SCENIES 2017-2018

The 13th-annual SCENIES celebrate

the past year’s outstanding achievements

in Southern California theater (based

on the 225 productions reviewed

between September 1, 2017 & July 31, 2018).

Scenies are presented in the

following categories:

 

• The Best Of 2017-2018

• Outstanding Productions

• Outstanding Individual Performances

• Outstanding Ensembles

• Outstanding Direction

• Outstanding Choreography & Musical Direction

• Outstanding Design

 

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BEST LARGER THEATER

  • A Noise Within
  • Center Theatre Group
  • Geffen Playhouse
  • Pasadena Playhouse
  • South Coast Repertory

BEST MUSICAL THEATER

  • Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre
  • La Mirada Theatre and McCoy Rigby Entertainment
  • Musical Theatre West

BEST INTIMATE THEATER

  • Actors Co-op
  • Antaeus Theatre Company
  • Celebration Theatre
  • Chance Theater
  • Echo Theater Company
  • The Road Theatre Company
  • Rogue Machine Theatre
  • Skylight Theatre Company

PLAYWRIGHT OF THE YEAR 

  • Tom Jacobson: Mexican Day, Plunge, Tar, Walking To Buchenwald

THE YEAR’S DOZEN BEST WORLD PREMIERE PLAYS

  • bled for the household truth, by Ruth Fowler
  • Cambodian Rock Band, by Lauren Yee
  • Cult Of Love, by Leslye Headland
  • Forever Bound, by Steve Apostolina
  • Grey Nomad, by Dan Lee
  • Hostage, by Michelle Kholos Brooks
  • Little Women [a multicultural transposition], by Velina Hasu Houston
  • Our Very Own Carlin McCullough, by Amanda Peet
  • Redline, by Christian Durso
  • Stupid Kid, by Sharr White
  • This Land, by Evangeline Ordaz
  • Through The Eye Of A Needle, by Jami Brandli

THE YEAR’S BEST WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL

  • Mutt House, by Tony Cookson, John Daniel, Robb Curtis Brown, and David O

PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR

  • Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play (Sacred Fools Theatre)

 BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY (Larger Theater)

  • Clybourne Park (Laguna Playhouse)
  • King Charles III (Pasadena Playhouse)
  • Our Town (Pasadena Playhouse and Deaf West Theatre)
  • Shakespeare In Love (South Coast Repertory)
  • A Tale Of Two Cities (A Noise Within)

BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY (Intimate Theater)

  • bled for the household truth (Rogue Machine Theatre)
  • Cult Of Love (IAMA Theatre Company)
  • The Hothouse (Antaeus Theatre Company)
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (The Theatre @ Boston Court)
  • Stupid Kid (The Road Theatre Company)
  • Three Days In The Country (Antaeus Theatre Company)

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (Larger Theater)

  • In The Heights (Musical Theatre West)
  • Mamma Mia! (Moonlight Stage Productions)
  • Once (South Coast Repertory)
  • South Pacific (La Mirada Theatre and McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
  • Spring Awakening (Cupcake Theatre)

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)

  • Cabaret (Celebration Theatre)
  • Violet (Actors Co-op)

BEST CONCERT STAGED READING

  • Honeymoon In Vegas (Musical Theatre Guild)

BEST RETURNING PRODUCTION

  • Wood Boy Dog Fish (The Garry Marshall Theatre)

BEST TOURING PRODUCTION

  • The King And I
  • Hamilton

BEST STUDENT-CAST PRODUCTION

  • Steel Pier (UCLA)

L.A. STAGE STAR OF THE YEAR

  • Zachary Ford in End Of The Rainbow, Million Dollar Quartet, and Sugar
  • Rob Nagle in Forever Bound, The Hothouse, and Stupid Kid

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY

  • Benjamin Burdick in bled for the household truth
  • Anna Camp in Belleville
  • Taylor Gilbert in Stupid Kid
  • Marin Ireland in Ironbound
  • Noah James in Bad Jews
  • Jane Macfie in Exit Strategy
  • Jaimi Paige in A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Ashley Romans in Rotterdam
  • Catherine Urbanek in The Man Who Came To Dinner
  • Will Von Vogt in Significant Other
  • Josh Zuckerman in A Delicate Ship

MUSICAL THEATER STAR OF THE YEAR

  • Marc Ginsburg in Disney Beauty And The Beast, High Society, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Levi! A New Musical, and South Pacific

MUSICAL THEATER FEATURED PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

  • Andrew Metzger in Disney The Little Mermaid, Guys And Dolls, Nice Work If You Can Get It, and Pipe Dream

BEST MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMER IN MULTIPLE PRODUCTIONS

  • Krista Curry in 9 To 5: The Musical and Singin’ In The Rain
  • Kelley Dorney in Nice Work If You Can Get It and Pipe Dream
  • Matthew Henerson in Cabaret and Guys And Dolls
  • Ashley Fox Linton in Honeymoon In Vegas and Young Frankenstein
  • Amanda Leigh Jerry in Mutt House and Once
  • Colette Peters in 9 To 5: The Musical and Singin’ In The Rain
  • Jeff Skowron in Cabaret and South Pacific

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL

  • Laura Bell Bundy in Sweet Charity
  • June Carryl in Cabaret
  • Susan Egan in Disney Beauty And The Beast
  • Talisa Friedman in Cabaret
  • Alex Nee in Cabaret

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY WITH MUSIC

  • Carolyn Hennesy in Master Class
  • Angela Ingersoll in End Of The Rainbow

BREAKOUT ACTOR OF THE YEAR

  • Peter Mendoza in Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue and Three Days In The Country

BREAKOUT ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

  • Sarah Hollis in King Charles III and A Raisin In The Sun

BREAKOUT MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

  • Adam Hollick in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, and Disney Beauty And The Beast

STUDENT PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

  • Calvin Brady in Spring Awakening and Steel Pier
  • James Olivas in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Steel Pier

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD ACTOR

  • Patrick Geringer in A Christmas Story: The Musical

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY

  • Heather Ayers, Jennifer Cannon, JD Cullum, Jay Donnell, Christian Pedersen, Bryan Porter, and Jennifer Shelton in Clybourne Park
  • Tom Amandes, Laila Ayad, Christian Durso, Tina Huang, John Lavelle, Graham Sibley, Melissa Stephens, Sarah Utterback, Keliher Walsh, and Christine Wood in Cult Of Love
  • Moe Alafrangy, Jeremy Crawford, Patrick de Ledebur, Luke Forbes, Hugo Fowler, Daniel Franzese, Paige Herschell, Sarah Hunt, Lize Johnston, Jake Justice, Leonard Kelly-Young, Gavin Lewis, Christina Bennett Lind, Kasey Mahaffy, Sam Meader, Ian Merrigan, Tennyson Morin, Lily Rose Silver, Salka Sól, Eirik del Barco Soleglad, Jeff Verghies, and Patrick Woodall in The Heart Of Robin Hood
  • Apollo Dukakis, Geoff Elliott, Rafael Goldstein, Jill Hill, Emily Kosloski, Kasey Mahaffy, Jeremy Rabb, Erika Soto, and Deborah Strang in Noises Off
  • Marie-France Arcilla, Deric Augustine, Harold Foxx, Sandra Mae Frank, David Gautreaux, Marco Gutierrez, Russell Harvard, Dot Marie Jones, Jane Kaczmarek Leonard Kelly-Young, Troy Kotsur, Annika Marks, Amanda McDonough, Natasha Ofili, Sharon Pierre-Louis, On Shiu, Alexandria Wailes, and Jud Williford in Our Town
  • Abby Craden, Tavis Doucette, Geoff Elliott, Michael Stone Forrest, Emily Goss, Nicholas Hormann, Kasey Mahaffy, Trisha Miller, Rigel Pierce-English, Jeremy Rabb, Juan Carlos Sánchez, Frederick Stuart, Michael Uribes, and Johnathan Wallace in A Tale Of Two Cities

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL

  • Scott Anthony, Amanda Leigh Jerry, Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper, Alex Nee, Christian Pedersen, Rustin Cole Sailors, Marnina Schon, Zach Spound, Cassidy Stirtz, Andy Taylor, Diane King Vann, and Scott Waara in Once

BEST LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL

  • Elvira Barjau, Carleton Bluford, Briana Bonilla, E.J. Cardona, Teresa Castillo, Candida Celaya, Alyssa Gomez, Merissa Haddad, Luis Martinez, Andrew Joseph Perez, Mario Rocha, and Perry Young in In The Heights
  • Cole, John Countryman, David Elkins, Michael Monroe Goodman, and Adrienne Visnic in Million Dollar Quartet

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A CONCERT STAGED READING

  • Gillian Bozajian, Will Collyer, Jasmine Ejan, Zachary Ford, Chris Holly, Linda Igarashi, Jennie Kwan, Bill Ledesma, Ashley Fox Linton, John Massey, Kevin Matsumoto, Miyuki Miyagi, Monica Quinn, Glenn Shiroma, Roberta B. Wall, Louis A. Williams, Jr., Paul Wong, and Robert Yacko in Honeymoon In Vegas

BEST FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL

  • Ari Aaron, Justin Badding, Claudia Baffo, Gillian Bozajian, Victor E. Chan, Catriona Fray, Bella Hicks, Lucia Joyce, Jeffrey Landman, Amber Liekhus, Ashley Matthews, Grayson McGuire, Angeline Mirenda, Chuck Saculla, Evan Strand, and Louis Williams, Jr. in Sweet Charity

BEST DANCE ENSEMBLE

  • Joven Calloway, Danil Chernyy, Judy Fernandez, Veronica Gutierrez, Brandon Taylor Jones, Joe Komara, Katie Marshall, Veronica Musselman, Isabella Olivas, Tanner Rampton, Darren Shin, Michael Stumpfig, and Alissa Wilsey in Guys And Dolls
  • Joseph Abrego, Ariana Alvarez, Leonel Ayala, Carly Cannata, Kaeli Carr, Danil Chernyy, Juan Guillen, Luzma Ortiz, Joshua Rivera, Rodrigo Varandas, Candace Washington, Ali Whitney, Penny Wildman, and Armando Yearwood in In The Heights
  • Adam Agdeppa, Zach Bez, Michael Brian, Patrick Thomas Cragin, Kyle Goleman, Jesse Graham, Michael James, Brandon Halvorsen, Andre Darnell Myers, Nate Odell, Tanner Richins, Samuel Shea, David Smith, Vinnie Smith, and Chris Villain in Newsies

CASTING DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

  • Michael Donovan
  • Raul Clayton Staggs

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

  • Gregg T. Daniel—Br’er Cotton, Home, A Raisin In The Sun
  • Michael Matthews—Cabaret, End Of The Rainbow, The Graduate
  • Michael Michetti—King Charles III, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Jon Lawrence Rivera—Billy Boy, Bingo Hall, Honeymoon In Vegas, Little Women [a multicultural transposition]
  • Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott—A Tale Of Two Cities, Henry V, Noises Off
  • Michael A. Shepperd—Laughter On The 23rd Floor, Rotterdam, The View Upstairs
  • Cameron Watson—bled for the household truth, Miracle On 34th Street, Stupid Kid

DIRECTOR-CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

  • John Vaughan—9 To 5: The Musical, Mamma Mia!
  • Daniel Smith—Do Re Mi, Once Upon A Mattress

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY

  • Sheryl Kaller—Our Town
  • Jaime Robledo—Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
  • Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott—A Tale Of Two Cities

BEST DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY OF A PLAY

  • John Farmanesh-Bocca—Lysistrata Unbound

BEST DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY OF A MUSICAL

  • Matthew Bourne—The Red Shoes
  • Madeleine Heil—Spring Awakening
  • Richard J. Hinds—Newsies
  • Kathleen Marshall—Sweet Charity

 BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

  • Richard Israel–Violet

 BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

  • Daniel Smith—Guys And Dolls

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY OF A CONCERT STAGED READING

  • Lee Martino—Honeymoon In Vegas

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY OF A PLAY

  • Erin Parks, Jaime Robledo, and Lauren Van Kurin—Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
  • Kelsey James Kapono Chock—Nothing Is The Same

FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

  • Edgar Landa—Cult Of Love, Hostage, Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Redline, Runaway Home, Sinner’s Laundry, Tar

BEST FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY

  • Ken Merckx, Collin Bressie, and Marc Leclerc—Henry V

MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

  • Brent Crayon—A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Newsies, South Pacific

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • Famous (The 11:11): Martha Carter (lighting design), Scott Casillas (sound design), Nick Hurtado (sound engineer), Linda Michaels (hair and makeup design), David Offner (scenic design), Larae Wilson (costume design), Matt Rumer (properties design)
  • Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play (Sacred Fools): Brandon Clark (properties design), Joel Daavid (scenic design), Mandi Moss (makeup design), DeAnne Millais (associate scenic designer), Linda Muggeridge (costume and mask design), Aviva Pressman (mask design), Matt Richter (lighting design), Jaime Robledo (sound design), Marine Walton (charge scenic artist)
  • Native Son (Antaeus Theatre Company): Orlando de la Paz (scenic artist), Jeff Gardner (sound design), Jacquelyn Gutierrez (properties design), Edward E. Haynes, Jr. (scenic design), Adam R. Macia (video design), Andrew Schmedake (lighting design)
  • One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (After Hours Theatre Company): Sara Beil (immersive design), Shen Heckel (properties design), Sheiva Khalily (projection design), Lena Sands (costume design), Andrew Schmedake (lighting design), Austin Quan (sound design), Victoria Tam (scenic design)

 BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

  • Surrija—The Secret In The Wings

COSTUME DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 

  • Kate Bergh
  • Angela Balogh Calin
  • Sara Ryung Clement
  • Michael Mullen
  • Jeffrey Schoenberg
  • Michèle Young

LIGHTING DESIGNER EXTRAORDINAIRE

(For Extraordinary Achievement)

  • Jared A. Sayeg

LIGHTING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

  • Derek Jones
  • Matt Richter
  • Andrew Schmedake

ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

  • Peter Bayne

PROJECTION/VIDEO DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

  • Nick Santiago

PROPERTIES DESIGNER EXTRAORDINAIRE

(For Extraordinary Achievement)

  • Michael O’Hara

PROPERTIES DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

  • Erin Walley

SCENIC DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

  • Stephen Gifford
  • John Iacovelli
  • Christopher Scott Murillo
  • Tesshi Nakagawa
  • Se Hyun Oh

SOUND DESIGNER EXTRAORDINAIRE

(For Extraordinary Achievement)

  • Cricket S. Myers
  • Christopher Moscatielleo

SOUND DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

  • Peter Bayne
  • Jonathan Burke
  • Jeff Gardner

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A DRAMA (Larger Theater)    

  • The Baby Dance: Mixed (Rubicon Theatre Company)
  • Belleville (Pasadena Playhouse)
  • Cardboard Piano (International City Theatre)
  • Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue (Kirk Douglas Theatre)
  • Gem Of The Ocean (South Coast Repertory)
  • Haiti (Theatricum Botanicum)
  • The Happiest Song Plays Last (Latino Theater Company)
  • Other Desert Cities (Theatricum Botanicum)
  • Our Very Own Carlin McCullough (Geffen Playhouse)
  • A Raisin In The Sun (A Noise Within)
  • Skeleton Crew (Geffen Playhouse)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)  

  • Bugaboo & The Silent One (Lounge Theatre)
  • The Chosen (Fountain Theatre)
  • A Delicate Ship (The Road Theatre Company)
  • Exit Strategy (The Los Angeles LGBT Center and Sixth Avenue)
  • Hostage (Skylight Theatre Company)
  • Les Liaisons Dangereuses (The Antaeus Theatre Company)
  • Lysistrata Unbound (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in collaboration with Not Man Apart – Physical Theatre Ensemble)
  • The Madres (Skylight Theatre Company)
  • This Land (Company Of Angels)
  • A Man For All Seasons (Actors Co-op)
  • Orphans (Wolfgang Novogratz and Aquila Morong Studio)
  • reasons to be pretty (Wolfgang Novogratz and Aquila Morong Studio)
  • Rotterdam (Skylight Theatre Company)
  • Runaway Home (Fountain Theatre)
  • What Happened When (Echo Theater Company)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY (Larger Theater)

  • The 39 Steps (International City Theatre)
  • Barefoot In The Park (Glendale Centre Theatre)
  • A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Of New York City (Geffen Playhouse)
  • The Graduate (Laguna Playhouse)
  • Ironbound (Geffen Playhouse)
  • Laughter On The 23rd Floor (Garry Marshall Theatre)
  • The Madwoman Of Chaillot (A Noise Within)
  • Noises Off (A Noise Within)
  • Significant Other (Geffen Playhouse)
  • The Sisters Rosensweig (South Coast Repertory)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)

  • Arsenic And Old Lace (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble)
  • Bad Jews (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble)
  • A Christmas Story (Sierra Madre Playhouse)
  • El Niño (Rogue Machine Theatre)
  • Grey Nomad (Australian Theatre Company)
  • The Man Who Came To Dinner (Actors Co-op)
  • Screwball Comedy (Theatre 40)
  • With Love And A Major Organ (The Theatre @ Boston Court)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Cry It Out (Echo Theater Company)
  • Elevada (Chance Theater)
  • Fixed (Echo Theater Company)
  • Forever Bound (Sankalpa Productions)
  • Good People (Chance Theater)
  • Little Women [a multicultural transposition] (Playwrights’ Arena)
  • Mexican Day (Rogue Machine Theatre)
  • The Mousetrap (Crown City Theatre Company)
  • Red Speedo (Road Theatre Company)
  • Somewhere in the Middle (or guess who’s coming for Passover) (Crown City Theatre)
  • Through The Eye Of A Needle (The Road Theatre Company)
  • Tribes (Chance Theater)
  • Walking To Buchenwald (Open Fist Theatre Company)

OUTSTANDING IMMERSIVE PRODUCTION

  • One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (After Hours Theatre Company)
  • Wicked Lit 2017 (Unbound Productions)

OUTSTANDING DINNER THEATER EXPERIENCE

  • The Importance Of Being Earnest (The 413 Project Theatre)  Director: Annabelle Bork  Cast: Tamarah Ashton, Angela Beyer, Annabelle Borke, Kyle DeCamp, Noah Khyle, Caroline Pitts, and Eric Ryan

OUTSTANDING SKETCH COMEDY PRODUCTION

  • Santasia – A Holiday Comedy (Whitefire Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A CLASSIC PLAY

  • An Evening Of Betrayal (The 6th Act)
  • Henry V (A Noise Within)
  • Mrs. Warren’s Profession (A Noise Within)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A TWO-HANDER

  • Plunge (Son Of Semele)
  • Redline (IAMA Theatre Company)
  • Unemployed Elephants – A Love Story (Victory Theatre Center)
  • A Walk In The Woods (Actors Co-op)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF ONE-ACTS

  • Pick Of The Vine 2018 (Little Fish Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (Larger Theater)

  • 42nd Street (Palos Verdes Performing Arts)
  • Cabaret (La Mirada Theatre and McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
  • Disney Beauty And The Beast (5-Star Theatricals)
  • Disney The Little Mermaid (Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre)
  • Disney The Little Mermaid (Performance Riverside)
  • Guys And Dolls (Musical Theatre West)
  • The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (5-Star Theatricals)
  • Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (5-Star Theatricals)
  • Million Dollar Quartet (3-D Theatricals)
  • Mutt House (Kirk Douglas Theatre)
  • Newsies (La Mirada Theatre and McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
  • Newsies (Moonlight Stage Productions)
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It (Musical Theatre West)
  • Ragtime (Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre)
  • Soft Power (Ahmanson Theatre)
  • Sweet Charity (Reprise 2.0)
  • Young Frankenstein (3-D Theatricals)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)

  • deLEARious (Open Fist Theatre Company)
  • Violet (Chance Theater)
  • Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert (Celebration Theatre)
  • Big Fish (Chance Theater)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (Community Theater)

  • Heathers: The Musical (YA4Ever)
  • Little Women, The Musical (Morgan-Wixson Theatre)
  • A Christmas Story: The Musical (Actors’ Repertory Theatre Of Simi)
  • Next To Normal (Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center)
  • Sister Act (Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center)

OUTSTANDING STUDENT-CAST PRODUCTION

  • Cabaret (Musical Theatre Repertory of USC)
  • Cry-Baby (Cal State Fullerton)
  • Disney The Litle Mermaid (Cal State Fullerton)
  • Spring Awakening (UCLA)
  • The Wild Party (USC School Of Dramatic Arts)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY WITH SONGS

  • Cambodian Rock Band (South Coast Repertory)
  • End Of The Rainbow (La Mirada Theatre and McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
  • Master Class (Garry Marshall Theatre)
  • The Heart Of Robin Hood (Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts and Vesturport)
  • The Secret In The Wings (Coeurage Theatre Company)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL REVUE

  • Blues In The Night (Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts)
  • Pump Boys And Dinettes (Sierra Madre Playhouse)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A BALLET

  • The Nutcracker (Long Beach Ballet)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A CONCERT STAGED READING

  • High Society (Musical Theatre Guild)
  • Once Upon A Mattress (Musical Theatre West)
  • Pipe Dream (Musical Theatre West)
  • Sugar (Musical Theatre Guild)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A SOLO PERFORMANCE

  • Jackie Unveiled (Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts)

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL SPOOF SERIES

  • The Unauthorized Musical Parodies (Rockwell Table & Stage)

 OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL SPOOF

  • Aladdin And His Winter Wish (Lythgoe Family Panto at Laguna Playhouse)
  • Spamilton: An American Parody (Kirk Douglas Theatre)

OUTSTANDING RETURNING PRODUCTION

  • Die, Mommie, Die! (Celebration Theatre and Center Theatre Group)
  • A Very Die Hard Christmas (Theatre Unleashed)

OUTSTANDING NATIONAL TOUR

  • The Book Of Mormon
  • Bright Star
  • The Humans
  • Jersey Boys
  • Kinky Boots
  • Motown: The Musical
  • The Red Shoes
  • The School Of Rock
  • Small Mouth Sounds
  • Something Rotten

OUTSTANDING PRESENTED PRODUCTION

  • Iphigenia In Aulis (Court Theatre at Getty Villa)
  • Pirates Of Penzance (The Hypocrites at Pasadena Playhouse)
  • The Flying Lovers Of Vitebsk (Kneehigh Theatre and Bristol Old Vic at the Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts)

 

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY

  • Derick Breezee in Famous
  • Preston Butler III in Gem Of The Ocean
  • Will Choi in As We Babble On
  • Alex Dyon in Pledge
  • Dor Gvirtsman in The Chosen
  • Nina Harada in Little Women [a multicultural transposition]
  • J. Helfet in Barefoot In The Park
  • Alexandra Hellquist in bled for the household truth
  • Julie Lanctot in Somewhere in the Middle (or guess who’s coming for Passover)
  • Courtney Lloyd in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
  • Carey Matthews in It’s A Wonderful Life and A Very Die Hard Christmas
  • Sam Mandel in The Chosen
  • Breaker Novogratz in Orphans
  • Wolfgang Novogratz in reasons to be pretty
  • Peter Pasco in The Happiest Song Plays Last
  • Adam Peltier in Red Speedo
  • Ben Rawls in Pterodactyls
  • Olivia Saccomanno in The Last Wife
  • Camille Spirlin in Runaway Home
  • Kholan Studi in Bingo Hall
  • Nick Tag in The Graduate
  • Luke Tennie in Exit Strategy
  • Cambrian Thomas-Adams in Pterodactyls
  • Mick Torres in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL

  • Elizabeth Adabale in Sister Act
  • Claire Adams in Violet
  • Abby Carlson in Dessa Rose
  • Carlin Castellano in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Jason Chacon in Disney Beauty And The Beast
  • John Countryman in Million Dollar Quartet
  • Dillon Klena in Newsies
  • Lyle Colby Mackston in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
  • Robert Manion in Spring Awakening
  • Trevor March in Next To Normal
  • Evan Marshall in Spring Awakening
  • Carly Jean Paul in Heathers: The Musical
  • Monika Peña in Violet
  • Alex Prakken in Newsies
  • Callandra Olivia in Legally Blonde
  • Brent Ramirez in All Shook Up
  • Megan Ruble in A Christmas Story: The Musical
  • Jesse Saywell in Big River
  • Andrea Somera in Disney Beauty And The Beast
  • Chase Studinski in deLEARious
  • Shaunté Tabb in Dessa Rose
  • Nick Tubbs in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA (Larger Theater)

  • Jim Abele in King Charles III
  • Giovanni Adams in Little Black Shadows
  • Ben Cain in A Raisin In The Sun
  • Gabriel Lawrence in The Baby Dance: Mixed
  • JoJo Nwoko—Cardboard Piano
  • Arthur Richardson in Driving Miss Daisy
  • Thomas Sadoski in Belleville
  • Frederick Stuart in A Tale Of Two Cities
  • Joe Tippett in Our Very Own Carlin McCullough
  • DB Woodside in Skeleton Crew

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Ray Abruzzo in Orphans
  • Omete Anassi in Br’er Cotton
  • Noel Arthur in Native Son and Tar
  • Ian Bamberg in What Happened When
  • Jon Chaffin in Native Son
  • Randall Clute in What Happened When
  • Matthew Gallenstein in An Undivided Heart
  • Philip Orazio in A Delicate Ship
  • Leo B. Ramsey in Orphans
  • Adam Silver in Exit Strategy
  • Joey Stromberg in What Happened When
  • Desean Kevin Terry in A Streetcar Named Desire

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA (Larger Theater)

  • June Angela in Yohen
  • Dashawn “Dash” Barnes in Cardboard Piano
  • Allison Blaize in Cardboard Piano
  • L. Scott Caldwell in Gem Of The Ocean
  • Caroline Stephanie Clay in Skeleton Crew
  • Willow Geer in Other Desert Cities
  • Mamie Gummer in Our Very Own Carlin McCullough
  • Tracey A. Leigh in The Baby Dance: Mixed
  • Saundra McClain in A Raisin In The Sun
  • Donna Mills in Driving Miss Daisy
  • Earnestine Phillips in Haiti
  • Chauntae Pink in Little Black Shadows
  • Krystle Simmons in The Baby Dance: Mixed
  • Toya Turner in A Raisin In The Sun

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Reiko Aylesworth in Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Yvonne Huff Lee in Br’er Cotton
  • Tracie Lockwood in Hostage
  • Elyse Mirto in Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Arianna Ortiz in The Madres
  • Paris Perrault in A Delicate Ship
  • Brenda Strong in Lysistrata Unbound
  • Heidi Sulzman in Bugaboo & The Silent One
  • Miranda Wynne in Rotterdam

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Chris Aguila in Fixed
  • Ahmed T. Brooks in Elevada
  • John Perrin Flynn in 100 Aprils
  • David Gianopoulos in Through The Eye Of A Needle
  • Joe Hart in Stupid Kid
  • Troy Kotsur in Arrival & Departure
  • Coronado Romero in Red Speedo
  • French Stewart in Forever Bound
  • Ben Theobald in Stupid Kid

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Deanne Bray in Arrival & Departure
  • Jackie Chung in Cry It Out
  • Lola Kelly in Elevada
  • Megan Ketch in Cry It Out
  • Christine Joëlle in Vino Veritas
  • Saige Spinney in Somewhere in the Middle (or guess who’s coming for Passover)
  • Amanda Zarr in Good People

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY (Larger Theater)

  • Joshua Evans in Barefoot In The Park
  • Jason Butler Harner in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Of New York City
  • Paul David Story in Shakespeare In Love
  • Eric Wentz in The 39 Steps

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)

  • Corey Brill in Three Days In The Country
  • Lane Compton in Screwball Comedy
  • Jackson Kendall in A Christmas Story
  • Leo Marks in Three Days In The Country
  • Greg Martin in The Man Who Came To Dinner
  • Daisuke Tsuji in With Love And A Major Organ
  • Peter Van Norden in The Hothouse
  • JB Waterman in Arsenic And Old Lace

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY (Larger Theater)

  • Halley Feiffer in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Of New York City
  • Melanie Griffith in The Graduate
  • Stephanie Skewes in Barefoot In The Park
  • Deborah Strang in The Madwoman Of Chaillot

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)

  • Jacque Lynn Colton in Arsenic And Old Lace
  • Sheelagh Cullen in Arsenic And Old Lace
  • Jeanette Deutsch in Bad Jews
  • Nike Doukas in Three Days In The Country
  • Sharon Freedman in Pigs And Chickens
  • Teresa Ganzel in Heartbreak Help
  • Ros Gentle in Grey Nomad
  • Anna Khaja in Three Days In The Country
  • Adrienne Visnic in Barefoot In The Park
  • Kate Whitney in Screwball Comedy
  • Paige Lindsey White in With Love And A Major Organ

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A CLASSIC PLAY

  • Rafael Goldstein in Henry V
  • William DeMeritt in An Evening Of Betrayal
  • Liza Seneca in An Evening Of Betrayal
  • Adam J. Smith in An Evening Of Betrayal

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A TWO-HANDER

  • James Eckhouse and Graham Sibley in Redline
  • Brynn Alexander and Philip Asta in Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
  • Gary Patent and Dan Via in Plunge
  • Nan McNamara and Phil Crowley in A Walk In The Woods
  • Brea Bee and Marshall McCabe in Unemployed Elephants – A Love Story

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (Larger Theater)

  • Wesley Aflvin in Singin’ In The Rain
  • John Cudia in South Pacific
  • Allen Everman in Ragtime
  • Ethan Le Phong in Allegiance
  • Jeremiah James in Guys And Dolls
  • Andrew J. Koslow in Singin’ In The Rain
  • Michael Mantone in Mary Poppins
  • Ryan McCartan in Mutt House
  • Dino Nicandros in Young Frankenstein
  • Will North in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
  • Aaron Pyle in Damn Yankees
  • Conrad Ricamora in Soft Power
  • Rustin Cole Sailors in Once
  • Eric Sciotto in Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Adam Wylie in Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • Perry Young in In The Heights

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)

  • Mario Burrell in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
  • Tad Coughenour in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (Community Theater)

  • Donovan Wright in Big River

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (Student-Cast Production)

  • Chas Conacher in The Wild Party
  • Tyler Ellis in The Wild Party
  • Patrick Wallace in Cabaret

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Larger Theater)

  • Tyne Daly in Chasing Mem’ries: A Different Kind Of Musical
  • Laura Dickinson in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • Erin Dubreuil in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Alyse Alan Louis in Soft Power
  • Bets Malone in Mamma Mia!
  • Zarah Mahler in Cabaret
  • Jamie Mills in Annie Get Your Gun
  • Bree Murphy in Guys And Dolls
  • Cassandra Marie Murphy in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
  • Madison Claire Parks in Guys And Dolls
  • Sandra Rice in Damn Yankees
  • Deborah Robin in Mary Poppins
  • Stephanie Renee Wall in South Pacific

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Community Theater)

  • Amanda Greig in Mary Poppins
  • Stephanie Lesh-Farrell in Sister Act
  • Alicia Reynolds-Luoma in Little Women, The Musical
  • Mazie Rudolph in Next To Normal

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Student-Cast Production)

  • Annika Elwanger-Chavez in The Wild Party
  • Sarah Kane in Cabaret
  • Carson Klasner in The Wild Party
  • Megan McCarthy in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Maxine Phoenix in Next To Normal
  • Shelby Talley in Steel Pier

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL REVUE

  • Yvette Cason in Blues In The Night

OUTSTANDING CABARET PERFORMANCE

  • Benny Lipson and Jack Lipson in jackbenny
  • Erin Sullivan in With Love, Marilyn

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY WITH SONGS

  • Brooke Ishisbashi in Cambodian Rock Band
  • Raymond Lee in Cambodian Rock Band
  • Joe Ngo in Cambodian Rock Band
  • Ryan O’Connor in Vote, Pray, Love
  • Daisuke Tsuji in Cambodian Rock Band

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL SPOOF

  • Jason Graae in Aladdin And His Winter Wish
  • Michael Thomas Grant in The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Jurassic Park
  • Cooper Howell in Spamilton: An American Parody
  • Emma Hunton in The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Hocus Pocus
  • Jim Martyka in A Very Die Hard Christmas
  • James Snyder in Beauty And The Beast: A Christmas Rose

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A CONCERT STAGED READING

  • Matthew Patrick Davis in Sugar
  • Craig McEldowney in Pipe Dream

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A CONCERT STAGED READING

  • Melissa Fahn in Sugar
  • Jennifer Strattan in Once Upon A Mattress
  • Shannon Warne in High Society

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PRESENTED PRODUCTION

  • Marc Antolin in The Flying Lovers Of Vitebsk
  • Daisy Maywood in The Flying Lovers Of Vitebsk

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION

  • Kevin Clay in The Book Of Mormon
  • Rob Colletti in The School Of Rock
  • Carmen Cusack in Bright Star
  • Josh Grisetti in Something Rotten
  • Jose Llana in The King And I
  • Laura Michelle Kelly in The King And I
  • Rob McClure in Something Rotten
  • Joseph Morales in Hamilton
  • Kenneth Mosley in Motown: The Musical
  • Conner Peirson in The Book Of Mormon
  • Ashley Shaw in The Red Shoes
  • Trenyce in Motown: The Musical
  • Nik Walker in Hamilton
  • Jonny Wexler in Jersey Boys

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A DRAMA (Larger Theater)

  • Brian Robert Burns in The Baby Dance: Mixed
  • Amari Cheatom in Skeleton Crew
  • Cleavant Derricks in Gem Of The Ocean
  • Arnell Powell in Gem Of The Ocean

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • John Allee in A Man For All Seasons
  • Jonathan Arkin in The Chosen
  • Mercer Boffey in reasons to be pretty
  • Alan Blumenfeld in The Chosen
  • Christopher Carrington in Br’er Cotton
  • Eric Curtis Johnson in Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
  • Shawn Law in Br’er Cotton
  • Darrett Sanders in Exit Strategy
  • Anthony Sannazzaro in Carmen Disruption

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A DRAMA (Larger Theater)

  • Abby Craden in A Tale Of Two Cities
  • Kelly McCreary in Skeleton Crew

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Laura Coover in reasons to be pretty
  • Andrea Hunt in reasons to be pretty
  • Dagney Kerr in Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
  • Deborah Marlowe in A Man For All Seasons
  • Maya Lynne Robinson in A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Treva Tegtmeier in A Man For All Seasons
  • Libby Woodridge in What Happened When

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Larger Theater)

  • James Leo Ryan in Driving Miss Daisy

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Steve Apostolina in Forever Bound
  • Will Bradley in Walking To Buchenwald
  • Adam Burch in Arrival & Departure
  • Jonathan Fisher in Elevada
  • Shon Fuller in Arrival & Departure
  • Brian Henderson in Cry It Out
  • Jason E. Kelly in Red Speedo
  • Hans Obma in The Mousetrap

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Kimberly Alexander in Red Speedo
  • Jessica Jade Andres in Arrival & Departure
  • Stephanie Erb in Through The Eye Of A Needle
  • Emily Goss in Forever Bound
  • Karen Huie in Little Women [a multicultural transposition]
  • Anna Lamadrid in Fixed
  • Erica Mathlin in Through The Eye Of A Needle
  • Stasha Surdyke in Arrival & Departure
  • Emily Swallow in Cry It Out

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A COMEDY (Larger Theater)

  • Christian Carmargo in Ironbound
  • Bo Foxworth in The 39 Steps
  • Louis Lotorto in The 39 Steps
  • George Villas in The Madwoman Of Chaillot
  • Ted Wells in Barefoot In The Park

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)

  • John Allee in The Man Who Came To Dinner
  • Michael Antosy in Arsenic And Old Lace
  • Alex Elliott-Funk in Arsenic And Old Lace
  • Harry Groener in Three Days In The Country
  • Wenzel Jones in The Man Who Came To Dinner
  • Amir Levi in Akuma-Shin
  • Mark Arthur Miller in Barefoot In The Park
  • Irwin Moskowitz in The Man Who Came To Dinner
  • Paul Parducci in Akuma-Shin
  • Austin Rogers in Bad Jews
  • Armin Shimerman in The Madwoman Of Chaillot and Three Days In The Country
  • David Hunt Stafford in Screwball Comedy
  • Michael Uribes in Ashes To Ashes
  • Richard Van Slyke in A Christmas Story
  • David Wilcox in Akuma-Shin

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A COMEDY (Larger Theater)

  • Ashley Morton in The 39 Steps
  • Caron Strong in Barefoot In The Park
  • JoBeth Williams in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Of New York City

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)

  • Brenda Ballard in The Man Who Came To Dinner
  • Sandy Bainum in Barefoot In The Park
  • Dawn Didawick in Three Days In The Country
  • Bonita Friedericy in With Love And A Major Organ
  • Lila Hood in Bad Jews
  • Sheelagh Cullen in Arsenic And Old Lace
  • Lily Knight in Three Days In The Country
  • Natalie Hope MacMillan in The Man Who Came To Dinner
  • Karyn O’Bryant in A Christmas Story
  • Andrea Stradling in A Christmas Story

 OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A ­­­­CLASSICAL PLAY

  • Luke McClure in An Evening Of Betrayal

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

  • Saffron Burrows in Jackie Unveiled

OUTSTANDING WRITING AND PERFORMANCE OF A SOLO SHOW

  • Del Shores—Six Characters In Search Of A Play

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD ACTOR

  • Abigail Dylan Harrison in Our Very Own Carlin McCullough
  • Julian Moser in A Christmas Story
  • Lucas Panczel in A Christmas Story: The Musical

OUTSTANDING ALTERNATE/UNDERSTUDY PERFORMANCE

  • Stephen Tyler Howell in Red Speedo
  • Lizzy Kimball in Red Speedo
  • Brian Majestic in Red Speedo
  • Albie Selznick in Red Speedo
  • Kevin Shewey in A Man For All Seasons

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (Larger Theater)

  • Scott Arnold in Newsies
  • Chris Bona in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Justin Charles Cowden in Disney Beauty And The Beast
  • Barrett Foa in Sweet Charity
  • Richard Gould in Young Frankenstein
  • Bryan Martinez in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Josey Montana McCoy in Newsies
  • John McGavin in Ragtime
  • Alexander Mendoza in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Austyn Myers in Newsies
  • Clayton Snyder in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)

  • Jahmaul Bakare in Violet
  • George Chavez in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
  • David Gallic in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • Andreas Pantazis in Disney Beauty And The Beast
  • Maxwell Peters in Disney Beauty And The Beast
  • Morgan West in Violet

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (Community Theater)

  • John Dantona in Big River
  • Kevin Ellis in A Christmas Story: The Musical
  • Austin Robert Miller in A Christmas Story: The Musical
  • Raymond Zachary in Little Women, The Musical

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (Student-Cast Production)

  • Jake Levy in Steel Pier

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Larger Theater)

  • Julia Aks in Young Frankenstein
  • Janna Cardia in Guys And Dolls
  • Eloise Coopersmith in Mary Poppins
  • Kathy Fitzgerald in Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Shirley Johnston in Newsies
  • Melina Kalomas in Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Jodi Kimura in South Pacific
  • Beth Stafford Laird in Newsies
  • Kelly Lester in Cabaret
  • Katharine McDonough in Newsies
  • Linda Neel in West Side Story
  • Daebreon Poiema in Newsies
  • Cassie Simone in Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • Elena Wang in Allegiance

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)

  • Christine Martini in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Community Theater)

  • Alissa Horner in A Christmas Story: The Musical
  • Janet Krajeski in Little Women, The Musical

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (Student-Cast Production)

  • Claudia Baffo in Steel Pier
  • Molly Livingston in Steel Pier

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY WITH SONGS

  • Jon Steinhagen—End Of The Rainbow

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY WITH SONGS

  • Maegan McConnell in Master Class

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A CONCERT STAGED READING

  • James Gleason in Sugar
  • Gabriel Kalomas in Pipe Dream
  • Adam Trent in Pipe Dream

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A CONCERT STAGED READING

  • Stephanie Fredricks in High Society
  • Mary Gordon Murray in Pipe Dream

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION

  • Joan Almedilla in The King And I
  • Anthony Chan in The King And I
  • Marcus Choi in Hamilton
  • Carrie Compere in The Color Purple
  • Scott Cote in Something Rotten
  • Blake Hammond in Something Rotten
  • Autumn Hurlbert in Something Rotten
  • Maggie Lakis in Something Rotten
  • Adam Pascal in Something Rotten
  • Kayla Pecchioni in The Book Of Mormon
  • Justin Reynolds in Motown: The Musical
  • Brian Rivera in The King And I
  • Kyle Scatliffe in Hamilton
  • Carla R. Stewart in The Color Purple

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION

  • Jos N. Banks in Kinky Boots
  • Lance Bordelon in Kinky Boots
  • Q Lim in The King And I
  • Elijah Malcolm in Hamilton

 OUTSTANDING UNDERSTUDY PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION

  • Eric Huffman in The Book Of Mormon
  • Elysia Jordan in The School Of Rock
  • Nikisha Williams In The Color Purple

OUTSTANDING CHILD PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION

  • Bella Fraker, Theo Mitchell-Penner, Vincent Molden, and Gilberto Moretti-Hamilton in The School Of Rock

 

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA (Larger Theater)

  • Rachel Brunner, Benjamin Burdick, Alexandra Hellquist, and Nathaniel Meek in bled for the household truth
  • Rubén Garfias, Peter Mendoza, Jason Manuel Olazábal, and Caro Zeller in Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue
  • Shinelle Azoroh, Preston Butler III, L. Scott Caldwell, Cleavant Derricks, Hal Landon Jr., Matt Orduña, Arnell Powell in Gem Of The Ocean
  • Tavis L. Baker, Tiffany Coty, Steve Fisher, Holly Hawk, Rodrick Jean-Charles, Max Lawrence, Mark Lewis, Lea Madda, Dane Oliver, Earnestine Phillips, Cameron Rose, and Jeff Wiesen in Haiti
  • Vaneh Assadourian, Elisa Bocanegra, Nelson González, Kamal Marayati, Peter Pasco, Al Rodrigo, and John Seda-Pitra in The Happiest Song Plays Last
  • Angela K. Thomas, Leilani Smith, and Donathan Walters in Home
  • Jim Abele, Amielynn Abellera, Meghan Andrews, Robert Beddall, J. Paul Boehmer, Mark Capri, Nike Doukas, Bo Foxworth, Laura Gardner, Sarah Hollis, Eamon Hunt, Adam Haas Hunter, Carie Kawa, Abe Martell, Dileep Rao, and Dylan Saunders in King Charles III
  • Roy Abramsohn, Jeff Campanella, Carolyn Hennesy, Maegan McConnell, Landon Shaw II, and Aubrey Trujillo-Scarr in Master Class
  • Dominic Bournés, Eduardo Fernandez-Baumann, Giselle Gilbert, Frank Gullihur, Martin Head, Courtney Lloyd, Harrison Meloeny, Jonny Perl, Anica Petrovic, Paul Stanko, Al Rahn, Curtis Scott, John Sweet, Mick Torres, and Alex Weber in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
  • Mamie Gummer, Abigail Dylan Harrison, Caroline Heffernan, Tyee Tilghman, and Joe Tippett in Our Very Own Carlin McCullough
  • Marc Bramhall, Ellen Geer, Willow Geer, Rafael Goldstein, and Melora Marshall in Other Desert Cities
  • Amir Abdullah, Ben Cain, Sam Christian, Bert Emmett, Sarah Hollis, Rosney Mauger, Saundra McClain, Toya Turner, and Keith Walker in A Raisin In The Sun

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Michelle Gardner, Heidi Sulzman, and Jacqueline Toboni in Bugaboo & The Silent One
  • LaNisa Renee Frederick, Jane Macfie, Remy Ortiz, Maria Romero, Darrett Sanders, Adam Silver, and Luke Tennie in Exit Strategy
  • Vaneh Assadourian, Jack Clinton, Zachary Grant, Christopher Hoffman, Tracie Lockwood, and Satiar Pourvasei in Hostage
  • Nadège August, Reiko Aylesworth, Chad Borden, Josh Breslow, Paul Culos, Scott Ferrera, Ellis Greer, Dylan Jones, Chelsea Kurtz, Lindsay LaVanchy, Bellina Logan, Henri Lubatti, Aaron Lyons, Anne McNaughton, Elyse Mirto, Lorna Raver, Elizabeth Rian, Liza Seneca in Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Jo Bateman, Jason Caceres, Laura Covelli, Vito D’Ambrosio, Apollo Dukakis, Laura Emanuel, Sierra Fisk, Aaron Hendry, Steven Jasso, Casey Maione, Sydney A. Mason, Dash Pepin, Briana Price, Brenda Strong, Jones (Welsh) Talmadge, and Cynthia Yelle in Lysistrata Unbound
  • Margarita Lamas, Natalie Llerena, Arianna Ortiz, Alexander Pimentel, and Gabriel Romero in The Madres
  • John Allee, Elsa Gay, Isaac Jay, Mitchell Lam Hau, Bruce Ladd, Deborah Marlowe, Sean McHugh, Darrell Philip, Kevin Shewey, Treva Tegtmeier and Vito Viscuso in A Man For All Seasons
  • Emily Clark Tegan Ashton Cohan, Scott Golden, Dagney Kerr, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Eric Curtis Johnson, Tracey A. Leigh, Aaron Mendelson, and Heather Roberts in Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
  • Ryan Brophy, Audrey Cain, Ashley Romans, and Miranda Wynne in Rotterdam
  • Leith Burke, Jeris Poindexter, Armando Rey, Maya Lynne Robinson, Camille Spirlin, Brian Tichnell, and Karen Malina White in Runaway Home
  • Noel Arthur, Adrian Gonzalez, and Tim Meinelschmidt in Tar
  • Ian Alda, Richard Azurdia, LeShay Tomlinson Boyce, Niketa Calame, Johanna McKay, Jeff Torres, and Cheryl Umaña in This Land
  • Jeff Alan-Lee, Alana Dietze, Paul Eiding, Matthew Gallenstein, John Getz, Ann’Jewell Lee, Tracey A. Leigh, Allison Martin, Michael Sturgis, and Tim Wright in An Undivided Heart

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA (Student-Cast Production)

  • Carl Ballantine, Shelby Barry, Calvin Brady, John Dellaporta, Ben Ellerbrock, Maddie Faircloth, Saúl Gutierrez, Jamie Hughes, Kelsey Kato, Zach Kumaishi, Sam Linkowski, Hunter Saling, and Khana Tillman in Spring Awakening

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Jessica Jade Andres, Deanne Bray, Adam Burch, Brian Robert Burns, Shon Fuller, Troy Kotsur, Aurelia Myers, and Stasha Surdyke in Arrival & Departure
  • Chris Aguila, Wade Allain-Marcus, Boni B. Alvarez, Renee-Marie Brewster, Tonatiuh Elizarraraz, Adrian Gonzalez, Anna Lamadrid, Joseph Valdez, and Allen Lucky Weaver in Fixed
  • Bridgette Campbell, Robert Foran, Taj Johnson, Alec Kenney, Karen Webster, and Amanda Zarr in Good People
  • Jeremiah Caleb, Jennifer Chang, Nina Harada, Rif Hutton, Karen Huie, Ken Ivy, Jacqueline Misaye, Ken Narasaki, Rosie Narasaki, Sharon Omi, and Peter Pasco in Little Women, [a multicultural transposition]
  • AJ Abrams, Tavis L. Baker, Megan Cochrane, Michael Mullen, Hans Obma, Riegan Sage, Bobby Slaski, and Mouchette van Helsdingen in The Mousetrap
  • Daniel Gallai, Ryan Knight, Rachel Levy, Mary-Margaret Lewis, Kimberly Patterson, Olivia Schleuter-Corey, and Perry Shields in Pick Of The Vine 2018
  • Darrell Larson, Jully Lee, Jonathan Medina, and Donathan Walters in Mexican Day
  • Cynthia Kania, Julie Lanctot, Luke King, Adam Simon Krist, Saige Spinney, and Richard Van Slyke in Somewhere in the Middle (or guess who’s coming for Passover)
  • Allison Blaize, Taylor Gilbert, Michelle Gillette, Joe Hart, Rob Nagle, and Ben Theobald in Stupid Kid
  • Stephanie Erb, David Gianopoulos, Chet Grissom, Meeghan Holaway, Kara Hume, Kaitlin Huwe, and Erica Mathlin in Through The Eye Of A Needle
  • Miles Barbee, Marina Coffee, Aly Easton, Jonathan Fisher, Bruce Goodrich, and Piper Power in Tribes
  • Christine Joëlle, Daniel Kaemon, Kirsten Kollender, Shawn Savage in Vino Veritas
  • Will Bradley, Christopher Cappiello, Justin Huen, Laura James, and Ben Martin in Walking To Buchenwald

 OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY (Larger Theater)

  • Joshua Evans, Mark Gates, Stephanie Skewes, Rick Steele, Caron Strong, and Ted Wells in Barefoot In The Park
  • Richard Burgi, Gregory Butler, Taylor Rene Barbera, Joey Fabrizi, Geoffrey Lower, Martha Magruder, John Massey, Valerie Perri, and Nick Tag in The Graduate
  • Josiah Bania, Christian Camargo, Marin Ireland, and Marcel Spears in Ironbound
  • John Ross Bowie, Jeff Campanella, LaNisa Renee Frederick, Jason Grasl, Cornelius Jones Jr., Jessica Joy, Ty Mayberry, Roland Rusinek, and Pat Towne in Laughter On The 23rd Floor
  • Susan Angelo, Stirling Bradley, Apollo Dukakis, Rafael Goldstein, Jill Hill, Veralyn Jones, Leslie Lank, Jay Lee, Wesley Mann, Austin Nimnicht, Armin Shimerman, Taleen Shrikian, Richy Storrs, Deborah Strang, Michael Sturgis, George Villas, and Stephen Weingartner in The Madwoman Of Chaillot
  • Ricky Abilez, Corey Brill, Bill Brochtrup, Stephen Caffrey, Carmela Corbett, Alicia Erlinger, Bo Foxworth, Nick Gabriel, Matthew Henerson, Louis Lotorto, James MacEwan, Aaron McGee, William Francis McGuire, Elyse Mirto, Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper, David Nevell, Bing Putney, Adam Silver, Paul David Story, Amelia White, and Fleur Zanna in Shakespeare In Love
  • Melanie Field, Vella Lovell, Preston Martin, Keilly McQuail, John Garet Stoker, Concetta Tomei, and Will Von Vogt in Significant Other
  • Amy Aquino, Matthew Arkin, Betsy Brandt, Bill Brochtrup, Emily James, Riley Neldam, Eleanor Reissa, and Julian Stone in The Sisters Rosensweig

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)

  • Alan Abelew, Michael Antosy, Ron Bottitta, Jacque Lynn Colton, Sheelagh Cullen, Darius De La Cruz, Alex Elliott-Funk, Mat Hayes, Gera Hermann, Liesel Kopp, Yusef Lambert, and J.B. Waterman in Arsenic And Old Lace
  • Sandy Bainum, Steven C. Fisher, Mark Arthur Miller, A.J Helfet, and Adrienne Visnic in Barefoot In The Park
  • Melissa Denton, Maile Flanagan, Danielle Kennedy, Joe Keyes, Jonathan Palmer, and Nick Ullett in El Niño
  • Ros Gentle, Wendy Hammers, David Ross Paterson, and Paul Tassone in Grey Nomad
  • Teresa Ganzel, Sarah Gilman, Melissa Peterman, and Marissa Jaret Winokur in Heartbreak Help
  • John Apicella, John Bobek, Josh Clark, JD Cullum, Paul Eiding, Graham Hamilton, Steve Hofvendahl, Gregory Itzin, Adrian LaTourelle, Melanie Lora, Leo Marks, Rob Nagle, Jocelyn Towne, and Peter Van Norden in The Hothouse
  • Andrea Bowen, Anne DeSalvo, Todd Sherry, and Josh Zuckerman in Knife To The Heart
  • John Allee, Brenda Ballard, Goreti da Silva, Kyle Frattini, Karen Furno, Lila Hood, Wenzel Jones, Jean Kauffman, Hunter Lowdon, Natalie Hope Macmillan, Deborah Marlowe, Greg Allan Martin, Kevin Michael Moran, Irwin Moskowitz, Larry Novikoff, Chris Savell, Connor Sullivan, and Catherine Urbanek in The Man Who Came To Dinner
  • Poonam Basu, Don Cummings, Sharon Freedman, Lizzie Peet, Anil Margsahayam, Christopher Reiling, and Andy Shephard in Pigs And Chickens
  • Niko Boles, Lane Compton, Gail Johnston, Dan Leslie, Jean Mackie, Sharron Shayne, David Hunt Stafford, George Villas and Kate Whitney in Screwball Comedy
  • Daniel Blinkoff, John Bobek, Corey Brill, Dawn Didawick, Nike Doukas, Lila Dupree, Ellis Greer, Harry Groener, Alberto Isaac, Gregory Itzin, Antonio Jaramillo, Elijah Justice, Anna Khaja, Lily Knight, Chelsea Kurtz, Jay Lee, Leo Marks, Peter Mendoza, Lorna Raver, Armin Shimerman, Marcello Silva, Jeanne Syquia, Reba Waters Thomas, Marcelo Tubert, and Patrick Wenk-Wolff in Three Days In The Country

OUTSTANDING SKETCH COMEDY ENSEMBLE    

  • Lon Gowen, Brandon Loeser, Shaun Loeser, Darren Mangler, Tony Nunes, and Jim O’Brian in Santasia – A Holiday Comedy

 OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A CLASSIC PLAY

  • Collin Bressie, McCall Cadenas, Tim Curle, Apollo Dukakis, Rafael Goldstein, Marc Leclerc, Kasey Mahaffy, Cassandra Marie Murphy, Jeremy Rabb, Erika Soto, Deborah Strang, Frederick Stuart, Celina Surniak, Michael Phillip Thomas, Michael Uribes, Johnathan Wallace, Stephen Weingarten, and Mollie Wilson in Henry V
  • Adam Faison, Martin Kildare, Jeremy Rabb, Judith Scott, Peter James Smith, and Erika Soto in Mrs. Warren’s Profession

OUTSTANDING UNDERSTUDY/ALTERNATE CAST

  • Allison Blaize, Hunter Garner, and Stephen Tyler Howell in A Delicate Ship
  • Sorel Carradine, Cherish Monique Duke, Brian Graves, Elizabeth Herron, Lizzy Kimball, Melelani Satsuma, and Bart Tangredi in Through The Eye Of A Needle

 OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Larger Theater)

  • Kevin Bailey, Sandy Bainum, Bernadette Bentley, Cole Cuomo, Ashley Ruth Jones, Austin Miller, and Ann Myers in 42nd Street
  • Krista Curry, Ernie Marchain, Rachel McLaughlan, Colette Peters, and Juliet Schulein in 9 To 5: The Musical
  • Eymard Cabling, Ethan Le Phong, Natalie Holt MacDonald, George Takei, Elena Wang, Greg Watanabe, and Scott Watanabe in Allegiance
  • William Carmichael, Jason Chacon, Justin Charles Cowden, Devon Davidson, Susan Egan, David Gilchrist, Marc Ginsburg, Adam Hollick, Sarah Marie, Gregory North, Luke Pryor, and Nandini Maria Sinha in Disney Beauty And The Beast
  • Daniel Berlin, Steven Biggs, Chris Bona, Carlin Castellano, Madisen Fragosa, Janaya Mahealani Jones, Alexander Mendoza, Matthew Malecki, Bryan Martinez, Debbie Prutsman, and Donovan Wright in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Nicholas Alexander, Alex Allen, Bob Bell, Cody Bianchi, Tyler Matthew Burk, Desmond Clark, Erin Dubreuil, Andrew Metzger, Ryan Watson, Anthony Vacio, and Donovan Wright in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Patrick Cassidy, Laura Dickinson, David Gilchrist, Marc Ginsburg, Adam Hollick, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Mittman, James Olivas, Natalie Pacheco, and Tyler Stouffer in Joseph And the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • Ron Hastings, Jordan Killion, Matthew Malecki, Callandra Olivia, Katie McGhie, Tara Shoemaker, and Molly Stilliens in Legally Blonde
  • Nicholas Alexander, Hanz Enyeart, Janaya Mahealani Jones, Bets Malone, Kylie Molnar, Karyn Overstreet, Katie Sapper, Barbara Schoenhofer, Nicholas Sloan, Lance Arthur Smith, Robert J. Townsend, and Jason W. Webb in Mamma Mia!
  • Andrew Bar, Elizabeth Eden, Michael Mantone, Grace McConnell, Deborah Robin, and Craig Sherman in Mary Poppins
  • Doug Carfrae, Kelley Dorney, Kathy Fitzgerald, Jason Graae, Melina Kalomas, Gloria Loring, Matt Merchant, Maryella Maloney, Andrew Metzger, and Eric Sciotto in Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Jon Jon Briones, Terron Brooks, Krystal Joy Brown, Laura Bell Bundy, Barrett Foa, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Ashley Loren, and Robert Mammana in Sweet Charity
  • John Paul Batista, Ethan Daniel Corbett, Chanlon Kaufman, Ani Marderosian, and Linda Neel in West Side Story
  • Julia Aks, Danny Blaylock, Richard Gould, Ashley Fox Linton, Tracy Rowe Mutz, Dino Nicandros, and Erik Scott Romney in Young Frankenstein

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Community Theater)

  • Francesca Barletta, Shayde Bridges, Kate Fruehling, Carly Jean Paul, Jared Price, and Karlee Squires in Heathers: The Musical
  • Sadie Fisher, Amanda Greig, Ethan Kuwata, Spencer Johnson, Philip McBride, and Eileen Cherry O’Donnell, in Mary Poppins

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Student Cast)

  • Kayla Contreras, Sarah Ellsworth, Jeff Garrido, Kiana King, Christopher Mosley, Matthew Ollson, Olivia Pence, Kelly Rosales, and Beth Roy in Cry-Baby
  • Seann Altman, Evan Borboa, Nolan Dunnahoo, Jeff Garrido, Colby Hamann, Timothy H. Lee, Megan McCarthy, Christopher Mosley, Matthew Ollson, Olivia Pence, and Steven Ruvalcaba in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Claudia Baffo, Justin Baker, Marlena Becker, Calvin Brady, Katie Emery, Jake Levy, Molly Livingston, Nick McKenna, James Olivas, Shelby Talley, and Michael Wells in Steel Pier

 OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Larger Theater)

  • Giana Bommarito, Richard Bulda, Dustin Ceithamer, Rodd Farhadi, Erica Hanrahan-Ball, Natalie Iscovich, Adrianna Rose Lyons, A.J. Mendoza, Bruce Merkle, Kelly Powers-Figueroa, Matt Koenig, Jack Laufer, Kelly Lester, Zarah Mahler, Christian Pedersen, Nina Schreckengost, Brian Steven Shaw, Jeff Skowron, Neil Starkenberg, Rodrigo Varandas, Candace Janin Washington, and Jenna Wright in Cabaret
  • Liz Bustle, Ethan Cohn, E.K. Dagenfield, Michael Thomas Grant, Shamicka Jones, Nicole Kaplan, Joey McIntyre, Candi Milo, Vanessa Nichole, Clayton Snyder, and Kevin Symons in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
  • Ted Barton, Fred Bishop, Janna Cardia, Joven Calloway, Danil Chernyy, Judy Fernandez, Veronica Gutierrez, Matthew Henerson, Jeremiah James, Brandon Taylor Jones, Blake Joseph, Joe Komara, Kenny Landmon, Katie Marshall, Bree Murphy, Andrew Metzger, Jonathan Murrietta, Veronica Musselman, Phil Nieto, Isabella Olivas, Madison Claire Parks, Helen Planchet, Tanner Rampton, Darren Shin, Michael Stumpfig, Ali Swift, Bobby Underwood, and Alissa Wilsey in Guys And Dolls
  • Claire Adams, Gabriel Gonzalez, Boise Holmes, Amanda Leigh Jerry, Valerie Larsen, Garrett Marshall, Ryan McCartan, Heather Olt, Ben Palacios, and Max Wilcox in Mutt House
  • Andrew Bar, Bob Bell, Jason Chacon, Jeanette Dawson, Isaac James Dawson, Lisa Dyson, Madeline Ellingson, Allen Everman, Carolina Flores, Kevin Gasio, DarRand Hall, Patricia Jewell, RaShonda Johnson, Amanda Knight, John LaLonde, Jessica Mason, John McGavin, Orlando Montes, Mary Murphy Nelson, Greg Nicholas, Cheyenne Omani, Lauren Patrice, Christanna Rowader, Jabriel Shelton, Jamie Snyder, Trance Thompson, E.Y. Washington, Tony Winkel, and Donovan Wright in Ragtime
  • Kim Arnett, Brittany Bentley, Richard Bulda, Caitlyn Calfas, Hajin Cho, Justin Cowden, John Cudia, Marc Ginsburg, Lucas Jay, Jodi Kimura, Adam Lendermon, Carolyn Lupin, Dino Nicandros, Katie Perry, Araceli Prasarttongosoth, Matt Rosell, Michael Rothhaar, Jake Saenz, Brent Schindele, Brian Steven Shaw, Jeff Skowron, Shannon Stoeke, Alissa Tucker, and Stephanie Renee Wall in South Pacific
  • Logan Allison, Ryan Axberg, Randi DeMarco, Isaiah Griffith, Daniel Guerrero, Kelly Hancock, Natalie Llerena, Robert Manion, Evan Marshall, Page Ridgeway, Rehyan Rivera, Kris DJ Robinson, Tristen Ross, Megan Stys, Jasper Thomas III, and Julia Williams in Spring Awakening

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)

  • Sam Bixby, Amanda Charney, Lisa Dyson, David Gallic, Charlene Kim, Jacob Krech, Christine Martini, Jason Mulero, and Michael James Shaughnessy in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • Matt Bolden, Jason Brewer, John Carroll, Rachel Oliveros Catalano, Devin Collins, Sydney DeMaria, Mandy Foster, Laura M. Hathaway, Michael J. Isennock, Jeff Lowe, Lydia Margitza, Monika Peña, Jared Price, and Matt Takahashi, in Big Fish
  • June Carryl, John Colella, Jasmine Ejan, Talisa Friedman, Matthew Henerson, Christopher Maikish, Tristan McIntyre, Sarah Mullis, Alex Nee, Tanner Rampton, Nicole Stouffer, Katherine Tokarz, and Mary Ann Welshans in Cabaret
  • Rachel Addington, Lane Allison, George Pete Caleodis, Kiley Eberhardt, Chris Farah, Ramón Garcia, Brendan Hunt, Conor Lane, Gina Manziello, Scott Mosenson, Jason Paige, Jan Roper, Robyn Roth Chase Studinski, Micah Watterson, and Amanda Weier in deLEARious
  • John Paul Batista, Jack and Nick Brody, Mario Burrell, Markesha Chatfield, George Chavez, Marqell Edward Clayton, Tad Coughenour, Jason De Puy, Lyle Colby Mackston, Jamie Pierce, Katie Self, Andrea Somera, and Gina Torrecilla in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
  • Devin Collins, Taylor Fagins, Johnny Fletcher, Rebeka Hoblik, Chris Kerrigan, Janet McGregor, Monika Peña, Natasha Reese, Jordan Schneider, Jade Taylor, and Brian Wiegel in Violet
  • Claire Adams, John Allsopp, Jahmaul Bakare, Lori Berg, Benai Boyd, Patrick Cheek, Matthew Podeyn, Emuna Rajkumar, Kevin Shewey, Lauren Thompson, Morgan West, and Lily Zager in Violet

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Community Theater)

  • Zoe D’Andrea, Amy Coles, Larry Gesling, Amanda Greig, Daniel Koh, Janet Krajeski, Ari Martin, Alicia Reynolds-Luoma, Christopher P. Tiernan II, and Raymond Zachary in Little Women, The Musical
  • Andrew Allen, Trevor March, Nick Newkirk, Mazie Rudolph, Craig Sherman, and Kayley Stallings in Next To Normal
  • Laila Abdo, Elizabeth Adabale, Mary Alice Brady, Chris Clonts, Tara Cox, Paul Duffy, Arame Fall, Joann Gilliam, Alexandra Gonzales, Richard Gray, Augusto Guardado, Bryce Hamilton, Justin James, Stephanie Lesh-Farrell, Sam Machado, Caitlyn Rose Massey, Philip McBride, Sindy McKay, Alexander Reaves, Shandar Robinson, Julianne Sillona, Africa Turner, Jeremy Whatley, and Kaitlyn Wolf in Sister Act

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Student Cast)

  • Ali Appelbaum, Mehdi Bennani, Samantha Berger, Liz Buzbee, Taylor Edlin, Sabrina Fest, Chloe Gonzalez, Sarah Kane, Emma Kantor, Adam Kronenberger, Andrew Neaves, Patrick Olsen, Luke Matthew Simon, Lauren Teruya, Sasha Urban, Patrick Wallace, and Eva Zakula in Cabaret

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY WITH SONGS

  • Eduardo Fernandez-Baumann, Audrey Flegel, Margaret Katch, Leslie Murphy, Katie Pelensky, Leon Russom Sean Spann, Randy Thompson, and Eddie Vona in The Secret In The Wings
  • Amber Liekhus, Alex Nee, Lindsay Heather Pierce, Ryan O’Connor, and Katherine Tokarz in Vote, Pray, Love

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL REVUE

  • Yvette Cason, Bryce Charles, Chester Gregory, and Paulette Ivory in Blues In The Night
  • Cori Cable Kidder, Jim Miller, Mike Murray, Sean Paxton, Kevin Tiernan, Emily Kay Townsend, and Jimmy Villaflor in Pump Boys And Dinettes

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION

  • Stephen Lee Anderson, David Atkinson, Jeff Austin, Maddie Shea Baldwin, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Allison Briner-Dardenne, Patrick Cummings, Carmen Cusack, Kaitlyn Davidson, and A.J. Shively in Bright Star
  • Tommaso Antico, Corey Greenan, Chris Stevens, and Jonny Wexler in Jersey Boys
  • Sam Archer, Glenn Graham, Michela Maezza, Liam Mower, Dominic North, and Ashley Shaw in The Red Shoes

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A PRESENTED PRODUCTION

  • Stephanie Andrea Barron, Acquah Kwame Dansoh, Michael Huftile, Sandra Marquez, Mark Montgomery, and Jim Ortlieb in Iphigenia In Aulis

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION        

  • Cassie Beck, Reed Birney, Jayne Houdyshell, Lauren Klein, Nick Mills, and Sarah Steele in The Humans
  • Connor Barrett, Ben Beckley, Edward Chin-Lyn, Orville Mendoza, Brenna Palughi, Socorro Santiago, and Cherene Snow in Small Mouth Sounds

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A PRESENTED PRODUCTION

  • Mario Aivazian, Eduardo Xavier Curley-Carillo, Matt Kahler, Amanda Raquel Martinez, Tina Muñoz-Pandya, Dana Omar, Doug Pawlik, Shawn Pfautsch, Leslie Ann Sheppard, and Lauren Vogel in Pirates Of Penzance

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION         

  • Dianna Barger, Tristen Buettel, Sean Burns, Wade Dooley, Todd DuBail, Kevin Patrick Martin, and Michelle Rombola in Jersey Boys

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A PRESENTED PRODUCTION    

  • Emjoy Gavino, Jeanne T. Arrigo, Jess Godwin, Bethany Thomas, and Tracy Walsh in Iphigenia In Aulis

 OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A CONCERT STAGED READING

  • Thomas W. Ashworth, Roger Befeler, Will Collyer, Tal Fox, Stephanie Fredricks, Marc Ginsburg, Pamela Hamill, Damon Kirsche, Adam Lendermon, Calista Loter, Alexandra Mitchell, Shannon Warne, Kelsey Weinstein, and Robert Yacko in High Society
  • Doug Carfrae, Roger Castellano, Daniel Dawson, David Leppert, Tracy Lore, William Martinez, Adrian Mustain, Isabella Olivas, James Olivas, Madison Claire Parks, Jenna Lea Rosen, Caleb Shaw, Landen Starkman, Jennifer Strattan, and Robert Towers in Once Upon A Mattress
  • Richard Bulda, Maggie Darago, Kelley Dorney, Michael Dotson, Hanz Enyeart, Sara Freedland, Gabriel Kalomas, Craig McEldowney, Andrew Metzger, Mary Gordon Murray, Benjamin Perez, Tom Shelton, Nikki Spies, and Adam Trent in Pipe Dream
  • Eric B. Anthony, Chuck Bergman, Bryan Chesters, Matthew Patrick Davis, Melissa Fahn, Caitlyn Faucher, Zachary Ford, James Gleason, Anthony Gruppuso, Kelly Lester, Amir Levi, Glenn Rosenblum, Dana Shaw, Glenn Shiroma, Karlee Squires, and Ann Villela in Sugar

 OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Larger Theater)        

  • Marius Beltran, Cynthia Caldwell, Elizabeth Campbell, Marqell Edward Clayton, Madeline Ellingson, Kevin Gasio, Amanda Knight, Scout Lepore, Jenna Minor, Koda Motoya, Orlando Montes, Cesare G. Quintero, Jacob Rushing, and Jim Skousen in 9 To 5: The Musical
  • Cesar Cipriano, Janelle Dote, Jordan Goodsell, Sharline Liu, Miyuki Miyagi, Glenn Shiroma, Chad Takeda, and Grace Yoo in Allegiance
  • Melia Bacon, Claudia Baffo, Daniel Berlin, Daisy Bishop, Lulu Bishop, Aaron Camitses, Amanda Carr, Josh Christoff, Ron de la Peña, Courtni Gidish, Veronica Gutierrez, Marcus Henson, Grant Hodges, Keenon Hooks, Ashley Knaack, Liana Leininger, Sharon Logan, Sean McCarthy, Jade Rosenberg, Pablo Rossil, Katie Self, Jessie Sherman, Olly Sholotan, and Jater Webb in Disney Beauty And The Beast
  • Hannah Bushyeager, Josiah Cajudo, Betty Campbell, Rigo Cardenas, Elizabeth Eden, Rich Go-2, DarRand Hall, Stephanie Medina, Mike Simpson, Rachel Solorio, Helen Tait, Emma Rose Tarr, and Jerred Yeash in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Evan Borboa, Fernando Carsa, Emily Chelsea, Yadira del Rincon, Judy Fernandez, Daniel Justin, Erin McIntyre, Matthew Ollson, Aaron Shaw, Helen Tait, and Samantha Wass in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Kyron Correia, Devon Davidson, Cedric Dodd, Zy’heem Downey, Rebecca Gans, Haley Gilchrist, Rodolfo Larrazolo, Julia Lester, Derek A. Lewis, Carolyn Lupin, Julia Marley, Miyuki Miyagi, Adlai Musia, Alyssa Noto, Rile Reavis, Alissa Tucker, Patrick Viloria, and Terri Woodall in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • Emily Chelsea, Judy Fernandez, Michael Gonzalez, DarRand Hall, Haley Izurieta, Scout Lepore, John McGavin, Tina Nguyen, Nic Olsen, Robert Ramirez, Emily Relph, Taleen Shrikian, Christianne Santiago, and Rodrigo Verandas in Legally Blonde
  • Nichole Beeks, Jason Chacon, Ryan Chandla, Maggie Darago, Veronica Gutierrez, Matthew Black Johnson, Derek Leo Miller, Adrian Mustain, Isabella Olivas, Dylan Pass, Tanner Richins, Dayna Sauble, Landen Starkman, Chad Takeda, and Devan Watring in Young Frankenstein

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Community Theater)

  • Noah Canada, William Carmichael, Maegan Chew, Jack Cleary, Ryan Deremer, Wyatt Eaton, Michelle Johnson, Hannah Rachel Tamkin, Jack Powell, Stephanie Rojo, and Tal Toker in Heathers: The Musical

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Student Cast)

  • Sidney Aptaker, Michelle Bachman, Sarah Bloom, Brianna Clark, Yadira del Rincon, Kiana King, Dillon Klena, Carly McLaurin, Kelly Rosales, Beth Roy, Nathan Shube, Jacob Wayne, Anthony Vacio, and Samantha Wojtaszek in Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Shelby Barry. Toni France, Sara Gilbert, Haleyann Hart, Grant Hodges, Kelsey Kato, Nicolette Norgaard, Charles Platt, Max Risch, Brandon Root, Naama Shaham, Olly Sholotan, Kelsey Smith, and Aliyah Imani Turner in Steel Pier
  • Liz Buzbee, Austin Dalgleish, Marissa DuBois, Sabrina Fest, Camille Gray, Lucy Grebin, Aaron Jung, Emma Kantor, Julianna Keller, Caitlin Kilgore, Tiffany Maddahi, Tristan McIntyre, Patrick Olsen, Harrison Poe, Nicole Sevey, Sean Soper, Jack Tavcar, Sophie Thomason, and Milan Williams in The Wild Party

OUTSTANDING DANCE ENSEMBLE

  • Bernadette Bentley, Ryan Chlanda, Sam Chlanda, Kyle Compton, Erin Dubreuil, Brian Eid, Deborah Fauerbach, Julia Franklin, Kenny Gary, Keenon Hooks, Layli Kayhani, Ty Koeller, Janelle Lillian, Melanie Mockobey, Niko Montelibano, Brady Stanley, Jessica Marie Taylor, and Alissa Wilsey in 42nd Street
  • Sarah Bloom, Evan Borboa, Brianna Clark, Aaron Cruz, Yadira del Rincon, Colby Hamann, Megan Hill, Timothy H. Lee, Megan McCarthy, Carly McLaurin, Nathan Shube, Joe Stein, Robyn Stephenson, Anthony Michael Vacio, Jacob Wayne, and Samantha Wojtaszek in Cry-Baby
  • Marty Dew, Alexandra Fiallos, Jamal Hopes, Tristen Kim, Katie McConaughy, Jacqueline Mohr, Lamont Oakley, Connor Clark Pascale, Justice Quinn, Savannah Rutledge, Brianna Saranchock, Trenton Tabak, and Jesse Trout in Freddy
  • Beth Alison, Kalin Booker, Deborah Fauerbach, Danny Hansen, Julia Alessandra Martinez, Sebastian Montenegro, Koda Montoya, Dylan Nalbandian, Jacob Narcy, Joy Newbegin, James Odom, Amy Smith, Chad Takeda, and Andrea Williams in Mamma Mia!
  • Jake Bradford, Gavin Calais, Wes Dameron, Hanz Enyeart, Sky Nathan Frank, Tyler Fromson, Colby Hamann, Danny Hanson, Fisher Kaake, Sean Kiralla, Jacob Narcy, James Odom, Tristen Ross, and Tim Stokel in Newsies
  • Katie Barna, Gillian Bozagian, Nick Cayce, Danil Chernyy, Alec Cohen, Maggie Darago, Marisa Field, Annie Hinskton, Graham Keen, Jenna Lea Rosen, Karl Warden, and Louis A. Williams in Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Mia Davidson, Shira Jackman, Lieren King, Josh Kurator, Jessi McPherson, Daniel J. Reyes, Jenna Minor, Alyssa Noto, Angela Rose Pierson, Matthew Ryan, and Aaron Shaw in Singin’ In The Rain
  • Taylor Alyssa, Danny O’Connell, Ashley Douglas, William Clayton, Danielle Lebens, Antoine Lee, Kathleen MacCutcheon, Marissa Mayer, Giovanni Navarro, Shelley O’Rourke, Viktor Pacheco, Roman Pantoja, Bridget Pugliese, Paul Reid, Calista Ruiz, Jeffrey Sabino, Sergio Salinas, Cristina Santana, and Adam Trent in West Side Story

 OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL SPOOF

  • Bradford Barnes, Rick Batalla, Katie DeShan, Beth Kennedy, Maegan McConnell, Suzanne Jolie Narbonne, Isaac Robinson-Smith, Evan Strand, Michael Sulprizio, Cloie Wyatt Taylor, Lisa Valenzuela, and Matt Walker in How The Princh Stole Christmas
  • Glenn Bassett, Susanne Blakeslee, Dedrick A. Bonner, John Devereaux, Wilkie Ferguson III, William Cooper Howell, and Zakiya Young in Spamilton: An American Parody
  • Anna Grace Barlow, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Bruce, Marqell Clayton, Zack Colonna, Janaya Mahealani Jones, Lesley McKinnell, and Nohely Quiroz in The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Clueless
  • Ashley Argota, Gina D’Acciaro, Caitlin Gallogly, Jordan Goodsell, Emma Hunton, Wayne Moore, Haviland Stillwell, and Tom DeTrinis in The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Hocus Pocus
  • Dedrick Bonner, E.K. Dagenfield, Owen Rhys Davies, Michael Thomas Grant, Keir Kirkegaard, Amanda Kruger, Lesley McKinnell, Lana McKissack, and Kate Pazakis in The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Jurassic Park
  • Robby DeVillez, Kiré Horton, Liesl Jackson, Carey Matthews, Jim Martyka, Matt Pick, and Wade Wilson in A Very Die Hard Christmas

OUTSTANDING CASTING DIRECTION

  • Joanne DeNaut
  • Julia Flores
  • Victoria Hoffman
  • Jami Rudofsky
  • Phyllis Schuringa

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION (Multiple Productions)

  • Elina De Santos—Arsenic And Old Lace, Hostage
  • Chris Fields—An Undivided Heart, What Happened When
  • Fred Helsel—Next To Normal and Sister Act
  • Larry Raben—Newsies, Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Tyne Rafaeli—Ironbound, Our Very Own Carlin McCullough
  • Jenny Sullivan—The Baby Dance: Mixed, Jackie Unveiled
  • Ann Hearn Tobolowsky—Forever Bound, Through The Eye Of A Needle
  • Lewis Wilkenfeld—High Society, Pipe Dream
  • Stan Zimmerman—Heartbreak Help, Knife To The Heart, Pledge

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DRAMA (Larger Theater)

  • caryn desai—Cardboard Piano
  • MaryJo DuPrey—Other Desert Cities
  • Kent Gash—Gem Of The Ocean
  • Ellen Geer—Haiti
  • Shishir Kurup—Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue
  • Michael Leoni—Famous
  • Patricia McGregor—Skeleton Crew
  • Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx—One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
  • Edward Torres—The Happiest Song Plays Last
  • Jenna Worsham—Belleville

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Thom Babbes—A Man For All Seasons
  • Brad Barnes—Orphans
  • Andre Barron—A Delicate Ship
  • Shirley Jo Finney—Runaway Home
  • Sara Guerrero—The Madres
  • Scott Hornbacher—reasons to be pretty
  • Robin Larsen—Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Simon Levy—The Chosen
  • Armando Molina—This Land
  • Deena Selenow—Exit Strategy

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY (Student-Cast Production)

  • Evelina Stampa—Spring Awakening

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY-DRAMA (Larger Theater)

  • Matt August—Clybourne Park
  • Heather Provost—Driving Miss Daisy

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)

  • Lindsay Allbaugh—Cry It Out
  • Nicholas C. Avila—Elevada
  • Holly Baker-Kreiswirth, Marlee Delia, James Rice, and Bill Wolski—Pick Of The Vine 2018
  • Joe Banno—Red Speedo
  • Jocelyn A. Brown—Good People
  • Sonny Lira—The Mousetrap
  • Jeff Liu—Mexican Day
  • Marya Mazor—Tribes
  • Roderick Menzies—Walking To Buchenwald
  • Stephen Sachs—Arrival & Departure
  • Iain Sinclair—Grey Nomad
  • Annie Tippe—Cult Of Love
  • Rodney To—Fixed

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY (Larger Theater)

  • Stephen Brackett—Significant Other
  • Trip Cullman—A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Of New York City
  • Marc Masterson—Shakespeare In Love
  • Stephanie Shroyer—The Madwoman Of Chaillot
  • Casey Stangl—The Sisters Rosensweig
  • George Strattan—Barefoot In The Park
  • Jamie Torcellini—The 39 Steps

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)

  • Brandon Baer—Barefoot In The Park
  • Nike Doukas—The Hothouse
  • Lisa James—El Niño
  • Linda Kerns—The Man Who Came To Dinner
  • Jessica Kubzansky—With Love And A Major Organ
  • Christian Lebano—A Christmas Story
  • Andrew Paul—Three Days In The Country
  • Dana Resnick—Bad Jews
  • Howard Storm—Screwball Comedy

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A TWO-HANDER

  • Jen Bloom—Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
  • Maria Gobetti—Unemployed Elephants – A Love Story
  • Eli Gonda—Redline
  • Matthew McCray—Plunge
  • Ken Sawyer—A Walk In The Woods

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A CLASSIC PLAY

  • Elizabeth Swain—An Evening Of Betrayal

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY WITH SONGS

  • Joseph V. Calarco—The Secret In The Wings
  • Gisli Örn Gardarsson and Selma Björnsdóttir—The Heart Of Robin Hood
  • Dimitri Toscas—Master Class
  • Chay Yew—Cambodian Rock Band

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY

  • Allison Bibicoff—Pump Boys And Dinettes
  • Roger Castellano—Disney The Little Mermaid
  • D.J. Gray—Singin’ In The Rain
  • Kari Hayter—Violet
  • Spencer Liff—Aladdin And His Winter Wish

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY OF A TOURING PRODUCTION

  • Casey Nicholaw—Something Rotten

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL (Larger Theater)

  • Ryan Bergmann—Mutt House
  • Joseph Leo Bwarie—A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
  • Zoe Bright—Mary Poppins
  • Larry Carpenter—Cabaret
  • Glenn Casale—South Pacific
  • Greg Hinrichsen—Ragtime
  • Chuck Ketter—Legally Blonde
  • John LaLonde—Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Yvette Lawrence—Disney Beauty And The Beast
  • Mark Martino—Guys And Dolls
  • Danny Michaels and Orlando Alexander—West Side Story
  • Kent Nicholson—Once
  • Will North—Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • Benjamin Perez—In The Heights
  • Leigh Silverman—Soft Power
  • Misti B. Wills—The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)

  • Jessica Hanna—Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
  • Oanh Nguyen—Big Fish
  • Taylor Wesselman—The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • Ron West—deLEARious

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL (Community Theater)

  • Anne Gesling—Little Women, The Musical
  • Kristie Mattson—Mary Poppins
  • Timothy Reese—Heathers: The Musical
  • Will Shupe—A Christmas Story: The Musical

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL (Student-Cast Production)

  • Tyler Ellis–Cabaret
  • Eve Himmelheber—Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Vicki Lewis—The Wild Party
  • Jeremy Mann—Steel Pier
  • Sarah Ripper—Cry-Baby
  • Sean Soper—Next To Normal

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A TOURING PRODUCTION

  • Walter Bobbie—Bright Star
  • Rachel Chavkin—Small Mouth Sounds
  • Thomas Kail—Hamilton
  • Bartlett Sher—The King And I

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PRESENTED PRODUCTION

  • Sean Graney—Pirates Of Penzance
  • Charles Newell—Iphigenia In Aulis
  • Emma Rice—The Flying Lovers Of Vitebsk

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL REVUE

  • Sheldon Epps—Blues In The Night

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A CONCERT STAGED READING        

  • Kirsten Chandler—Sugar

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL SPOOF

  • Gerard Alessandrini—Spamilton: An American Parody
  • Nathan Moore—The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Jurassic Park
  • Jimmy Smagula—The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Clueless
  • Peter Allen Vogt—The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Hocus Pocus

 

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY (Multiple Productions)

  • Mallory Butcher—The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Clueless, The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Jurassic Park
  • Becky Castells—Big River, A Christmas Story: The Musical
  • Michelle Elkin—The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Pipe Dream
  • Peggy Hickey—Nice Work If You Can Get It, South Pacific
  • Michael Marchak—Dessa Rose, Pacific Overtures
  • Janet Roston—Cabaret, Mutt House
  • Kelly Todd—Big Fish, Once
  • Katherine Tokarz—The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Hocus Pocus, Vote, Pray, Love
  • Karl Warden—Disney The Little Mermaid, Newsies

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY (Larger Theater)

  • Cheryl Baxter—Disney Beauty And The Beast
  • Kai Chubb—Mary Poppins
  • Nadine Ellis—How The Princh Stole Christmas
  • Allison Eversoll—Damn Yankees
  • Hector Guerrero—In The Heights
  • Keenon Hooks and Cassie Silva—All Shook Up
  • Alison Keslake—Legally Blonde
  • Gerry McIntyre—Spamilton: An American Parody
  • Mandy Moore—Beauty And The Beast: A Christmas Rose
  • Rumi Oyama—Allegiance
  • Sam Pinkleton—Soft Power
  • Dave Scott—Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • Dana Solimando—Cabaret
  • Chelsea Morgan Stock—Disney The Little Mermaid
  • Becca Sweitzer—A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
  • John Vaughan—Ragtime

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY (Intimate Theater)

  • Katy Marcella—The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • Roman Pantoja—Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
  • Tania Pearson-Loeser—Santasia – A Holiday Comedy

 OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY (Community Theater)

  • Lauren Blair—Mary Poppins
  • Sarah Fanella—Heathers: The Musical

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY (Student-Cast Production)

  • Cate Caplin—Freddy
  • Lili Fuller—The Wild Party
  • Christine Kellogg—Steel Pier
  • William F. Lett—Cry-Baby
  • Sophie Thomason—Cabaret

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A TOURING PRODUCTION

  • Andy Blankenbuehler—Hamilton
  • Josh Rhodes—Bright Star

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A PRESENTED PRODUTION

  • Emma Rice and Etta Murfitt—The Flying Lovers Of Vitebsk

 OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A PLAY

  • Hazel Clarke—Elevada
  • David Dorfman—Our Town
  • Laurel Galanter—Fixed
  • Joyce Guy—A Raisin In The Sun
  • Annie Loui—Shakespeare In Love
  • Jordan Marinov—With Love And A Major Organ
  • Tasheena Medina—The Secret In The Wings
  • Jen Oundjian—One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
  • Evelina Stampa—Spring Awakening

OUTSTANDING FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY (Multiple Productions)

  • Bo Foxworth—The Hothouse, Native Son
  • Bjørn Johnson—Red Speedo, Stupid Kid
  • Ken Merckx—Cambodian Rock Band, A Christmas Story, Gem Of The Ocean, Shakespeare In Love, A Tale Of Two Cities
  • Michael Polak—Cabaret, Newsies
  • David Rowden—Orphans, reasons to be pretty

OUTSTANDING FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY

  • Joe Bostic—The Heart Of Robin Hood
  • Cesar Cipriano—Allegiance
  • Mike Mahaffey—Akuma-Shin
  • Ned Mochel—Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Doug Oliphant—Br’er Cotton
  • Dane Oliver—Haiti

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION (Multiple Productions)

  • Dennis Castellano—In The Heights, Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Corey Hirsch—Disney The Little Mermaid, Young Frankenstein
  • Jennifer Lin—Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert, 3rd Mondays
  • Anthony Lucca—Honeymoon In Vegas, Mutt House
  • Robyn Manion—Big Fish, Violet
  • David O—Cabaret, Soft Power
  • Ryan O’Connell—42nd Street, Pipe Dream
  • Gregory Nabours—The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Hocus Pocus, The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Jurassic Park
  • Tyler Stouffer—Heathers: The Musical, Next To Normal
  • Daniel Yokomizo—Dessa Rose, Pacific Overtures

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION & SOLO ACCOMPANIMENT

  • Keith Harrison—Aladdin And His Winter Wish
  • James Lent—Spamilton: An American Parody
  • Jan Roper—deLEARious
  • Garrett Taylor—With Love, Marilyn

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION (Larger Theater)

  • Richard Allen—Levi! A New Musical
  • Dan Belzer—Steel Pier
  • Benet Braun—Guys And Dolls
  • Parmer Fuller—The Wild Party
  • Mitchell Hanlon—Cry-Baby
  • Eric Heinly—How The Princh Stole Christmas
  • David Lamoureux—Million Dollar Quartet
  • Julie Lamoureux—Once Upon A Mattress
  • Marc Macalintal—Allegiance
  • Michael Orland—Beauty And The Beast: A Christmas Rose
  • Lauralie Pow—Spring Awakening
  • Lyndon Pugeda—Mamma Mia!
  • Dan Redfield—The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
  • Jan Roper—Sugar
  • Abdul-Hamid Royal—Blues In The Night
  • Ronda Rubio—Damn Yankees
  • Randi Ellen Rudolph—Newsies
  • Gerald Sternbach—Sweet Charity
  • Andy Taylor—Once
  • Daniel Thomas—Do Re Mi
  • Anthony Zediker—Cabaret

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION (Intimate Theater)

  • Jake Anthony—The View UpStairs
  • Sasha Bartol—Next To Normal
  • Andrew Orbison—The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • Sean Paxton—Pump Boys And Dinettes
  • Harrison Poe—Cabaret
  • Taylor Stephenson—Violet

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION (Community Theater)

  • Mazie Rudoph—Sister Act

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION OF A PLAY WITH SONGS

  • Andy Arena—Vote, Pray, Love
  • Salka Sól—The Heart Of Robin Hood
  • Jon Steinhagen—End Of The Rainbow

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION OF A PLAY

  • Longo Chu—The Blade Of Jealousy
  • Cleavant Derricks—Gem Of The Ocean
  • Ryan Thomas Johnson—Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
  • Anthony Lucca—Cult Of Love
  • Melissa Sky-Eagle—Henry V
  • Scott Waara—Shakespeare In Love

OUTSTANDING DIALECT COACHING

  • Nike Doukas
  • Tuffet Schmelzle
  • Tracy Winters

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN (Larger Theater)

  • Belleville (Pasadena Playhouse)
  • Big Night (Kirk Douglas Theatre)
  • Blues In The Night (Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts)
  • Cabaret (La Mirada Theatre and McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
  • Clybourne Park (Laguna Playhouse)
  • Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue (Kirk Douglas Theatre)
  • Gem Of The Ocean (South Coast Repertory)
  • The Heart Of Robin Hood (Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts and Vesturport)
  • Henry V (A Noise Within)
  • Mamma Mia! (Moonlight Stage Productions)
  • Once (South Coast Repertory)
  • Our Town (Pasadena Playhouse)
  • The Madwoman Of Chailot (A Noise Within)
  • Shakespeare In Love (South Coast Repertory)
  • The Sisters Rosensweig (South Coast Repertory)
  • Skeleton Crew (Geffen Playhouse)
  • Soft Power (Ahmanson Theatre)
  • Spring Awakening (UCLA)
  • Steel Pier (UCLA)
  • Wicked Lit 2017 (Wicked Lit at the Mountain View Mausoleum And Cemetery)

 OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN (Intimate Theater)

  • Arrival & Departure (The Fountain Theatre)
  • Arsenic And Old Lace (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble)
  • Big Fish (Chance Theater)
  • bled for the household truth (Rogue Machine Theatre)
  • Cabaret (Celebration Theatre)
  • The Chosen (Fountain Theatre)
  • Cult Of Love (IAMA Theatre Company)
  • Elevada (Chance Theater)
  • Exit Strategy (Los Angeles LGBT Center and Sixth Avenue)
  • Good People (Chance Theater)
  • Grey Nomad (Australian Theatre Company)
  • Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (2Cents Theatre Group)
  • Lysistrata Unbound (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in collaboration with Not Man Apart – Physical Theatre Ensemble)
  • Red Speedo (Road Theatre Company)
  • The Secret In The Wings (Coeurage Theatre Company)
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (The Theatre @ Boston Court)
  • This Land (Company Of Angels)
  • Violet (Actors Co-op)
  • What Happened When (Echo Theater Company)
  • With Love And A Major Organ (The Theatre @ Boston Court)

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGNS

  • Wendell C. Carmichael
  • Kim DeShazo
  • Dianne K. Graebner
  • Shon LeBlanc
  • Chadd Michael McMillen
  • David Kay Mickelsen
  • Halei Parker
  • Naila Aladdin Sanders

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGNS

  • Brandon Baruch
  • Paul Black
  • Martha Carter
  • Lap Chi Chu
  • Brian Gale
  • Steve Giltner
  • Joey Guthman
  • Elizabeth Harper
  • Derrick McDaniel
  • Stacy McKenney Norr
  • Jose Santiago
  • Jaimi Lee Smith
  • Jean-Yves Tessier
  • Steven Young

OUTSTANDING HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGNS

  • EB Bohks
  • Klint Flowers
  • Linda Michaels

OUTSTANDING MAKEUP DESIGNS

  • Denice Paxton

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSITION

  • Lindsay Jones
  • Robert Oriol
  • Mark Tchanz

OUTSTANDING PROJECTION/VIDEO DESIGNS

  • Hana S. Kim
  • Yee Eun Nam

OUTSTANDING PROPERTIES DESIGNS

  • Glenn Michael Baker
  • Patty and Gordon Briles
  • Melanie Cavaness and Gretchen Morales
  • Alex Choate
  • Megan Hill
  • Josh La Cour
  • John McElveney
  • Sydney Russell
  • Kevin Williams

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGNS

  • François-Pierre Couture
  • Pete Hickok
  • Amanda Knehans
  • Jeff McLaughlin
  • David Meyer
  • Rachel Myers
  • Fred Kinney
  • Jeff G. Rack
  • Stephanie Kerley Schwartz

OUTSTANDING SCENIC PAINTING

  • Orlando de la Paz

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGNS

  • Audio Production Geeks LLC
  • Josh Bessom
  • Julie Ferrin
  • Rebecca Kessin
  • David B. Marling
  • John Nobori
  • Jeff Polunas

 OUTSTANDING WIG DESIGNS

  • Byron Batista
  • Anthony Gagliardi
  • Michon Gruber-Gonzales

OUTSTANDING CASTING DIRECTION

  • Joanne DeNaut
  • Julia Flores
  • Victoria Hoffman
  • Jami Rudofsky
  • Phyllis Schuringa