Musical Direction
Charlie Alterman, October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
Mark Danisovsky, Sunday in the Park with George, Ion Theatre
Tony Houck, Oklahoma! New Village Arts
Don LeMaster, Ragtime, San Diego Musical Theatre
Elan McMahan, Titanic: The Musical, Moonlight Stage Productions
Choreography
Paul David Bryant, Ragtime, San Diego Musical Theatre
Jill Gorrie, 42nd Street, San Diego Musical Theatre
Colleen Kollar Smith, American Rhythm, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Ray Limon, Jesus Christ Superstar, Welk Resort Theatre
Nejla Y. Yatkin, The Boy Who Danced on Air, Diversionary Theatre
Original Score
Deborah Gilmour Smyth, Equivocation, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Peter Golub, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Robert Grossman, Way Downriver, North Coast Repertory Theatre
Erin McKeown, Miss You Like Hell, La Jolla Playhouse
Tim Rosser, Charlie Sohne, The Boy Who Danced on Air, Diversionary
Theatre
Ensemble
Manifest Destinitis, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Seminar, InnerMission Productions
Seven Guitars/King Hedley II, Cygnet Theatre
When the Rain Stops Falling, Cygnet Theatre
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Intrepid Theatre
Solo Performance
Mike Daisey, The Trump Card, La Jolla Playhouse
Bets Malone, Tell Me on a Sunday, Broadway Theatre
Rosina Reynolds, Golda’s Balcony, New Village Arts
Benjamin Scheuer, The Lion, Old Globe Theatre
Keith A. Wallace, The Bitter Game, La Jolla Playhouse
Lead Performance in a Musical, Male
Brian Barbarain, Big River, New Village Arts
Jacob Brent, The Drowsy Chaperone, SDSU School of Theatre, Television,
and Film
Jack French, Oklahoma! New Village Arts
Justin Huertas, Lizard Boy, Diversionary Theatre
Reed Lievers, Big River, New Village Arts
Lead Performance in a Musical, Female
Carolyn Agan, Ragtime, San Diego Musical Theatre
Melissa Fernandes, Sunday in the Park with George, Ion Theatre
Linda Libby, Gypsy, Cygnet Theatre
Daebreon Polema, Sister Act, Moonlight Stage Productions
Sharon Rietkerk, Sense and Sensibility, Old Globe Theatre
Featured Performance in a Musical, Female
Bets Malone, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, Cygnet Theatre
Nicole Pryor, Ragtime, San Diego Musical Theatre
Allison Spratt Pearce, Gypsy, Cygnet Theatre
Alexandra Slade, Oklahoma! New Village Arts
Wendy Waddell, Fiddler on the Roof, Welk Resort Theatre
Featured Performance in a Musical, Male
Ron Bohmer, October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
Cornelius Jones Jr., Sister Act, Moonlight Stage Productions
Sean Allan Krill, Sense and Sensibility, Old Globe Theatre
David McBean, Ruthless! The Musical, Moxie Theatre
Jonathan Sangster, Oklahoma! New Village Arts
Lead Performance in a Play, Male
Richard Baird, Way Downriver, North Coast Repertory Theatre
Ro Boddie, Seven Guitars, Cygnet Theatre
Ronobir Lahari, Disgraced, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Claudio Raygoza, The Normal Heart, Ion Theatre
Robert Smyth, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Intrepid Theatre
Lead Performance in a Play, Female
Deborah Gilmour Smyth, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Intrepid
Theatre
Jo Anne Glover, The Kid Thing, Moxie Theatre
Cashae Monya, Our Lady of Kibeho, Moxie Theatre
Jennifer Paredes, Lydia, Ion Theatre
M’Lafi Thompson, Brownsville Song (b-side for Tray), Moxie Theatre
Featured Performance in a Play, Male
Laurence Brown, Jesus Hates Me, Ion Theatre
Laurence Brown, Seven Guitars, Cygnet Theatre
Kevin Cahoon, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Ross Hellwig, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Intrepid Theatre
Antonio “TJ” Johnson, Seven Guitars/King Hedley II, Cygnet Theatre
Featured Performance in a Play, Female
Dana Fares, Airline Highway, Ion Theatre
Jennifer Paredes, Seven Spots on the Sun, InnerMission Productions
Erin Peterson, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Intrepid Theatre
Kim Strassberger, The Normal Heart, Ion Theatre
Jacque Wilke, Stupid Fking Bird, Cygnet Theatre
DESIGN CATEGORIES
Scenic Design
John Lee Beatty, Junk: The Golden Age of Debt, La Jolla Playhouse
John Lee Beatty, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Kevin Depinet, October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
Sean Fanning, Manifest Destinitis, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Sean Fanning, Seven Guitars/King Hedley II, Cygnet Theatre
Mark Wendland, Rain, Old Globe Theatre
Sound Design
Mark Bennett, Junk: The Golden Age of Debt, La Jolla Playhouse
Charles Coes, Nathan A. Roberts, Tokyo Fish Story, Old Globe Theatre
Emily Jankowski, Brownsville Song (b-side for Tray), Moxie Theatre
Bray Poor, The Last Match, Old Globe Theatre
Ken Travis, Rain, The Old Globe
Costume Design
Jennifer Brawn Gittings, Manifest Destinitis, San Diego Repertory
Theatre
Jennifer Brawn Gittings, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show,
Cygnet Theatre
Michael Krass, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Janet Turner Pitcher, Sunday in the Park with George, Ion Theatre
Jeanne Reith, American Rhythm, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Lighting Design
Howell Binkley, Hollywood, La Jolla Playhouse
Wen-Ling Liao, The Boy Who Danced on Air, Diversionary Theatre
Jason Lyons, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Nathan Peirson, The Miracle Worker, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Ben Stanton, Junk: The Golden Age of Debt, La Jolla Playhouse
Japhy Weideman, October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
Projections
Jonathan Infante, Titanic, The Musical, Moonlight Stage Productions
Tara Knight, Hollywood, La Jolla Playhouse
Blake McCarty, Sunday in the Park with George, Ion Theatre
Michael McKeon, Woodie Guthrie’s American Song, Intrepid Theatre
Shawn Sagady, October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
DIRECTING CATEGORIES
Direction of a Play
Rob Lutfy, When the Rain Stops Falling, Cygnet Theatre
Kathleen Marshall, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Jennifer Nelson, Seven Guitars/King Hedley II, Cygnet Theatre
Glenn Paris, Claudio Raygoza, The Normal Heart
Christy Yael-Cox, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Intrepid Theatre
Direction of a Musical
Stephen Broteback, The Drowsy Chaperone, SDSU School of Theatre, TV,
and Film
Barbara Gaines, Sense and Sensibility, Old Globe Theatre
Colleen Kollar Smith, Big River, New Village Arts
Sean Murray, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, Cygnet Theatre
Glenn Paris, Kim Strassberger, Sunday in the Park with George, Ion
Theatre
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
New Play
Damascus, by Bennett Fisher, Wagner New Play Festival, UCSD
Junk: The Golden Age of Debt, by Ayad Akhtar, La Jolla Playhouse
The Last Match, by Anna Ziegler, Old Globe Theatre
The Last Tiger in Haiti, by Jeff Augustin, La Jolla Playhouse
Manifest Destinitis, by Herbert Siguenza, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Touring Production
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Broadway/San Diego
Cabaret, Broadway/San Diego
Maestro, 88 Entertainment at San Diego Repertory Theatre
The Metromaniacs, Old Globe Theatre
1918, Le Moana, San Diego International Fringe Festival
Dramatic Production
Disgraced, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
The Normal Heart, Ion Theatre
Seven Guitars/King Hedley II, Cygnet Theatre
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Intrepid Theatre
Resident Musical
Gypsy, Cygnet Theatre
Lizard Boy, Diversionary Theatre
October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
Ragtime, San Diego Musical Theatre
Sunday in the Park with George, Ion Theatre
Titanic: The Musical, Moonlight Stage Productions
Special Categories (winners announced from the stage)
Outstanding Young Artist Award, Sandra Ellis-Troy Scholarship
Don Braunagel Award for Outstanding Work by a Small Theater
Actor of the Year, Male
Actor of the Year, Female
Designer of the Year
The ceremony will take place Monday, February 6, 2017, at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, 404 Euclid Avenue, San Diego, from six to 10 p.m.
Musical Direction
Charlie Alterman, October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
Mark Danisovsky, Sunday in the Park with George, Ion Theatre
Tony Houck, Oklahoma! New Village Arts
Don LeMaster, Ragtime, San Diego Musical Theatre
Elan McMahan, Titanic: The Musical, Moonlight Stage Productions
Choreography
Paul David Bryant, Ragtime, San Diego Musical Theatre
Jill Gorrie, 42nd Street, San Diego Musical Theatre
Colleen Kollar Smith, American Rhythm, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Ray Limon, Jesus Christ Superstar, Welk Resort Theatre
Nejla Y. Yatkin, The Boy Who Danced on Air, Diversionary Theatre
Original Score
Deborah Gilmour Smyth, Equivocation, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Peter Golub, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Robert Grossman, Way Downriver, North Coast Repertory Theatre
Erin McKeown, Miss You Like Hell, La Jolla Playhouse
Tim Rosser, Charlie Sohne, The Boy Who Danced on Air, Diversionary
Theatre
Ensemble
Manifest Destinitis, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Seminar, InnerMission Productions
Seven Guitars/King Hedley II, Cygnet Theatre
When the Rain Stops Falling, Cygnet Theatre
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Intrepid Theatre
Solo Performance
Mike Daisey, The Trump Card, La Jolla Playhouse
Bets Malone, Tell Me on a Sunday, Broadway Theatre
Rosina Reynolds, Golda’s Balcony, New Village Arts
Benjamin Scheuer, The Lion, Old Globe Theatre
Keith A. Wallace, The Bitter Game, La Jolla Playhouse
Lead Performance in a Musical, Male
Brian Barbarain, Big River, New Village Arts
Jacob Brent, The Drowsy Chaperone, SDSU School of Theatre, Television,
and Film
Jack French, Oklahoma! New Village Arts
Justin Huertas, Lizard Boy, Diversionary Theatre
Reed Lievers, Big River, New Village Arts
Lead Performance in a Musical, Female
Carolyn Agan, Ragtime, San Diego Musical Theatre
Melissa Fernandes, Sunday in the Park with George, Ion Theatre
Linda Libby, Gypsy, Cygnet Theatre
Daebreon Polema, Sister Act, Moonlight Stage Productions
Sharon Rietkerk, Sense and Sensibility, Old Globe Theatre
Featured Performance in a Musical, Female
Bets Malone, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, Cygnet Theatre
Nicole Pryor, Ragtime, San Diego Musical Theatre
Allison Spratt Pearce, Gypsy, Cygnet Theatre
Alexandra Slade, Oklahoma! New Village Arts
Wendy Waddell, Fiddler on the Roof, Welk Resort Theatre
Featured Performance in a Musical, Male
Ron Bohmer, October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
Cornelius Jones Jr., Sister Act, Moonlight Stage Productions
Sean Allan Krill, Sense and Sensibility, Old Globe Theatre
David McBean, Ruthless! The Musical, Moxie Theatre
Jonathan Sangster, Oklahoma! New Village Arts
Lead Performance in a Play, Male
Richard Baird, Way Downriver, North Coast Repertory Theatre
Ro Boddie, Seven Guitars, Cygnet Theatre
Ronobir Lahari, Disgraced, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Claudio Raygoza, The Normal Heart, Ion Theatre
Robert Smyth, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Intrepid Theatre
Lead Performance in a Play, Female
Deborah Gilmour Smyth, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Intrepid
Theatre
Jo Anne Glover, The Kid Thing, Moxie Theatre
Cashae Monya, Our Lady of Kibeho, Moxie Theatre
Jennifer Paredes, Lydia, Ion Theatre
M’Lafi Thompson, Brownsville Song (b-side for Tray), Moxie Theatre
Featured Performance in a Play, Male
Laurence Brown, Jesus Hates Me, Ion Theatre
Laurence Brown, Seven Guitars, Cygnet Theatre
Kevin Cahoon, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Ross Hellwig, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Intrepid Theatre
Antonio “TJ” Johnson, Seven Guitars/King Hedley II, Cygnet Theatre
Featured Performance in a Play, Female
Dana Fares, Airline Highway, Ion Theatre
Jennifer Paredes, Seven Spots on the Sun, InnerMission Productions
Erin Peterson, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Intrepid Theatre
Kim Strassberger, The Normal Heart, Ion Theatre
Jacque Wilke, Stupid Fking Bird, Cygnet Theatre
DESIGN CATEGORIES
Scenic Design
John Lee Beatty, Junk: The Golden Age of Debt, La Jolla Playhouse
John Lee Beatty, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Kevin Depinet, October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
Sean Fanning, Manifest Destinitis, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Sean Fanning, Seven Guitars/King Hedley II, Cygnet Theatre
Mark Wendland, Rain, Old Globe Theatre
Sound Design
Mark Bennett, Junk: The Golden Age of Debt, La Jolla Playhouse
Charles Coes, Nathan A. Roberts, Tokyo Fish Story, Old Globe Theatre
Emily Jankowski, Brownsville Song (b-side for Tray), Moxie Theatre
Bray Poor, The Last Match, Old Globe Theatre
Ken Travis, Rain, The Old Globe
Costume Design
Jennifer Brawn Gittings, Manifest Destinitis, San Diego Repertory
Theatre
Jennifer Brawn Gittings, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show,
Cygnet Theatre
Michael Krass, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Janet Turner Pitcher, Sunday in the Park with George, Ion Theatre
Jeanne Reith, American Rhythm, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Lighting Design
Howell Binkley, Hollywood, La Jolla Playhouse
Wen-Ling Liao, The Boy Who Danced on Air, Diversionary Theatre
Jason Lyons, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Nathan Peirson, The Miracle Worker, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Ben Stanton, Junk: The Golden Age of Debt, La Jolla Playhouse
Japhy Weideman, October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
Projections
Jonathan Infante, Titanic, The Musical, Moonlight Stage Productions
Tara Knight, Hollywood, La Jolla Playhouse
Blake McCarty, Sunday in the Park with George, Ion Theatre
Michael McKeon, Woodie Guthrie’s American Song, Intrepid Theatre
Shawn Sagady, October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
DIRECTING CATEGORIES
Direction of a Play
Rob Lutfy, When the Rain Stops Falling, Cygnet Theatre
Kathleen Marshall, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
Jennifer Nelson, Seven Guitars/King Hedley II, Cygnet Theatre
Glenn Paris, Claudio Raygoza, The Normal Heart
Christy Yael-Cox, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Intrepid Theatre
Direction of a Musical
Stephen Broteback, The Drowsy Chaperone, SDSU School of Theatre, TV,
and Film
Barbara Gaines, Sense and Sensibility, Old Globe Theatre
Colleen Kollar Smith, Big River, New Village Arts
Sean Murray, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, Cygnet Theatre
Glenn Paris, Kim Strassberger, Sunday in the Park with George, Ion
Theatre
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
New Play
Damascus, by Bennett Fisher, Wagner New Play Festival, UCSD
Junk: The Golden Age of Debt, by Ayad Akhtar, La Jolla Playhouse
The Last Match, by Anna Ziegler, Old Globe Theatre
The Last Tiger in Haiti, by Jeff Augustin, La Jolla Playhouse
Manifest Destinitis, by Herbert Siguenza, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Touring Production
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Broadway/San Diego
Cabaret, Broadway/San Diego
Maestro, 88 Entertainment at San Diego Repertory Theatre
The Metromaniacs, Old Globe Theatre
1918, Le Moana, San Diego International Fringe Festival
Dramatic Production
Disgraced, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Love’s Labor’s Lost, Old Globe Theatre
The Normal Heart, Ion Theatre
Seven Guitars/King Hedley II, Cygnet Theatre
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Intrepid Theatre
Resident Musical
Gypsy, Cygnet Theatre
Lizard Boy, Diversionary Theatre
October Sky, Old Globe Theatre
Ragtime, San Diego Musical Theatre
Sunday in the Park with George, Ion Theatre
Titanic: The Musical, Moonlight Stage Productions
Special Categories (winners announced from the stage)
Outstanding Young Artist Award, Sandra Ellis-Troy Scholarship
Don Braunagel Award for Outstanding Work by a Small Theater
Actor of the Year, Male
Actor of the Year, Female
Designer of the Year
The ceremony will take place Monday, February 6, 2017, at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, 404 Euclid Avenue, San Diego, from six to 10 p.m.
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