The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle is pleased to announce the recipients of their Excellence in Theatre Awards for 2014, which were presented on March 9, 2015 at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco. All nominees are listed, recipients are in bold. Our congratulations to all!
Choreography
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Steve Beecroft | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage |
Joseph Favalora | Fiddler on the Roof | Cinnabar Theater |
Noah Haydon, Bonni Suval | Pearls over Shanghai | Thrillpeddlers |
Michella Snider | Scrooge - the Musical | Spreckels Theatre Company |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Staci Arriaga | Grease | 6th Street Playhouse |
Staci Arriaga | Victor/Victoria | 6th Street Playhouse |
Joseph Favalora | Thoroughly Modern Millie | 6th Street Playhouse |
Kimberly Richards | Into the Woods | SF Playhouse |
Kimberly Richards | Promises, Promises | SF Playhouse |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Barbara Bernardo | South Pacific | The Mountain Play |
Gerry McIntyre | Once on This Island | TheatreWorks |
Michella Snider | Catch Me If You Can | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Costume Design
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Melissa Claire/Jeanne Gray | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage |
Lisa Eldredge | The Marriage of Figaro | Cinnabar Theater |
Pamela Enz | The Book of Matthew (Leibowitz) | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Pat Fitzgerald | Of Mice and Men | Cinnabar Theater |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Michael A. Berg | Arms and the Man | Ross Valley Players |
Michael A. Berg | Journey's End | Ross Valley Players |
Jacqueline Firkins | Failure - A Love Story | Marin Theatre Company |
Wendy Rose Kaufman | Triassic Parq | Ray of Light |
Yvonne Ortiz | The Boy Friend | 42nd Street Moon |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Amanda Lee Angott | Yeast Nation | Ray of Light |
Tammy Berlin | As You Like It | Marin Shakespeare Company |
Pamela Enz | Annie Get Your Gun | Spreckels Theatre Company |
B. Modern | Peter and the Starcatcher | TheatreWorks |
Patrica Polen | The Taming of the Shrew | College of Marin Drama |
Stage Direction
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Elizabeth Craven | Yankee Tavern | Main Stage West |
Carl Jordan | Avenue Q | Novato Theatre Company |
Carl Jordan | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage |
Sheri Lee Miller | T.I.C. Trenchcoat in Common | Main Stage West |
Sheri Lee Miller | Of Mice and Men | Cinnabar Theater |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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James Dunn | Journey's End | Ross Valley Players |
Amy Glazer | Seminar | SF Playhouse |
Cindy Goldfield | The Boy Friend | 42nd Street Moon |
Alex Kirschner | Triassic Parq | Ray of Light |
Jasson Minadakis | Failure - A Love Story | Marin Theatre Company |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Robert Kelley | The Hound of the Baskervilles | TheatreWorks |
Robert Kelley | Marry Me a Little | TheatreWorks |
Casey Stangl | Venus in Fur | A.C.T. |
Tony Taccone | The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide… | Berkeley Rep |
Francesca Zambello | Show Boat | San Francisco Opera |
Ensemble
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Fiddler on the Roof | Cinnabar Theater | |
Of Mice and Men | Cinnabar Theater | |
Other Desert Cities | Main Stage West | |
T.I.C. Trenchcoat in Common | Main Stage West | |
Return to the Forbidden Planet | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage | |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Failure - A Love Story | Marin Theatre Company | |
Journey's End | Ross Valley Players | |
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | 42nd Street Moon | |
Seminar | SF Playhouse | |
Triassic Parq | Ray of Light | |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Once on This Island | TheatreWorks | |
Peter and the Starcatcher | TheatreWorks | |
Show Boat | San Francisco Opera | |
South Pacific | The Mountain Play | |
The Taming of the Shrew | College Of Marin Drama | |
Entire Production
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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The Book of Matthew (Leibowitz) | Spreckels Theatre Company | |
Fiddler on the Roof | Cinnabar Theater | |
The Marriage of Figaro | Cinnabar Theater | |
Of Mice and Men | Cinnabar Theater | |
Return to the Forbidden Planet | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage | |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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American Buffalo | Aurora Theatre Company | |
Failure - A Love Story | Marin Theatre Company | |
Fences | Marin Theatre Company | |
Seminar | SF Playhouse | |
Triassic Parq | Ray of Light | |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Once on This Island | TheatreWorks | |
Peter and the Starcatcher | TheatreWorks | |
Show Boat | San Francisco Opera | |
South Pacific | The Mountain Play | |
The Taming of the Shrew | College of Marin Drama | |
Touring Performance
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Buyer & Cellar | SHN | |
Chicago | SHN | |
I Love Lucy Live | SHN | |
Specialties
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Mary Nagler, Puppets | Avenue Q | Novato Theatre Company |
Robert Nelson, Animation Video | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage |
Barton Smith, Fight Choreography | Of Mice and Men | Cinnabar Theater |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Kwane Braun, Video Design | Lasso of Truth | Marin Theatre Company |
Hana S. Kim, Projection Design | Every Five Minutes | Magic Theatre |
Jacob Stoltz, Graphic Design | Lasso of Truth | Marin Theatre Company |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Gene Abravaya, Paradyne Projections | Catch Me If You Can | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Rio Macchia, Paradyne Projections | Guys and Dolls | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Richard Squeri, Fight Choreography | The Taming of the Shrew | College of Marin Drama |
Solo Performance
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Denmo Ibrahim | Baba | Alter Theatre |
Charles P. Stites | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Emerald Tablet |
Mary Gannon Graham | Mother Jones in Heaven | Main Stage West |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Dan Hoyle | Each and Every Thing | The Marsh - SF |
Charlie Varon | Feisty Old Jew | The Marsh - SF |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Meow Meow | An Audience with Meow Meow | Berkeley Rep |
Kathleen Turner | Red Hot Patriot | Berkeley Rep |
Sound Design
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Albert Casselhoff | T.I.C. Trenchcoat in Common | Main Stage West |
Liz Ryder | Slaughterhouse-Five | Custom Made Theatre |
Craig Miller | The Glass Menagerie | 6th Street Playhouse |
Daniel Mitchell/Eddie Pool | Scrooge - the Musical | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Gregory Scharpen | Dracula Inquest | Central Works |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Stephen Dietz | Journey's End | Ross Valley Players |
Chris Houston | Failure: A Love Story | Marin Theatre Company |
Theodore J. H. Hulsker | Into the Woods | SF Playhouse |
Craig Miller | Grease | 6th Street Playhouse |
Joe Ponder | Johnny Guitar - the Musical | Masquers Playhouse |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Billie Cox | As You Like It | Marin Shakespeare Company |
John Gromada | Old Hats | A.C.T. |
Daniel Mitchell | Annie Get Your Gun | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Gregory Robinson | Water by the Spoonful | TheatreWorks |
Bruce Vieira | South Pacific | The Mountain Play |
Set Design
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Gary Conser/Carl Jordan | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage |
Jesse Dreikosen | The Glass Menagerie | 6th Street Playhouse |
Joe Elwick | Of Mice and Men | Cinnabar Theater |
Stewart Lyle | Three Tall Women | Custom Made Theatre |
Phil Shaw | Bell, Book and Candle | Spreckels Theatre Company |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Nina Ball | Failure: A Love Story | Marin Theatre Company |
Annie Dauber | Triassic Parq | Ray of Light |
Bill English | Jerusalem | SF Playhouse |
Bill English | Seminar | SF Playhouse |
Ron Krempetz | Journey's End | Ross Valley Players |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Christopher Barecca | The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide… | Berkeley Rep |
Peter J. Davidson | Show Boat | San Francisco Opera |
Ron Krempetz | The Taming of the Shrew | College of Marin Drama |
Joe Ragey | Peter and the Starcatcher | TheatreWorks |
Ken Rowland | South Pacific | The Mountain Play |
Original Script
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Stuart Bousel | Everybody Here Says Hello! | Wily West Productions |
Dezi Gallegos | Hamlet's Orphans | 6th Street Playhouse |
Gary Graves | Dracula Inquest | Central Works |
Denmo Ibrahim | Baba | Alter Theatre |
Nick A. Olivero & Barry Eitel | The Speakeasy | Boxcar Theatre |
Valentina Osinski & Michael Van Why | Edith Piaf: Beneath Paris Skies | Cinnabar Theater |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Lauren Gunderson | Bauer | SF Playhouse |
Carson Kreitzer | Lasso of Truth | Marin Theatre Company |
Linda McLean | Every Five Minutes | MagicTheatre |
Marshall Pailet, Bryce Norbitz, Steve Wargo | Triassic Parq | Ray of Light |
Greg MacKellan & Mark D. Kaufman | Painting the Clouds with Sunshine | 42nd Street Moon |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Dan Hoyle & Tony Taccone | Game On | San Jose Rep |
David West Read | The Great Pretender | Theatre Works |
Music Direction
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Mary Chun | Fiddler on the Roof | Cinnabar Theater |
Mary Chun | The Marriage of Figaro | Cinnabar Theater |
Al Haas & Robert Lunceford | Jacques Brel is Alive and Well... | Cinnabar Theater |
Scrumbly Koldewyn | Pearls Over Shanghai | Thrillpeddlers |
Monica Norcia | Avenue Q | Novato Theatre Company |
Jim Peterson | Mother Jones in Heaven | Main Stage West |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Dave Dobrusky | The Boy Friend | 42nd Street Moon |
Dave Dobrusky | Into the Woods | SF Playhouse |
Pat King | Johnny Guitar: the Musical | Masquers Playhouse |
Tina Lloyd Meals | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | 6th Street Playhouse |
Nathan Riebli | Grease | 6th Street Playhouse |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Brandon Adams | Life Could Be a Dream | Center Rep of Walnut Creek |
Debra Chambliss | South Pacific | The Mountain Play |
Mark Hanson | South Pacific | Foothill Music Theatre |
William Liberatore | Once on this Island | TheatreWorks |
Janis Wilson | Annie Get Your Gun | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Original Music
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Roberto Acevedo | The Glass Menagerie | 6th Street Playhouse |
Si Kahn | Mother Jones in Heaven | Main Stage West |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Chris Houston | In from the Cold | Just Theatre |
Marshall Pailet | Triassic Parq | Ray of Light |
Jim Walker | Body of Water | A Theatre Near U |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Haddon Kime | Game On | San Jose Rep |
Byron Au Yong | Orphan of Zhao | A.C.T. |
Lighting Design |
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Halina | Next to Normal | NovatoTheatreCo/Theatre-at-Large |
Eddy Hansen | Bell, Book and Candle | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Colin Johnson | Life X 3 | Off Broadway West |
Maxx Kurzunski | Slaughterhouse-Five | Custom Made Theatre |
Frank Sarubbi | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Ellen Brooks | Journey's End | Ross Valley Players |
Joe D'Emilio | Triassic Parq | Ray of Light |
Jim French | Lasso of Truth | Marin Theatre Company |
Michael Oesch | Into the Woods | SF Playhouse |
Ray Oppenheimer | Pen/Man/Ship | Magic Theatre |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Joe D'Emilio | Yeast Nation | Ray of Light |
Pamila Gray | Peter and the Starcatcher | TheatreWorks |
Eddy Hansen | Annie Get Your Gun | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Steven B. Mannshardt | Water by the Spoonful | TheatreWorks |
Scott Zielinski | Old Hats | A.C.T. |
Featured Actress - Play
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Terry Bamberger |
Three Tall Women | Custom Made Theatre |
Mary Gannon Graham | Bell, Book and Candle | Spreckels Theatre Company |
April Green | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Tides Theatre |
Sharia Pierce | Other Desert Cities | Main Stage West |
Dana Scott | T.I.C. Trenchcoat in Common | Main Stage West |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Ellen Brooks | Boeing Boeing | 6th Street Playhouse |
Susi Damilano | Bauer | SF Playhouse |
Robyn Grahn | Arms and the Man | Ross Valley Players |
Liz Sklar | Lasso of Truth | Marin Theatre Company |
Katherine Renee Turner | Fetch Clay, Make Man | Marin Theatre Company |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Suzanne Grodner | The Great Pretender | TheatreWorks |
Kate McGrath | An Ideal Husband | Marin Shakespeare Company |
Sarah Moser | The Great Pretender | TheatreWorks |
Shaina Taub | Old Hats | A.C.T. |
Cat Thompson | An Ideal Husband | Marin Shakespeare Company |
Featured Actor - Play
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Tyler Costin | Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike | Main Stage West |
Gary Grossman | T.I.C. Trenchcoat in Common | Main Stage West |
Christian Phillips | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Tides Theatre |
Randall Nakano | The Crazed | Central Works |
Tim Setzer | The Book of Matthew (Leibowitz) | Spreckels Theatre Company |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Eddie Ray Jackson | Fences | Marin Theatre Company |
Frederick Lein | Arms and the Man | Ross Valley Players |
Adam Magill | Whale | Marin Theatre Company |
Harold Pierce | In from the Cold | Just Theatre |
Larry Williams | Boeing Boeing | 6th Street Playhouse |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Darren Bridgett | An Ideal Husband | Marin Shakespeare Company |
Cassidy Brown | Game On | San Jose Rep |
Jackson Currier | Romeo and Juliet | Marin Shakespeare Company |
Tyrone Mitchell Henderson | The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide… | Berkeley Rep |
Michael Storm | The Great Pretender | TheatreWorks |
Featured Actress - Musical
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Melissa Claire | Avenue Q | Novato Theatre Company |
Amanda Morando | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage |
Julia Hathaway | Edit Piaf: Beneath Paris Skies | Cinnabar Theater |
Bharati Soman | The Marriage of Figaro | Cinnabar Theater |
Julianne Thompson | Next to Normal | NovatoTheatreCo/Theatre-at-Large |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Safiya Fredericks | Into the Woods | SF Playhouse |
Kayla Kearney | Grease | 6th Street Playhouse |
Abbey Lee | Victor/Victoria | 6th Street Playhouse |
Michelle Pond | Johnny Guitar: The Musical | Masquers Playhouse |
Corinne Proctor | Promises, Promises | SF Playhouse |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Kelly Brandeburg | Catch Me If You Can | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Jackie DeMuro | South Pacific | Foothill Music Theatre |
Denise Elia-Yen | Guys and Dolls | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Raegena Raymond-Brunker | Big Fish | Palo Alto Players |
Angela Renee Simpson | Show Boat | San Francisco Opera |
Featured Actor - Musical |
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Steve Beecroft | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage |
Seth Dahlgren | Avenue Q | Novato Theatre Company |
Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek | The Marriage of Figaro | Cinnabar Theater |
Sam Starr | Scrooge - the Musical | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Fernando Sui | Next to Normal | NovatoTheatreCo/Theatre-at-Large |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Evan Attwood | Thoroughly Modern Millie | 6th Street Playhouse |
Peter Budinger | Johnny Guitar: the Musical | Masquers Playhouse |
Trevor Hoffman | Grease | 6th Street Playhouse |
Alex Perez | Little Shop of Horrors | Foothill Music Theatre |
Ray Reinhardt | Promises, Promises | SF Playhouse |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Stephen Boisvert | South Pacific | Foothill Music Theatre |
Bill Irwin | Show Boat | San Francisco Opera |
Randy Nazarian | South Pacific | The Mountain Play |
Dwayne Stincelli | Annie Get Your Gun | Spreckels Theatre Company |
David Yen | Catch Me If You Can | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Principal Actress - Play
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Michaela Greeley | Three Tall Women | Custom Made Theatre |
Katie Rose Krueger | Pygmalion | Pear Avenue Theatre |
Sheri Lee Miller | Other Desert Cities | Main Stage West |
Caitlen Walraven | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Marin Onstage |
Jennifer Welch | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Tides Theatre |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Elizabeth Carter | Wittenberg | Aurora Theatre |
Lauren English | Seminar | SF Playhouse |
Margo Hall | Fences | Marin Theatre Company |
Kristina Ann Lowry | Other Desert Cities | Ross Valley Players |
Stacy Ross | Bauer | SF Playhouse |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Anna Ishida | Water by the Spoonful | TheatreWorks |
Brenda Meaney | Venus in Fur | A.C.T. |
Zilah Mendoza | Water by the Spoonful | TheatreWorks |
Sabina Zuniga Varela | Water by the Spoonful | TheatreWorks |
Elena Wright | As You Like It | Marin Shakespeare Company |
Principal Actor - Play
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Jeff Coté | The Book of Matthew (Leibowitz) | Spreckels Theatre Company |
John Craven | Yankee Tavern | Main Stage West |
Donald Currie | The Habit of Art | Theatre Rhinoceros |
Eric Thompson | Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike | Main Stage West |
Samson Hood | Of Mice and Men | Cinnabar Theater |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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James Carpenter | American Buffalo | Aurora Theatre |
Ronald Guttman | Bauer | SF Playhouse |
Carl Lumbly | Fences | Marin Theatre Company |
Charles Shaw Robinson | Seminar | SF Playhouse |
David Yen | Journey's End | Ross Valley Players |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Marco Barricelli | Game On | San Jose Rep |
Steve Brady | The Great Pretender | TheatreWorks |
Craig Marker | Game On | San Jose Rep |
Nick Sholley | An Ideal Husband | Marin Shakespeare Company |
Paul Whitworth | Tribes | Berkeley Rep |
Principal Actress - Musical
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Kelly Britt | The Marriage of Figaro | Cinnabar Theater |
Melissa Claire | Return to the Forbidden Plant | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage |
Elly Lichenstein | Fiddler on the Roof | Cinnabar Theater |
Amanda Morando | Avenue Q | Novato Theatre Company |
Alison Peltz | Next to Normal | NovatoTheatreCo/Theatre-at-Large |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Monique Hafen | Promises, Promise | SF Playhouse |
Jennifer Mitchell | The Boy Friend | 42nd Street Moon |
Shay Oglesby Smith | Johnny Guitar - the Musical | Masquers Playhouse |
Rebekah Pearson | Thoroughly Modern Millie | 6th Street Playhouse |
Adrianne Walters | Little Shop of Horrors | Foothill Music Theatre |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Kelly Brandeberg | Oliver! | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Taylor Chalker | South Pacific | The Mountain Play |
Denise Elia-Yen | Annie Get Your Gun | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Patricia Racette | Show Boat | San Francisco Opera |
Elizabeth Santana | Big Fish | Palo Alto Players |
Principal Actor - Musical
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in a house with under 100 Seats
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Anthony Martinez | Next to Normal | NovatoTheatreCo/Theatre-at-Large |
Robert Nelson | Avenue Q | Novato Theatre Company |
Tim Setzer | Scrooge - the Musical | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Stephen Walsh | Fiddler on the Roof | Cinnabar Theater |
Phillip Percy Williams | Return to the Forbidden Planet | Curtain Theatre/Marin Onstage |
in a house with 100 to 300 seats
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Jeffrey Brian Adams | Promises, Promises | SF Playhouse |
Rob Broadhurst | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | 6th Street Playhouse |
Adam Cotugno | Little Shop of Horrors | Foothill Music Theatre |
Craig Eychner | Johnny Guitar: The Musical | Masquers Playhouse |
Anthony Guzman | Thoroughly Modern Millie | 6th Street Playhouse |
in a house with over 300 seats
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Daniel Cameron | South Pacific | Foothill Music Theatre |
Zachary Hasbany | Annie Get Your Gun | Spreckels Theatre Company |
Sergey Khalikulov | South Pacific | Foothill Music Theatre |
Chris Janssen | Big Fish | Palo Alto Players |
Peter Vilkin | South Pacific | The Mountain Play |