Nominees (PDF)

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THE
NOMINEES
Best Season
CELEBRATION THEATRE
BOOTYCANDY
Dream Boy
The Boy From Oz
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
Barcelona
Big Sky
Guards at the Taj
In & Of Itself
Outside Mullingar
Sex with Strangers
Stage Kiss
These Paper Bullets! A Modish Ripoff of William
Shakespeare‘s Much Ado About Nothing
Thom Pain (based on nothing)
LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER
Fool for Love
HAM: A Musical Memoir
Hit the Wall

best PRODUCTION OF A play
(Large Theatre)
Endgame
Center Theatre Group
The Complete History of America (abridged)
Falcon Theatre
Barcelona
Geffen Playhouse
Guards at the Taj
Geffen Playhouse
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles
The Getty Villa & The Theatre @ Boston Court

best PRODUCTION OF A Musical
(intimate Theatre)
The Boy From Oz
Celebration Theatre

best PRODUCTION OF A play
(intimate Theatre)

We Are The Tigers: A New Musical
Heart and Flame Productions

Ameryka
Critical Mass Performance Group

THE 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sierra Madre Playhouse

Space
Crooked Arrow Productions
My Mañana Comes
Fountain Theatre
Hit the Wall
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Honky
Rogue Machine
Church & State
Skylight Theatre Company

best PRODUCTION OF A Musical
(Large Theatre)
American Idiot
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
First Date
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
HAM: A Musical Memoir
Los Angeles LGBT Center

Dry Land
The Echo Theater Company

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best PRESENTED PRODUCTION
A Gentleman‘s Guide to Love & Murder
Center Theatre Group
1984
The Broad Stage
Jane Austen Unscripted
The Broad Stage

ACTING ENSEMBLE OF A PLAY

CHOREOGRAPHY
ANNIE YEE
The Golden Dragon
The Theatre @ Boston Court
JANET ROSTON
The Boy From Oz
Celebration Theatre
Tasheena MADINA
The Sparrow
Coeurage Theatre Company

Endgame
Center Theatre Group

DANA SOLIMANDO
American Idiot
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

Father Comes Home From The Wars
(Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Center Theatre Group

JOHN Farmanesh-Bocca
Tempest Redux
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Ameryka
Critical Mass Performance Group
The Complete History of America (abridged)
Falcon Theatre
My Mañana Comes
Fountain Theatre
Hit the Wall
Los Angeles LGBT Center
FLY
Pasadena Playhouse

ACTING ENSEMBLE OF A MUSICAL
The Boy From Oz
Celebration Theatre
American Idiot
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Dreamgirls
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Empire
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
First Date
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
I Only Have Eyes For You
The Al Dubin Musical/Corky Hale
Recorded In Hollywood
Theatre Planners

music direction
BRYAN Blaskie
The Boy From Oz
Celebration Theatre
PATRICK Sulken
We Are The Tigers: A New Musical
Heart and Flame Productions
DAVID O
American Idiot
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
TODD Schroeder
HAM: A Musical Memoir
Los Angeles LGBT Center
GERALD Sternbach
I Only Have Eyes For You
The Al Dubin Musical/Corky Hale

Book FOR AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL
ROBERT HULL & CAROLINE SHERMAN
Empire
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
MO Willems
Elephant & Piggie‘s: “We Are In A Play!“
MainStreet Theatre Company
MICHAEL SHAW FISHER
Shakespeare‘s Last Night Out
Orgasmico Theatre Company

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Lyrics/Composition FOR AN
ORIGINAL MUSICAL
Rebekah ALLEN
We Are The Tigers: A New Musical
Heart and Flame Productions
DEBORAH Wicks-La Puma & MO WILLEMS
Elephant & Piggie‘s: “We Are In A Play!“
MainStreet Theatre Company
MICHAEL SHAW FISHER
Shakespeare‘s Last Night Out
Orgasmico Theatre Company

PLAYWRITING FOR AN ORIGINAL PLAY
NANCY KEYSTONE
Ameryka
Critical Mass Performance Group
STEFAN MARKS
Space
Crooked Arrow Productions
JULIE MYATT
John Is a Father
The Road Theatre Company
JASON WILLIAMS
Church & State
Skylight Theatre Company
ERIK PATTERSON
One of the Nice Ones
The Echo Theater Company
LUIS ALFARO
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles
The Getty Villa & The Theatre @ Boston Court
JASON WELLS
The Engine of Our Ruin
The Victory Theatre Center

DIRECTion OF A MUSICAL
MICHAEL Shepperd
The Boy From Oz
Celebration Theatre
OANH Nguyen
A Chorus Line
Chance Theater
BRIAN KITE
American Idiot
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
NICK DeGruccio
First Date
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
BILLY PORTER & KEN SAWYER
HAM: A Musical Memoir
Los Angeles LGBT Center

DIRECTion OF A PLAY
ALAN Mandell
Endgame
Center Theatre Group
JOSEPH CALARCO
THE SPARROW
Coeurage Theatre Company
JERRY Kernion
The Complete History of America (abridged)
Falcon Theatre
Trip Cullman
Barcelona
Geffen Playhouse
Giovanna Sardelli
Guards at the Taj
Geffen Playhouse
KEN SAWYER
Hit the Wall
Los Angeles LGBT Center
KATHARINE FARMER
See Rock City
Rubicon Theatre Company

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LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY

ANDREW Bongiorno as Peter Allen
The Boy From Oz
Celebration Theatre

BARRY McGovern as Clov
Endgame
Center Theatre Group

JON JON Briones as Georges
La Cage Aux Folles
East West Players

STERLING K. BROWN as Hero/Ulysses
Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Center Theatre Group

DAVID LaMarr as James Thunder Early
Dreamgirls
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

STEFAN MARKS as Kurt Finge
SPACE
Crooked Arrow Productions

MARC Ginsburg as Aaron
First Date
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

RAMIZ Monsef as Babur
GUARDS AT THE TAJ
Geffen Playhouse

SAM HARRIS as Sam Harris
HAM: A Musical Memoir
Los Angeles LGBT Center

SAM ANDERSON as John
John Is a Father
The Road Theatre Company

Lead Actress in A Musical
RACHEL YORK as “Little“ Edie Beale/Edith
Grey Gardens
Center Theatre Group
MOYA ANGELA as Effie
Dreamgirls
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

ERIK ODOM as Raleigh
See Rock City
Rubicon Theatre Company
Rob Nagle as Charlie Whitmore
Church & State
Skylight Theatre Company

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY

BRITTNEY JOHNSON as Lorell Robinson
Dreamgirls
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

BETTY Gilpin as Irene
Barcelona
Geffen Playhouse

ERICA LUSTIG as Casey
First Date
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

Lily Nicksay as May
See Rock City
Rubicon Theatre Company

Alison Luff as Charlie Jane
breaking THROUGH
Pasadena Playhouse

Angelle BROOKS as Ruth Younger
A Raisin In The Sun
Ruskin Group Theatre Co
Starletta DuPois as Mama Lena Younger
A Raisin In The Sun
Ruskin Group Theatre Co
KATE MORGAN Chadwick as Holly
BED
The Echo Theater Company
CONNOR Kelly-Eiding as Ester
DRY LAND
The Echo Theater Company
DANIELLE Truitt as Camae
The Mountaintop
The Matrix Theatre Company

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FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

RYAN Driscoll as Cain/Japheth
Children of Eden
Cabrillo Music Theatre

MICHAEL Shepperd as Actor 4
BOOTYCANDY
Celebration Theatre

LEIGH WAKEFORD as Man #2
First Date
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

JAMES GREENE as Nagg
Endgame
Center Theatre Group

JUSTIN Wilcox as Man #1
First Date
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

MICHAEL McKEAN as Colonel
Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Center Theatre Group

STANTON Morales as Barfee
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sierra Madre Playhouse

LARRY Powell as Homer
Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Center Theatre Group

Elijah ROCK as Cab Calloway
I Only Have Eyes For You
The Al Dubin Musical/Corky Hale

RAY FORD as Gene Jefferson
Ameryka
Critical Mass Performance Group

WILKIE Ferguson III as Jesse Belvin
Recorded In Hollywood
Theatre Planners

Robert GOSSETT as Oz
Watching O.J.
Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA

MATT Magnusson as Huggy Boy
Recorded In Hollywood
Theatre Planners

Matthew HANCOCK as Carson
HIT THE WALL
Los Angeles LGBT Center

Featured Actress in A Musical

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

NATALIA Vivino as Yonah
Children of Eden
Cabrillo Music Theatre

PAULA Christensen as Nicky
Colony Collapse
The Theatre @ Boston Court

KELLY LESTER as Marion Woolnough
The Boy From Oz
Celebration Theatre

CHARLOTTE Rae as Nell
Endgame
Center Theatre Group

BESS MOTTA as Judy Garland
The Boy From Oz
Celebration Theatre

Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris as Penny
Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Center Theatre Group

Jessica Pennington as Liza Minnelli
The Boy From Oz
Celebration Theatre

Patrena Murray as Fourth/Odyssey Dog
Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Center Theatre Group

BETTY Buckley as Edith Bouvier Beale
Grey Gardens
Center Theatre Group

ROBIN Pearson Rose as Aoife
Outside Mullingar
Geffen Playhouse

MICHELE SPEARS as Ensemble
Sondheim UnScripted
Impro Theatre

SHARON Sharth as Mrs. Gill
See Rock City
Rubicon Theatre Company

Cristina Gerla as Olive
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sierra Madre Playhouse

Vivis Columbetti as Tita
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles
The Getty Villa & The Theatre @ Boston Court

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LIGHTING DESIGN
(intimate Theatre)

Scenic Design
(intimate Theatre)

KARYN Lawrence
Colony Collapse
The Theatre @ Boston Court

Sara Ryung Clement
Seven Spots on the Sun
The Theatre @ Boston Court

ELIZABETH HARPER
The Golden Dragon
The Theatre @ Boston Court

Stephen Gifford
DREAM BOY
Celebration Theatre

Matthew Denman
Bootycandy
Celebration Theatre

John Iacovelli
KINGDOM OF EARTH
Dance On Productions in assoc. w/ Linda Toliver & Gary
Guidinger

TIM SWISS
Dream Boy
Celebration Theatre
ELIZABETH HARPER
Ameryka
Critical Mass Performance Group
MATT Richter
HIT THE WALL
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Katelan Braymer
The Hairy Ape
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Lighting Design
(large Theatre)
Jared Sayeg
Endgame
Center Theatre Group
Japhy Weideman
Barcelona
Geffen Playhouse
Lap Chi Chu
Guards at the Taj
Geffen Playhouse
Daniel Ionazzi
Outside Mullingar
Geffen Playhouse
Steven Young
American Idiot
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Mike Billings
See Rock City
Rubicon Theatre Company
KC Wilkerson
Wicked Lit 2015
Unbound Productions

John Iacovelli
The money Fi$h
Cox Productions
PETE Hickok
RIO HONDO
Theatre of NOTE
MICHAEL Navarro
My Mañana Comes
Fountain Theatre
John Vertrees & Erin Walley
DEATHTRAP
Sierra Madre Playhouse

Scenic Design
(Large Theatre)
John Iacovelli
Endgame
Center Theatre Group
Mark Wendland
Barcelona
Geffen Playhouse
Derek McLane
Big Sky
Geffen Playhouse
Tom Buderwitz
Guards at the Taj
Geffen Playhouse
Tom Buderwitz
Casa Valentina
Pasadena Playhouse
Mike Billings
See Rock City
Rubicon Theatre Company
Jeff Cowie
The City of Conversation
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

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Sound Design
(intimate Theatre)

COSTUME DESIGN
(intimate Theatre)

John Nobori
Colony Collapse
The Theatre @ Boston Court

Kerry Hennessy
Wood Boy Dog Fish
Bootleg Theater

John Nobori
The Golden Dragon
The Theatre @ Boston Court

Allison Dillard
Bootycandy
Celebration Theatre

Joseph Calarco
The Sparrow
Coeurage Theatre Company

Michael Mullen
The Boy From Oz
Celebration Theatre

Randy Tico
Ameryka
Critical Mass Performance Group

Lena Sands
Ameryka
Critical Mass Performance Group

Christopher Moscatiello
The Hairy Ape
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Halei Parker
The Hairy Ape
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

David Marling
Birder
The Road Theatre Company

Candice Cain
The Glass Menagerie
Sierra Madre Playhouse

MATT Richter
A Gulag Mouse
Sacred Fools Theater Company

A. Jeffrey Schoenberg
Cloud 9
The Antaeus Company

Sound Design
(Large Theatre)

COSTUME DESIGN
(large Theatre)

Cricket Myers
Endgame
Center Theatre Group

Maggie Morgan
Endgame
Center Theatre Group

Vincent Olivieri
Barcelona
Geffen Playhouse

Ann Closs-Farley
Women Laughing Alone With Salad
Center Theatre Group

Vincent Olivieri
GUARDS AT THE TAJ
Geffen Playhouse

Denitsa Bliznakova
Guards at the Taj
Geffen Playhouse

Philip Allen
Empire
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

Jessica Ford
These Paper Bullets! A Modish Ripoff of William
Shakespeare‘s Much Ado About Nothing
Geffen Playhouse

Cricket Myers
I Only Have Eyes For You
The Al Dubin Musical/Corky Hale
Bruno Louchouarn
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles
The Getty Villa & The Theatre @ Boston Court
Drew Dalzell & Noelle Hoffman
Wicked Lit 2015
Unbound Productions

Kate Bergh
Casa Valentina
Pasadena Playhouse
Christine Cover Ferro
Wicked Lit 2015
Unbound Productions
Vicki Conrad
The Imaginary Invalid
Will Geer‘s Theatricum Botanicum

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Video/Projection Design
Matthew Hill
Man Covets Bird
24th Street Theatre
Dallas Nicholas
Wood Boy Dog Fish
Bootleg Theater
Stephen Epstein & Ron Wood
SPACE
Crooked Arrow Productions
Jonathan Infante
American Idiot
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
David Gallo & Brad Peterson
EMPIRE
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Adam Flemming
Wicked Lit 2015
Unbound Productions
Hana Kim
The City of Conversation
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

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