StageSceneLA

celebrates the past twelve months’

outstanding achievements

in Southern California theater

based on 161 productions

reviewed between July 1, 2025

and June 30, 2025.

Scenies are presented in the

following categories this year:

BEST OF THE YEAR 2025-2026
Outstanding Productions
Breakout Performances
Outstanding Individual Performances
Outstanding Ensembles
Outstanding Performances/Ensembles in Touring and Presented Productions
Outstanding Direction and Choreography
Outstanding Design, Musical Direction, Dialect Coaching and Casting Direction

SCENIE CERTIFICATES:

Individual recipients may request a
Scenie certificate PDF at
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Certificates will be emailed in August.

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BEST OF THE YEAR 2025-2026

BEST LARGER THEATER
La Mirada Theatre
A Noise Within
Pasadena Playhouse
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

BEST THEATER IN THE ROUND
The Nocturne Theatre

BEST INTIMATE THEATER
Antaeus Theatre Company
Chance Theater
Rogue Machine Theatre
Ruskin Group Theatre
Wisteria Theater Company

WORLD PREMIERE PLAY OF THE YEAR
Clara vs. Infinity, by Zack Rocklin-Waltch

THE 10 BEST WORLD PREMIERE PLAYS OF 2025-2026
Adolescent Salvation, by Tim Venable
Amerika or, The Man Who Disappeared, by Dietrich Smith
Ascent, by Henry Ong
The Best Boarding House In Delaware, by Marja-Lewis Ryan
Clara vs. Infinity, by Zack Rocklin-Waltch
For Want Of A Horse, by Olivia Dufault
Ménage À Quatre, by Peter Lefcourt
नेहा & Neel, by Ankita Raturi
Pointy Scissors, by Clara Rodriguez
Tune In, by Carlos Lacámara

BEST ADAPTATION OF A CLASSIC PLAY
The Seagull: Malibu, by Ellen Geer, based on The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

MOST PROMISING NEW PLAY
Melt, by Shak Kanish

BEST WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
Kid Gloves, by Matthew Leavitt and Nathan Wang

BEST NEW BOOK FOR A MUSICAL
Alexandra Silber—Brigadoon

MOST PROMISING WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL
Perfect World, by Alan Edmunds and Richard Winzeller

BEST WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL SPOOF
The Unofficial ‘Meet The Robinsons’ Musical Parody
Book, music, and lyrics by Annika Hoseth

BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Adolescent Salvation (Rogue Machine Theatre)
All My Sons (Antaeus Theatre Company)
Amadeus (Pasadena Playhouse)
Amerika or, The Man Who Disappeared (Open Fist Theatre
Company in association with Circle X Theatre Company)
Clara vs. Infinity (Eight Ball Theatre)
Death Of A Salesman (A Noise Within)
Eureka Day (Pasadena Playhouse)
An Inspector Calls (Theatre 40)
The Night Of The Iguana (Boston Court Pasadena)

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Brigadoon (Pasadena Playhouse)
Come From Away (La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
Hello, Dolly! (Musical Theatre West)
Into The Woods (Wisteria Theater Company)
Sweeney Todd (La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
Spring Awakening (Chance Theater)

BEST COMMUNITY THEATER PRODUCTION
Rent (Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center)
Something Rotten (Torrance Theatre Company)

BEST TOURING PRODUCTION
& Juliet

BEST PRESENTED PRODUCTION
English (Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company, presented by The Wallis Annenberg Center)

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Oqalile Tshetshe in Amerika or, The Man Who Disappeared

L.A. STAGE STAR OF THE YEAR
Ann Noble in Antigone, The Night Of The Iguana, Richard III

LEAD PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR IN A PLAY
Tessa Auberjonois in All My Sons
Mia Barron in Eureka Day
Sam Clemmett in Amadeus
Geoff Elliott in Death Of A Salesman
Bo Foxworth in All My Sons
Midori Francis in Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia
Jefferson Mays in Amadeus
Petey McGee in Primary Trust
Michael Mullen in Torch Song
Riley Shanahan in The Night Of The Iguana
Rachel Sorsa in Painted Ponies

FEATURED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR IN A PLAY
Parvesh Cheena in नेहा & Neel
Austin Highsmith in Righteous Among Us
Griffin Kelly in For Want Of A Horse
David Kepner in Death Of A Salesman
Cassidy LeClair in You Can’t Take It With You
Josey Montana McCoy in One Man, Two Guvnors
Deborah Strang in Death Of A Salesman
Michael Yapujian in All My Sons

SOLO PERFORMANCE EVENT OF THE YEAR
My One Woman Show: The Search For A Truthful Moment
Written, Directed, and Performed by Stefan Marks

STAGE RETURN OF THE YEAR
Tami Tappan Damiano in Hello, Dolly!

PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR IN A MUSICAL
Richard Bermudez in Man Of La Mancha
Misty Cotton in Come From Away
Bruce Goodrich in Scrooge! The Musical
Carter Haugen in Into The Woods
Lesli Margherita in Sweeney Todd
Monika Peña in Man Of La Mancha
Will Riddle in Buddy in The Buddy Holly Story
Will Swenson in Sweeney Todd

DANCE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Jennifer Hamilton in Stripped
Jessica Lee Keller in Brigadoon

BREAKOUT MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Diego Huerta-Gutierrez in Jesus Christ Superstar and The Prince Of Egypt

TROUBIES HALL OF FAME PERFORMANCE
Rick Batalla in Die Heart: The Director’s Cut

PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Tavis Kordell in Some Like It Hot

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Maya Drake in Hell’s Kitchen

MUSICAL THEATER ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR
Steven-Adam Agdeppa, Angela Chatelain Avila, Misty Cotton, Gwen Hollander, Hayden Kharrazi, Kent M. Lewis, Katrina Michaels, Clinton Roane, Erich Schroeder, Krystle Rose Simmons, Andy Umberger, and Maura Vincent
Come From Away

DANCE ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR
Amber Dupuy, Sylvie Gosse, Jennifer Hamilton, Scott Hislop, Nicole Humphries, Jul Kohler, Stephanie Michels, Jade Ramirez, Julie Schmid, Victoria Taylor, Max Teboul, Yvette Tucker, and Paula Venise
Stripped

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Cate Caplin—Buyer & Cellar, An Inspector Calls, You Can’t Take It With You
Justin Meyer—Disney The Little Mermaid, Dracula The Musical, and Jesus Christ Superstar
Frédérique Michel—Antigone, Limonade Tous Les Jours: A Paris Love Story, Uncle Vanya

CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Madison Mi Hwa Oliver—Frost My Life, Mean Girls, Xanadu
Hilary Thomas—Little Shop Of Horrors, Rent

FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Ken Merckx—Death Of A Salesman, One Man, Two Guvnors
Ned Mochel—Adolescent Salvation, Fairview

PRODUCTION DESIGN OF THE YEAR
Adolescent Salvation (Rogue Machine Theatre)
Joel Daavid (set and lighting), Christine Cover Ferro (costumes, Christopher Moscatiello (sound), and Megan Trapani (properties)

COSTUME DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Michael Mullen

LIGHTING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Derrick McDaniel

PROJECTIONS/VIDEO DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Nick Santiago

HAIR, WIG, AND MAKEUP DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Tony Valdes
Kaitlin Yagen

PROPERTIES DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Kevin Williams

SCENIC DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Stephen Gifford
Mark Mendelson

SOUND DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Jeff Gardner
Christopher Moscatiello

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

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OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A DRAMA
Larger Theater
Masala Dabba (International City Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A DRAMA
Intimate Theater
anthropology (Rogue Machine Theatre)
Ascent (Plain Wood Productions at Skylight Theatre)
Antigone (City Garage Theatre)
Brownstone (Open Fist Theatre Company)
The Dignity Circle (Theatre of NOTE)
For Love Of A Horse (Echo Theater Company)
Sanctuary City (Chance Theater)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY
Larger Theater
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous (Geffen Playhouse)
नेहा & Neel (Artists at Play and Latino Theater Company)
One Man, Two Guvnors (A Noise Within)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY
Intimate Theater
The Best Boarding House In Delaware (Electric Lodge)
The Club Of Broken Fasts (Long Beach Playhouse)
The Cottage (Torrance Theatre Company)
Crossing Delancey (Theatre 40)
The Legend Of Georgia McBride (Ophelia’s Jump Productions)
Melancholy Play (Contempo Productions)
Ménage À Quatre (Sweet Talk Productions)
Le Switch (Broken Token Productions)
Pointy Scissors (Theatre West)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY-DRAMA
Larger Theater
I’ll Give You My Heart (MB Artists and Heart Productions)
Primary Trust (Center Theatre Group)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY-DRAMA
Intimate Theater
Cry It Out (Little Fish Theatre)
Ironbound (Madnani Theater Guest Production)
Lifeline (The Road Theatre Company)
Tune In (Theatre of NOTE)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A THRILLER
Gaslight (Pacific Resident Theatre)
Paranormal Activity (Center Theatre Group)
Paranormal Inside (East West Players)

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY
Larger Theater
Strife (Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum)
Wine In The Wilderness (Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum)

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY
Intimate Theater
Fallen Angels (Little Fish Theatre)
The Heidi Chronicles (the Group Rep)
Steel Magnolias (the Group Rep)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A CLASSIC PLAY
Larger Theater
Much Ado About Nothing (Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum)
The Seagull: Malibu (Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A CLASSIC PLAY
Intimate Theater
Antigone (Antaeus Theatre Company)
Cymbeline (Antaeus Theatre Company)
Uncle Vanya (City Garage Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A TWO-HANDER
Larger Theater
Yankee Dawg You Die (East West Players)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A TWO-HANDER
Intimate Theater
Blue Kiss (Ruskin Group Theatre)
Grangeville (Ruskin Group Theatre)
Heisenberg (Brave Space Productions, LLC at the Skylight Theatre)
The Typist (Hudson Guild Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A SOLO PERFORMANCE
Buyer & Cellar (Victory Theatre)
Mrs. Christmas (Aurora Theatre)
Painted Ponies (Ruskin Group Theatre)
Who’s Holiday (Domino Two Productions and The Hobgoblin Playhouse)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MODERN MUSICAL
Larger Theater
Anastasia (La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
Hairspray (5-Star Theatricals)
Mean Girls (La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
Somebody To Love (Rubicon Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MODERN MUSICAL
Intimate Theater
Alice By Heart (MouthBone Productions)
Frost My Life (Wisteria Theater Company)
Kid Gloves (Village Green Productions at Skylight Theatre)
Mean Girls (Wisteria Theater Company)
Once (Chance Theater)
Perfect World (Sanguine Productions, LLC)
Xanadu (Wisteria Theater Company)

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL
Larger Theater
Flower Drum Song (East West Players and the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center)
Man of La Mancha (Musical Theatre West)

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL
Intimate Theater
Little Shop Of Horrors (Lineage Performing Arts Center)
Rent (Lineage Performing Arts Center)
Reefer Madness (Wisteria Theater Company)
Scrooge! The Musical (Chance Theater)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A SMALL-CAST MUSICAL
Glory Days (MouthBone Productions)
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (International City Theatre)

OUTSTANDING THEATER-IN-THE-ROUND PRODUCTION
Disney The Little Mermaid (The Nocturne Theatre)
Dracula The Musical (The Nocturne Theatre)
Jesus Christ Superstar (The Nocturne Theatre)

OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY THEATER PRODUCTION
Guilty Pleasures (Kentwood Players)
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Highlands Theatre)
Torch Song (Morgan-Wixson Theatre)
Waiting In The Wings (Whittier Community Theatre)
You Can’t Take It With You (Morgan-Wixson Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL REVUE
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Ebony Repertory Theatre)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A SPOOF
Peter Pan Goes Wrong (La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment)

OUTSTANDING TROUBIES PRODUCTION
Die Heart: The Director’s Cut (Colony Theatre)

OUTSTANDING DANCE PRODUCTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY
Stripped
Choreography by Kelleia Sheerin

OUTSTANDING RETURNING PRODUCTION
A Christmas Carol (A Noise Within)
Santasia – A Holiday Comedy! (Whitefire Theatre)

OUTSTANDING TOURING PRODUCTION OF A NEW MUSICAL
Hell’s Kitchen
The Notebook
Shucked
Six
Some Like It Hot

OUTSTANDING TOURING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL REVIVAL
Mamma Mia!
Monty Python’s Spamalot
The Sound Of Music

OUTSTANDING TOURING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Kim’s Convenience
Stereophonic

OUTSTANDING PRESENTED PRODUCTION
Table 17 (MCC Theater, presented by the Geffen Playhouse)

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BREAKOUT PERFORMANCES

BREAKOUT LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Nicolet Anton in Limonade Tous Les Jours: A Paris Love Story
Rogelio Douglas III in Mascogos
Carolyn Emerson in I’ll Give You My Heart
Keylani Gaudart in Clara Vs. Infinity
Matthew Goodrich in Brownstone
Michael Guarasci in Adolescent Salvation
Nychelle Hawk in Otherkin
Alexandra Lee in Adolescent Salvation
Gerardo Navarro in Fly Me To The Sun
Jonathan Moreno in Le Switch
Anabela Nguyen in Antigone
Rama Orleans-Lindsay in Mascogos
Achintya Pandey in नेहा & Neel
Spike Pulice in Sanctuary City
Faye Reynolds in Our Town
Carolina Rodriquez in Adolescent Salvation
Steven Vogel in A Very Die Hard Christmas
Vicky Yvonne in Sanctuary City

BREAKOUT FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Arnaldo Andres in Torch Song
Erin Galloway in You Can’t Take It With You
Isabella Feliciana in The Night Of The Iguana
Jude Elizabeth Mayer in Honour
Emily Nash in I’ll Give You My Heart
Gabriel Reign Raphael in The Legend Of Georgia McBride
Caroline Quigley in The Seagull: Malibu
Cruz St. James in Limonade Tous Les Jours: A Paris Love Story
Daniel Strausman in Antigone

BREAKOUT LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Casey Alcoser in My Spirits Soar
Arlette Carranza in Alice By Heart
Gil Dolet in Glory Days
Chris Gutierrez in Reefer Madness
Rhett Hemingway in The Fantasticks
Corydon Malgoza in Spring Awakening
Lexie Martin in Hairspray
Sophie Pollono in The Fantasticks
Aiden Rawlinson in Rent
Samantha Rose in Dracula The Musical
Zachary Santolaya in Dogfight
Bruno Satalino in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Timothy Schneider in Alice By Heart
Brody Tarrant Sitton in Spring Awakening
Lars Toler in The Unofficial ‘Meet The Robinsons’ Musical Parody
Jenna-Mae White in Disney The Little Mermaid

BREAKOUT FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Emmon Amid in Glory Days
Carlos Cameron in Glory Days
Joslynn Cortes in The Prince Of Egypt
Danny Gendron in The Unofficial ‘Meet The Robinsons’ Musical Parody
Kiana Hamzehi in Rent
Lonnie Jones III in Rent
Gavin Leahy in Mean Girls
Austin Ledger in Once
Ali Márquez-Qadiri in Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story
McKenna Michael in Mean Girls
Shelby Miguel in Mean Girls
Omari Miller in Mean Girls
Sawyer Patterson in Frozen
Landen Starkman in Frozen
Emilia Vial in Once Upon A One More Time
Frankie Zabilka in Frozen

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE BY A TEENAGER
Cody Dulmage in The First Gentleman

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OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES IN MULTIPLE PRODUCTIONS
Samantha Barrios in Cry It Out, Fallen Angels
Connor Bullock in Little Shop Of Horrors, Xanadu
Kyle Critelli in The Bridges Of Madison County, Rent
David E. Frank in Antigone, Limonade Tous Les Jours: A Paris Love Story
Willow Geer in Much Ado About Nothing, The Seagull: Malibu
Hudson Long in The Heidi Chronicles, A Time To Kill
Henri Lubatti in A Christmas Carol, Exit The King
Anica Petrovic in A Time To Kill, Who’s Holiday
Gerald C. Rivers in Much Ado About Nothing, Strife
Jana Souza in Little Shop Of Horrors, Rent
Abigail Stewart in My Spirits Soar, You Can’t Take It With You
Amy Tolsky in Crossing Delancey, Lifeline
Sarah Wolter in Anastasia, Ménage À Quatre
Renée Wylder in Into The Woods, Mean Girls

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA
Intimate Theater
Dominique Fatu in Righteous Among Us
Alexandra Holmquist in anthropology
Meghan Lewis in What Opa Did
Sierra Marcks in The Dignity Circle
René Rivera in The Circle
Jenny Soo in The Dignity Circle
Trieu Tran in Ascent
Anna Van Valen in Warsaw
Allen Wasserman in What Opa Did

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA
Intimate Theater
Julianna Robinson in Tune In
Kyla Schoer in Cry It Out

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
Larger Theater
Kasey Mahaffy in One Man, Two Govners
Pia Shah in नेहा & Neel
Olivia Washington in Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
Intimate Theater
Danny Bernardo in Le Switch (multiple)
Carly L. Casey in Ménage À Quatre
iesha m. daniels—Fairview
Matthew Downs in Ménage À Quatre
Madeleine Ince in Melancholy Play
Jonathan Miller in The Legend Of Georgia McBride
Holly Sidell in Crossing Delancey
Richy Storrs in Pointy Scissors
Heidi Sulzman in The Best Boarding House In Delaware
Jeremy S. Walker in Ménage À Quatre
Jacob Wilson in The Legend Of Georgia McBride
Steve Young in Pointy Scissors

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A THRILLER
Tania Getty in Gaslight
Jaxon Duff Gwillim in Gaslight
Stuart W. Howard in Gaslight
David Huynh in Paranormal Inside
Tamika Simpkins in Paranormal Inside

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY
Larger Theater
LeShay Tomlinson Boyce in Wine In The Wilderness
John Kani in “Master Harold”…and the boys
Max Lawrence in Wine In The Wilderness
Franc Ross in Strife

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY
Intimate Theater
Amy Earhart in The Heidi Chronicles
Matthew Grondin in All My Sons
Julanne Chidi Hill in The Night Of The Iguana
Jully Lee in The Night Of The Iguana
Claudine Pierre-Louis in Fallen Angels
Mouchette van Helsdingen in An Inspector Calls

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A CLASSIC PLAY
Larger Theater
Aaron Hendry in Much Ado About Nothing

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A CLASSIC PLAY
Intimate Theater
Tony Amendola in Antigone
Troy Dunn in Uncle Vanya
Elinor Gunn in Cymbeline
Linda Park in Antigone

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A TWO-HANDER
Larger Theater
Daniel J. Kim in Yankee Dawg You Die
Kelvin Han Yee in Yankee Dawg You Die

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A TWO-HANDER
Intimate Theater
Tim Cummings in Grangeville
Evangeline Edwards in The Typist
Paul Eiding in Heisenberg
Juls Hoover in Heisenberg
Noah James in The Typist
Antonio Jaramillo in The Woolgatherer
Jeff LeBeau in Grangeville
Patty McCormack in Just Another Day
Casey Morris in Blue Kiss
Carolina Rodriguez in Blue Kiss

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL TWO-HANDER
Sean Yves Lessard in The Last Five Years

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MODERN MUSICAL
Larger Theater
Reanne Acasio in Here Lies Love
Lena Ceja in Anastasia
Emma Hunton in Millennials Are Killing Musicals
Dillon Klena in Anastasia
Ryan O’Connor in Hairspray
Adrianna Rose Lyons in Mean Girls
Monika Peña in Frozen
Katie Roche in Mean Girls
Ellie Smith in Frozen

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MODERN MUSICAL
Intimate Theater
Gabbie Adner in Perfect World
Lexi Collins in Mean Girls
Morgan Hollingsworth in Once
Emma Laird in Once
Stella Mulroney in Dog Fight
Kevin Spirtas in My Spirits Soar
Kayley Stallings in Spring Awakening
Christopher J. Thumé in The Prince Of Egypt
Rachel Wirtz in The Bridges Of Madison County

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Larger Theater
Grace Yoo in Flower Drum Song

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Intimate Theater
Abby Espiritu in Into The Woods
Connor Tyler Gray in Reefer Madness
Danny Holmberg in Into The Woods
Donnie Riddle in Little Shop Of Horrors
Alexa Rosengaus in Into The Woods
Hadiyyah Noelle Smith in Into The Woods

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A SMALL-CAST MUSICAL
Michael Deni in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Ali Hoghoughi in Glory Days
Will Riddle in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Erika Schindele in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Whitney Kathleen Vigil in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Theater In The Round
Justin Meyer in Dracula The Musical

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE
Community Theater
Candy Beck in Waiting In The Wings
Bryan Eid in Something Rotten
Eric J. Hindley in Matilda The Musical
Analisa Idalia in Rent
Blake Rhiner in Rent
Lou Saliba in Guilty Pleasures
Andrea Stradling in Waiting In The Wings
Tracey Thomas in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Christopher Tiernan in Something Rotten
Carl Weintraub in You Can’t Take It With You

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A SPOOF
Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan Goes Wrong

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Aarush Mehta in All My Sons

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Charlie Rowan McCain in Perfect World
Audrey Moore in Matilda The Musical
Hannah Rubinstein in Into The Woods

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA
Larger Theater
Monte Escalante in Mascogos
Lakin Valdez in Mascogos
Lauren Worsham in Amadeus

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA
Intimate Theater
Gifford Irvine in Antigone
Luis Kelly-Duarte in Red Harlem
Jonathan Keyes in Sanctuary City
Rachel Levy in Righteous Among Us
Alma Martinez in The Circle
Nikki McKenzie in Clara Vs. Infinity
Carlos Pratts in Soul Sacrifice
Anthony Sannazzaro in Antigone

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA
Larger Theater
Ugo Chukwu in Primary Trust
Rebecca S’manga Frank in Primary Trust
Heather Lee in I’ll Give You My Heart
James Urbaniak in Primary Trust

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA
Intimate Theater
Rena Carter in Cry It Out
Jenny Flack in Adolescent Salvation
Brian O’Sullivan in Cry It Out
Alina Phelan in Tune In
Carl J. Johnson in Tune In
Keith Stevenson in Adolescent Salvation

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
Larger Theater
Christie Coran in One Man, Two Govners
Josey Montana McCoy in One Man, Two Govners

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY
Intimate Theater
Chelsea Caracoza in The Legend Of Georgia McBride
Ari Hagler in Crossing Delancey
Matt Landig in Crossing Delancey
Charlie Lindberg in The Cottage
Brian Kim McCormick in Le Switch
Taubert Nadalini in Melancholy Play
Daniel Montgomery in Ménage À Quatre
Jeff Sable in The Legend Of Georgia McBride
Sarrah Shayne in Crossing Delancey
Leigh Taylor-Young in The Best Boarding House In Delaware

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY
Larger Theater
Emily Bridges in Strife
Roman Guastaferro in Strife
Nyasha Hatendi in “Master Harold”…and the boys
Alex Morris in Wine In The Wilderness
Earnestine Phillips in Strife
Brian Wallace in Strife

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY
Intimate Theater
Shannon Lee Clair in All My Sons
Cherish Monique Duke in All My Sons
Tanna Frederick in Suddenly Last Summer

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A CLASSIC PLAY
Larger Theater
Audrey Forman in Much Ado About Nothing
Christopher Glenn Gilstrap in The Seagull: Malibu
Kelvin Morales in Much Ado About Nothing
Rajiv Shah in The Seagull: Malibu

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A CLASSIC PLAY
Intimate Theater
Angela Beyer in Uncle Vanya
Anabela Nguyen in Uncle Vanya
Randolph Thompson in Cymbeline

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Linda Libby in Mrs. Christmas
Michael Mullen in Buyer & Cellar

OUTSTANDING UNDERSTUDY PERFORMANCE
Michelle Jasso in The Seagull: Malibu

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MODERN MUSICAL
Larger Theater
Joan Almadilla in Here Lies Love
Richard Bermudez in Anastasia
Peyton Crim in Anastasia
Suzanna Guzman in Anastasia
Gwen Hollander in Mean Girls

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MODERN MUSICAL
Intimate Theater
Jill Marie Burke in Once Upon A One More Time
Will Huse in Once
Natalie Lander in Kid Gloves
Jenna Luck in Alice By Heart
Samantha Mortenson in My Spirits Soar
Lia Peros in Mean Girls

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Larger Theater
Meghan Andrews in Sweeney Todd
Kenton Chen in Flower Drum Song
Regie De Leon in Man Of La Mancha
Trent Mills in Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story
Austyn Myers in Sweeney Todd

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Intimate Theater
Trae Adair in Little Shop Of Horrors
Adam Leiva in Scrooge! The Musical
John Wuchte in The Fantasticks

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Theater In The Round
Darius Aaron Frye in Disney The Little Mermaid
Wesley Moran in Disney The Little Mermaid
J.D. Wallis in Dracula The Musical

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Community Theater
Allen Barstow in Something Rotten
Dani Bustamante in You Can’t Take It With You
Cassandra Caruso in Rent
Susan Eiden in Waiting In The Wings
Augusto Guardado in Rent
Ryan Johnson in Something Rotten
Paige Morrow Kimball in Torch Song
Daniel Koh in You Can’t Take It With You
Ashley Montgomery in Matilda The Musical
Faith Perez in Matilda The Musical
Trevor Murphy in Matilda The Musical
Cindy Shields in The First Gentleman
Kendré Scott in Rent
Christopher Showerman in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Randi Tahara in Waiting In The Wings
Krysten Williams in You Can’t Take It With You

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A RETURNING PRODUCTION
Lee Pollero in A Very Die Hard Christmas

OUTSTANDING INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Alexander Anderson on Saxophone in The Typist
Luke Wygodny in Primary Trust

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OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLES

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA
Larger Theater
Timylle Adams, Jon Joseph Gentry, Nandini Minocha, and Ansuya Nathan
Masala Dabba

Midori Francis, Marianna Gailus, Noah Keyishian, and Cillian O’Sullivan
Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia

Spencer Del Carmen, Suzanne Ford, Bruce Nozick, Elias Scoufaras, and Anna Van Valen
Warsaw

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA
Intimate Theater
Alexandra Holmquist, Kaylee Kaneshiro, Julia Manis, and Nan McNamara
anthropology

Russell Edge, Iris Liu, Jorge-Luis Pallo, and Trieu Tran
Ascent

Rosie Byrne, Matthew Goodrich, Isaac W. Jay, Chelsea Spirito, Jade Santana, and Amber Tiara
Brownstone

Michael Brainard, Jeanette Godoy, Alma Martinez, Victoria Ratermanis, Lisa Richards, Ava Rivera, Luna Rivera, René Rivera, and Lakin Valdez
The Circle

Matthew Bridges, Kameron J. Brown, Quaz Degraft, Luke Dimyan, Audrey Forman, Keylani Gaudart, Seth Gunawardena, Collette McCurdy, Nikki McKenzie, Alex Nimrod, and Nina Romeo
Clara vs. Infinity

Alexis DeLaRosa, Sarah Lilly, Sierra Marcks, J.T. Melaragno, Zipporah Shunise, Jenny Soo, and Melanie Thompson
The Dignity Circle

Steven Culp, Griffin Kelly, Jenny Soo, and Joey Stromberg
For Want Of A Horse

Tony Abatemarco, Taylor Gilbert, and Danny Lee Gomez
Hell Mouth

Ariana Afradi, Marcia Cross, Matt Letscher, and Jude Elizabeth Mayer
Honour

Juliet Fischer, Rori Flynn, Kallie Pong, and Megan Sigler
The Messenger

Brett Aune, Samantha Klein, Alley Mills, and Jim Ortlieb
Reel To Reel

Christopher Cassarino, Dennis Gersten, Micah Johnson, Dylan Jones, Luis Kelly-Duarte, Rama Orleans-Lindsay, Claudio Parrone Jr., Fana Minea Tesfagiorgis, and Ahkei Togun
Red Harlem

David Flores, Martin Morales, Itzel Ocampo, Karla Ojeda, Carlos Pratts, and Myrna Velasco
Soul Sacrifice

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA
Larger Theater
Jacqueline Emerson, Heather Lee, Emily Nash, Jeremy S. Walker, Jonah Robinson, and Jon Root
I’ll Give You My Heart

LeShay Tomlinson Boyce, Kameron J. Brown, Tanda Kerin, Max Lawrence, Sydney A. Mason, Danielle McPhaul, and Alex Morris
Wine In The Wilderness

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY-DRAMA
Intimate Theater
Chad Coe, John E. Phillips, Nicholas Anthony Reid, and Marisa Van Den Borre
Ironbound

Travis Lincoln Cox, Shak Kanish, and Nicholas Scott
Melt

Brendan Broms, Anthony DeCarlo, Scout Gutzmerson, Carl J. Johnson, Evan Marshall, Ron Morehouse, Alina Phelan, and Julianna Robinson
Tune In

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY
Larger Theater
Denise Burse, Deborah Joy Winans, Charlayne Woodard, and Olivia Washington
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

Mia Barron, Cherise Boothe, Camille Chen, Nate Corddry, and Rick Holmes
Eureka Day

Ty Aldridge, Lynn Robert Berg, Adriel Camarena, Christie Coran, Vic Crusaos, Luis Kelly-Duarte, Henri Lubatti, Evan Lugo, Josey Montana McCoy, Trisha Miller, Cassandra Marie Murphy, Paul David Story, and Cristian Venegas
One Man, Two Guvnors

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY
Intimate Theater
Tambrie Allsup, Emma Bruno, Matthew Goodrich, Maria Mastroyannis, Elliott Moore, Jade Santana, Jack Sharpe, Grace Soens, Jeremy D. Thompson, Julien Thompson, Pat Towne, and Oqalile Tshetshe
Amerika or, The Man Who Disappeared

Gigi Bermingham, Mamie Gummer, Julie Shavers, Angelie Simone, and Ashley Ward
The Baptist Witches Of Shelbyville

Michelle Gardner, Heidi Sulzman, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Jessie Warner
The Best Boarding House In Delaware

Scott Bartling, Dina Cataldi. Mason Conrad, Ted Dane, Michael DiNardo, Phil S. Gould, and Mary Ann Pianka
The Club Of Broken Fasts

Alyssa Berkowitz, Allen Barstow, Maureen Lee Lenker, Charlie Lindberg, Kat Kimball, and Theodore Coonradt
The Cottage

Jasmine Ashanti, iesha m. daniels, Tyler Gaylord, Michael Guarasci, Marco Martinez, Gala Nikolic, Marie-Françoise Theodore, and Daisy Tichenor
Fairview

Danny Bernardo, Christine Lin, Brian Kim McCormick, Jonathan Moreno, and Jonathan Slavin
Le Switch

Clifton J. Adams, Tommy Dickie, Naomi Rubin, Xoé Sazzle, Amy Tolsky, and Brittany Visser
Lifeline

Madeleine Ince, Isaac W. Jay, Anna Mintzer, Taubert Nadalini, Jasmin Park, and Kevin Shewey
Melancholy Play

Angela Bruning, Lea Roman, Anibal Silveyra, Richy Storrs, Monika Vidakovic, and Steve Young
Pointy Scissors

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A THRILLER
Cher Álvarez, Shannon Cochran, Kate Fry, and Patrick Heusinger
Paranormal Activity

Christine Corpuz, Davide Costa, Aja Hinds, David Huynh, Alberto Isaac, and Tamika Simpkins
Paranormal Inside

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY
Larger Theater
Jacob Cherry, Geoff Elliott, Bert Emmett, Rachel K. Han, David Kepner, Ian Littleworth, Kasey Mahaffy, Cassandra Marie Murphy, David Nevell, Dominique Razón, Deborah Strang, and Michael Uribes.
Death Of A Salesman

Lynn Robert Berg, Ralph Cole, Joy DeMichelle, Henri Lubati, Erika Soto, and KT Vogt
Exit The King

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY
Intimate Theater
Tessa Auberjonois, Shannon Lee Clair, Cherish Monique Duke, Bo Foxworth, Matthew Grondin, Bryan Keith, Aarush Mehta, Erin Pineda, Michael Yapujian, and Johnny Patrick Yoder
All My Sons

Samantha Barrios, Tobit Raphael Capati, EM Davis Andrew Ge, Claudine Pierre-Louis, and Selena Price
Fallen Angels

Kathi Chaplar, Amy Earhart, Amy Goldring, Hudson Long, Michelle McGregor, Maxwell Oliver, Alex Scyocurka, and Amy Shaugnessy
The Heidi Chronicles

Diana Angelina, Quinn DeVries, Isabella DiBernardino, Isaac W. Jay, Monty Renfrow, Katyana Rocker-Cook, David Hunt Stafford, and Mouchette van Helsdingen
An Inspector Calls

April Audia, Savanna Mortenson, Cynthia Payo, Faye Reynolds, Sara Shearer, and Janet Wood
Steel Magnolias

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY
Larger Theater
Kenajuan Bentley, Jared Andrew Bybee, Jennifer Chang, Matthew Patrick Davis, Michelle Allie Drever, Alaysha Fox, Matthew Henerson, John Lavell, Brent Schindele, and Hilary Ward
Amadeus

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A CLASSIC PLAY
Larger Theater
Lynn Robert Berg, Jonathan Blandino, Cole Dechant, Asher Edwards, Audrey Forman, Willow Geer, Shoshanna Green, Tim Halligan, Aaron Hendry, Hunter James, Natalia Jofre, Cynthia Kania, Shane McDermott, Michelle Merring, Kelvin Morales, Rebecca Oca-Nussbaum, Gerald C. Rivers, Andrew Rodriquez, David Salper, Robert Solomon, Cristian Venegas, Sky Wahl, and Emoria Weidner
Much Ado About Nothing

Lynn Robert Berg, Brendan Burgos, Vic Crusaos, Lesley Fera, Neill Fleming, Samuel Garnett, Wes Guimarães, Dominick Jaramillo, Veralyn Jones, Trisha Miller, Tony Pasqualini, Alex Neher, Ann Noble, Erika Soto, Randolph Thompson, and Sean Umeda
Richard III

Siena Ascencio, Sam Cowan, Steven C. Fisher, Willow Geer, Christopher Glenn Gilstrap, Katherine Griffith, Tim Halligan, Katie Malone, Caroline Quigley, Daniel Reichert, Frank Ross, and Rajiv Shah
The Seagull: Malibu

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A CLASSIC PLAY
Intimate Theater
Tony Amendola, John Apicella, Kaci Hamilton, Mildred Marie Langford, Peter Mendoza, Ann Noble, and Linda Park
Antigone

Bernard K. Addison, Teodora Avramovic, JD Cullum, Eve Gordon, Elinor Gunn, Gerard Joseph, Desirée Mee Jung, Peter Mendoza, Anja Racić, and Randolph Thompson
Cymbeline

Angela Beyer, Strawn Bovee, Troy Dunn, Geraldine Fuentes, Andy Kallok, Taylor Lee Marr, Anabela Nguyen, and Ralph Radebaugh
Uncle Vanya

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A RETURNING PRODUCTION
Anthony Adu, Analisa Idalia, Amber Liekhus, Dan Lin, Henri Lubatti, Kasey Mahaffy, Trisha Miller, Cassandra Marie Murphy, Alison Rodriguez, Riley Shanahan, and Jack Zubieta
A Christmas Carol

Omar Heyward, Chey Kennedy, Rusty Locke, Brandon Loeser, Shawn Loeser, and Tara Jean O’Brien
Santasia – A Holiday Comedy!

Gregory Crafts, Evan McNamara, Leonard J. Moore II, Claudine Pierre-Louis, Lee Pollero, Elle Shaheen, and Steven Vogel
A Very Die Hard Christmas

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A MODERN MUSICAL
Larger Theater
Alexander J. Brown, Garrett Clayton, Travis Joe Dixon, Logan Eliza, Bobby Hogan, Becky Lythgoe, Lexie Martin, Ryan O’Connor, Hannah Sedlacek, and Jennifer Leigh Warren
Hairspray

Reanne Acasio, Joan Almedilla, Carol Angeli, Joshua Dela Cruz, Sarah Kay, Aura Mayuri, and Chris Renfro
Here Lies Love

Shailen Patel Braun, Daryl C. Brown, Grace Fluharty, Gavin Leahy, Adrianna Rose Lyons, Gwen Hollander, Sarah-Anne Martinez, McKenna Michael, Eric Myrick, and Katie Roche
Mean Girls

Sophia Alawi, F. Michael Haynie, Molly Kirschenbaum, Gizel Jiménez, Donovan Mendelovitz, Rustin Cole Sailors, and Alexis Semevolos-Velazquez
Somebody To Love

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A MODERN MUSICAL
Intimate Theater
Gil Dolet, Alladis Hernandez, Stella Mulroney, Donnie Riddle, and Zachary Santolaya
Dogfight

Julian Armaya, Christopher D. Baker, Joslynn Cortes, Chrissi Erickson, Diego Huerta-Gutierrez, Danielle Johnson, Sammy J Kohler, Nadeli Miga, Christopher J. Thumé, Tal Toker, and Toni Elizabeth White
The Prince Of Egypt

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Larger Theater
Happy Anderson, Kylie Victoria Edwards, Michael Scott Harris, Jessica Lee Keller, Spencer Milford, Betsy Morgan, Donna Vivino, Max Von Essen, Geoffrey Wade, Daniel Yearwood, and Tyne Daly
Brigadoon

Cooper Lee Bennett, Kenton Chen, Emily Kuroda, Marc Oka, Scott Keiji Takeda, Gedde Watanabe, Grace Yoo, and Krista Marie Yu
Flower Drum Song

Tami Tappan Damiano, David Engel, Natalie Holt MacDonald, Anna Mintzer, Robert Pieranunzi, and Ben Raanan
Hello, Dolly!

Meghan Andrews, Chris Hunter, Norman Large, Lesli Margherita, Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper, Austyn Myers, Andrew Polec Allison Sheppard, and Will Swenson
Sweeney Todd

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Intimate Theater
Andrew Abaria, Trae Adair, Emmon Amid, Jade Duong, Alyssa Holmes, Aiden Rawlinson, Donnie Riddle, and Janna Souza
Rent

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MODERN MUSICAL
Larger Theater
Ainsley Bubbico, Michael Thomas Grant, Emma Hunton, Diana Huey, Mitchell Gerrard Johnson, John Krause, Lana McKissack, and Jennifer Leigh Warren
Millennials Are Killing Musicals

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MODERN MUSICAL
Intimate Theater
Emmon Amid, Arlette Carranza, Carlos Cameron, Gil Dolet, Arianna Ford, Jordi Kligman, Jenna Luck, Hannah Lorrayne Manuit, Jude Rossotto, Timothy Schneider, Eva Schroeder, and Shantilly Tuazon
Alice By Heart

Kolt Atchley, Abby Espiritu, Parissa Koo, Dynell Leigh, Donnie Riddle, Christopher R. Smith, and Jordan Iosua Taylor
Frost My Life

Will Collyer, Chris Kerrigan, Natalie Lander, Lauren Lorati, Heather Marie Marsden, Harry Murphy, Suzy Nakamura, Joey Richter, Jonathan Slavin, and Adam J. Smith
Kid Gloves

Emma Busby, Lexi Collins, Allegra Greenawalt, Ali Hoghoughi, Armie Jane, Shelby Miguel, Omari Miller, Arianna Nelson, Johnathon O’Neal, Lia Peros, Jordan Iosua Taylor, Raaghav Thatte, Chris Thume, and Renée Wylder
Mean Girls

Mike Bradecich, Joseph Dailey, Morgan Hollingsworth, Will Huse, Emma Laird, Austin Ledger, Lex Leigh, Jonah Meyer, Jennifer Richardson, and Leota Rhodes
Once

Gabbie Adner, Día Day, Michael Deni, Maggie Ek, Adam Enrique Hollick, Elizabeth Last, Sammy Linkowski, Charley Rowan McCain, Guy Noland, Brent Schindele, Erika Schindele, and Michael Wells
Perfect World

Jack Thomas Aitken, Jaylen Baham, Linda Bard, Caiden Falstrup-Finney, Erica Farnsworth, Diego Huerta-Gutierrez, Isabella Kaplan, Emma Magbanua, Corydon Malgoza, James Michael McHale, Naya Ramsey-Clarke, Brody Tarrant Sitton, and Kayley Stallings
Spring Awakening

Trae Adair, Connor Bullock, Lexi Collins, Lisa Dyson, Christina Jardine, Danielle Johnson, Hadiyya Noelle Smith, Chris Thume, and Kelby Thwaits
Xanadu

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Larger Theater
Justin Marriel Boyd, Omar D. Brancato, Elizabeth Curtin, Ryan DeNardo, David Kirk Grant, Lauren Han, Janaya Mahealani Jones, Laura Leo Kelly, Ali Márquez-Qadiri, Trent Mills, Chase Ramsay, Will Riddle, Mia Sempertegui, and Brian Wallis
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Intimate Theater
Danny Bernardo, Rhett Hemingway, Kiel Kennedy, Sophie Pollono, Michael Redfield, Raven Scott, and John Wuchte
The Fantasticks

Trae Adair, Abby Espiritu, Carter Haugen, Danny Holmberg, Annie Claire Hudson, Dynell Leigh, Kiera Morris, Cameron James Parker, Alexa Rosengaus, Hannah Rubinstein, Hadiyyah Noelle Smith, Christopher Thume, and Renée Wylder
Into The Woods

Trae Adair, Dara Adedara, Connor Bullock, Cindy Camins, Alyssa Holmes, LG Malunes, Molly Mattei, Demyra Ravyne Payne, Ericalynn Priolo, Donnie Riddle, Paul Siemens, Jana Souza, Hilary Thomas, and Teya Wolvington
Little Shop Of Horrors

Trae Adair, Trevor Alkazian, Darcy Rose Byrnes, Connor Tyler Gray, Christopher Gutierrez, Morgan Meadows, Shantilly, and Joelle Tshudy
Reefer Madness

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL
Theater In The Round
Tyler Angier, Truman Bjarke, Kimberly Butler, Lisa Marie Burnside, AJ Castro, Andrew Diego, Rachel Fictum, Abhaya Krishnan-Jha, Kelly Krippendorf, Christian Lees, Justin Meyer, Samantha Rose, and J.D. Walker
Dracula The Musical

AURIAA, Zachary Balagot, Robbie Canevari, Danny Castro, Renee Cohen, Troy Dailey, Andrew Diego, Patrick FitzSimmons, Diego Huerta-Gutierrez, Juliet Johnson, Chase MacElvaine, Andy Meyers, Tommi Jo Mongold, Nathanael O’Neal, Trinity Pedagat, Christopher Thume, and Sam Tilley
Jesus Christ Superstar

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL REVUE
Ledisi, Chester Gregory, Connie Jackson, Marty Austin Lamar, and Natalie Wachen
Ain’t Misbehavin’

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL
Theater In The Round
Darius Aaron Frye, Andrew Gaxiola, Brendan Lynch, Wesley Moran, Nicole Nelson, Ben Raanan, Kelby Thwaits, J.D. Wallis, and Jenna-Mae White
Disney The Little Mermaid

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A MODERN MUSICAL
Larger Theater
Sabrina Astengo, Alyssa Anne Austin, Eugene Boyd, Daniel Dawson, Augusto Guardado, Brandon Halvorsen, Emmy J. Lane, Jenna Luck, Keturah McIntyre, Caroline Moulios, Barbara Ann Reed, Eric Renna, and Clayton Michael Walker
Mean Girls

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A MODERN MUSICAL
Intimate Theater
Jesse Graham, John Gregorio, Desmond Newson, Presley Nicholson, Soleil Perry, Kayla Quiroz, and Mea Wilkerson
Somebody To Love

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Larger Theater
Brian Calì, Amanda Clement, Sophie Liu David, Evan Kinnane, Maddie Miller Lacambra, Julia Wheeler Lennon, Brian Kim McCormick, Gabriel Navarro, Chuck Saccula, Amy Smith, and Gil Sweeney
Brigadoon

Ayesha Cortinas, Wes Dameron, Stephen Diaz, Andrew Diego, Berto Fernández, David Kirk Grant, Sebastian Alejandro Guerrero, Celeste Lanuza, Edgar Lopez, Louis Pardo, Analía Romero, Rudy Martinez, Ali Márquez-Qadiri, Elijah Samuél Reyes, Aviva Pressman, and Nikki Elena Spies
Man Of La Mancha

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Intimate Theater
Jack Thomas Aitken, Sydney DeMaria, Grace Jenkins, Adam Leiva, Corydon Melgoza, Audrey Moore, Winston Peacock, Justin Ryan, Megan Sigler, Sophie Sonntag, Lizzie Spellman, Kayley Stallings, and Matt Takahashi
Scrooge! The Musical

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE
Community Theater
Natalie Chavez, Samantha Craton, Brennen Klitzner, Roland Mills, and Alex Mohajer
Ragtime

Allen Barstow, Abby Carlson, Bryan Eid, Nico Fisher, Ryan Johnson, Perry Shields, Christopher Tiernan, and Karl Wilson
Something Rotten

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
Community Theater
Kate Brady, Tara Alexandra Brown, Marshall McCabe, and Lou Saliba
Guilty Pleasures

Makenna Bolton, Anissa Briggs, Kyle Caldwell, Sage Cobos, Jucas Cook, Jade Rennaé Dailey, Jessica Fernstrom, Bridget Gordon, Justin Guglielmetti, Hisato Masuyama, Brent Knipper, Ceron Jones, Zach McDonald, Andrew Perkins, Michelle Renae, Dylan Renfrow, Matthew Roman, Jacob Rushing, Bruno Satalino, Ashton Taylor, Tracey Thomas, and Bethany Crowley Watts
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Arnaldo Andres, Paige Morrow Kimball, Amanda Meade-Tatum, Stephen Gregg, Michael Mullen, and Harrison Hume Smith
Torch Song

Dani Bustamante, Mike Currie, Erin Galloway, John Combs, Herb Hall, Bradley Holzer, Daniel Koh, Cassidy LeClair, Amoy Lee, Patti Lewis, Michael Mullen, Melodie Rivers, Cindy Shields, Perry Shields, Harrison Hume Smith, Abigail Stewart, Sammie Wayne, Kyrsten Williams, and Carl Weintraub
You Can’t Take It With You

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ENSEMBLE
Community Theater
Michael Arrieta, Max Chester, Dallas Dudley, Sianne Enis, Georgia Caines, Brianne Lopez, Cameron Pench, Terrence Robinson, Alyssa Weir, and Rachel Yoffe
Rent

OUTSTANDING ADULT ENSEMBLE IN A CABARET
Joshua Bartley, Auriana Chisholm, Michael Gabiano, Aaron Gillis, Cody Kelepolo, Victoria Lavan, Meg Lin, Constance Mellors, David Mingrino, Scottie Nevil, Vertreace Sanders, Anibal Silveyra, Preston Simon, and Michael Van Duzer
A Sleighful Of Songs

OUTSTANDING DANCE ENSEMBLE
Steven-Adam Agdeppa, Kayla Amistad, Kelvin Co, Joanne Javien Coudriet, Audrey Lyn Crabaño, JeffLorenz Garrido, Garrick Goce Macatangay, Danielle Mendoza, Justine Rafael, and Ryan Salazar
Here Lies Love

Nola Gibson, Lenard Glenn “LG” Malunes, Molly Mattei, Caterina Mercante, Ericalynn Priolo, Austin Roy, Marco Tacandong, Hilary Thomas, Teya Wolvington, and Meghann Zenor
Rent

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A SPOOF
Nick Apostolina, Steven Booth, Reggie De Leon, Regina Fernandez, Josh Grisetti, Trent Mills, Jamie Morgan, Louis Pardo, Nicole Parker, Cathy Rigby, and Ixchel Valiente
Peter Pan Goes Wrong

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A TROUBIES SPOOF
Rick Batalla, John Paul Batista, Chelle Denton, Benji Kaufman, Sofia JoAnna, Beth Kennedy, Lara Fafferty, Trey McIntyre, Philip McNiven, Luis Martinez, Clinton Roane, Mike Sulprizio, and Matt Walker
Die Heart: The Director’s Cut

***

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES IN TOURING AND PRESENTED PRODUCTIONS

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Cayleigh Capaldi in The Sound Of Music
Mateus Leite Cardoso in & Juliet
Nick Drake in & Juliet
Rachel Webb in & Juliet

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION OF A NEW MUSICAL
Leandra Ellis-Gaston in Some Like It Hot
Maya Keleher in Suffs
Matt Loehr in Some Like It Hot
Corey Mach in & Juliet
Teal Wicks in & Juliet

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL REVIVAL
Jessica Crouch in Mamma Mia!
Kevin Earley in The Sound Of Music

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Ins Choi in Kim’s Convenience
Kelly Seo in Kim’s Convenience

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PRESENTED PRODUCTION
Marjan Neshat in English

OUTSTANDING TOURING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Julia Masli in Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

OUTSTANDING UNDERSTUDY PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Amanda K. Lopez in Suffs

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION OF A NEW MUSICAL
Kennedy Campbell in Hell’s Kitchen
Tarra Conner Jones in Some Like It Hot
Edward Juvie in Some Like It Hot
Roz White in Hell’s Kitchen

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL REVIVAL
Amanda Robles in Monty Python’s Spamalot
Steven Telsey in Monty Python’s Spamalot

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Esther Chung in Kim’s Convenience
Brandon McKnight in Kim’s Convenience

OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A PRESENTED PRODUCTION
Tala Ashe in English
Michael Rishawn in Table 17

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Melanie Brezill, Leovina Charles, Victoire Charles, Mia Ellis, Tiffany Renee Johnson, Claudia Logan, Michael Oloyede, Abigail C. Onwunali, Jordan Rice, and Bisserat Tseggai
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Emma Elizabeth Smith, Nella Cole, Kelly Denice Taylor, Hailey Alexis Lewis, Alizé Cruz, and Tasia Jungbauer
Six

Jack Barrett, Claire DeJean, Steven Lee Johnson, Emilie Kouatchou, Cornelius McMoyler, Denver Milord, and Christopher Mowod
Stereophonic

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Leland Burnett, Jessica Crouch, Steven Gagliano, Maddie Garbaty, Rob Hancock, Jason Mulay, Juliette M. Ojeda, Emma X. O’Laughlin, Carly Sakolove, Jalynn Steele, Victor Wallace, and Dominic Young
Mamma Mia!

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A PRESENTED PRODUCTION
Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Pooya Mohseni, Marjan Neshat, and Babak Tafti
English

Gail Bean, Biko Eisen-Martin, and Michael Rishawn
Table 17

OUTSTANDING LEAD ENSEMBLE IN A TOURING PRODUCTION
Kathryn Allison, Mateus Leite Cardoso, Nick Drake, Paul David Jansen, Corey Mach, Rachel Webb, Ben Jackson Walker, and Teal Wicks
& Juliet

Major Attaway, Sean Bell, Chris Collins-Pisano, Ellis C. Dawson III, Leo Roberts, Amanda Robles, Blake Segal, and Steven Telsey
Monty Python’s Spamalot

Sharon Catherine Brown, Chloë Cheers, Alysha Deslorieux, Jesse Corbin, Beau Gravitte, and Kyle Mangold
The Notebook

Miki Abraham, Tyler Joseph Ellis, Maya Lagerstram, Mike Nappi, Jake Odmark, Quinn VanAntwerp, and Danielle Wade
Shucked

***

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF MULTIPLE PRODUCTIONS
Guillermo Cienfuegos—Adolescent Salvation, Richard III
Lily Tung Crystal—Flower Drum Song, नेहा & Neel
Elina de Santos—Painted Ponies, The Fantasticks
Jonathan Fahn—Crossing Delancey, Guilty Pleasures
John Perrin Flynn—anthropology, Grangeville
Ellen Geer—Much Ado About Nothing, The Seagull: Malibu
Brayden Hade—Into The Woods, Xanadu
Cary Jordahl— The Cottage, Something Rotten
James Michael McHale—Once, Scrooge! The Musical
Oanh Nguyen—All My Sons, Sanctuary City

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DRAMA
Larger Theater
caryn desai—Warsaw
Marya Mazor—Masala Dabba
Darko Tresnjak—Amadeus

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DRAMA
Intimate Theater
Katie Chidester—The Messenger
Jamie Gallo—Clara vs. Infinity
Jessica Kubzansky—The Night Of The Iguana
Elana Luo—For Want Of A Horse
Matthew McCray—Reel To Reel
Bernadette Speakes—Red Harlem
Ron West—Brownstone
Diana Wyenn—Ascent

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY-DRAMA
Larger Theater
Knud Adams—Primary Trust
LaTanya Richarson Jackson—Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
James Mellon—I’ll Give You My Heart

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY-DRAMA
Intimate Theater
Kimberly Alexander—Ironbound
Ken Sawyer—Lifeline
Dana Schwartz—Tune In

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY
Larger Theater
Teddy Bergman—Eureka Day
Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott—One Man, Two Govners

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY
Intimate Theater
Spenser Davis—Le Switch
Ryan O’Connor—Ménage À Quatre
Caitlin Lopez—The Legend Of Georgia McBride
Katharine McDonough—Melancholy Play
Clara Rodriguez—Pointy Scissors
Adrián Genesius Barrón and Phone Tha—The Club Of Broken Fasts
Marja-Lewis Ryan—The Best Boarding House In Delaware
Oz Scott—Fairview
Dietrich Smith—Amerika or, The Man Who Disappeared

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A THRILLER
Jeff Liu—Paranormal Inside
Michael Rothhaar—Gaslight

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
Community Theater
Fred Helsel and Brittney Wheeler-Keophan—Rent
Jeffrey Lesser—Torch Song
Suzanne Frederickson—Waiting In The Wings
Carter Thomas—Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A TWO-HANDER
Larger Theater
Jennifer Chang—Yankee Dawg You Die

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A TWO-HANDER
Intimate Theater
Mike Reilly—Blue Kiss
Cameron Watson—Heisenberg
Jeremy Wechsler—The Typist

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY
Larger Theater
Gerald C. Rivers—Wine In The Wilderness

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A REVIVAL OF A 20TH-CENTURY PLAY
Intimate Theater
Brent Beerman—The Heidi Chronicles
Kathleen R. Delaney—Steel Magnolias
Celia Mandela Rivera—Fallen Angels

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A CLASSIC PLAY
Intimate Theater
Nike Doukas—Cymbeline
Andy Wolk—Antigone

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A SOLO PERFORMANCE
Karole Foreman—Mrs. Christmas
Taylor Wesselman—Who’s Holiday

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY OF A MUSICAL
Larger Theater
Keith Andrews—Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story
Parker Esse—Anastasia
Richard J. Hinds—Come From Away
Dana Solimando—Mean Girls
Katie Spellman—Brigadoon

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY OF A MUSICAL
Intimate Theater
Kay Cole—Perfect World

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MODERN MUSICAL
Larger Theater
Snehal Desai—Here Lies Love
Yvette Lawrence—Frozen
Marissa Jaret Winokur—Hairspray

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MODERN MUSICAL
Intimate Theater
Jocelyn A. Brown—Spring Awakening
Richard Israel—Kid Gloves
Stella Mulroney and Jude Rossotto—Alice By Heart
Donnie Riddle—Glory Days
Meghan Ripchik—Mean Girls
Rigo Tejada—The Prince Of Egypt

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Larger Theater
Jason Alexander—Sweeney Todd
Cynthia Ferrer—Hello, Dolly!
James Vásquez—Man Of La Mancha

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Intimate Theater
Tyler Angier—Reefer Madness
Hilary Thomas and Cynthia Crass—Little Shop Of Horrors
Rob Lewis and Hilary Thomas—Rent

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A SMALL-CAST MUSICAL
Barry Pearl—I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL REVUE
Wren T. Brown—Ain’t Misbehavin’

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A SPOOF
Eric Petersen—Peter Pan Goes Wrong

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A TROUBIES SPOOF
Matt Walker—Die Heart: The Director’s Cut

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A RETURNING PRODUCTION
Veronica Michaels—A Very Die Hard Christmas
Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott—A Christmas Carol

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A MODERN MUSICAL
Larger Theater
William Carlos Angulo—Here Lies Love
Clarice Ordaz—Hairspray
Michelle Elkin—Millennials Are Killing Musicals
Becca Sweitzer—Somebody To Love

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A MODERN MUSICAL
Intimate Theater
Kasmira Buchanan and Viktor Simon—Once Upon A One More Time
Mo Goodfellow—Spring Awakening
Christine Lakin—Kid Gloves
Tania Possick—The Prince Of Egypt
Eva Schroeder—Alice By Heart

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Larger Theater
Cheryl Baxter—Hello, Dolly!
Lee Martino—Sweeney Todd
Janelle Dote Portman—Flower Drum Song

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A 20TH-CENTURY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Intimate Theater
Niko Montelibano—Scrooge! The Musical

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A MUSICAL REVUE
Dominique Kelley—Ain’t Misbehavin’

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A TROUBIES SPOOF
John Paul Batista, Suzanne Narbonne, and Matt Walker—Die Heart: The Director’s Cut

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Theater In The Round
Melissa Meyer—Jesus Christ Superstar
Taylor Smith—Disney The Little Mermaid

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Community Theater
Sylvie Gosse—Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Augusto Guardado—Rent
Nora Hunter—Matilda The Musical
Sjaan Trowbridge—Something Rotten

OUTSTANDING AERIAL CHOREOGRAPHY
Lisa-Marie Burnside—Dracula The Musical

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A PLAY
JP Baptista—Fairview
Urbanie Lucero—Mascogos

OUTSTANDING FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
Jen Albert—Antigone
Tambrie Allsup—Amerika or, The Man Who Disappeared
Mel Glickman—Incitation to the Dance
Mitchell Lam Hau—Reefer Madness
Shinshin Yuder Tsai—All My Sons

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
Multiple Productions
Anthony Lucca
Nolan Monsibay
Ryan O’Connell

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION AND SOLO ACCOMPANIMENT
Cody Bianchi—Mrs. Christmas
Lex Leigh—Scrooge! The Musical
Mike Walker—The Last Five Years

OUTSTANDING SOLO ACCOMPANIMENT
Caleb Brunman—The Unofficial ‘Meet The Robinsons’ Musical Parody

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION AND PERFORMANCE
Rod Bagheri—One Man, Two Guvnors

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OUTSTANDING DESIGN, MUSIC DIRECTION, DIALECT COACHING, AND CASTING DIRECTION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN
Larger Theater
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Ebony Repertory Theatre)
Amadeus (Pasadena Playhouse)
Brigadoon (Pasadena Playhouse)
Come From Away (La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
Death Of A Salesman (A Noise Within)
Exit The King (A Noise Within)
Here Lies Love (Center Theatre Group)
Mascogos (Latino Theater Company)
“Master Harold”…and the boys (Geffen Playhouse)
Peter Pan Goes Wrong (La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
Sweeney Todd (La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Entertainment)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN
Intimate Theater
All My Sons (Antaeus Theatre Company)
Amerika or, The Man Who Disappeared (Open Fist Theatre Company in association with Circle X Theatre Company)
anthropology (Rogue Machine Theatre)
Ascent (Plain Wood Productions at Skylight Theatre)
The Best Boarding House In Delaware (Electric Lodge Guest Production)
Clara vs. Infinity (Eight Ball Theatre at Zephyr Theatre)
Cymbeline (Antaeus Theatre Company)
Heisenberg (Brave Space Productions, LLC at Skylight Theatre)
Into The Woods (Wisteria Theater Company)
Kid Gloves (Village Green Productions at Skylight Theatre)
Lifeline (The Road Theatre Company)
Ménage À Quatre (Sweet Talk Productions at the Davidson/Valentini Theatre)
The Night Of The Iguana (Boston Court Pasadena)
Perfect World (El Portal Theatre Guest Production)
Reel To Reel (HorseChart and Rogue Machine Theatre)
Sanctuary City (Chance Theater)

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
Charles Duncombe
Set, Lighting, and Sound Design
Antigone, Border Crisis, Limonade Tous Les Jours: A Paris Love Story, and Uncle Vanya

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGNS
Angela Balogh Calin
Tanya Cyr
Kimberly DeShazo
Josephine Poinsot

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGNS
Ken Booth
Matt Richter
Gavan Wyrick

OUTSTANDING PROPERTIES DESIGNS
Patty Briles
John McElveney
Stephen Taylor
Megan Trapani

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGNS
Frederica Nascimento
Jeff G. Rack
Stephanie Kerley Schwartz

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGNS
Josh Bessom
Nick Foran
Matt Richter
John Zalewski

OUTSTANDING FOLEY EFFECTS DESIGN
Jeff Gardner—Reel To Reel

OUTSTANDING DIALECT COACHING
Glenda Morgan Brown
Andrea Odinov

OUTSTANDING CASTING DIRECTION
Lindsay Brooks
Victoria Hoffman
Alison Rodriguez