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# Tony Awards announces nominating committee for 2018-2019 season
- URL: https://www.broadwaynews.com/tony-awards-announces-nominating-committee-for-2018-2019-season/
- Published: 2018-09-05T16:28:45.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-06T00:34:50.000Z
- Description: The Tony Awards has announced its nominating committee for the 2018-2019 Broadway season. The committee members, who serve a three year term, attend all Broadway productions during the season and later vote on that season’s Tony Award nominees.
- Author: Caitlin Huston
- Tags: Tony Awards, #caitlin, Tony Awards Administration Committee, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Ann Harada, Priscilla Lopez, Daphne Ruben-Vega, Martyna Majok, News

The Tony Awards has announced its nominating committee for the 2018-2019 Broadway season.

The committee members, who serve a three year term, attend all Broadway productions during the season and later vote on that season’s Tony Award nominees. In addition to the nominating committee, the Tony Awards Administration Committee meets four times throughout the season to determine what shows are eligible to be nominated.

This year’s committee is comprised of 48 members. New members this season include actors Ann Harada, Priscilla Lopez, Daphne Rubin-Vega and playwrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Martyna Majok.

Full list of the nominating committee (the double astericks denote a new member):

Emily Altman – Attorney/Foundation President\*\*  
Bob Alwine – Associate Producer, Goodspeed Musicals  
Brenda Braxton – Actor/Author\*\*  
Milly Barranger – Author/Educator  
Suzy Benzinger – Costume Designer  
Luis Castro – Media and Entertainment Executive/Producer  
Dawn Chiang – Lighting Designer  
Patricia Cruz – Executive Director, Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.  
Carmen de Lavallade – Choreographer  
Eisa Davis – Actor/Writer/Singer-Songwriter\*\*  
Jerry Dixon – Actor/Director\*\*  
Edgar Dobie – Executive Producer, Arena Stage – Washington, DC  
Judith Dolan – Costume Designer  
Scott Elliott – Director/Artistic Director, The New Group  
John Erman – Director/Producer\*\*  
Tim Federle – Novelist/Playwright  
Peter Jay Fernandez – Actor/Educator  
Scott Frankel – Composer\*\*  
Maija Garcia – Choreographer\*\*  
Anna Glass – Executive Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem  
Mason Granger – Director of Grants, Hearst Foundation  
Katori Hall – Playwright  
Ann Harada – Actor\*\*  
Peter Hedges – Writer  
JoAnn Hunter – Actor/Choreographer\*\*  
Mara Isaacs – Founder and Director, Octopus Theatricals, LLC  
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – Playwright\*\*  
Michael Kantor – Executive Producer, American Masters  
Anne Keefe – Associate Artist, Westport Country Playhouse  
Michael John LaChiusa – Composer/Lyricist/Librettist  
Priscilla Lopez – Actor\*\*  
Martyna Majok – Playwright\*\*  
John Mauceri – Conductor\*\*  
Tony Meola – Sound Designer  
Jessica Molaskey – Actor  
Sheila Nevins – President, HBO Documentary Films  
Peter Parnell – Playwright/Librettist\*\*  
Rosalba Rolón – Executive Director, Pregones Theater\*\*  
Daphne-Rubin Vega – Actor\*\*  
Paul Rudnick – Playwright/Novelist/Screenwriter/Essayist  
Don Scardino – Actor/Director  
Kimberly Senior –Director\*\*  
Mikki Shepard – Executive Producer, The Apollo Theatre  
Randy Skinner – Choreographer/Director  
Ellen Sorrin – Director, The George Balanchine Trust  
Jessica Stone – Actor/Director  
Mark Wendland – Scenic Designer\*\*  
Evan Yionoulis – Director