Nominations are in for this year’s 55th anniversary Jeff Awards for Equity Theater, with the Goodman Theatre being the most nominated. The Goodman collected 32 entries on the list from nine productions, including for its recent musical “The Who’s Tommy.”

Next is Paramount Theatre in Aurora with 18 nominations, Mercury Theater Chicago with 15, and a tie between Drury Lane Productions, Marriott Theatre and Teatro Vista with 13 each. The nominations are for union-affiliated productions, both plays and musicals, from the Chicago area’s larger Equity theaters, as selected by the all-volunteer committee for the Joseph Jefferson Awards. The deep list this year includes shows from 35 companies.

The award ceremony will be on Oct. 2, back at the Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace. Details on the program and tickets will be announced soon; more information at jeffawards.org

PRODUCTION OF A PLAY (LARGE)

“Murder on the Orient Express” – Drury Lane Productions

“The Cherry Orchard” – Goodman Theatre

“A Christmas Carol” – Goodman Theatre

“Clyde’s” – Goodman Theatre with Center Theatre Group

“The Comedy of Errors” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater

“Dear Jack, Dear Louise” – Northlight Theatre

“Swing State” – Goodman Theatre

“Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre

PRODUCTION OF A PLAY (MIDSIZE)

“And Neither Have I Wings to Fly” – First Folio Theatre

“Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago

“The Dream King” – Teatro Vista

“Fences” – American Blues Theater

“Is God Is” – A Red Orchid Theatre

“Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

“The October Storm” – Raven Theatre

“Right to Be Forgotten” – Raven Theatre

PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (LARGE)

“Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre

“A Chorus Line” – Drury Lane Productions

“Damn Yankees” – Marriott Theatre

“Fun Home” – Paramount Theatre

“The Gospel at Colonus” – Court Theatre

“Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre

“Into the Woods” – Paramount Theatre

“The Notebook” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater

“Once” – Writers Theatre

“The Sound of Music” – Paramount Theatre

“The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (MIDSIZE)

“Big River” – Mercury Theater Chicago

“London Road” – Shattered Globe Theatre

“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” – Mercury Theater Chicago

ENSEMBLE FOR A PLAY

“Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago

“Fences” – American Blues Theater

“The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington” – Steppenwolf Theatre Company

“Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

“Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” – Steep Theatre

“Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre

ENSEMBLE FOR A MUSICAL OR REVUE

“A Chorus Line” – Drury Lane Productions

“Don’t Quit Your Daydream” – The Second City

“The Gospel at Colonus” – Court Theatre

“London Road” – Shattered Globe Theatre

“Once” – Writers Theatre

“The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

NEW WORK

Will Allan – “Campaigns, Inc.” – TimeLine Theatre Company

Bekah Brunstetter and Ingrid Michaelson – “The Notebook” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Rebecca Gilman – “Swing State” – Goodman Theatre

Lauren Gunderson and Margo Melcon – “Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley” – Northlight Theatre

Lisa Langford – “How Blood Go” – Congo Square Theatre Company

Paloma Nozicka – “Enough to Let the Light In” – Teatro Vista

Marvin Quijada – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista

Tuckie White – “Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

Will Wilhelm and Erin Murray – “Gender Play or What You Will” – About Face Theatre

LaDarrion Williams – “Boulevard of Bold Dreams” – TimeLine Theatre Company

Matthew C. Yee – “Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon” – Lookingglass Theatre Company

Martin Yousif Zebari – “Layalina” – Goodman Theatre

DIRECTOR OF A PLAY (LARGE)

Robert Falls – “The Cherry Orchard” – Goodman Theatre

Robert Falls – “Swing State” – Goodman Theatre

Jessica Fisch – “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” – Northlight Theatre

Barbara Gaines – “The Comedy of Errors” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Henry Godinez – “Measure for Measure” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Ron OJ Parson – “Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre

Ron OJ Parson – “Trouble in Mind” – TimeLine Theatre Company

DIRECTOR OF A PLAY (MIDSIZE)

Monty Cole – “Fences” – American Blues Theater

Sarah Gitenstein – “Right to Be Forgotten” – Raven Theatre

Marti Gobel – “Is God Is” – A Red Orchid Theatre

Azar Kazemi – “Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

Sandra Marquez and Alice da Cunha – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista

Malkia Stampley – “The October Storm” – Raven Theatre

L. Walter Stearns – “Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Georgette Verdin – “Enough to Let the Light In” – Teatro Vista

DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL (LARGE)

Jim Corti and Landree Fleming – “Fun Home” – Paramount Theatre

Mark J.P. Hood and Charles Newell – “The Gospel at Colonus” – Court Theatre

Denis Jones – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre

Des McAnuff – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

Katie Spelman – “Once” – Writers Theatre

Michael Weber – “Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre

DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL (MIDSIZE)

Christopher Chase Carter – “Big River” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Christopher Chase Carter – “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Elizabeth Margolius – “London Road” – Shattered Globe Theatre

PERFORMER IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY

Terry Bell (Bashir) – “Routes” – Remy Bummpo Theatre Company

Kamal Angelo Bolden (Troy Maxson) – “Fences” – American Blues Theater

Tracey N. Bonner (Toni Stone) – “Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre

Shanésia Davis (Rose) – “Fences” – American Blues Theater

Mary Beth Fisher (Peg) – “Swing State” – Goodman Theatre

Kevin Gudahl (Lord Brian Halifax/Dromio of Ephesus) – “The Comedy of Errors” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Rob Lindley (Andy Warhol) – “Andy Warhol in Iran” – Northlight Theatre

Sarah Price (Louise) – “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” – Northlight Theatre

Marvin Quijada (Actor) – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista

Shariba Rivers (Mrs. Elkins) – “The October Storm” – Raven Theatre

Shariba Rivers (Wiletta Mayer) – “Trouble in Mind” – TimeLine Theatre Company

Larry Yando (Ebenezer Scrooge) – “A Christmas Carol” – Goodman Theatre

PERFORMER IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – MUSICAL

Curtis Bannister (Jim) – “Big River” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Ali Louis Bourzgui (Tommy) – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

Ben Dow (Buddy) – “Elf The Musical” – Drury Lane Productions

Alexander Gemignani (Edward Bloom) – “Big Fish” – Marriott Theatre

Heidi Kettenring (Dolly Levi) – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre

Kieran McCabe (Buddy Holly) – “Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story” – Marriott Theatre

Andrew Mueller (Ernest Shackleton) – “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” – Porchlight Music Theatre

Kelvin Roston Jr. (Oedipus) – “The Gospel at Colonus” – Court Theatre

Stephen Schellhardt (Bruce Bechdel) – “Fun Home” – Paramount Theatre

Erica Stephan (Sally Bowles) – “Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre

SOLO PERFORMANCE

Alexis J. Roston (Billie Holiday) – “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Antonio Edwards Suarez (Antonio) – “Antonio’s Song / I Was Dreaming of a Son” – Goodman Theatre

Will Wilhelm (Will) – “Gender Play or What You Will” – About Face Theatre

PERFORMER IN A REVUE

Felicia P. Fields – “Pearl’s Rollin’ With the Blues” – Writers Theatre

Evan Mills – “Don’t Quit Your Daydream” – The Second City

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – PLAY

Karen Aldridge (She) – “Is God Is” – A Red Orchid Theatre

Andrew Behling (Charlie Doyle) – “And Neither Have I Wings to Fly” – First Folio Theatre

Janet Ulrich Brooks (Helen Hubbard) – “Murder on the Orient Express” – Drury Lane Productions

Brianna Buckley (Gayle/Young Chipper Ambitious Black Woman) – “the ripple, the wave that carried me home” – Goodman Theatre with Berkeley Rep

Meighan Gerachis (Aunt Weezie) – “Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

Francis Guinan (Firs) – “The Cherry Orchard” – Goodman Theatre

Chiké Johnson (Galileo) – “Galileo’s Daughter” – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

Felisha D. McNeal (Lucille) – “The October Storm” – Raven Theatre

Jon Hudson Odom (Millie) – “Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre

Jazzma Pryor (Lillian) – “Stew” – Shattered Globe Theatre

Nick Sandys (Eustace Bassington-Bassington) – “Jeeves Intervenes” – First Folio Theatre

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – MUSICAL

Sean Fortunato (Applegate) – “Damn Yankees” – Marriott Theatre

Veronica Garza (Rosalie Mullins) – “School of Rock” – Paramount Theatre

Alex Goodrich (Cornelius Hackl) – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre

Stanley Wayne Mathis (Harold Logan) – “Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical” – The Hard Kill LLC

Susan Moniz (Mother Abbess) – “The Sound of Music” – Paramount Theatre

Mary Robin Roth (Fräulein Schneider) – “Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre

Lorenzo Rush Jr. (Curtis Taylor Jr.) – “Dreamgirls” – Paramount Theatre

Elizabeth Stenholt (Medium Alison) – “Fun Home” – Paramount Theatre

Gregory Stewart Jr. (Philip Bailey) – “Reasons: A Tribute to Earth Wind and Fire” – Black Ensemble Theater

Joy Woods (Middle Allie) – “The Notebook” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater

SCENIC DESIGN (LARGE)

Andrew Boyce – “Murder on the Orient Express” – Drury Lane Productions

casaboyce – “Layalina” – Goodman Theatre

John Culbert – “Arsenic and Old Lace” – Court Theatre

Jeffrey D. Kmiec – “Into the Woods” – Paramount Theatre

Jeffrey D. Kmiec – “The Sound of Music” – Paramount Theatre

Collette Pollard – “The Garbologists” – Northlight Theatre

SCENIC DESIGN (MIDSIZE)

Bob Knuth – “Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Jack Magaw – “Andy Warhol’s Tomato” – Buffalo Theatre Ensemble

Angela Weber Miller – “And Neither Have I Wings to Fly” – First Folio Theatre

Angela Weber Miller – “Jeeves Intervenes” – First Folio Theatre

Lauren M. Nichols – “Anna in the Tropics” – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

Joe Schermoly – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista

COSTUME DESIGN (LARGE)

Raquel Adorno – “Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley” – Northlight Theatre

Raquel Adorno – “Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical” – The Hard Kill LLC

Theresa Ham – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre

Izumi Inaba – “The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington” – Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Samantha C. Jones – “Dreamgirls” – Paramount Theatre

Ana Kuzmanic – “The Cherry Orchard” – Goodman Theatre

Bill Morey – “Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre

COSTUME DESIGN (MIDSIZE)

Gregory Graham – “Anna in the Tropics” – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

Marquecia Jordan – “Big River” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Marquecia Jordan – “Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Robert Kuhn – “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” – Mercury Theater Chicago

Caitlin McLeod – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista

Alexia Rutherford – “The October Storm” – Raven Theatre

SOUND DESIGN (LARGE)

Mikhail Fiksel and Jeffrey Levin – “Murder on the Orient Express” – Drury Lane Productions

Ben Kauffman and Kyle Vegter – “Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol” – Writers Theatre and Manual Cinema

Ray Nardelli – “The 39 Steps” – Drury Lane Productions

Gareth Owen – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

André Pluess – “Toni Stone” – Goodman Theatre

Adam Rosenthal – “The Sound of Music” – Paramount Theatre

Richard Woodbury – “The Cherry Orchard” – Goodman Theatre

SOUND DESIGN (MIDSIZE)

Matthew Chapman – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista

Victoria DeIorio – “Motherhouse” – Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

Willow James – “How Blood Go” – Congo Square Theatre Company

Stefanie M. Senior – “Enough to Let the Light In” – Teatro Vista

Kurt Snieckus – “Clue” – Mercury Theater Chicago

LIGHTING DESIGN (LARGE)

Yael Lubetzky – “Once” – Writers Theatre

Julie Mack – “A Chorus Line” – Drury Lane Productions

José Santiago – “Into the Woods” – Paramount Theatre

Ben Stanton – “The Notebook” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Amanda Zieve – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

LIGHTING DESIGN (MIDSIZE)

Conchita Avitia – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista

Jared Gooding – “Fences” – American Blues Theater

Gabrielle Strong – “Gender Play or What You Will” – About Face Theatre

Eric Watkins – “Routes” – Remy Bummpo Theatre Company

Levi Wilkins – “Is God Is” – A Red Orchid Theatre

CHOREOGRAPHY

Brenda Didier – “Cabaret” – Porchlight Music Theatre

Edgar Godineaux – “Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical” – The Hard Kill LLC

Tyler Hanes – “Damn Yankees” – Marriott Theatre

Denis Jones – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre

Lorin Latarro – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

Paul Stancato – “Grease” – Drury Lane Productions

ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY

Matthew Chapman, Marvin Quijada, Elliot Taggart and Ethan T. Parcell – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista

Orbert Davis and Jorge Amado Molina – “Measure for Measure” – Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Mikhail Fiksel and Jeffrey Levin – “Murder on the Orient Express” – Drury Lane Productions

Ben Kauffman and Kyle Vegter – “Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol” – Writers Theatre and Manual Cinema

Christopher Kriz – “Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley” – Northlight Theatre

MUSIC DIRECTION

Carolyn Brady – “A Chorus Line” – Drury Lane Productions

Kory Danielson – “Fun Home” – Paramount Theatre

Kory Danielson – “The Sound of Music” – Paramount Theatre

Matt Deitchman – “Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story” – Marriott Theatre

Matt Deitchman – “Once” – Writers Theatre

Rick Fox – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

Mark J.P. Hood – “The Gospel at Colonus” – Court Theatre

Ryan T. Nelson – “Hello, Dolly!” – Marriott Theatre

Robert Reddrick – “Blue Heaven” – Black Ensemble Theater

Robert Reddrick – “Reasons: A Tribute to Earth Wind and Fire” – Black Ensemble Theater

PROJECTION DESIGN

John Boesche – “Galileo’s Daughter” – Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

Anthony Churchill – “Murder on the Orient Express” – Drury Lane Productions

Reese Craig and Liviu Pasare – “Right to Be Forgotten” – Raven Theatre

Smooch Medina – “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” – Porchlight Music Theatre

Peter Nigrini – “The Who’s Tommy” – Goodman Theatre

Mike Tutaj – “Andy Warhol in Iran” – Northlight Theatre

ARTISTIC SPECIALIZATION

Drew Dir for puppet design – “Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol” – Writers Theatre and Manual Cinema

Drew Dir for storyboards – “Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol” – Writers Theatre and Manual Cinema

Rueben D. Echoles for wig, hair and makeup design – “Dreamgirls” – Paramount Theatre

Jyrieka Guest for fight choreography – “Is God Is” – A Red Orchid Theatre

Amanda Hermann and Yu Shibagaki for properties design – “Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon” – Lookingglass Theatre Company

Cookie Jordan for wig and hair design – “the ripple, the wave that carried me home” – Goodman Theatre with Berkeley Rep

Ian Merritt for cinematography – “The Christians” – Citadel Theatre

Jesse Mooney-Bullock for puppet design – “Into the Woods” – Paramount Theatre

Mike Oleon for puppet design – “The Dream King” – Teatro Vista

Keith Ryan for wig design – “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” – Mercury Theater Chicago

SHORT RUN – PRODUCTION

“The Island” – Court Theatre

SHORT RUN – PERFORMER

Kelly Anne Clark (The Actor) – “Being Seen” – RG Productions

Ronald L. Conner (Winston) – “The Island” – Court Theatre

Kai A. Ealy (John) – “The Island” – Court Theatre