Drama League Award Nomination!

AMERICAN DREAMS has been nominated for a prestigious Drama League Award for Outstanding Interactive Theatre!

The Drama League Awards, the oldest theatrical honors in North America, will celebrate its 87th year by recognizing the extraordinary excellence in digital and socially-distanced theatrical work created during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based in New York City and historically honoring Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, this year’s ceremony has been redesigned to amplify the resiliency, experimentation, and innovation of the theatrical community across the country, in a year unlike any other in our history.

Foregoing historic categories to better reflect the digital and socially-distant work made during the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Awards Nominees were selected by the 400+ alumni of The Drama League’s programs for directors and theater artists. These alumni include Tony and Emmy Award winners, artistic directors at more than 60 theater companies across the United States, and noted industry professionals.

Voting by Drama League Members begins on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, and winners will be announced via the pre-recorded and virtual Awards event on Friday, May 21, 2021.

American Dreams was first premiered at the Cleveland Public Theatre and was scheduled to tour in 2020. When the pandemic hit, the show's creative team, with the JKW Foundation's support, retooled the show as a fully online interactive show. As the pandemic took hold, more and more theatres joined the online tour, filling up the entire fall and stretching coast to coast, making it one of the biggest theatrical events of 2020.

The American Dreams tour was conceived by Leila Buck, Amanda Cooper, Jens Rasmussen, and Tamilla Woodard and lead produced by Working Theater in NYC. Partner theatres included: ASU Gammage, Texas Performing Arts, Round House Theatre, Salt Lake Acting Company, TheaterWorks, and Marin Theatre Company.

Jens Rasmussen Wins League of Cincinnati Theatres Award

Recognized as Lead Actor in a Play for his “very strong performance.”

Panelists felt the actor “showed amazing depth” and that “his arc as a character was fully realized.”

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Gruesome Playground Injuries Earns Three League of Cincinnati Theatres Awards for Know Theatre

Know Theatre’s season-opening production of Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries has earned three awards from the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT). The show’s director, lead actor and video designers all were rewarded for their work in this story of a 30-year relationship between two misfits.

Kayleen and Doug's 8-year-old selves first collide in the nurse's office when Doug rides his bike off the school roof and Kayleen can't stop throwing up. As the lives of these made-for-each-other masochists continue to intersect over the years, the two childhood friends compare their physical and emotional scars, finding that, though they are continually drawn together, it may not be enough to heal each other’s wounds.

Gruesome Playground Injuries reunites the cast, design and production crew of another well-received Know production, last season’s Skin Tight. Drew Fracher, who directed both shows, earned an LCT Award for his efforts here. According to one panelist, “Fracher's direction was tight and made me believe that the audience was seeing the life of these two characters unfold.”

Jens Rasmussen also was recognized as Lead Actor in a Play for his “very strong performance” as Doug. Panelists felt the actor “showed amazing depth” and that “his arc as a character was fully realized.”

Doug Borntrager and Andrew Hungerford shared an award in the specialized design category for their video design, which offers audiences a peek at the actors’ between-scene transformations. “The video work was exceptional, especially how the audience got to see the actors — and evolve with each character they played — through the lens in the mirror during quick changes,” said one LCT panelist.


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Other Awards & Recognitions:
Acclaim Award

Best of 2010/11 Theatrical Season

Best of 2010

Rasmussen receives Acclaim Award for Performance in Skin Tight

Jens Rasmussen in Skin Tight

Know Theatre’s regional premiere of “Skin Tight” by New Zealand playwright Gary Henderson has earned four Acclaim “Acclaim Recommended.” The two-character period drama is part poetic meditation on life and love and part stage combat showcase.
Award nominations and is 

Skin Tight has received four Acclaim Awards:

Jens Rasmussen for Lead Equity Performance

Beth Harris for a Lead Non-Equity Performance

Drew Fracher for Fight Choreography

Drew Fracher for Direction

The Acclaims RECOMMENDS “Skin Tight” to area theatre fans

The Acclaim Awards have recognized and celebrated excellence in professional, independent and university theatre in Greater Cincinnati theater since 2006. More than 30 Cincinnati-area theater experts — critics, practitioners, producers and educators -- participate. Find 2010-2011 season Acclaim nominations, recommended productions and an explanation of voting procedures at www.CinStages.com.

The Acclaim Awards celebrate local theater by awarding outstanding work and supporting a variety of grant initiatives for area theater artists and educators including local Guest Equity Artist contracts, Theatre Educator Awards, and Rising Stars.

Other Awards & Recognitions:

League of Cincinnati Theatres Award

Best of 2010/11 Theatrical Season

Best of 2010