Victory Gardens Earns Four Jeff Award Nominations, for Four Places and The Defiant Muse

Congratulations to the cast and crew of our 2008 smash hit Four Places, which just earned two 2007-2008 Equity Jeff Award Nominations - one for ensemble playwright Joel Drake Johnson for Best New Work, and another for Mary Ann Thebus for Actress in a Principal Role - Play. 

This is Mary Ann's 11th Jeff nomination, although she's never taken home the trophy.  Everyone at Victory Gardens agrees her universally acclaimed performance as Peggy in Four Places was her finest work ever on a Chicago stage, so let's hope this is the year that Mary Ann finally breaks her Susan Lucci curse!

Our 2007-2008 season opener, The Defiant Muse by ensemble playwright Nicholas Patricca, also received two design nods from the Jeff Committee:  one for for scenic designer Keith Pitts, and another Nick Sandys, for fight choreography.

The 40th Annual Jeff Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, October 20, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Boulevard. A pre-show Appetizer Buffet starts at 6 p.m. and the Awards Ceremony, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Advance purchase tickets, which include the ceremony and the pre-show buffet, are $75 ($55 for Members of Actors’ Equity Association, United Scenic Artists, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and the Dramatists Guild of America). The evening is black tie optional, and the public is invited to attend. To request a printed invitation, email: equitywing@jeffawards.org.

If you're interested in joining Victory Gardens' contingents of supporters, email jkelly@victorygardens.org