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November 24, 2002 - Congratulations to Deborah Lavine, winner of the 2002 Ovation Award for Best Director of NAPOLI MILIONARIA, The Road Theatre Company. In addition to the win for best Director, 5 other awards went to Sam Anderson Lead Actor in a Play, Suanne Spoke, Lead Actress in a Play, Desma Murphy Set Design (Intimate Theatre), Marci Hill Costume Design (Intimate Theatre), Dave Marling Sound Design (Intimate Theatre) for a total of 6 Ovation Awards. Robert L. Smith was nominated for lighting design and the the play was nominated for Best Play.

 

Deborah LAvine

 

Deborah LaVine has directed over 120 theater productions. She has earned a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nomination, NAACP Image Award citation and thirteen Drama-Logue awards for outstanding direction in a variety of theaters. Recent work an acclaimed production of Streetcar Named Desire performed in American Sign Language with voice interpretation at Deaf West Theater. Other work includes West Coast premieres of Kindertransport and A Shayna Maidel for The Tiffany Theaters and Off The Map at the Mark Taper New Works Festival. La Vine is a founding director of Edgemar Center for the Arts and she is Sandra's sister. Deborah is on the faculty of CalArts.








Sandra and I saw this play on 8/3/02 - is just great. The acting by Sam Anderson is superb and this very small - about 50 seat theater allows you to really be immersed in their work. The set designed by Desma Murphy wraps around the audience and is rich in texture adds so much to the this compelling period and story. Even though the director, Deborah Lavine is Sandra's sister, this is by far one of her best plays that I have seen. Its a steal at $20 - don't miss it. df

Productions Directed by Deborah LaVine

West Coast premieres of Kindertransportl for The Tiffany Theaters
Off The Map at the Mark Taper New Works Festival
Streetcar Named Desire performed in American Sign Language with voice interpretation at Deaf West Theater
Distant Fires at the International City Theatre,
True West at Deaf West Theater
The Miser and The Dining Room at the Grove Shakespeare Festival
The Resistible Rise of Arturoi Ui by Bertolt Brecht
The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs starring Philip Anglim and
Don Juan Comes Back from the War by Odon Von Horvath (both at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
The Memorandum by Vaclav Havel at the Company of Angels
Crimes of the Heart for the Occidental Summer Festival
Catholic School Girls at the Globe Theater
Under Milkwood featuring Dana Elcar at The Santa Paula Theater Center Mornings at Seven starring Buddy Ebsen
the long running hit A Shayna Maidel at the Tiffany Theatre
the West Coast premier of Off the Map by Joan Acermann for theMark Taper Forum's New Works Festival
the world premiere of Leslie Caveney's Impact This which was critically acclaimed at Theater West.

 
TERMS / © 2001 daniel fishman