YOUTH
Outstanding Production of a Play for Children
Machinal (Vortex Summer Youth Theatre)
Outstanding Director of a Play for Children
Ann Ciccolella (Tales From Shakespeare)
Outstanding Actor in a Play for Children
Michael Stuart (Jeeves, Igor, the Monster, Pigman vs. Frankenstein)
Outstanding Actress in a Play for Children
Dora Lanier (Mrs. Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank)
MUSICAL
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Big River (Zilker Theatre Productions)
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Rod Caspers (Big River)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
Mike Bradecich (Big River)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
Felicia Dinwiddie (Ain't Misbehavin' )
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Scott Schroeder (Big River)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Sharron Bower (Fiddler on the Roof)
COMEDY OR DRAMA
Outstanding Production of a Play
Twelfth Night (Sneck Up! Productions & Vortex Repertory Company)
Outstanding Director of a Play
Ann Ciccolella (My Children, My Africa!)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Martin Burke (Angels in America: Part 2, Perestroika)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Helen Merino (My Children, My Africa!)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Martin Burke (Twelfth Night)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Sharron Bower (Misalliance)
DESIGN AND DIRECTION
Outstanding Set Design
Christopher McCollum (Gypsy)
J. Richard Smith (Big River)
Outstanding Lighting Design
Tony Tucci (Gypsy)
Outstanding Sound Design
Chad Salvata (Machinal)
Outstanding Costume Design
Brian Gaston & Winter Street Design Studio of Houston (Liu, the Dragon King)
Outstanding Music Director
Fred Barton & Allen Robertson (Fiddler on the Roof)
Outstanding Choreographer
Scott Thompson & Richard Byron (Gypsy)
Outstanding Original Script
Rob Nash (Sophomore Slump)
Nominating Committee Special Awards
Alpha Omega Award to VORTEX Repertory Company, for its support of The X & Y Trilogy, an epic series of cynbernetic operas, from their first productions to a staging of all three at the Paramount Theatre;
Quintessential Austin Production Award for Refraction Arts Project's staging of The Visit, for its integration of theatrical elements from masks and puppetry to original music and bravura acting to an environmental presentation in an outdoor setting that mark a kind of theatre in sync with the city's adventuresome character;
O Brave New World Award to both Salvage Vanguard Theater and Rude Mechanicals, for their ventures, in previous years but especially in this season, into new theatrical territory, discovering subjects, artists, and methods of theatrical expression that expand our sense of the possibilities in our art, its continued relevance in our world, and its meaning in our lives.