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DIRECTOR RESUME & AWARDS REPRESENTATION NEW YORK/LA: Ron Gwiazda Amy Wagner Stewart Talent Literary
Division - Agent 1430 Broadway, Suite 601 New York, NY 10018 212-315-5505 ext. 153 ron.gwiazda@stewarttalent.com amy.wagner@stewarttalent.com LONDON: Jean Diamond DIAMOND MANAGEMENT 31 Percy Street London
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DIRECTOR
(selected credits): Winner of
the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's Milton Katselas Career Achievement Award in Directing. Nominated for the Fichandler Award, 2015 & 2018 THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT - February 2023: Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles - October 2023:
Rubicon Theatre, Ventura
Over a dozen rave reviews.
THE CHILDREN - November 2021 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles Over a dozen rave reviews. Awards:
2021 Annual Ticketholder Awards: Best Production, Best Playwright, Lucy Kirkwood; Best Ensemble, Ron Bottitta, Elizabeth Elias Huffman,
Lily Knight 2021 Annual Ticketholder Awards (Runners-Up): Best Direction, Simon Levy; Best Set Design, Andrew Hammer Medium.com: 2021 Theatre Production of the Year Stage Scene LA “Scenie”
Awards: Outstanding Direction of a Drama, Simon Levy; Outstanding
Ensemble in a Drama, Ron Bottitta, Elizabeth Elias Huffman, and Lily Knight Nominations: LADCC Nominations: Ensemble
Performance, (Ron Bottitta, Elizabeth Elias Huffman, Lily Knight)
DANIEL'S
HUSBAND - May 2019 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles CRITICS' CHOICE, Los Angeles Times OVATION Recommended! Over a dozen rave reviews. Awards: 2018/2019 OVATION Awards: Best Season 2018/2019 StageSceneLA (Scenie) Awards:
Best Intimate Theater Production; Best Performance In A Play – Tim Cummings; Breakout Performance
In A Play – Jose Fernando; Outstanding Performance By A Lead Actor In A Comedy-Drama (Intimate Theater) –
Bill Brochtrup; Outstanding Performance By A Featured Actor In A Comedy-Drama (Intimate Theater) – Ed F.
Martin; Outstanding Performance By A Featured Actress In A Comedy-Drama (Intimate Theater) – Jenny O’Hara;
Outstanding Direction Of A Comedy Drama (Intimate Theater) – Simon Levy 2019 Annual
Tickholder Awards: Best Production of 2019; Best Actor in a Play – Tim Cummings 34th Annual Robby Awards for 2019 Theatre: Featured Actress, Jenny O'Hara
2019
Tickeholder Awards (Runners-Up): Best Director of a Play – Simon Levy; Best Playwright – Michael
McKeever; Best Supporting Actor in a Play – Bill Brochtrup; Best Supporting Actress in a Play –
Jenny O’Hara Nominations:
2018/2019 Stage Raw Nominations: Supporting
Female Performance – Jenny O’Hara; Set Design – DeAnne Millais; Sound Design – Peter
Bayne 34th Annual Robby Award Nominations for 2019 Theatre: Best
Drama; Best Director of a Drama – Simon Levy; Best Actor in a Drama – Bill Brochtrup and Tim
Cummings; Best Supporting Actor in a Drama – Jose Fernando; Best Supporting Actress in a Drama –
Jenny O’Hara 2018/2019 OVATION Award Nominations: Best Season; Best Production,
Intimate Theatre; Acting Ensemble – Bill Brochtrup, Tim Cummings, Jose Fernando, Ed Martin,
Jenny O’Hara; Lead Actor – Tim Cummings; Featured Actress – Jenny O’Hara;
Set Design – DeAnne Millais; Lighting Design – Jennifer Edwards THE IMMIGRANT
- April 2018 - Sierra Madre Playhouse OVATION Recommended!
THE CHOSEN - January 2018 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles
CRITIC'S
CHOICE, Los Angeles Times OVATION Recommended!
Over a dozen rave reviews. Awards: StageSceneLA "Scenie" Awards: Outstanding
Production of a Drama (Intimate Theater); Breakout Performance in
a Play - Dor Gvirtsman & Sam Mandel; Outstanding
Featured Actor in a Drama (Intimate Theater) - Jonathan Arkin & Alan Blumenfeld; Outstanding Direction of a Drama (Intimate Theater) - Simon Levy; Outstanding Production Design (Intimate Theater) The Better Lemons’
Critics #LemonMeter Choice Awards for 2018 – Best Production. 33rd Annual
Robby Awards: Best Production; Best Actor (Dor Gvirtsman); Best Supporting Actor (Alan Blumenfeld. Nominations:
33rd Annual Robby Award Nominations by Rob Stevens: Best Production; Best
Director ( Simon Levy); Best Playwriting ( Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok); Best Actor ( Dor Gvirtsman);
Best Supporting Actor ( Alan Blumenfeld), Ovation Award Nomination: Featured
Actor in a Play (Alan Blumenfeld) TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' BABY DOLL - July 2016 - Fountain Theatre,
Los Angeles
Over a dozen rave reviews.
Awards:
StageSceneLA "Scenie" Awards: Outstanding Production,
Comedy (Intimate Theater); Star-Making Performance (Play), Lindsay LaVanchy; Outstanding Performance by a Lead
Actor, Comedy (Intimate Theater), John Prosky; Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role, Comedy
(Intimate Theater), Daniel Bess; Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role, Comedy (Intimate Theater),
Karen Kondazian; Outstanding Direction, Simon Levy; Outstanding Production Design (Intimate Theater); Outstanding
Fight Choreography, Mike Mahaffey; Scenic Designer of the Year, Jeffrey McLaughlin. 7th
Annual Eddon Awards (Don Grigware): Best Production: Play; Best Director, Simon Levy; Best Ensemble: Lindsay
LaVanchy, John Prosky, Daniel Bess, Karen Kondazian, and George Roland. Huffington Post - Top Ten 2016 L.A. Theatre Productions (Brad Schreiber. The 2016 Annual Ticketholder Awards: Best Revival Production of 201.The 2016 Annual Ticketholder
Awards (Runners-up): Best Actress in a Play, Lindsay LaVanchy; Best Supporting Actress in a Play, Karen Kondazian;
Best Adaptation or Translation, Pierre Laville and Emily Mann; Best Direction of a Play, Simon Levy;
Best Lighting Design, Luke Moyer; Best Sound Design, Peter Bayne. THE
PAINTED ROCKS AT REVOLVER CREEK - November 2015 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles Over
a dozen rave reviews:
CRITIC'S
CHOICE, Los Angeles Times
Awards: Best Theater Productions
of 2015, Los Angeles Times Top-Rated Los Angeles Theatre Production of 2015, BitterLemons Earnest Kearney's Best of Los Angeles Theater 2015 2015 TicketHolder
Awards: Best Production of 2015; Best Ensemble Cast in a Play ( Gilbert Glenn Brown,
Thomas Silcott, Philip Solomon, Suanne Spoke); New Discovery 2015 ( Philip Solomon); Best
Playwright ( Athol Fugard); Best Direction of a Play ( Simon Levy) .StageSceneLA
"Scenie" Awards: Outstanding Production, Drama (Intimate Theater); Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor,
Drama (Intimate Theater), Gilbert Glenn Brown and Thomas Silcott; Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress,
Drama (Intimate Theater), Suanne Spoke; Outstanding Performance by a Child Actor, Philip Solomon; Outstanding
Direction, Simon Levy; Outstanding Production Design (Intimate Theater); Scenic Designer of the Year, Jeffrey
McLaughlin.
2015 TicketHolder Awards (Runners-Up): Best Costume Design, (Naila Aladdin Sanders);
Best Sound Design, (Peter Bayne). ArtsInLA 2015 Sage Awards: Best Production; Best Playwriting
(Athol Fugard); Best Direction (Simon Levy); Best Ensemble Performance (Gilbert Glenn Brown, Thomas
Silcott, Philip Solomon, Suanne Spoke). Nominations:
Stage Raw Nominations: Best Actor, (Thomas Silcott); Best Supporting Actress, (Suanne
Spoke); Best Ensemble, (Gilbert Glenn Brown, Thomas Silcott, Philip Solomon, Suanne Spoke).
REBORNING - January 2015 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles CRITIC'S
CHOICE, Los Angeles Times Awards: Huffington Post
Top Ten 2015 Theater Los Angeles Productions, #1
Robby Awards for Excellence in Theater 2015:
Best Drama; Best Actress (Joanna Strapp); Best Supporting Actor (Ryan Doucette); Best Supporting Actress
(Kristin Carey); Best Playwriting (Zayd Dohrn). StageSceneLA “Scenie Awards”:
Outstanding Drama (Intimate Theater); Ensemble Cast, Drama (Intimate Theatre) Kristin Carey, Ryan Doucette, Joanna
Strapp; Performance by a Lead Actress (Intimate Theatre) Joanna Strapp; Direction of a Drama (Intimate Theatre)
Simon Levy; Composer of the Year Peter Bayne. THE NORMAL HEART - September 2013 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles Over
a dozen rave reviews:
PICK OF THE WEEK, LA Weekly CRITIC'S PICK, BroadwayWorld
Awards: 2013 Huffington Post Top Ten Theatre Productions 2013 Frontiers LA Top Ten Best List 2013 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards: Best Production (Revival);
Best Actor (Tim Cummings); Best Video Design (Adam Flemming)
2013 BroadwayWorld.com
Awards: Best Actor (Tim Cummings); Best Sound Design (Peter Bayne) 2013 EDDON Awards: Best Production;
Best Lead Performances (Tim Cummings and Bill Brochtrup); Best Featured Performance (Lisa Pelikan) 2014
StageSceneLA "Scenie" Awards: Production of the Year; Best Director, Drama (Simon Levy); Best Performance, Lead
Actor (Tim Cummings); Best Performance, Lead Actor (Bill Brochtrup); Best Performance, Featured Actress (Lisa Pelikan);
Best Performance by an Understudy (Ray Paolantonio); Best Performance, Featured Actor (Matt Gottlieb); Best Performance,
Featured Actor (Fred Koehler); Best Performance, Featured Actor (Stephen O’Mahoney); Memorable Performances, Featured
Actor (Dan Shaked & Jeff Witzke); Best Props Design (Misty Carlisle); Sound Design/Composer of the Year (Peter Bayne).
2013 Ticketholder Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Bill Brochtrup) 2013 Tickeholder
Awards (Runners-Up): Special Encore Presentation Award for Production; Best Supporting Actors (Matt Gottlieb, Fred Koehler,
Stephen O'Mahoney); Best Supporting Actress (Lisa Pelikan); Best Lighting (R. Christopher Stokes); Best CGI/Video Design (Adam
Flemming) Nominations: 2013 Los Angeles Drama Critics
Circle Awards: Best Production (Revival); Best Actor (Tim Cummings); Best Sound Design (Peter Bayne); Best Video Design (Adam
Flemming) 2013 LA Weekly Awards: Revival Production of the Year; Best Direction (Simon Levy); Leading
Male Performance (Tim Cummings and Bill Brochtrup); Best Supporting Performance Female (Lisa Pelikan); Best Supporting Performance
Male (Verton R. Banks, Matt Gottlieb, Fred Koehler) CYRANO -
April 2012 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles Over a dozen rave reviews:
CRITIC'S
CHOICE, Los Angeles Times CRITIC'S PICK, Back Stage GO!, LA Weekly 5 STARS, Examiner.com Awards: Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's Polly Warfield Award for Best Season 2012 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards:
Best Production, Best Adaptation (Stephen Sachs), Best Director (Simon Levy), Best Actor (Troy Kotsur)
LA Stage Times: Highlights of 2012 Theater
Back Stage: Standout Theater Performances of 2012
(Troy Kotsur)
2012 Ticketholder Awards: Top 10 Play Productions
2012 Ticketholder Awards (Runners-Up): Best Actor
(Troy Kotsur), Best Supporting Actor (Paul Raci), Best Adaptation (Stephen Sachs), Best Direction (Simon Levy), Best Video
Design (Jeffrey Elias Teeter)
Nominations:
OVATION
Award Nominations: Best New Play (Stephen Sachs) and Lead Male Performance (Troy Kotsur)
A
HOUSE NOT MEANT TO STAND - March 2011 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles Over a dozen rave reviews:
CRITIC'S PICK, Back Stage CRITIC'S PICK - 5 Stars - BroadwayWorld.com 5 STARS - Examiner.com Awards: 2011 StageSceneLA.com
Awards: Outstanding Production/Comedy; Outstanding Direction of a Comedy; Outstanding Ensemble Cast/Comedy;
Best Performance by a Featured Actress/Comedy; Lighting Designer of the Year; Set Designer of the Year; Best Costume Design;
Best Sound Design; Outstanding Projection Design Huffington
Post: Top L.A. Theater Productions 2011 2011 BroadwayWorld.com Awards:
Best Actress (Sandy Martin), Best Featured Actress (Virginia Newcomb & Lisa Richards) Don Grigware Talks Theatre Best of 2011: Best Actress (Sandy Martin), Best Featured Actress (Virginia Newcomb & Lisa Richards) 2011 Ticketholder Awards (Runners-Up): Best Production, Best Direction (Simon
Levy), Best Actor (Alan Blumenfeld), Best Actress (Sandy Martin), Best Supporting Actor (Dan Billet), Best Supporting Actress
(Virginia Newcomb), Best Set Design (Jeff McLaughlin), Best Lighting Design (Ken Booth), Best Sound Design (Peter Bayne).
Nominations: OVATION Awards: Best Overall
Season, Best Leading Actress in a Play, Best Set Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Sound Design L.A.
Weekly Awards: Revival Production of the Year, Lead Female Performance, Supporting Female Performance, Production Design,
Set Design, Sound Design, Projection Design OPUS -
June 2010 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles Over a dozen rave reviews:
CRITIC'S
CHOICE, Los Angeles Times CRITIC'S PICK , Back Stage GO!, L.A. Weekly
Awards: 2010 OVATION Awards for Best Season and Best Sound 2010 Los Angeles Drama
Critics Circle Awards for Best Ensemble, Best Writing, Best Sound 2010 LA Weekly Award for Best Director 2010 Back
Stage Garland Award for Best Production and Best Director 2010 Don Grigware Blog: Best Production 2010 StageSceneLA.com
Awards: Best Production Comedy-Drama; Best Director Comedy-Drama; Best Ensemble Comedy-Drama; Featured Actor Comedy-Drama;
Costume Designer of the Year; Lighting Designer of the Year; Best Sound Design Nominations: OVATION Awards: Best Overall Season, Best Production Intimate Theatre, Best Ensemble, Sound Design Los Angeles Drama
Critic Circle Awards: Best Production, Best Play, Best Ensemble, Best Sound LA Weekly Theater Awards: Best Director,
Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor PHOTOGRAPH 51 - March 2009 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles PICK OF THE WEEK, L.A. Weekly Awards: 2009 StageSceneLA.com Awards: Production, Direction,
Lead Actress and Actor, Featured Actor Park LaBrea/Beverly Press "Maddy" Awards: Director
Back Stage Critic's List: Best Production, Playwriting, Direction, Lead Performance Nominations: 2009 OVATION Awards: Best Season, Best Production,
Lead Actress 2009 L.A. Weekly Awards: Ensemble, Leading Female Performance, Lighting Design
THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE - September 2007 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles CRITIC'S CHOICE, Back Stage West GO!, L.A.
Weekly Awards: 2008 Back Stage West Garland Award for Direction Best
Costume Design, 2008 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award. Nominations: 2 L.A. Weeky Noms: Lead Actress and Costumes. Recipient
of 9 Back Stage West Critics List Honorable Mentions: Production, Lead Performance, 2 Supporting Performance, Ensemble Performance, Lighting Design, Sound Design, and Costume Design. MASTER CLASS - January 2007 - Santa Barbara Theatre at the Lobero Theatre THE GIMMICK - September, 2006 - Fountain Theatre, L.A. - CRITIC'S CHOICE, Los Angeles
Times
Awards:
2007 L.A. OVATION Award Best Solo Performance
5 Back Stage West
2006 Critics' List Honorable Mentions: Direction (twice), Performance and Writing
ReviewPlays.com: Runner-Up: Best Director
and Best Actress
WHAT
I HEARD ABOUT IRAQ (A Cry for 5 Voices) - September, 2005 - Fountain Theatre, L.A. - RECOMMENDED, Los Angeles Times
and L.A. Weekly
Awards:
Nominated for Best Adaptation, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle;
3 Back Stage West 2006 Critics' List Honorable Mentions: Adaptation (twice) and Sound Design;
2005 reviewplays.com
(Cynthia Citron): Best Director; Runner-Up: Best Ensemble;
2005 Entertainment Today Ticketholder Awards and reviewplays.com,
Runners-Up: Top Plays of 2005, Best Ensemble, Best Direction, Best Adaptation, and Best Sound Design. (An
Electronic Published Version of the play is available for $10.00 at http://fountaintheatre.com/buytickets.html.) ACCOMPLICE - February/March, 2005
- Colony Theatre, Burbank
CRITIC'S PICK, Back Stage West
Awards:
4 Back Stage
West 2006 Critics List Honorable Mentions: Production, Direction, Performance, Set Design. GOING TO ST. IVES - August, 2004 - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
AWAKE AND SING - June, 2004 - RECOMMENDED,
Los Angeles Times; CRITIC'S PICK, Back Stage West - International City Theatre, Long Beach
Nomination:
2004 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards: Revival of the Year DAISY IN THE DREAMTIME
- March, 2004 - CRITICS' CHOICE, Los Angeles Times; CRITIC'S PICK, Back Stage West - A Fountain Theatre production at INside
the Ford at the Ford Amphitheatre, Los Angeles.
Awards:
2004 BACK STAGE WEST BEST OF
CRITICS’ LIST: Best Production, Direction, Lead Performance, Lighting Design, Costume Design, Prop Design, Musical Accompaniment
ENTERTAINMENT TODAY TICKETHOLDER AWARDS: Runner-up: Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best
Set Design, Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design,
Best Sound Design, Special Achievement (Multimedia), Special Achievement
(Didjeridu)
BEVERLY HILLS OUTLOOK THEATRE AWARDS: Top 5 Productions of 2004; Top 5 Directors of 2004.
NOHO/LA BEST
OF THE YEAR: Top 15 Performances of 2004
2004 PARK LA BREA NEWS "MADDIE" AWARD: Sound Design
Nominations:
THEATRE L.A. OVATION AWARD: Set Design
2004 NAACP Theater Awards: Best Actor, Set Design, Lighting Design, Costume
Design, Best Producer MASTER CLASS - November,
2003-July, 2004 - Winner of the 2004 L.A. OVATION Award for: Best Production - Fountain Theatre and Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles.
Awards:
2003 Back Stage West Garland Awards: Best Direction, Best Actress, Best Sound
Design
Back Stage West Best of 2003 Critics' List: Best Production
2003 Maddy Awards:Best Production, Best Direction,
Best Actress and Best Sound Design
Entertainment Today Ticketholder Awardss: Runner-up Best Production, Best Direction,
Best Actress
2003 Easy Reader: Best Production and Best Actress
ReviewPlays.com & NoHo LA: Top Ten Best Productions
and Best Performances, 2003
Nominations:
2004 L.A. OVATION Awards: Best Production,
Director, Lead Actress
GOING TO ST. IVES - February, 2003
- CRITIC'S CHOICE, Los Angeles Times - Fountain Theatre
Awards:
2003 BACK STAGE WEST
“GARLAND” AWARDS: Best Actress
BACK STAGE WEST BEST OF 2003 CRITICS’ LIST: Best Direction, Lighting,
and Costumes
2003 MADDY AWARDS: Best Production and Best Actress
ENTERTAINMENT TODAY TICKETHOLDER AWARDS: Best Actress;
Runner-up Best Production, Best Playwright, Best Costume Design
BEVERLY HILLS OUTLOOK BEST IN THEATRE 2003 AWARDS:
Best Actress; Runner-up Best Actress and Best Production
L.A. WEEKLY: Leading Female Performance
Nominations:
2004 NAACP THEATER AWARDS: Best Production, Actress, Playwright, Set, Costumes
UNCLE VANYA - April, 2003 - CRITIC'S CHOICE, Los Angeles Times - Actors Co-op
Awards:
Back Stage West Best of 2003 Critics' List: Best Actor, Best Ensemble
Nominations:
L.A. WEEKLY: Leading Male Performance
PRAIRIE FIRE - October, 2002
- Interact Theatre's Interactivity Festival, Los Angeles (now known as WILDFIRE, and still in preparation for national productions).
GLASS MOUNTAIN - 2001 - Ojai Playwrights
Conference
THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
- 2000/2001 - The Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles: Awards:
ENTERTAINMENT TODAY: “Top Productions of 2001”;
3 BACK STAGE WEST “GARLAND”
AWARDS: Performance, Set & Light Design;
L.A WEEKLY: Production Design of the Year;
Nominations: THEATRE L.A.
OVATION AWARD: Set Design
SUMMER AND SMOKE
- 1999 - The Fountain Theatre Awards:
3 THEATRE L.A. OVATION Awards: Best Production, Best Actress, Lights
4 BACK STAGE WEST/DRAMA-LOGUE “Garland”
Awards: Best Production, Direction, Actress, Lights
2 BACK STAGE WEST “Honorable Mentions”: Costumes &
Sound
L.A. TIMES: “Top Ten 1999”
NEW TIMES L.A.: “Top Ten 1999”
3 BEVERLY PRESS “Maddies”:
Direction, Actress, Set
L.A. DRAMA CRITICS’ CIRCLE Award for Best Actress
Nominations: 2 SHOWCASE MAGAZINE
“Robbie” Awards
THE LAST TYCOON
(Writer/Director) - 1998 - The Fountain Theatre Awards:
5 BACK STAGE WEST/DRAMA-LOGUE Awards: Best Adaptation, Direction, Set, Lights, Costumes
BEVERLY PRESS: “Best of 1998”
FRONTIERS MAG: “Best of 1998”
L.A. WEEKLY 1998 PRODUCTION
DESIGN OF YEAR
ENTERTAINMENT TODAY: Runner-up Best Adaptation
Nominated for the LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE
“TED SCHMITT” AWARD FOR ORIGINAL PLAY
ORPHEUS
DESCENDING - 1996 - The Fountain Theatre Awards:
6 DRAMA-LOGUE: including Best Director, Production and Direction
BACK STAGE WEST:
“Garland” Best Production
Nominations: 4 Theatre L.A. OVATION Awards
5 L.A. WEEKLY Awards
TENDER IS THE NIGHT (Writer/Co-Director) - 1995
- The Fountain Theatre Awards:
PEN West Literary Award in Drama
7 DRAMA-LOGUE Awards, including Best Production and Direction
BACK STAGE WEST:
“Garland” Best Production
L.A. VIEW: “Best of 7 Productions in Los Angeles, 1995
Nominations:
2 Theatre L.A. OVATION Awards
3 SHOWCASE MAGAZINE “Robby” Awards
Info prior to 1995 is available upon request
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