Productions
Rudy Kloptik Award for Outstanding Resident Troupe
Good Fight
Loverboy
Midnight Society
Prima Doñas
Sugar, Water, Purple (winner)
Martin DeMaat Award for Outstanding Itinerant Troupe
Documentary Later
Harlequin
Indigo Shift
Kenny/Rogers
Rook (winner)
2XS
Ethel Hinkley Award for New Improv Troupe
¡Escándalo! (winner)
Friends for Now
Hometown
Nice Jewish Girls
Sloppy Seconds
Outstanding Production of Theatre for Young Audiences
Acorn and Robin, Pollyanna Theatre Company
Haunted: A Ghost Story, Summer Stock Austin
RapUnzel, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre
Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre (winner)
Outstanding Production of Improvised Theatre
Clone Squad, Fallout Theater
FLOW (Funny Ladies of Wrestling), Fallout Theater
LatiNacional, ColdTowne Theater (winner)
One Hour Til Air, ColdTowne Theater
Super Black, Fallout Theater
Outstanding Production of a Comedy
Ann, ZACH Theatre
The Rover, Hidden Room (winner)
Three Shitty Sons, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Who Framed Roger Replicant?, La Fenice
Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra, Present Company
Outstanding Production of Musical Theatre
Fun Home, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, ZACH Theatre
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Summer Stock Austin
Matilda the Musical, ZACH Theatre
Once, ZACH Theatre
Outstanding Production of a Drama
black do crack, Ground Floor Theatre
Heartland, VORTEX Repertory Company
Not Every Mountain, Rude Mechanicals
Notes From the Field, ZACH Theatre
some humans were harmed in the making of this show, En Route Productions and CB Goodman
We Are Proud to Present, Street Corner Arts (winner)
Featured Performances
Young Actor
Austin Dunn (Ensemble), Matilda the Musical, ZACH Theatre
Jackson Evans (Damion, Mad Hatter, Tweedledee), Alice’s Wonderland, VORTEX Repertory Company
Aidan Lindsey (Young Tommy), The Who’s Tommy, City Theatre
Evan Vines (Benji), Haunted: A Ghost Story, Summer Stock Austin
Jayden Wallace (Emmett Till), The Face of Emmett Till, King Productions (winner)
Young Actress
Mariela Denson (Small Alison), Fun Home, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)
Juliet Embry (Tiny Banger), The Tiny Banger, Trinity Street Players
Amara Johnson (Ester), Dry Land, Capital T Theatre
Birdie Stabeno (Sister Mary Lazarus), Sister Act, Summer Stock Austin
Maryanna Tollemache (Sister Mary Robert), Sister Act, Summer Stock Austin
Featured Actor in a Drama
Will Douglas (Herbert Pocket), Great Expectations, Different Stages
Greg Ginther (Otto Berg), The Magic Fire, Different Stages
Delanté G. Keys (Thrift Store Helen), *some humans were harmed in the making of this show, En Route Productions and CB Goodman (winner)
Tom Swift (Tony Reilly), Outside Mullingar, Reverie Theatre Company
Kriston Woodreaux (Jamal-Harrison Bryant, Taos Proctor, Tony Eady, Amanda Ripley, Dr. Victor Carrion), Notes From the Field, ZACH Theatre
Featured Actress in a Drama
Michelle Alexander (Allen Bullock, Niya Kenny, Denise Dodson, Bree Newsome), Notes From the Field, ZACH Theatre
Crystal Bird Caviel (Viola Henry), Monroe, Austin Playhouse
Ashley Hazzard (Prima), The Realness: A Break Beat Play, New Manifest Theatre Company
Barbara Mojica (Malinche), MX499: Los Hijos del Águila, ProyectoTeatro
Katy Taylor (Tony), *some humans were harmed in the making of this show, En Route Productions and CB Goodman (winner)
Featured Actor in a Comedy
Toby Minor (Blunt), The Rover, Hidden Room (winner)
Sebastian Ojeda (Dick), Three Shitty Sons, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Adam Rodriguez (Judge Doom, Arlecchino), Who Framed Roger Replicant?, La Fenice
Justin Scalise (Don Antonio), The Rover, Hidden Room
Jesus I. Valles (Cockroach), Last: An Extinction Comedy, VORTEX Repertory Company
Featured Actress in a Comedy
Brandi Andrade (Pundit), The Book Club Play, Different Stages
Liz Beckham (Angelica Bianca), The Rover, Hidden Room
Eva McQuade (New Girl, Mister Mayor), Last: An Extinction Comedy, VORTEX Repertory Company
Amber Quick (Toni), Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra, Present Company (winner)
Melissa Vogt (Fire Ant, Shopkeeper, Technician), Last: An Extinction Comedy, VORTEX Repertory Company
Featured Actor in Musical Theatre
Zac Crofford (Ensemble, Lansford Hastings, Charlse Stanton, Lewis Keseburg), American Blood Song, Trouble Puppet Theater Company (winner)
Holden Fox (J.B. Biggley), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Summer Stock Austin
Matthew Kennedy (Chef Louis, Sea Snail, Seagull, Firefly), Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Zilker Theatre Productions
André Martin (Mr. Wormwood), Matilda the Musical, ZACH Theatre
Weston Smith (Moritz Stiefel), Spring Awakening, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Featured Actress in Musical Theatre
Bethany Ammon (Queen of the Fairies), Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan Austin
Sara Burke (Mrs. Wormwood), Matilda the Musical, ZACH Theatre
Arielle Laguette (Joanna), Bigfoot, the Musical!, ColdTowne Theater
Leslie McDonel (Yitzhak), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, ZACH Theatre
Morgan Prentiss (Smitty), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Summer Stock Austin
Coty Ross Williams (Ursula), Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Zilker Theatre Productions (winner)
Design
Set Design
Cheraya Esthers, Sam Grimes and Jenny Lavery, Severe Weather Warning, Theatre en Bloc
Thomas Graves, Not Every Mountain, Rude Mechanicals
Michael Hoover, Immortal Longings, ZACH Theatre
Lisa Laratta, The Divine Narcissus, paper chairs (winner)
Anne McMeeking, Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre
Lighting Design
Rachel Atkinson, The Ballad of Klook and Vinette, ZACH Theatre
Chris Conard, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Zilker Theatre Productions (winner)
Alison Lewis, The Children, Jarrott Productions
Qi Jiajing, Matawan, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Philip Rosenberg, Immortal Longings, ZACH Theatre
Sound Design
Lowell Bartholomee, Dry Land, Capital T Theatre
Lowell Bartholomee, *some humans were harmed in the making of this show, En Route Productions and CB Goodman (winner)
Robert Fisher, The Hunchback Variations and Faustus, Capital T Theatre
Sam Lipman, Matawan, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Malyssa Quiles, The Realness: A Break Beat Play, New Manifest Theatre Company
Costume Design
Jennifer Rose Davis, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Zilker Theatre Productions (winner)
Stephanie Fisher, Matawan, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Jaimee Garner, Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre
Guicha Gutiérrez y Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, ¡Ahí Vienen los Monstruos Pelones, La Compañía Juvenile de ProyectoTeatro
Susan Branch Towne, Immortal Longings, ZACH Theatre
Media Design
Lowell Bartholomee, *some humans were harmed in the making of this show, En Route Productions and CB Goodman (winner)
Stephanie Busing, Notes From the Field, ZACH Theatre
Rodd Simonsen, Immortal Longings, ZACH Theatre
Logan Smith, The Tiny Banger, Trinity Street Players
Adrian Villegas and Nick Walker, ¡Estar Guars!, Latino Comedy Project
Properties Design
CB Goodman, *some humans were harmed in the making of this show, En Route Productions and CB Goodman
Thomas Graves, Pete Dahlberg, Aaron Flynn, Not Every Mountain, Rude Mechanicals
Diamante Martinez, Three Shitty Sons, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Taylor Travis, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, Better Mr. Burns (winner)
Mark Pickell, The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?, Capital T Theatre
Improvised Technical Design
Kenah Benefield, LatiNacional, ColdTowne Theater
Michael Yew, Greg Blank, Sasha Stadler and Amanda Kate, Make It So, Hideout Theatre (winner)
Lindsey McGowen, Daniel Ellsworth, Michael Yew and Timbo de Sosa, Mischief Managed, Hideout Theatre
Chris McKeever, One Hour Til Air, ColdTowne Theater
Lindsey McGowen, Sandra Ybarra, Mia Cisco and Francisco Peña, La Vida de los Muertos, Hideout Theatre
Stage Management
Sarah Carlson, Three Shitty Sons, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Kaitlyn “Kat” Kennedy, Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre
Jasmine Kurys, Not Every Mountain, Rude Mechanicals (winner)
Hannah Milam, Terminator: The Musical, Fallout Theater
Catherine Anne Tucker, Matilda the Musical, ZACH Theatre
Wigs, Masks and Makeup Design
Bonica Ayala, wigs, Liz Behan: One Woman at Dusk, ColdTowne Theater
Delena Bradley, headpieces, The Women of ______ (a song not song), UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)
Teresa Carson, wigs, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Summer Stock Austin
Tara Cooper, wigs, The Three Musketeers, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Roxanne Rohmann, masks, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, Better Mr. Burns
Alonso Salas, makeup, La Vida de los Muertos, Hideout Theatre
Performances in Leading Roles
Lead Actor in a Drama
Kareem Badr (Nazrullah), Heartland, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Steven Epp (Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev), Immortal Longings, ZACH Theatre
Luke Hill (Anthony Reilly), Outside Mullingar, Reverie Theatre Company
Justin Whitener (T.O.), The Realness: A Break Beat Play, New Manifest Theatre Company
Kriston Woodreaux (Clyde James), Monroe, Austin Playhouse
Lead Actress in a Drama
Florinda Bryant (Performer), black do crack, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)
Lorena Elías (Maria, “Solo Una Mujer”), Dos Mujeres, Teatro Espacio Agua Viva
Claire Grasso (Anna), The Letters, Street Corner Arts
Ellie McBride (Helen), *some humans were harmed in the making of this show, En Route Productions and CB Goodman
Katherine Schroeder (Hazel), The Children, Jarrott Productions
Lead Actor in a Comedy
Will Douglas (Jordan Berman), Significant Other, Jarrott Productions
Nate Dunaway (Roger Replicant), Who Framed Roger Replicant?, La Fenice (winner)
Judd Farris (Reggie), Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra, Present Company
Robert Fisher (Quasimodo, Mephistopheles), The Hunchback Variations and Faustus, Capital T Theatre
Jason Graf (Dex), Dex and Abby, Ground Floor Theatre
Lead Actress in a Comedy
Chelsea Rhea Andersen (Star), The Fault, Theatre Synesthesia
Jill Blackwood (Flora Crewe), Indian Ink, Austin Shakespeare
Tyler Layton (John Wesley Powell), Men on Boats, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Eva McQuade (Megan), Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan, Shrewd Productions (winner)
Valoneecia Tolbert (Beverly), The Mamalogues, Color Arc Productions & VORTEX Repertory Company
Libby Villari (Ann), Ann, ZACH Theatre
Lead Actor in Musical Theatre
Arthur DiBianca (Lord Chancellor), Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan Austin
Huck Huckaby (Chairman, Mayor Sapsea), The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Austin Playhouse
Daniel Rowan (Hedwig), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, ZACH Theatre
Roderick Sanford (Klook), The Ballad of Klook and Vinette, ZACH Theatre
Tristan Tierney (J. Pierrepont Finch), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Summer Stock Austin (winner)
Lead Actress in Musical Theatre
Jill Blackwood (Edwin Drood), The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Austin Playhouse
Chanel (Vinette), The Ballad of Klook and Vinette), ZACH Theatre
Sarah Marie Curry (Alison), Fun Home, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)
Taylor Flanagan (Middle Alison), Fun Home, Ground Floor Theatre
Micaela Lamas (Deloris Van Cartier), Sister Act, Summer Stock Austin
Olivia Nice (Girl), Once, ZACH Theatre
Actor in Theatre for Young Audiences
John Christopher (Novi, Joey), Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre
Austin Hyde (Jackson, Auhy), Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre
Delanté G. Keys (Reginald “Rap” Unzel III), RapUnzel, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre (winner)
Brandon Lozano (Brute), Haunted: A Ghost Story, Summer Stock Austin
Michael Wheeler (Simon), Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre
Actress in Theatre for Young Audiences
Hayley Armstrong (Queen of Hearts, Mother Superior), Alice’s Wonderland, VORTEX Repertory Company
Megan Hudson (Harper, Mehu), Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre
Olivia Jimenez (Alex), RapUnzel, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre
Amber Lackey (Puppeteer), Summer and Bird, Austin Playhouse
Leslie Ann Leal (Kama) Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre (winner)
Katy Shafer (Violet), Haunted: A Ghost Story, Summer Stock Austin
Direction
Direction of Improvised Theatre
Ben G. Bázan and Lilli Lopez, LatiNacional, ColdTowne Theater (winner)
Chris McKeever, One Hour Til Air, ColdTowne Theater
Mason Pitluk, Clone Squad, Fallout Theater
Ellen Pizarek and Rachel Austin, FLOW (Funny Ladies of Wrestling), Fallout Theater
Ashlee Pryor-Pitluk and Mason Pitluk, Super Black, Fallout Theater
Direction of Theatre for Young Audiences
Bethany Corey Eiken, Acorn and Robin, Pollyanna Theatre Company
Delanté G. Keys and Megan Moore Ortiz, RapUnzel, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre
Nat Miller, Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre (winner)
Allen Robertson, Haunted: A Ghost Story, Summer Stock Austin
Direction of a Drama
Liz Fisher, We Are Proud to Present, Street Corner Arts (winner)
CB Goodman, *some humans were harmed in the making of this show, En Route Productions and CB Goodman
Thomas Graves and Shawn Sides, Not Every Mountain, Rude Mechanicals
Matrex Kilgore, black do crack, Ground Floor Theatre
Cheryl Painter, Dry Land, Capital T Theatre
Direction of a Comedy
Beth Burns, The Rover, Hidden Room (winner)
Benjamin Endsley Klein, Ann, ZACH Theatre
Mason Rosenthal, Three Shitty Sons, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Katie Stone, An Evening With Chlane, ColdTowne Theater
Nikki Zook, The Book Club Play, Different Stages
Direction of Musical Theatre
Breanna Bietz, Terminator: The Musical, Fallout Theater
Ginger Morris, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Summer Stock Austin
Abe Reybold and Nat Miller, Matilda the Musical, ZACH Theatre
Lisa Scheps, Fun Home, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)
Dave Steakley, Once, ZACH Theatre
Music Direction
Tosin Awofeso, Grand Misery, Hideout Theatre
John Henderson, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Summer Stock Austin
Christian Magby, The Ballad of Klook and Vinette, ZACH Theatre
Allen Robertson, Once, ZACH Theatre (winner)
Allen Robertson, Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre
Dance Choreography
Coy Branscum, Sister Act, Summer Stock Austin
Sara Burke, Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre (winner)
Juan Pablo Flores and Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, MX499: Los Hijos del Águila, ProyectoTeatro
Jen Young Mahlstedt, Matilda the Musical, ZACH Theatre
Ginger Morris, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Summer Stock Austin
Fight Choreography
Kelly Hasandras, Once There Were Six Seasons: Interactive, Glass Half Full Theatre
David M. Long, The Three Musketeers, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Toby Minor, Who Framed Roger Replicant?, La Fenice (winner)
Ellen Pizarek and Rachel Austin, FLOW (Funny Ladies of Wrestling), Fallout Theater
Riley Wesson, Macbeth, Austin Shakespeare
Dramaturgy
Sharon Bridgforth, black do crack, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)
Cat Drago and Ace Manning, Make It So, Hideout Theatre
Laura J. Khalil, Heartland, VORTEX Repertory Company
Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, MX499: Los Hijos del Águila, ProjectoTeatro
Kristin Perkins, Matawan, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Elise Peterson, The Tiny Banger, Trinity Street Players
Dialect Coach
Amanda Cooley Davis, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, ZACH Theatre
Nancy Eyermann, Indian Ink, Austin Shakespeare
Melissa Grogan, Seven, Last Act Theatre Company (winner)
Performances and Composition
Small Cast Performance in Scripted Theatre
black girl love: an adaptation project, Generic Ensemble Company and VORTEX Repertory Company
An Evening With Chlane, ColdTowne Theater
Heartland, VORTEX Repertory Company
The Letters, Street Corner Arts
Outside Mullingar, Reverie Theatre Company
We Are Proud to Present, Street Corner Arts (winner)
Large Cast Performance in Scripted Theatre
Not Every Mountain, Rude Mechanicals
Once, ZACH Theatre
The Rover, Hidden Room (winner)
Three Shitty Sons, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre
Cast of Improvised Theatre
Clone Squad, Fallout Theater
Immigrants, The Musical! (Part 2), Institution Theater
LatiNacional, ColdTowne Theater
One Hour Til Air, ColdTowne Theater (winner)
Super Black, Fallout Theater
Ensemble Performance
Abigail Leman and Jackson Evans (Tweedledum and Tweedledee), Alice’s Wonderland, VORTEX Repertory Company
Ben Knight and Bobby Tschoepe (Flotsam and Jetsam), Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Zilker Theatre Productions
Ann Catherine Zárate and Sarah Zeringue (Daisy and Violet), Side Show, Trinity Street Players (winner)
Nuns, Sister Act, Summer Stock Austin
Caitlin McNally, Kathryn Lane, Chelsea Beth (Terminatrixes), Terminator: The Musical, Fallout Theater
Live Music Performance
Howard Burkett, Cesar Osorio, Charlie Tovar and Natalie Naquin, The Rover, Hidden Room
Michael Ferstenfeld, Howard Burkett and Dan Patrevito, Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra, Present Company (winner)
Ashley Hazzard, The Realness: A Break Beat Play, New Manifest Theatre Company
Trevor Hickle, Who Framed Roger Replicant?, La Fenice
Mariachi de Oro, La Vida de los Muertos, Hideout Theatre
Peter Stopschinski, Not Every Mountain, Rude Mechanicals
Stage Movement
Bald Monsters, ¡Ahí Vienen los Monstruos Pelones, La Compañía Juvenile de ProyectoTeatro
Shark Ensemble, Matawan, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)
Ben Montero, Jared VosWinkel and Sebastian Ojeda (sons), Three Shitty Sons, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Ray A. Roberts II (Dope Fiend), The Tiny Banger, Trinity Street Players
Cast, Tortoise and Hare, ZACH Theatre
Cast, We Are Proud to Present, Street Corner Arts
Puppetry
American Blood Song, Trouble Puppet Theater Company (winner)
Once There Were Six Seasons: Interactive, Glass Half Full Theatre
*some humans were harmed in the making of this show, En Route Productions and CB Goodman
Summer and Bird, Austin Playhouse
Treasure Island in the Bay of Bengal, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre
Original Script
Jeremy Rashad Brown and Deanna Belardinelli, RapUnzel, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre
Florinda Bryant, black do crack, Ground Floor Theatre
Gabriel Jason Dean, Heartland, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
CB Goodman, *some humans were harmed in the making of this show, En Route Productions and CB Goodman
Hannah Kenah, Three Shitty Sons, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Original Score
Henna Chou, Antigonick, Salvage Vanguard Theater (winner)
Mother Falcon, American Blood Song, Trouble Puppet Theater Company
Allen Robertson, Haunted: A Ghost Story, Summer Stock Austin
SaulPaul, RapUnzel, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre
Peter Stopschinski, Not Every Mountain, Rude Mechanicals
Special Certificates
Historical Reenactment
American Bloodsong, Trouble Puppet Theatre Company
Collaborative Dramaturgy
Indian Ink, Austin Shakespeare
Sustainable Design
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, Better Mr. Burns
Theatre for Social Change
Tales of Sleepless Nights, Gathering Ground