Outstanding Director

Nominees for Outstanding Director

2009 eligibility for nomination: The director of any show produced in Washington State in the 2008‐2009 season.

Kurt Beattie

From the nomination panel: Beattie’s Becky’s New Car (ACT) was a snappy, funny, and spontaneous production of a brand-new play. In Pharaoh Serket and the Lost Stone of Fire (Seattle Children’s), he successfully created an Indiana Jones vibe for the under-12 set.

Julie Beckman

From the nomination panel: In Strawberry Theatre Workshop’s Elephant Man, the physical transformations throughout the performance and the pure and palpable emotions erupting forth from the actors had an incredible impact on the audience from start to finish.
Recipient

John Langs

From the nomination panel: His direction of The Adding Machine (New Century Theatre) was startling, creative and totally mesmerizing.  Everything worked: set, lighting, sound, costumes.

Allison Narver

From the nomination panel: Orange Flower Water (New Century Theatre) showed Narver’s work at its best, highlighting her ability to create a special universe in which people behave in particular ways, yet still seem familiar to us.  Incredibly deft handling of veering and colliding naturalistic dialogue with actors.