PLAYS FOR YOUTH
Production
Charlotte's Web, Second Youth Family Theatre (WINNER)
James and the Giant Peach, Scottish Rite Children's Theatre
Schoolhouse Rock! The Musical, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Trail of Tears: Walking the Choctaw Road, Ballet Austin/Pollyanna Theatre Company
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, UT Department of Theatre & Dance
Director
Judy Matetzschk, Trail of Tears (WINNER)
Linda Nenno, Schoolhouse Rock! The Musical
Whitney Presley, Charlotte's Web
J. Richard Smith, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Actor
Rex Heller, Anne of Green Gables
Skip Johnson, Patterns (WINNER)
Bobby Malone, The Wise Men of Chelm
Actress
Dianna Dorman, Treasure Island!
Sharon Drane, Anne of Green Gables
Michelle Keffer, Manzi: The Adventures of Young Cesar Chavez
Betsy McCann, Tangled Tricksters II (WINNER)
Barrett Nash, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
MUSIC THEATER
Production
At Home With Dick, Rubber Repertory
Crowns, Zachary Scott Theatre Center (WINNER)
Genghis Khan, Salvage Vanguard Theater
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Austin Playhouse
A Ride With Bob, Bismeaux Productions
Director
Sidney Brammer & CK McFarland, A Ride With Bob
Josh Meyer & Matt Hislope, At Home With Dick
Don Toner, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (WINNER)
Lead Actor
Ray Benson, A Ride With Bob
Keith Gipson, Genghis Khan
Todd Porter, Saint Enid and the Black Hand
Dick Price, At Home With Dick
Tyler Rhodes, Batboy: The Musical (WINNER)
Rick Roemer, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Lead Actress
Catherine Berry, Spin
Jill Blackwood, Aida (WINNER)
Jill Blackwood, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Minkyung Lee, Genghis Khan
Toni Smith, Batboy: The Musical
Featured Actor
Timothy Curry I, Crowns (WINNER)
LeRoy Nienow, Man of La Mancha
Rick Perkins, A Ride With Bob
Espie Randolph, Aida
Michael Stuart, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Featured Actress
Jacqui Cross, Crowns (WINNER)
Jacqui Cross, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Kia Dawn Fulton, Crowns
Janis Stinson, Crowns
Kendra Treichler, Cabaret
COMEDY
Production
The Dog in the Manger, Austin Shakespeare Festival (WINNER)
Enchanted April, Austin Playhouse
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Austin Shakespeare Festival
Reefer Madness, Bedlam Faction
Director
Ellie McBride, The Jinn
Guy Roberts, The Dog in the Manger
Guy Roberts and Ian Manners, A Midsummer Night's Dream (WINNER)
Shawn Sides, Cherrywood
Don Toner, Enchanted April
Lead Actor
Corey Gagne, Pageant
Guy Roberts, The Dog in the Manger
David Stahl, Rumors
Brent Werzner, The Intergalactic Nemesis: Twin Infinity
Ben Wolfe, The Dog in the Manger (WINNER)
Lead Actress
Barbara Chisholm, Blown Sideways Through Life
Kelsey Kling, Pageant
Karen Kuykendall, I'm Not the Woman I Was (WINNER)
Lauri Raymond, Enchanted April
Lara Toner, Enchanted April
Featured Actor
Mark Banks, House Arrest
Robert Deike, Love's Labor's Lost
Corey Gagne, A Midsummer Night's Dream (WINNER)
Robert Matney, Pageant
Kelly McDaniel, The Flu Season
Nick Walker, Citizen Quién?
Featured Actress
Jill Blackwood, A Midsummer Night's Dream (WINNER)
Liz Fisher, The Dog in the Manger
Elizabeth Mason, Reefer Madness
Carla Nickerson, House Arrest
Marijane Vandivier, Enchanted April
DRAMA
Production
The Death of a Cat, Salvage Vanguard Theater
"Master Harold" … and the Boys, Sam Bass Community Theatre
Not Clown, Physical Plant Theater
Omnium-Gatherum, Zachary Scott Theatre Center
Wake for the Dark Poet: The Antonin Artaud Project, Vortex Repertory Company (WINNER)
Director
Heather Barfield, Wake for the Dark Poet
Jason Neulander, The Death of a Cat
Dave Steakley, Omnium-Gatherum
Carlos Treviño, Not Clown
Dennis Whitehead, "Master Harold" … and the Boys (WINNER)
Lead Actor
Scott Daigle, Wake for the Dark Poet
Jeffrey Mills, The Death of a Cat
Chuck Ney, The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley
Marc Pouhé, "Master Harold" … and the Boys
Guy Roberts, Othello (WINNER)
Lead Actress
Janelle Buchanan, Omnium-Gatherum
Shannon Grounds, Where Are They Now?
Christa Kimlicko Jones, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Jenny Larson, The Death of a Cat
Bobbie Oliver, Marvin's Room
Featured Actor
Mark Banks, "Master Harold" … and the Boys (WINNER)
Joel Citty, Ham
Dan Dietz, The Death of a Cat
Steven Fay, Appointment With Death
Dirk van Allen, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Featured Actress
Carla Nickerson Adams, Twilight: Los Angeles 1992
Mary Agen Cox, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Jo Beth Henderson, hOle (WINNER)
Gina Houston, Twilight: Los Angeles 1992
Helen Merino, Omnium-Gatherum
CAST PERFORMANCE
Charlotte's Web, Second Youth Family Theatre
Nightswim, State Theater Company
Not Clown, Physical Plant Theater
Schoolhouse Rock! The Musical, Zachary Scott Theatre Center (WINNER)
The Water Principle, Hyde Park Theatre
YOUTH PERFORMER
Shae Boyd, The Velveteen Rabbit
Hannah Clark, The Velveteen Rabbit
Kathleen Fletcher, Vitriol and Violets (WINNER)
Clint Gilfillan, The Velveteen Rabbit
Scott Swincher, James and the Giant Peach
TECHNICAL
Set Design
Ann Marie Gordon, Saint Enid and the Black Hand (WINNER)
Kim Gritzer, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Christopher McCollum, Nightswim
Chase Staggs, The Death of a Cat
Leilah Stewart, Cherrywood
Lighting Design
Jason Amato, Crowns
Jason Amato, Omnium-Gatherum (WINNER)
Don Day, Ham
Diana Duecker, The Death of a Cat
Matt Frey, Nightswim
Sound Design
John Lewis, Spin
Phillip Montoya, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Robert Pierson and Carlos Treviño, Not Clown
Allen Robertson, Omnium-Gatherum (WINNER)
Chad Salvata, Wake for the Dark Poet
Costume Design
Laura Cannon, Cherrywood
Laura Cannon, The Death of a Cat
Sarah Lankenau, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Ia Layadi, Trail of Tears (WINNER)
Buffy Manners, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Musical Direction
Ray Benson, A Ride With Bob
Allen Robertson, Crowns (WINNER)
Allen Robertson, Hank Williams: Lost Highway
Dennis Whitehead, Batboy: the Musical
Choreography
Robert Corkill, Linda Nenno, Scott Schroeder, and Dennis Whitehead, Schoolhouse Rock 2
Carlos Ferreira, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Gina Patterson, Trail of Tears (WINNER)
Nina Standifer, The Velveteen Rabbit
Original Script
Jennifer Lynn Cameron, The Little Mermaid
John Fleming, The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley (WINNER)
Kirk Lynn, The Jinn
Steve Moore and Carlos Treviño, Not Clown
C. Denby Swanson, The Death of a Cat
Original Score
Jon Nelson and Adam Sultan, Fear of a Führer
Dick Price, At Home With Dick
Graham Reynolds, The Death of a Cat (WINNER)
Graham Reynolds, Genghis Khan
SPECIAL AWARDS
Outstanding Contribution to Austin Theatre
Dave Steakley
Ensemble Performance
Melissa Vogt and Betsy McCann, Poko and Cici, Wake for the Dark Poet
Large Puppet Design
Ann Marie Gordon, Wake for the Dead Poet