SLU Theatre and Dance Faculty Nominated for Theatre Circle Awards
02/14/2025
Saint Louis University Theatre and Dance faculty will be well represented at the 2025 St. Louis Theatre Circle Awards.
The St. Louis Theater Circle promotes and honors regional professional theater in St. Louis. Annually, the group hands out awards to honor the top work from the previous year. The nominations for the 2025 were recently announced, and SLU faculty were well represented among the nominees.
"As You Like It" was nominated for several at the 2025 St. Louis Theatre Circle Awards. SLU faculty members Nancy Bell, Denisse Chavez and Joel Moses, left, worked on the production. Photo by Phillip Hamer Photography used with permission.
Full-time SLU faculty members Gary Wayne Barker, professor of theatre; Nancy Bell, professor of theatre; Lucy Cashion, associate professor of theatre; and Denisse Chavez, assistant professor of visual and performing arts, all received nominations for their work with various productions. Adjust faculty member Joel Moses, theater, was also recognized by the St. Louis Theater Circle.
Additionally, several SLU alumni were nominated.
SLU Nominations
Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Comedy, Male or Non-Binary Role
- Joel Moses, “As You Like It,” St. Louis Shakespeare Festival
Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play
- Denisse Chavez, “All My Sons,” New Jewish Theatre
- Denisse Chavez, “As You Like It,” St. Louis Shakespeare Festival
Outstanding Performer in a Drama, Male or Non-Binary Role
- Joel Moses, “Lungs,” Albion Theatre
Outstanding Director of a Comedy
- Nancy Bell, “As You Like It,” St. Louis Shakespeare Festival
- Lucy Cashion, “Romanov Family Yard Sale,” ERA Theatre
- Lucy Cashion, “Spirits to Enforce,” The Midnight Company
Outstanding Director of a Drama
- Gary Wayne Barker, “All My Sons,” New Jewish Theatre
Outstanding Production of a Comedy
- “As You Like It,” directed by Bell, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival
- “Romanov Family Yard Sale,” directed by Cashion, ERA Theatre
Outstanding Production of a Drama
- All My Sons, directed by Barker, New Jewish Theatre
A full list of nominations can be found at the St. Louis Theater Circle website. The winners will be announced at the 12th annual St. Louis Theater Circle Awards gala on Monday, March 24.
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