob Hamilton (Hapgood – Centre Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt (A Summer Remembered – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (The Rhino's Policeman – Northlight Theatre)
 * George Tsypin (On the Open Road – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * James F Ingalls (The Good Person of Sichuan – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael S Philippi (On the Open Road – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (Macbeth – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Jack Kirkby (La Cage aux Folles – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Greg Slawko (Dames at Sea – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Gayland Spaulding (The Phantom of the Opera – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Caryn Weglarz (The Rothschilds – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Rob Milburn (On the Open Road – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rob Milburn (The Song of Jacob Zulu – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Robert Neuhaus (Macbeth – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Robert Neuhaus (Pericles – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Special Award
 * Ladysmith Black Mombazo for its overall role (The Song of Jacob Zulu – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Special Award (''Lifetime Achievement)
 * Stanely Freehling
 * Bruce Sagan

1993
Best Play
 * Awake and Sing'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Black Snow'' – Goodman Theatre
 * King Lear'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Lost in Yonkers'' – Fox Theatricals
 * The Price'' – National Jewish Theatre

Best Musical
 * Five Guys Named Moe'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Grand Hotel'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Hot Mikado'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' – Marriott Theatre
 * The First'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Wings'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Revue
 * Disgruntled Employee Picnic: The Postman Always'' – Second City
 * On the Way Home'' – Jam Productions
 * Puttin' on the Ritz'' – National Jewish Theatre
 * Truth, Justice or the American Way'' – Second City

Best Director of a Play
 * Barbara Gaines (King Lear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * BJ Jones (The Price – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Michael Leavitt (Lost in Yonkers – Fox Theatricals)
 * Michael Maggio (Black Snow – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (The Baltimore Waltz – Goodman Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (Hot Mikado – Marriott Theatre)
 * Dyanne Earley (The First – Marriott Theatre)
 * Danny Herman (Five Guys Named Moe – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Joe Leonardo (Grand Hotel – Marriott Theatre)
 * Joe Leonardo (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Marriott Theatre)
 * Michael Maggio (Wings – Goodman Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Delia Jolly Coy (Mens – Chicago Theatre)
 * Tom Gianas (Truth, Justice or the American Way – Second City)
 * Sheldon Patinkin (Puttin' on the Ritz – National Jewish Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * Disgruntled Employee Picnic: The Postman Always'' – Second City
 * Five Guys Named Moe'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Jar the Floor'' – Northlight Theatre
 * Truth, Justice or the American Way'' – Second City
 * Xenogenesis'' – Eclipse Theatre / Chilany Pictures

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Gary Houston (Triple Exposure – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Edward Jemison (The Wizards of Quiz – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Richard Kneeland (King Lear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Bruce Norris (Black Snow – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ernest Perry Jr (Puddin 'n Pete – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Robert W Barnett (Precious Lord Take My Hand – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Dale Benson (Ruthless – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Ross Lehman (Hot Mikado – Marriott Theatre)
 * Timothy Nolen (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Marriott Theatre)
 * Alton Fitzgerald White (The First – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Jenny Bacon (The Baltimore Waltz – Goodman Theatre)
 * Marji Bank (Lost in Yonkers – Fox Theatricals)
 * Crystal Laws Green (Jar the Floor – Northlight Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (The House of Blue Leaves – Court Theatre)
 * Joan Schwenk (Lips Together Teeth Apart – Halsted Theatre Centre / The Pelican Corp)
 * Karla Tamburrelli (Lost in Yonkers – Fox Theatricals)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Felicia Fields (Hot Mikado – Marriott Theatre)
 * Karlah Hamilton (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Marriott Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (Song and Dance – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Kathy Santen (The Sound of Music – Marriott Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (Ruthless – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Linda Stephens (Wings – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Christopher Donahue (The Baltimore Waltz – Goodman Theatre)
 * Eriq La Salle (Two Trains Running – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jeff Perry (Awake and Sing – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Allan Pinsker (The Price – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Greg Vinkler (King Lear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Jim Corti (Grand Hotel – Marriott Theatre)
 * Joel Hatch (The First – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kenny Ingram (Five Guys Named Moe – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Kenny Ingram (Song and Dance – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Direoce Junirs (Precious Lord Take My Hand – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Holly Cardone (Showbiz – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Bellary Darden (Two Trains Running – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jean De Baer (The Fourth Wall – Feenix Productions International Ltd)
 * Mary Beth Fisher (Marvin's Room – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jane MacIver (Marvin's Room – Goodman Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (Black Snow – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Ann Arvia (The Sound of Music – Marriott Theatre)
 * Suzan Chatims (Precious Lord Take My Hand – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Cynthia Jackson (Precious Lord Take My Hand – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Kelly Prybycien (Grand Hotel – Marriott Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (The King and I – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Lauren Alexandra Sowa (Annie – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Scott Allman (Disgruntled Employee Picnic: The Postman Always – Second City)
 * Steve Carell (Truth, Justice or the American Way – Second City)
 * Paul Dinello (Truth, Justice or the American Way – Second City)
 * Gordon McClure (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Stephen Wade (On the Way Home – Jam Productions)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * E Faye Butler (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Wanda Christine (Mens – Chicago Theatre)
 * Jackie Hoffman (Disgruntled Employee Picnic: The Postman Always – Second City)
 * Amy Sedaris (Truth, Justice or the American Way – Second City)
 * Nancy Voigts (Puttin' on the Ritz – National Jewish Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Jim Geoghan (Triple Exposure – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * David Gilman (Ghost in the Machine – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jeffrey Lunden / Arthur Perlman (Wings – Goodman Theatre)
 * Keith Reddin (Black Snow – Goodman Theatre)
 * Bernard Sahlins (The Mystery Cycle: The Passion – Court Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell / Harrison McEldowney (Hot Mikado – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jim Corti (Puttin' on the Ritz – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Danny Herman (Five Guys Named Moe – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Danny Herman (Song and Dance – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Mark S Hoebee (The First – Marriott Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Kingsley Day (Puttin' on the Ritz – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Rufus Hill (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Rufus Hill (Five Guys Named Moe – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Kevin Stites (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Marriott Theatre)
 * Brad Vieth (Wings – Goodman Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * ??? (Black Snow – Goodman Theatre)
 * ??? (The Baltimore Waltz – Goodman Theatre)
 * Phyllis Bailey (Mens – Chicago Theatre)
 * Larry Schanker (The Mystery Cycle: The Passion – Court Theatre)
 * William Schwarz (Electra – Court Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * John Culbert (Electra – Court Theatre)
 * Linda Buchanan (Black Snow – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Merritt / Kurt Sharp (Awake and Sing – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Penrod / Richard Penrod (The Price – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Kevin Snow (Lips Together Teeth Apart – Halsted Theatre Centre / The Pelican Corp)

Best Lighting Design
 * Robert Christen (Wings – Goodman Theatre)
 * James F Ingalls (Black Snow – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rita Pietraszek (King Lear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Robert Shook (The Price – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Howard Werner (Death and the Maiden – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Santo Loquasto (Lost in Yonkers – Fox Theatricals)
 * Nancy Missimi (Hot Mikado – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Marriott Theatre)
 * Martin Pakledinaz (Black Snow – Goodman Theatre)
 * Birgit Rattenborg Wise (The Voice of the Turtle – American Theatre Company)
 * Jordan Rose (Five Guys Named Moe – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Nan Zabriskie (King Lear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Larry Mohl (The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Robert Neuhaus (King Lear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Adam Kroloff (Xenogenesis – Eclipse Theatre / Chilany Pictures)
 * Michael Bodeen / Joe Cerqua (Life during Wartime – Centre Theatre Best Ensemble)
 * Randy Allen Johns (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Marriott Theatre)
 * Richard Woodbury (Wings – Goodman Theatre)

Best Tour Production
 * Ms Saigon'' – Cameron Mackintosh Inc

Best Leading Actor in a Tour
 * Martin Short (The Goodbye Girl – Office Two-One Inc / Nederlander Organization / Lane, Kagan and Azenberg)

Best Leading Actress in a Tour
 * Dee Hoty (The Will Rogers Follies – Nederlander Organization / Cossette, Richards, Crothers, Lane and Weitzenhoffer / Simon and Jeep)
 * Stephanie Mills (The Wiz – Nederlander Org / Atlanta's Theatre of the Stars / Manos, Young and Associates)

Best Supporting Actress in a Tour
 * Ebony Jo-Ann (The Wiz – Nederlander Org / Atlanta's Theatre of the Stars / Manos, Young and Associates)
 * Valerie Wright (The World Goes 'Round –McAvay, Scrofani, Gatchell and Neufeld / Pace Theatrical Group / Nederlander Organization / Rosekram Productions)

Best Supporting Actor in a Tour
 * Keith Byron Kirk (Ms Saigon – Cameron Mackintosh Inc)

1994
Best Play
 * Dancing at Lughnasa'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Kabuki Medea'' – Wisdom Bridge Theatre
 * The Importance of Being Earnest'' – Court Theatre
 * The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci'' – Goodman Theatre
 * The Triumph of Love'' – Court Theatre

Best Musical
 * 42nd Street'' – Marriott Theatre
 * A Little Night Music'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Mame'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * West Side Story'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Windy City'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Revue
 * Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been Mellow'' – Second City
 * Blues in the Night'' – Northlight Theatre
 * Michael, Margaret, Pat and Kate'' – Victory Gardens Theatre
 * Whitewater for Chocolate'' – Second City

Best Director of a Play
 * Kyle Donnelly (Dancing at Lughnasa – Goodman Theatre)
 * Barbara Gaines (The Taming of the Shrew – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Michael Maggio (The Brutality of Fact – Goodman Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (The Triumph of Love – Court Theatre)
 * Shozo Sato (Kabuki Medea – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci – Goodman Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Dyanne Earley (Windy City – Marriott Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (City of Angels – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (West Side Story – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Michael Maggio (A Little Night Music – Goodman Theatre)
 * Dennis Zacek (Get Ready – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Jim Corti (Blues in the Night – Northlight Theatre)
 * Michael Gellman (Information Highway to Hell: CD-ROM Wasn't Built in a Day – Second City Northwest)
 * Tom Gianas (Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been Mellow – Second City)
 * Peter Glazer (Michael, Margaret, Pat and Kate – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Ron West (Whitewater for Chocolate – Second City)

Best Ensemble
 * Dogtown'' – Eclipse Theatre
 * Pill Hill'' – Chicago Theatre
 * The Master and Margarita'' – Lookingglass Theatre / Steppenwolf Theatre
 * The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Whitewater for Chocolate'' – Second City

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * BJ Jones (Someone Who’ll Watch over Me – Northlight Theatre)
 * David New (Not about Heroes – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Nicholas Pennell (Not about Heroes – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Will Petersen (The Night of the Iguana – Goodman Theatre)
 * Scott Wentworth (The Taming of the Shrew – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Stephen Buntrock (Oklahoma – Marriott Theatre)
 * Will Chase (Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * James FitzGerald (The Goodbye Girl – Marriott Theatre)
 * Ross Lehman (Sugar – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Peter Siragusa (Zorba – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Mark Zimmerman (A Little Night Music – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Shanesia Davis (The Ties That Bind – Goodman Theatre)
 * Lisa Dodson (Messiah – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Jamie Dawn Gangi (Phantom of the Country Palace – Marriott Theatre)
 * Cherry Jones (The Night of the Iguana – Goodman Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (Kabuki Medea – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Hynden Walch (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Jennifer Rosin (West Side Story – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Kathy Santen (The Goodbye Girl – Marriott Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (A Little Night Music – Goodman Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (Mame – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Laura Walls (Get Ready – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * John Berczeller (The Substance of Fire – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Lawrence McCauley (It Runs in the Family – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Darryl Alan Reed (The Ties That Bind – Goodman Theatre)
 * Craig Spidle (Sight Unseen – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Paul White (Dogtown – Eclipse Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Guy Adkins (Oklahoma – Marriott Theatre)
 * Guy Adkins (Windy City – Marriott Theatre)
 * Joel Hatch (Windy City – Marriott Theatre)
 * Robert D Mammana (Sugar – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Scott Mikita (Phantom of the Country Palace – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Kate Buddeke (Dancing at Lughnasa – Goodman Theatre)
 * Denise du Maurier (The Importance of Being Earnest – Court Theatre)
 * Laurie Metcalf (Libra – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Kathy Santen (Kabuki Medea – Wisdom Bridge Theatre)
 * Laura Whyte (A Delicate Balance – Court Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Michelle Duffy (West Side Story – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Felicia Fields (The Goodbye Girl – Marriott Theatre)
 * Suzanne Petri (Zorba – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (A Little Night Music – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mary Robin Roth (Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Scott Adsit (Whitewater for Chocolate – Second City)
 * Steve Carell (Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been Mellow – Second City)
 * Jimmy Doyle (Whitewater for Chocolate – Second City)
 * Michael Smith (Michael, Margaret, Pat and Kate – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * John Thies (Information Highway to Hell: CD-ROM Wasn't Built in a Day – Second City Northwest)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Seraiah Carol (Blues in the Night – Northlight Theatre)
 * Michelle Duffy (Blues in the Night – Northlight Theatre)
 * Jackie Hoffman (Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been Mellow – Second City)
 * Jenna Jolovitz (Whitewater for Chocolate – Second City)
 * Nia Vardalos (Whitewater for Chocolate – Second City)

Best New Work
 * ??? (Phantom of the Country Palace – Marriott Theatre)
 * Peter Glazer / Michael Smith (Michael, Margaret, Pat and Kate – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Nicholas A Patricca (An Uncertain Hour – Bailiwick Repertory Theatre
 * Joe Plummer / Jaye Stewart (Get Ready – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Keith Reddin (The Brutality of Fact – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci – Goodman Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * James Harms / Rudy Hogenmiller (Mame – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Kenny Ingram (42nd Street – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marla Lampert (Sugar – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Marla Lampert (Zorba – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Nancy Teinowitz (West Side Story – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Tom Murray (West Side Story – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Malcolm Ruhl (Blues in the Night – Northlight Theatre)
 * William Schwarz (Evelyn and the Polka King – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Tom Sivak (City of Angels – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Bradley Vieth (A Little Night Music – Goodman Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Charles Berigan (The Triumph of Love – Court Theatre)
 * Michael Bodeen / Miriam Sturm (The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci – Goodman Theatre)
 * Olu Dara (I Am a Man – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rob Milburn / Miriam Sturm (Richard II – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Smith (Michael, Margaret, Pat and Kate – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Loy Arcenas (The Night of the Iguana – Goodman Theatre)
 * Linda Buchanan (Dancing at Lughnasa – Goodman Theatre)
 * Russell Metheny (Richard II – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Philippi (Underground – National Jewish Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * John Culbert (The Triumph of Love – Court Theatre)
 * TJ Gerckens (The Tale of Cymbeline – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * James F Ingalls (Richard II – Goodman Theatre)
 * James F Ingalls (The Night of the Iguana – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rita Pietraszek (Dancing at Lughnasa – Goodman Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Virgil Johnson (A Little Night Music – Goodman Theatre)
 * Virgil Johnson (The Importance of Being Earnest – Court Theatre)
 * Karin Kopischke (The Tale of Cymbeline – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (42nd Street – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nan Zabriskie (The Taming of the Shrew – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * ??? (Dogtown – Eclipse Theatre)
 * Michael Bodeen (The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Bodeen (The Ties That Bind – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Bodeen / Rob Milburn (I Am a Man – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joe Cerqua (An Uncertain Hour – Bailiwick Repertory Theatre)
 * Robert Neuhaus (Messiah – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Richard Woodbury (The Night of the Iguana – Goodman Theatre)

Special Award
 * Larry Sloan for his humanitarian efforts on behalf of the Chicago National Jewish theatre community through his work with Season of Concern

Special Award
 * Tony DeSantis for his pioneering efforts in the establishment of the Drury Lane Theatres and his lifelong contribution to professional National Jewish Theatre

Best Tour Production
 * Crazy for You'' – Horchow and Williams

Best Leading Actor in a Tour
 * James Brennan (Crazy for You – Horchow and Williams)

Best Leading Actress in a Tour
 * Lynn Redgrave (Shakespeare for My Father – John Clark)
 * Karen Ziemba (Crazy for You – Horchow and Williams)

Best Supporting Actress in a Tour
 * Brenda Braxton (Baby That's Rock 'n' Roll – Frankel, Viertel, Baruch and Jujamcyn Theatres / Viertel and Steiner-Mayerson Group)

Best Supporting Actor in a Tour
 * Kevin Ligon (Guys and Dolls – ATP/Dodger, Berlind, Kardana Productions / Mallow and Brode / Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts)

1995
Best Play
 * A Clockwork Orange'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Angels in America'' – The Angels
 * Journey to the West'' – Goodman Theatre
 * The Misanthrope'' – Court Theatre
 * Troilus and Cressida'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Best Musical
 * Another Midsummer Night'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Hello, Dolly'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Pope Joan'' – Bailiwick Repertory Theatre
 * Singin’ in the Rain'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * The Music Man'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Revue
 * A Grand Night for Singing'' – Drury Lane National Jewish Theatre Evergreen Park
 * Forever Plaid'' – Jujamcyn Theatres
 * The Coloured Museum'' – Victory Gardens Theatre
 * The World Goes 'Round'' – Apple Tree Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Barbara Gaines (Troilus and Cressida – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Michael Mayer (Angels in America – The Angels)
 * Charles Newell (The Misanthrope – Court Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (Travesties – Court Theatre)
 * Brian Russell (All in the Timing – Northlight National Jewish Theatre / City Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (Journey to the West – Goodman Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Eileen Boevers (Anna Karenina – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Mark S Hoebee (Dreamgirls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Michael Maggio (Another Midsummer Night – Goodman Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)
 * David Zak (Pope Joan – Bailiwick Repertory Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Peter Amster (The World Goes 'Round – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Susan V Booth (Quilters – Northlight Theatre)
 * Andre De Shields (The Coloured Museum – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (A Grand Night for Singing – Drury Lane National Jewish Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Stuart Ross (Forever Plaid – Jujamcyn Theatres)

Best Ensemble
 * All in the Timing'' – Northlight National Jewish Theatre / City Theatre
 * Angels in America'' – The Angels
 * Forever Plaid'' – Jujamcyn Theatres
 * Nomathemba'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Quilters'' – Northlight Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Kevin Gudahl (The Misanthrope – Court Theatre)
 * Jonathan Hadary (Angels in America – The Angels)
 * Jeffrey Hughes (Greetings – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * David New (Sleuth – Court Theatre)
 * Ron Orbach (Laughter on the 23rd Floor – Fox Theatricals)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Mark Brink (The Will Rogers Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Andrew J Lupp (Singin’ in the Rain – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Spiro Malas (The Most Happy Fella – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Roger Mueller (Camelot – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Larry Yando (La Cage aux Folles – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Kate Buddeke (Keely and Du – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Nan Martin (Three Tall Women – Fox Theatricals / Frankel)
 * Dawn Maxey (Rocket to the Moon – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (Lost in Yonkers – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (Keely and Du – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Shannon Cochran (Heartbeats – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mary Ernster (The Most Happy Fella – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Felicia Fields (Dreamgirls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Susan Moniz (Anna Karenina – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Brad Armacost (Faith Healer – Turnaround Theatre)
 * Adrian L Byrd (The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Coloured Minstrel Show – Chicago Theatre)
 * Douglas Hara (Journey to the West – Goodman Theatre)
 * Bernie Landis (Greetings – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Jim Mohr (Rocket to the Moon – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Seven Guitars – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Sean Blake (La Cage aux Folles – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jim Corti (Another Midsummer Night – Goodman Theatre)
 * Tracy Hultgren (Anna Karenina – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Ron Keaton (Guys and Dolls – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marshall Titus (Dreamgirls – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Adrianne Cury (Two by Shaw – Writers Theatre)
 * Linda Kimbrough (Pterodactyls – Remains Theatre)
 * Mariann Mayberry (Time of My Life – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Lia Mortensen (Faith Healer – Turnaround Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (Angels in America – The Angels)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Lori Hammel (Singin’ in the Rain – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * LaTonya Holmes (Dreamgirls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (Another Midsummer Night – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jennifer Rosin (Anna Karenina – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Scott Allman (Old Wine in New Bottles – Second City)
 * John Steven Crowley (Doo Wop Shoo Bob – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Kurt Johns (A Grand Night for Singing – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Rick Worthy (The Coloured Museum – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Velma Austin (The Coloured Museum – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Sylvia Carter (The Coloured Museum – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (The World Goes 'Round – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Nancy Voigts (Falling in Love with Love – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Williams (The Coloured Museum – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Gloria Bond Clunie (North Star – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (As I Lay Dying – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (Gertrude Stein: Each One as She May – Goodman Theatre)
 * Christopher Moore (Pope Joan – Bailiwick Repertory Theatre)
 * Jackie Taylor / Jimmy Tillman (Doo Wop Shoo Bob – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (Journey to the West – Goodman Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * ??? (Nomathemba – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Karen Azenberg (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jim Corti (Singin’ in the Rain – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Danny Herman (The Will Rogers Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Kenny Ingram (Dreamgirls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Harrison McEldowney (The Music Man – Marriott Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Kevin Cole (Forever Plaid – Jujamcyn Theatres)
 * Gene De Luca (Pope Joan – Bailiwick Repertory Theatre)
 * Jeff Lewis (Quilters – Northlight Theatre)
 * Daniel Stetzel (The World Goes 'Round – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Jimmy Tillman (Doo Wop Shoo Bob – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * ??? (Journey to the West – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joe Cerqua (The Shanghai Gesture – Bailiwick Repertory Theatre)
 * Reginald Robinson / Miriam Sturm (Gertrude Stein: Each One as She May – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joseph Shabalala (Nomathemba – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Michael Ward (Angels in America – The Angels)

Best Scenic Design
 * Scott Bradley (Journey to the West – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Brill (A Clockwork Orange – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Santo Loquasto (Three Sisters – Goodman Theatre)
 * Stephen Packard (You Can’t Take It with You – Candlelight Forum Theatre)
 * Michael Philippi (As You Like It – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * John Culbert (The Misanthrope – Court Theatre)
 * James F Ingalls (As I Lay Dying – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * James F Ingalls (Three Sisters – Goodman Theatre)
 * Brian MacDevitt (Angels in America – The Angels)
 * Kevin Rigdon (A Clockwork Orange – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Joseph P Tilford (As You Like It – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Nan Cibula-Jenkins (The Misanthrope – Court Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Dreamgirls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Hello, Dolly – Marriott Theatre)
 * Burt Pitcher (The Will Rogers Follies – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Allison Reeds (Journey to the West – Goodman Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Michael Bodeen (Journey to the West – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Bodeen (Troilus and Cressida – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Michael Bodeen / Rob Milburn (A Clockwork Orange – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Rob Milburn (Angels in America – The Angels)
 * Rob Milburn (As I Lay Dying – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Special Award
 * Diane Rudall, WTTW and the Special Collections Department of the Chicago Public Library, for their outstanding contributions to Theatre Year Chicago, culminating in the production and broadcast of Chicago on Stage, a retrospective on Chicago theatre

Special Award
 * Nicholas Rudall, former Artistic Director of Court Theatre, whose vision, commitment and energy transformed Court Theatre into a vital professional with its own new theatre building

Best Tour Production
 * Kiss of the Spider Woman'' – Livent Inc
 * Les Miserables'' – Cameron Mackintosh Inc
 * Tommy'' – Jujamcyn Theatres / Pace Theatrical Group / Dodger Productions

Best Leading Actor in a Tour
 * Theodore Bikel (Fiddler on the Roof – Young, Litrenta and Young)
 * Juan Chioran (Kiss of the Spider Woman – Livent Inc)
 * Frederick C Inkley (Les Miserables – Cameron Mackintosh Inc)
 * Maurice Hines (Jelly’s Last Jam – Columbia Artists Management Inc / Pace Theatrical Group / Troika Organisation)

Best Leading Actress in a Tour
 * Petula Clark (Blood Brothers – Bill Kenwright)
 * Linda Thorson (The Sisters Rosensweig – Lincoln Centre Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Tour
 * Nora Cole (Jelly’s Last Jam – Columbia Artists Management Inc / Pace Theatrical Group / Troika Organisation)
 * Nancy Dussault (The Sisters Rosensweig – Lincoln Centre Theatre)
 * Yvette Lawrence (Blood Brothers – Bill Kenwright)
 * Jessica-Snow Wilson (Les Miserables – Cameron Mackintosh Inc)

Best Supporting Actor in a Tour
 * Michael Arnold (Tommy – Jujamcyn Theatres / Pace Theatrical Group / Dodger Productions)
 * Savion Glover (Jelly’s Last Jam – Columbia Artists Management Inc / Pace Theatrical Group / Troika Organisation)
 * Richard Kinsey (Les Miserables – Cameron Mackintosh Inc)
 * Patrick O'Connor (The Sisters Rosensweig – Lincoln Centre Theatre)

1996
Best Play
 * Arcadia'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Buried Child'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Having Our Say'' – Cosby and James / Fox Theatricals
 * The Libertine'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Twelfth Night'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Best Musical
 * The Secret Garden'' – Apple Tree Theatre
 * The House of Martin Guerre'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Brigadoon'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * Crazy for You'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
 * My One and Only'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

Best Revue
 * And the World Goes 'Round'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Citizen Gates'' – Second City
 * Forbidden Hollywood'' – Fox Theatricals / Freedson, Yellin and Platt
 * Great Women in Gospel'' – Black Ensemble Theatre
 * Sophisticated Ladies'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park

Best Director of a Play
 * Kate Buckley (Macbeth – Next Theatre)
 * Michael Maggio (Arcadia – Goodman Theatre)
 * Emily Mann (Having Our Say – Cosby and James / Fox Theatricals)
 * Charles Newell (Celimene and the Cardinal – Court Theatre)
 * Gary Sinise (Buried Child – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Philip Edward Van Lear (Home – Chicago Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Eileen Boevers (The Secret Garden – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (42nd Street – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * David Perkovich (Brigadoon – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * David Petrarca (The House of Martin Guerre – Goodman Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (My One and Only – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Marc Robin (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * David Bell (And the World Goes 'Round – Marriott Theatre)
 * John Freedson (Forbidden Hollywood – Fox Theatricals / Freedson, Yellin and Platt)
 * Mick Napier (Citizen Gates – Second City)
 * Marc Robin (Sophisticated Ladies – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Jackie Taylor (Great Women in Gospel – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * Black Star Line'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Citizen Gates'' – Second City
 * Detachments'' – Centre Theatre
 * Farewell My CompuServe'' – Second City
 * Great Women in Gospel'' – Black Ensemble Theatre
 * Sophisticated Ladies'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park
 * The Arabian Nights'' – Lookingglass Theatre / Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Wrens'' – Rivendell Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * James Gammon (Buried Child – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Kevin Gudahl (Celimene and the Cardinal – Court Theatre)
 * Ross Lehman (The Dresser – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * John Malkovich (The Libertine – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Patrick McNulty (The Homage That Follows – American Theatre Company)
 * Jon Mozes (Never the Sinner – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * John Vickery (I Hate Hamlet – Jujamcyn Theatres)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * James Anthony (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas – Marriott Theatre)
 * Anthony Crivello (The House of Martin Guerre – Goodman Theatre)
 * Tedd Greenwood (Crazy for You – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Andrew J Lupp (My One and Only – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * David Studwell (The Secret Garden – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Jenny Bacon (Molly Sweeney – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Denise Casano (Unmerciful Good Fortune – Northlight Theatre / Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Rebecca Cole (Lunching – Apollo Theatre Chicago)
 * Albena Dodeva (Beast on the Moon – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Lizan Mitchell (Having Our Say – Cosby and James / Fox Theatricals)
 * Barbara Robertson (Detachments – Centre Theatre)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (Long Day’s Journey into Night – Touchstone Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Kelli Cramer (Annie Get Your Gun – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Sara Davis (The Secret Garden – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Cory Goodrich (Brigadoon – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Heather Johnson (The Secret Garden – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Anne Kanengeiser (Eleanor – Marriott Theatre)
 * Eartha Kitt (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill – Broadway Productions / Athenaeum Theatre)
 * Tammy Mader (42nd Street –Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * William Brown (The Play's the Thing – Court Theatre)
 * Ron Dean (Supple in Combat – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Ted Levine (Buried Child – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Greg Vinkler (Othello – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Greg Vinkler (Twelfth Night – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Guy Adkins (The Secret Garden – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Kevin Gudahl (The House of Martin Guerre – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joel Hatch (Eleanor – Marriott Theatre)
 * Joel Hatch (The Sound of Music – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Roger Mueller (42nd Street – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Debbie Bisno (WAS – Roadworks Productions)
 * Lisa Dodson (Othello – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Linda Kimbrough (The Sisters Rosensweig – National Jewish Theatre)
 * Tara Mallen (Wrens – Rivendell Theatre)
 * Pamela Payton-Wright (A Touch of the Poet – Goodman Theatre)
 * Martha Plimpton (The Libertine – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Jessica Boevers (Gypsy – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Sara Davis (The Secret Garden – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Cory Goodrich (Brigadoon – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Hollis Resnik (The House of Martin Guerre – Goodman Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Scott Adsit (Citizen Gates – Second City)
 * Rick Boynton (And the World Goes 'Round – Marriott Theatre)
 * Neil Flynn (Farewell My CompuServe – Second City)
 * Marc Grapey (Hitting for the Cycle – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Larry Neumann Jr (Hitting for the Cycle – Famous Door Theatre)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Felicia Fields (Sophisticated Ladies – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Lori Hammel (Forbidden Hollywood – Fox Theatricals / Freedson, Yellin and Platt)
 * Jenna Jolovitz (Citizen Gates – Second City)
 * Alene Robertson (And the World Goes 'Round – Marriott Theatre)

Best Cameo Actor in a Musical
 * Kenny Ingram (My One and Only – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)

Best Cameo Actress in a Musical
 * Linda Stephens (Supple in Combat – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Rick Cleveland (Tom and Jerry – American Theatre Company)
 * Colleen Dodson (Detachments – Centre Theatre)
 * Anne McGravie (Wrens – Rivendell Theatre)
 * Edwin Sanchez (Unmerciful Good Fortune – Northlight Theatre / Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Charles Smith (Black Star Line – Goodman Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * Christina Calvit (The Talisman Ring – Lifeline Theatre)
 * Paul Edwards (WAS – Roadworks Productions)

Best Choreography
 * Marc Robin (42nd Street – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Crazy for You – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Marc Robin (My One and Only – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Marc Robin (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Sophisticated Ladies – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Music Direction
 * Terry James (And the World Goes 'Round – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jeffrey Klitz (The House of Martin Guerre – Goodman Theatre)
 * Tom Sivak (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Jimmy Tillman (Great Women in Gospel – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Donn Trenner (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill – Broadway Productions / Athenaeum Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Alaric Jans (Twelfth Night – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jinx Titanic (Cloud Tectonics – Goodman Theatre / Teatro Vista)
 * Lloyd Brodnax King (Othello – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Robert Brill (Buried Child – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Linda Buchanan (I Hate Hamlet – Jujamcyn Theatres)
 * Linda Buchanan (On the Verge – Court Theatre)
 * Todd Rosenthal (The Barber of Seville – Court Theatre)
 * Katherine Ross (Long Day’s Journey into Night – Touchstone Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Kenneth Posner (Richard III – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * James F Ingalls (The House of Martin Guerre – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kenneth Posner (A Touch of the Poet – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (Buried Child – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (The Libertine – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Susan Hifferty (The House of Martin Guerre – Goodman Theatre)
 * Virgil C Johnson (The Libertine – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jack Kirkby (Crazy for You – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Karin Kopischke (Richard III – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Kay Kurta Silva (Black Star Line – Goodman Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Barry G Funderburg (Macbeth – Next Theatre)
 * Rob Milburn (Buried Child – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Robert Neuhaus (Cloud Tectonics – Goodman Theatre / Teatro Vista)
 * Robert Neuhaus (Hamlet – Oak Park Festival Theatre)
 * Robert Neuhaus (On the Verge – Court Theatre)

Special Award
 * Tad Currie, retired Regional Director of Actors’ Equity Association, for his vision, devotion and commitment to the Chicago theatre community and for establishing Season of Concern

Special Award
 * Richard Christiansen, Chief Critic of the Chicago Tribune, for his lifetime commitment to Chicagoland’s theatre community and for his unique contribution to fostering the reputation of theatre in Chicago

Best Tour Production
 * An Inspector Calls'' – Pearson / Shubert Organisation / Capital Cities/ABC / Harris
 * How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying'' – Dodger Productions / Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts
 * Show Boat'' – Livent Inc

Best Leading Actor in a Tour
 * Scott Carollo (West Side Story – Brown, Krauss and Siders / Concert Productions International / Nicciolino / Pace Theatrical Group / Litrenta / TV Asahi International Corporation)
 * Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll and Hyde – Pace Theatrical Group / Fox Theatricals)
 * Mark Jacoby (Show Boat – Livent Inc)
 * John McMartin (Show Boat – Livent Inc)

Best Leading Actress in a Tour
 * Linda Eder (Jekyll and Hyde – Pace Theatrical Group / Fox Theatricals)
 * Shauna Hicks (How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying – Dodger Productions / Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts)
 * Gay Willis (Show Boat – Livent Inc)

Best Supporting Actress in a Tour
 * Nastacia A Diaz (West Side Story – Brown, Krauss and Siders / Concert Productions International / Nicciolino / Pace Theatrical Group / Litrenta / TV Asahi International Corporation)
 * Jane Fleiss (An Inspector Calls – Pearson / Shubert Organisation / Capital Cities/ABC / Harris)
 * Susan Kellermann (An Inspector Calls – Pearson / Shubert Organisation / Capital Cities/ABC / Harris)
 * Christiane Noll (Jekyll and Hyde – Pace Theatrical Group / Fox Theatricals)

Best Supporting Actor in a Tour
 * Roger Bart (How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying – Dodger Productions / Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts)
 * Michel Bell (Show Boat – Livent Inc)
 * Harry Carnahan (An Inspector Calls – Pearson / Shubert Organisation / Capital Cities/ABC / Harris)
 * David Andrew MacDonald (An Inspector Calls – Pearson / Shubert Organisation / Capital Cities/ABC / Harris)
 * Scott Wise (State Fair – Theatre Guild / Langner and Franz / Everett, Schwartz, Garfield, Herzog, Kumin and Smith / Lipton Productions Inc / North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation)

1997
Best Play
 * A Streetcar Named Desire'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * All the Rage'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Blade to the Heat'' – Apple Tree Theatre
 * Hamlet'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Mirror of the Invisible World'' – Goodman Theatre
 * The Living'' – Famous Door Theatre
 * The Merry Wives of Windsor'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Best Musical
 * A Chorus Line'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Assassins'' – Apple Tree Theatre
 * Hot Mikado'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park
 * Kismet'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Phantom'' – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

Best Revue
 * Always Patsy Cline'' – Northlight Theatre / Johnson
 * Paradigm Lost'' – Second City
 * Vices'' – Vices Production Company LLC / Tepper

Best Director of a Play
 * Michael Bogdanov (Timon of Athens – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Barbara Gaines (Hamlet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Calvin MacLean (The Living – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Michael Maggio (All the Rage – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (Mirror of the Invisible World – Goodman Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Gary Griffin (Assassins – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (The Will Rogers Follies – Marriott Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (Kismet – Marriott Theatre)
 * William Pullinsi (A Wonderful Life – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Marc Robin (Hot Mikado – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Marc Robin (Phantom – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Michael Heitzman (Vices – Vices Production Company LLC / Tepper)
 * Mick Napier (Paradigm Lost – Second City)
 * Brian Russell (Always Patsy Cline – Northlight Theatre / Johnson)

Best Ensemble
 * Do Lord Remember Me'' – Chicago Theatre
 * Mirror of the Invisible World'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Paradigm Lost'' – Second City
 * Time to Burn'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Travels with My Aunt'' – Court Theatre
 * Vices'' – Vices Production Company LLC / Tepper

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Brad Armacost (Aristocrats – Organic Touchstone)
 * Tim Decker (Toys in the Attic – McCourt / American Blues Theatre)
 * Harry J Lennix (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mike Nussbaum (Racing Demon – Organic Touchstone)
 * Chris O'Neill (Frankly Brendan – Turnaround Theatre / Haims)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Larry Adams (Phantom – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Jason Edwards (The Will Rogers Follies – Marriott Theatre)
 * Robert Gallagher (A Wonderful Life – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Kurt Johns (Assassins – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Tom Mula (Hot Mikado – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Donna Blue Lachman (Family Secrets – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Tara Mallen (My Simple City – Rivendell Theatre / Powertap Productions)
 * Lia Mortensen (Night and Day – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Laila Robins (A Streetcar Named Desire – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Ann Whitney (Driving Ms Daisy – Northlight Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Kate Fry (A Wonderful Life – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Pamela Harden (Phantom – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Karen Leigh (Phantom – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * Alene Robertson (Kismet – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Guy Adkins (Away – Northlight Theatre)
 * Rick Boynton (A Flea in Her Ear – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Tim Edward Rhoze (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Goodman Theatre)
 * Stef Tovar (Blade to the Heat – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Greg Vinkler (Hamlet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Kevin Earley (Assassins – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * James Fitzgerald (Assassins – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * James Fitzgerald (Kismet – Marriott Theatre)
 * David Girolmo (Phantom – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Bob Romeo (Oklahoma – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Lisa Dodson (Tartuffe – Court Theatre)
 * Bobo Lewis (Light up the Sky – Goodman Theatre)
 * Natasha Lowe (1001 Afternoons in Chicago – Live Bait Theatre)
 * Greta Oglesby (Do Lord Remember Me – Chicago Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (Tartuffe – Court Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Marilynn Bogetich (Phantom – Candlelight Dinner Playhouse)
 * E Faye Butler (Hot Mikado – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Debbie Laumond Blanc (Oklahoma – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Anna Gunn (Assassins – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Sara Rene Martin (Assassins – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Susan Moniz (Kismet – Marriott Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Scott Adsit (Paradigm Lost – Second City)
 * Everett Bradley (Vices – Vices Production Company LLC / Tepper)
 * Jim Zulevic (Paradigm Lost – Second City)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Rachel Dratch (Paradigm Lost – Second City)
 * Megon McDonough (Always Patsy Cline – Northlight Theatre / Johnson)
 * Sarah Underwood (Always Patsy Cline – Northlight Theatre / Johnson)
 * Keely Vasquez (Vices – Vices Production Company LLC / Tepper)

Best Cameo Actor in a Play
 * Thomas Carroll (Light up the Sky – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Quaintance (Night and Day – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Chad Allan Suitts (Picasso at the Lapin Agile – Fox Theatricals)

Best Cameo Actress in a Play
 * Beatrice Winde (The Young Man from Atlanta – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jenna Ford Jackson (Racing Demon – Organic Touchstone)

Best New Work
 * ??? (Paradigm Lost – Second City)
 * ??? (Vices – Vices Production Company LLC / Tepper)
 * Stuart Flack (Sidney Bechet Killed a Man – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Keith Reddin (All the Rage – Goodman Theatre)
 * Richard Strand (My Simple City – Rivendell Theatre / Powertap Productions)

Best New Adaptation
 * Paul Peditto (1001 Afternoons in Chicago – Live Bait Theatre)
 * Gavin Witt (Pericles – Greasy Joan and Company)
 * Mary Zimmerman (Mirror of the Invisible World – Goodman Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Everett Bradley (Vices – Vices Production Company LLC / Tepper)
 * Marc Robin (Hot Mikado – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Marc Robin (The Will Rogers Follies – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Teinowitz (Oklahoma – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Susan Draus (Vices – Vices Production Company LLC / Tepper)
 * Terry James (Kismet – Marriott Theatre)
 * Andy Jones (Blade to the Heat – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Thomas Murray (Assassins – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Delano O'Banion (Do Lord Remember Me – Chicago Theatre)
 * Jackie Tilman (The Otis Redding Story – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Jimmy Tillman (The Otis Redding Story – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Michael Bodeen (Mirror of the Invisible World – Goodman Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (Hamlet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (The Merry Wives of Windsor – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (Timon of Athens – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Andy Jones (Blade to the Heat – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Linda Buchanan (All the Rage – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ralph Koltai (Timon of Athens – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * James Schuette (Time to Burn – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * John Stark (The Living – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Hank Walthal (Toys in the Attic – McCourt / American Blues Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Pat Collins (All the Rage – Goodman Theatre)
 * John Culbert (Mirror of the Invisible World – Goodman Theatre)
 * Donald Holder (The Merry Wives of Windsor – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Anne Militello (Hamlet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Anne Militello (Timon of Athens – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (A Streetcar Named Desire – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Scott Zielinski (Time to Burn – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Mara Blumenfeld (Mirror of the Invisible World – Goodman Theatre)
 * Nan Cibula-Jenkins (The Merry Wives of Windsor – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Michael Krass (Hamlet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Kismet – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kaye Voyce (Tartuffe – Court Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Michael Bodeen (Mirror of the Invisible World – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Bodeen / Rob Milburn (All the Rage – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joe Cerqua (Transformations – Goodman Theatre)
 * Matt Kozlowski / John Ridenour (Hamlet – Rivendell Theatre / Powertap Productions)
 * Rob Milburn (A Streetcar Named Desire – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Robert Neuhaus (Timon of Athens – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Tour Production
 * Barrymore'' – Livent Inc
 * Chicago'' – Weissler / Kardana/Hart Sharp Entertainment
 * Mrs Klein'' – Jujamcyn Theatres
 * Sunset Boulevard'' – The Really Useful

Best Leading Actor in a Tour
 * Ron Bohmer (Sunset Boulevard – The Really Useful)
 * Christopher Plummer (Barrymore – Livent Inc)

Best Leading Actress in a Tour
 * Linda Balgord (Sunset Boulevard – The Really Useful)
 * Charlotte d'Ambroise (Chicago – Weissler / Kardana/Hart Sharp Entertainment)
 * Jasmine Guy (Chicago – Weissler / Kardana/Hart Sharp Entertainment)
 * Uta Hagen (Mrs Klein – Jujamcyn Theatres)

Best Supporting Actress in a Tour
 * Laila Robins (Mrs Klein – Jujamcyn Theatres)
 * Amy Wright (Mrs Klein – Jujamcyn Theatres)

Best Supporting Actor in a Tour
 * Ed Dixon (Sunset Boulevard – The Really Useful)
 * Ron Orbach (Chicago – Weissler / Kardana/Hart Sharp Entertainment)

1998
Best Play
 * An Ideal Husband'' – Court Theatre
 * Angels in America'' – The Journeymen
 * Dealer's Choice'' – Roadworks Productions
 * Let Me Live'' – Goodman Theatre / Onyx Theatre
 * The Arabian Nights'' – Lookingglass Theatre / Steppenwolf Theatre
 * The Glass Menagerie'' – Writers Theatre
 * The Woman in Black'' – Blood Curdling Productions

Best Musical
 * A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Guys and Dolls'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Gypsy'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Kiss of the Spider Woman'' – Apple Tree Theatre
 * Play On'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Revue
 * Ain’t Misbehavin’'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park
 * Promise Keepers, Losers Weepers'' – Second City
 * Putting It Together'' – Court Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * David Cromer (Angels in America – The Journeymen)
 * Abigail Deser (Dealer's Choice – Roadworks Productions)
 * Robin Stanton (The Angels of Lemnos – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Mary Zimmerman (The Arabian Nights – Lookingglass Theatre / Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci – Goodman Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Sheldon Epps (Play On – Goodman Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (Kiss of the Spider Woman – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (Me and My Girl – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (Guys and Dolls – Marriott Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Gary Griffin (Putting It Together – Court Theatre)
 * Jeff Richmond (Promise Keepers, Losers Weepers – Second City)
 * Marc Robin (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Ensemble
 * Angels in America'' – The Journeymen
 * Dealer's Choice'' – Roadworks Productions
 * Let Me Live'' – Goodman Theatre / Onyx Theatre
 * Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery'' – Chicago Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Timothy James Gregory (The Woman in Black – Blood Curdling Productions)
 * Kevin Gudahl (The School for Wives – Court Theatre)
 * Michael Halberstam (Pinter Acts – Writers Theatre)
 * Tom Irwin (Space – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Chaney Kley Minnis (The Angels of Lemnos – Chicago Dramatists)
 * John Mohrlein (A Stone Carver – American Theatre Company)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Bradley Mott (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * John Mueller (Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story – Los Angeles Buddy Productions Inc / Jam Productions)
 * Brian Stepanek (Me and My Girl – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Paul Oakley Stovall (Play On – Goodman Theatre)
 * Tom Zemon (Elmer Gantry – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Kate Buddeke (David's Mother – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Shannon Cochran (Private Lives – Writers Theatre)
 * Mary Cross (A Mislaid Heaven – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Jennifer Friedman (The Glass Menagerie – Writers Theatre)
 * Kirsten Sahs (Beautiful Thing – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Williams (Blues for an Alabama Sky – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Alene Robertson (Gypsy – Marriott Theatre)
 * Angela Iannone (Guys and Dolls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Cindy Marchionda (Kiss of the Spider Woman – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Kerry O'Malley (Elmer Gantry – Marriott Theatre)
 * Tonya Pinkins (Play On – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kathy Taylor (Follies – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Lance Baker (Dealer's Choice – Roadworks Productions)
 * Larry Neumann Jr (Angels of Lemnos – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Roderick Peeples (Dealer's Choice – Roadworks Productions)
 * Taylor Price (The Iphegenia Cycle – Court Theatre)
 * Robert Scogin (Niedecker – Writers Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Scott Ament (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * David Bonanno (South Pacific – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Andre De Shields (Play On – Goodman Theatre)
 * Don Forston (Guys and Dolls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Joel Hatch (Gypsy – Marriott Theatre)
 * Tom Higgins (The Christmas Schooner – Bailiwick Repertory Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Annabel Armour (Angels in America – The Journeymen)
 * Shannon Cochran (The Man Who Came to Dinner – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Kimberly Hebert Gregory (Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery – Chicago Theatre)
 * Linda Reiter (Flyovers – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (An Ideal Husband – Court Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Kelly Clark (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Julie Ann Emery (Gypsy – Marriott Theatre)
 * Felicia Fields (Elmer Gantry – Marriott Theatre)
 * Felicia Fields (South Pacific – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Mary Robin Roth (Follies – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * John Steven Crowley (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Kevin Gudahl (Putting It Together – Court Theatre)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Rachel Dratch (Promise Keepers, Losers Weepers – Second City)
 * Felicia Fields (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Queen Roy (Wang Dang Doodle – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (Putting It Together – Court Theatre)
 * Kathy Voytko (Putting It Together – Court Theatre)

Best Cameo Actress in a Musical
 * Annabel Armour (After-Play – Organic Touchstone)
 * Kate Buddeke (Gypsy – Marriott Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (An Ideal Husband – Court Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Carson Grace Becker (A Mislaid Heaven – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Joel Drake Johnson (Before My Eyes – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * McKinley Johnson / Stephanie Newsom (Being Beautiful – Chicago Theatre)
 * Tina Landau (Space – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jeffrey Sweet (Flyovers – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * Christina Calvit (Cotillion – Lifeline Theatre)
 * David Catlin (The Idiot – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Meryl Friedman (Love Medicine – Lifeline Theatre)
 * Steve Pickering / Charley Sherman (Burning Chrome – Next Theatre)
 * Nicholas Rudall (The Iphegenia Cycle – Court Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Mercedes Ellington (Play On – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kenny Ingram (Guys and Dolls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marla Lampert (Kiss of the Spider Woman – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Marla Lampert (Me and My Girl – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Music Direction
 * Rufus E Hill (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Tom Murray (Putting It Together – Court Theatre)
 * J Leonard Oxley (Play On – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joe Payne (Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story – Los Angeles Buddy Productions Inc / Jam Productions)
 * Jimmy Tillman (Wang Dang Doodle – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Michael Bodeen / Miriam Sturm (As You Like It – Goodman Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (Henry V – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * John Kamys (El Paso Blue – Next Theatre / Teatro Vista)
 * Henry Marsh (The Comedy of Errors – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Bruce Odland (The Iphegenia Cycle – Court Theatre)
 * Malachi Thompson (The Sutherland – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Dex Edwards (The Comedy of Errors – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Felix E Cochren (Blues for an Alabama Sky – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jeff Bauer (Putting It Together – Court Theatre)
 * Michael Yeargan (The Man Who Came to Dinner – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Scott Cooper (Bus Stop – American Theatre Company)

Best Lighting Design
 * Michael Gilliam (Play On – Goodman Theatre)
 * Charles Jolls (Cardenio – Next Theatre)
 * Agnieszka Kunska (Burning Chrome – Next Theatre)
 * Stephen R White (The Woman in Black – Blood Curdling Productions)
 * Scott Zielinski (Space – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Nan Cibula-Jenkins (The Merchant of Venice – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Marianna Elliott (Play On – Goodman Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Guys and Dolls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Birgit Rattenborg Wise (Blues for an Alabama Sky – Goodman Theatre)
 * Linda Roethke (An Ideal Husband – Court Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Michael Bodeen / Rob Milburn (Space – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * NA Gibson / David Zerlin (Angels in America – The Journeymen)
 * Bruce Odland (The Iphegenia Cycle – Court Theatre)

Special Award (''Lifetime Achievement)
 * Nathan Davis for his decades of service and commitment to the theatre community, both as an actor and advocate for performers with Actors' Equity

Best Tour Production
 * Beauty and the Beast'' – Walt Disney Productions
 * Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk'' – Joseph Papp Public Theatre / New York Shakespeare Festival
 * Rent'' – Seller, McCollum and Gordon / New York Theatre Workshop
 * The Gin Game'' – Jujamcyn Theatres
 * The Wizard of Oz'' – Madison Square Garden

Best Leading Actor in a Tour
 * Charles Durning (The Gin Game – Jujamcyn Theatres)
 * Derick K Grant (Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk – Joseph Papp Public Theatre / New York Shakespeare Festival)
 * Fred Inkley (Beauty and the Beast – Walt Disney Productions)
 * Conrad John Schuck (Annie – Childs and Hess / Jujamcyn Theatres / Terri B Childs, Al Nocciolino)

Best Leading Actress in a Tour
 * Julie Harris (The Gin Game – Jujamcyn Theatres)
 * Kim Huber (Beauty and the Beast – Walt Disney Productions)
 * Jessica Grove (The Wizard of Oz – Madison Square Garden)
 * Simone (Rent – Seller, McCollum and Gordon / New York Theatre Workshop)

Best Supporting Actor in a Tour
 * Shaun Earl (Rent – Seller, McCollum and Gordon / New York Theatre Workshop)
 * Tony Lawson (Beauty and the Beast – Walt Disney Productions)
 * Dirk Lumbard (The Wizard of Oz – Madison Square Garden)
 * Ken Page (The Wizard of Oz – Madison Square Garden)
 * Patrick Page (Beauty and the Beast – Walt Disney Productions)

1999
Best Play
 * Death of a Salesman'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde'' – Court Theatre
 * Henry IV'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Metamorphoses'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * Morning Star'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * The Little Foxes'' – Court Theatre

Best Musical
 * Crazy for You'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Floyd Collins'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Houdini'' – Marriott Theatre
 * La Cage aux Folles'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park
 * The Mandrake: A Renaissance Musical'' – Greasy Joan and Company
 * The Wizard of Oz'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Revue
 * All Night Strut'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park
 * Jerry’s Girls'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park
 * The Revelation Will Not Be Televised'' – Second City

Best Director of a Play
 * Randall Arney (The Beauty Queen of Leenane – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Bob Falls (Death of a Salesman – Goodman Theatre)
 * Barbara Gaines (Henry IV – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (Morning Star – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde – Court Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (The Little Foxes – Court Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Ray Frewen (Crazy for You – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Ray Frewen / Gary Griffin (Shenandoah – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Tina Landau (Floyd Collins – Goodman Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (The Wizard of Oz – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (La Cage aux Folles – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Kevin Theis (The Mandrake: A Renaissance Musical – Greasy Joan and Company)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Jeff Richmond (The Revelation Will Not Be Televised – Second City)
 * Marc Robin (All Night Strut – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Marc Robin (Jerry’s Girls – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Ensemble
 * Are You Now or Have You Ever Been'' – Next Theatre
 * East Texas Hot Links'' – Onyx Theatre
 * Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde'' – Court Theatre
 * Jitney'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Metamorphoses'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * Morning Star'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Brian Dennehy (Death of a Salesman – Goodman Theatre)
 * Timothy Gregory (Much ado about Nothing – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Mark L Montgomery (In the Belly of the Beast – The Journeymen)
 * Tom Mula (Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre)
 * Greg Vinkler (Henry IV – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Roger Anderson (La Cage aux Folles – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Romain Fruge (Floyd Collins – Goodman Theatre)
 * James Harms (La Cage aux Folles – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Andrew J Lupp (Crazy for You – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Daniel J Travanti (Old Wicked Songs – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Bernie Yvon (Houdini – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Mary Beth Fisher (Spinning into Butter – Goodman Theatre)
 * Laurie Metcalf (The Beauty Queen of Leenane – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (The Little Foxes – Court Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (La Bete – Court Theatre)
 * Carmen Roman (Master Class – Northlight Theatre / Columbia Artists)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (Remembrance – Famous Door Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Kate Baldwin (Finian’s Rainbow – Marriott Theatre)
 * Lisa Datz (Violet – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Tammy Mader (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Susan Moniz (Peggy Sue Got Married – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kathy Voytko (Crazy for You – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Robert Breuler (Ivanov – European Repertory Theatre)
 * Christopher Fitzgerald (The Beauty Queen of Leenane – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Yasen Peyankov (Morning Star – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Rick Snyder (The Beauty Queen of Leenane – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Guy Adkins (Floyd Collins – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ian Brennan (Finian’s Rainbow – Marriott Theatre)
 * Paul Slade Smith (Peggy Sue Got Married – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jonathan Weir (Violet – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * James Zager (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Jenny Bacon (Morning Star – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Laura T Fisher (Remembrance – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Elizabeth Franz (Death of a Salesman – Goodman Theatre)
 * Linda Kimbrough (Mere Mortals – Organic Theatre)
 * Tammy L Meneghini (The Prophet of Bishop Hill – Chicago Dramatists)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Cory Goodrich (Shenandoah – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Kim Huber (Floyd Collins – Goodman Theatre)
 * Tammy Mader (West Side Story – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Peggy Roeder (The Wizard of Oz – Marriott Theatre)
 * Ann Whitney (Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up – Marriott Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * John Steven Crowley (Elvis Presley Was a Black Man – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Tony Duwon (Elvis Presley Was a Black Man – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Ali Farahnakian (The Revelation Will Not Be Televised – Second City)
 * Martin Garcia (The Revelation Will Not Be Televised – Second City)
 * Andre Garner (Songs for a New World – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Greg Walter (The Irish and How They Got That Way – Irish Theatre / JAM Theatre / Frankel, Viertel, Baruch and Routh)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * E Faye Butler (Jerry’s Girls – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Sue Maxman (The Revelation Will Not Be Televised – Second City)
 * Hollis Resnik (Songs for a New World – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Kathy Santen (Jerry’s Girls – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Valerie Tekosky (Elvis Presley Was a Black Man – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Claudia Allen (Winter – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Rebecca Gilman (Spinning into Butter – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jim Henry (The Angels of Lemnos – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Tom Mula (Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre)
 * John Musial (The Great Fire – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * David Rush (The Prophet of Bishop Hill – Chicago Dramatists)

Best New Adaptation
 * Peter Christensen / Yasen Peyankov (Ivanov – European Repertory Theatre)
 * Lawrence E DiStasi / Heidi Stillman (The Baron in the Trees – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Andrew Hansen / Christopher Tiffany (The Mandrake: A Renaissance Musical – Greasy Joan and Company)
 * Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi (The Baron in the Trees – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Crazy for You – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (La Cage aux Folles – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Marc Robin (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (West Side Story – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Music Direction
 * Amy J Abler (Crazy for You – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Amy J Abler (Shenandoah – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Terry James (All Night Strut – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Thomas Murray (Songs for a New World – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Kathy Van Zwoll (The Mandrake: A Renaissance Musical – Greasy Joan and Company)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * ??? (Metamorphoses – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Joe Cerqua (The Cripple of Inishmaan – Northlight Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (Henry IV – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Michael Kirkpatrick / Richard Woodbury (The Beauty Queen of Leenane – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Henry Marsh (Much ado about Nothing – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Larry Schanker (Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * John Culbert (The Little Foxes – Court Theatre)
 * John Dalton (The Great Fire – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Santo Loquasto (Morning Star – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Stephanie Nelson (The Cut – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Daniel Ostling (Metamorphoses – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Chris Binder (Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde – Court Theatre)
 * John Culbert (Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre)
 * Diane Ferry Williams (The Wizard of Oz – Marriott Theatre)
 * TJ Gerckens (Metamorphoses – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Scott Zielinski (Floyd Collins – Goodman Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Jeff Hendry (Jerry’s Girls – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Virgil Johnson (Henry IV – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (The Wizard of Oz – Marriott Theatre)
 * Caryn Weglarz (La Cage aux Folles – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Nan Zabriskie (Much ado about Nothing – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Joseph Fosco (The Cut – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Eric Huffman / Ray Nardelli (The Great Fire – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Chris J Johnson (Therese Raquin – Greasy Joan and Company)
 * Lindsay Jones (Old Wicked Songs – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Dan Moses Schreier (Floyd Collins – Goodman Theatre)

Special Award
 * Barbara Gaines, Artistic Director / Criss Henderson, Executive Director, for their combined vision and leadership, resulting in the establishment of the company’s landmark new home on Navy Pier'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Special Award
 * Joseph Drummond, stage manager, who, through his leadership and dedication to the artistic intentions of each production with which he has worked, has helped to make excellence in Chicago theatre possible; and his 25th anniversary'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Tour Production
 * Cabaret'' – Pace Theatrical Group / SFX Entertainment / Nederlander Organisation / Jujamcyn Productions / Roundabout Theatre Company
 * Ragtime'' – Livent Inc
 * Titanic'' – Dodger Endemoi Theatricals / Pechter / Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts
 * You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' – Columbia Artists / Fox Theatricals / Frankel, Whitelaw and Persson

Best Leading Actor in a Tour
 * Hinton Battle (Ragtime – Livent Inc)
 * Norbert Leo Butz (Cabaret – Pace Theatrical Group / SFX Entertainment / Nederlander Organisation / Jujamcyn Productions / Roundabout Theatre Company)
 * Raul Esparza (Evita – Kladitis / Magicworks Entertainment / Pace Theatrical Group)
 * Peter Kevoian (Ragtime – Livent Inc)

Best Leading Actress in a Tour
 * Donna Bullock (Ragtime – Livent Inc)
 * LaChanze (Ragtime – Livent Inc)
 * Natalie Toro (Evita – Kladitis / Magicworks Entertainment / Pace Theatrical Group)

Best Supporting Actress in a Tour
 * Barbara Andres (Cabaret – Pace Theatrical Group / SFX Entertainment / Nederlander Organisation / Jujamcyn Productions / Roundabout Theatre Company)
 * Kristin Chenoweth (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Columbia Artists / Fox Theatricals / Frankel, Whitelaw and Persson)
 * Mary Gutzi (Ragtime – Livent Inc)
 * Natasha Rennalls (Fame – Martini, Spiegel, Andrew, Spivak and Nocciolino)

Best Supporting Actor in a Tour
 * Roger Bart (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Columbia Artists / Fox Theatricals / Frankel, Whitelaw and Persson)
 * Marcus Chait (Titanic – Dodger Endemoi Theatricals / Pechter / Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts
 * John Frenzer (Ragtime – Livent Inc)
 * Dick Latessa (Cabaret – Pace Theatrical Group / SFX Entertainment / Nederlander Organisation / Jujamcyn Productions / Roundabout Theatre Company)
 * BD Wong (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Columbia Artists / Fox Theatricals / Frankel, Whitelaw and Persson)

2000
Best Play
 * A Midsummer Night’s Dream'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Boy Gets Girl'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Ghetto'' – Famous Door Theatre
 * Shakespeare's R and J'' – Apple Tree Theatre / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Learned Ladies'' – Court Theatre
 * The Odyssey'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Musical
 * 1776'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * A Chorus Line'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park
 * My One and Only'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Once on This Island'' – Apple Tree Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Kate Buckley (Among the Thugs – Next Theatre)
 * Abigail Deser (This Is Our Youth – Roadworks Productions)
 * Joe Calarco (Shakespeare's R and J – Apple Tree Theatre / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Calvin MacLean (Ghetto – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (The Odyssey – Goodman Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Peter Amster (Once on This Island – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Ray Frewen (My One and Only – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Ray Frewen / Gary Griffin (1776 – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Kenny Ingram (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (A Chorus Line – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Ensemble
 * A Chorus Line'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park
 * Among the Thugs'' – Next Theatre
 * Ghetto'' – Famous Door Theatre
 * Killer Joe'' – Cole and Morfee
 * One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Shakespeare's R and J'' – Apple Tree Theatre / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Lance Baker (This Is Our Youth – Roadworks Productions)
 * William Brown (Nixon's Nixon – Writers Theatre)
 * Tony Mockus (God's Man in Texas – Northlight Theatre)
 * Frank Nall (Ghetto – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Mike Nussbaum (Visiting Mr Green – Northlight Theatre)
 * Roderick Peeples (The Homecoming – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Gary Sinise (One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Larry Yando (Nixon's Nixon – Writers Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Guy Adkins (How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Andrew J Lupp (My One and Only – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Roger Mueller (1776 – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Cheryl Lynn Bruce (Voice of Good Hope – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Mary Beth Fisher (Boy Gets Girl – Goodman Theatre)
 * Irma P Hall (A Raisin in the Sun – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mariann Mayberry (Hysteria – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Carmen Roman (Medea – American Theatre Company)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Karla L Beard (Once on This Island – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Kristen Behrendt (Side Show – Northlight Theatre)
 * E Faye Butler (Dinah Was – Northlight Theatre)
 * Susie McMonagle (Side Show – Northlight Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Roy Dotrice (A Moon for the Misbegotten – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mark Douglas-Jones (A Dybbuk – Red Hen Productions)
 * Michael Grant (God's Man in Texas – Northlight Theatre)
 * Tim Grimm (Bluff – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Howard Witt (Boy Gets Girl – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Nikkieli DeMone (Side Show – Northlight Theatre)
 * Don Forston (The Pirates of Penzance – Marriott Theatre)
 * David Lively (1776 – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Lee Worthy (Stones – Bailiwick Repertory Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Karla L Beard (Voice of Good Hope – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Kirsten Fitzgerald (Mr Bundy – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Heidi Mokrycki (Closer – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Julia Neary (Ghetto – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Andrea Washburn (Ballad Hunter – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Ann Whitney (Ballad Hunter – Chicago Dramatists)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Kelly Anne Clark (Victor/Victoria – Marriott Theatre)
 * Carla J Hargrove (Dinah Was – Northlight Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Martin Garcia (History Repaints Itself – Second City)
 * Chester Gregory II (The Jackie Wilson Story – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * La Tonya Beacham (Mahalia – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Catherine Curtin (Love, Janis – Reading Entertainment / Off Broadway Investments / Schuster / Jam Theatricals / Metropolitan Group)
 * Stephanie Weir (Second City 4.0 – Second City)

Best New Work
 * Rebecca Gilman (Boy Gets Girl – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jenny Laird (Ballad Hunter – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Charles Smith (Knock Me a Kiss – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Jeffrey Sweet (Bluff – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Kristine Thatcher (Voice of Good Hope – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * Ann Boyd / Timothy Hendrickson / Julia Neary (The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon – Running with Scissors)
 * Tom Szentgyorgyi (Among the Thugs – Next Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (The Odyssey – Goodman Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Randy Duncan (Once on This Island – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Rudy Hogenmiller (A Chorus Line – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Kenny Ingram (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Marriott Theatre)
 * Tammy Mader (My One and Only – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (The Pirates of Penzance – Marriott Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Sam Andrew (Love, Janis – Reading Entertainment / Off Broadway Investments / Schuster / Jam Theatricals / Metropolitan Group)
 * William Knowles (Dinah Was – Northlight Theatre)
 * Tom Murray (Once on This Island – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Jimmy Tillman (The Jackie Wilson Story – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Michael Bodeen / Willie Schwarz (The Odyssey – Goodman Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (All’s Well That Ends Well – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jeff Lewis (Side Show – Northlight Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Scott Cooper (American Buffalo – American Theatre Company)
 * Geoffrey M Curley ([sic] – Roadworks Productions)
 * David Gropman (Hysteria – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Daniel Ostling (Valparaiso – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Michael Philippi (Boy Gets Girl – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Christopher Akerlind (Antony and Cleopatra – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * John Culbert (Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards – Court Theatre)
 * TJ Gerckens (The Odyssey – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jeffrey Lowney (Shakespeare's R and J – Apple Tree Theatre / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Kevin Rigdon (One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Mara Blumenfeld (The Learned Ladies – Court Theatre)
 * Mara Blumenfeld (The Odyssey – Goodman Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Marriott Theatre)
 * Gregory W Slawko (My One and Only – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Paul Tazewell (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Michael Bodeen / Rob Milburn (Valparaiso – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * JR Conklin (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Among the Thugs – Next Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Shakespeare's R and J – Apple Tree Theatre / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Roderick Peeples (Ghetto – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards – Court Theatre)

Special Award
 * Byrne Piven / Joyce Piven for their contributions as artists and teachers in creating a legacy of theatre in Chicago

Special Award
 * Kary M Walker, producer, visionary and advocate of musical theatre

Special Award
 * Michael Maggio, endowment of the Best Director of a Play award to the Michael Maggio Jeff Award for Outstanding Best Director of a Play

Best Tour Production
 * Aida'' – Walt Disney Productions / Schneider and Schumacher
 * Fosse'' – SFX Entertainment
 * Ms Saigon'' – Cameron Mackintosh Inc

Best Leading Actor in a Tour
 * Joseph Anthony Foronda (Ms Saigon – Cameron Mackintosh Inc)
 * Van Zeiler (Buddy – Ordway Centre for the Performing Arts)

Best Leading Actress in a Tour
 * Heather Headley (Aida – Walt Disney Productions / Schneider and Schumacher)
 * Reva Rice (Fosse – SFX Entertainment)

2001
Best Play
 * And Neither Have I Wings to Fly'' – Fox Theatricals / Noble
 * Hard Times'' – Lookingglass Theatre / Actors Gymnasium
 * King Lear'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Invention of Love'' – Court Theatre
 * The School for Scandal'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Best Musical
 * Big'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Evita'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Mame'' – Marriott Theatre
 * The Ballad of Little Jo'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * The King and I'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Kate Buckley (The Incident – Next Theatre)
 * David Cromer (And Neither Have I Wings to Fly – Fox Theatricals / Noble)
 * Abigail Deser (Serenading Louie – Roadworks Productions)
 * Michael Halberstam (The Gamester – Northlight Theatre)
 * Heidi Stillman (Hard Times – Lookingglass Theatre / Actors Gymnasium)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Gary Griffin (Big – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Rudy Hogenmiller (Evita – Marriott Theatre)
 * Tina Landau (The Ballad of Little Jo – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (Mame – Marriott Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Mark E Lococo (The Taffetas – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (And the World Goes 'Round – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Ensemble
 * A Going Concern'' – Famous Door Theatre
 * And Neither Have I Wings to Fly'' – Fox Theatricals / Noble
 * And the World Goes 'Round'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park
 * Master Harold and the Boys'' – The Journeymen
 * The Incident'' – Next Theatre
 * The Taffetas'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Brian Bedford (The School for Scandal – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Nathan Davis (2 1/2 Jews – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (The Drawer Boy – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Greg Vinkler (King Lear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Derek J Alexander (Big River – Marriott Theatre)
 * Norbert Leo Butz (The Last Five Years – Northlight Theatre)
 * Kevin Gudahl (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nathaniel Stampley Jr (Big River – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Rod Thomas (Big – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Louise Lamson (Bash – About Face Theatre)
 * Martha Plimpton (Hedda Gabler – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Carmen Roman (Wit – Goodman Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (Hay Fever – Court Theatre)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (Amy's View – Organic Theatre)
 * Paxton Whitehead (The Invention of Love – Court Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Mary Ernster (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)
 * Judy Kuhn (The Ballad of Little Jo – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Susie McMonagle (Evita – Marriott Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (Enter the Guardsman – Northlight Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (Mame – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * David Darlow (Endgame – American Theatre Company)
 * Tom Irwin (Hedda Gabler – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Steve Key (Blue Surge – Goodman Theatre)
 * Scott Parkinson (The Gamester – Northlight Theatre)
 * Scott Parkinson (The Two Gentlemen of Verona – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Alan Wilder (The Weir – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Chris Herzberger (Big – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Jose Llana (The Ballad of Little Jo – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Gordon McClure (Being Beautiful – Chicago Theatre)
 * David New (The Ballad of Little Jo – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Larry Yando (Big River – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Susan Bennett (And Neither Have I Wings to Fly – Fox Theatricals / Noble)
 * Laura T Fisher (Early and Often – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Linda Kimbrough (The Gamester – Northlight Theatre)
 * Molly Regan (David Copperfield – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Peggy Roeder (Fuddy Meers – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (Mame – Marriott Theatre)
 * Ana Sferruzza (An Experiment with an Air Pump – Northlight Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Angela Berra (Carousel – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Carol Kuykendall (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)
 * Susan Moniz (Big – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (Mame – Marriott Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Mark Townsend (The Nat King Cole Story – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Miles Western (Pageant Chicago – Balaban, Kahanovitz and Kucharzyk)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * E Faye Butler (Could It Be Magic – Kiefs and Nederlander)
 * Rachel Rockwell (And the World Goes 'Round – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best New Work
 * Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years – Northlight Theatre)
 * Javon Johnson (Hambone – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Ann Noble (The Pagans – Seanachai Theatre)
 * Mike Reid / Sarah Schlesinger (The Ballad of Little Jo – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * Kate Buckley (The Incident – Next Theatre)
 * Giles Havergal (David Copperfield – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Heidi Stillman (Hard Times – Lookingglass Theatre / Actors Gymnasium)
 * Freyda Thomas (The Gamester – Northlight Theatre)
 * Gavin Witt (Macbett – Division 13 Productions / Greasy Joan and Company)

Best Choreography
 * Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi (Hard Times – Lookingglass Theatre / Actors Gymnasium)
 * Rudy Hogenmiller (Evita – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jennifer Kemp Lupp (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Mame – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Teinowitz (Carousel – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * ??? (Could It Be Magic – Kiefs and Nederlander)
 * Brad Haak (The Taffetas – Marriott Theatre)
 * Tom Murray (Mame – Marriott Theatre)
 * Tom Murray (The Last Five Years – Northlight Theatre)
 * Patrick Vaccariello (The Ballad of Little Jo – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * ??? (Metamorphoses – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (The Two Gentlemen of Verona – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Bee-Luther-Hatchee – Northlight Theatre)
 * William Kilgore (The Amen Corner – Goodman Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (Hard Times – Lookingglass Theatre / Actors Gymnasium)

Best Scenic Design
 * Linda Buchanan (House – Goodman Theatre)
 * GW Mercier (The Ballad of Little Jo – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Daniel Ostling (Hard Times – Lookingglass Theatre / Actors Gymnasium)
 * Todd Rosenthal (An Experiment with an Air Pump – Northlight Theatre)
 * Todd Rosenthal (The Weir – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (Hard Times – Lookingglass Theatre / Actors Gymnasium)
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (Metamorphoses – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Donald Holder (King Lear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Rob Murphy (The Invention of Love – Court Theatre)
 * Jaymi Lee Smith (The Incident – Next Theatre)
 * Jaymi Lee Smith (The Terrible Girls – About Face Theatre)
 * Scott Zielinski (The Ballad of Little Jo – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Deborah Dryden (The Two Gentlemen of Verona – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Rachel Healy (The Gamester – Northlight Theatre)
 * Judith Lundberg (An Experiment with an Air Pump – Northlight Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Mame – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (The King and I – Marriott Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Mike Frank / Andre Pluess (Macbett – Division 13 Productions / Greasy Joan and Company)
 * Lindsay Jones (The Incident – Next Theatre)
 * Ray Nardelli (King Lear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (Hard Times – Lookingglass Theatre / Actors Gymnasium)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (Metamorphoses – Lookingglass Theatre)

Special Award
 * Essee Kupcinet / Irv Kupcinet for their six decades of nurturing the talents of Chicago actors and artists

Special Award
 * WTTW Channel 11's Artbeat Chicago for its celebration of the depth, diversity and talent in Chicago theatre

Best Tour Production
 * Annie Get Your Gun'' – Weisslers / Kardana/Swinsky Productions / Watt and Liftig
 * R Buckminster Fuller'' – Foghouse
 * Saturday Night Fever'' – Stigwood and Platt
 * The Bomb-itty of Errors'' – Cordell / Q Brothers / Roffe

Best Leading Actor in a Tour
 * Richard H Blake (Saturday Night Fever – Stigwood and Platt)
 * Ron Campbell (R Buckminster Fuller – Foghouse)
 * Nick Garrison (Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Brinkley and Christenson / Samjack LLC / *Alice's Enterprises Ltd / Just between Friends Producing Corporation Inc)
 * William Paul Michals (The Scarlet Pimpernel – Radio City Entertainment / Forstmann)
 * Bronson Pinchot (Fully Committed – Fox Theatricals / Martini and Reinis)

Best Leading Actress in a Tour
 * Marilu Henner (Annie Get Your Gun – Weisslers / Kardana/Swinsky Productions / Watt and Liftig)
 * Kathleen Turner (Tallulah – SFX Theatrical Group / Nederlander Organisation / Weldon and Fantozzi)

2002
Best Play
 * As You Like It'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Glengarry Glen Ross'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Misalliance'' – Writers Theatre
 * The Price'' – Writers Theatre
 * The Royal Family'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Musical
 * 1776'' – Marriott Theatre
 * My Fair Lady'' – Court Theatre
 * Ms Saigon'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Pacific Overtures'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Visit'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * William Brown (Misalliance – Writers Theatre)
 * Kate Buckley (The Laramie Project – Next Theatre)
 * David Cromer (The Price – Writers Theatre)
 * Calvin MacLean (The Lonesome West – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Amy Morton (Glengarry Glen Ross – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Dyanne Earley / Joe Leonardo (Ms Saigon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Ray Frewen (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Marriott Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (The Visit – Goodman Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (My Fair Lady – Court Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (Pacific Overtures – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (1776 – Marriott Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Joshua Funk (Holy War, Batman or The Yellow Cab of Courage – Second City)
 * Marc Robin (Five Guys Named Moe – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Ensemble
 * Five Guys Named Moe'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park
 * High Life'' – Victory Gardens Theatre / Shattered Globe Theatre
 * Misalliance'' – Writers Theatre
 * Phyro-Giants'' – Roadworks Productions
 * The Laramie Project'' – Next Theatre
 * Top Girls'' – Remy Bumppo Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Roderick Peeples (The Lonesome West – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Michael Shannon (Bug – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * John Sierros (Dylan – Seanachai Theatre)
 * Jeff Still (The Price – Writers Theatre)
 * Joe Van Slyke (No Man’s Land – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Stephen Buntrock (Ms Saigon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Joseph Anthony Foronda (Pacific Overtures – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Ray Frewen (My Fair Lady – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Kevin Gudahl (1776 – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kevin Gudahl (My Fair Lady – Court Theatre)
 * Paul Slade Smith (Honk – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Jenny Bacon (Mary Stuart – Court Theatre)
 * Kate Buddeke (Bug – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Amy Morton (The Royal Family – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (Mary Stuart – Court Theatre)
 * Lusia Strus (Go Away-Go Away – European Repertory Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Emy Baysic (Ms Saigon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kate Fry (My Fair Lady – Court Theatre)
 * Susie McMonagle (Anything Goes – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Chita Rivera (The Visit – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Guy Adkins (Misalliance – Writers Theatre)
 * David Cromer (Long Day’s Journey into Night – Goodman Theatre)
 * David New (The Royal Family – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Howard Witt (The Price – Writers Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Don Forston (My Fair Lady – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Kevin Gudahl (Pacific Overtures – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * David Lively (1776 – Marriott Theatre)
 * David Lively (Anything Goes – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Bradley Mott (My Fair Lady – Court Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Susan Bennett (Top Girls – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Deanna Dunagan (A Lie of the Mind – American Theatre Company)
 * Laura T Fisher (Hushabye Mountain – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Maureen Gallagher (The Birthday Party – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Lauren Klein (Big Love – Goodman Theatre)
 * Julie Paparella (Go Away-Go Away – European Repertory Theatre)
 * Peggy Roeder (Indian Ink – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Marilyn Bogetich (My Fair Lady – Court Theatre)
 * Mary Ernster (1776 – Marriott Theatre)
 * Tari Kelly (Everything's Ducky – Northlight Theatre)
 * Susie McMonagle (Ms Saigon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (Bye Bye Birdie – Marriott Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Keegan-Michael Key (Holy War, Batman or The Yellow Cab of Courage – Second City)

Best Cameo Actor in a Musical
 * Andrew Rothenberg (High Life – Victory Gardens Theatre / Shattered Globe Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Claudia Allen (Xena Live Episode 2: Xena Lives – About Face Theatre)
 * Lisa Dillman (Flung – American Theatre Company)
 * John Green (The Liquid Moon – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Joel Drake Johnson (A Blue Moon – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Jamie Pachino (Waving Goodbye – Naked Eye Theatre)
 * Jeffrey Sweet (Immoral Imperatives – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * Robin Chaplik (Rosa Lublin – Piven Theatre)
 * Fred Ebb / John Kander / Terrence McNally (The Visit – Goodman Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell / Lainie Sakakura (Damn Yankees – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marci Caliendo / James Zager (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Ron Hutchins (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Dream Team Productions)
 * Tammy Mader (Anything Goes – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Ann Reinking (The Visit – Goodman Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Jeff Bell (My Fair Lady – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Tom Murray (My Fair Lady – Court Theatre)
 * Tom Murray (Pacific Overtures – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Kevin Stites (Ms Saigon – Marriott Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Marty Higginbotham (A Lie of the Mind – American Theatre Company)
 * Gregory Hirte (Melancholy Play – Piven Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (The Tempest – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Henry Marsh (As You Like It – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * John Lee Beatty (Maria Arndt – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Geoffrey M Curley / Ray Vicek (Misalliance – Writers Theatre)
 * James Leonard Joy (As You Like It – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Derek McLane (Glengarry Glen Ross – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * James Schuette (The Royal Family – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Joey Wade (The Price – Writers Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Kevin Adams (Richard II – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Diane Ferry Williams (Ms Saigon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Brian MacDevitt (The Visit – Goodman Theatre)
 * Howard Werner (As You Like It – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Robert Wierzel (The Tempest – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Mara Blumenfeld (Pacific Overtures – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Mara Blumenfeld (The Royal Family – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Nan Cibula-Jenkins (The Tempest – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Mariann Verheyen (As You Like It – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Kaye Voyce (Mary Stuart – Court Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Duncan Robert Edwards (Ms Saigon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Joseph Fosco (Bug – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (The Chairs – Court Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek – Rivendell Theatre)
 * Robert Neuhaus (The Tempest – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Special Award (''Lifetime Achievement)
 * Mike Nussbaum, actor and director

Special Award
 * Maggie Daley / Lois Weisberg for support of the theatre arts

Best Tour Production
 * The Full Monty'' – Fox Searchlight Pictures / Law and Hall

Best Leading Actor in a Tour
 * Tom Riiis Farrell (Dirty Blonde – Martini, Reinis, Spivak, the Friedsons and Nocciolino / USA Ostar Theatricals)
 * John Leguizamo (Sexaholic’s: A Love Story – Tate Entertainment Group Inc)
 * Aaron Roman Weiner (Touch –Phoenix Theatre)
 * Marc Wolf (Another American: Asking and Telling – About Face Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Tour
 * Daniel Stewart Sherman (The Full Monty – Fox Searchlight Pictures / Law and Hall)
 * Bob Stillman (Dirty Blonde – Martini, Reinis, Spivak, the Friedsons and Nocciolino / USA Ostar Theatricals)

2003
Best Play
 * Journey’s End'' – Seanachai Theatre
 * Judgment at Nuremberg'' – Victory Gardens Theatre
 * Rocket to the Moon'' – Writers Theatre
 * The Cider House Rules'' – Famous Door Theatre
 * The Time of Your Life'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Musical
 * Cats'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Funny Girl'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Kiss Me, Kate'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Singin’ in the Rain'' – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park
 * Sunday in the Park with George'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Dead'' – Court Theatre

Best Revue
 * Curious George Goes to War'' – Second City
 * Pants on Fire'' – Second City

Best Director of a Play
 * James Bohnen (Money – Storefront Theatre)
 * William Brown (Rocket to the Moon – Writers Theatre)
 * Louis Contey (Judgment at Nuremberg – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * David Cromer / Marc Grapey (The Cider House Rules – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Tina Landau (The Time of Your Life – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Gary Griffin (Sunday in the Park with George – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (Funny Girl – Marriott Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (The Dead – Court Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Cats – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Joshua Funk (Pants on Fire – Second City)
 * Ron West (Curious George Goes to War – Second City)

Best Ensemble
 * Cats'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Five Women Wearing the Same Dress'' – Artistic Home
 * Forever Plaid'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Pants on Fire'' – Second City
 * Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * The Cider House Rules'' – Famous Door Theatre
 * The Time of Your Life'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Tom Aulino (Theatre District – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Lance S Baker (Lobby Hero – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mark Harelik (The Beard of Avon – Goodman Theatre)
 * Tony Mockus (On Golden Pond – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Larry Neumann Jr (The Cider House Rules – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Scott Parkinson (Crime and Punishment – Writers Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * David Girolmo (Kiss Me, Kate – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Blake Hammond (At Wit's End – Northlight Theatre)
 * Christopher Neal Jackson (Comfortable Shoes – Royal George Theatre)
 * Richard Kind (Bounce – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ross Lehman (Hot Mikado – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Karen Aldridge (In the Blood – Next Theatre)
 * Alyssa Bresnahan (The Rose Tattoo – Goodman Theatre)
 * Georgann Charuhas (After the Fall – Artistic Home)
 * Kymberly Mellen (Rocket to the Moon – Writers Theatre)
 * Amy Morton (Homebody/Kabul – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Andrea Burns (Sunday in the Park with George – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Joyce Faison (Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill – Chicago Theatre)
 * Heidi Kettenring (Funny Girl – Marriott Theatre)
 * Tammy Mader (Soup du Jour – McGaw YMCA)
 * Megan Van De Hey (The Spitfire Grill – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Guy Adkins (The Time of Your Life – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Maury Cooper (Judgment at Nuremberg – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Sean Fortunato (Rough Crossing – Writers Theatre)
 * Tim Hopper (The Violet Hour – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Grian McCaskill (Judgment at Nuremberg – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * J Chris Baum (Soup du Jour – McGaw YMCA)
 * Don Forston (Kiss Me, Kate – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Ted L Levy (Hot Mikado – Marriott Theatre)
 * Justin Reynolds (Comfortable Shoes – Royal George Theatre)
 * Richard Strimer (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Bernie Yvon (Funny Girl – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Laura T Fisher (Secret Rapture – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Ora Jones (The Violet Hour – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jennifer Pompa (The Cider House Rules – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Wendy Robie (The Trojan Women – Goodman Theatre)
 * Janelle Snow (Only the Sound – Chicago Dramatists)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Deanna Dunagan (The Dead – Court Theatre)
 * Tammy Mader (Dames at Sea – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Susie McMonagle (The Spitfire Grill – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Cristen Paige (Dames at Sea – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Christine Sherrill (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Sam Albert (Prairie Lights – Stage Left Theatre)
 * Keegan-Michael Key (Curious George Goes to War – Second City)
 * Keegan-Michael Key (Pants on Fire – Second City)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Nyima Funk (Curious George Goes to War – Second City)

Best New Work
 * Rosalie Gerut / Susan Lieberman / David Rush (Prairie Lights – Stage Left Theatre)
 * Clint Holmes / Nelson Kole (Comfortable Shoes – Royal George Theatre)
 * Joel Drake Johnson (The End of the Tour – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Richard Kramer (Theatre District – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jenny Laird (Only the Sound – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Ann Noble (Ariadne's Thread – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Bruce Norris (We All Went Down to Amsterdam – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * Marilyn Campbell / Curt Columbus (Crime and Punishment – Writers Theatre)
 * Joy Gregory / David Schwimmer (Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About – *Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (The Romance Cycle – Court Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Tammy Mader (Kiss Me, Kate – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Cats – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Funny Girl – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Lainie Sakakura (Hot Mikado – Marriott Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Ben Johnson (Forever Plaid – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jeff Lewis (The Dead – Court Theatre)
 * Thomas Murray (Sunday in the Park with George – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Shawn Stengel (Cats – Marriott Theatre)
 * Shawn Stengel (Funny Girl – Marriott Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Michael Bodeen / Rob Milburn (The Beard of Avon – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joseph Fosco (The Cider House Rules – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (Love’s Labour’s Lost – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (The Winter’s Tale – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Josh Schmidt (Rough Crossing – Writers Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Linda Buchanan (Lobby Hero – Goodman Theatre)
 * Skip Mercier (The Time of Your Life – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * John Musial (The Hairy Ape – American Theatre Company)
 * Jacqueline Penrod / Richard Penrod (The Mystery of Irma Vep – Northlight Theatre)
 * Elizabeth E Schuch (Journey’s End – Seanachai Theatre)
 * Michael Yeargan (The Beard of Avon – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Kevin Adams (Julius Caesar – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Diane Ferry Williams (Cats – Marriott Theatre)
 * Donald Holder (Gem of the Ocean – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Perry (Love’s Labour’s Lost – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * A Cameron Zetty (Journey’s End – Seanachai Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Mara Blumenfeld (Sunday in the Park with George – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jane Greenwood (The Beard of Avon – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jeff Hendry (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre Evergreen Park)
 * Nancy Missimi (Cats – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Funny Girl – Marriott Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Michael Bodeen / Rob Milburn (The Time of Your Life – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Joseph Fosco (The Cider House Rules – Famous Door Theatre)
 * Michael Kraskin (The Hairy Ape – American Theatre Company)
 * Scott Myers (Julius Caesar – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Josh Schmidt (Journey’s End – Seanachai Theatre)

Special Award
 * Hope Abelson for her continuous generosity and commitment to and support of theatre and her role in the ever-expanding and creative Chicago theatre scene

Special Award
 * Steppenwolf Theatre for its leadership in earning national and international acclaim for Chicago theatre, for its excellent training and outreach programs and for its partnerships with and support of emerging theatres, playwrights and theatre artists

2004
Best Play
 * Our Town'' – Writers Theatre
 * Rose Rage: Henry VI'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Romance of Magno Rubio'' – Victory Gardens Theatre
 * The Doctor's Dilemma'' – Writers Theatre
 * Trying'' – Victory Gardens Theatre

Best Musical
 * A Little Night Music'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Annie Get Your Gun'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Fiddler on the Roof'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * The Light in the Piazza'' – Goodman Theatre
 * The Second City’s Romeo and Juliet Musical'' – Second City / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Winesburg, Ohio'' – About Face Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * William Brown (Our Town – Writers Theatre)
 * Edward Hall (Rose Rage: Henry VI – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Sandy Shinner (Trying – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Chuck Smith (Yellowman – Next Theatre)
 * Jessica Thebus (Pulp – About Face Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Gary Griffin (A Little Night Music – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Annie Get Your Gun – Marriott Theatre)
 * Bartlett Sher (The Light in the Piazza – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jessica Thebus (Winesburg, Ohio – About Face Theatre)
 * Ron West (The Second City’s Romeo and Juliet Musical – Second City / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * A Chorus Line'' – Theatre at the Centre
 * Pulp'' – About Face Theatre
 * Rose Rage: Henry VI'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Romance of Magno Rubio'' – Victory Gardens Theatre
 * Winesburg, Ohio'' – About Face Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Brian Bedford (The Moliere Comedies – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Matt DeCaro (The Play about the Baby – Goodman Theatre)
 * John Mahoney (I Never Sang for My Father – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Mike Nussbaum (Tuesdays with Morrie – Northlight Theatre)
 * David Rainey (Topdog/Underdog – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Nick Sandys (The Misanthrope – Next Theatre)
 * Fritz Weaver (Trying – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * E Milton Wheeler (Our Lady of 121st Street – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Tony Duwon (The House That Rocked – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Timothy Gregory (Cotton Patch Gospel – Provision Theatre)
 * Scott Alan Jones (The Rocky Horror Show – Theatreland)
 * Keegan-Michael Key (The Second City’s Romeo and Juliet Musical – Second City / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Ross Lehman (A Man of No Importance – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Tracy Michelle Arnold (Lady Windermere’s Fan – Northlight Theatre)
 * Kati Brazda (Trying – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Rondi Reed (Fall to Earth – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (The Goat: Who Is Sylvia – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Williams (Yellowman – Next Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza – Goodman Theatre)
 * Deborah Lew (West Side Story – Marriott Theatre)
 * Susie McMonagle (Annie Get Your Gun – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nicole Parker (The Second City’s Romeo and Juliet Musical – Second City / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Shawn Douglass (Major Barbara – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Tarell Alvin McCraney (Blue/Orange – Northlight Theatre)
 * Kevin McKillip (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – First Folio Theatre)
 * Scott Parkinson (Rose Rage: Henry VI – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * John Sanders (Burying the Bones – Stage Left Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Michael Cerveris (A Little Night Music – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jeff Dumas (Winesburg, Ohio – About Face Theatre)
 * Mark Harelik (The Light in the Piazza – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rob Moore (The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Roger Mueller (Annie Get Your Gun – Marriott Theatre)
 * Evan Pappas (The Pyjama Game – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Ivonne Coll (Electricidad – Goodman Theatre)
 * Shelley Delaney (Free Man of Colour – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Lisa Dodson (King John – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Deanna Dunagan (I Never Sang for My Father – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (Necessary Targets – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Demetria Thomas (Burying the Bones – Stage Left Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Mary Ernster (A Man of No Importance – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Janice Lorraine (Cookin' at the Cookery – Northlight Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (The Pyjama Game – Marriott Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (The Pyjama Game – Marriott Theatre)
 * Samantha Spiro (A Little Night Music – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Eugene Fleming (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Marriott Theatre)
 * Joseph Plummer (Jammin' with Pops – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Marsha Estell (Heat – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Ron Hutchinson (Moonlight and Magnolias – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joanna McClelland Glass (Trying – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Patricia Kane (Pulp – About Face Theatre)
 * Charles Smith (Free Man of Colour – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * Dermot Bolger (A Dublin Bloom – Irish Theatre)
 * Jim Lasko / Charles Newell (Cyrano – Court Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Eric Rosen / Ben Sussman (Winesburg, Ohio – About Face Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Rudy Hogenmiller (A Chorus Line – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Tammy Mader (Singin’ in the Rain – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Marc Robin (Annie Get Your Gun – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (West Side Story – Marriott Theatre)
 * Patti Wilcox (The Pyjama Game – Marriott Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Margaret James (Fiddler on the Roof – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Alan Johnson (The Sound of a Voice – Court Theatre)
 * Thomas Murray (A Little Night Music – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Robert Reddrick (The House That Rocked – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Rick Sims (The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Jimmy Tillman (Mama Said They'll Be Days Like This – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Patrica Kane / Andre Pluess / Amy Warren (Pulp – About Face Theatre)
 * Henry Marsh (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – First Folio Theatre)
 * Henry Marsh (The Taming of the Shrew – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * David Pleasant (Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats – Goodman Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (The Secret in the Wings – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * James Leonard Joy (The Taming of the Shrew – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Robert C Martin (Lend Me a Tenor – Theatre at the Centre)
 * John Musial (Great Men of Science, Numbers 21 and 22 – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Penrod / Richard Penrod (My Old Lady – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Matthew J York (The Misanthrope – Next Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Christopher Akerlind (Electricidad – Goodman Theatre)
 * Christopher Akerlind (The Light in the Piazza – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ken Billington (A Little Night Music – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * TJ Gerckens (The Secret in the Wings – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Ben Ormerod (Rose Rage: Henry VI – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jaymi Lee Smith (Yellowman – Next Theatre)
 * Diane Ferry Williams (West Side Story – Marriott Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Mara Blumenfeld (A Little Night Music – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jane Greenwood (The Moliere Comedies – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Rachel Anne Healy (Lady Windermere’s Fan – Northlight Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Showboat – Marriott Theatre)
 * Michael Pavelka (Rose Rage: Henry VI – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Joshua Horvath / Ray Nardelli (Electricidad – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joshua Horvath / Ray Nardelli (Fraulein Else – Court Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (Cyrano – Court Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (The Secret in the Wings – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * David Van Tieghem (King John – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Projections/Video Design
 * John Boesch / Logan Kibens (Great Men of Science, Numbers 21 and 22 – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best Object Design
 * Scott Pondrom, Puppetry Effects (Cyrano – Court Theatre)

Special Award
 * Court Theatre in recognition of its 50 years of excellence in the production of modern and traditional classics

Special Award
 * Bella Itkin for her lifetime dedication to the training, education and continued development of actors and directors

2005
Best Play
 * A Delicate Balance'' – Remy Bumppo Theatre
 * Kabuki Lady Macbeth'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Seven Guitars'' – Congo Square Theatre
 * The Pain and the Itch'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf'' – Court Theatre

Best Musical
 * Beauty and the Beast'' – Marriott Theatre
 * She Loves Me'' – Theatre at the Centre
 * Sunset Boulevard'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * The Full Monty'' – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place
 * Wicked'' – Broadway in Chicago

Best Director of a Play
 * James Bohnen (A Delicate Balance – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Kate Buckley (To the Green Fields Beyond – Writers Theatre)
 * Jason Loewith (Omnium Gatherum – Next Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Court Theatre)
 * Derrick Sanders (Seven Guitars – Congo Square Theatre)
 * Shozo Sato (Kabuki Lady Macbeth – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Anna D Shapiro (The Pain and the Itch – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Joe Leonardo (Sunset Boulevard – Marriott Theatre)
 * Joe Mantello (Wicked – Broadway in Chicago)
 * Dominic Missimi (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Beauty and the Beast – Marriott Theatre)
 * L Walter Stearns (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Porchlight Music Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Nick Bowling (Closer Than Ever – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Mick Napier (Red Scare – Second City)
 * Marc Robin (Swing – Marriott Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * Closer Than Ever'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * Lookingglass Alice'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * Omnium Gatherum'' – Next Theatre
 * Seven Guitars'' – Congo Square Theatre
 * Swing'' – Marriott Theatre
 * To the Green Fields Beyond'' – Writers Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Lance Stuart Baker (Travesties – Court Theatre)
 * Kevin Gudahl (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Court Theatre)
 * Tracy Letts (The Dresser – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jefferson Mays (I Am My Own Wife – Goodman Theatre)
 * John Mossman (Peer Gynt – Artistic Home)
 * Dale Rivera (Guinea Pig Solo – Collaboraction)
 * John Sterchi (A View from the Bridge – American Theatre Company)
 * Greg Vinkler (The Merry Wives of Windsor – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Guy Adkins (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Marriott Theatre)
 * Brad Armacost (A Christmas Carol – Provision Theatre)
 * Sean Allan Krill (Brigadoon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Michael Aaron Lindner (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Aaron Serotsky (The Immigrant – Northlight Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Charin Alvarez (Two Sisters and a Piano – Apple Tree Theatre / Teatro Vista)
 * Sandra Marquez (Living Out – American Theatre Company / Teatro Vista)
 * Barbara Robertson (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Court Theatre)
 * Kathy Scambiatterra (Natural Affection – Artistic Home)
 * Maggie Siff (Dollhouse – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Rebecca Finnegan (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Ana Gasteyer (Wicked – Broadway in Chicago)
 * Johanna McKenzie Miller (Beauty and the Beast – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kate Reinders (Wicked – Broadway in Chicago)
 * Paula Scrofano (Sunset Boulevard – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Tom Aulino (Take Me Out – About Face Theatre)
 * Lance Stuart Baker (Dollhouse – Goodman Theatre)
 * Matthew Brumlow (A View from the Bridge – American Theatre Company)
 * Tony Dobrowolski (The Importance of Being Earnest – First Folio Theatre)
 * Robert Petkoff (Romeo and Juliet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Larry Adams (Do I Hear a Waltz – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Sean Fortunato (Brigadoon – Marriott Theatre)
 * Michael Aaron Lindner (The Full Monty – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)
 * Peter Pohlhammer (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Bernie Yvon (Beauty and the Beast – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Jayne Houdyshell (The Pain and the Itch – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Lisa Joyce (Red Light Winter – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Martha Lavey (Lost Land – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Rondi Reed (Romeo and Juliet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Peggy Roeder (The Dresser – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Whitney Sneed (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Court Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Renee Matthews (The Full Monty – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)
 * Cristen Paige (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Marriott Theatre)
 * Rondi Reed (Wicked – Broadway in Chicago)
 * Paula Scrofano (Do I Hear a Waltz – Theatre at the Centre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Mississippi Charles Bevel (It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues – Northlight Theatre)
 * Antoine McKay (Red Scare – Second City)
 * Gregory Porter (It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues – Northlight Theatre)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Rebecca Finnegan (Closer Than Ever – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Maribeth Monroe (Red Scare – Second City)

Best New Work
 * David C Field (Symmetry – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Mia McCullough (Since Africa – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Tom Mula / Steve Rashid (W – Theatre Wit)
 * Bruce Norris (The Pain and the Itch – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Shozo Sato / Karen Sunde (Kabuki Lady Macbeth – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * David Bell / Tim Gregory (A Christmas Carol – Provision Theatre)
 * Curt Columbus (The Cherry Orchard – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Rebecca Gilman (Dollhouse – Goodman Theatre)
 * Andrew White (===1984 – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Jim Corti (The Full Monty – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)
 * Randy Duncan (Hello Again – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Beverly Durand / Mark Stuart Eckstein / Marc Robin (Swing – Marriott Theatre)
 * Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi, Circus Choreography (Lookingglass Alice – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Ron Hutchins (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Beauty and the Beast – Marriott Theatre)

Best Fight/Movement Direction
 * Robin H McFarquhar (Romeo and Juliet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Eugene Dizon (Closer Than Ever – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Eugene Dizon (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Joel Hoekstra (It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues – Northlight Theatre)
 * Doug Oberhamer (Swing – Marriott Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (Hello Again – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Alaric Jans (Measure for Measure – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (The Merry Wives of Windsor – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Aaron Krister Johnson (Peer Gynt – Artistic Home)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (Red Herring – Northlight Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (Silk – Goodman Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Scott Bradley (Silk – Goodman Theatre)
 * Santo Loquasto (The Dresser – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jack Magaw (Seven Guitars – Congo Square Theatre)
 * James Noone (The Merry Wives of Windsor – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Pablo Perea, Muralist (Two Sisters and a Piano – Apple Tree Theatre / Teatro Vista)
 * Keith Pitts (Vincent in Brixton – Apple Tree Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Chris Binder (Lookingglass Alice – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Diane Ferry Williams (Beauty and the Beast – Marriott Theatre)
 * Diane Ferry Willliams (Sunset Boulevard – Marriott Theatre)
 * TJ Gerckens (Silk – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Rourke (Kabuki Lady Macbeth – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Mara Blumenfeld (Lookingglass Alice – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Mara Blumenfeld (Silk – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Firkins (The Importance of Being Earnest – Court Theatre)
 * Fritz Masten (Diva Diaries – Diva Company LLC)
 * Nancy Missimi (Beauty and the Beast – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mariann Verheyen (The Merry Wives of Windsor – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Andy Brommel / Andrew Pluess (The Love Song of J Robert Oppenheimer – Next Theatre)
 * Joshua Horvath / Andrew Pluess (===1984 – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Kabuki Lady Macbeth – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Kid-Simple – American Theatre Company)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (Red Herring – Northlight Theatre)

Best Projections/Video Design
 * John Boesche (Sunset Boulevard – Marriott Theatre)
 * John Musial, Film Design (===1984 – Lookingglass Theatre)

Special Award
 * Dennis Zacek, Artistic Director, for distinguished achievement as a director, educator, actor and arts advocate and for continuing support of emerging theatre companies, playwrights, actors and directors'' – Victory Gardens Theatre

2006
Best Play
 * A Flea in Her Ear'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Bus Stop'' – Writers Theatre
 * Dealer's Choice'' – Shattered Globe Theatre
 * Fences'' – Court Theatre
 * Pride and Prejudice'' – Northlight Theatre
 * The Clean House'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Musical
 * Grand Hotel'' – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place
 * Loving Repeating'' – About Face Theatre / Museum of Contemporary Art
 * Man of La Mancha'' – Court Theatre
 * Oliver'' – Marriott Theatre
 * The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' – Spelling Bee Chicago
 * Urinetown'' – Blue Dog Entertainment LLC

Best Revue
 * A Marvelous Party: The Noel Coward Celebration'' – Northlight Theatre / Geva Theatre Centre
 * Iraqtile Dysfunction'' – Second City
 * Plaid Tidings'' – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place
 * War, Now in Its Fourth Smash Year'' – Second City

Best Director of a Play
 * Peter Amster (Pride and Prejudice – Northlight Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (A Flea in Her Ear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Michael Halberstam (The Uneasy Chair – Writers Theatre)
 * Shade Murray (The Chosen – Writers Theatre)
 * Ron OJ Parson (Fences – Court Theatre)
 * Steve Scott (Dealer's Choice – Shattered Globe Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (Oliver – Marriott Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (Loving Repeating – About Face Theatre / Museum of Contemporary Art)
 * James Lapine (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Spelling Bee Chicago)
 * Mark Lococo (Dessa Rose – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Tom Mullen (Urinetown – Blue Dog Entertainment LLC)
 * Charles Newell (Man of La Mancha – Court Theatre)
 * Michael Weber (Grand Hotel – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Mark Warzecha (War, Now in Its Fourth Smash Year – Second City)
 * Kurt Johns (The Water Coolers: An Office Musical – Goldin, Goodman, Mages, d'Angelo and Hendricks)
 * Ron West (Iraqtile Dysfunction – Second City)
 * David Ira Goldstein (A Marvelous Party: The Noel Coward Celebration – Northlight Theatre / Geva Theatre Centre)
 * Stuart Ross (Plaid Tidings – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)

Best Ensemble
 * Bus Stop'' – Writers Theatre
 * Dealer's Choice'' – Shattered Globe Theatre
 * Loving Repeating'' – About Face Theatre / Museum of Contemporary Art
 * Man of La Mancha'' – Court Theatre
 * The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' – Spelling Bee Chicago
 * War, Now in Its Fourth Smash Year'' – Second City

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * David Darlow (Power – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * AC Smith (Fences – Court Theatre)
 * Joseph Wycoff (Private Lives – First Folio Theatre)
 * Guy Van Swearingen (The Sea Horse – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Greg Vinkler (Henry IV – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Greg Vinkler (The Uneasy Chair – Writers Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Michael Buchanan (Urinetown – Blue Dog Entertainment LLC)
 * Tyler Hanes (Footloose – Marriott Theatre)
 * Michael Aaron Lindner (The Secret Garden – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * James Rank (Grand Hotel – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)
 * Jacques C Smith (Purlie – Goodman Theatre)
 * Greg Vinkler (Oliver – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Yetide Badaki (I Have before Me a Remarkable Document – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Carey Cannon (Pride and Prejudice – Northlight Theatre)
 * Kirsten Fitzgerald (The Sea Horse – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Nambi E Kelley (Crumbs from the Table of Joy – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rondi Reed (The Retreat from Moscow – Northlight Theatre)
 * Ann Whitney (Three Tall Women – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Williams (Fences – Court Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Karla L Beard (Dessa Rose – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Rebecca Finnegan (Gypsy – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Cindy Gold (Loving Repeating – About Face Theatre / Museum of Contemporary Art)
 * Tari Kelly (Thoroughly Modern Millie – Marriott Theatre)
 * Johanna McKenzie Miller (The Sound of Music – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Susan Moniz (Dessa Rose – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Yahdina U'Deen (Nina Simone: The High Priestess Speaks – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Rick Boynton (A Flea in Her Ear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Thomas J Cox (The Old Curiosity Shop – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Anthony Crivello (A Flea in Her Ear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Matt DeCaro (Romance – Goodman Theatre)
 * Steve Haggard (Kimberly Akimbo – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Scott Jaeck (Much ado about Nothing – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jayce Ryan (The Glass Menagerie – Gift Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Larry Adams (Oklahoma – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Jon Frazier (Urinetown – Blue Dog Entertainment LLC)
 * Brian Herriott (Thoroughly Modern Millie – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jeff Kuhl (Grand Hotel – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)
 * Roger Mueller (State Fair – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Ella Joyce (Crumbs from the Table of Joy – Goodman Theatre)
 * Linsey Page Morton (Bus Stop – Writers Theatre)
 * Eileen Niccolai (The House of Blue Leaves – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Gwendolyn Whiteside (St Scarlet – American Theatre Company)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * E Faye Butler (Thoroughly Modern Millie – Marriott Theatre)
 * Dina DiCostanzo (Grand Hotel – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)
 * Roni Geva (Urinetown – Blue Dog Entertainment LLC)
 * Angela Ingersoll (The Secret Garden – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Susan Moniz (The Spitfire Grill – Provision Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (Grand Hotel – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)
 * Christine Sherrill (Once upon a Time in New Jersey – Marriott Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Matthew Amador (The Water Coolers: An Office Musical – Goldin, Goodman, Mages, d'Angelo and Hendricks)
 * Carl Danielsen (A Marvelous Party: The Noel Coward Celebration – Northlight Theatre / *Geva Theatre Centre)
 * Brian Gallivan (Iraqtile Dysfunction – Second City)
 * Brian Gallivan (War, Now in Its Fourth Smash Year – Second City)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Anna Lauris (A Marvelous Party: The Noel Coward Celebration – Northlight Theatre / Geva Theatre Centre)
 * Holly Stauder (The Water Coolers: An Office Musical – Goldin, Goodman, Mages, d'Angelo and Hendricks)

Best Solo Performance
 * Stephen Lang (Beyond Glory – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mary Beth Peil (M Proust – About Face Theatre)
 * Michael Patrick Thornton (The Good Thief – Gift Theatre)

Best New Work'' – Play
 * Chadwick Boseman (Deep Azure – Congo Square Theatre)
 * Lonnie Carter (Wheatley – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Lydia Diamond (Stick Fly – Congo Square Theatre)
 * Lydia R Diamond (Voyeurs de Venus – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Mary Zimmerman (M Proust – About Face Theatre)

Best New Work'' – Musical
 * Will Clinger / James Fitzgerald (Two for the Show – Theatre Wit)
 * Susan DiLallo / Stephen Weiner (Once upon a Time in New Jersey – Marriott Theatre)
 * Stephen Flaherty / Frank Galati (Loving Repeating – About Face Theatre / Museum of Contemporary Art)
 * David Kersnar / Jai Uttal (Sita Ram – Lookingglass Theatre / Chicago Children's Choir / Dance)

Best New Adaptation
 * Laura Eason / Raymond Fox / Heidi Stillman (The Old Curiosity Shop – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (After the Quake – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Michael Halberstam (The Duchess of Malfi – Writers Theatre)
 * David Ives (A Flea in Her Ear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell (Footloose – Marriott Theatre)
 * Judy Hanson / Krithika Rajagopalan (Sita Ram – Lookingglass Theatre / Chicago Children's Choir / Dance)
 * Brian Loeffler (Urinetown – Blue Dog Entertainment LLC)
 * Tammy Mader (Grand Hotel – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)
 * Kenneth Lee Roberson (Purlie – Goodman Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Thoroughly Modern Millie – Marriott Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Carl Danielsen (A Marvelous Party: The Noel Coward Celebration – Northlight Theatre / Geva Theatre Centre)
 * Margaret James (The Pirates of Penzance – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Josephine Lee (Sita Ram – Lookingglass Theatre / Chicago Children's Choir / Dance)
 * Tom Murray (Loving Repeating – About Face Theatre / Museum of Contemporary Art)
 * Doug Peck (Dessa Rose – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (Man of La Mancha – Court Theatre)
 * Michael Sobie (Urinetown – Blue Dog Entertainment LLC)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Marc Desormeaux (Much ado about Nothing – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans / Lindsay Jones (Henry IV – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (After the Quake – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (The Clean House – Goodman Theatre)
 * Josh Schmidt (The Chalk Garden – Northlight Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * John Culbert (Man of La Mancha – Court Theatre)
 * Kevin Hagan (Dealer's Choice – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Jack Magaw (Bus Stop – Writers Theatre)
 * Jack Magaw (Fences – Court Theatre)
 * Robert C Martin (Grand Hotel – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)
 * Todd Rosenthal (The Clean House – Goodman Theatre)
 * Grant Sabin (The Sea Horse – Red Orchid Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (Grand Hotel – Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place)
 * Chris Binder (Pride and Prejudice – Northlight Theatre)
 * TJ Gerckens (Pericles – Goodman Theatre)
 * TJ Gerckens (The Old Curiosity Shop – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Mark McCullough (Man of La Mancha – Court Theatre)
 * Michael Philippi (A Life in the Theatre – Goodman Theatre)
 * Marc Stubblefield (The Glass Menagerie – Court Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Mara Blumenfeld (A Flea in Her Ear – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Mara Blumenfeld (Pericles – Goodman Theatre)
 * Gail Brassard (Pride and Prejudice – Northlight Theatre)
 * Rachel Anne Healy (Power – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Virgil C Johnson (Henry IV – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Oliver – Marriott Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Mikhail Fiksel / Andre Pluess (Blind Mouth Singing – Teatro Vista)
 * Joshua Horvath / Ray Nardelli (Fences – Court Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Hecuba – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess (The Old Curiosity Shop – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (Pericles – Goodman Theatre)

Special Award
 * Bob Falls, Artistic Director / Roche Schulfer, Executive Director, for bringing the Goodman Theatre into the national spotlight, and making it an outstanding theatrical venue, an extraordinary producing entity and one of the most respected and highly-regarded theatres in the country

2007
Best Play
 * Another Part of the Forest'' – Writers Theatre
 * Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * August: Osage County'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Come Back, Little Sheba'' – Shattered Globe Theatre
 * Joe Turner’s Come and Gone'' – Congo Square Theatre
 * The Best Man'' – Remy Bumppo Theatre

Best Musical
 * Assassins'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * Into the Woods'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Oklahoma'' – American Theatre Company
 * Ragtime'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * Shenandoah'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Revue
 * Fire on the Mountain'' – Northlight Theatre
 * Forever Plaid'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * The All Night Strut'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * William Brown (Another Part of the Forest – Writers Theatre)
 * David Cromer (Come Back Little Sheba – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Derrick Sanders (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone – Congo Square Theatre)
 * Anna D Shapiro (August: Osage County – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (Shenandoah – Marriott Theatre)
 * David Cromer (The Adding Machine – Next Theatre)
 * Damon Kiely (Oklahoma – American Theatre Company)
 * Dominic Missimi (Into the Woods – Marriott Theatre)
 * L Walter Stearns (Ragtime – Porchlight Music Theatre)*
 * Michael Weber (Assassins – Porchlight Music Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Randal Myler (Fire on the Mountain – Northlight Theatre)
 * Paul Pement (Forever Plaid – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (The All Night Strut – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Warzecha (Pratfall of Civilization – Second City)

Best Ensemble
 * Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * August: Osage County'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Execution of Justice'' – About Face Theatre
 * Fire on the Mountain'' – Northlight Theatre
 * Forever Plaid'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Into the Woods'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Joe Turner’s Come and Gone'' – Congo Square Theatre
 * Shenandoah'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Ben Carlson (Hamlet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Anthony Fleming III (Denmark – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * David Girolmo (Talley's Folly – Oak Park Festival Theatre)
 * John Judd (Come Back, Little Sheba – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Kevin McKillip (Richard III – First Folio Theatre)
 * Larry Neumann Jr (The Puppetmaster of Lodz – Writers Theatre)
 * Nick Sandys (The Real Thing – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Jayson Brooks (Ragtime – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Matthew Brumlow (Oklahoma – American Theatre Company)
 * Joseph Anthony Foronda (The King and I – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Joel Hatch (The Adding Machine – Next Theatre)
 * David Hess (Shenandoah – Marriott Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Deanna Dunagan (August: Osage County – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Michele Graff (Landscape of the Body – Artistic Home)
 * Danai Gurira (In the Continuum – Goodman Theatre)
 * Amy Morton (August: Osage County – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Linda Reiter (Come Back, Little Sheba – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Claire Elizabeth Saxe (The Diary of Anne Frank – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Tiffany Scott (Beast on the Moon – Provision Theatre)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (The Beauty Queen of Leenane – Gift Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Charissa Armon (Ragtime – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Mary Ernster (The King and I – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Vikki Omega Stokes (Don't Shed a Tear: The Story of Billie Holiday – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Ernestine Jackson (Raisin – Court Theatre)
 * Susan Moniz (Into the Woods – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Anthony Chisholm (Radio Golf – Goodman Theatre)
 * Maury Cooper (The Price – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Allen Gilmore (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone – Congo Square Theatre)
 * Timothy Edward Kane (Uncle Vanya – Court Theatre)
 * Michael Shannon (The Pillowman – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Larry Adams (Cats – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Casey Campbell (Oklahoma – American Theatre Company)
 * Juan Chioran (The Three Musketeers – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Aaron Graham (Ragtime – Porchlight Music Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Cheryl Lynn Bruce (Flyin' West – Court Theatre)
 * Elizabeth Ledo (Uncle Vanya – Court Theatre)
 * Linda Reiter (The Price – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Tiffany Scott (The Two Noble Kinsmen – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Penny Slusher (Another Part of the Forest – Writers Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Brandy McClendon (Grease – Marriott Theatre)
 * Brandy McClendon (Into the Woods – Marriott Theatre)
 * Susie McMonagle (Into the Woods – Marriott Theatre)
 * Liz Pazik (Something's Afoot – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Sara R Sevigny (Assassins – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Amy Warren (The Adding Machine – Next Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Roger Anderson (The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen through the Eyes of Cole Porter – Light Opera Works)
 * Mississippi Charles Bevel (Fire on the Mountain – Northlight Theatre)
 * Andy St Clair (Disposable Nation – Second City)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Molly Andrews (Fire on the Mountain – Northlight Theatre)
 * Rebecca Finnegan (The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen through the Eyes of Cole Porter – Light Opera Works)
 * Niki Lindgren (Pratfall of Civilization – Second City)

Best Cameo Actor in a Play
 * Douglas Vickers (The Best Man – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Best Solo Performance
 * Lance Stuart Baker (Thom Pain – Theatre Wit)
 * Matt Sax (Clay – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best New Work'' – Play
 * Alice Austen (Water – Chicago Dramatists)
 * J Nicole Brooks (Black Diamond: The Years the Locusts Have Eaten – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Tracy Letts (August: Osage County – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jeffrey Sweet (Court-Martial at Fort Devens – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Craig Wright (Lady – Northlight Theatre)

Best New Work'' – Musical
 * Frank Galati / Michael Smith (The Snow Queen – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Jason Loewith / Joshua Schmidt (The Adding Machine – Next Theatre)
 * Jon Steinhagen (The Teapot Scandals – Porchlight Music Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * Claudia Allen (I Sailed with Magellan – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * William Brown (She Stoops to Conquer – Northlight Theatre)
 * David Rice (The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story – First Folio Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Brenda Didier (Ragtime – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Stacey Flaster (Cats – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (The King and I – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Beverly Durand / Mark Stuart Eckstein / Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi / Marc Robin / Sasha Vargas (The All Night Strut – Marriott Theatre)
 * Stacey Flaster (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Theatre at the Centre)

Best Fight/Movement Direction
 * Kevin Asselin (The Three Musketeers – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Eugene Dizon (Ragtime – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (Shenandoah – Marriott Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (The All Night Strut – Marriott Theatre)
 * Malcolm Ruhl (Oklahoma – American Theatre Company)
 * Jimmy Tillman (Don't Shed a Tear: The Story of Billie Holiday – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Jimmy Tillman (Memphis Soul: The Music of Stax Records – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Michael Bodeen (Mirror of the Invisible World – Goodman Theatre)
 * Todd Barton (Oedipus Complex – Goodman Theatre)
 * Doug Frew / Andrew Hansen / Patti McKenny (She Stoops to Conquer – Northlight Theatre)
 * Josh Horvath / Ray Nardelli (Flyin' West – Court Theatre)
 * Andy Jones (Execution of Justice – About Face Theatre)
 * Kevin O'Donnell / Andre Pluess (Black Diamond: The Years the Locusts Have Eaten – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * George Stiles (Troilus and Cressida – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Scenic Design
 * Todd Rosenthal (August: Osage County – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (Ten Little Indians – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Kevin Hagan (Come Back, Little Sheba – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Kevin Hagan (The Price – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Daniel Ostling (Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Penrod / Richard Penrod (Oklahoma – American Theatre Company)
 * James Schuette (Oedipus Complex – Goodman Theatre)
 * Walt Spangler (King Lear – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
 * John Culbert (Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * John Culbert (Mirror of the Invisible World – Goodman Theatre)
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (Black Diamond: The Years the Locusts Have Eaten – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Diane Ferry Williams (The All Night Strut – Marriott Theatre)
 * Keith Parham (The Adding Machine – Next Theatre)
 * Michael Philippi (King Lear – Goodman Theatre)
 * Robert Wierzel (Troilus and Cressida – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Costume Design
 * Mara Blumenfeld (Mirror of the Invisible World – Goodman Theatre)
 * Linda Cho (The Two Noble Kinsmen – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Rachel Anne Healy (Another Part of the Forest – Writers Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Into the Woods – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mariann Verheyen (The Three Musketeers – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Sound Design
 * Cecil Averett (Into the Woods – Marriott Theatre)
 * Toy DeIorio (Frozen – Next Theatre)
 * Michael Griggs / Kevin O'Donnell / Andre Pluess (Black Diamond: The Years the Locusts *Have Eaten – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Michael Griggs / Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman (Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Troilus and Cressida – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Richard Woodbury (King Lear – Goodman Theatre)

Best Projections/Video Design
 * Stephan Mazurek (Sonia Flew – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * John Boesche (Vigils – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mike Tutaj (I Sailed with Magellan – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Puppet Design
 * Meredith Miller (The Snow Queen – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Michael Montenegro (The Puppetmaster of Lodz – Writers Theatre)

Special Award
 * Jackie Taylor, founding Executive Director, for her outstanding contribution to theatre in Chicago'' – Black Ensemble Theatre

2008
Best Play – Large
 * Around the World in Eighty Days'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * As You Like It'' – Writers Theatre
 * Passion Play'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Superior Donuts'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * The Comedy of Errors'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Crucible'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * The Trip to Bountiful'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Play – Midsize
 * A Steady Rain'' – Chicago Dramatists
 * Cadillac'' – Chicago Dramatists
 * Defiance'' – Next Theatre
 * Juno and the Paycock'' – Artistic Home
 * Requiem for a Heavyweight'' – Shattered Globe Theatre
 * The Philadelphia Story'' – Remy Bumppo Theatre
 * Wit'' – Gift Theatre

Best Musical – Large
 * Carousel'' – Court Theatre
 * La Cage aux Folles'' – Theatre at the Centre
 * Les Miserables'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Passion'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Sweet Charity'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * The Producers'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Musical – Midsize
 * Nine'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' – Bailiwick Repertory Theatre

Best Revue
 * Ain’t Misbehavin’'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Campaign Supernova: How Many Democrats Does it Take to Lose an Election'' – Second City
 * Ella'' – Northlight Theatre
 * The Mistress Cycle'' – Apple Tree Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * William Brown (As You Like It – Writers Theatre)
 * Lou Contey (Requiem for a Heavyweight – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Barbara Gaines (The Comedy of Errors – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Mark E Lococo (The Miser – Northlight Theatre)
 * PJ Paparelli (Speech and Debate – American Theatre Company)
 * Edward Sobel (Cadillac – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Russ Tutterow (A Steady Rain – Chicago Dramatists)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Jim Corti (Meet Me in St Louis – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Jim Corti (Sweet Charity – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (Passion – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (Les Miserables – Marriott Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (Carousel – Court Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (The Producers – Marriott Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Stafford Arima (Altar Boyz – Drury Lane Theatre / Altar Boyz Chicago LLC)
 * Jim Carlson (No Country for Old White Men – Second City)
 * Kurt Johns (The Mistress Cycle – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Rob Ruggiero (Ella – Northlight Theatre)
 * Chuck Smith (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Goodman Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * Altar Boyz'' – Drury Lane Theatre / Altar Boyz Chicago LLC
 * Around the World in Eighty Days'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * Because They Have No Words'' – Piven Theatre
 * Campaign Supernova: How Many Democrats Does it Take to Lose an Election'' – Second City
 * Funk It Up about Nothin’'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Les Miserables'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Nine'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * Sounds So Good, Makes You Wanna Holler: Old School vs New School'' – Black Ensemble Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Jon Michael Hill (Superior Donuts – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * DJ Howard (Driving Ms Daisy – First Folio Theatre)
 * John Judd (Shining City – Goodman Theatre)
 * Nick Sandys (Much ado about Nothing – First Folio Theatre)
 * Randy Steinmeyer (A Steady Rain – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Sean Sullivan (Requiem for a Heavyweight – Shattered Globe Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Larry Adams (Phantom – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Guy Adkins (The Producers – Marriott Theatre)
 * John Cudia (Les Miserables – Marriott Theatre)
 * Ross Lehman (The Producers – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jeff Parker (Nine – Porchlight Music Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Karen Aldridge (The Cook – Goodman Theatre)
 * Shannon Cochran (The Lion in Winter – Writers Theatre)
 * Mary Beth Fisher (The Little Dog Laughed – About Face Theatre)
 * Alexandra Main (Wit – Gift Theatre)
 * Lois Smith (The Trip to Bountiful – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (Four Places – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Ana Gasteyer (Passion – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Heidi Kettenring (Little Women – Marriott Theatre)
 * Johanna McKenzie Miller (Phantom – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Summer Naomi Smart (Sweet Charity – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Kathy Voytko (Passion – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Joe Dempsey (Wedding Play – About Face Theatre)
 * Kevin Douglas (Around the World in Eighty Days – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Kevin McKillip (Jeeves Intervenes – First Folio Theatre)
 * Rob Riley (Cadillac – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Brian Sills (Cymbeline – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Mark Ulrich (Juno and the Paycock – Artistic Home)
 * Larry Yando (As You Like It – Writers Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Richard Todd Adams (Les Miserables – Marriott Theatre)
 * Brandon Dahlquist (Knute Rockne, All-American – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Rob Lindley (Carousel – Court Theatre)
 * Michael Aaron Lindner (The Producers – Marriott Theatre)
 * Stephen Schellhardt (Little Women – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Lesley Bevan (Othello – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Hallie Foote (The Trip to Bountiful – Goodman Theatre)
 * Ora Jones (Carter’s Way – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Polly Noonan (Passion Play – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Williams (The Miser – Northlight Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Marilynn Bogetich (Phantom – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Cory Goodrich (Hello, Dolly – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Jessie Mueller (Carousel – Court Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (The Full Monty – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kathy Voytko (Les Miserables – Marriott Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * John Steven Crowley (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Goodman Theatre)
 * Brian Crum (Altar Boyz – Drury Lane Theatre / Altar Boyz Chicago LLC)
 * James Rank (The American Dream Songbook – Next Theatre)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * E Faye Butler (Ella – Northlight Theatre)
 * Laura Grey (Campaign Supernova: How Many Democrats Does It Take to Lose an Election – Second City)
 * Angela Ingersoll (The Mistress Cycle – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Amber Ruffin (No Country for Old White Men – Second City)

Best Solo Performance
 * Brad Armacost (CS Lewis on Stage – Provision Theatre Company)
 * Thomas J Cox (Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day – Lookingglass Theatre / Museum of Contemporary Art)
 * Judith Ivey (The Lady with All the Answers – Northlight Theatre)
 * Michael Joseph Mitchell (Underneath the Lintel – City Lit Theatre Company / Boarshead Theatre / CRM Productions)
 * Nilaja Sun (No Child – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Yussef El Guindi (Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat – Silk Road Rising)
 * Keith Huff (A Steady Rain – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Bill Jepsen (Cadillac – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Joel Drake Johnson (Four Places – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Tracy Letts (Superior Donuts – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * GQ / JQ (Funk It Up about Nothin’ – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Eric Rosen (Wedding Play – About Face Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * Laura Eason (Around the World in Eighty Days – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Ron West (The Comedy of Errors – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell (Knute Rockne, All-American – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Christopher Gattelli (Altar Boyz – Drury Lane Theatre / Altar Boyz Chicago LLC)
 * Mitzi Hamilton (Sweet Charity – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Rudy Hogenmiller (La Cage aux Folles – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Marc Robin (The Producers – Marriott Theatre)

Best Fight/Movement Direction
 * Robin H McFarquhar (Cymbeline – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Rob Berman (Passion – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * George Caldwell (Ella – Northlight Theatre)
 * Eugene Dizon (Nine – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Brad Haak (Les Miserables – Marriott Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (Carousel – Court Theatre)
 * Jimmy Tillman (Sounds So Good, Makes You Wanna Holler: Old School vs New School – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Andrew Hansen (As You Like It – Writers Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans / Lindsay Jones (Cymbeline – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Darrell Leonard (Carter’s Way – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Kevin O’Donnell (Around the World in Eighty Days – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * David Pavkovic (Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day – Lookingglass Theatre / Museum of Contemporary Art)

Best Scenic Design – Large
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (Meet Me in St Louis – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (The Goodbye Girl – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * E David Cosier (The Trip to Bountiful – Goodman Theatre)
 * Allan Moyer (Passion Play – Goodman Theatre)
 * Keith Pitts (The Defiant Muse – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Scenic Design – Midsize
 * Kevin Depinet (Cadillac – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Kevin Hagan (Requiem for a Heavyweight – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Kevin Hagan (Suddenly, Last Summer – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Chelsea Myers (Juno and the Paycock – Artistic Home)
 * Jacqueline Penrod / Richard Penrod (The Philadelphia Story – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Large
 * Diane Ferry Williams (Les Miserables – Marriott Theatre)
 * Lee Keenan (Around the World in Eighty Days – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Jesse Klug (Sweet Charity – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * JR Lederle (The Turn of the Screw – Writers Theatre)
 * Philip S Rosenberg (Cymbeline – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Midsize
 * Christopher Ash (Wedding Play – About Face Theatre)
 * Mike Durst (Requiem for a Heavyweight – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * John Horan (The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Bailiwick Repertory Theatre)
 * John Horan (Wit – Gift Theatre)
 * JR Lederle (Fiction – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Large
 * Nikki Delhomme (La Cage aux Folles – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Ana Kuzmanic (The Comedy of Errors – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Les Miserables – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (The Producers – Marriott Theatre)
 * Tatjana Radisic (Meet Me in St Louis – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Midsize
 * Elsa Hiltner (Driving Ms Daisy – First Folio Theatre)
 * Karen Kawa (Fatboy – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Rachel Laritz (The Philadelphia Story – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Cybele Moon (Suddenly, Last Summer – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Bill Morey (Nine – Porchlight Music Theatre)

Best Sound Design – Large
 * Cecil Averett (Passion Play – Goodman Theatre)
 * Barry G Funderburg (Carter’s Way – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Andrew Hansen (As You Like It – Writers Theatre)
 * Joshua Horvath (Around the World in Eighty Days – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess (The Turn of the Screw – Writers Theatre)

Best Sound Design – Midsize
 * Jack Arky (Because They Have No Words – Piven Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess (Much ado about Nothing – First Folio Theatre)
 * Miles Polaski (White People – Gift Theatre)
 * Mike Tutaj (Requiem for a Heavyweight – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Mike Tutaj (Suddenly, Last Summer – Shattered Globe Theatre)

Best Projections/Video Design
 * Rupert Bohle (Passion Play – Goodman Theatre)
 * Marty Higginbotham / Bobby Richards (Speech and Debate – American Theatre Company)
 * Mike Tutaj (I Do, I Do – American Theatre Company)
 * Mike Tutaj (Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat – Silk Road Rising)

Special Award
 * Eileen Boevers, founder and recently retired Executive Artistic Director'' – Apple Tree Theatre

2009
Best Play – Large
 * Edward II'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Ruined'' – Goodman Theatre / Manhattan Theatre Club
 * The Arabian Nights'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * The Lieutenant of inishmore'' – Northlight Theatre
 * The Piano Lesson'' – Court Theatre
 * The Seafarer'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Twelfth Night'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Up'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Play – Midsize
 * A Moon for the Misbegotten'' – First Folio Theatre
 * Not Enough Air'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * Our Lady of the Underpass'' – Teatro Vista
 * The History Boys'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * The Little Foxes'' – Shattered Globe Theatre
 * The Overwhelming'' – Next Theatre
 * These Shining Lives'' – Rivendell Theatre

Best Musical – Large
 * A Minister’s Wife'' – Writers Theatre
 * Caroline, or Change'' – Court Theatre
 * Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Million Dollar Quartet'' – Million Dollar Quartet LLC
 * Ms Saigon'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' – Marriott Theatre
 * The Boys from Syracuse'' – Drury Lane Theatre

Best Musical – Midsize
 * Once on This Island'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * Tomorrow Morning'' – Williams LLC

Best Revue
 * America: All Better'' – Second City
 * Forbidden Broadway: Dances with the Stars'' – Freedson, Yellin, and Cotter
 * Studs Terkel’s Not Working'' – Second City

Best Director of a Play
 * Randall Arney (The Seafarer – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Nick Bowling (The History Boys – TimeLine Theatre)
 * David Cromer (Picnic – Writers Theatre)
 * Sean Graney (Edward II – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Ron OJ Parson (The Piano Lesson – Court Theatre)
 * John Tillinger (Don’t Dress for Dinner – British Stage Company LLC)
 * Alison C Vesely (A Moon for the Misbegotten – First Folio Theatre)
 * Rachel Walshe (These Shining Lives – Rivendell Theatre)
 * Kate Whoriskey (Ruined – Goodman Theatre / Manhattan Theatre Club)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (The Boys from Syracuse – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Michael Halberstam (A Minister’s Wife – Writers Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (Caroline, or Change – Court Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Marriott Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (Ms Saigon – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Gerald Alessandrini / William Selby (Forbidden Broadway: Dances with the Stars – Freedson, Yellin and Cotter)
 * Matt Hovde (America: All Better – Second City)
 * Matt Hovde (Studs Terkel’s Not Working – Second City)

Best Ensemble
 * Edward II'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Forbidden Broadway: Dances with the Stars'' – Freedson, Yellin and Cotter
 * Million Dollar Quartet'' – Million Dollar Quartet LLC
 * Scenes from the Big Picture'' – Seanachai Theatre
 * Studs Terkel’s Not Working'' – Second City
 * The Arabian Nights'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * The History Boys'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * The Seafarer'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Maury Cooper (Buried Child – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Russell G Jones (Ruined – Goodman Theatre / Manhattan Theatre Club)
 * Timothy Edward Kane (Rock ‘n’ Roll – Goodman Theatre)
 * Larry Neumann Jr (A Moon for the Misbegotten – First Folio Theatre)
 * William Petersen (Blackbird – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Robert Sella (Amadeus – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Joseph Anthony Foronda (Ms Saigon – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Sean Fortunato (Curtains – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Nick Garrison (Hedwig and the Angry Inch – American Theatre Company)
 * Brian Sears (The Bowery Boys – Marriott Theatre)
 * Richard Strimer (Pump Boys and Dinettes – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Saidah Arrika Ekulona (Ruined – Goodman Theatre / Manhattan Theatre Club)
 * Mary Beth Fisher (Rock ‘n’ Roll – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kirsten Fitzgerald (Pumpgirl – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Mattie Hawkinson (Blackbird – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Peggy Roeder (A Chirstmas Memory – Provision Theatre)
 * Rebecca Spence (These Shining Lives – Rivendell Theatre)
 * Janet Ulrich Brooks (Not Enough Air – TimeLine Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * E Faye Butler (Caroline, or Change – Court Theatre)
 * McKinley Carter (John and Jen – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Mary Ernster (The Light in the Piazza – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mary Ernster (Wings – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (Grey Gardens – Northlight Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Lance Baker (Mauritius – Northlight Theatre)
 * Jon Michael Hill (The Tempest – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Ross Lehman (Twelfth Night – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Ron Rains (The Quiet Man Tales – Smock Alley Theatre)
 * Alex Weisman (The History Boys – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Larry Yando (Twelfth Night – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Malcolm Durning (Caroline, or Change – Court Theatre)
 * Sean Fortunato (The Producers – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Levi Kreis (Million Dollar Quartet – Million Dollar Quartet LLC)
 * Dennis Moench (All Shook Up – Marriott Theatre)
 * Max Quinlan (The Light in the Piazza – Marriott Theatre)
 * Alan Schmuckler (A Minister’s Wife – Writers Theatre)
 * Bernie Yvon (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Hillary Clemens (Picnic – Writers Theatre)
 * Linda Gehringer (The Crowd You’re in With – Goodman Theatre)
 * Spencer Kayden (Don’t Dress for Dinner – British Stage Company LLC)
 * Eileen Niccolai (The Little Foxes – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Roxanne Reese (Magnolia – Goodman Theatre)
 * Janet Ulrich Brooks (Weekend – TimeLine Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Liz Baltes (A Minister’s Wife – Writers Theatre)
 * Melanie Brezill (Caroline, or Change – Court Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (Mame – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Summer Smart (The Light in the Piazza – Marriott Theatre)
 * Laura E Taylor (The Producers – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Nancy Voigts (Curtains – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Mark David Kaplan (Forbidden Broadway: Dances with the Stars – Freedson, Yellin and Cotter)
 * George Andrew Wolff (Side by Side by Sondheim – Light Opera Works)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Amanda Blake Davis (Studs Terkel’s Not Working – Second City)
 * Anna Gunn (Side by Side by Sondheim – Light Opera Works)
 * Leisa Mather (Forbidden Broadway: Dances with the Stars – Freedson, Yellin and Cotter)

Best Solo Performance
 * Max McLean (Mark’s Gospel – Fellowship for the Performing Arts)
 * Gwendolyn Whiteside (The K of D: An Urban Legend – Route 66 Theatre)

Best New Work'' – Play
 * ??? (The Walls – Rivendell Theatre)
 * Lynn Nottage (Ruined – Goodman Theatre / Manhattan Theatre Club)
 * Masha Obolensky (Not Enough Air – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Tanya Saracho (Kita y Fernanda – 16th Street Theatre)
 * Tanya Saracho (Our Lady of the Underpass – Teatro Vista)

Best New Work'' – Musical
 * ??? (The Bowery Boys – Marriott Theatre)
 * ??? (The Boys from Syracuse – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best New Adaptation
 * Seth Bockley (Jon – Collaboraction)
 * Frank Galati (Kafka on the Shore – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Frank Mahon / Milissa Pacelli (The Quiet Man Tales – Smock Alley Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell (The Boys from Syracuse – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Brenda Didier (Once on This Island – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Linda Fortunato (Crazy for You – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Matt Raftery (The Bowery Boys – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Marriott Theatre)

Best Fight/Movement Direction
 * Ned Mochel (On an Average Day – Route 66 Theatre / VS Productions Los Angeles)

Best Music Direction
 * Richard Carsey (A Minister’s Wife – Writers Theatre)
 * Eugene Dizon (Candide – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Roberta Duchak (Ms Saigon – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Michael Mahler (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Marriott Theatre)
 * Ryan T Nelson (The Light in the Piazza – Marriott Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (Caroline, or Change – Court Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (Wings – Apple Tree Theatre)
 * Malcolm Ruhl (Pump Boys and Dinettes – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Andrew Hansen (Not Enough Air – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Alaric Jans (Twelfth Night – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Dominic Kanza (Ruined – Goodman Theatre / Manhattan Theatre Club)

Best Scenic Design – Large
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (The Maids – Writers Theatre)
 * Linda Buchanan (Boleros for the Disenchanted – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kevin Depinet (The Crowd You’re in With – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jack Magaw (Picnic – Writers Theatre)
 * Lucy Osborne (Twelfth Night – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Scenic Design – Midsize
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (The History Boys – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Melania Lancy (The Little Foxes – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Angela Miller (A Moon for the Misbegotten – First Folio Theatre)
 * Courtney O’Neill (Talk Radio – Gift Theatre)
 * Keith Pitts (Weekend – TimeLine Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Large
 * Christopher Akerlind (Rock ‘n’ Roll – Goodman Theatre)
 * John Horan (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Northlight Theatre)
 * James Ingalls (Kafka on the Shore – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Natasha Katz (Turn of the Century – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jesse Klug (Ms Saigon – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Philip S Rosenberg (Amadeus – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Midsize
 * Matthew Gawryk (The Unseen – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Jeremy Getz (El Grito del Bronx – Collaboraction / Teatro Vista / Goodman Theatre)
 * Jesse Klug (Hedwig and the Angry Inch – American Theatre Company)
 * Tyler Micoleau (The Screwtape Letters – The Screwtape Letters LLC)
 * Shelley Strasser Holland (The Glass Menagerie – Shattered Globe Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Large
 * Mara Blumenfeld (The Arabian Nights – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Dona Granata (Turn of the Century – Goodman Theatre)
 * Virgil Johnson (Amadeus – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Lucy Osborne (Twelfth Night – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Tatjana Radisic (Mame – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Midsize
 * Rachel Laritz (The Voysey Inheritance – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Bill Morey (Candide – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Alison Siple (The Marriage of Figaro – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Best Sound Design – Large
 * Joshua Horvath / Ray Nardelli (Ms Saigon – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Macbeth – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess (Ghostwritten – Goodman Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess (Studs Terkel’s Not Working – Second City)
 * Josh Schmid (The Tempest – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Darron L West (Radio Macbeth – Court Theatre)

Best Sound Design – Midsize
 * Joe Court (The Unseen – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Andrew Hansen (Not Enough Air – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (The K of D: An Urban Legend – Route 66 Theatre)

Best Projections/Video Design
 * Steve Tolin, Special Effects (The Lieutenant of inishmore – Northlight Theatre)
 * Mike Tutaj (Jon – Collaboraction)
 * Mike Tutaj (Tomorrow Morning – Williams LLC)

Best New Adaptation'' – Musical
 * Austin Pendleton / Josh Schmidt / Jan Tranen (A Minister’s Wife – Writers Theatre)

Special Award
 * Second City in recognition of 50 years of comedy

Special Award
 * William Pullinsi, director and producer, for his 50-year career of presenting theatre

2010
Best Play – Large
 * A Streetcar Named Desire'' – Writers Theatre
 * Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom'' – Court Theatre
 * The Brother/Sister Plays'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity – Victory Gardens Theatre – Teatro Vista
 * The Illusion'' – Court Theatre
 * The Mystery of Irma Vep'' – Court Theatre

Best Play – Midsize
 * Abigail’s Party'' – Red Orchid Theatre
 * All My Sons'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * Master Harold and the Boys'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * The Farnsworth Invention'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * Tobacco Road'' – American Blues Theatre

Best Musical – Large
 * Animal Crackers'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Cabaret'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Hairspray'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Ragtime'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * The Drowsy Chaperone'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Thoroughly Modern Millie'' – Drury Lane Theatre

Best Revue
 * Low Down Dirty Blues'' – Northlight Theatre
 * Oh, Coward'' – Writers Theatre
 * The Absolute Best Friggin’ Time of Your Life'' – Second City

Best Director of a Play
 * Nick Bowling (The Farnsworth Invention – TimeLine Theatre)
 * David Cromer (A Streetcar Named Desire – Writers Theatre)
 * Sean Graney (The Mystery of Irma Vep – Court Theatre)
 * Tina Landau (The Brother/Sister Plays – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Shade Murray (Abigail’s Party – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (The Illusion – Court Theatre)
 * Kimberly Senior (All My Sons – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Edward Torres (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity – Victory Gardens Theatre / Teatro Vista)

Best Director of a Musical
 * Jim Corti (Cabaret – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Jim Corti (Oh, Coward – Writers Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Hairspray – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (The Drowsy Chaperone – Marriott Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (Ragtime – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Henry Wishcamper (Animal Crackers – Goodman Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * Abigail’s Party'' – Red Orchid Theatre
 * Animal Crackers'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom'' – Court Theatre
 * Ragtime'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * The Brother/Sister Plays'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * The Farnsworth Invention'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * The Wedding'' – TUTA

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Desmin Borges (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity – Victory Gardens Theatre / Teatro Vista)
 * Brian Dennehy (Hughie / Krapp’s Last Tape – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rob Fagin (The Farnsworth Invention – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Erik Hellman (The Mystery of Irma Vep – Court Theatre)
 * Tracy Letts (American Buffalo – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Nick Sandys (The Dangerous Liaisons – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Michael Shannon (Mistakes Were Made – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Chris Sullivan (The Mystery of Irma Vep – Court Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Quentin Earl Darrington (Ragtime – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * James Harms (The Drowsy Chaperone – Marriott Theatre)
 * Max Quinlan (Jesus Christ Superstar – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Alan Schmuckler (Sugar – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Joey Slotnick (Animal Crackers – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Tracy Michelle Arnold (Private Lives – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Cassandra Bissell (Mary’s Wedding – Rivendell Theatre / Cross)
 * Kirsten Fitzgerald (Abigail’s Party – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Natasha Lowe (A Streetcar Named Desire – Writers Theatre)
 * Lia Mortensen (The Hiding Place – Provision Theatre)
 * Allison Torem (Trust – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Janet Ulrich Brooks (All My Sons – TimeLine Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Holly Ann Butler (Thoroughly Modern Millie – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Cory Goodrich (Ragtime – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Heidi Kettenring (I Do, I Do – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Marissa Perry (Hairspray – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Allen Gilmore (Sizwe Banzi Is Dead – Court Theatre)
 * Francis Guinan (A Guide for the Perplexed – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Tom Irwin (A Parallelogram – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Timothy Edward Kane (The Illusion – Court Theatre)
 * Nick Sandys (Twelfth Night – First Folio Theatre)
 * Lindsay Smiling (Blue Door – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Michael Patrick Thornton (Suicide Incorporated – Gift Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Mark David Kaplan (Ragtime – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Peter Kevoian (The Christmas Schooner – Theatre at the Centre)
 * David Lively (Cabaret – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Adam Pelty (The Drowsy Chaperone – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Wanda Christine (The Old Settler – Writers Theatre)
 * Cindy Gold (Awake and Sing – Northlight Theatre)
 * Rebecca Spence (The Dangerous Liaisons – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Stacy Stoltz (A Streetcar Named Desire – Writers Theatre)
 * Janet Ulrich Brooks (When She Danced – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Natalie West (Abigail’s Party – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Williams (The Brother/Sister Plays – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Rebecca Finnegan (Cabaret – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Heidi Kettenring (Hairspray – Marriott Theatre)
 * Valisia LeKae (Ragtime – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Barbara Robertson (Yeast Nation: The Triumph of Life – American Theatre Company)
 * Paula Scrofano (Thoroughly Modern Millie – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * Mississippi Charles Bevel (Low Down Dirty Blues – Northlight Theatre)
 * Felicia Fields (Low Down Dirty Blues – Northlight Theatre)
 * Rob Lindley (Oh, Coward – Writers Theatre)
 * Gregory Porter (Low Down Dirty Blues – Northlight Theatre)
 * Sam Richardson (The Absolute Best Friggin’ Time of Your Life – Second City)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Christina Anthony (The Absolute Best Friggin’ Time of Your Life – Second City)
 * Kate Fry (Oh, Coward – Writers Theatre)
 * Sandra Reaves-Phillips (Low Down Dirty Blues – Northlight Theatre)

Best Cameo Actor in a Musical
 * Tammy Mader (Thoroughly Modern Millie – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Solo Performance
 * Mary Beth Fisher (The Year of Magical Thinking – Court Theatre)
 * Dael Orlandersmith (Stoop Stories – Goodman Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Andy Bellin / David Schwimmer (Trust – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Kristoffer Diaz (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity – Victory Gardens Theatre / Teatro Vista)
 * Michael Golamco (Year Zero – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Andrew Hinderaker (Suicide, Incorporated – Gift Theatre)
 * Jim Lynch (The Tallest Man – Artistic Home)
 * Bruce Norris (A Parallelogram – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Craig Wright (Mistakes Were Made – Red Orchid Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * John Carrafa (Animal Crackers – Goodman Theatre)
 * Tammy Mader (Thoroughly Modern Millie – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Hairspray – Marriott Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (The Drowsy Chaperone – Marriott Theatre)

Best Fight/Movement Direction
 * David Woolley, Fight Choreography (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity – Victory Gardens Theatre / Teatro Vista)

Best Music Direction
 * Roberta Duchak (Ragtime – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (Animal Crackers – Goodman Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (Cabaret – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (Oh, Coward – Writers Theatre)
 * Robert Reddrick (Nothing but the Blues – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Joshua Horvath / Ray Nardelli (The Long Red Road – Goodman Theatre)
 * Josh Horvath / Kevin O’Donnell / Andre Pluess / Ray Nardelli (Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale – Lookingglass Theatre / Silverguy Entertainment)
 * Alaric Jans (The Hiding Place – Provision Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Richard III – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Henry Marsh (Twelfth Night – First Folio Theatre)
 * Jesse Terrill (The Wedding – TUTA)

Best Scenic Design – Large
 * Jeff Bauer (A Guide for the Perplexed – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * John Culbert (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Court Theatre)
 * Kevin Depinet (Ragtime – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Kevin Depinet (Thoroughly Modern Millie – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Collette Pollard (The Illusion – Court Theatre)
 * Todd Rosenthal (A Parallelogram – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Walt Spangler (A True History of the Johnstown Flood – Goodman Theatre)

Best Scenic Design – Midsize
 * Aimee Hanyzewski (Of Mice and Men – Oak Park Festival Theatre)
 * James Leaming (Tobacco Road – American Blues Theatre)
 * Timothy Mann (Master Harold and the Boys – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Inseung Park (The Hiding Place – Provision Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Large
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale – Lookingglass Theatre / Silverguy Entertainment)
 * John Culbert (The Illusion – Court Theatre)
 * Jesse Klug (Cabaret – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Jesse Klug (Ragtime – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Jesse Klug (Thoroughly Modern Millie – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Midsize
 * Lee Fiskness (End Days – Next Theatre)
 * Keith Parham (The Farnsworth Invention – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Jaymi Lee Smith (Mary’s Wedding – Rivendell Theatre / Mary Cross)

Best Costume Design – Large
 * Jacqueline Firkins (The Illusion – Court Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (The Drowsy Chaperone – Marriott Theatre)
 * Tatjana Radisic (Cabaret – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Alison Siple (The Mystery of Irma Vep – Court Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Midsize
 * Kristin DeiTos / Sarah E Ross (Tobacco Road – American Blues Theatre)
 * William J Morey (Into the Woods – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Emily Waecker (The Dangerous Liaisons – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Best Sound Design – Large
 * Mikhail Fiksel (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity – Victory Gardens Theatre / Teatro Vista)
 * Joshua Horvath / Ray Nardelli (The Illusion – Court Theatre)
 * Ray Nardelli (Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale – Lookingglass Theatre / Silverguy Entertainment)

Best Sound Design – Midsize
 * Toy DeIorio (Mary’s Wedding – Rivendell Theatre / Cross)
 * Mikhail Fiksel (War with the Newts – Next Theatre)
 * Nick Keenan (End Days – Next Theatre)
 * Angela Miller (Jeeves in Bloom – First Folio Theatre)
 * Miles Polaski (One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Gift Theatre)

Best Artistic Specialisation
 * ???, Multimedia Design (Trust – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Sage Marie Carter, Projections Design (Ragtime – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi, Circus Choreography / Movement Direction (Icarus – Lookingglass Theatre / Actors Gymnasium)
 * Nick Sandys, Fight Choreography (The Dangerous Liaisons – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

2011
Best Play – Large
 * Chinglish'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Heartbreak House'' – Writers Theatre
 * The Madness of George III'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Outgoing Tide'' – Northlight Theatre
 * The Seagull'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Travels with My Aunt'' – Writers Theatre
 * Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf'' – Steppenwolf Theatre

Best Play – Midsize
 * Frost/Nixon'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * The Big Meal'' – American Theatre Company
 * The Goat: Who Is Sylvia'' – Remy Bumppo Theatre
 * The Importance of Being Earnest'' – Remy Bumppo Theatre
 * To Master the Art'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * Scorched'' – Silk Road Rising

Best Musical – Large
 * 42nd Street'' – Marriott Theatre
 * A Chorus Line'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Candide'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Porgy and Bess'' – Court Theatre
 * Spamalot'' – Drury Lane Theatre

Best Musical – Midsize
 * Grease'' – American Theatre Company
 * Merrily We Roll Along'' – The Music Theatre Company
 * The King and I'' – Porchlight Music Theatre

Best Revue
 * Sky’s the Limit: Weather Permitting'' – Second City
 * Shout'' – Marriott Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * James Bohnen (The Goat: Who Is Sylvia – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Dexter Bullard (The Big Meal – American Theatre Company)
 * Stuart Carden (Travels with My Aunt – Writers Theatre)
 * Louis Contey (Frost/Nixon – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Bob Falls (The Seagull – Goodman Theatre)
 * BJ Jones (The Outgoing Tide – Northlight Theatre)
 * Pam MacKinnon (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Penny Metropulos (The Madness of George III – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Leigh Silverman (Chinglish – Goodman Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical or Revue
 * David H Bell (Hot Mikado – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (The Music Man – Marriott Theatre)
 * Michael Halberstam (She Loves Me – Writers Theatre)
 * Mark Lococo (A Chorus Line – Marriott Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (Porgy and Bess – Court Theatre)
 * William Osetek (Spamalot – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (42nd Street – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (Candide – Goodman Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * A Chorus Line'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Float'' – About Face Theatre
 * Sky’s the Limit: Weather Permitting'' – Second City
 * The Big Meal'' – American Theatre Company
 * The Front Page'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * The Seagull'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Travels with My Aunt'' – Writers Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Brad Armacost (Shadowlands – Provision Theatre)
 * Brad Armacost (The Weir – Seanachai Theatre)
 * Harry Groener (The Madness of George III – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Terry Hamilton (Frost/Nixon – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Tracy Letts (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * John Mahoney (The Outgoing Tide – Northlight Theatre)
 * Nick Sandys (Blithe Spirit – First Folio Theatre)
 * Nick Sandys (The Goat: Who Is Sylvia – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Joe Kinosian (Murder for Two: A Killer Musical – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Michael Mahler (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Geoff Packard (Candide – Goodman Theatre)
 * Stephen Schellhardt (Hot Mikado – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Alan Schmuckler (Murder for Two: A Killer Musical – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Karen Aldridge (The Trinity River Plays – Goodman Theatre / Dallas Theatre Centre)
 * Annabel Armour (The Goat: Who Is Sylvia – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Jennifer Lim (Chinglish – Goodman Theatre)
 * Lois Markle (Three Tall Women – Court Theatre)
 * Rondi Reed (The Outgoing Tide – Northlight Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Sandra Marquez (26 Miles – Rivendell Theatre / Teatro Vista)
 * Kathy Scambiatterra (Sweet Bird of Youth – Artistic Home)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (The Piano Teacher – Next Theatre)
 * Karen Janes Woditsch (To Master the Art – TimeLine Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Brianna Borger (The King and I – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Elizabeth Lanza (Meet John Doe – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Megan McGinnis (Daddy Long Legs – Northlight Theatre)
 * Jessie Mueller (Guys and Dolls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jessie Mueller (She Loves Me – Writers Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Ira Amyx (That Was Then – Seanachai Theatre)
 * Lance Baker (Speed-the-Plow – American Theatre Company)
 * Marc Grapey (At Home at the Zoo – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Francis Guinan (Rantoul and Die – American Blues Theatre / Eich and Foster)
 * Mike Nussbaum (Broadway Bound – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * John Reeger (Heartbreak House – Writers Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Sean Blake (Porgy and Bess – Court Theatre)
 * Matthew Crowle (Spamalot – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * James Earl Jones II (The Wiz – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Ted Louis Levy (Hot Mikado – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Larry Yando (Candide – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Annabel Armour (At Home at the Zoo – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Tracey N Bonner (Home – Court Theatre)
 * Mary Beth Fisher (Three Tall Women – Court Theatre)
 * Diane Kondrat (The Gospel according to James – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Elizabeth Ledo (The Homosexuals – About Face Theatre)
 * Diana Simonzadeh (Scorched – Silk Road Rising)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Kate Garassino (The King and I – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Heidi Kettenring (She Loves Me – Writers Theatre)
 * Gina Milo (Spamalot – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (Candide – Goodman Theatre)
 * Bethany Thomas (Porgy and Bess – Court Theatre)

Best Performer in a Revue
 * Tim Baltz (Sky’s the Limit: Weather Permitting – Second City)
 * Tammy Mader (Shout – Marriott Theatre)
 * Sam Richardson (South Side of Heaven – Second City)

Best Solo Performance
 * Barbara Robertson (The Detective’s Wife – Writers Theatre)

Best New Work'' – Play
 * William Brown / Doug Frew (To Master the Art – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Darren Canady (Brothers of the Dust – Congo Sqaure Theatre)
 * Philip Dawkins (The Homosexuals – About Face Theatre)
 * Bruce Graham (The Outgoing Tide – Northlight Theatre)
 * David Henry Hwang (Chinglish – Goodman Theatre)
 * Patricia Kane (Float – About Face Theatre)
 * Dan LeFranc (The Big Meal – American Theatre Company)
 * Caitlin Montanye Parrish / Erica Weiss (A Twist of Water – Route 66 Theatre)

Best New Work'' – Musical or Revue
 * Tim Baltz / Aidy Bryant / Matt Hovde / Brendan Jennings / Jessica Joy / Michael Lehrer / *Mary Sohn (Sky’s the Limit: Weather Permitting – Second City)
 * Edgar Blackman / Billy Bungeroth / Holly Laurent / Timothy Edward Mason / Katie Rich / *Sam Richardson / Tim Robinson (South Side of Heaven – Second City)
 * Kellen Blair / Joe Kinosian (Murder for Two: A Killer Musical – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Robert Morris / Steven Morris / Matte O’Brien / Joe Shane (White Noise – White Noise Chicago LLC)

Best New Adaptation
 * Amanda Dehnert (Peter Pan – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Laura Eason (Ethan Frome – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Nina Faso / Stephen Schwartz (Working – Broadway Playhouse)
 * Sean Graney (The Comedy of Errors – Court Theatre)
 * Jon Jory (Sense and Sensibility – Northlight Theatre)
 * Mary Zimmerman (Candide – Goodman Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * David H Bell (Hot Mikado – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Tammy Mader (42nd Street – Marriott Theatre)
 * Tammy Mader (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Matt Raftery (The Music Man – Marriott Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (A Chorus Line – Marriott Theatre)

Best Fight/Movement Direction
 * Matt Hawkins (Peter Pan – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Nick Sandys (Romeo and Juliet – First Folio Theatre)
 * Rick Sordelet (Romeo and Juliet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Roberta Duchak (Spamalot – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * David Kreppel (The Music Man – Marriott Theatre)
 * Michael Mahler (Hot Mikado – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Ryan T Nelson (A Chorus Line – Marriott Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (42nd Street – Marriott Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (Candide – Goodman Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (Porgy and Bess – Court Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Jenny Giering (As You Like It – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Andrew Hansen (In Darfur – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Andrew Hansen (To Master the Art – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Romeo and Juliet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Scenic Design – Large
 * David Korins (Chinglish – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Penrod / Richard Penrod (The Last Act of Lilka Kadison – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Collette Pollard (Broadway Bound – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Keith Pitts (Heartbreak House – Writers Theatre)
 * Todd Rosenthal (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Scenic Design – Midsize
 * Robert Groth / Jenniffer J Thusing (The Weir – Seanachai Theatre)
 * Tim Morrison (The Goat: Who Is Sylvia – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * John Musial (Float – About Face Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Penrod / Richard Penrod (The Importance of Being Earnest – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Collette Pollard (The Front Page – TimeLine Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Large
 * Christopher Akerlind (As You Like It – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * John Culbert (Romeo and Juliet – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jesse Klug (''Spamalot - Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Jason Lyons (White Noise – White Noise Chicago LLC)
 * Jaymi Lee Smith (Orlando – Court Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Midsize
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (The Big Meal – American Theatre Company)
 * Jeff Glass (Sweet Bird of Youth – Artistic Home)
 * Sarah Hughey (Scorched – Silk Road Rising)
 * Nic Jones / Jesse Klug (In Darfur – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Keith Parham (Frost/Nixon – TimeLine Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Large
 * Mara Blumenfeld (Candide – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jacqueline Firkins (The Comedy of Errors – Court Theatre)
 * Jeremy W Floyd (Hot Mikado – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Susan E Mickey (The Madness of George III – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (42nd Street – Marriott Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Midsize
 * Mina Hyun-Ok Hong (Sunday in the Park with George – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Rachel Lambert (Romeo and Juliet – First Folio Theatre)
 * Bill Morey (The King and I – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Lindsey Pate (The Front Page – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Melissa Torchia (The Importance of Being Earnest – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Best Sound Design – Large
 * Mikhail Fiksel (Travels with My Aunt – Writers Theatre)
 * Andrew Hansen (Heartbreak House – Writers Theatre)
 * Andrew Hansen (The Outgoing Tide – Northlight Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess (Orlando – Court Theatre)
 * James Savage (Murder for Two: A Killer Musical – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Sound Design – Midsize
 * Barry Bennett (Hickory Dickory – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Joseph Fosco (The New Electric Ballroom – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Andrew Hansen (In Darfur – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Andrew Hansen (To Master the Art – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Peter J Storms (Scorched – Silk Road Rising)

Best Projections/Video Design
 * John Boesche (A Twist of Water – Route 66 Theatre)
 * Raj Kapoor (White Noise – White Noise Chicago LLC)
 * Aaron Rhyne (Working – Broadway Playhouse)
 * Mike Tutaj (In Darfur – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Mike Tutaj (Frost/Nixon – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Mike Tutaj (The Detective’s Wife – Writers Theatre)

Best Artistic Specialisation
 * Tracy Otwell (The Last Act of Lilka Kadison – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Melissa Veal, Wig and Makeup Design (The Madness of George III – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Special Award
 * Hedy Weiss in recognition of her contributions to Chicago and theatre

2012
Best Play – Large
 * Angels in America'' – Court Theatre
 * Clybourne Park'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Elizabeth Rex'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * In the Next Room: Vibrator Play'' – Victory Gardens Theatre
 * Invisible Man'' – Court Theatre / Christopher McElroen Productions
 * Oedipus el Rey'' – Victory Gardens Theatre
 * Mr Rickey Calls a Meeting'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * The Convert'' – Goodman Theatre / McCarter Theatre Centre / Centre Theatre Group
 * The Iceman Cometh'' – Goodman Theatre

Best Play – Midsize
 * Blizzard ’67'' – Chicago Dramatists
 * Chesapeake'' – Remy Bumppo Theatre
 * Death and Harry Houdini'' –House Theatre
 * Disgraced'' – American Theatre Company / Araca Group
 * Enron'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * Fish Men'' – Goodman Theatre / Teatro Vista
 * Freud’s Last Session'' – Copeland, Stillman and Thomas / Barrington Stage Production
 * Immediate Family'' – Goodman Theatre / Boskind, Hendel and Hendel / About Face Theatre
 * The Pitmen Painters'' – TimeLine Theatre

Best Musical – Large
 * A Little Night Music'' – Writers Theatre
 * Eastland'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * Follies'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Hairspray'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * The Pirates of Penzance'' – Marriott Theatre
 * The Sound of Music'' – Drury Lane Theatre

Best Musical – Midsize
 * A Catered Affair'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * Rent'' – American Theatre Company / About Face Theatre
 * The Christmas Schooner'' – Mercury Theatre
 * The Doyle and Debbie Show'' – Royal George Cabaret

Best Revue
 * Putting It Together'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * We’re All in This Room Together'' – Second City

Best Director of a Play
 * Nathan Allen (Death and Harry Houdini – House Theatre)
 * J Nicole Brooks (Mr Rickey Calls a Meeting – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Bob Falls (The Iceman Cometh – Goodman Theatre)
 * BJ Jones (The Pitmen Painters – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Christopher McElroen (Invisible Man – Court Theatre / Christopher McElroen Productions)
 * Amy Morton (Clybourne Park – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (An Iliad – Court Theatre)
 * Ron OJ Parson (The Caretaker – Writers Theatre)
 * Sandy Shinner (In the Next Room: The Vibrator Play – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Chay Yew (Oedipus el Rey – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * William Brown (A Little Night Music – Writers Theatre)
 * Amanda Dehnert (Eastland – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (Follies – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Tammy Mader (Hairspray – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Dominic Missimi (The Pirates of Penzance – Marriott Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (The Sound of Music – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Ryan Bernier (We’re All in This Room Together – Second City)
 * Brenda Didier (Putting It Together – Porchlight Music Theatre)

Best Ensemble
 * Ameriville by Universes'' – Victory Gardens Theatre
 * Clybourne Park'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Mr Rickey Calls a Meeting'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * The Iceman Cometh'' – Goodman Theatre
 * The Pitmen Painters'' – TimeLine Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Usman Ally (Disgraced – American Theatre Company / Araca Group)
 * Tegle F Bougere (Invisible Man – Court Theatre / Christopher McElroen Productions)
 * William J Norris (The Caretaker – Writers Theatre)
 * Martin Rayner (Freud’s Last Session – Copeland, Stillman and Thomas / Barrington Stage Production)
 * Steven Sutcliffe (Elizabeth Rex – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Larry Yando (Angels in America – Court Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Adrian Aguilar (Tick, Tick, Boom – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Bruce Arntson (The Doyle and Debbie Show – Royal George Cabaret)
 * Clarke Hallum (A Christmas Story – Chicago Theatre Company)
 * Andrew Lupp (White Christmas – Marriott Theatre)
 * Kelvin Roston Jr (The Jackie Wilson Story: My Heart is Crying, Crying – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Rashawn Thompson (The Marvin Gaye Story: Don’t Talk about My Father, Because God Is My Friend – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Pascale Armand (The Convert – Goodman Theatre / McCarter Theatre Centre / Centre Theatre Group)
 * Kate Buddeke (The North Plan – Theatre Wit)
 * Diane D’Aquila (Elizabeth Rex – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Kate Fry (In the Next Room: The Vibrator Play – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Lia Mortensen (Ten Chimneys – Northlight Theatre)
 * Kelli Simpkins (The Kid Thing – About Face Theatre / Chicago Dramatists)
 * Janet Ulrich Brooks (A Walk in the Woods – TimeLine Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Jennifer Blood (The Sound of Music – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Lillian Castillo (Hairspray – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Shannon Cochran (A Little Night Music – Writers Theatre)
 * Rebecca Finnegan (A Catered Affair – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Jenny Littleton (The Doyle and Debbie Show – Royal George Cabaret)
 * Liz McCartney (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Caroline O’Connor (Follies – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Brad Armacost (A Moon for the Misbegotten – Seanachai Theatre)
 * Ian Barford (The March – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Brian Dennehy (The Iceman Cometh – Goodman Theatre)
 * Alex Goodrich (The Foreigner – Provision Theatre)
 * Harry Groener (The March – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Ron Orbach (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Dan Waller (The Pitmen Painters – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Howard Witt (Fish Men – Goodman Theatre / Teatro Vista)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Brandon Dahlquist (A Little Night Music – Writers Theatre)
 * Kevin Earley (The Pirates of Penzance – Marriott Theatre)
 * Alex Goodrich (Hero – Marriott Theatre)
 * Ross Lehman (The Pirates of Penzance – Marriott Theatre)
 * Michael Aaron Lindner (Hairspray – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Rod Thomas (Little Shop of Horrors – Theatre at the Centre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Cheryl Lynn Bruce (The Convert – Goodman Theatre / McCarter Theatre Centre / Centre Theatre Group)
 * Hannah Gomez (Crooked – Rivendell Theatre / Cross)
 * Patrese D McClain (Spunk – Court Theatre)
 * Polly Noonan (In the Next Room: The Vibrator Play – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Mary Ann Thebus (After the Revolution – Next Theatre)
 * Kristina Valada-Viars (Time Stands Still – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Natalie West (The Butcher of Baraboo – Red Orchid Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Dara Cameron (Hero – Marriott Theatre)
 * Patti Cohenour (The Sound of Music – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Hollis Resnik (Follies – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Alene Robertson (White Christmas – Marriott Theatre)
 * Christine Sherrill (Legally Blonde – Marriott Theatre)

Best Performer in a Revue
 * Edgar Blackmon (Second City’s 100th Revue: Who Do We Think We Are – Second City)
 * McKinley Carter (Putting It Together – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Mike Kosinski (We’re All in This Room Together – Second City)
 * Adam Pelty (Putting It Together – Porchlight Music Theatre)

Best Solo Performance
 * Timothy Edward Kane (An Iliad – Court Theatre)
 * Greg Matthew (Chesapeake – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Deborah Staples (The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead – Writers Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced – American Theatre Company / Araca Group)
 * John Conroy (My Kind of Town – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Andrew Hinderaker (I Am Going to Change the World – Chicago Dramatists)
 * Sarah Gubbins (The Kid Thing – About Face Theatre / Chicago Dramatists)
 * Michael Mahler / Aaron Thielen (Hero – Marriott Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess / Ben Sussman / Andrew White (Eastland – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Jon Steinhagen (Blizzard ’67 – Chicago Dramatists)

Best New Adaptation
 * Calixto Bieito / Marc Rosich (Camino Real – Goodman Theatre)
 * Frank Galati (The March – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Oren Jacoby (Invisible Man – Court Theatre / Christopher McElroen Productions)
 * Tracy Letts (Three Sisters – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Frank Maugeri / Jessica Thebus (The Feast: An Intimate Tempest – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Tammy Mader (Hairspray – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Matt Raftery (The Pirates of Penzance – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jessica Redish (Pippin – Music Theatre Company)
 * Marc Robin (White Christmas – Marriott Theatre)
 * Alex Sanchez (Follies – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Austin Cook (Putting It Together – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Roberta Duchak (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Roberta Duchak (The Sound of Music – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Valerie Maze (A Little Night Music – Writers Theatre)
 * Brad Haak (Follies – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Robert Reddrick (The Marvin Gaye Story: Don’t Talk about My Father, Because God Is My Friend – Black Ensemble Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Michael Bodeen / Rob Milburn (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jenny Giering (Elizabeth Rex – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Andrew Hansen (A Walk in the Woods – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Timon of Athens – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Kevin O’Donnell (Death and Harry Houdini – House Theatre)
 * David Singer (Three Sisters – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Scenic Design – Large
 * Kevin Depinet (The Iceman Cometh – Goodman Theatre)
 * Troy Hourie (Invisible Man – Court Theatre / Christopher McElroen Productions)
 * Jack Magaw (In the Next Room: The Vibrator Play – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Jack Magaw (The Caretaker – Writers Theatre)
 * Dan Ostling (Eastland – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Todd Rosenthal (Clybourne Park – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Todd Rosenthal (Red – Goodman Theatre)
 * Walt Spangler (Time Stands Still – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Scenic Design – Midsize
 * Ira Amyx / Merje Veski (A Moon for the Misbegotten – Seanachai Theatre)
 * John Iocovelli (Immediate Family – Goodman Theatre / Boskind, Hendel and Hendel / About Face Theatre)
 * Jack Magaw (Disgraced – American Theatre Company / Araca Group)
 * Brian Prather (Freud’s Last Session – Copeland, Stillman and Thomas / Barrington Stage Production)
 * Chelsea M Warren (The Kid Thing – About Face Theatre / Chicago Dramatists)

Best Lighting Design – Large
 * John Culbert (Invisible Man – Court Theatre / Christopher McElroen Productions)
 * James F Ingalls (Camino Real – Goodman Theatre)
 * Natasha Katz (The Iceman Cometh – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jesse Klug (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Keith Parham (Red – Goodman Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Midsize
 * Jesse Klug (Fish Men – Goodman Theatre / Teatro Vista)
 * Jesse Klug (The Amish Project – American Theatre Company)
 * JR Lederle (Chesapeake – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Michael McNamara (The Turn of the Screw – First Folio Theatre)
 * Ben Wilhelm (Death and Harry Houdini – House Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Large
 * Jacqueline Firkins (In the Next Room: The Vibrator Play – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Rachel Anne Healy (A Little Night Music – Writers Theatre)
 * Virgil C Johnson (Follies – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (The Pirates of Penzance – Marriott Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (White Christmas – Marriott Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Midsize
 * David Hyman (Rent – American Theatre Company / About Face Theatre)
 * Branimira Ivanova (Cloud 9 – Gift Theatre)
 * Lee Keenan (Death and Harry Houdini – House Theatre)
 * Kate Murphy (Absolute Hell – Gift Theatre)
 * Michael Alan Stein (The Nativity – Congo Sqaure Theatre)

Best Sound Design – Large
 * Michael Bodeen / Rob Milburn (The 39 Steps – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Mikhail Fiksel (Oedipus el Rey – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Joshua Horvath / Kevin O’Donnell (Angels in America – Court Theatre)
 * Andre Pluess (An Iliad – Court Theatre)
 * Josh Schmidt (The March – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Sound Design – Midsize
 * Harrison Adams / Kevin O’Donnell (Death and Harry Houdini – House Theatre)
 * Toy DeIorio (Falling: A Wake – Rivendell Theatre)
 * Mikhail Fiksel (Fish Men – Goodman Theatre / Teatro Vista)
 * Christopher Kriz (The Turn of the Screw – First Folio Theatre)
 * Rick Sims (Chesapeake – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Artistic Specialisation
 * Kurt Alger, Wig Design (Hairspray – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Dennis Watkins, Magic Design (Death and Harry Houdini – House Theatre)
 * Jesse Mooney-Bullock, Puppetry Design (The Feast: An Intimate Tempest – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Melissa Veal, Wig and Makeup Design (Elizabeth Rex – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Projections/Media Design
 * Maya Ciarrocchi (Crowns – Goodman Theatre)
 * Seth Henrikson (Megacosm – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Alex Koch (Invisible Man – Court Theatre / Christopher McElroen Productions)
 * Mike Tutaj (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Mike Tutaj (A Walk in the Woods – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Mike Tutaj (I Am Going to Change the World – Chicago Dramatists)

2013
Best Play – Large
 * Good People'' – Steppenwolf Theatre
 * Jitney'' – Court Theatre
 * Metamorphoses'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * Simpatico'' – Red Orchid Theatre
 * The Liar'' – Writers Theatre
 * The School for Lies'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

Best Play – Midsize
 * 33 Variations'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * Blood and Gifts'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * Collected Stories'' – American Blues Theatre
 * Columbinus'' – American Theatre Company

Best Musical – Large
 * Oliver'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * South Pacific'' – Marriott Theatre
 * Sunday in the Park with George'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * The Dead'' – Court Theatre
 * The Jungle Book'' – Goodman Theatre / Huntington Theatre Company

Best Musical – Midsize
 * A Class Act'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * Barnum'' – Mercury Theatre
 * Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * Pal Joey'' – Porchlight Music Theatre

Best Revue
 * A Clown Car Named Desire'' – Second City
 * A Grand Night for Singing'' – Mercury Theatre
 * The Second City Guide to the Opera'' – Second City / Lyric Opera
 * Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie'' – Northlight Theatre

Best Director of a Play
 * Nick Bowling (Blood and Gifts – TimeLine Theatre)
 * William Brown (The Liar – Writers Theatre)
 * PJ Paparelli (Columbinus – American Theatre Company)
 * K Todd Freeman (Good People – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Ron OJ Parson (Jitney – Court Theatre)

Best Director of a Musical
 * David H Bell (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)
 * Gary Griffin (Sunday in the Park with George – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Michael Halberstam (Sweet Charity – Writers Theatre)
 * Charles Newell (The Dead – Court Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (Oliver – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Michael Weber (Pal Joey – Porchlight Music Theatre)

Best Director of a Revue
 * Kevin Bellie (A Grand Night for Singing – Mercury Theatre)
 * Ryan Bernier (A Clown Car Named Desire – Second City)
 * Billy Bungeroth (The Second City Guide to the Opera – Second City / Lyric Opera)

Best Ensemble
 * Columbinus'' – American Theatre Company
 * Jitney'' – Court Theatre
 * Metamorphoses'' – Lookingglass Theatre
 * Othello: The Remix'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Wrens'' – Rivendell Theatre

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * Kamal Angelo Bolden (The Opponent – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Brad Armacost (Faith Healer – Den Theatre)
 * Rom Barkhordar (In a Garden – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Dale Calandra (The Whale – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Michael Shannon (Simpatico – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Kevin Theis (Someone Who’ll Watch over Me – Oak Park Festival Theatre)
 * Guy Van Swearingen (Simpatico – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Larry Yando (A Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Jason Danieley (Sunday in the Park with George – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Stephen R Buntrock (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)
 * Bill Larkin (A Class Act – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Andrew Lupp (My One and Only – Marriott Theatre)
 * Richard Strimer (What a Glorious Feeling – Theatre at the Centre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Cheryl Lynn Bruce (Head of Passes – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Chaon Cross (Proof – Court Theatre)
 * Mariann Mayberry (Good People – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Carmen Roman (Collected Stories – American Blues Theatre)
 * Janet Ulrich Brooks (33 Variations – TimeLine Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Carmen Cusack (Sunday in the Park with George – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Heidi Kettenring (Oliver – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Elizabeth Lanza (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)
 * Susie McMonagle (Pal Joey – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Christine Sherrill (Sunset Boulevard – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Raena White (Dreamgirls – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Raymond Fox (Blood and Gifts – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Erik Hellman (Proof – Court Theatre)
 * Jack Hickey (Someone Who’ll Watch over Me – Oak Park Festival Theatre)
 * Gary Perez (The Motherfucker with the Hat – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * JJ Phillips (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Matthew Crowle (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Andre De Shields (The Jungle Book – Goodman Theatre / Huntington Theatre Company)
 * Ted Louis Levy (My One and Only – Marriott Theatre)
 * Rob Lindley (The Dead – Court Theatre)
 * Stef Tovar (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * Moira Harris (The Birthday Party – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Ora Jones (Henry VIII – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Elizabeth Ledo (Tartuffe – Court Theatre)
 * Lusia Strus (Good People – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Ann Whitney (Freshly Fallen Snow – Chicago Dramatists)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Susie McMonagle (The Dead – Court Theatre)
 * Danielle Plisz (We Three Lizas – About Face Theatre)
 * Bethany Thomas (South Pacific – Marriott Theatre)
 * Dana Tretta (A Class Act – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Melissa van der Schyff (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Performer in a Revue
 * Ross Bryant (Let Them Eat Chaos – Second City)
 * Mike Kosinski (A Clown Car Named Desire – Second City)
 * Alex Goodrich (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – Marriott Theatre)
 * David M Lutken (Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie – Northlight Theatre)
 * Katie Rich (Let Them Eat Chaos – Second City)

Best Cameo Actress in a Musical
 * Callie Johnson (Pal Joey – Porchlight Music Theatre)

Best Solo Performance
 * Dael Orlandersmith (Black ‘n’ Blue Boys / Broken Men – Goodman Theatre / Berkeley Repertory Theatre)
 * Alexis J Rogers (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Kristine Thatcher (Underneath the Lintel – First Folio Theatre)
 * Juan Francisco Villa (Empanada for a Dream – 16th Street Theatre / Teatro Vista)

Best New Work
 * Luis Alfaro (Mojada – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Philip Dawkins (Failure: A Love Story – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Lisa Dillman (American Wee-Pie – Rivendell Theatre)
 * Andrew Hinderaker (Dirty – Gift Theatre)
 * Rajiv Joseph (The Lake Effect – Silk Road Rising)

Best New Adaptation
 * Christine Mary Dunford (Still Alice – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Neil LeBute (In the Company of Men – Profiles Theatre)
 * David Rice (Cymbeline – First Folio Theatre)

Best Choreography
 * Matthew Crowle / Amber Mak (Singin’ in the Rain – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Brenda Didier (Pal Joey – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Linda Fortunato (42nd Street – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Tammy Mader (My One and Only – Marriott Theatre)
 * Harrison McEldowney / Matt Raftery / Marc Robin (Now and Forever: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber – Marriott Theatre)

Best Fight/Movement Direction
 * John Tovar (The Opponent – Red Orchid Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Doug Peck (The Jungle Book – Goodman Theatre / Huntington Theatre Company)
 * Jaret Landon (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Eugene Dizon (A Grand Night for Singing – Mercury Theatre)
 * Doug Peck (The Dead – Court Theatre)
 * Brad Haak (Sunday in the Park with George – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music
 * Victoria Blade / Gary Fry / Timothy Gregory / Alaric Jans / Michael Mahler (Spoon River Anthology – Provision Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Henry VIII – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Michael Keefe / David Rice (Cymbeline –First Folio Theatre)
 * Willie Schwarz (Metamorphoses – Lookingglass Theatre)

Best Scenic Design – Large
 * David Gallo (Head of Passes – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Jack Magaw (The Whipping Man – Northlight Theatre)
 * Todd Rosenthal (The Motherfucker with the Hat – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Walt Spangler (Good People – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Walt Spangler (Measure for Measure – Goodman Theatre)

Best Scenic Design – Midsize
 * Kevin Depinet (Wasteland – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Andrei Onegin (Bulrusher  – Congo Sqaure Theatre)
 * Sarah E Ross (Collected Stories – American Blues Theatre)
 * Joe Schermoly (Completeness – Theatre Wit)
 * Angela Weber Miller (Seascape – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Large
 * Chris Binder (The Whipping Man – Northlight Theatre)
 * Robert Christen (A Christmas Carol – Goodman Theatre)
 * TJ Gerckens (Metamorphoses – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Anne Militello (Henry VIII – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Philip S Rosenberg (Julius Caesar – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Philip S Rosenberg (Sunday in the Park with George – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Midsize
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Sarah Hughey / William C Kirkham (The Iron Stag King – House Theatre)
 * Jesse Klug (Columbinus – American Theatre Company)
 * Jesse Klug (Wasteland – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Mac Vaughey (Empanada for a Dream – 16th Street Theatre / Teatro Vista)

Best Costume Design – Large
 * Mara Blumenfeld (Sunday in the Park with George – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Mara Blumenfeld (The Jungle Book – Goodman Theatre / Huntington Theatre Company)
 * Jacqueline Firkins (The Misanthrope – Court Theatre)
 * Susan E Mickey (The School for Lies – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Nancy Missimi (Dreamgirls – Marriott Theatre)
 * Mariann S Verheyen (Henry VIII – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Midsize
 * Debbie Baer (The Nutcracker – House Theatre)
 * Carol J Blanchard (Barnum – Mercury Theatre)
 * Rachel Laritz (Seascape – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Bill Morey (Pal Joey – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Emily Waecker (You Never Can Tell – Remy Bumppo Theatre)

Best Sound Design – Large
 * Mikhail Fiksel (Mojada – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Andrew Hansen (The Liar – Writers Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Julius Caesar – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * James Savage (Othello: The Remix – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Richard Woodbury (Slowgirl – Steppenwolf Theatre)

Best Sound Design – Midsize
 * Harrison Adams (The Iron Stag King – House Theatre)
 * Martin Desjardins / Christian Gero / Andre Pluess (Columbinus – American Theatre Company)
 * Nick Keenan (Everything Is Illuminated – Next Theatre)
 * Jeff Kelley (The Magnificents – House Theatre)
 * Jeffrey Levin (In the Company of Men – Profiles Theatre)

Best Projections/Video Design
 * Michael Stanfill (Completeness – Theatre Wit)
 * Mike Tutaj (33 Variations – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Mike Tutaj (Sunday in the Park with George – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Artistic Specialisation
 * Melissa Veal, Wig and Makeup Design (The School for Lies – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Special Award (''Lifetime Achievement)
 * Dale Benson

2014
Best Play – Large
 * Hedda Gabler'' – Writers Theatre
 * Lost in Yonkers'' – Northlight Theatre
 * Luna Gale'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Seven Guitars'' – Court Theatre
 * The Dance of Death'' – Writers Theatre

Best Play – Midsize
 * A Raisin in the Sun'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * King Hedley II'' – Congo Sqaure Theatre
 * Our Class'' – Remy Bumppo Theatre
 * The Normal Heart'' – TimeLine Theatre
 * The Seafarer'' – Seanachai Theatre

Best Musical – Large
 * Brigadoon'' – Goodman Theatre
 * Gypsy'' – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
 * Les Miserables'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Next to Normal'' – Drury Lane Theatre
 * Young Frankenstein'' – Drury Lane Theatre

Best Musical – Midsize
 * Avenue Q'' – Mercury Theatre
 * Hank Williams: Lost Highway'' – American Blues Theatre
 * How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * The Colour Purple'' – Mercury Theatre

Best Revue
 * Ain’t Misbehavin’'' – Porchlight Music Theatre
 * Depraved New World'' – Second City
 * Old Jews Telling Jokes'' – OkRent / Gethers, Frankel, Viertel, Baruch and Routh

Director of a Play
 * Nick Bowling (The Normal Heart – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Bob Falls (Luna Gale – Goodman Theatre)
 * Matt Miller (The Seafarer – Seanachai Theatre)
 * Ron OJ Parson (A Raisin in the Sun – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Ron OJ Parson (Seven Guitars – Court Theatre)
 * Nick Sandys (Our Class – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Henry Wishcamper (The Dance of Death – Writers Theatre)

Director of a Musical
 * Gary Griffin (Road Show – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Damon Kiely (Hank Williams: Lost Highway – American Blues Theatre)
 * William Osetek (Next to Normal – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * William Osetek (Young Frankenstein – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (Brigadoon – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (Les Miserables – Drury Lane Theatre)

Director of a Revue
 * Brenda Didier (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Marc Bruni (Old Jews Telling Jokes – OkRent / Gethers, Frankel, Viertel, Baruch and Routh)
 * Mick Napier (Depraved New World – Second City)

Best Ensemble
 * Ain’t Misbehavin’ (''Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Avenue Q (''Mercury Theatre)
 * Our Class (''Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Seven Guitars (''Court Theatre)
 * The Old Man and the Old Moon (''Writers Theatre)
 * The Seafarer (''Seanachai Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Play
 * David Alan Anderson (The Mountaintop – Court Theatre)
 * Brad Armacost (The Seafarer – Seanachai Theatre)
 * Lawrence Grimm (Trevor – Red Orchid Theatre)
 * Harry Groener (Cyrano de Bergerac – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Larry Marshall (Pullman Porter Blues – Goodman Theatre)
 * Larry Neumann Jr (In God’s Hat – Profiles Theatre)
 * Larry Yando (The Dance of Death – Writers Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Larry Adams (A Christmas Carol – Theatre at the Centre)
 * Matthew Brumlow (Hank Williams: Lost Highway – American Blues Theatre)
 * Quentin Earl Darrington (Les Miserables – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Michael Aaron Lindner (Road Show – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Andrew Rothenberg (Road Show – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a Play
 * Shannon Cochran (The Dance of Death – Writers Theatre)
 * Mary Beth Fisher (Luna Gale – Goodman Theatre)
 * Kirsten Fitzgerald (Appropriate – Victory Gardens Theatre)
 * Kate Fry (Hedda Gabler – Writers Theatre)
 * Greta Oglesby (A Raisin in the Sun – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Linsey Page Morton (Lost in Yonkers – Northlight Theatre)
 * Penny Slusher (Chapatti – Northlight Theatre; Galway Arts Festival)

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Trisha Jeffrey (The Colour Purple – Mercury Theatre)
 * Susie McMonagle (Next to Normal – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Leah Morrow (Avenue Q – Mercury Theatre)
 * Louise Pitre (Gypsy – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Summer Naomi Smart (Mary Poppins – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jennie Sophia (Brigadoon – Goodman Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Play
 * Ira Amyx (The Seafarer – Seanachai Theatre)
 * Patrick Andrews (The Normal Heart – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Julian Hester (The Late Henry Moss – Artistic Home)
 * Anthony Irons (King Hedley II – Congo Sqaure Theatre)
 * Mike Nussbaum (Smokefall – Goodman Theatre; South Coast Repertory)
 * Alex Weisman (The Rainmaker – First Folio Theatre)

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
 * Jordan Brown (Brigadoon – Goodman Theatre)
 * Joe Dempsey (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Jeff Dumas (Young Frankenstein – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Mark David Kaplan (Les Miserables – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * John Keating (How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Travis Taylor (Les Miserables – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Josh Tolle (Next to Normal – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Supporting Actress in a Play
 * E Faye Butler (Pullman Porter Blues – Goodman Theatre)
 * Reyna de Courcy (Luna Gale – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mary Beth Fisher (The Normal Heart – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Sandra Marquez (A View from the Bridge – Teatro Vista)
 * Ann Whitney (Lost in Yonkers – Northlight Theatre)
 * Cecelia Wingate (Cicada – Route 66 Company; Hear/Tell Productions)

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
 * Annabel Armour (Cabaret – Marriott Theatre)
 * Jasondra Johnson (The Colour Purple – Mercury Theatre)
 * Maggie Portman (Brigadoon – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jessica Rush (Gypsy – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Sharon Sachs (Les Miserables – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Paula Scrofano (Young Frankenstein – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Adrienne Walker (The Colour Purple – Mercury Theatre)

Best Actor in a Revue
 * John Hartman (Depraved New World – Second City)
 * Donterrio Johnson (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Lorenzo Rush Jr (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Porchlight Music Theatre)

Best Actress in a Revue
 * Sharriese Hamilton (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Renee Matthews (Old Jews Telling Jokes – OkRent / Gethers, Frankel, Viertel, Baruch and Routh)
 * Tawny Newsome (Depraved New World – Second City)

Best Solo Performance
 * Juan Francisco Villa (The Gun Show – 16th Street Theatre)
 * Gwendolyn Whiteside (Grounded – American Blues Theatre)

Best New Work
 * Rebecca Gilman (Luna Gale – Goodman Theatre)
 * Sara Gmitter (In the Garden: A Darwinian Love Story – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Joel Drake Johnson (Rasheeda Speaking – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble)
 * Christian O’Reilly (Chapatti – Northlight Theatrel Galway Arts Festival)

Best New Adaptation
 * John Mossman (The Goddess – Artistic Home)

Best Choreography
 * Brenda Didier (How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Tammy Mader (Young Frankenstein – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Marc Robin (Cats – Marriott Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (Brigadoon – Goodman Theatre)
 * Rachel Rockwell (Hello, Dolly – Drury Lane Theatre)

Best Music Direction
 * Roberta Duchak (Brigadoon – Goodman Theatre)
 * Roberta Duchak (Les Miserables – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Rick Fox (Gypsy – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Michael Mahler (Road Show – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Robert Reddrick (Chicago’s Golden Soul – Black Ensemble Theatre)
 * Malcolm Ruhl (Hank Williams: Lost Highway – American Blues Theatre)

Best Original Incidental Music ??? (The Old Man and the Old Moon – Writers Theatre)
 * Tessa Brinckman / Ronnie Malley / Michal Palzewicz / Andre Pluess (The White Snake – Goodman Theatre)
 * Jeffrey Levin (In God’s Hat – Profiles Theatre)
 * Kevin O’Donnell (The Crownless King – House Theatre)

Best Scenic Design – Large
 * Kevin Depinet (The Dance of Death – Writers Theatre)
 * Collette Pollard (In the Garden: A Darwinian Love Story – Lookingglass Theatre)
 * Regina Garcia (Seven Guitars – Court Theatre)
 * Riccardo Hernandez (Pullman Porter Blues – Goodman Theatre)
 * Todd Rosenthal (Luna Gale – Goodman Theatre)
 * Yu Shibagaki (Appropriate – Victory Gardens Theatre)

Best Scenic Design – Midsize
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (A Raisin in the Sun – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Stephen H Carmody (Broadwsword – Gift Theatre)
 * Andrei Onegin (King Hedley II – Congo Sqaure Theatre)
 * Katie-Bell Springmann (Cock – Profiles Theatre)
 * Angela Weber Miller (Rough Crossing – First Folio Theatre)
 * Angela Weber Miller (Salvage – First Folio Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Large
 * TJ Gerckens (The White Snake – Goodman Theatre)
 * Greg Hofmann (Les Miserables – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * William Kirkham (The Little Prince – Loookingglass Theatre / Actors Gymnasium)
 * Jesse Klug (Cats – Marriott Theatre)
 * Keith Parham (M Butterfly – Court Theatre)

Best Lighting Design – Midsize
 * Rebecca A Barrett / Lee Keenan (Dorian – House Theatre)
 * Brian Sidney Bembridge (A Raisin in the Sun – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Charlie Cooper (Mill Fire – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Mike Durst (Our Class – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Lee Keenan (The Crownless King – House Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Large
 * Mara Blumenfeld (Brigadoon – Goodman Theatre)
 * Mara Blumenfeld (The White Snake – Goodman Theatre)
 * Carolyn Cristofani / Rachel Anne Healy (Tom Jones – Northlight Theatre)
 * Theresa Ham (Hello, Dolly – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Susan E Mickey (Cyrano de Bergerac – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Susan E Mickey (The Merry Wives of Windsor – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Mariann S Verheyen (Henry V – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

Best Costume Design – Midsize
 * Rachel Lambert (Northanger Abbey – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Frances Maggio (The Colour Purple – Mercury Theatre)
 * Bill Morey (How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Alexia Rutherford (Double Trouble – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Lynn Sandberg (The Goddess – Artistic Home)

Best Sound Design – Large
 * Mikhail Fiksel (The Old Man and the Old Moon – Writers Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Henry V – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Kevin O’Donnell (The Wheel – Steppenwolf Theatre)
 * Josh Schmidt (The Dance of Death – Writers Theatre)
 * Rick Sims (The Little Prince – Loookingglass Theatre / Actors Gymnasium)

Best Sound Design – Midsize
 * Joshua Horvath (The Crownless King – House Theatre)
 * Lindsay Jones (Grounded – American Blues Theatre)
 * Christopher Kriz (Cicada – Route 66 Company / Hear and Tell Productions)
 * Christopher Kriz (Mill Fire – Shattered Globe Theatre)
 * Kevin O’Donnell (Dorian – House Theatre)

Best Projections/Video Design
 * John Boesche (Our Class – Remy Bumppo Theatre)
 * Sage Marie Carter (Les Miserables – Drury Lane Theatre)
 * Shawn Sagady (Brigadoon – Goodman Theatre)
 * Shawn Sagady (The White Snake – Goodman Theatre)
 * Michael Stanfill (The Normal Heart – TimeLine Theatre)
 * Mike Tutaj (Grounded – American Blues Theatre)

Best Artistic Specialisation
 * Austin Cook, Piano/Conductor (Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Porchlight Music Theatre)
 * Matt Hawkins, Fight Choreography (Henry V – Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
 * Jeff Klapperich, Portrait Artist (Dorian – House Theatre)
 * Cassy Schillo, Properties Design (Salvage – First Folio Theatre)
 * Russ Walko, Puppet Design (Avenue Q – Mercury Theatre)