Chicago Dramatists has announced that resident playwright Lydia Diamond’s play Stick Fly was nominated for five L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (including Best Production, Director, Ensemble, Lighting and Scenic).
Resident playwright Keith Huff’s play The Bird and Mr. Banks was also nominated for Ovation Awards for Best Actor for Sam Anderson (Bernard on “Lost”) and Best Sound Design.
The nods follow the recent success of the smash hit production of Huff’s A Steady Rain, which opened in New York starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman in September.
The 2008/2009 Ovation Awards will be held Jan. 11.