AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Ovation Awards

Best Play (Large Theatre)
"Waiting for Lefty"- Nominated

Best Featured Actress
"Waiting in the Wings" - Betty Garrett - Nominated

Best Sound Design
"The Lion in Winter" - Christopher Burns - Award Winner!

ADA Awards

Production - Revival Play - Drama
"Requiem For A Heavyweight" - Nominated
"The Lion in Winter" - Chestnuts Theatre - Nominated
"Waiting in the Wings" - Chestnuts Theatre - Nominated

Director - Revival Play - Drama
"Requiem For A Heavyweight" - Howard Storm - Nominated
"The Lion in Winter"- Mark Travis - Nominated
"Waiting in the Wings" - Charlie Mount - Nominated

Best Ensemble
"Waiting in the Wings" - Nominated

Lead Actor - Play - Drama
"Requiem For A Heavyweight" - Michael Harrity - Nominated

Lead Actress - Play - Drama
"The Lion in Winter" - Bridget Hanley - Nominated

Supporting Actor - Play
"The Lion in Winter" - Adam Conger - Award Winner!

Sound Design
"The Lion in Winter" - Christopher Burns - Award Winner!
"Waiting in the Wings" - Charlie Mount - Nominated

ReviewPlays.com

10 Best Productions in Los Angeles List (2006)
"The Lion in Winter"

10 Best Productions in Los Angeles List (2008)
"Waiting in the Wings"

CONTACT

Chestnuts Producing Director:
Charlie Mount

 

CHESTNUTS is an award winning production wing of Theatre West dedicated to staging quality revivals of great plays.

"Dedicated to staging revivals of great plays, Chestnuts, a new wing of Theatre West, is commendably affording new audiences a chance at seeing productions that might have been lost to history."
~ Backstage West
2012
THE FANTASTICKS 		2011
SEASCAPE		 2010
WAITING FOR LEFTY		 2009
GASLIGHT

 

 

COMING

SOON!
2008
WAITING IN THE WINGS		 2007
DANCING AT LUGHNASA 		2010
THE LION IN WINTER 		2010
REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT
CHARLIE MOUNT
Chestnuts Producing Director

Long time Theatre West Member Charlie Mount created the created the Chestnuts Theatre program in 2005 and has produced seven Chestnuts shows now, directing the last four. Chestntus Shows include Requiem for a Heavyweight (2005), The Lion in Winter (2006), Dancing at Lughnasa (2007), Waiting in the Wings (with Betty Garrett) (2008), Gaslight (2009), Waiting for Lefty (2010), and Seascape (2011).

At Theatre West Charlie has also directed the world premier of Acting - The First Six Lessons, with Beau and Emily Bridges.  Other producing credits at Theatre West include Falling Upward (in Association with Ray Bradbury’s Pandemonium Theatre Company), and The Socialization of Ruthie Shapiro.

As a playwright Charlie has had several of his plays produced, including Trumpets and Table-Tipping (Theatre 40), The Junto (The Road), The Indecent Act of Jeff Zelinski (Theatre Geo), and The Shift (Theatre West).

Charlie came to LA from NY after a long career as a comic and magician, performing in nightclubs all over the world and making many television appearances, including a guest shot on Magic’s Greatest Illusions where he recreated Houdini’s famous East Indian Needle Mystery.

Charlie also works on the satellite arts program Classic Arts Showcase, a free program seen in over 60 million homes.

charliemount.com

Thanks to The Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation