'Who Lives' nominated for 5 L.A. theater awards

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'Who Lives' nominated for 5 L.A. theater awards
10/27/2009

Renal Support Network announced that it has landed five Ovation Award nominations for its  production of “Who Lives?,” a play that explores the 1960s anonymous citizens committee that determined the life-or-death fate of kidney patients applying for dialysis.

The L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards are peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles.

RSN is the only non-theatre entity to receive Ovation nominations this year, and one of a handful of producers to receive five or more nominations, placing RSN alongside major companies as The Geffen Playhouse.



RSN’s five nominations for “Who Lives?” were:

Lead Actor in a Play, Matt Gottlieb;
Costume Design - Intimate Theatre, Catherine Glover;
Lighting Design - Intimate Theatre, Jeremy Pivnick;
Scenic Design - Intimate Theatre, Will Pellegrini and
Sound Design - Intimate Theatre, Jeffrey Porter.

“We are very humbled to be in such great company,” said Lori Hartwell, Founder and President of RSN and a kidney disease survivor since 1968. “I wanted to tell the story of the birth of modern medical ethics and the relationship to the 1960s ‘life-or-death dialysis committees’ to the public. To share fellow patients’ history is a passion and a privilege. Our cast and crew obviously shared that vision, and I am delighted for each of our nominees.”


The Ovation Awards ceremony is Jan. 11, 2010, at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. More information is available at  www.LAStageBlog.com/ovation-awards.

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