CRITICS CIRCLE PICKS S.D. AWARD NOMINEES

LA JOLLA — The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle met Sunday to select the nominees for outstanding achievements in theater arts for the 1985-86 season in San Diego.

The list of nominations, being released today, covers 14 categories. The nominees are:

Production. “Emily” (Old Globe); “Figaro Gets a Divorce” (La Jolla Playhouse); “Holy Ghosts” (San Diego Repertory Theatre); “The Homecoming” (Gaslamp Quarter Theatre), and “The Diviners” (Lamb’s Players).

Actress in a Leading Role. Madolyn Smyth in “Emily”; Diana Castle, “Holy Ghosts”; Robyn Hunt, “Gaslight”; Sylvia M’Lafi Thompson, “Boesman and Lena,” and Nancy Titus, “The Homecoming.”

Actor in a Leading Role. William Anton in “Rap Master Ronnie”; Brian Bedford, “Richard II”; Bill Irwin, “The Three Cuckolds”; Paul L. Nolan, “The Homecoming”; Douglas Roberts, “Billy Bishop Goes to War,” and John Vickery, “Julius Caesar.”

Actress in a Supporting Role. Ellen Crawford in “Top Girls” (San Diego Rep); Terry Eaton, “Talking With”; Barbara Murray, “To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday”; Rebecca Nachison, “Bye and Bye,” and Kristine Nielsen, “The Three Cuckolds.”

Actor in a Supporting Role. Michael Genovese in “Gillette”; Eric Christmas, “Pygmalion”; Olek Krupa, “Figaro Gets a Divorce”; James C. Manley, “To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday,” and Daniel Wingard, “Brighton Beach Memoirs.”

Director. Douglas Jacobs for “Holy Ghosts”; Jack O’Brien, “Emily”; William Simpson, “The Homecoming”; Robert Woodruff, “Figaro Gets a Divorce,” and Floyd Gaffney, “Boesman and Lena.”

Choreographer. Don and Bonnie Ward for “Evita”; Kenneth Green, “Blues for a Gospel Queen”; Anne Bogart, “1951”; Rob Barron, “No, No, Nanette,” and Bonnie Johnston, “Rap Master Ronnie.”

Scenic Design. D. Martyn Bookwalter for “Holy Ghosts”; Robert Earl, “The Homecoming”; Erik Hanson, “Gaslight”; Douglas Stein, “Figaro Gets a Divorce,” and Marty Burnett, “Brighton Beach Memoirs.”

Costumes. Deborah Dryden for “The Three Cuckolds”; Ingrid Helton, “Gaslight”; Susan Hilferty, “Figaro Gets a Divorce”; Dianne Holly, “On Approval,” and Robert Morgan, “Pygmalion.”

Lighting Design. D. Martyn Bookwalter for “Holy Ghosts”; Don Childs, “To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday”; Sean La Motte, “Gaslight”; Rob Murphy, “1951,” and David Thayer, “The Diviners.”

Sound Design. Corey L. Fayman for “Julius Caesar”; David Thayer, “The Diviners”; Victor Zupanc, “Holy Ghosts”; Victor Zupanc, “Rap Master Ronnie,” and Victor Zupanc and Michael S. Roth, “1951.”

New Play. Paul Avila Mayer, George W. George and Peter Farrow for “Shout Up a Morning”; Stephen Metcalfe, “Emily”; Ann Bogart, Mac Wellman and John Herschel, “1951”; Dana-Maria Hock, “East European Tetralogy”; William Hauptman, “Gillette,” and Bill Kelm, “8 Novembers.”

New Score. Nat and Julian Adderley for “Shout Up a Morning”; Lawrence Czoka, “Gaslight”; Larry Delinger, “Tartuffe”; Paul Dresher, “Figaro Gets a Divorce,” and Michael S. Roth, “The Three Cuckolds.”

Road Show. “Ajax” (La Jolla Playhouse); “La Cage Aux Folles” (San Diego Playgoers); “Clytemnestra” (Suzuki Company of Toga, UC San Diego); “Cyrano de Bergerac,” (East County Performing Arts Center), and “Cat’s-Paw” (Old Globe).

Winners will be announced at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at a reception at the Reuben E. Lee restaurant on Harbor Island. Tickets are available by calling COMBO at 231-6979.