The Casting Society (CSA) has announced nominations for the 2025 Artios Awards, honoring achievement in casting in theater, film and television. The winners of the 40th awards will be announced and feted across three simultaneous galas at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the Edison Ballroom in New York City and the White City House in London on Feb. 12, 2025.
Among the nominees are casting directors of the 2024 Best Play Tony Award nominees “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” and “Mother Play,” as well as 2024 Best Play winner “Stereophonic,” all nominated in the Broadway: Comedy or Drama category. Also nominated were the 2024 Best Revival of a Play Tony winner “Appropriate” and nominee “Purlie Victorious,” in addition to Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of “Uncle Vanya.”
Nominees for the Broadway: Musical category comprised the casting directors for 2024 Best Musical Tony winner “The Outsiders,” as well as “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Here Lies Love,” “Suffs,” “Water for Elephants” and the revival of “Cabaret.”
Broadway was also represented in the New York Theater categories, which encompass both Broadway and Off-Broadway. The casting directors for “Oh, Mary!” and “The Great Gatsby” were nominated in the New York Theater: Comedy or Drama and New York Theater: Musical categories, respectively.
The casting directors of the national tours of “Company,” “Funny Girl,” “Mamma Mia!,” “MJ,” “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “The Wiz” were acknowledged in the Theater Tours category, while the pre-Broadway mounting of the “Who’s Tommy” revival at the Goodman Theatre received a nod in the Regional Theater category.
“Congratulations to all of the nominees on their incredible work, including those in our expanded international casting categories, which underscores the global reach of the casting profession,” said DSA president Destiny Lilly in a statement. “We look forward to once again gathering our community to honor the incredible achievements in casting globally in February.”
Lilly received nine nominations in both television and theater categories, including a nod for the aforementioned “Purlie Victorious.”
Members of the CSA serve as nominators and voters for the Atrios Awards.
Select theater-related categories can be found below. A comprehensive list of nominees can be found here.
Broadway: Comedy or Drama
“Appropriate”: Jim Carnahan and Alexandre Bleau
“Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”: Kelly Gillespie, David Caparelliotis and Erica A. Hart
“Mother Play”: Will Cantler, Karyn Casl and Charlie Hano (associate casting director)
“Purlie Victorious”: Will Cantler and Destiny Lilly
“Stereophonic”: Alaine Alldaffer and Taylor Williams
“Uncle Vanya”: Daniel Swee
Broadway: Musical
“Cabaret”: Bernard Telsey and Kristian Charbonier
“Hell’s Kitchen”: Kate Murray and Heidi Griffiths
“Here Lies Love”: Tara Rubin and Xavier Rubiano
“Suffs”: Heidi Griffiths and Kate Murray
“The Outsiders”: Tara Rubin and Xavier Rubiano
“Water for Elephants””:Tara Rubin, Claire Burke and Frankie Ramirez (associate casting director)
New York Theater: Comedy or Drama
“Oh, Mary!”: Henry Russell Bergstein
“Russian Troll Farm”: Karyn Casl
“The Comeuppance”: David Caparelliotis
“The Night of the Iguana”:Stephanie Klapper
“The Pianist”: Will Cantler, Destiny Lilly and Charlie Hano (associate casting director)
“The Welkin”: Karyn Casl and Destiny Lilly
New York Theater: Musical
“Fiddler on the Roof”: Geoff Josselson
“Here We Are”: Bernard Telsey, Adam Caldwell and Geoff Josselson (associate casting director)
“(pray)”: Destiny Lilly
“Rent”: Kevin Metzger-Timson
“The Great Gatsby”: Jillian Cimini, Stephen Kopel and Neal Buckley (associate casting director)
“The Lonely Few”: Beth Lipari, Phyllis Schuringa, Craig Burns, Destiny Lilly and Charlie Hano (associate casting director)
Los Angeles Theater:
“Deathtrap”: Michael Donovan and Richie Ferris
“Fetch Clay, Make Man”: Kim Coleman
“Inherit the Wind”: Ryan Bernard Tymensky and Rose Bochner
“Jelly’s Last Jam” (Pasadena Playhouse): Ryan Bernard Tymensky
“Reefer Madness”: Michael Donovan and Richie Ferris
“The Blank Theatre Company’s 31st Annual Young Playwrights Festival”: Erica S. Bream and Cara Chute Rosenbaum
Regional Theater
“A Christmas Carol” (Goodman Theatre): Lauren Port and Rachael Jimenez (associate casting director)
“A Strange Loop”: Destiny Lilly
“Another Marriage”: JC Clementz
“Antigone”: Becca McCracken
“Clyde’s”: Stephanie Klapper
“Fat Ham”: David Caparelliotis
“The Who’s Tommy”: Lauren Port, Merri Sugarman, Rachael Jimenez (associate casting director) and Spencer Gualdoni (associate casting director)
Theater Tours:
“Company”: Merri Sugarman and Spencer Gualdoni (associate casting director)
“Funny Girl”: Jim Carnahan and Jason Thinger
“Mamma Mia!”: Kevin Metzger-Timson and Spencer Gualdoni (associate casting director)
“MJ”: Lindsay Levine and Rachel Hoffman
“Mrs. Doubtfire”: Craig Burns
“The Wiz”: Tara Rubin and Olivia Paige West
Special Theatrical Performance
“Chess”: Destiny Lilly
“Into the Woods”: Geoff Josselson
“Jelly’s Last Jam” (New York City Center): Destiny Lilly and Rashad Naylor
“The Light in the Piazza”: Kristian Charbonier and Patrick Goodwin
“tick, tick...BOOM!”: Geoff Josselson
“West Side Story” (Lyric Opera of Chicago): Merri Sugarman and Becca McCracken “location casting director)
