28th NAACP Theatre Awards

The 28th NAACP Theatre Awards, presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in theater during the 2018 calendar year. The ceremony was hosted by Loni Love and took place on Monday, June 17, 2019 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.

28th NAACP Theatre Awards
Date	June 17, 2019
Venue	Millennium Biltmore Hotel
Hosted by	Loni Love
Most awards	Born For This (6)
Website	naacptheatreawards.com

During the ceremony American actress and singer Lillias White was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award. American actress and producer Viola Davis was honored with the Trailblazer Award. American actress Condola Rashad was recognized with the Spirit Award.

Awards and nominations

All nominees are listed below, and the winners are listed in bold.

Special honors

Lifetime Achievement Award
Lillias White
Trailblazer Award
Viola Davis
Spirit Award
Condola Rashad

Directions, writings and productions fields

Best Director — Larger Theatre	Best Director — 99 Seat Theatre
Head of Passes — Tina Landau Zoot Suit — Luis Valdez The Legend of Georgia McBride — Mike Donahue	The Meeting — Bill Cobbs Lyrics from Lockdown — Gina Belafonte Runaway Home — Shirley Jo Finney
Best Director of a Musical — Larger Theatre	Best Director of a Musical — 99 Seat
Born For This — Charles Randolph-Wright Shout Sister Shout — Randy Johnson Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Des McAnuff	Antony and Cleopatra — Gloria Gifford Can God's Love — Spencer M. Collins IV Her Final New Beginning — Wanda Ray Willis
Best Playwright — Larger Theatre	Best Playwright — 99 Seat Theatre
Born for This — BeBe Winans and Charles Randolph-Wright Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Colman Domingo, Robert Cary and Des McAnuff Head of Passes — Tarrell Alvin Me Craney	King Hedley II — August Wilson This Land — Evangeline Ordaz An Accident — Lydia Stryk
Best Producer — Larger Theatre	Best Producer — 99 Seat Theatre
Tum Me Loose — Get Lifted Film Company, John Legend and Mike Jackson Born For This — My Destiny Productions and Ron Gillyard Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Lalolla Playhouse	This Land — Company of Angels, Danny Munoz and Tamadhur Al-Ageel The Meeting — Shannon Sylvain King Hedley II — Sophina Brown

Acting performances fields

Best Ensemble Cast —Larger Theatre	Best Ensemble Cast — 99 Seat Theatre
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Home (Samm-Art Williams play) 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips	The Meeting Periphery Les Blancs
Best Lead Female - Larger Theatre	Best Lead Female — 99 Seat Theatre
Head of Passes — Phylicia Rashad Born For This — Deborah Joy Winans Trouble in Mind — Eamestine Phillips	An Accident — Katie Rogers This Land — LeShay Tomlinson Boyce Br'er Cotton — Yvonne Huff Lee This Land — Niketa Calame
Best Lead Male — Larger Theatre	Best Lead Male — 99 Seat Theatre
Born For This — Juan Winans Between Riverside and Crazy — John Cothran Driving Miss Daisy — Arthur Richardson	Br'er Cotton — Omete Anassi An Accident — Kent Faulcon Transitions — Joshua Wolf Coleman
Best Supporting Female — Larger Theatre	Best Supporting Female ~ 99 Seat Theatre
Born For This — Nita Whitaker Born For This — Kirsten Wyatt Born Born For This — Kiandra Richardson	Peace Be Still — Brely Evans (TIE) Peace Be Still — Anika McFall (TIE) Punk Rock — Raven Scott Runaway Home — Karen Malina White
Best Supporting Male — Larger Theatre	Best Supporting Male — 99 Seat Theatre
Born For This — Milton Craig Nealy Five Guys Named Moe— Rogelio Douglas, Jr The Legend of Georgia McBride — Larry Powell	King Hedley I — Adolphus Ward Punk Rock — Jacob Gibson Bret Cotton — Christopher Carrington
Best One Person Show — Larger Theatre	Outstanding Character Voice Performance — Motion Picture
Tum Me Loose — Joe Morto	Lyrics from Lockdown — Bryonn Bain Love is a Dirty Word — Giovanni Adams Conversation “Bout the Girls — Sonia Jackson

Music and choreographies

Best Choreography — Larger Theatre	Best Choreography — 99 Seat Theatre
The Legend of Georgia McBride — Paul McGill Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Sergio Trujillo Born For This — Warren Adams	Les Blancs — Toyce Guy Punk Rock — Matthew Glave Runaway Home — Janet Roston
Best Music Director — Larger Theatre	Best Music Director — 99 Seat Theatre
Bom For This — Jaret Landon Shout Sister Shout — Rahn Coleman Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Rob Melrose	Love is a Dirty Word — Giovanni Adams Elevator — Mario Marchetti Can God's Love — Cedric Lily
Best Sound — Larger Theatre	Best Sound — 99 Seat Theatre
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Gareth Owen Head of Passes — Rob Milbum and Michael Bodeen Shout Sister Shout — Jon Gottlieb	Transition — David Darling Les Blancs — Jeff Gardner King Hedley Il — Kevin Novinsky

Technical fields

Best Costumes — Larger Theatre	Best Costumes — 99 Seat Theatre
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Paul Tazewell The Legend of Georgia McBride — EB. Brooks Born For This — William Ivey Long	Transition — Kate Bergh Les Blanes — Wendell C. Carmichael Antony and Cleopatra — Gloria Gifford, Lauren Plaxco and Lucy Walsh
Best Lighting — Larger Theatre	Best Lighting — 99 Seat Theatre
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Howell Binkley Head of Passes — Jeff Croiter Born For This — Jason Lyons	Transition — Donny Jackson Les Blancs — Derrick McDaniel King Hedley Il - Derek Jones
Best Set Design — Larger Theatre	Best Set Design — 99 Seat Theatre
Head of Passes — G. W. Mercier Summer: The Donna Summer Musical — Robert Brill Big Night — John Lee Beatty	This Land — Justine Huen Bee-luther Hatchee — Christopher Scott Murillo King Hedley Il — John Iacovelli