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André De Shields as W.E.B. Du Bois with Erin Cherry, who play his daughter Yolande, in Charles Smith's Knock Me A Kiss. Photo by Lia Chang
Morocco Omari, André De Shields, Marie Thomas, Erin Cherry, Sean Phillips, Gillian Glasco of Knock Me a Kiss have all been nominated for 2011 Audelco Awards. Photo by Lia Chang
Best Dramatic Play – Knock Me A Kiss
Lead Actor – Andre De Shields – Knock Me A Kiss
Lead Actress – tied with Kimberlee Monroe – Nobody Knew Where They Was
and Sanaa Latham – By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Supporting Actress – Marie Thomas – Knock Me A Kiss
Supporting Actor – Andre Holland – The Whipping Man
Outstanding Performance (Male) – Tommi Thompson – The Widow and Miss Mamie
Outstanding Performance (Female) – Toni Seawright – The Widow and Miss Mamie
Outstanding Musical Director – Ron Granger – The Widow and Miss Mamie
Solo Performance – Stephanie Berry – The Shaneequa Chronicles
Playwright: Charles Smith – Knock Me A Kiss
Director (Dramatic) – Chuck Smith – Knock Me A Kiss
Director (Musical) Production: Lee Kirk – The Widow and Miss Mamie
Lighting: Shirley Prendergast – Knock Me A Kiss
Set Design – Anthony Davidson – Knock Me A Kiss
Sound Design – Bill Toles – Knock Me A Kiss
Choreography – Tracy Jack – It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues
Costumes – Ali Turns – Knock Me A Kiss
New Federal Theatre producer Woodie King, Jr. © Lia Chang
Outstanding Pioneer Awards went to Felix E. Cochren, Mary Alice Smith, James Pringle
Special Achievement Awards: Clifford B. Simmons (Blue Nile Passage), Journalist, Playwright and Director Hazel Rosetta Smith, Fortune Society and the Significant Elders group
AUDELCO’s Rising Star Award: Eden Sanaa Duncan Smith (Lion King), (Fences) is a youth radio host on the Aunt Jewel’s Bedtime Stories show on Blakeradio.com, Rainbow Soul.
Honorary chairs for the 39th Annual AUDELCO Awards were LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Hattie Winston and Harold Wheeler.
Knock Me A Kiss director Chuck Smith, playwright Charles Smith, André De Shields, and New Federal Theatre producer Woodie King on the set of Knock Me A Kiss at the Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Recital Hall on November 11, 2010. © Lia Chang
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