StageSceneLA

celebrates the past year’s

(July 2023 to June 2024)

outstanding achievements

in Southern California theater

based on 154 productions

reviewed between July 1, 2023

and June 30, 2024.

Scenies are presented in the

following categories this year:

1. Top Honors 2023-2024
2. Outstanding Productions
3. Outstanding Individual Performances
4. Outstanding Ensembles
5. Outstanding Direction and Choreography
6. Outstanding Design, Musical Direction, & Casting Direction

SCENIE CERTIFICATES:

Winners may request a
Scenie certificate PDF at
scenies@yahoo.com
Certificates will be emailed beginning August 1.

BEST LARGER THEATER
East West Players
International City Theatre
Latino Theater Company
A Noise Within
Pasadena Playhouse

BEST LARGER THEATRE FOR MUSICALS
La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment

BEST THEATER IN THE ROUND
The Nocturne Theatre

BEST INTIMATE THEATRE
Antaeus Theatre Company
Chance Theater
The Fountain Theatre
Rogue Machine Theatre
Theatre 40

THE YEAR’S 12 BEST WORLD PREMIERE PLAYS
Brushstroke, by John Ross Bowie
Exit Wounds, by Wendy Graf
A Family Business, by Matt Chait
Fatherland, by Stephen Sachs
Kill Shelter, by Ashley Rose Wellman
Marilyn, Mom, and Me, by Luke Yankee
Measure Still For Measure, by Jessica Kubzansky
Pang Spa, by David Johann Kim
SHE, by Marlow Wyatt
Tacos La Brooklyn, by Joel Ulloa
Unbroken Blossoms, by Philip W. Chung
Walking In Space, by Garry Michael Kluger

THE YEAR’S BEST WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
Madame Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Musical, by Justin Patrick Meyer and Chris Thomas

BEST NEW LOS ANGELES MUSICAL
The Importance Of Being Earnest: A Wilde New Musical, by David Howard and Bret Simmons

THE YEAR’S BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Fatherland (The Fountain Theatre)
Inherit The Wind (Pasadena Playhouse)
It’s Only A Play (Torrance Theatre Company)
Kill Shelter (Theatre of NOTE)
Last Summer At Bluefish Cove (Fountain Theatre)
Life Sucks (Interact Theatre Company)
Mama Mama Can’t You See (Coin & Ghost)
The Manor: Murder and Madness at Greystone (Theatre 40)
Measure Still For Measure (Boston Court Pasadena)
Monsters Of The American Cinema (Rogue Machine Theatre)
The Tempest (Antaeus Theatre Company)

THE YEAR’S BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Disney The Little Mermaid (La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
Jersey Boys (3-D Theatricals in association with La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
Rent (Chance Theater)
Sweeney Todd (A Noise Within)

THE YEAR’S BEST PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Malcolm Barrett in Brushstroke
Ron Bottitta in Fatherland
Amy Brenneman in The Sound Inside
Laura Gardner in Marilyn, Mom, and Me
Tim Martin Gleason in A Family Business
Susan Huckle in The Outsider
Nadia Marina in Kill Shelter: The Blue Cast
J. Alphonse Nicholson in Freight
Christian Prentice in High Maintenance
Ashley Romans in Kill Shelter: The Red Cast

THE YEAR’S BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Tom Avery in Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Justin Meyer in Jekyll & Hyde The Musical;
Cassandra Marie Murphy in Sweeney Todd

MULTI-HYPHENATE OF THE YEAR
Stefan Marks
Writer, Director, Actor, Designer
Ophelia

STAGE DEBUT OF THE YEAR
Logan Leonardo Arditty in Monsters Of The American Cinema

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Tom Avery in Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Donté Ashon Green in How It’s Gon’ Be
Patrick Keleher in Fatherland

BREAKOUT PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (Multiple Productions)
Evangeline Edwards in Brushstroke and Heroes Of The Fourth Turning
Anica Petrovic in Could I Have This Dance? and Strangers On A Train
Leianna Weaver in Disney The Little Mermaid and The Wizard Of Oz

THE YEAR’S BEST PERFORMANCE IN A NATIONAL TOUR
Katerina McCrimmon in Funny Girl

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Guillermo Cienfuegos
Heroes Of The Fourth Turning, Middle Of The World, Misalliance
Matthew McCray
Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Rent

THE YEAR’S BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Michael A. Shepperd—Blood At The Root

THE YEAR’S BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
T.J. Dawson—Jersey Boys

CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Melissa Meyer
Cabaret, Disney’s Beauty And The Beast, Jekyll & Hyde The Musical, Madame Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Musical

COSTUME DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Michael Mullen

LIGHTING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Derrick McDaniel

HAIR, WIG, AND MAKEUP DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Judi Lewin

PROJECTION DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Nick Santiago

PROPERTIES DESIGNERS OF THE YEAR
Patty and Gordon Briles

PUPPET DESIGN OF THE YEAR
Emory Royston—Kill Shelter

SCENIC DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Jeff G. Rack

SOUND DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Nick Foran
Jeff Gardner

CASTING DIRECTORS OF THE YEAR
Michael Donovan, CSA and Richie Ferris, CSA

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A DRAMA (Larger Theater)
The Engagement Party (Geffen Playhouse)
Exit Wounds (International City Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
Baby Foot (Rogue Machine Theatre)
Blood At The Root (Open Fist Theatre Company)
Heroes Of The Fourth Turning (Rogue Machine Theatre)
How’s It’s Gon’ Be (Echo Theater Company)
Insulted. Belarus (City Garage Theatre)
La Cocina (Loft Ensemble)
Lines In The Dust (Collaborative Artists Bloc and Support Black Theatre)
Middle Of The World (Rogue Machine Theatre)
Pang Spa (Chalk Repertory Theatre)
SHE (Antaeus Theatre Company)
Tiny Beautiful Things (Chance Theater)
Two Stop (Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles)
Walking In Space (Theatre West)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY-DRAMA (Larger Theater)
Kairos (East West Players)
Marilyn, Mom, and Me (International City Theatre)
Stew (Pasadena Playhouse)
Tacos La Brooklyn (Latino Theater Company in association with East West Players)
Unbroken Blossoms (East West Players)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
The AllStore (Theatre of NOTE)
Bisexual Sadness (The Road Theatre Company)
Brushstroke (Jeremy Wein and FutureHome Productions)
Could I Have This Dance? (the Group Rep)
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Chance Theater)
Faithless (Victory Theatre Center)
H*tler’s Tasters (Rogue Machine Theatre)
The Red Suitcase (P3 Theatre Company)
Sukkot (The 6th Act)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY (Larger Theater)
Love Among The Ruins (El Portal Theatre)
One Of The Good Ones (Pasadena Playhouse)
The Outsider (International City Theatre)
POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (Geffen Playhouse)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)
Crabs In A Bucket (Echo Theater Company)
Dog Sees God: Confessions Of A Teenage Blockhead (Second Wind Entertainment)
Doris And Ivy In The Home (Theatre 40)
The Explorers Club (Theatre 40)
A Froggy Becomes (Open Fist Theatre Company)
Mercury (The Road Theatre Company)
Meteor Shower (Little Fish Theatre)
On The Farce Day Of Christmas (Little Fish Theatre)
Ophelia (Null Set Productions)
Seminar (Theatre 68)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A THRILLER (Larger Theater)
Deathtrap (International City Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A THRILLER (Intimate Theater)
Strangers On A Train (Theatre 40)

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY (Intimate Theater)
Hay Fever (South Pasadena Theatre Workshop)
Twelve Angry Jurors (the Group Rep)
A View From The Bridge (Ruskin Group Theatre)
You Can’t Take It With You (the Group Rep)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A CLASSIC PLAY (Larger Theater)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (A Noise Within)
Misalliance (A Noise Within)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A CLASSIC PLAY (Intimate Theater)
Nora (Antaeus Theatre Company)
Twelfth Night (Actors Co-op)
The Winter’s Tale (Antaeus Theatre Company)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF SHORT ONE-ACTS
Pick Of The Vine 2024 (Little Fish Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF AN ACTION-ADVENTURE PLAY
Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy (Playwrights’ Arena and Latino Theater Company)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A TWO-HANDER (Larger Theater)
The Sound Inside (Pasadena Playhouse)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A TWO-HANDER (Intimate Theater)
Birds Of North America (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble)
Blackbird (C&R Productions)
Coney Island Land, or The Great Existential Actuality at The End of The Universe (CIL Productions)
The Turn Of The Screw (Sierra Madre Playhouse)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL TWO-HANDER
The Last Five Years (Sierra Madre Playhouse)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL (Larger Theater)
The Addams Family (Inland Valley Repertory Theatre)
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
A Christmas Story (Center Theatre Group)
Mystic Pizza (La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
Prelude To A Kiss The Musical (South Coast Repertory)
Spring Awakening (East West Players)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)
Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party (Jaxx Theatricals)
Avenue Q (The Wayward Artist)
Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Chance Theater)

OUTSTANDING 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Larger Theater)
42nd Street (Musical Theatre West)
Jelly’s Last Jam (Pasadena Playhouse)
The Sound Of Music (Musical Theatre West)

OUTSTANDING 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Intimate Theater)
Chess The Musical (Jaxx Theatricals)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (Theater In The Round)
Cabaret (The Nocturne Theatre)
Disney’s Beauty And The Beast (The Nocturne Theatre)
Jekyll & Hyde (The Nocturne Theatre)
Madame Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Musical (The Nocturne Theatre)Fthe

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY WITH SONGS (Larger Theater)
American Mariachi (Latino Theater Company at the LATC)

OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY THEATER PRODUCTION
The Importance Of Being Earnest: A Wilde New Musical (Whittier Community Theatre)
Legally Blonde (Conundrum Theatre Company)
The Prom (Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center)
A View From The Bridge (Theatre Palisades)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A CONCERT STAGED READING
Follies (Concert Version) (Musical Theatre Guild)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A CABARET OR VARIETY SHOW
So Many Stars (Theatre West)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A SOLO PERFORMANCE
Freight (The Fountain Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL SPOOF
Duran DurAntony & Cleopatra (The Troubadour Theater Company)
White (Album) Christmas (The Troubadour Theater Company)

OUTSTANDING RETURNING PRODUCTION
The Secret Garden, The Musical (Chance Theater)

OUTSTANDING TOURING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Aladdin
Funny Girl
Girl From The North Country
Les Misérables
Mrs. Doubtfire

OUTSTANDING TOURING PRODUCTION (Theater For Young Audiences)
Dog Man: The Musical

OUTSTANDING RETURNING TOURING PRODUCTION
Hadestown

OUTSTANDING TOURING DANCE PRODUCTION
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo And Juliet
Message In A Bottle

OUTSTANDING TOURING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Peter Pan Goes Wrong

OUTSTANDING PRESENTED PRODUCTION
Fat Ham (Geffen Playhouse presents the Broadway Production)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES IN MULTIPLE PRODUCTIONS
Angela Beyer in The Bald Soprano, Betrayal, and Insulted. Belarus
Quintan Craig in 42nd Street and Disney The Little Mermaid
JD Cullum in The Tempest and The Winter’s Tale
Arye Gross in Birds Of North America and Unbroken Blossoms
Conlan Ledwith in Unbroken Blossoms and The Winter’s Tale
Gavin K. Lee in Tacos La Brooklyn and Unbroken Blossoms
Dan Lin in Middle Of The World and Misalliance
Michael Mullen in Strangers On A Train and The Turn Of The Screw
Ann Noble in Slow Thunder and The Winter’s Tale
Riley Shanahan in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Misalliance
Jeff Skowron in Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Mystic Pizza
Erika Soto in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Misalliance
Kristin Towers-Rowles in The Manor: Murder and Madness at Greystone and Towards Zero
Peter Van Norden in Misalliance and The Tempest
Whitney Kathleen Vigil in Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party and Chess The Musical

BREAKOUT LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Arriana Evangelia in The AllStore
Samuel Garnett in Heroes Of The Fourth Turning
Olivia Gill in H*tler’s Tasters
Joseé Gourdine in Faithless
Nychelle Hawk in Blood At The Root
Hayden Kharrazi in Exit Wounds
Anders Keith in The Sound Inside
Daniel Kim in All’s Well That Ends Well
Jasmine Kimiko in Pang Spa
Kelsey Kummerl in Seminar
Tristina Lee in Two Stop
Aaron Lipp in The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Nate Memba in Pipeline
Tyler Perez in Reset
Coby Rogers in Deathtrap
Paige Simunovich in H*tler’s Tasters
Alisha Soper in Marilyn, Mom, and Me
Ellee Jo Trowbridge in Dog Sees God: Confessions Of A Teenage Blockhead
Marcus Wells in Dog Sees God: Confessions Of A Teenage Blockhead
Dakota Wolf in Blackbird

BREAKOUT FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Isabella DiBernardino in A View From The Bridge
Michael Howard-Dossett in How It’s Gon’ Be
Nona Johnson in How It’s Gon’ Be
Aurora Leonard in A View From The Bridge
Brandon Lill in A View From The Bridge
Ronan Meade in It’s Only A Play
Sam Mistry in Tiny Beautiful Things
Durran Moreau in How It’s Gon’ Be
Anja Racić in The Tempest
Ray Tezanos in A Family Business

BREAKOUT LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Cassandra Caruso in Jekyll & Hyde The Musical
Rachel Franke in Disney’s Beauty And The Beast and Jekyll & Hyde The Musical
Madelyn Claire Lego in Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party
Paloma Malfavón in Legally Blonde
Tommi Jo Mongold in The Prom
Alyssa Rafael in Disney’s Beauty And The Beast
Kelsey Lee Smith in Footloose The Musical
Kyle Steven Stocker in Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party

BREAKOUT FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Casey Anne Apregan in Footloose The Musical
James Beardsley in Footloose The Musical
Doran Butler in Jelly’s Last Jam
Sammy Linkowski in Footloose The Musical
Liana Rose in Into The Woods
Vertreace Sanders in So Many Stars

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Adi Roy in Aladdin

BREAKOUT ENSEMBLE CAST
Jack Thomas Aitken, Christopher D. Baker, Micah K. Blanks, Lena Ceja, Luc Clopton, Gavin Cole, Ayani Dorsey, Autumn Kirkpatrick, Adam Leiva, Patrick McCormick, JoeJoe McKinney, Mickey Miro, Gemma Pedersen, Frankie Ripley, and Lily Targett
Rent

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA (Larger Theater)
Melora Marshall in A Perfect Ganesh
Suanne Spoke in Exit Wounds

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
Ben Carroll in Pang Spa
Hahn Cho in Pang Spa
Daniel Dorr in Baby Foot
JuneSoo Ham in Two Stop
Stephen Tyler Howell in Heroes Of The Fourth Turning
Emily James in Heroes Of The Fourth Turning
Kelly Jenrette in Lines In The Dust
Hope Lauren in Baby Foot
Fadhia Carmelle Marcelin in Pipeline
Tony Pasqualini in Lines In The Dust
Aubrey Severino in Tiny Beautiful Things
Camille Ariana Spirlin in SHE
Erica Tazel in Lines In The Dust
Christian Telesmar in Middle Of The World
Cheryl Umaña in Middle Of The World

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Larger Theater)
Kelley Dorney in What The Constitution Means To Me
LisaGay Hamilton in Stew
Gerard Joseph in Kairos
Alexandra Hellquist in Unbroken Blossoms
Sylvia Kwan in Kairos
Roslyn Ruff in Stew
Ron Song in Unbroken Blossoms

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
Anna Connelly in Could I Have This Dance?
Emerson Collins in The Red Suitcase
Natalie Lander in Sukkot
Lindsay LaVanchy in Last Summer At Bluefish Cove
Andy Robinson in Sukkot
Liza Seneca in Sukkot
Jonathan Slavin in Sukkot
Ann Sonneville in Last Summer At Bluefish Cove
Tiffany Wolff in Bisexual Sadness

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY (Larger Theater)
Carlos Gomez in One Of The Good Ones
Isabella Gomez in One Of The Good Ones
Nico Greetham in One Of The Good Ones
Lana Parrilla in One Of The Good Ones
Stephen Rockwell in The Outsider
Peter Strauss in Love Among The Ruins
JoBeth Williams in Love Among The Ruins

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)
John Ross Bowie in Life Sucks
Sandra Kate Burck in A Froggy Becomes
Andy Cohen in Seminar
Leif Gantvoort in Seminar
Deborah Geffner in Ophelia
Juliet Kennedy in The Altruists
Ivy Khan in High Maintenance
Tatum Langton in Ophelia
Jake Marshall in The Altruists
Brian O’Sullivan in On The Farce Day Of Christmas
Cynthia Payo in Can’t Live Without ‘Em
Erin Pineda in Life Sucks
Cindy Shields in On The Farce Day Of Christmas
Daisy Staedler in Can’t Live Without ‘Em
James Urbaniak in Brushstroke

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A THRILLER (Intimate Theater)
Joe Clabby in Strangers On A Train

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY (Larger Theater)
Alfred Molina in Inherit The Wind
John Douglas Thompson in Inherit The Wind

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY (Intimate Theater)
Ray Abruzzo in A View From The Bridge
Kim Chase in A View From The Bridge
Will Maizel in Room Service

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A CLASSIC PLAY (Larger Theater)
Kasey Mahaffy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Trisha Miller in Misalliance

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A CLASSIC PLAY (Intimate Theater)
Cindy Nguyen in All’s Well That Ends Well
Adam J. Smith in The Winter’s Tale
Jocelyn Towne in Nora

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN AN ACTION-ADVENTURE PLAY
Casey J. Adler in Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A TWO-HANDER (Intimate Theater)
Kevin Daniels in Monsters Of The American Cinema
Tate Evans in Coney Island Land, or The Great Existential Actuality at The End of The Universe
Shayna Gabrielle in The Turn Of The Screw
Ron Hastings in Blackbird
Jonathan Dylan King in Sex With Strangers
Jacqueline Misaye in Birds Of North America
Thomas Piper in Coney Island Land, or The Great Existential Actuality at The End of The Universe
Sarah Wylie in Sex With Strangers

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL TWO-HANDER
Margaret Berkowitz in The Last Five Years
Jackie Bonsignore in The Last Five Years
Jayde Mitchell in The Last Five Years
Bryan Mittelstadt in The Last Five Years

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL (Larger Theater)
Krystina Alabado in Mystic Pizza
Blake Burgess in Jersey Boys
Hannah Corneau in Prelude To A Kiss The Musical
Chris Fore in Jersey Boys
Miles Jacoby in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Kyra Kennedy in Mystic Pizza
Chris McCarrell in Prelude To A Kiss The Musical
Taubert Nadalini in Jersey Boys
Benny Perez in The Addams Family
Eric Petersen in A Christmas Story: The Musical
Noah Rivera in Jersey Boys
Sandra Ochoa Rice in The Addams Family
Sara Sheperd in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Sabrina Sloan in A Christmas Story: The Musical
Gianna Yanelli in Mystic Pizza

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Larger Theater)
Geoff Elliot in Sweeney Todd
Robert Mammana in 42nd Street
April Nixon in 42nd Street
Emma Nossal in 42nd Street
Jasmine Amy Rogers in Jelly’s Last Jam
Juliana Sloan in The Sound Of Music
John Clarence Stewart in Jelly’s Last Jam
Jonathan von Mering in The Sound Of Music
Cress Williams in Jelly’s Last Jam

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Intimate Theater)
Michael Scott Harris in Chess The Musical

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL (Theater In The Round)
Renee Cohen in Cabaret
Kayla Fast in Cabaret
Andreas Pantazis in Disney’s Beauty And The Beast
Stephanie Hodgdon in Madame Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Musical
Madison Stirrett in Into The Woods

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE (Community Theater)
Todd Andrew Ball in It’s Only A Play
Steven Flowers in Kinky Boots
Peter Gregory in A View From The Bridge
Bradley James Holzer in It’s Only A Play
Philip McBride in The Prom
Michele McRae in The Prom
Maria O’Connor in A View From The Bridge
Kate Patel in It’s Only A Play
Zachary Quinn in Kinky Boots

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY WITH SONGS
Esperanza América in American Mariachi
Vaneza Mari Calderón in American Mariachi
Alicia Coca in American Mariachi
Crissy Guerrero in American Mariachi
Elia Saldana in American Mariachi

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A CONCERT STAGED READING
Anastasia Barzee in Follies (Concert Version)
Roger Befeler in Follies (Concert Version)
Teri Bibb in Follies (Concert Version)
Brent Schindele in Follies (Concert Version)

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PRESENTED PRODUCTION
Marcel Spears in Fat Ham

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Gaby Albo in On Your Feet!
Roman Banks in MJ The Musical
Jennifer Blood in Girl From The North Country
Preston Truman Boyd in Les Misérables
Nick Cartell in Les Misérables
Justin Collette in Beetlejuice
Isabella Esler in Beetlejuice
Samuel Garcia in On Your Feet!
Stephen Mark Lukas in Funny Girl
Rob McClure in Mrs. Doubtfire

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION (Theater For Young Audiences)
Bryan Daniel Porter in Dog Man: The Musical

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA (Larger Theater)
Michael Polak in Exit Wounds
Rajiv Shah in A Perfect Ganesh

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
Lorenz Arnell in SHE
Suzen Baraka in Two Stop
Kathie Barnes in Walking In Space
Christopher Callen in Pang Spa
Paul DeBoy in Baby Foot
Roxanne Hart in Heroes Of The Fourth Turning
Edward Hong in Pang Spa
Anna Khaja in Fatherland
Dian Kobayashi in Pang Spa
Jonathon Lamer in Tiny Beautiful Things
Karla Mosley in How It’s Gon’ Be
Jennifer Richardson in Tiny Beautiful Things
Sedale Threatt Jr in How It’s Gon’ Be
Karen Malina White in SHE

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Larger Theater)
Jasmine Ashanti in Stew
Samantha Miller in Stew
Jacquelin Lorraine Schofield in Marilyn, Mom, and Me
Brian Rohan in Marilyn, Mom, and Me
Noah Wagner in Marilyn, Mom, and Me

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
Ali Axelrad in H*tler’s Tasters
Joseph Bricker in The AllStore
Alaska Jackson in Bisexual Sadness
Julie Lanctot in The AllStore
Bruce Melena in The Red Suitcase
Lillie Silva-Muir in The AllStore
Caitlin Zambito in H*tler’s Tasters

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY (Larger Theater)
Santino Jimenez in One Of The Good Ones

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)
Hovannes John Babakhanyan in The Explorers Club
Anne Gee Byrd in Life Sucks
Christina Carlisi in Mercury
Olivia Castanho in Life Sucks
Lily Rains in Life Sucks
Maire Rose in On The Farce Day Of Christmas
Marc Valera in Life Sucks
Steve Vinovich in Life Sucks

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A THRILLER (Intimate Theater)
Larry Eisenberg in Strangers On A Train
Sharron Shayne in Strangers On A Train

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY (Larger Theater)
Rachel Hilson in Inherit The Wind
Chris Perfetti in Inherit The Wind

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY (Intimate Theater)
Christopher Franciosa in Towards Zero
Jesse Janzen in A View From The Bridge
Cassidy LeClair in You Can’t Take It With You
Mark Stancato in Twelve Angry Jurors
Andrew Tippie in Hay Fever
Timothy Willard in Room Service
Sal Viscuso in A View From The Bridge

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A CLASSIC PLAY (Larger Theater)
Joshua Bitton in Misalliance
Rafael Goldstein in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Josey Montana McCoy in Misalliance
Deborah Strang in Misalliance
Frederick Stuart in Misalliance
Jeanne Syquia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A CLASSIC PLAY (Intimate Theater
Kaci Hamilton in The Winter’s Tale
Adrian LaTourelle in The Tempest
Brian Tichnell in Nora
William Viriato in Twelfth Night

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A SITE-SPECIFIC PRODUCTION
Darby Hinton in The Manor: Murder and Madness at Greystone
Daniel Leslie in The Manor: Murder and Madness at Greystone
Carol Potter in The Manor: Murder and Madness at Greystone

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
David Dean Bottrell in The Death Of Me Yet

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Kai Edgar in A Christmas Story: The Musical
Cameron Kaeni in The Addams Family
Catherine Last in The Secret Garden, The Musical

OUTSTANDING UNDERSTUDY PERFORMANCE
Holly Seidcheck in Can’t Live Without ‘Em

OUTSTANDING UNDERSTUDY CAST PERFORMANCE
Amelia Brantley, Tim Martin Gleason, Victoria Hoffman, Daniel Lench, Deborah Ramaglia, and Ray Tezanos
A Family Business

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL (Larger Theater)
Larry Cedar in Footloose The Musical
Marinda Convis in The Addams Family
Jonathan Gillard Daly in Prelude To A Kiss The Musical
Gian Raffaele DiConstanzo in Jersey Boys
Rayanne Gonzalez in Mystic Pizza
Trevor James in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Sara King in in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Regina Le Vert in Disney The Little Mermaid
Amanda Minano in The Addams Family
Dana Orange in Disney The Little Mermaid
Shelley Regner in A Christmas Story: The Musical

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Larger Theater)
Meghan Andrews in The Sound Of Music
Wilkie Fergusson III in Jelly’s Last Jam
Karole Foreman in Jelly’s Last Jam
Jason Graae in The Wizard Of Oz
Brian Kim McCormick in The Sound Of Music
Cathy Newman in The Sound Of Music
Sarah Wolter in The Sound Of Music

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Intimate Theater)
Fay DeWitt in 70, Girls, 70

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL (Theater In The Round)
Lilli Babb in Into The Woods
Abby Espiritu in Into The Woods
David Gallic in Disney’s Beauty And The Beast

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE (Community Theater)
Theodore Coonradt in It’s Only A Play
Jason Culp in A View From The Bridge
Jennifer Faneuff in It’s Only A Play
Dyan Hobday-Smith in The Importance Of Being Earnest: A Wilde New Musical
Darren M.B. in A View From The Bridge
Drew Maidment in Legally Blonde
Cat Rahm in It’s Only A Play
Monty Renfrow in A View From The Bridge

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY WITH SONGS
Fidel Gomez in American Mariachi
Ruth Livier in American Mariachi
Sal Lopez in American Mariachi
Geoffrey Rivas in American Mariachi

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A CONCERT STAGED READING
Barbara Carlton Heart in Follies (Concert Version)
Jennifer Leigh Warren in Follies (Concert Version)

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A PRESENTED PRODUCTION
Nikki Crawford in Fat Ham

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Devin Bowles in MJ The Musical
Izaiah Montaque Harris in Funny Girl
Marcus M. Martin in Aladdin
Kristen Tarragó in On Your Feet!

OUTSTANDING DANCE PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Lamont Brown in Funny Girl
Ryan Lambert in Funny Girl

Note: Ensemble Scenies are awarded only to those cast members whose performances I saw and later reviewed on StageSceneLA. 

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA (Larger Theater)
Kamal Bolden, Julanne Chidi Hill, Crystal Jackson, Mildred Marie Langford, Alexandra Metz, Alex Morris, Kacie Rogers, and Akilah Walker
The Bluest Eye

Richard Bekins, Bella Heathcote, Brian Lee Huynh, Mark Jacobson, Wendie Malick, Brian Patrick Murphy, Jonah Platt, and Lauren Worsham
The Engagement Party

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
Malik Bailey, Deandra Bernardo, Emma Bruno, Nychelle Hawk, Nicholas Heard, Jeremy Reiter ll, Caroline Rose, Jack David Sharpe, Grace Soens, Amber Tiara, and Azeem Vecchio
Blood At The Root

Joseé Gourdine, John Idakitis, Melissa Ortiz, and Jon Sprik
Faithless

Stephanie Erb, Ivy Khan, Grinnell Morris, and Abigail Stewart
The Half-Light

Angela Beyer, Courtney Brechemin, Devin Davis-Lorton, Andrew Loviska, Juliet Morrison, Anthony M. Sannazzaro, and Randall Wulff
Insulted. Belarus

CJ Craig, Alex Hogy, Chloe Madriaga, and Nadia Marina
Kill Shelter: The Blue Cast

Jack Clevinger, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, Ashley Romans, and Brandon Warfield
Kill Shelter: The Red Cast

Robert Beitzel, Desiree Mee Jung, Mara Klein, Dinah Lenney, Leo Marks, Alexander Matos, Bukola Ogunmola, Randolph Thompson, and Jenapher Zheng
Measure Still For Measure

Leandro Cano, Dan Lin, Jennifer Pollono, Christian Telesmar, and Cheryl Umaña
Middle Of The World

Jon Joseph Gentry, Fadhia Carmelle Marcelin, Nate Memba,
Jennifer Sorenson, Ari Sucar, and Omari Williams
Pipeline

Lorenz Arnell, Jon Chaffin, Gerard Joseph, Camille Ariana Spirlin, Veronica Thompson, and Karen Malina White
SHE

Sue Gisser, Rob Nagel, Ann Noble, and Robert Yacko
Slow Thunder

Kathie Barnes, Andrew Cereghino, Liv Denevi, Cecil Jennings, Hogan Mason, David Mingrino, and Mary Elisabeth Somers
Walking In Space

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Larger Theater)

Esperanza América, Paul Dateh, Alejandra Flores, Ariel Kayoko Labasan, Gavin K. Lee, Sal Lopez, Sayaka Miyatani, Zilah Mendoza, Xavi Moreno, and Jesus “Chuy” Perez
Tacos La Brooklyn

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
Joseph Bricker, Henry Cruz, Mario Eduardo, Arianna Evangelia, Julie Lanctot, Sarah Lilly, Lynn Odell, Lillie Silva-Muir, and Phil Ward
The AllStore

Samira Beija, Alaska Jackson, Naomi Rubin, Philip Smithey, Amy Tolsky, and Tiffany Wolff
Bisexual Sadness

Sean Babcock, Anna Connelly, Lloyd Pedersen, Anica Petrovic, Clara Rodriguez, and Andy Shephard
Could I Have This Dance?

Rachel Oliveros Catalano, Holly Jeanne, Jonathon Lamer, Aaron Lipp, Casey Long, Jared Machado, Rachel McLaughlan, and Karen O’Hanlon,
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

Andy Hoff, Ashley Platz, and Marnina Schon
Group Therapy

Tasha Ames, Ben Messmer, and Jenny Soo
Hungry Ghost

Sarah Scott Davis, Tamika Katon–Donegal, Lindsay LaVanchy, Noelle Messier, Stephanie Pardi, Ann Sonneville, Stasha Surdyke and Ellen D. Williams
Last Summer At Bluefish Cove

Emerson Collins, Mat Hayes, Kristen McCullough, Bruce Melena, Tiago Santos, Pam Trotter, and Charlotte Louise White
The Red Suitcase

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY (Larger Theater)
Tony Abatemarco, Gigi Bermingham, Nima Dabestani, C.J. Blaine Eldred, Martin Kildare, Peter Strauss, Amir Talai, JoBeth Williams, and Wendy Worthington
Love Among The Ruins

Thomas Anawalt, Jonathan Bray, Susan Huckle, Nikhil Pai, Taylor Popoola, Stephen Rockwell, and Natalie Storrs
The Outsider

Ito Aghayere, Alexandra Billings, Lauren Blumenfeld, Shannon Cochran, Celeste Den, Jane Levy, and Deirdre Lovejoy
POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)
Jordan Hull, Anna LaMadrid, Xochitl Romero, Michael Sturgis
Crabs In A Bucket

Addyson Bell, Natalie Bourgeois, Isabella Coben, Mateo Gonzales, Colin McCalla, Ellee Jo Trowbridge, Anthony Turpel, and Marcus Wells
Dog Sees God: Confessions Of A Teenage Blockhead

Hovannes John Babakhanyan, John Combs, Kevin Dulude, Christopher Franciosa, Matt Landig, Daniel Leslie, Meghan Lewis, Michael Mullen, and David Hunt Stafford
The Explorers Club

Eric Stanton Betts, Alli Brown, Michelle Jasso, Lindsay Merrithew, Bruce Nozick, and Julie Pearl
A Family Business

Deandra Bernardo, Peter Breitmayer, Sandra Kate Burck, Kyra Grace, Jeremy Guskin, Ana Id, Carmella Jenkins, Michael Lanahan, Johanna McKay, Bradley Sharper, Tom Sys , and Kyle Tomlin
A Froggy Becomes

Diana Angelina, Ann Hearn, and David Hunt Stafford
Doris And Ivy In The Home

Billy Baker, Justin Lawrence Barnes, Christina Carlisi, Andrea Flowers, Danny Lee Gomez, Meeghan Holaway, and Gloria Ines
Mercury

Analies Anderson, Dana DeRuyck, Jonathan Fisher, and Ryan Knight
Meteor Shower

Melissa Brandzel, Jonathan Keyes, Brian O’Sullivan, Maire Rose, Cindy Shields, and Perry Shields
On The Farce Day Of Christmas

Andy Cohen, Bella Balsamo, Freddy Giorlando, Kelsey Kummerl, and Leif Gantvoort
Seminar

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A THRILLER (Larger Theater)
Michelle Holmes, Geoffrey Lower, Jill Remez, Coby Rogers, and Patrick Vest
Deathtrap

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY WITH MOVEMENT AND DANCE
Marguerite French, Julián Juaquín, Kathleen Leary, Stan Mayer, Carene Rose Mekertichyan, Ryan Nebreja, Zack Rocklin-Waltch, and Hannah Trujillo
Mama Mama Can’t You See

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY (Larger Theater)
Abubakr Ali, David Aaron Baker, Jared Bybee, Brian Calì, Marlene Forte, Matt Gomez Hidaka, Rachel Hilson, Thomas Hobson, Michael Kostroff, John W. Lawson, Phillip J. Lewis, Alfred Molina, Chris Perfetti, Gabriella Pizzigoni, Rene Rivera, John Douglas Thompson, and Pam Trotter
Inherit The Wind

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY (Intimate Theater)
Nicola Bertram, Sam Cass, Fiona Rose Dyer, Erin Coker, Madeline Godwin, Kila Packett, Sally Smythe, Andrew Tippie, and Clay Wilcox
Hay Fever

Linda Alznauer, Paul Cady, Belinda Howell, Stephanie T. Keeler, Stan Mazin, Richard Reich, Mark Stancato, Melissa Strauss, Neil Thompson, Cathy Diane Tomlin, Mouchette van Helsdingen, and Tamir Yardenne
Twelve Angry Jurors

Linda Alznauer, Patrick Anthony, Cynthia Bryant, Lareen Faye, Christian George, Brenda James, Jessica Kent, Tom Kramer, Cassidy LeClair, Kevin Michael Moran, Lloyd Pedersen, Ryan Rathbun, Danny Salay, Vansh Sha, Sara Shearer, Larry Toffler, and Sammie Wayne, IV
You Can’t Take It With You

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A CLASSIC PLAY (Larger Theater)
Rafael Goldstein, Zach Kenney, Kasey Mahaffy, Ed F. Martin, Trisha Miller, Hakop Mkhsian, Alex Morris, Brendan Mulligan, Cassandra Marie Murphy, Riley Shanahan, Erika Soto, Frederick Stuart, Jeanne Syquia, and Erick Valenzuela
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A CLASSIC PLAY (Intimate Theater)
Dawn Alden, Thomas Bigley, Jono Eiland, Sean Faye, Michelle N. Grey, Kodi Jackman, Daniel Kim, Gus Krieger, Cindy Nguyen, Tiago Santos, and Time Winters
All’s Well That Ends Well

Michael Kirby, Mildred Marie Langford, Peter James Smith, Brian Tichnell, and Jocelyn Towne
Nora

Bernard K. Addison, John Allee, JD Cullum, Elinor Gunn, John Harvey, Adrian LaTourelle, Saundra McClain, Peter Mendoza, Erin Pineda, Anja Racić, and Peter Van Norden
The Tempest

Chloe Babbes, FREEDOM, Gavin Michael Harris, Britny Horton, Isaac W. Jay, Ben Kientz, Howard Leder, Mary Leeholland, Antwon Mason Jr., Nneka, Kevin Shewey, William Viriato, and Jessica Woehler
Twelfth Night

Christopher Cappiello, Shannon Lee Clair, JD Cullum, Paul Eiding, Kaci Hamilton, Conlan Ledwith, Sabrina J. Liu, Brian Kim McCormick, Peter Mendoza, Ned Moche, Ann Noble, Catia Ojeda, Claire Simba, and Adam J. Smith
The Winter’s Tale

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN SHORT ONE-ACTS
Samantha Barrios, Tricia Fukuhara, Ari Hader, Shirley Hatton, William Mueller, and Don Schlossman
Pick Of The Vine 2024

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN AN ACTION-ADVENTURE PLAY
Casey J. Adler, Alexis Camins, Mark Doerr, Angelita Esperanza, Kennedy Kabasares, Myra Cris Ocenar, Jill Remez, Giselle “G” Tongi, and Mark McClain Wilson
Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A SITE-SPECIFIC PRODUCTION
John Combs, Darby Hinton, Gail Johnston, Eric Keitel, Daniel Leslie, Peter Mastne, Carol Potter, Katyana Rocker-Cook, Nathalie Rudolph, David Hunt Stafford, Amy Tolsky, and Kristin Towers-Rowles
The Manor: Murder and Madness at Greystone

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A RETURNING PRODUCTION
Abigail Cox, Kyle Critelli, Christopher Diem, Troy Dailey, Trina Estanislao, Charlie Firlik, Laura M. Hathaway, Catherine Last, Ryan J. Lloyd, Matthew Noah, and Sarah Pierce
The Secret Garden, The Musical

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL (Larger Theater)
Marinda Convis, Hayden Magnum, Cameron Kaeni, Mark McKenzie, Patrick McMahon, Amanda Minano, Frank Minano, Benny Perez, Sandra Ochoa Rice, and Ann Thomas
The Addams Family

Chris Carsten, Kai Edgar, Eric Petersen, Shelley Regner, Sabrina Sloan, and Henry Witcher
A Christmas Story: The Musical

Quintan Craig, Coleman Cummings, Kevin Kulp, Regina Le Vert, Trent Mills, Dana Orange, Jeff Skowron, Kevin Symons, and Leianna Weaver
Disney The Little Mermaid

Krystina Alabado, Chris Cardozo, Jordan Friend, Rayanne Gonzalez, Michael Thomas Grant, Kyra Kennedy, Jeff Skowron, and Gianna Yanelli
Mystic Pizza

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Larger Theater)
Phillip Attmore, Stephen Bishop, Ricky Bulda, Kevin Carolan, Quintan Craig, Robert Mammana, Bree Murphy, April Nixon, Emma Nossal, Jane Papageorge, and Jaime Torcellini
42nd Street

Geoff Elliot, James Everts, Joanna A. Jones, Amber Liekhus, Kasey Mahaffy, Josey Montana McCoy, Cassandra Marie Murphy, Jeremy Rabb, and Harrison White
Sweeney Todd

Sarah Uriarte Berry, Jason Graae, Erica Hanrahan, William Hartery, Dennis Holland, Michael James, Erik Scott Romney, and Leianna Weaver
The Wizard Of Oz

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Intimate Theater)
Jill Marie Burke, Michael Scott Harris, D.T. Matias, Nathanael O’Neal, and Bryan Vickery
Chess The Musical

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE (Community Theater)
Deonte Allen, Adrian Ayala, Samantha Barrios, Joyce Blackmon, Natalie Chavez, Eadric Einbinder, Bianca Flores, Rubén Gabriel Hernández, Stephanie Jauregui, Olivia Leyva, Gabriel Ramirez, and Jenna Small
In The Heights

Avery Bebon, Grant Garry, Analisa Idalia, Jordan Kaiser, Drew Maidment, Paloma Malfavón, and Zach Troutman
Legally Blonde

Madison Bales, John Dantona, Aaron Ellis, Philip McBride, Michele McRae, Tommi Jo Mongold, Réanna Morris, Brent Ramirez, and Haley Wolff
The Prom

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL (Larger Theater)
Blake Burgess, Quintan Craig, Gian Raffaele DiConstanzo, Johnny DiGregorio, Marlana Dunn, Maggie Ek, Michael Ray Fisher, Chris Fore, Adam Lendermon, Mel Hehrabian, Taubert Nadalini, Dominic Pace, Noah Rivera, and Dayna Sauble
Jersey Boys

Hannah Corneau, Jonathan Gillard Daly, Julie Garnyé, Bella Hicks, Jimmie “J.J.” Jeter, Robert Knight, Chris McCarrell, James Moye, Caroline Pernick, Tristan J Shuler, DeAnne Stewart, and Karen Ziemba
Prelude To A Kiss The Musical

Jaylen Baham, Daniel Blinkoff, James Everts, Madison Grepo, Genki Hall, Sarah Marie Hernandez, Marcus Phillips, Justine Rafael, Eric Renna, Mia Sempertegui, Tamlyn Tomita, Leianna Weaver, and Thomas Winter
Spring Awakening

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)
Taylor Bailey, Matt Bergonzine, Brian Bogart, Francis Cabison, Joel Jofre, Alora Kinley, Madelyn Claire Lego, Chris Louis, Mary Louise Lukasiewicz, JD Torres Morabito, Julie Mai Nguyen, Natalie Reff, Kyle Steven Stocker, Colin Tracy, Whitney Vigil, and Kyler Wells
Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party

Myles Prower Davis, Wyatt Hatfield, Gloria Henderson, Anyssa Navarro, Zach Payne, Kelsey Redmond, and Charis Tshihamba
Avenue Q

Kelley Dorney, Tonoccus McClain, Yamuna Meleth, and Jay Brian Winnick
OY! To The World ~ Christmas With A Twist!

Emily Abeles, Paige Berkovitz, Carlin Castellano, Anna Mintzer, and Jacquelin Lorraine Schofield
The Right Is Ours

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Theater In The Round)
Connor Bullock, Renee Cohen, Kayla Fast, Jett LaFever, Caitlin McCormick, J.D. Wallis, and Laurent Ziliani
Cabaret

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Theater In The Round)
Jack Bernaz, Rachel Franke, David Gallic, Jennifer Karraz, Olive Lalli, Chess MacElvaine, Danielle Johnson, Brendan Lynch, Melissa Meyer, Wesley Morrow, Nicole Nelson, Andreas Pantazis, Frances Parsons, Thomas Adoue Polk, Alyssa Rafael, Michalis Schinas, Jordan Taylor, and Samantha Tilley
Disney’s Beauty And The Beast

Faith Berrigan, Connor Bullock, Kate Clarke, Renee Cohen, Rachel Franke, Brayden Hade, Jonah Lees, Stephanie Hodgdon, Chess MacElvaine, Justin Patrick Meyer, William Morrow, Nicole Alyse Nelson, Elias Schinas, Michalis Schinas, and Samantha Tilley
Madame Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Musical

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE (Community Theater)
Dyan Hobday-Smith, Eleen Hsu-Wentladt, Jenna Lockwood, Jay Miramontes, Rob Tracy, Jonathan Tupanjanin, Guy C. van Empel, and Patty van Empel
The Importance Of Being Earnest: A Wilde New Musical

OUTSTANDING CABARET ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Paul Cady, Bryce Charles, Harleigh Ford, Victoria Lavan, Charles Johnson, Constance Mellors, Scottie Nevil, Alyssa Rupert, Vertreace Sanders, Rick Simone-Friedland, Jalen Ty’ron, and Michael Van Duzer
So Many Stars

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Ryan Vincent Anderson, Matthew Cavendish, Harry Kershaw, Chris Leask, Henry Lewis, Ellie Morris, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields, Greg Tannahill, and Nancy Zamit
Peter Pan Goes Wrong

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION, THEATER FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
L.R. Davidson, Chadaé Nichol, Brian Owen, Marcus Phillips, Bryan Daniel Porter, and Max Torrez
Dog Man: The Musical

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A RETURNING TOURING PRODUCTION
Sevon Askew, Amaya Braganza, Lana Gordon, Jamal Lee Harris, Courtney Lauster, Marla Louissaint, Will Mann, Lizzie Markson, Matthew Patrick Quinn, J. Antonio Rodriguez, Hannah Schreer, Daniel Tracht, and Racquel Williams
Hadestown

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A PRESENTED PRODUCTION
Nikki Crawford, Chris Herbie Holland, Billy Eugene Jones, Adrianna Mitchell, Marcel Spears, Benja Kay Thomas, and Matthew Elijah Webb
Fat Ham

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A CONCERT STAGED READING
Eydie Alyson, Anastasia Barzee, Roger Befeler, Teri Bibb, Michael James Brown, Ricky Bulda, Bryce Charles, Will Collyer, Jasmine Ejan, Brad Ellis, Helen Geller, Barbara Carlton Heart, Ashley Fox Linton, Susan Edwards Martin, Gabriel Navarro, Glenn Rosenblum, Brent Schindele, Chelsea Morgan Stock, Mary VanArsdel, Jennifer Leigh Warren, and Paul Wong
Follies (Concert Version)

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL (Larger Theater)
Marcel Almirantearena, Kaitlyn Boyd, Jeff Deards, Clare Donaldson, Adam Granados, Tylor Scott Jenkins, Abby Lane, Cassidy Love, Allison Sano, and Nathaniel Vogel
The Addams Family

Briana Brooks, Domo D’Ante, Fatima El-Bashir, Rosharra Francis, Brady Fritz, David Ginlet, Brian Ibsen Cornelius Jones Jr., James Larsen, Jazz Madison, Kenneth Mosley, Melissa Musial, Valerie Perri, and Monet Sabel
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Kevin Corte, Katie Cruz, Cristyn Dang, Daniel Dawson, Christopher Diem, Andrea Dobbins, Mitchell Lam Hau, Christopher Ho, Michael James, Kurt Kemper, Edgar Lopez, Tayler Mettra, Neema Muteti, and Candace J. Washington
Disney The Little Mermaid

Gabbie Fried, Andrew Ge, Juliane Godfrey, Julia Harnett, Michael James, Trent Mills, Kyle Montgomery, Gabriel Navarro
A Christmas Story: The Musical

Domo D’Dante, Michael James, April Josephine, Monika Peña, Louis Pardo, Alyssa M. Simmons, Jake Swain, and Rachel Kae Wirtz
Mystic Pizza

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Larger Theater)
Eric B. Anthony, Doran Butler, Chante Carmel, Cyd Charisse Glover-Hill, Summer Nicole Greer, Janaya Mahealani Jones, Grasan Kingsberry, Amber Liekhus, Davon Rashawn, Joe Aaron Reid, Naomi C. Walley, and Hanna Yosef
Jelly’s Last Jam

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Intimate Theater)
Taylor Bailey, Joe Chiapa, Kiara Morris, Landry Noel, Sophia Marie Rizzo, Cat Ski, Jenna Small, Erin Lee Smith, JD Torres Morabito, and Kyler Wells
Chess The Musical

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Theater In The Round)
Rachel Fictum, Rodrigo Garcia, Sarah Louise, Madison Mi Hwa Oliver, Michalis Schinas, Jordan Taylor, Jewell Valentin, and Capone Walker
Cabaret

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE (Community Theater)
Erin Brownett, Amber Florin, Lauren Josephs, Jack Levi, Olivia Leyva, Vincent Macias, Jake Noren, Julie Ouellette, Maggie Ragsdale, Xavier F. Reynoso, Kyle Sanderson, Luke Smith, Jillian Stern, and Rachel Yoffe
The Prom

OUTSTANDING CHILD ENSEMBLE
Zeke Bernier, Addalie Burns, Jack Casey, Jordan Coates, Greta Rebecca Kleinman, Kayden Alexander Koshelev, Emilie Ong, Jacob Pham, Izzy Pike, and Charlie Stover
A Christmas Story: The Musical

OUTSTANDING DANCE ENSEMBLE
Lauren Aronoff, Lauren Barette, Melvin Biteng, Mary Kate Chapman, Arielle Dettmer, Noah Heie, Christopher Ho, Veronica Carolina Leite, Almand Martin Jr., Michael Riskin, Coby Rogers, Mathew San Jose, Callula Sawyer, and Madison Miyuki Sprague Footloose The Musical

OUTSTANDING TAP ENSEMBLE 
John Paul Batista, Johnisa Breault, Ryan Cody, Ellie Cook, Erin Dubreuil, Jonathan Blake Flemings, Kurt Kemper, Olivia Liddi, Missy Marion, Evan Martorana, Makaela McCosar, Marisa Moenho, Noelle Roth, Grace Simmons, Cole Sisser,  Helen Tait, Ariel Tello, Elizabeth Weber, Emma Rose Williams, and Sophia Grace Williams
42nd Street

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL SPOOF
Rick Batalla, John Paul Batista, Beth Kennedy, Katie Kitani, Mark McCracken, Philip McNiven, Rob Nagle, Suzanne Jolie Narbonne, Mike Sulprizio, Cloie Wyatt Taylor, and Matt Walker
Duran DurAntony & Cleopatra

Rick Batalla, John Paul Batista, Beth Kennedy, Philip McNiven, Suzanne Jolie Narbonne, Dallys Newton, Isaac Robinson-Smith, Mike Sulprizio, Cloie Wyatt Taylor, and Matt Walker
White (Album) Christmas

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF MULTIPLE PRODUCTIONS
Cate Caplin—It’s Only A Play, A View From The Bridge
Andi Chapman—The Bluest Eye, SHE
caryn desai—Exit Wounds, What The Constitution Means To Me
Frédérique Michel—The Bald Soprano, Betrayal, and Insulted. Belarus
Brian Shnipper—A Family Business, The Outsider
Cameron Watson—Nora, The Sound Inside

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY OF MULTIPLE PRODUCTIONS
Jeremy Lucas—Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party, Chess The Musical

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DRAMA (Larger Theater)
Darko Tresnjak—The Engagement Party

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
Ahmed Best—How It’s Gon’ Be
Adam Chambers—La Cocina
Katie Chidester—Tiny Beautiful Things
Reena Dutt—Pang Spa
Bryan Keith—Pipeline
Jessica Kubzansky—Measure Still For Measure
Tracey A. Leigh—Two Stop
Arden Teresa Lewis—Walking In Space
Shaina Rosenthal—Kill Shelter
Stephen Sachs—Fatherland
Desean K. Terry—Lines In The Dust
Tim Venable—Baby Foot

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY-DRAMA (Larger Theater)
Fidel Gomez—Tacos La Brooklyn
Jeff Liu—Unbroken Blossoms
Jesca Prudencio—Kairos
Tyler Thomas—Stew
Luke Yankee—Marilyn, Mom, and Me

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY-DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
Kathleen R. Delaney—Could I Have This Dance?
Maddie Downes—The AllStore
Maria Gobetti—Faithless
Darryl B. Hovis—The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Carlyle King—Bisexual Sadness
Sarah Norris—H*tler’s Tasters
Del Shores—The Red Suitcase
Hannah Wolf—Last Summer At Bluefish Cove
Joel Zwick—Sukkot

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY (Larger Theater)
Michael Arabian—Love Among The Ruins
Jennifer Chambers—POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kimberly Senior—One Of The Good Ones

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)
Stephanie Coltrin—Meteor Shower
Warren Davis—Doris And Ivy In The Home
Alana Dietze—Crabs In A Bucket
Barry Heins—Life Sucks
Jeremy Luke—Seminar
Melanie MacQueen—The Explorers Club
James Rice and Amanda Karr—On The Farce Day Of Christmas
Casey Stangl—Brushstroke
Ann Hearn Tobolowsky—Mercury
Pat Towne—A Froggy Becomes
Ryan Warren—Dog Sees God: Confessions Of A Teenage Blockhead

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A THRILLER (Larger Theater)
Jamie Torcellini—Deathtrap

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A THRILLER (Intimate Theater)
Jules Aaron—Strangers On A Train

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY WITH MOVEMENT AND DANCE
Zach Davidson—Mama Mama Can’t You See

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION (Community Theater)
Ariella Salinas Fiore—In The Heights
Glenn Kelman—The Importance Of Being Earnest: A Wilde New Musical
Keenon Hooks and Fred Helsel—The Prom
Mirai—Legally Blonde

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A TWO-HANDER (Intimate Theater)
Lucy Smith Conroy—Coney Island Land, or The Great Existential Actuality at The End of The Universe
John Perrin Flynn—Monsters Of The American Cinema
Christa Havenhill—Blackbird
Jeramiah Peay—The Turn Of The Screw
Peter Richards—Birds Of North America
Kate Sergeant—Sex With Strangers

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL TWO-HANDER
Josh Shaw—The Last Five Years

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY (Larger Theater)
Michael Michetti—Inherit The Wind

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY (Intimate Theater)
Tom Lazarus—Twelve Angry Jurors
Mick Reilly—A View From The Bridge
Leota Rhodes—You Can’t Take It With You
Sydney Walsh—Hay Fever

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A CLASSIC PLAY (Larger Theater)
Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott—A Midsummer Night’s Dream

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A CLASSIC PLAY (Intimate Theater)
Will Block—All’s Well That Ends Well
Nike Doukas—The Tempest
Michael T. Kachingwe—Twelfth Night
Elizabeth Swain—The Winter’s Tale

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A SITE-SPECIFIC PRODUCTION
Martin Thompson—The Manor: Murder and Madness at Greystone

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF SHORT-ONE ACTS
Mirai, Ryan Knight, and Anna Miles—Pick Of The Vine 2024

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF AN ACTION-ADVENTURE PLAY
Jon Lawrence Rivera—Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A SOLO PERFORMANCE
Joseph Megel—Freight

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF SHORT ONE-ACTS
Ryan Bergmann—Distractions At The Crash Site: Short Plays by Steve Yockey

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL (Larger Theater)
Glenn Casale—Disney The Little Mermaid
Tim Dang—Spring Awakening
David Ivers—Prelude To A Kiss The Musical
Casey Husion—Mystic Pizza
Hope Kaufman—The Addams Family
Matt Lenz—A Christmas Story: The Musical
David Ruttura—Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)
Wyn Moreno—Avenue Q

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Larger Theater)
Cynthia Ferrer—42nd Street
Kent Gash—Jelly’s Last Jam
Paige Price—The Wizard Of Oz
Julia Rodriguez-Elliot—Sweeney Todd

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY WITH SONGS
José Luis Valenzuela—American Mariachi

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A CONCERT STAGED READING
Jason Graae—Follies (Concert Version)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL SPOOF
Matt Walker—Duran DurAntony & Cleopatra and White (Album) Christmas

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL (Larger Theater)
Joyce Chittick—Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Michelle Elkin—Footloose The Musical
Connor Gallagher—Mystic Pizza
John MacInnes—Disney The Little Mermaid
Preston Mui—Spring Awakening
Dana Solimando—Jersey Boys
Anthony Tuason—The Addams Family

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL (Larger Theater)
Cheryl Baxter—42nd Street
Dell Howlett—Jelly’s Last Jam
Jimmy Locust—The Wizard Of Oz

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY (Community Theater)
Leonel Ayala—In The Heights
Marcus S. Daniel—Legally Blonde
Keenon Hooks and Tori Cusack—The Prom
Linda Love-Simmons—The Importance Of Being Earnest: A Wilde New Musical
Niko Montelibano—Kinky Boots

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A PLAY
Royce Correa—Twelfth Night
Reggie Lee—Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy
Indira Tyler—The Bluest Eye
Annie Yee—The Winter’s Tale

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A PLAY WITH MOVEMENT AND DANCE
Zach Davidson and Elisa Rosin—Mama Mama Can’t You See

OUTSTANDING FLYING CHOREOGRAPHY
Paul Rubin—Disney The Little Mermaid

OUTSTANDING FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
Jen Albert—The AllStore, A View From The Bridge
Alvin Catacutan— Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy
Cesar Cipriano—Spring Awakening, Unbroken Blossoms
Rachel Lee Flesher and Zachariah Payne—Pang Spa
Brian Graves—Mercury
Yvans Jourdain—Two Stop
Ned Mochel—Monsters Of The American Cinema, The Winter’s Tale
Julie Ouellette—POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Marc Antonio Pritchett—Brushstroke
Dan Speaker and Jan Bryant—A View From The Bridge
Patrick Vest—Deathtrap

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN (Larger Theater)
The Engagement Party (Geffen Playhouse)
Jersey Boys (3-D Theatricals in association with La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (A Noise Within)
Misalliance (A Noise Within)
Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy (Playwrights’ Arena and Latino Theater Company)
One Of The Good Ones (Pasadena Playhouse)
The Sound Inside (Pasadena Playhouse)
Spring Awakening (East West Players)
Stew (Pasadena Playhouse)
Tacos La Brooklyn (Latino Theater Company in association with East West Players)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN (Intimate Theater)
Crabs In A Bucket (Echo Theater Company)
Fatherland (The Fountain Theatre)
Freight (The Fountain Theatre)
Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Chance Theater)
Hungry Ghost (Skylight Theatre Company)
It’s Only A Play (Torrance Theatre Company)
Last Summer At Bluefish Cove (The Fountain Theatre)
Life Sucks (Interact Theatre Company)
Kill Shelter (Theatre of NOTE)
Meteor Shower (Little Fish Theatre)
Monsters Of The American Cinema (Rogue Machine Theatre)
Nora (Antaeus Theatre Company)
Pang Spa (Chalk Repertory Theatre)
Rent (Chance Theater)
SHE (Antaeus Theatre Company)
The Tempest (Antaeus Theatre Company)

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGNER (Multiple Productions)
Jenna Bergstraesser
Wendell C. Carmichael
Tanya Cyr
Kimberly DeShazo
Christine Cover Ferro
Shon LeBlanc
Bradley Allen Lock
Mylette Nora

OUTSTANDING HAIR, WIG, MAKEUP DESIGNER (Multiple Productions)
Shelia Dorn
Anthony Gagliardi
Tony Valdes
Kaitlin Yagen

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGNER (Multiple Productions)
Paul Black
Ken Booth
Azra King-Abadi
Hayden Kirschbaum
Matt Richter
Jared A. Sayeg
Gavan Wyrick

OUTSTANDING PROPERTIES DESIGNER (Multiple Productions)
Jenine McDonald
Stephen Taylor

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGNER (Multiple Productions)
François-Pierre Couture
Joel Daavid
Stephen Gifford

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGNER (Multiple Productions)
Josh Bessom
Julie Ferrin
Dave Mickey
Christopher Moscatiello
Marc Antonio Pritchett
Joseph “Sloe” Slawinski

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSITION
John Bollinger—The Tempest

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION AND SOLO ACCOMPANIMENT
Joshua Foy—The Last Five Years
Gabrielle Maldonado—The Secret Garden, The Musical
Gerald Sternbach—OY! To The World ~ Christmas With A Twist!

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTOR (Multiple Productions)
Lex Leigh
James Lent
Ryan O’Connell
Ryan Whyman

OUTSTANDING CASTING DIRECTOR (Multiple Productions)
Julia Flores
Victoria Hoffman