2023-2024 Winners and Nominees

Improvisation

Production

Sextet, ColdTowne Theater (winner)

Attend the Tale, Hideout Theatre

The Black Lily, Hideout Theatre

The Bollywood Improv Show, Hideout Theatre

The Grizzly, Hideout Theatre

The Recently Deceased, Hideout Theatre

Weird Frontier, Hideout Theatre

Direction

Kevin Anderson, Sextet, ColdTowne Theater (winner)

Kaci Beeler, Margaret Hunsicker, Curtis Luciani and J.R. Zambrano, The Seminar, American Berserk Theatre

Sid Desai, The Bollywood Improv Show, Hideout Theatre

Margaret Hunsicker and Mallory Schlossberg, Attend the Tale, Hideout Theatre

Lex Okeke, The Grizzly, Hideout Theatre

Asaf Ronen, Minor Dystopia, Coldtowne Theatre

Jess von Schramm, The Recently Deceased, Hideout Theatre

Cast

Sextet, ColdTowne Theater (winner)

The Black Lily, Hideout Theatre

The Bollywood Improv Show, Hideout Theatre

The Grizzly, Hideout Theatre

The Recently Deceased, Hideout Theatre

The Seminar, American Berserk Theatre

Improvised Tech

Will Cleveland, Minor Dystopia, ColdTowne Theater (winner)

Nathaniel Archer, Attend the Tale, Hideout Theatre

Austen Brockman and Sharon Casteel, The Bollywood Improv Show, Hideout Theatre

Steven Rutkowski, Lisa Shaw and Michael Yew, The Recently Deceased, Hideout Theatre

Steven Rutkowski, Austen Brockman, Jessica McFarland, Grant Wilson and Michael Yew, Weird Frontier, Hideout Theatre

Stefan Sallay and Tony Zarate, Those Meddling Kids!, Hideout Theatre

Amy Wolf and Mac McDearmont, The Grizzly, Hideout Theatre

Ethel Hinkley Award for New Improvisational Troupe

Pigeon Physics (winner)

Don’t Be Difficult

Tortoise in a Pram

Marty De Maat Award for Itinerant Improvisational Troupe

Kenny/Rogers (winner)

Amoeba

Folxxx

Golden: Silent Improvised Stories

Rudy Kloptik Award for Resident Improvisational Troupe

Parallelogramophonograph (winner)

All Night All Night All Night

Come @ Me

Friends For Now

Girls Girls Girls

Hot Goss

The Manhattan Project

Short Plays

Production

“An Artist’s Regrets,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera (winner)

“Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera

“I am worth nothing,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera

“What the Spirits Show,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera

Direction

Karen Jambon, “Final Conversations,” Death on the Half Shell, Mélange Theatre Company (winner)

Julie Fiore, “An Artist’s Regrets,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera

Julie Fiore, “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera

Performer

Maureen Broy Papovich (40 Year Old), “An Artist’s Regrets,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera (winner)

Peter Shine (Jeff Peters), “Cupid a la Carte,” O. Henry Stories, Austin Shakespeare (winner)

Will Douglas (Son), “Final Conversations,” Death on the Half Shell, Mélange Theatre Company

Jake Jacobsen (Politician), “What the Spirits Show,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera

Cristina Jones (Older Sister), “I am worth nothing,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera

Robert LeBas (Demon), “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera

Andrew Matthews (Ed Collier), “Cupid a la Carte,” O. Henry Stories, Austin Shakespeare

Melissa McKnight (Mother), “Final Conversations,” Death on the Half Shell, Mélange Theatre Company

Maureen Broy Papovich (Karen), “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera

Cassidy Wallace (Bubbie), “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera

Comedy

Production

Clyde’s, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

Art, Penfold Theatre Company

Caught, Hyde Park Theatre

Death by Bad Jokes: Stop, Stop, You’re Killing Me, jkjk

Home, I’m Darling, Jarrott Productions

Direction

Lacey Cannon Gonzales and Carl Gonzales, Clyde’s, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

Norman Blumensaadt, Miss Lulu Bett, Different Stages

Steven Dietz, Murder on the Links, Austin Playhouse

Will Gibson Douglas, Home, I’m Darling, Jarrott Productions

jkjk, Death by Bad Jokes: Stop, Stop, You’re Killing Me, jkjk

Steven Pounders, Art, Penfold Theatre Company

Ken Webster, Caught, Hyde Park Theatre

Lead Performer

Bethany Harbaugh (Lulu Bett), Miss Lulu Bett, Different Stages (winner)

Tobie Minor (Johnny), Home, I’m Darling, Jarrott Productions (winner)

Janelle Buchanan (Loretta), My H.E.B., Hyde Park Theatre

Cassandra DeFreitas (Tania Del Valle), Native Gardens, Stage Austin and SkyDome Stage Company

Giselle De La Rosa (Mandy), My H.E.B., Hyde Park Theatre

Rick Felkins (Frank Butley), Native Gardens, Stage Austin and SkyDome Stage Company

Andie Flores, To Get There… You Must Undergo… A Radical… Transformation, Andie Flores

khattieQ (Clown), Death by Bad Jokes: Stop, Stop, You’re Killing Me, jkjk

Jenny Larson-Quiñones (Becky), Death by Bad Jokes: Stop, Stop, You’re Killing Me, jkjk

Norman Tran (Lin Bo), Caught, Hyde Park Theatre

Ben Wolfe (Hercule Poirot), Murder on the Links, Austin Playhouse

Featured Performer

Michael Galvan (Rafael), Clyde’s, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

Vivian Noble (Letitia), Clyde’s, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

Jonathan Collet (ensemble), Cabarex, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company

Devin Finn (Jason), Clyde’s, Ground Floor Theatre

Noel Gaulin (Boss), Death by Bad Jokes: Stop, Stop, You’re Killing Me, jkjk

Jennifer Gonzalez (Pam), Exit Strategy, Beyond August Productions

Michelina Haralson (Harriet Smith), Emma, Austin Playhouse

Leslie Hethcox (G.W. Nethercott), Sordid Lives, Austin Rainbow Theatre

Esther Park (Wang Min), Caught, Hyde Park Theatre

Beau Paul (Neil Cornish), Miss Lulu Bett, Different Stages

Katherine Schroeder (Mrs. Bett), Miss Lulu Bett, Different Stages

Drama

Production

Pass Over, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, VORTEX Repertory Company

Decapitations, Salvage Vanguard Theater

The Laramie Project, Deaf Austin Theatre

MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow

Romeo y Juliet, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Sunny Days, VORTEX Repertory Company

Direction

Simone Raquel Alexander, Pass Over, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

Na’Tosha De’Von and Rudy Ramirez, The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, VORTEX Repertory Company

Connor Hopkins, UNDARK: A Radioactive Puppet Play, Trouble Puppet Theatre Company & VORTEX Repertory Company

Zell Miller, III, Ballot Eats the Bullet: U Matter!, ZM3LiveProductions

Elizabeth V. Newman, Antigone, Filigree Theatre

Rudy Ramirez, Sunny Days, VORTEX Repertory Company

Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw, Decapitations, Salvage Vanguard Theater

Lead Performer

Ty Graynor (Sun), MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow (winner)

Tikiri Shapiro (Lina), MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow  (winner)

Adonis Anderson (Kitch), Pass Over, Ground Floor Theatre

Kara Bliss (Mary Cavan Tyrone), Long Day’s Journey Into Night, City Theatre Company

Trey Deason (Ylber, Kent Even, Lawyer, Seagull), Sunny Days, VORTEX Repertory Company

Michael Galvan (Ricky, Captain Pickle, Mr. PIckle), Sunny Days, VORTEX Repertory Company

Laura Leo Kelly (College Joshua), Always a Boy, Ground Floor Theatre

Chelsea Manasseri (Nya), Pipeline, Alchemy Theatre

Nadine Mozon (Dr. Beatrice “Bea” Free), The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, VORTEX Repertory Company

Laura Ray (Rosalind Franklin), Photograph 51, Filigree Theatre

Sibonelo Shezi (Moses), Pass Over, Ground Floor Theatre

Valeria Najera Zavala (Romeo), Romeo y Juliet, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Featured Performer

Nathan Jerkins (Mister, Osifer), Pass Over, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

Kira Small (Lady Capulet), Romeo y Juliet, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)

Godwin Balogun (Dun), Pipeline, Alchemy Theatre

Erv Brown (Xavier), Pipeline, Alchemy Theatre

Gabrielle Caumon (#46), The Wolves, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

James Caverly (Doc O’Connor, Father Roger Schmit, et al.), The Laramie Project, Deaf Austin Theatre

Amy Downing (Soccer Mom), The Wolves, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

Russell Harvard (Letter Writer #1), Tiny Beautiful Things, Deaf Austin Theatre

Amara Johnson (ensemble), Ballot Eats the Bullet: U Matter!, ZM3LiveProductions

Madison Palomo (Pink Sock, Little Gabi), Sunny Days, VORTEX Repertory Company

Victor Santos (Lord Capulet), Romeo y Juliet, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Musical Theatre

Production

Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, ZACH Theatre

Guys and Dolls, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin

Jack & Aiden, Ground Floor Theatre

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre

The Prom, ZACH Theatre

Direction

Jenny Lavery, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)

Cassie Abate, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, ZACH Theatre

Jason Kruger, Legally Blonde: The Musical, Zilker Theatre Productions

Dave Steakley, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre

Trace Turner, Jack & Aiden, Ground Floor Theatre

Lead Performer

Gabrielle North (Ariel), The Little Mermaid, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin (winner)

Jordan Williams (Sky Masterson), Guys and Dolls, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin (winner)

Kelly Belarmino (Natasha Rostova), Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre

Mac Gibson (Bat Boy), Bat Boy: The Musical, ACC Department of Drama

Laura Leo Kelly (Aiden), Jack & Aiden, Ground Floor Theatre

Justin P. Lopez (Jack), Jack & Aiden, Ground Floor Theatre

Meredith McCall (Dee Dee Allen), The Prom, ZACH Theatre

Leslie McDonel (Carole King), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, ZACH Theatre

Jude Thurman (Miss Adelaide), Guys and Dolls, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin

Nyla Watson (Witch), Into the Woods, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

Noah Wood (Nathan Detroit), Guys and Dolls, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin

Ryan Everett Wood (Pierre Bezukhov), Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre

Featured Performer

Sara Burke (Cynthia Weil), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, ZACH Theatre (winner)

Kira Small (The Amazing Karnak), Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)

Kylie Bunngraber (Brooke Wyndham), Legally Blonde: The Musical, Zilker Theatre Productions

Juan Diego Chaparro (Baker), Into the Woods, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

Kathleen Fletcher (Ron Taylor, Maggie, Clem), Bat Boy: The Musical, ACC Department of Drama

Hayden Howe (Jane Doe), Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Ashtyn Kahn (Paulette), Legally Blonde: The Musical, Zilker Theatre Productions

Chelsea Lane (Madame Madeleine), King of Hearts, Alchemy Theatre Company

André Martin (Don Kirshner), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, ZACH Theatre

Kaya Shellhammer (Big Jule), Guys and Dolls, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin

Hayden Stanes (Andrey Bolkonsky, Old Prince Bolkonsky, Balaga), Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre

Theatre for Young Audiences

Production

A Year With Frog and Toad, ZACH Theatre (winner)

The Girl Who Became Legend, ZACH Theatre

La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full Theatre

Paquito y Abuelito, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre

Sir Knightsalot and the Great Dragon Dance Off, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Direction

Sara Burke, A Year With Frog and Toad, ZACH Theatre (winner)

CB Feller, Sir Knightsalot and the Great Dragon Dance Off, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Liz Fisher, The Girl Who Became Legend, ZACH Theatre

Nat Miller, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, ZACH Theatre

Caroline Reck, La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full Theatre

Lead Performer

Victoria Brown (Toad), A Year With Frog and Toad, ZACH Theatre (winner)

Stephanie Vasquez Fonseca (Maebelle, Dorothy, Rosa), La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full Theatre (winner)

Ariel Blanco (Tree), Beto, Beto el Abeto, Teatro de la Tierra & Zilker Botanical Garden Conservancy

Sarah Ferguson (Olive), Sir Knightsalot and the Great Dragon Dance Off, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Jeremy-Luis (Eric), Sir Knightsalot and the Great Dragon Dance Off, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Johann Mahler (Abuelito), Paquito y Abuelito, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Griffen McDonald (Barney Carey), Barney Carey Gets His Wings, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Emilio Mejía (Young Man), Beto, Beto el Abeto, Teatro de la Tierra & Zilker Botanical Garden Conservancy

Julie Moore (Rainbow Fish), The Rainbow Fish Musical, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

AJ Reyes (Paquito), Paquito y Abuelito, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Jillian Sainz (Frog), A Year With Frog and Toad, ZACH Theatre

Featured Performer 

Jeremy Rashad Brown (ensemble), The Girl Who Became Legend, ZACH Theatre (winner)

Paul Sanchez (ensemble), The Girl Who Became Legend, ZACH Theatre (winner)

Maddie Brimmer (Snail Track - Understudy), A Year With Frog and Toad, ZACH Theatre

CB Feller (Octopus), The Rainbow Fish Musical, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Sarah Ferguson (Little Fish), The Rainbow Fish Musical, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

JP Lopez (Snail Track), A Year With Frog and Toad, ZACH Theatre

Andrea Nuñez (Abuelita), Paquito y Abuelito, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Amber Quick (Narrator2, Mother, Calamity Jane), The Girl Who Became Legend, ZACH Theatre

Adam Rodriguez (Sir Ian), Sir Knightsalot and the Great Dragon Dance Off, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Kim Stacy (Starfish), The Rainbow Fish Musical, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Kim Stacy (Dragon), Sir Knightsalot and the Great Dragon Dance Off, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Performances and Composition

Music Performance

Cast, The Girl Who Became Legend, ZACH Theatre (winner)

Ritika Bhattacharjee, Kenzie Slottow and Leo Heurta Lima, Attend the Tale, Hideout Theatre

Tobie Minor, Amy Morgan Minor, Nate Dunaway and Tyler Rouse, Charlie’s Golden Girls, La Fenice

Orchestra, MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow

Julián Gámez-Arizola, Milo Darlington Alicia Rubio and Aaron Vallejo, Paquito y Abuelito, Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Milo Darlington and Demian Chavez Galvan, Romeo y Juliet, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Movement Performance

Kira Small (The Amazing Karnak), Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)

Cast, The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, VORTEX Repertory Company

Mac Gibson (Bat Boy), Bat Boy: The Musical, ACC Department of Drama

Hayden Howe (Jane Doe), Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Players, The Wolves, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

Dance Performance

Cast, Guys and Dolls, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin (winner)

Cast, Cabarex, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company

Cast, Legally Blonde: The Musical, Zilker Theatre Productions

Cast, MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow

Logan Foster and Mariel Ardila, Natasha, Pierre and Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre

Student Ensemble, The Prom, ZACH Theatre

Cast, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Puppetry Performance

Cast, Sunny Days, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)

Gabrielle Caumon (Milky White), Into the Woods, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

Cast, La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full Theatre

Kim Stacy and CB Feller (Dragon and Agatha the Squirrel), Sir Knightsalot and the Great Dragon Dance Off, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre

Cast, UNDARK: A Radioactive Puppet Play, Trouble Puppet Theatre Company & VORTEX Repertory Company

Ensemble

Dance Ensemble, Guys and Dolls, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin (winner)

Kenny Williams, Desmond Newson, Russel J. Scott and Tyler Wesley (The Drifters), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, ZACH Theatre

Connor Barr and Colin Sullivan (The Righteous Brothers), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, ZACH Theatre

Güicha Gutiérrez and Norma Sanchez-Varela (Comadres), Cabarex, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company

Araya Feeny, Cara Bernstein and Kaitlyn Kenney (the Greek Chorus), Legally Blonde: The Musical, Zilker Theatre Productions

Autry Bushong and Aidan Cox (Flotsam and Jetsam), The Little Mermaid, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin

Cast (Mollie Maggia), UNDARK: A Radioactive Puppet Play, Trouble Puppet Theatre Company & VORTEX Repertory Company

Solo Performance

Khali Sykes (storyteller), Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, ZACH Theatre (winner)

Joseph Garlock (man), Every Brilliant Thing, Austin Playhouse

Sims Holland (herself), Learning to Human, Sims Holland

Ruth Waiwaiole (storyteller), Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, ZACH Theatre

Small Cast

Pass Over, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

Art, Penfold Theatre Company

The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, VORTEX Repertory Company

Death by Bad Jokes: Stop, Stop, You’re Killing Me, jkjk

Jack & Aiden, Ground Floor Theatre

Large Cast

Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)

Decapitations, Salvage Vanguard Theatre

MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre

Tear You Apart, Fallout Theater

The Wolves, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

Young Performer

Lucky Cantu (Caitlin Gabriel), The Library, Different Stages (winner)

Ellie Loudermilk (Emma Nolan), The Prom, ZACH Theatre (winner)

Edwin Lucas Anderson (Donnie), Exit Strategy, Beyond August Productions

Derek Beck (Commerson), Thrive, or What You Will, VORTEX Repertory Company Summer Youth Theatre

Lucky Cantu (Diana Deacon), Miss Lulu Bett, Different Stages

Elise Garza (Jeanne 1), Thrive, or What You Will, VORTEX Repertory Company Summer Youth Theatre

Jamias Hughes (Sebastian), The Little Mermaid, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin

Blakeney Mahlstedt (Alyssa Greene), The Prom, ZACH Theatre

Sharky Meehan (Jean 4), Thrive, or What You Will, VORTEX Repertory Company Summer Youth Theatre

Katherine Sawyer (Jasmine), Pipeline, Alchemy Theatre Company

Eyan Sebastian (Flounder), The Little Mermaid, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin

Short Script

Rita Anderson, “Final Conversations,” Death on the Half Shell, Mélange Theatre Company (winner)

Nell Clowder and Linda Nenno, “An Artist’s Regrets,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera, One Ounce Opera

Cecilia Raker, “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera, One Ounce Opera

Feature-Length Script

Lisa B. Thompson, The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)

Reina Hardy, Sunny Days, VORTEX Repertory Company

Connor Hopkins, UNDARK: A Radioactive Puppet Play, Trouble Puppet Theatre Company & VORTEX Repertory Company

Zell Miller, III and Anne Wynter, Ballot Eats the Bullet: U Matter!, ZM3LiveProductions

Caroline Reck and Gricelda Silva, La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full Theatre

Lane Michael Stanley, Jack & Aiden, Ground Floor Theatre

Original Score

Tova Katz, Jack & Aiden, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

Jens Ibsen, “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera, One Ounce Opera

Sam Lipman, MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow

Helyn Rain Messenger, Amber Quick and Paul Sanchez, The Girl Who Became Legend, ZACH Theatre

Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr., Vincent Anthony, Alyah Above and Lisa B. Thompson, The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, VORTEX Repertory Company

Kiko Villamizar, La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full Theatre

Intimacy Direction 

Andy Grapko, Jack & Aiden, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

Will Gibson Douglas and Tobie Minor, Home, I’m Darling, Jarrott Productions

Andy Grapko, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Andy Grapko, Romeo y Juliet, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Ana Martinez Medina, Exit Strategy, Beyond August Productions

Grace Ramsden, Born With Teeth, Austin Playhouse

Stacey Glazer and Andy Berkovsky, The Twilight of the Golds, City Theatre Company

Dance Choreography

Ginger Morris and Noah Wood, Guys and Dolls, Impact Arts' Summer Stock Austin (winner)

Cassie Abate, The Prom, ZACH Theatre

Luis Ordáz Gutiérrez, Roén Salinas, Jasmine De Leon, Michelle Gomez, Crystal Verver, Jonathan Collet, Erica Garza and Raquel Rivera, Cabarex, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Theatre

Dorothy O’Shea Overbey, MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow

Taylor Rainbolt, Legally Blonde: The Musical, Zilker Theatre Productions

Jessica L. Peña Torres, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre & Dance

Movement Design

Jenny Lavery and Jessica L. Peña Torres, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)

Sadé M. Jones, The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, VORTEX Repertory Company

Anna Skidis Vargas and Christian Meaux, The Wolves, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

Fight Choreography

Jeffery Da’Shade Johnson, Pass Over, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

Justin Gordon, Romeo y Juliet, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Tobie Minor, Deathtrap, Jarrott Productions

Kelsey Oliver, Death by Bad Jokes: Stop, Stop, You’re Killing Me, jkjk

Ben Wolfe, Born With Teeth, Austin Playhouse

Cabarex 2: RevoLUZiones, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company

Dramaturgy

Virginia Grise, The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)

Henry Castillo, La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full Theatre

Caili Crow, Thrive, or What You Will, VORTEX Repertory Company Summer Youth Theatre

Jennifer Sturley, Born With Teeth, Austin Playhouse

Cabarex, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company

Music Direction

Ellie Jarrett Shattles, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)

Ritika Bhattacharjee, Attend the Tale, Hideout Theatre

Joseph Choi, Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera 2024, One Ounce Opera

Adam Roberts and Marita Stryker, Guys and Dolls, Impact Arts’ Summer Stock Austin

Allen Robertson, Natasha, Pierre and Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre

Jacob Schnitzer, MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow

Ellie Jarrett Shattles, King of Hearts, Alchemy Theatre Company

Dialect Coach

Alison Vasquez, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)

Amanda Cooley Davis, Deathtrap, Jarrott Productions

Amanda Cooley Davis, Home, I’m Darling, Jarrott Productions

Amanda Cooley Davis, Murder on the Links, Austin Playhouse

Caught, Hyde Park Theatre

Design

Set Design

Tere Guerrero C., Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)

Patrick Anthony, Antigone, Filigree Theatre

Maggie Armendariz, Clyde’s, Ground Floor Theatre

Connor Hopkins and Caroline Reck, La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full Theatre

Lisa Laratta, The Girl Who Became Legend, ZACH Theatre

Gary Thornsberry, Jack & Aiden, Ground Floor Theatre

Lighting Design

Austin Brown, Natasha, Pierre and Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre (winner)

Patrick Anthony, Antigone, Filigree Theatre

Sarah Jean Elliott, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Amy Lewis, Cabarex: RevoLUZiones & Futurx, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company

J Mwaki, Pass Over, Ground Floor Theatre

Channing Schreyer, Bat Boy: The Musical, ACC Department of Drama

Gavin Strawnato, Romeo y Juliet, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Steve Williams, Death by Bad Jokes: Stop, Stop, You’re Killing Me, jkjk

Costume Design

Teresa Carson, The Little Mermaid, Impact Arts' Summer Stock Austin (winner)

Katie Concannon, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Tara Cotta, Andie Flores and Beth Schindler, To Get There… You Must Undergo… A Radical… Transformation…, Andie Flores

Cecelia Gay, The Three Musketeers, Archive Theater & Austin Scottish Rite Theatre

Güicha Gutiérrez, Luis Ordáz Gutiérrez, Gaila, Raquel Rivera, Gabe Torres and Jesús “Chuy” Chacón, Cabarex, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company

Christina Montgomery, A Year With Frog and Toad, ZACH Theatre

Sound Design

Johann Solo, Clyde’s, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)

Zia Fox, Bat Boy: The Musical, ACC Department of Drama

Dillon James and Henna Chou, Decapitations, Salvage Vanguard Theatre

Johann Solo, The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, VORTEX Repertory Company

Johann Solo, Pass Over, Ground Floor Theatre

Alex Titsworth, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Media Design

Theada Haining, The Little Mermaid, Impact Arts' Summer Stock Austin (winner)

Roma Flowers and CJ Barnwell, The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, VORTEX Repertory Company

Yuliya Lanina, MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow

Micah Mabey and Zac Crofford, Jack & Aiden, Ground Floor Theatre

Chris Owen, UNDARK: A Radioactive Puppet Play, Trouble Puppet Theatre Company and VORTEX Repertory Company

Sydney Sousa, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Properties Design

Kade Conklin, Caroline Reck, Henry Castillo and Kiko Villamizar, La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full Theatre  (winner)

Jacob Foster, A Year With Frog and Toad, ZACH Theatre

Scott Groh, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, ZACH Theatre

Lisa Laratta, The Girl Who Became Legend, ZACH Theatre

Liz Tyson, Photograph 51, Filigree Theatre

Marian Kansas, Trash Planet, Bottle Alley Theatre Company

Puppet Design

Ann Marie Gordon, Lydia Giangregorio, Jelena Stojilijkovic Rhynes, Olivia Rose McCain, and Melissa McKnight, Sunny Days, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)

CB Feller, Sir Knightsalot and Great Dragon Dance Off, Scottish Rite Theatre

Connor Hopkins, UNDARK: A Radioactive Puppet Play, Trouble Puppet Theatre Company and VORTEX Repertory Company

Anatar Marmol-Gagné and Caroline Reck, La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full Theatre

Caroline Reck, Into the Woods, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

Hair and Makeup Design

Stephanie Williams, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)

Anna Fugate-Downs, The Prom, ZACH Theatre

Bert Keefer, Bat Boy: The Musical, ACC Department of Drama

Raquel Rivera and Laura Benitez, Cabarex, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company

Sordid Lives, Austin Rainbow Theatre

To Get There… You Must Undergo… A Radical… Transformation…, Andie Flores

Wig Design

Raquel Rivera, Cabarex, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)

Tara Cooper, Peter and the Starcatcher, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

Anna Fugate-Downs, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, ZACH Theatre

Amber Quick, Charlie’s Golden Girls, La Fenice

Sordid Lives, Austin Rainbow Theatre

Stage Management

Caroline Ragland, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre (winner)

Jennifer A. Anderson, Home, I’m Darling, Jarrott Productions

Ruben Cruz, A Year With Frog and Toad, ZACH Theatre

Tamara L. Farley, La Maleta de Maebelle, Glass Half Full Theatre

Barbara Mojica, Cabarex, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company

Priscilla Perales, MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow

Rylee Vines, Ride the Cyclone, UT Department of Theatre and Dance

Running Crew

A Year With Frog and Toad, ZACH Theatre (winner)

Bat Boy: The Musical, ACC Department of Drama

Guys and Dolls, Impact Arts' Summer Stock Austin

MoonFall, Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, Density 512, & Kenzie Slottow

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre

Scenic Charge Painting

Janiece Gonzalez, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, ZACH Theatre (winner)

AnnDee Alvidrez and Leilah Stewart, Peter and the Starcatcher, SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre

Bridgette Clifford, Guys and Dolls, Impact Arts' Summer Stock Austin

Janiece Gonzalez, A Year With Frog and Toad, ZACH Theatre

Lilly Percifield and Izzy Poehlmann, Thrive, or What You Will, VORTEX Repertory Company Summer Youth Theatre

Nominees and winners are welcome to use the graphic logos found here.