Chance Theatre receives 5 Ovation Award Nods & Special Award

The Chance Theater is pleased to announce that it has received five 2010 Ovation Award nominations and a special award from LA Stage Alliance: four nominations and an "Ovation Honors" award for their revival of The Who's Tommy, and one nomination for their Southern California premiere of Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter.

The four nominations for The Who's Tommy include Production of a Musical (Intimate Theatre), Direction of a Musical (Oanh Nguyen), Costume Design (Erika C. Miller), and Lighting Design (KC Wilkerson). The special "Ovation Honors" Award will go to KC Wilkerson for his Video Design of The Who's Tommy. The nomination for Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter is for Lighting Design (KC Wilkerson).

"We're thrilled and honored that L.A. Stage Alliance's Ovation voters recognized our little theatre in OC," says Artistic Director Oanh Nguyen. "I hope it brings more attention to the ever-growing theatre community in Orange County, and, of course, encourage people to attend our production of TOMMY in February at the Orange County Performing Arts Center."

The Ovation Awards were established in 1989 to celebrate artistic excellence in theatre production, design and performance, and to bring attention to the Greater L.A. theatre community on a local, state and national level. The Ovation Awards are distinct from other Los Angeles theatre awards, and virtually all other theatre awards in the United States, by being 100% peer-judged by active theatre professionals in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Ovation Awards season runs from Sept 1 to Aug 31 each year, and culminates in a black-tie awards ceremony to be held in January 2011.

About The Chance Theater
Nominated in 2010 for six Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards and six LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, Chance Theater is proud to be one of the leading ensemble based theatre companies in Southern California. Twice named "Outstanding Arts Organization" by Arts Orange County, Chance Theater is a recipient of the 2007 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's Polly Warfield Award for Excellence. Founded in 1999, the Chance Theater's mission has always been to intimately present personally meaningful, uniquely engaging stories that promote dialogue within our community and provide a visceral experience for theatergoers. As a constituent member of Theater Communications Group (TCG), Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET), and the Los Angeles Stage Alliance (LASA), the Chance continues to bring national attention to the Southern California, and Orange County, theater scene.