Ovation Awards

Excellence in Southern California theatre

United States

1989

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The producer(s) must be a qualifying member of LA Stage Alliance.

Productions must meet one or more of the following requirements: Include a director who is a full member of The (SDC), a designer who is a full member of United Scenic Artists (USA), or an actor who is a full member of Actors' Equity Association (AEA), or the producer(s) has previously produced an Ovation Award nominated production in the previous three seasons.

Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers

In addition, eligible productions must meet the minimum number of performances, currently ten for intimate theatres and six for larger theatres.

Productions in venues with more than 100 seats which include no members of any theatrical union, and those produced by companies that are currently involved in a union labor strike are ineligible.

Musical – Large Theatre

Musical – Intimate Theatre (Franklin R. Levy Award)

Play – Large Theatre

Play – Intimate Theatre

Touring Production

Ceremony mistake[edit]

During the 2021 Ovation Awards ceremony, actress Jully Lee's first name was mispronounced and she was misidentified with a photograph of a different Asian American actress. In response, several participating theatre companies revoked their membership in the LA Stage Alliance, citing the organization's disenfranchisement of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) as well as people of color (BIPOC) from the Los Angeles theatre community.[8]

2007 Ovation Awards

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The LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards