Bonjour,

Last week Stage Scene LA announced its awards for the 2025-2026 season. We’re excited to tell you that City Garage received sixteen of them:

Director of the Year, Frederique Michel: “Antigone,” “Limonade Tous les Jours,” and “Uncle Vanya”

Outstanding Production of a Drama: “Antigone”

Outstanding Production of a Classic Play: “Uncle Vanya”

Breakout Lead Performance of the Year in a Play: Anabela Nguyen in “Antigone”

Breakout Lead Performance of the Year in a Play: Nicolet Anton in “Limonade Tous les Jours”

Breakout Featured Performance of the Year in a Play: Cruz St. James in “Limonade Tous les Jours”

Breakout Featured Performance of the Year in a Play: Daniel Strausman in “Antigone”

Outstanding Performance in Multiple Productions: David E. Frank in “Antigone,” and “Limonade Tous les Jours”

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Classic Play: Troy Dunn in “Uncle Vanya”

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Drama: Gifford Irvine in “Antigone”

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Drama: Anthony Sannazzaro in “Antigone”

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Classic Play: Angela Beyer in “Uncle Vanya”

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Classic Play: Anabela Nguyen in “Uncle Vanya”

Outstanding Ensemble in a Classic Play: Angela Beyer, Strawn Bovee, Troy Dunn, Geraldine Fuentes, Andy Kallok, Taylor Lee Marr, Anabela Nguyen, and Ralph Radebaugh in “Uncle Vanya”

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Production Design, Set, Lighting, and Sound: Charles Duncombe

Outstanding Costume Design: Josephine Poinsot (FM)

Congratulations to everyone—but also to our loyal and wonderful audience. It’s you that makes this work possible!

Summer Matching Campaign Extended! Help us get the rest of the way!

Our gratitude to all of you who have contributed to our summer matching campaign. But we still are $9000 short of our goal of $25,000 to match the generous pledge made by our anonymous patron. Can you help us get there by the end of July? Any donation large or small is welcome. Join those below in making it possible to match this pledge!

Raffaela Commitante
Jay Bevan
Lindsie Carlsen
Barbara Beyer
David Tillman
Michael Wiles
Alan Grinnell
Ricky Lee Grove
Roger Marheine
Arthur Wlliamson
Margaret Perscheid
Holly Dunnigan
Michele & Curt Wittig
Michael Intriere
Berta Finkelstein & Bill Claiborn
Stacy Dalgleish, Robert Weaver, and The Weaver Family Foundation
Talma Zelitzky
D. Sherman
Eric Gordon
Tom Laskey
Joan Cashel
Martin Hernandez
Audience member (anonymous)
Audience member (anonymous)
Audience member (anonymous)
Linda Garris
Elizabeth Oakes & Samuel Goldstein
Martha Duncan
Lisa & Bill Gray
Martin Hernandez
Strawn Bovee
Diana Gordon
David Burton
Doris Haims
Gary Goldberg
Stephen Santiaho
Anonymous
Joel Drazner
Roger Director
Barbara Kallir
Myron Meisel
The Reverend James Conn
David E. Frank

Help us get the rest of the way! Follow this link to play your part in supporting the work at City Garage—and merci in advance!

See you at the theatre!

Merci,

Frédérique, Charles & Archie ❤️