Theatre for Youth
Outstanding Production
All Aboard!, Pollyanna Theatre Company
Charlotte’s Web, ZACH Theatre
El Paraíso de los Maniquís, ProyectoTeatro
Rosita y Conchita, Austin Scottish Rite Theater (winner)
A Shoe Story, Summer Stock Austin
Outstanding Direction
Judy Matetzschk-Campbell, All Aboard!, Pollyanna Theatre Company
Nat Miller, Charlotte’s Web, ZACH Theatre
Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, El Paraíso de los Maniquís, ProyectoTeatro
Allen Robertson, A Shoe Story, Summer Stock Austin
Susan Gayle Todd, Rosita y Conchita, Austin Scottish Rite Theater (winner)
Outstanding Actor
Chase Brewer (Nick) The Thing in Grandma’s Closet, Pollyanna Theatre Company
Brian Corkum (Ben) A Shoe Story, Summer Stock Austin
Nate Dunaway (Bahloo) Jungle Book, Austin Scottish Rite Theater
David Peña (Gerald) Elephant and Piggie’s We Are in a Play!, ZACH Theatre
Jesus I. Valles (Muerte) Rosita y Conchita, Austin Scottish Rite Theater (winner)
Outstanding Actress
Martinique Duchene-Phillips (Sunny) Whether the Weather, Pollyanna Theatre Company
Stephanie Hernandez (Arlet)El Paraíso de los Maniquís, ProyectoTeatro
Megan Ortiz (Mom, Tabitha, Prince Pumpernickel) Puff the Magic Dragon, Austin Scottish Rite Theater
Amber Quick (Sheep, Mrs. Arable, Fair President) Charlotte’s Web, ZACH Theatre
Gricelda Silva (Rosita) Rosita y Conchita, Austin Scottish Rite Theater (winner)
Musical Theatre
Outstanding Production
Atlantis, Ethos and VORTEX Repertory Company
Dani, Girl Trinity Street Players
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, ZACH Theatre
Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe, Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Austin Playhouse (winner)
Spamalot, Summer Stock Austin
Outstanding Direction
Bonnie Cullum, Atlantis, Ethos and VORTEX Repertory Company
Jenny Larson, Dani Girl, Trinity Street Players
Michael McKelvey, Nevermore, Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Austin Playhouse (winner)
Ginger Morris, Spamalot, Summer Stock Austin
Michael Rader, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, ZACH Theatre
Outstanding Lead Actor
Andrew Cannata (Raph et al.) Dani Girl, Trinity Street Players (winner)
Sam Johnson (Pirate King)The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan Austin
Justin LaVergne (Helios) Atlantis, Ethos and VORTEX Repertory Company
Joshua Meindertsma (Eddie Schmidt) Prohibition, Crank Collective
Rodrigo M. Zaragoza (Peter) bare, Austin Theatre Project
Outstanding Lead Actress
Chanel (Billie Holiday) Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, ZACH Theatre (winner)
Jacqui Cross (Mahalia Jackson) For the Love of Mahalia, RKJB Entertainment
Michelle Haché (Solstra) Atlantis, Ethos and VORTEX Repertory Company
Suzanne Lis (Mabel) The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan Austin
Taylor Moessinger (Dani) Dani Girl, Trinity Street Players
Outstanding Featured Actor
Jacob Barber (Matt) bare, Austin Theatre Project
Arthur DiBianca (Major-General Stanley) The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan Austin
Jonathan Itchon (Magus) Atlantis, Ethos and VORTEX Repertory Company
Kirk Kelso (Cowardly Lion, Zeke) The Wizard of Oz, Zilker Theatre Productions
Scott Shipman (Nicely-Nicely Johnson) Guys and Dolls, Austin Playhouse (winner)
Outstanding Featured Actress
Suzanne Balling (Eliza Poe, Ann Carter Lee, Louise Gabriella, Muddy Clemm et al.) Nevermore, Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Austin Playhouse
Maddrey Blackwood (Marmee March, Hag) Little Women, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Jess Hughes (Rosalie Poe, Fanny Allan, Sissy Clemm et al.) Nevermore, Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Austin Playhouse (winner)
Theresa Medina (Abuela Claudia) In the Heights, ZACH Theatre
Sonia Moore (Bessie Smith) For the Love of Mahalia, RKJB Entertainment
Comedy
Outstanding Production
Agent Andromeda: The Orion Crusade, Sky Candy
The Back Pack Presents: Throwing Shade, Back Pack
Dead Man’s Cell Phone, En Route Productions
The Revolutionists, Shrewd Productions (winner)
The Totalitarians, Theatre en Bloc
Outstanding Direction
the cast [Pete Betcher, Katie Kohler, Justin Morley, Jeremiah Rosenberger], The Back Pack Presents: Throwing Shade, Back Pack
Lindsay Doleshal, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, En Route Productions
Jenny Lavery, The Totalitarians, Theatre en Bloc
Rudy Ramirez, Agent Andromeda: The Orion Crusade, Sky Candy
Rudy Ramirez, The Revolutionists, Shrewd Productions (winner)
Outstanding Lead Actor
Heath Allyn (Magnifico) Death Race: Inferno, La Fenice (winner)
Toby Minor (Antipholus of Ephesus) The Comedy of Errors, Austin Shakespeare
Marc Pouhé (Garry Essendine) Present Laughter, Austin Shakespeare
Jon Watson (Mistress Alice Ford) The Merry Wives of Windsor, Austin Scottish Rite Theater & Weird Sisters Women’s Theater Collective
Dave Yakubik (Guildenstern) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, City Theatre Company
Outstanding Lead Actress
Katherine Catmull (Mertis Katherine Graven) John, Hyde Park Theatre
Barbara Chisholm (Penny) The Totalitarians, Theatre en Bloc
Sarah Marie Curry (Olympe de Gouge) The Revolutionists, Shrewd Productions (winner)
Bridget Farr (Jean) Dead Man’s Cell Phone, En Route Productions
Jess Hughes (Elinor Dashwood) Sense and Sensibility, Austin Playhouse
Outstanding Featured Actor
Jay Byrd (Arnold) Hir, Capital T Theatre (winner)
Dan Dalbout (Dwight) Dead Man’s Cell Phone, En Route Productions
Nate Dunaway (Otto von Autobahn) Death Race: Inferno, La Fenice
Aaron Johnson (Ben) The Totalitarians, Theatre en Bloc
Meason Wiley (Gordon) Dead Man’s Cell Phone, En Route Productions
Outstanding Featured Actress
Anne Hulsman (Harriet Gottlieb) Dead Man’s Cell Phone, En Route Productions
Katie Kohler (Margaret Dashwood, Lucy Steele, gossip) Sense and Sensibility, Austin Playhouse
Eva McQuade (Chef Alfredo, narrator, Kellie from Glasgow, Brianna, Pastor Adipose)
My Big Fat Bahookie, Renaissance Austin Theatre and VORTEX Repertory Company
Julie Moore (Ellisandre) Agent Andromeda: The Orion Crusade, Sky Candy (winner)
Gricelda Silva (Charlotte Corday) The Revolutionists, Shrewd Productions
Valoneecia Tolbert (Marianne Angelle) The Revolutionists, Shrewd Productions
Drama
Outstanding Production
Ballot Eats the Bullet, VORTEX Repertory Company
The Drowning Girls, Theatre en Bloc (winner)
The Island of Dr. Moreau: A Fever Dream Steeped in Blood, Paladin Theatre Company
Lungs, Hyde Park Theatre
Ocean, VORTEX Repertory Company
A Perfect Robot, VORTEX Repertory Company
Outstanding Direction
Jenny Lavery, The Drowning Girls, Theatre en Bloc (winner)
Zell Miller, III, Ballot Eats the Bullet, VORTEX Repertory Company
Elizabeth V. Newman, Any Night, EVN Productions
Charles P. Stites, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Paladin Theatre Company
Lily Wolff, Lungs, Hyde Park Theatre
Outstanding Lead Actor
Jeffery Da’Shade Johnson (Mason Dixon) Underground, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Michael Joplin (M), Lungs, Hyde Park Theatre
Bill Karnovsky (Vladimir), Waiting for Godot, Austin Jewish Repertory Theater
Charles P. Stites (everyone), The Island of Dr. Moreau, Paladin Theatre Company
Patrick Terry (Harry Houdini), Houdini Speaks to the Living, Hidden Room
Zac Thomas (Patrick et al.), Any Night, EVN Productions
Outstanding Lead Actress
Cami Alys (Poet) An Iliad, Penfold Theatre Company and Austin Scottish Rite Theater
Liz Beckham (W), Lungs, Hyde Park Theatre
Katherine Catmull (Carol), Song About Himself, Capital T Theatre
Judith Laird (A), Three Tall Women, City Theatre Company
Emily Rankin (Wraith), Wraith Radio, Bottle Alley Theatre Company
Ebony Stewart (everyone), Ocean, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Amelia Turner (Mollybot), A Perfect Robot, VORTEX Repertory Company
Outstanding Featured Actor
David Boss (Friar Lawrence, Servingman) Romeo and Juliet, Something for Nothing Theater
Mackenzy Cade (Felix Turner) The Normal Heart, City Theatre Company
Joey Hood (Alan Turing) A Perfect Robot, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Bob Jones (Nurse, Lord Montague, Apothecary) Romeo and Juliet, Something for Nothing Theater
Kyle Lindsey (Pozzo) Waiting for Godot, Austin Jewish Repertory Theater
Keith Machekanyanga (Shango) In the Red and Brown Water, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Outstanding Featured Actress
Janelle Buchanan (Patricia) The Herd, Jarrott Productions
Ellen Falterman (Star) Wraith Radio, Bottle Alley Theatre Company
Amber Quick (Sheriff’s Auxiliary, Muriel Humphrey, Lynda Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, ensemble) The Great Society, ZACH Theatre
Taji Senior (Ruth) TWENTYEIGHT, Gale Theatre Company and VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Rama Tchuente (Aunt Elegua) In the Red and Brown Water, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Allison Wojtowecz (June) Dust, Heartland Theatre Collective
Improvisational Theatre
Outstanding Production
Cowgirl Cabaret, Girls Girls Girls: Improvised Musicals
How I Saved the World Over Summer Vacation, Hideout Theatre
The Kindness of Strangers, Hideout Theatre
Latinauts: La Frontera Finál, ColdTowne Theater (winner)
Peter Pan and the Great Unknown, Hideout Theatre
Outstanding Direction
the cast, Cowgirl Cabaret, Girls Girls Girls: Improvised Musicals
Jordan T. Maxwell and J.R. Zambrano, How I Saved the World Over Summer Vacation, Hideout Theatre
Kenny Madison and Nicholaus Weindel It Came From Your Brain!, Institution Theater
Kaci Beeler and Rob Yoho, The Kindness of Strangers, Hideout Theatre
Ben G. Bazán and Mical Trejo, Latinauts, ColdTowne Theater (winner)
Outstanding Cast Performance in an Improvised Play
How I Saved the World Over Summer Vacation, Hideout Theatre
The Kindness of Strangers, Hideout Theatre
Latinauts, ColdTowne Theater (winner)
Night Watch, ColdTowne Theater
Peter Pan and the Great Unknown, Hideout Theatre
Outstanding Improvised Technical Design
Cindy Page, Biz Gilmore, Jay Mahavier and Lindsey McGowen, How I Saved the World Over Summer Vacation, Hideout Theatre (winner)
Lindsey McGowen, Carolyn Gjertson and Dylan Garsee, I’ll Take the Physical Challenge, Hideout Theatre
Juese Cutler and Neil Dorsey, It Came From Your Brain!, Institution Theater
Lindsey McGowen, The Kindness of Strangers, Hideout Theatre
Lindsey McGowen, Kelly Campbell and Carolyn Gjertson, Peter Pan and the Great Unknown, Hideout Theatre
Rudy Kloptik Award for Outstanding Improvisational Troupe
Cascade
Everything All the Time
The Knuckleball Now
Loverboy Comedy
Parallelogramophonograph
Sugar, Water, Purple
Ethel Hinkley Award for Outstanding New Improvisational Troupe
Camp sLaughter
Everything All the Time
The Matriarchy
Migas
Sugar, Water, Purple
Design
Outstanding Set Design
Chris Conard, The Drowning Girls, Theatre en Bloc (winner)
Ia Ensterä, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, En Route Productions
Mark Pickell, John, Hyde Park Theatre
Stephen Pruitt, Requiem for Tesla, Rude Mechanicals
Desiderio Roybal, The Herd, Jarrott Productions
Outstanding Lighting Design
Jason Amato, Atlantis, Ethos and VORTEX Repertory Company
Rachel Atkinson, An Iliad, Penfold Theatre Company and Austin Scottish Rite Theater
Chris Conard, Any Night, EVN Productions
Kate Ducey, The Drowning Girls, Theatre en Bloc (winner)
Zach Murphy, Requiem for Tesla, Rude Mechanicals
Outstanding Sound Design
Charles O. Anderson and Benjamin Galvan, In the Red and Brown Water, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Eliot Gray Fisher, Any Night, EVN Productions
Robert S. Fisher, The Moors, Hyde Park Theatre
Joel Mercado-See, Nevermore, Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Austin Playhouse
Buzz Moran, Requiem for Tesla, Rude Mechanicals (winner)
Outstanding Costume Design
Leslie Bonnell and Aaron Flynn, Requiem for Tesla, Rude Mechanicals
Jennifer Rose Davis, The Revolutionists, Shrewd Productions
Guicha Gutierrez, ¿Quíen Asusta Ahí?, ProyectoTeatro
E.L. Hohn, In the Red and Brown Water, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Glenda Wolfe, Nevermore, Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Austin Playhouse (winner)
Outstanding Media Design
Lowell Bartholomee, The Effect, Capital T Theatre
the cast [Pete Betcher, Katie Kohler, Justin Morley, Jeremiah Rosenberger], The Back Pack Presents: Throwing Shade, Back Pack (winner)
Lacey Erb, In the Red and Brown Water, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Eliot Gray Fisher, A Perfect Robot, VORTEX Repertory Company
Hector Ordaz, Ella, ProyectoTeatro and Lotus Contemporary Performing Arts
Outstanding Properties Design
Teresa Carson, Nevermore, Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Austin Playhouse
Taylor Harrison, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, En Route Productions
Michael Krauss, jj’s arcade, ZACH Theatre and Teatro Vivo (winner)
Kate Meehan, Death Race: Inferno, La Fenice
Brianna Smith, Requiem for Tesla, Rude Mechanicals
General Categories
Outstanding Stage Management
Lowell Bartholomee, Requiem for Tesla, Rude Mechanicals
Angelica Chesney, Nevermore, Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Austin Playhouse
Tamara L. Farley, A Perfect Robot, VORTEX Repertory Company
Kaitlyn Kennedy, Elephant and Piggie’s We Are in a Play!, ZACH Theatre
Monica Kurtz, Agent Andromeda: The Orion Crusade, Sky Candy (winner)
Kenneth Williams, Houdini Speaks to the Living, Hidden Room
Outstanding Music Direction
Tosin Awofeso, Immigrants, the Musical! (Part 1), Institution Theater (winner)
Anderson Dear, Atlantis, Ethos and VORTEX Repertory Company
Jeffrey Jones-Ragona, The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan Austin
Lyn Koenning, Spamalot, Summer Stock Austin
Michael McKelvey Nevermore, Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Austin Playhouse
Outstanding Dance Choreography
Joanna Wright, Agent Andromeda: The Orion Crusade, Sky Candy (winner)
Melissa Villarreal, Charis Campbell, Inna Grudtcina, Sadé M. Jones, Kalani Hawks and Aurelio Planes Rodriguez, Ella, ProyectoTeatro and Lotus Contemporary Performing Arts
Charles O. Anderson, In the Red and Brown Water, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Jasmine de Leon, Leon Jones, Aurelio Planes, Lisa Vargas, Travis Herman and Luis Ordaz Gurtiérrez, El Paraíso de los Maniquís, ProyectoTeatro
Ginger Morris, Spamalot, Summer Stock Austin
Outstanding Fight Choreography
Toby Minor, Death Race: Inferno, La Fenice
Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, El Paraíso de los Maniquís, ProyectoTeatro
Joanna Wright, Caroline Poe and Andy Agne, Agent Andromeda: The Orion Crusade, Sky Candy (winner)
Outstanding Original Script
Zell Miller, III with Kera Blay, M’Kenzie Flakes, Sadé M. Jones, Breaion Shanique King, Chelsea Manasseri, Valoneecia Tolbert, Ebony Stewart, Anne Marie Wynter and Lisa B. Thompson, Ballot Eats the Bullet, VORTEX Repertory Company
Charles P. Stites, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Paladin Theatre Company
Ebony Stewart, Ocean, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Sarah Saltwick, A Perfect Robot, VORTEX Repertory Company
Megan Ortiz, Gricelda Silva, Susan Gayle Todd and Jesus I. Valles, Rosita y Conchita, Austin Scottish Rite Theater
Outstanding Original Score
Daniel Fernandez and Avery Rogers, A Bad Plan, Small Sky Productions
Tyler Mabry, Agent Andromeda: The Orion Crusade, Sky Candy (winner)
Seth Osborn, An Iliad, Penfold Theatre Company and Austin Scottish Rite Theater
Chad Salvata, Atlantis, Ethos and VORTEX Repertory Company
Trevor Welch, Hot Belly, paper chairs
Outstanding Cast Performance in a Scripted Play
Ballot Eats the Bullet, VORTEX Repertory Company
Charlotte’s Web, ZACH Theatre
Dead Man’s Cell Phone, En Route Productions
The Drowning Girls, Theatre en Bloc (winner)
Nevermore, Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Austin Playhouse
Outstanding Ensemble Performance
Gianina Casale, Anna Ingram, Kaitlyn Jones, Christian Leal, D'Lonte K. Lawson (dance chorus), In the Red and Brown Water, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Judd Farris (voice), Katy Taylor and Laura Ray (Ahab) Moby Dick, Trouble Puppet Theater Company
Stephen Mercantel, Matt Connely, Joey Banks, Jess Hughes, Suzanne Balling and Megan Rabuse (storytellers) Nevermore, Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Austin Playhouse (winner)
Cristopher Jimenez and Gaby Tamayo (twins) El Paraíso de los Maniquís, ProyectoTeatro
Lana Lesley and Hayley Armstrong (George Westinghouse and J.P. Morgan) Requiem for Tesla, Rude Mechanicals
Outstanding Young Actor
Tosh Arora (Patsy) Spamalot, Summer Stock Austin
Yashua Batista (Hugo Martinez) El Paraíso de los Maniquís, ProyectoTeatro
Matthew Kennedy (Historian, Not Dead Fred, Prince Herbert) Spamalot, Summer Stock Austin (winner)
Ben Roberts (King Arthur) Spamalot, Summer Stock Austin
Diego Rodríguez (jj Hernández, selected dates) jj’s arcade, ZACH Theatre and Teatro Vivo
Outstanding Young Actress
Brianda Campos (Naila Hari) El Paraíso de los Maniquís, ProyectoTeatro
Mariela Denson (Mel) A Shoe Story, Summer Stock Austin
Lydia Kamm (Lady of the Lake) Spamalot, Summer Stock Austin (winner)
Valeria Smeke (Andrea Sokolov) El Paraíso de los Maniquís, ProyectoTeatro
Gaby Tamayo (girl) Ella, ProyectoTeatro and Lotus Contemporary Performing Arts
Outstanding Puppetry
Atlantis, Ethos and VORTEX Repertory Company
The Back Pack Presents: Throwing Shade, Back Pack
Don Quixote de La Redo, Glass Half Full Theatre
Moby Dick, Trouble Puppet Theater Company (winner)
Outstanding Theatrical Event
Ella, ProyectoTeatro and Lotus Contemporary Performing Arts
Moby Dick, Trouble Puppet Theater Company
Out of Ink 2017: Object Lessons, ScriptWorks
Requiem for Tesla, Rude Mechanicals (winner)
Outstanding Featured Music Performance
Diego Rodriguez, Riley McCue, Mercy Bovik, Mariela Denson, Amber Quick, Jerome Schoolar, Amanda Clifton, Joseph Quintana and Allen Robertson, Charlotte’s Web, ZACH Theatre
Seth Osborn, Henna Chou, Steve Cruz, Ky Hote and Brittany Carson Koepp, An Iliad, Penfold Theatre Company and Austin Scottish Rite Theater
Tosin Awofeso, Immigrants, the Musical! (Part 1), Institution Theater (winner)
Justin Sherburn, Moby Dick, Trouble Puppet Theater Company
Blair Bovbjerg and Graham Reynolds, Requiem for Tesla, Rude Mechanicals
Outstanding Featured Movement
Andy Agne (Dark Thruster) Agent Andromeda: The Orion Crusade, Sky Candy
Lilah Guaragna (Q) A Shoe Story, Summer Stock Austin (winner)
Winnie Hsia (Charlotte) Charlotte’s Web, ZACH Theatre
Sadé M. Jones (ensemble) Ballot Eats the Bullet, VORTEX Repertory Company
Ginger Snaps (Hyper-Harlota) Agent Andromeda: The Orion Crusade, Sky Candy
Special Certificates
Sensory-Friendly Performances
youth shows, ZACH Theatre
Dramaturgy and Mental Health Resources
The Effect, Capital T Theatre
Wig Design
Jennifer Rose Davis and Blood and Glitter Makeup, The Revolutionists, Shrewd Productions