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Tonight's the night when actors. directors and other theater professionals all get to dress up and put on a show... for themselves. I'm not talking about the 

Actress Regina Williams in a dress made of scripts, a promotional image for this year's Ivey Awards.

The Ivey Awards recognize talent in Twin Cities theater, as well as stand-out productions from the past year. Tonight, the awards went to:

, Artistic Director of the Jungle Theater, in the category of 

FYI, Boehlke was also the recipient of the McKnight Distinguished Artist award a few years ago, and I did

 a pretty thorough interview with him about his career

Sundberg was recently listed in Minnesota Monthly under "Artists We Love." Equally at home in drama and comedy, in the past year you might have seen her in 

Holocaust Witness: The Legacy of Anne Frank 

Sexy Librarian: File Under Rock Musical. 

In addition, the following were awarded for there excellent work in a particular performance:

Finally, two productions were cited for their exceptional nature: 

Ivey Awards are given out based on evaluations completed by the general public and more than 150 volunteer theater evaluators who saw more than 1,000 performances in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area from September 2010 through August 2011.

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Director Bain Boehlke and actress Anna Sundberg are among those honored at this year's awards ceremony.

Theater professionals take their bows at the Iveys

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