LADCC Awards!

I went to the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards last night at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood. It was a lovely night. Many awards were given. Many speeches were given. I drank a glass of champagne, talked with lots of theater friends and enjoyed it all. I was there to receive the Ted Schmitt Award for the world premiere of an outstanding new play, for Song of Extinction. Thank you, LADCC!

At the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood, March 16, 2009. Song of Extinction director Heidi Helen Davis, playwright EM Lewis and Moving Arts managing director Steve Lozier.

"Song of Extinction" wins LADCC Award

In a nice and surprising bit of news, Song of Extinction seems to have won an award from the nice folks in the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle:

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Announces Nominations for 40th Annual Awards 

February 05, 2009 

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2008. The show will be hosted by Vicki Lewis (TV's NewsRadio and Ovation award winner for Hotel C'est L'Amour), who will be joined by LADCC Awards co-host, critic Wenzel Jones.

The honorees are selected by the 16 members of the LADCC, who write for newspapers, magazines, trade papers and theater websites (two freelance reviewers for Los Angeles Times are members). The group is "dedicated to excellence in theatrical criticism and to the encouragement and improvement of theatre in Greater Los Angeles."

The Ted Schmitt Award for the world premiere of an outstanding new play will be awarded to EM Lewis for Song of Extinction. The award is accompanied by an offer to publish and a $1,000 check funded by Samuel French, Inc.

The 40th Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards ceremony will take place on Monday, March 16 at the El Portal Theatre, 5269 Lankershim Blvd in North Hollywood. Tickets are $40; $5 off if purchased in advance via PayPal. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a catered reception (with no-host bar) and silent auction. The show commences at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the Awards show can be reserved from the LADCC's website.

Song of Extinction is also a nominee for two LA Weekly Awards -- Best Production, and Best Lead Male Actor (Darrell Kunitomi, who played Khim Phan).  

Very cool!  Must keep writing.