The Ostrander Awards — Memphis’ answer to Broadway’s Tony Awards — will be held on Monday, August 27th, at the Memphis Botanic Garden. Co-hosts Lindsey Roberts and Steve “Sister Myotis” Swift will announce the winners after a 6 p.m. cocktail reception. Tickets are $10 and are avaiable online, via the Flyer‘s “Intermission Impossible” blog, or at the door.

SET DESIGN

Jimmy Humphries, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) — Circuit Playhouse

Mark Guirguis, Present Laughter — Circuit Playhouse

Christopher McCollum, Glengarry Glen Ross — Theatre Memphis

Christopher McCollum, Bye Bye Birdie — Theatre Memphis

COSTUMES

Robin Owens, Lend Me A Tenor — Germantown Community Theatre

André Bruce Ward, Emma — Theatre Memphis

Rebecca Y. Powell, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) — Circuit Playhouse

Amie Eoff, Next To Normal — Playhouse on the Square

Amie Eoff, Present Laughter — Circuit Playhouse LIGHTING

John Horan, God of Carnage — Playhouse on the Square

Colin Chauche, Spring Awakening — Circuit Playhouse

Jeremy Allen Fisher, Chicago — Theatre Memphis

John Horan, Xanadu — Playhouse on the Square

Colin Chauche, Present Laughter — Circuit Playhouse

PROPS

Lydia Baughman, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) — Circuit Playhouse

Lydia Baughman, God of Carnage — Playhouse on the Square
Betty Dilley, The Spitfire Grill — Germantown Community Theatre

Lydia Baughman, Present Laughter — Circuit Playhouse

HAIR/MAKEUP Nicholas Bursoni, The Club — Playhouse on the Square

Mitch Baker and Liz Sharpe, Chicago — Theatre Memphis

Claire Rutkauskas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Germantown Community Theatre

Nicholas Bursoni, Present Laughter — Circuit Playhouse

Barbara and Rick Sanders, No, No, Nanette — Theatre Memphis

MUSIC DIRECTION

Gary Beard, Chicago — Theatre Memphis

Renee Kemper, Avenue Q — Circuit Playhouse

Angelo Râpan, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline — Playhouse on the Square

Renee Kemper, Next To Normal — Playhouse on the Square

Dr. Dennis Janzer, The Spitfire Grill — Germantown Community Theatre

SOUND DESIGN

Gene Elliott, King Lear — New Moon Theatre Company

David Newsome, Emma — Theatre Memphis Zach Badreddine, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline — Playhouse on the Square

Matthew Stone, The Boys Next Door — Germantown Community Theatre

Eric Sefton, Hedda Gabler — Theatre Memphis

CHOREOGRAPHY

Jay Rapp, Xanadu — Playhouse on the Square

Chris Hanford, Camp Rock — Circuit Playhouse

Pam Hurley, Chicago — Theatre Memphis

Christi Hall, No, No, Nanette — Theatre Memphis

Christi Hall, Bye Bye Birdie — Theatre Memphis

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Carla McDonald, Spring Awakening — Circuit Playhouse

Olivia Wingate, Bye Bye Birdie — Theatre Memphis

Robin Wilcox, The Spitfire Grill — Germantown Community Theatre

Cecelia Wingate, Chicago — Theatre Memphis

Courtney Oliver, Xanadu — Playhouse on the Square

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Russell Lehman, Gypsy — Germantown Community Theatre

Randall Hartzog, Chicago — Theatre Memphis

David Foster, Spring Awakening — Circuit Playhouse

Nick Mason, Spring Awakening — Circuit Playhouse

Ben Laxton, Next To Normal — Playhouse on the Square

LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Alexis Grace, Chicago — Theatre Memphis

Emily Pettet, No, No, Nanette — Theatre Memphis

Leah Bray Nichols, Next To Normal — Playhouse on the Square

Kelsey Hopkins, Avenue Q — Circuit Playhouse

Renee Kemper, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline — Playhouse on the Square

LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Robert Hanford, Bye Bye Birdie — Theatre Memphis

David Foster, Next To Normal — Playhouse on the Square

Ben Laxton, Avenue Q — Circuit Playhouse

Jordan Nichols, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ­— Playhouse on the Square

Ben Laxton, Spring Awakening — Circuit Playhouse

DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

Amy Hanford, Chicago — Theatre Memphis

Jordan Nichols, Avenue Q — Circuit Playhouse

Dave Landis, Spring Awakening — Circuit Playhouse

Gary John La Rosa, Next To Normal — Playhouse on the Square

Cecelia Wingate, Bye Bye Birdie — Theatre Memphis

MUSICAL PRODUCTION

Next To Normal — Playhouse on the Square Bye Bye Birdie — Theatre Memphis

Chicago — Theatre Memphis

Avenue Q — Circuit Playhouse

A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline — Playhouse on the Square

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Lyric Peters Malkin, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) — Circuit Playhouse

Tamara Wright, The Boys Next Door — Germantown Community Theatre

Sophia Livingston, The Bluest Eye — Hattiloo Theatre

Irene Crist, Present Laughter — Circuit Playhouse

Claire D. Kolheim, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) — Circuit Playhouse

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

James Dale Green, King Lear — New Moon Theatre Company

John Dylan Atkins, King Lear — New Moon Theatre Company

Bennett Wood, King Lear — New Moon Theatre Company

Emmanuel McKinney, Gem of the Ocean — Playhouse on the Square

Barclay Roberts, Glengarry Glen Ross — Theatre Memphis

Nick Mason, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) — Circuit Playhouse

LEADING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Claire Hayner, Present Laughter — Circuit Playhouse

Sameka Johnson, The Bluest Eye — Hattiloo Theatre

Jude Knight, The Importance of Being Earnest — Theatre Memphis

Morgan Malone, Gem of the Ocean — Playhouse on the Square

Erin Shelton, God of Carnage — Playhouse on the Square

LEADING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Jerry Chipman, Glengarry Glen Ross — Theatre Memphis

John Moore, Glengarry Glen Ross — Theatre Memphis

Jerre Dye, Present Laughter — Circuit Playhouse

Bill Baker, King Lear — New Moon Theatre Company

Michael Gravois, God of Carnage — Playhouse on the Square

SMALL ENSEMBLE ACTING (Cast of 7 or less)

Next To Normal — Playhouse on the Square God of Carnage — Playhouse on the Square

In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) — Circuit Playhouse

A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline — Playhouse on the Square

LARGE ENSEMBLE ACTING (Cast of 8+)

The Bluest Eye — Hattiloo Theatre The Boys Next Door — Germantown Community Theatre

Avenue Q — Circuit Playhouse Bye Bye Birdie — Theatre Memphis

Glengarry Glen Ross — Theatre Memphis

FEATURED ROLE

James Dale Green, The Boys Next Door — Germantown Community Theatre

Adam Remsen, Glengarry Glen Ross — Theatre Memphis

Wesley Barnes, Chicago — Theatre Memphis

DIRECTION OF A DRAMATIC PRODUCTION

Irene Crist, God of Carnage — Playhouse on the Square

Ekundayo Bandele, Two Trains Running — Hattiloo Theatre

Bob Hetherington, Present Laughter — Circuit Playhouse

Anita Jo Lenhart, King Lear — New Moon Theatre Company

Tony Isbell, Glengarry Glen Ross — Theatre Memphis

DRAMATIC PRODUCTION

King Lear — New Moon Theatre Company

In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) — Circuit Playhouse

Glengarry Glen Ross — Theatre Memphis

Present Laughter — Circuit Playhouse God of Carnage — Playhouse on the Square

THE JANIE McCRARY PUTTING IT TOGETHER AWARD

Mike Detroit

THE LARRY RILEY RISING STAR AWARD

John Dylan Atkins

THE EUGART YERIAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Jude Knight and Ann Sharp

ORIGINAL SCRIPT

Judas Hands — Hattiloo Theatre Aesop’s Fable-ous Christmas Tree — Circuit Playhouse

PRODUCTION OF AN ORIGINAL SCRIPT

Judas Hands — Hattiloo Theatre

Aesop’s Fable-ous Christmas Tree — Circuit Playhouse