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We are thrilled to welcome you to the second annual TBA Awards Celebration.

Last year’s inaugural event was an exuberant evening honoring the artistic achievements of literally hundreds of theatre artists in hundreds more productions around the Bay Area. Tonight’s ceremony follows our first year with more artists, more companies and more productions from around the region in the spotlight.

At Theatre Bay Area we never tire of asserting that our region is home to one of the largest theatre communities in the nation.

Tonight’s event reminds us that it is also home to extraordinary excellence in theatrical artistry. The artists and productions honored this evening are being called out by their peers for outstanding achievement. We are honored to be able to acknowledge them tonight.

The TBA Awards are truly a work of the entire community of professionally oriented theatre across the region. More than 350 adjudicators, theatremakers themselves, attended more than 300 productions at 87 theatres and cast literally thousands of ballots over the past twelve months. These awards are administered by Theatre Bay Area, but they are very much a tribute from the Bay Area’s theatre community itself for the finest artistic achievement by the makers among its own ranks.

We invite you tonight to raise a glass, to applaud, to cheer for those being honored for their work this past year. And we invite you, following another year of theatregoing, to join us next November as we gather again to celebrate the outstanding achievement of the extraordinary theatre artists of the Bay Area.

Cheers,

Brad Erickson Executive Director Theatre Bay Area

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THE TBA AWARDS November 16, 2015 | Geary Theater, San Francisco Awards for

Outstanding Direction of a Musical Outstanding Direction of a Play Outstanding Choreography Outstanding Music Direction Musical Performance

“When You’re an Addams” | San Jose Stage Company Awards for

Outstanding Costume Design Outstanding Scenic Design Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Sound Design Legacy Award

Judith Cohen Awards for

Outstanding Creative Specialty Outstanding Original Score for a Play Outstanding Video Design Charles Dean Award Musical Performance

“Dance at the Gym (Mambo)” | Broadway By the Bay Awards for Outstanding Performance by a

Female Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Male Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Female Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical Male Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical Female Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Male Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Female Actor in a Principal Role in a Play Male Actor in a Principal Role in a Play Legacy Award

Mark Rucker Awards for

Outstanding Performance by the Ensemble of a Musical Outstanding Performance by the Ensemble of a Play Outstanding Presentation of a Solo Production Outstanding Presentation of an Anthology Production Legacy Award

Oakland School for the Arts Musical Performance

“Suddenly Seymour” | Altarena Playhouse Awards for

Outstanding World Premiere Play Outstanding World Premiere Musical Outstanding Production of a Play Outstanding Production of a Musical 2015.11 • BAYSTAGES.COM

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PRODUCTION CREDITS

2015 TBA AWARDS CEREMONY Producers..................................................... David Gluck, Nick A. Olivero Executive Producer............................................................... Brad Erickson Host.......................................................................................Ron Campbell Announcer...................................................................................Carrie Paff Presenters.......................... Russell Blackwood, Catherine Castellanos, Brian Copeland, Donald Currie, Bill English, Cole Ferraiuolo, J. Conrad Frank, Margo Hall, Leslie Ivy, Randall King, Leslie Martinson, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Johnny Moreno, Mina Morita, Amy Mueller, Ava Roy, Torange Yeghiazarian Statuette Ushers...............................Susan Trishel Monson, Megan Luis Writer........................................................................................Allison Page Music Director.............................................................................Sean Kana Lighting Designer......................................................... Steve Mannshardt Video Designer.......................................................... Rebecca Longworth Sound Designer................................................................. Brendan Aanes Assistant Lighting Designers......................................................Will Bakal, Joe D’Emilio, Sean Kramer MUSICAL THEATRE GUESTS Killing My Lobster Broadway By The Bay and the Cast of West Side Story San Jose Stage and the Cast of The Addams Family Altarena Playhouse and the Cast of Little Shop of Horrors Amy Lizardo and Teresa Attridge THE TBA AWARDS CELEBRATION BAND Keyboard.....................................................................................Sean Kana Keyboards...............................................................................Alicia Jeffrey Drums.................................................................................... Lane Sanders Bass.............................................................................................Danny Min Guitar.........................................................................................Mike Smith Reeds............................................................................... Larry De La Cruz Violin.......................................................................................Lucas Gayda Trumpet....................................................................................Justin Smith Trombone..............................................................................Ken Sablinsky Production Management.........................Andrew Nielsen, Lay Hoon Tan Stage Manager...........................................................................Dick Daley Stage Management Interns............................Hallie Day, Cynthia Moore Press Relations & Marketing...................... Alli Houseworth, Method 121 Awards Program Coordinator................................................... Claire Rice Photographer.....................................................................Cheshire Isaacs Program Designer & Publisher...................................................VIA MEDIA Production photography credits for the photos incuded in this program are too numerous to detail, but we extend our thanks and appreciation to all the visual artists who capture a moment of theatre forever: David Allen, Kevin Berne, Kevin Bronk, Eric Chazankin, Lori A. Cheung, Lauren English, Cole Ferriaoulo, Steve Flavin, Joyce Goldschmid, Jessica Greenstreet, Pak Han, Cheshire Isaacs, Kathy Kahn, James Kasyan, Joanne Kay, Alexis Keenan, Mark Kitaoka, Mike Ko, Noah Kramer, Ben Krantz, Edmund Kwong, Mark Leialoha, Dave Lepori, Joan Marcus, Tracy Martin, mellowpix.com, Asfenah Michaels, Julie Michelle, Debbie Blanchard Otterstetter, Jessica Palopoli, Chris Peoples, Peter Prato, Erik Scanlon, Luis A. Solorzano, Molly Kate Taylor, Lois Tema and Jay Yamada. We regret any omissions.

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THE TBA AWARDS The TBA Awards honor excellence in professionally oriented theatre, through a peer-based, Bay Area-wide adjudication process. Hundreds of adjudicators attend productions regularly and record their evaluations online. Each week, productions that meet a high voting threshold are named “recommended productions.” At the end of the theatrical season, all ballots are compiled, and the finalists and recipients in each award category are honored.

Theatre companies participate in the program in one of three tiers: • Tier I: Companies that operate under Actors Equity Association (AEA) contracts and have an annual budget in excess of $1M must participate in Tier I. Companies operating with AEA contracts but with an annual budget below $1M may choose to participate in Tier I or Tier II. To qualify for an award, Tier I productions must be seen by a minimum of twelve adjudicators.

• Tier II: Companies that operate under AEA contracts and have an annual operating budget of $400K or above.

Companies operating under some AEA contract with an annual operating budget less than $400K may choose to participate in Tier II or Tier III. To qualify for an award, Tier II productions must be seen by a minimum of nine adjudicators.

• Tier III: Companies in this tier have no AEA requirement and operate on an annual budget below $400K. To qualify for an award, Tier III productions must be seen by a minimum of six adjudicators.

PARTICIPATING COMPANIES 2014-15 42nd Street Moon 6th Street Playhouse Actors Ensemble of Berkeley African-American Shakespeare Company Altarena Playhouse AlterTheater Ensemble Aluminous American Conservatory Theater Artists Repertory Company Aurora Theatre Company Bay Area Children’s Theatre Berkeley Playhouse Berkeley Repertory Theatre The Breadbox Black Artists Contemporary Cultural Experience Broadway By the Bay California Shakespeare Theater Center Repertory Company Central Works CMT San Jose Cinnabar Theater Circle of Life Theatre City Lights Theater Company Contra Costa Civic Theatre Crackpot Crones Crowded Fire Theater The Custom Made Theatre Co. The Cutting Ball Theater

DIVAfest Douglas Morrison Theatre Dragon Productions Theatre Company El Teatro Campesino EXIT Theatre FaultLine Theater FOGG Theatre Company Foothill Music Theatre Golden Thread Productions Hillbarn Theatre Impact Theatre Just Theatre Lamplighters Music Theatre Left Coast Theatre Los Altos Stage Company Lucky Penny Productions Magic Theatre Marin Onstage Marin Shakespeare Company Marin Theatre Company The Marsh Masquers Playhouse Mountain Play New Conservatory Theatre Center Novato Theater Company Off Broadway West Theatre Company OMG, I Love That Show! Productions The Other Group Theatre Pacifica Sprindrift Players

Palo Alto Players Pear Theatre Pinole Community Playhouse PlayGround Ragged Wing Ensemble Ray of Light Theatre Renegade Theatre Experiment Role Players Ensemble Ross Valley Players San Francisco Playhouse San Jose Stage Company Shotgun Players Spreckels Theatre Company Stage 1 Theatre Stanford Repertory Theater Sundell Productions Tabard Theatre Company Theatre MadCap TheatreFIRST Theatre Rhinoceros TheatreWorks Thrillpeddlers Town Hall Theatre Company Virago Theatre Company We Players The Western Stage Wily West Productions Woodminster Summer Musicals Z Space

AFTER THE CEREMONY, JOIN US AT PIANOFIGHT When the curtain comes down tonight at the Geary Theater, join us for a FREE after-party hosted by PianoFight (144 Taylor Street, between Eddy & Turk). The festivities will flow through all three PianoFight venues, featuring live music, DJs and dancing, and a sing-along musical theatre lounge. Cash bar until the wee hours, kitchen open until midnight. The first 400 guests to arrive will be admitted. No cover charge.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FINALISTS! A tale of epic love... a tale that changed the history of the musical... a tale OF A NIGHT that made musical history...

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LEGACY AWARD

JUDITH COHEN FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HANDFUL PLAYERS

Judith has been connected with theater in the Bay Area for four decades, since ushering at American Conservatory Theater when she was a Mills College student. Her love of theater has soared since then, to the point where she now attends 35 to 50 plays a year, subscribes to A.C.T., Magic Theatre and San Francisco Playhouse and provides annual philanthropic support to more than ten theaters.

In 2006, Judith founded the children’s musical theater company Handful Players. Her intention was to launch the company as a three month volunteer effort and then return to running her business in corporate communications. But she found herself overtaken by the need and opportunity and Judith left the business world altogether to devote herself full-time to helping underserved children in San Francisco thrive through the transforming power of theatre.

During the past nine years, Handful Players has commissioned 74 new short plays on social justice and culturally relevant themes from playwrights including Marcus Gardley, Lauren Gunderson, Chinaka Hodge, Andrew Saito, Eugenie Chan and Jeff Raz. The program’s young actors have performed 91 free community performances in and around the Western Addition at venues including Yoshi’s, San Francisco City Hall, the Main Public Library and the African-American Cultural Center. Since its inception, Handful Players has conducted over 2,700 hours of free theater workshops. The program currently works with a highly-diverse population of more than 700 children, of which 78% are African-American or Latino.

A former C.P.A., Judith holds an MBA from Golden Gate University and a BA in sociology from Mills College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She has been an active board member for The One Act Theatre, YMCA - Embarcadero Branch and the San Francisco Chapter of the CPA Society. In 2015, Judith was awarded the Jefferson Award for Public Service by CBS San Francisco.

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LEGACY AWARD .

MARK RUCKER

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER Mark Rucker was a treasured friend, an inspirational colleague, a brilliant artist and an extraordinary mentor to generations of young theater artists. Mark was the Associate Artistic Director at American Conservatory Theater from 2010 to 2015. During his time with A.C.T. Mark directed the mainstage productions of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, Maple and Vine, Higher, Once in a Lifetime, Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet, The Rainmaker and The Beard of Avon; as well as several of A.C.T.’s Masters of Fine Arts Program productions. Mark was an associate artist at South Coast Repertory Theatre, where he has directed more than 20 productions, including world premieres by Richard Greenberg, Christopher Shinn, Annie Weisman, and Culture Clash. Other regional credits include work at Yale Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Intiman Theatre and the Old Globe. He also worked with such Bay Area companies as California Shakespeare Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz and San Francisco Playhouse.

His feature film, Die, Mommie, Die!, won a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

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SCHOOL OF THEATRE

OSA School of Theatre

is proud to be the recipient of the

2015 Theatre Bay Area

Legacy Award

Brighton Beach Memoirs October 8-10 & 15-17

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

New Works

February 25-27

November 12-14

Broadway on Broadway

Once Upon A Mattress May 13-15

April 14-16

Senior Showcase May 17

For more information, please go to www.oakarts.org

LEGACY AWARD

OAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS

Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) is a public charter school founded in 2002 by then-Mayor of Oakland Jerry Brown and other civic leaders. It provides a conservatory-style arts education in a college preparatory setting, free of charge, to a diverse student body. Its students excel academically with SAT scores, high school graduation rates and college enrollment rates ranking very high among Bay Area public schools. OSA graduates have been accepted to many top arts institutions including Berklee College of Music, California Institute of the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornish College of the Arts, New York University, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, School of the Arts Institute of Chicago and Stanford University. As a community partner, OSA has played an important role in the urban renewal and revitalization of downtown Oakland as a vibrant arts district. Initially housed in portable classrooms, OSA moved in 2009 into the long-defunct Fox Oakland Theatre as the centerpiece of a $75 million plan to restore the 1920s-era former silent-movie house and return it to public use. Today, the Fox Theatre is home to OSA’s classes and theatre productions and is also a live concert venue serving downtown Oakland. OSA is also a fully functioning production company, offering a season of plays and special events that showcase the collaboration of faculty and students including original, student-devised pieces that have toured as far as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Oakland School of the Arts is led by Donn K. Harris, Executive and Artistic Director.

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OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL TIER I ROBERT KELLEY Sweeney Todd TheatreWorks

TONY KELLY

The Addams Family San Jose Stage Company

MEREDITH MCDONOUGH THE 39 STEPS Hillbarn Theatre

Triangle TheatreWorks

RANDAL MYLER Fire on the Mountain TheatreWorks

LIESL TOMMY

Party People Berkeley Repertory Theatre

TIER II AMANDA FOLENA West Side Story Broadway By the Bay

DENNIS M. LICKTEIG

Avenue Q New Conservatory Theatre Center A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC American Conservatory Theater

PHIL LOWERY

H.M.S. Pinafore Lamplighters Music Theatre

ANDREA SNOW

Freedomland San Francisco Mime Troupe

JON TRACY

Fiddler on the Roof Berkeley Playhouse

TIER III STUART E. BOUSEL

Grey Gardens: The Musical The Custom Made Theatre Co.

FREDERICK J. CHACON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM California Shakespeare Theater

Little Shop of Horrors Altarena Playhouse

STEVE FLAVIN

Lo Speziale Dragon Productions Theatre Company

CARL JORDAN

Avenue Q Novato Theater Company

LINDA PICCONE

The Great American Trailer Park Musical Los Altos Stage Company

ERIK SCANLON

Heathers: The Musical Ray of Light Theatre THE ADDAMS FAMILY San Jose Stage Company

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OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY

TIER I JOSH COSTELLO

Ideation San Francisco Playhouse

KENT GASH

Choir Boy Marin Theatre Company

LORETTA GRECO

Life Is a Dream California Shakespeare Theater

TINA LANDAU

THE AMEN CORNER AlterTheater Ensemble

Old Hats American Conservatory Theater

DOMINIQUE SERRAND Molière’s Tartuffe Berkeley Repertory Theatre

TIER II DAREN A.C. CAROLLO

Doubt: A Parable Contra Costa Civic Theatre

LILY TUNG CRYSTAL

Chinglish Palo Alto Players

LESLEY CURRIER

Don Quixote Marin Shakespeare Company

ANTIGONICK Shotgun Players

CARL JORDAN

Clybourne Park 6th Street Playhouse

JEFFREY LO

Eurydice Palo Alto Players

TIER III MOLLY AARONSON-GELB

We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 Just Theater

BRUCE COUGHRAN

Delicate Particle Logic Indra’s Net Theater

AVENUE Q New Conservatory Theatre Center

ARIEL CRAFT

The Pillowman The Breadbox

ROBIN FONTAINE

True West Theater MadCap

RICHARD HARDER

The Birthday Party Off Broadway West Theatre Company

EMMA NICHOLLS

Trailer Park Gods FaultLine Theater

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THE BIRTHDAY PARTY Off Broadway West Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY

TIER I CJ BLANKENSHIP, BRETT BLANKENSHIP The Addams Family San Jose Stage Company

VAL CANIPAROLI

A Little Night Music American Conservatory Theater

MILLICENT JOHNNIE BLACK VIRGINS ARE NOT FOR HIPSTERS The Marsh

Party People Berkeley Repertory Theatre

KIMBERLY RICHARDS Company San Francisco Playhouse

KIMBERLY RICHARDS Promises, Promises San Francisco Playhouse

TIER II KHALIA DAVIS

The Day the Crayons Quit, The Musical Bay Area Children’s Theatre

CINDY GOLDFIELD The Boy Friend 42nd Street Moon BLOOD WEDDING The Breadbox

ERICA HARTANO

The Producers Woodminster Summer Musicals

NICOLE HELFER West Side Story Broadway By the Bay

JODY JARON

Mary Poppins Woodminster Summer Musicals

TIER III CARL JORDAN

Avenue Q Novato Theater Company

LEE ANN PAYNE THE BOY FRIEND 42nd Street Moon

The Great American Trailer Park Musical Los Altos Stage Company

ALEX RODRIGUEZ Heathers: The Musical Ray of Light Theatre

LAUREN ROSI

Godspell OMG, I Love That Show! Productions

KIM SAUNDERS

Grey Gardens: The Musical The Custom Made Theatre Co.

DEEDRA WONG Little Shop of Horrors Altarena Playhouse THE BRAGGART SOLDIER, OR MAJOR BLOWHARD The Custom Made Theatre Co.

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OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION TIER I WAYNE BARKER

A Little Night Music American Conservatory Theater

DAVE DOBRUSKY

Company San Francisco Playhouse

WILLIAM LIBERATORE Sweeney Todd TheatreWorks

JAMES SAMPLINER

THE BROTHERS SIZE Ubuntu Theater Project

Triangle TheatreWorks

DAN WHEETMAN

Fire on the Mountain TheatreWorks

TIER II SAMUEL CISNEROS

Violet Tabard Theatre Company

SEAN KANA

Les Misérables Broadway By the Bay

SEAN KANA

West Side Story Broadway By the Bay

THE CABLE CAR NYMPHOMANIAC FOGG Theatre Company

DAVID MÖSCHLER

Candide Douglas Morrisson Theatre

DAVID MÖSCHLER

H.M.S. Pinafore Lamplighters Music Theatre

TIER III DAVID A. BROWN

Grey Gardens: The Musical The Custom Made Theatre Co.

BEN EUPHRAT

Project Ahab; or, Eye of the Whale Central Works

CANDIDE Douglas Morrisson Theatre

MARGARET HALBIG

Company Town Hall Theatre Company

ALICIA JEFFREY

Godspell OMG, I Love That Show! Productions

SEAN KANA

Dogfight OMG, I Love That Show! Productions

BEN PRINCE

Heathers: The Musical Ray of Light Theatre

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CHINGLISH Palo Alto Players

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

TIER I SONYA BERLOVITZ

Molière’s Tartuffe Berkeley Repertory Theatre

ABRA BERMAN

The Addams Family San Jose Stage Company

FUMIKO BIELEFELDT CHOIR BOY Marin Theatre Company

Fallen Angels TheatreWorks

MEGHAN NEVILLE

Party People Berkeley Repertory Theatre

KATHERINE ROTH

The Mystery of Irma Vep California Shakespeare Theater

TIER II BARBARA “BJ” BANDY Candide Douglas Morrisson Theatre

MR. DAVID, JORGE R. HERNANDEZ Die Mommie Die! New Conservatory Theatre Center CLUB INFERNO Thrillpeddlers

JUDY JACKSON MACLLVAINE H.M.S. Pinafore Lamplighters Music Theatre

CONNIE STRAYER

Hay Fever Stanford Repertory Theater

MELISSA WORTMAN Candide Lamplighters Music Theatre

TIER III KEIKO CARREIRO

The Braggart Soldier, or Major Blowhard The Custom Made Theatre Co.

LISA CLAYBAUGH THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Silicon Valley Shakespeare

The Comedy of Errors Silicon Valley Shakespeare

WES CRAIN

Trailer Park Gods FaultLine Theater

KATIE DOWSE

Heathers: The Musical Ray of Light Theatre

BROOKE JENNINGS Ondine at Sutro We Players

SYLVIA KRATINS

The Birthday Party Off Broadway West Theatre Company COMPANY San Francisco Playhouse

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OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN TIER I NINA BALL

A Midsummer Night’s Dream California Shakespeare Theater

G.W. MERCIER

Head of Passes Berkeley Repertory Theatre

DOUGLAS SCHMIDT

The Mystery of Irma Vep California Shakespeare Theater

JOHN B. WILSON

THE CONVERT Marin Theatre Company

Fallen Angels TheatreWorks

DANIEL ZIMMERMAN

Triangle TheatreWorks

TIER II RON GASPARINETTI

Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War City Lights Theater Company

ROBERT “BO” GOLDEN

The Foreigner Contra Costa Civic Theatre

KUO-HAO LO

Die Mommie Die! New Conservatory Theatre Center

THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT Bay Area Children’s Theatre

KUO-HAO LO

Other Desert Cities New Conservatory Theatre Center

KELLY TIGHE

Les Misérables Broadway By the Bay

TIER III NINA BALL

Ransom, Texas Virago Theatre Company

STEVE FLAVIN, KRISTINE GILREATH, CARMELLO TRINGALI

Lo Speziale Dragon Productions Theatre Company

DELICATE PARTICLE LOGIC Indra’s Net Theater

RON GASPARINETTI

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Los Altos Stage Company

DEVIN KASPER

The Pillowman The Breadbox

NOAH KRAMER

Trailer Park Gods FaultLine Theater

WARREN WERNICK

The Fox on the Fairway Los Altos Stage Company

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DIE MOMMIE DIE! New Conservatory Theatre Center

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN TIER I BURKE BROWN

A Midsummer Night’s Dream California Shakespeare Theater

MARCUS DILLIARD

Molière’s Tartuffe Berkeley Repertory Theatre

MARCUS DOSHI DOGFIGHT OMG, I Love That Show! Productions

Party People Berkeley Repertory Theatre

ALEXANDER NICHOLS The Mystery of Irma Vep California Shakespeare Theater

PAUL TOBEN Triangle TheatreWorks

TIER II JOE D’EMILIO

West Side Story Broadway By the Bay

NICK KUMAMOTO

Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War City Lights Theater Company DON QUIXOTE Marin Shakespeare Company

NICK KUMAMOTO Eurydice Palo Alto Players

CHRISTIAN MEJIA

Die Mommie Die! New Conservatory Theatre Center

CHRISTIAN MEJIA

Other Desert Cities New Conservatory Theatre Center

TIER III WILLIAM CAMPBELL

Grey Gardens: The Musical The Custom Made Theatre Co.

HAMILTON GUILLÉN

DOUBT: A PARABLE Contra Costa Civic Theatre

Trailer Park Gods FaultLine Theater

MAXX KRUZUNSKI Shiner FaultLine Theater

MICHAEL O’BRIEN/JOYCE THRIFT Farragut North Masquers Playhouse

AMANDA ORTMAYER The Pillowman The Breadbox

IAN WALKER

The Birthday Party Off Broadway West Theatre Company EACH AND EVERY THING The Marsh

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OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN

TIER I BRENDAN AANES

Triangle TheatreWorks

BROKEN CHORD

Party People Berkeley Repertory Theatre

CLIFF CARUTHERS

The Mystery of Irma Vep California Shakespeare Theater

JOHN GROMADA

ENEMIES: FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Central Works

Old Hats American Conservatory Theater

PAUL JAMES PRENDERGAST

A Midsummer Night’s Dream California Shakespeare Theater

TIER II BILLIE COX

Don Quixote Marin Shakespeare Company

JEFF GRAFTON

Eurydice Palo Alto Players

MICHAEL KELLY

The Foreigner Contra Costa Civic Theatre

EURYDICE Palo Alto Players

GEORGE PSARRAS

Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War City Lights Theater Company

JAKE RODRIGUEZ

Superheroes The Cutting Ball Theater

TIER III SCOTT ALEXANDER

Delicate Particle Logic Indra’s Net Theater

LIZ RYDER

The Pillowman The Breadbox

FALLEN ANGELS TheatreWorks

LIZ RYDER

Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children’s Crusade The Custom Made Theatre Co.

GREGORY SCHARPEN

Project Ahab; or, Eye of the Whale Central Works

EVAN WARDELL

Shiner FaultLine Theater

EVAN WARDELL

Trailer Park Gods FaultLine Theater

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LISTS! A N I F ARDS W A A B 2015 T

OUTSTANDING CREATIVE SPECIALTY

DEVON LABELLE

Special Visual Effects Hookman, Encore Theatre

MARY NAGLER

Puppet Designer Avenue Q, Novato Theater Company

CATHLEEN RIDDLEY

Music Outstanding Direction of a Play Score The Amen Corner, AlterTheater Ensemble

KERRY RIDER-KUHN

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Berkeley Playhouse

Wig Designer Candide, Lamplighters Music Theatre

DARIUS SMITH

Music Outstanding Direction of a Play Score Choir Boy, Marin Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING

ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A PLAY

SCOTT ALEXANDER

Delicate Particle Logic Indra’s Net Theater

DAVID A. BROWN

Blood Wedding The Breadbox

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN TheatreWorks

CYBÈLE D’AMBROSIO

The Yellow Wallpaper Central Works

TOM LANE, GUINEVERE Q, YOUNG SUN Shiner FaultLine Theater

GRANT OLDING

One Man, Two Guvnors Berkeley Repertory Theatre

OUTSTANDING VIDEO DESIGN

REBECCA LONGWORTH

THE FOREIGNER Contra Costa Civic Theatre

Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children’s Crusade The Custom Made Theatre Co.

ALEXANDER NICHOLS Party People Berkeley Repertory Theatre

CHRIS PEOPLES

Maple and Vine Los Altos Stage Company

ERIK SCANLON

Sunday in the Park with George Foothill Music Theatre

MISTER WA

Club Inferno Thrillpeddlers

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THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY Los Altos Stage Company

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL TIER I MONIQUE HAFEN Company San Francisco Playhouse

DANA IVEY

A Little Night Music American Conservatory Theater

MARISSA MCGOWAN FREEDOMLAND San Francisco Mime Troupe

A Little Night Music American Conservatory Theater

SHARON RIETKERK Triangle TheatreWorks

EMILY SKINNER

A Little Night Music American Conservatory Theater

TIER II TERESA ATTRIDGE

Avenue Q New Conservatory Theatre Center

KAREN DEHART My Fair Lady Broadway By the Bay FUNNY GIRL Hillbarn Theatre

CABIRIA JACOBSEN H.M.S. Pinafore Lamplighters Music Theatre

JESSICA MAXEY West Side Story Broadway By the Bay

HAYLEY NYSTROM

Avenue Q New Conservatory Theatre Center

TIER III LAURA ARTHUR Heathers: The Musical Ray of Light Theatre

MARY GIBBONEY GODSPELL OMG, I Love That Show! Productions

Grey Gardens: The Musical The Custom Made Theatre Co.

MARY G. GRAHAM

Mary Poppins Spreckels Theatre Company

ABBEY LEE [title of show] Marin Onstage

JULIANA LUSTENADER Grey Gardens: The Musical The Custom Made Theatre Co.

LINDA PICCONE

Sunday in the Park with George Foothill Music Theatre THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL Los Altos Stage Company

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BY A MALE ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL TIER I JUSTIN S. BROWN

A Little Night Music American Conservatory Theater

MARTIN R. DIETRICH Sweeney Todd TheatreWorks

SPENCER KIELY Sweeney Todd TheatreWorks

JACK MOSBACHER

GREY GARDENS: THE MUSICAL The Custom Made Theatre Co.

Sweeney Todd TheatreWorks

ROLF SAXON

Triangle TheatreWorks

TIER II JUSTIN T. BUCHS

Funny Girl Hillbarn Theatre

CHRIS MORRELL

Avenue Q New Conservatory Theatre Center

JOEL ROSTER

Hairspray Berkeley Playhouse

H.M.S. PINAFORE Lamplighters Music Theatre

ZAC SCHUMAN

Avenue Q New Conservatory Theatre Center

TOMAS THERIOT

Anything Goes Broadway By the Bay

TIER III RAY D’AMBROSIO

Jesus Christ Superstar Stage 1 Theatre

SETH DAHLGREN

Avenue Q Novato Theater Company

HAIRSPRAY Berkeley Playhouse

JOE JARECKI

Little Shop of Horrors Altarena Playhouse

JACOB JUDD

Godspell OMG, I Love That Show! Productions

NICK QUINTELL

Heathers: The Musical Ray of Light Theatre

NICK TRENGOVE

Little Shop of Horrors Altarena Playhouse

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HAY FEVER Stanford Repertory Theater

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE IN A MUSICAL TIER I MEGAN MCGINNIS Triangle TheatreWorks

ALLISON RICH

The Addams Family San Jose Stage Company

TORY ROSS Sweeney Todd TheatreWorks

HEAD OF PASSES Berkeley Repertory Theatre

C. KELLY WRIGHT

Party People Berkeley Repertory Theatre

KAREN ZIEMBA

A Little Night Music American Conservatory Theater FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: John Hill TIER II johnhillpr@gmail.com ERIN Y. ASHE 510.435.7128

Les Misérables Broadway By the Bay

ssociation with Z Space, Encore Theatre Company JENNIFER ASHWORTH presents the world premiere of H.M.S. Pinafore

Hookman HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL Ray of Light Theatre

Lamplighters Music Theatre

LISA HORI-GARCIA

Freedomland San Francisco Mime Troupe

JOCELYN PICKETT Violet Tabard Theatre Company

MELISSA WOLFKLAIN Funny Girl Hillbarn Theatre

TIER III ELIZABETH A. CURTIS

Dogfight OMG, I Love That Show! Productions

KATHERINE DELACRUZ HOOKMAN Encore Theatre

Jesus Christ Superstar Stage 1 Theatre

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Written by Lauren Yee Directed by Becca Wolff

May 6 – 30, 2015

encoretheatresf.org

MIRANDO

Avenue Q Novato Theater Company

LIZZIE MOSS

Heathers: The Musical Ray of Light Theatre

HEATHER ORTH

Grey Gardens: The Musical The Custom Made Theatre Co. 20, 2015 – Encore Theatre Company is proud to present the world premiere JESSICA QUARLES

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OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

BY A MALE ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE IN A MUSICAL TIER I JEFFREY B. ADAMS

Promises, Promises San Francisco Playhouse

ROSS LEKITES Triangle TheatreWorks

CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON Party People Berkeley Repertory Theatre

JESSIE J. PEREZ

IN FROM THE COLD Just Theater

Party People Berkeley Repertory Theatre

ZACHARY PRINCE Triangle TheatreWorks

TIER II PIERCE BRANDT

White Christmas Hillbarn Theatre

NIKITA BURSHTEYN

West Side Story Broadway By the Bay

RJ MICHAEL CAMPBELL

Fiddler on the Roof Berkeley Playhouse

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Stage 1 Theatre

ADAM CAMPBELL

Les Misérables Broadway By the Bay

BRETT JONES

The Day the Crayons Quit, The Musical Bay Area Children’s Theatre

TIER III JORDON L. BRIDGES

Dogfight OMG, I Love That Show! Productions

NATHAN BROWN

Blood Brothers Altarena Playhouse

KURT VONNEGUT’S SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE The Custom Made Theatre Co.

NIKITA BURSHTEYN

Jesus Christ Superstar Stage 1 Theatre

ROBERT NELSON

Avenue Q Novato Theater Company

BRIAN PALAC

Jesus Christ Superstar Stage 1 Theatre

LEWIS RAWLINSON

Godspell OMG, I Love That Show! Productions

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LES MISÉRABLES Broadway By the Bay

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY TIER I ELIZABETH CARTER The Convert Marin Theatre Company

OMOZE IDEHENRE The Convert Marin Theatre Company

MONIQUE JENKINSON LET THERE BE LOVE American Conservatory Theater

Antigonick Shotgun Players

TORY ROSS Fallen Angels TheatreWorks

SUZANNE WARMANEN Molière’s Tartuffe Berkeley Repertory Theatre

TIER II DIANNA CHUNG Chinglish Palo Alto Players

MONICA HO

Don Quixote Marin Shakespeare Company LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Altarena Playhouse

LINDA PAPLOW

The Foreigner Contra Costa Civic Theatre

ERICA SMITH

The Amen Corner AlterTheater Ensemble

CHERYL SMITH

Other Desert Cities New Conservatory Theatre Center

TIER III JENNIE BRICK Ondine at Sutro We Players

BONNIE DECHANT LO SPEZIALE Dragon Productions Theatre Company

Barefoot in the Park Altarena Playhouse

DOLL PICCOTTO

The Comedy of Errors Silicon Valley Shakespeare

MEGAN TROUT

We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 Just Theater

MELISSA WEINSTEIN The Comedy of Errors Silicon Valley Shakespeare

MAPLE AND VINE Los Altos Stage Company

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OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

BY A MALE ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY TIER I RON CAMPBELL

One Man, Two Guvnors Berkeley Repertory Theatre

JOSEPH ESTLACK

Stupid F##king Bird San Francisco Playhouse

CARL LUMBLY

Tree San Francisco Playhouse

KEN ROBINSON

MARY POPPINS Spreckels Theatre Company

Choir Boy Marin Theatre Company

JOSHUA SCHELL

Our Town Shotgun Players

TIER II ROTIMI AGBABIAKA

The Amen Corner AlterTheater Ensemble

AARON MURPHY

The Foreigner Contra Costa Civic Theatre

JED PARSARIO

Don Quixote Marin Shakespeare Company

MOLIÈRE’S TARTUFFE Berkeley Repertory Theatre

PATRICK ROSS

Compleat Female Stage Beauty New Conservatory Theatre Center

JEFFREY SUN

Chinglish Palo Alto Players

TIER III RANDY ANGER

Barefoot in the Park Altarena Playhouse

TED BARKER

Glengarry Glen Ross Altarena Playhouse

MY FAIR LADY Broadway By the Bay

NATHANIEL JUSTINIANO

Ondine at Sutro We Players

DAVID LEVINE

Trailer Park Gods FaultLine Theater

NICK MEDINA

Ondine at Sutro We Players

HAROLD PIERCE

In from the Cold Just Theater

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THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP California Shakespeare Theater

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE IN A PLAY TIER I CHERYL L. BRUCE

Head of Passes Berkeley Repertory Theatre

RAMI MARGRON Antigonick Shotgun Players

ALLISON RICH OBSCURA Impact Theatre

Venus in Fur San Jose Stage Company

CATHLEEN RIDDLEY Tree San Francisco Playhouse

KATHERINE R. TURNER The Convert Marin Theatre Company

TIER II MELISSA CLAIRE Clybourne Park 6th Street Playhouse

SERENA E. FLORES Clybourne Park 6th Street Playhouse OLD HATS American Conservatory Theater

SCARLETT HEPWORTH Doubt: A Parable Contra Costa Civic Theatre

JOYCE LIU

Chinglish Palo Alto Players

CATHLEEN RIDDLEY The Amen Corner AlterTheater Ensemble

TIER III KRISTIN BROWNSTONE Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Los Altos Stage Company

TERESSA FOSS ONDINE AT SUTRO We Players

Delicate Particle Logic Indra’s Net Theater

CELIA MAURICE

The Birthday Party Off Broadway West Theatre Company

CARLYE POLLACK Redwolf Ragged Wing Ensemble

DESIRÉE ROGERS

Enemies: Foreign and Domestic Central Works

AVA ROY

Ondine at Sutro We Players ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Berkeley Repertory Theatre

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OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

BY A MALE ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE IN A PLAY TIER I DAN DONOHUE

One Man, Two Guvnors Berkeley Repertory Theatre

BILL IRWIN

Old Hats American Conservatory Theater

CARL LUMBLY

Let There Be Love American Conservatory Theater

NICHOLAS PELCZAR

OTHER DESERT CITIES New Conservatory Theatre Center

The Whale Marin Theatre Company

DAVID SHINER

Old Hats American Conservatory Theater

TIER II RON CAMPBELL

Don Quixote Marin Shakespeare Company

J. CONRAD FRANK

Die Mommie Die! New Conservatory Theatre Center

JOHN LEWIS

Don Quixote Marin Shakespeare Company

OUR TOWN Shotgun Players

DORIAN LOCKETT

Clybourne Park 6th Street Playhouse

RYAN O’DONNELL

The Foreigner Contra Costa Civic Theatre

TIER III JUSTIN GILLMAN

The Pillowman The Breadbox

WILLIAM H.P.

The Brothers Size Ubuntu Theater Project

PARTY PEOPLE Berkeley Repertory Theatre

WARREN D. KEITH

Glengarry Glen Ross TheatreFIRST

ADAM MAGILL

Shiner FaultLine Theater

ERIC REID

True West Theater MadCap

PAUL RODRIGUES

Trailer Park Gods FaultLine Theater

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PASTORELLA No Nude Men Productions

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

BY THE ENSEMBLE OF A MUSICAL TIER I A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC American Conservatory Theater

THE ADDAMS FAMILY San Jose Stage Company

PARTY PEOPLE

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

SWEENEY TODD THE PILLOWMAN The Breadbox

TheatreWorks

TRIANGLE TheatreWorks

TIER II AVENUE Q

New Conservatory Theatre Center

FREEDOMLAND

San Francisco Mime Troupe

H.M.S. PINAFORE

Lamplighters Music Theatre

LES MISÉRABLES Broadway By the Bay THE PRODUCERS Woodminster Summer Musicals

VIOLET

Tabard Theatre Company

TIER III [TITLE OF SHOW] Marin Onstage

DOGFIGHT

OMG, I Love That Show! Productions

GREY GARDENS: THE MUSICAL The Custom Made Theatre Co.

HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL Ray of Light Theatre

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Altarena Playhouse PROJECT AHAB; OR, EYE OF THE WHALE Central Works

PROMISES, PROMISES San Francisco Playhouse

PROJECT AHAB; OR, EYE OF THE WHALE Central Works

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OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

BY THE ENSEMBLE OF A PLAY TIER I OLD HATS

American Conservatory Theater

MOLIÈRE’S TARTUFFE Berkeley Repertory Theatre

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Berkeley Repertory Theatre

CHOIR BOY

Marin Theatre Company

ANTIGONICK

PUSSY New Conservatory Theatre Center

Shotgun Players

TIER II THE 39 STEPS

Hillbarn Theatre

CHINGLISH

Palo Alto Players

CLYBOURNE PARK

6th Street Playhouse

DON QUIXOTE

Marin Shakespeare Company

THE FOREIGNER

Contra Costa Civic Theatre

RANSOM, TEXAS Virago Theatre Company

TIER III THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

Off Broadway West Theatre Company

THE BROTHERS SIZE

Ubuntu Theater Project

ONDINE AT SUTRO We Players

THE PILLOWMAN The Breadbox

TRAILER PARK GODS

FaultLine Theater

WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HERERO OF NAMIBIA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SOUTHWEST AFRICA, FROM THE GERMAN SUDWESTAFRIKA, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1884-1915

REDWOLF Ragged Wing Ensemble

Just Theater

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SHINER FaultLine Theater

OUTSTANDING

PRESENTATION OF A SOLO PRODUCTION ECHO BROWN

Black Virgins Are Not For Hipsters The Marsh

CHRISTIAN CAGIGAL Obscura Impact Theatre

BRIAN COPELAND STUPID F##KING BIRD San Francisco Playhouse

The Waiting Period Altarena Playhouse/The Marsh

MAURA HALLORAN

Pussy New Conservatory Theatre Center

DAN HOYLE

Each and Every Thing The Marsh

OUTSTANDING

PRESENTATION OF AN ANTHOLOGY PRODUCTION WTFAMILY

Left Coast Theatre Co. SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE Foothill Music Theatre

PEAR SLICES 2015 Pear Theatre

BEST OF PLAYGROUND 19 PlayGround

SUPERHEROES The Cutting Ball Theater

SWEENEY TODD TheatreWorks

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OUTSTANDING WORLD PREMIERE PLAY

DELICATE PARTICLE LOGIC Jennifer Blackmer, Playwright Indra’s Net Theater

PASTORELLA

Stuart E. Bousel, Playwright No Nude Men Productions

TRAILER PARK GODS

Nayia Kuvetakis, Playwright FaultLine Theater

ENEMIES: FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Patricia Milton, Playwright Central Works

TREE San Francisco Playhouse

HOOKMAN

Lauren Yee, Playwright Encore Theatre

OUTSTANDING

WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL

THE CABLE CAR NYMPHOMANIAC Tony Asaro, Composer & Lyricist Kristen Guenther, Librettist FOGG Theatre Company

TRIANGLE TheatreWorks

THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT, THE MUSICAL Austin Zumbro, Composer, Lyricist & Librettist Bay Area Children’s Theatre

FREEDOMLAND

Ira Marlowe, Composer & Lyricist Michael Gene Sullivan, Playwright San Francisco Mime Troupe

PROJECT AHAB; OR, EYE OF THE WHALE Ben Euphrat, Composer Gary Graves, Playwright & Lyricist Clive Worsley, Composer & Lyricist Central Works

TRIANGLE

Thomas Mizer, Lyricist & Librettist Curtis Moore, Composer & Lyricist Joshua Scher, Librettist TheatreWorks

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TRUCE: A CHRISTMAS WISH FROM THE GREAT WAR City Lights Theater Company

VENUS IN FUR San Jose Stage Company

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY TIER I CHOIR BOY

Marin Theatre Company

LET THERE BE LOVE

American Conservatory Theater

MOLIÈRE’S TARTUFFE Berkeley Repertory Theatre

OLD HATS VIOLET Tabard Theatre Company

American Conservatory Theater

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Berkeley Repertory Theatre

TIER II CHINGLISH

Palo Alto Players

CLYBOURNE PARK 6th Street Playhouse

DON QUIXOTE

Marin Shakespeare Company

DOUBT: A PARABLE Contra Costa Civic Theatre

THE FOREIGNER THE WAITING PERIOD Altarena Playhouse/The Marsh

Contra Costa Civic Theatre

TIER III THE BROTHERS SIZE Ubuntu Theater Project

GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES Made Up Theatre

ONDINE AT SUTRO We Players

THE PILLOWMAN The Breadbox

SHINER

FaultLine Theater

TRAILER PARK GODS WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT… Just Theater

WEST SIDE STORY Broadway By the Bay

FaultLine Theater

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OUTSTANDING

PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

TIER I THE ADDAMS FAMILY

San Jose Stage Company

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN TheatreWorks

PARTY PEOPLE

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

SWEENEY TODD

TheatreWorks

TRIANGLE

THE WHALE Marin Theatre Company

TheatreWorks

TIER II AVENUE Q

New Conservatory Theatre Center

H.M.S. PINAFORE

Lamplighters Music Theatre

LES MISÉRABLES Broadway By the Bay

VIOLET

Tabard Theatre Company

WEST SIDE STORY Broadway By the Bay

WHITE CHRISTMAS Hillbarn Theatre

TIER III AVENUE Q

Novato Theater Company

DOGFIGHT

OMG, I Love That Show! Productions

GREY GARDENS: THE MUSICAL

The Custom Made Theatre Co.

HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL

Ray of Light Theatre

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Altarena Playhouse

PROJECT AHAB; OR, EYE OF THE WHALE Central Works

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WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Los Altos Stage Company

YELLOW WALLPAPER Central Works

RON CAMPBELL Ron Campbell has toured the world with Cirque du Soleil as The King of the Clowns in Kooza. He is currently playing Cecil B. DeGrille at Teatro Zinzanni in Seattle. Recent appearances include Don Quixote in Don Quixote at Marin Shakespeare Company, Alfie in One Man, Two Guvnors at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Mrs. Bumbrake in Peter and the Starcatcher at TheatreWorks, Egeon/Angelo/Ensemble in Comedy of Errors at California Shakespeare Theater, Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles, R. Buckminster Fuller in The History and Mystery of the Universe and a one-man adaptation of The Dybbuk at San Diego Repertory Theatre. After working as a street performer in Europe, Campbell became a founding member of the legendary Actor’s Gang and Artistic Associate of the Los Angeles Theatre Center.

An Associate Artist at the California Shakespeare Theater, Ron’s solo shows include The Thousandth Night, A Tale of Two Cities, The Bone Man of Benares, Shylock and Beckett’s Eh Joe. He has performed in world-class theatres such as the Royal Albert Hall (London), the Fuji Dome (Tokyo), the ancient Theatre of Epidaurus (Greece), The Habima and Rebecca Crown Theatre (Israel), the Mark Taper Forum, American Conservatory Theater’s Geary Theater, The Mercury Theatre (Chicago), the Huntington Theatre (Boston) and both The Old Globe and the Old Red Lion Theatre (London). Awards include the London Fringe’s award for One-Man Show of the Year, both the Los Angeles Drama Critics and San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for Lead/ Primary and Solo Performance, a Helen Hayes Award a Jeff Award nomination and Theatre Communications Group’s Fox Fellowship for Distinguished Achievement. Ron trains and teaches at Soar Feat Studios in Emeryville.

ABOUT THE AWARD CELEBRATION PRODUCERS DAVID GLUCK is an independent commercial producer. Recent productions include 2014’s sold-out immersive theatre hit The Speakeasy, and 2013’s long-running club-theatre version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch that featured eight Hedwigs at each performance. Previously, David served as the general manager of the West End production of Chicago, and as Managing Director of the Magic Theatre. With Nick Olivero, he has recently founded Ruby Red Studios, a creator of immersive VR cinema experiences. David has served on the Theatre Bay Area board for nine years, including four as treasurer, and is the current board president.

NICK A. OLIVERO is the founder and Artistic Director of Boxcar Theatre. Nick has created, produced, directed, and designed more than sixty productions for Boxcar, including the smash hits The Speakeasy, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Clue, Little Shop of Horrors and Where The Sidewalk Ends. Nick has extensive experience in site-specific and immersive theatre, and has staged productions on beaches and buses, in museums, vacant lots, and living rooms. He has created new theatre venues in San Francisco’s SoMa and Tenderloin neighborhoods, and with David Gluck and Geoffrey Libby, is developing a new 9,000 square foot immersive theatre venue in North Beach scheduled to open in June 2016.

ABOUT THEATRE BAY AREA THEATRE BAY AREA was founded in 1976 to serve the vital artistic community of the Bay Area and today is the largest regional theatre service organization in North America, serving as a model for other service organizations around the country. Our mission is to unite, strengthen, promote and advance the theatre community in the San Francisco Bay Area, working on behalf of our conviction that the performing arts are an essential public good, critical to a healthy and truly democratic society and invaluable as a source of personal enrichment and growth.

The San Francisco Bay Area is the third largest theatre center in the country, with more than 400 companies in nine counties.

The region boasts more theatre companies per capita than almost any other metropolitan area in the US, and is home to the third largest community of Equity (union) actors, following New York City and Chicago. Some 200 new plays are premiered here each year, many going on to wider success.

Theatre Bay Area’s present membership reflects the thriving arts scene in the nine Bay Area counties, consisting of more than 365 theatre and dance companies, from multimillion dollar organizations to grassroots community groups; some 3,000 individuals including actors, directors, designers, dance artists, playwrights, dramaturgs, technicians and theatre patrons; and nearly 100 organizational members, from libraries and universities to theatre industry professional services.

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Many congratulations to all of our nominees!

Candide

• Kerry Rider-Kuhn - Outstanding creative specialty, wig design • Melissa Wortman - Outstanding costume design

H.M.S. Pinafore

• Outstanding production of a musical • Outstanding performance by the ensemble of a musical • Jennifer Ashworth - Outstanding performance by a female actor in a principal role in a musical • Judy Jackson MacIlvaine - Outstanding costume design • Cabiria Jacobsen - Outstanding performance by a female actor in a featured role in a musical • Phil Lowery - Outstanding direction of a musical • David Moschler - Outstanding music direction

Coming Up...

February 2016 Gilbert & Sullivan’s Ruddygore March 2016 The Pirates of Penzance Singalong

lamplighters.org info: 415-227-4797

THEATRE BAY AREA BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Gluck, President Kathy King, Vice President Kim Daniel, Vice President Janice E. Sager, Treasurer Anne W. Smith, Secretary Gina Baleria, Stuart Bousel, Beverly Butler, Don-Scott Cooper, Edward H. Davis, Brad Erickson, Pat Harden, Dana Harrison, Mark Jansen, Jennifer Kawar, Yehonatan Koenig, Lisa Mallette, Jonathan Moscone, Devi Vat-Ho, Chuhan Wang, Bruce Williams.

STAFF Director of Field Services............................................... Dale Albright Editor........................................................................ Laura Brueckner Listings Editor.......................................................... Kimberley Cohan Executive Director......................................................... Brad Erickson Acting Director of Advancement................................ Alli Houseworth Marketing Resources Manager...........................................Alan Kline Marketing and Communications Coordinator.................... Sal Mattos Membership and Programs Manager............................James Nelson Membership and Events Associate...................................... Laura Ng Grants Manager....................................................Toni Press-Coffman Interns....................... Natalie Brice, Connery Morano, Kirsten Peacock

THEATRE SERVICES COMMITTEE (TSC) Daren A.C. Carollo, Producing Director, Berkeley Playhouse; Anne Nygren Doherty, Artistic Director, New Musical Theater of San Francisco; Robin Dolan, Audience Services Manager, Aurora Theatre Company; Patrick Dooley, Artistic Director, Shotgun Players; Jeanette Harrison, Executive Director, AlterTheater; Melissa Hillman, Artistic Director, Impact Theatre; Barbara Hodgen, Executive Director, New Conservatory Theatre Center; Brian Katz, Artistic Director, The Custom Made Theatre Co.; Ken Levin, Communications Director, Berkeley Playhouse; Clark Lewis, Artistic Director, Roustabout Theater; Seth Macari, Marketing Director, Aurora Theatre Company; Lisa Mallette (Chair), Executive Artistic Director, City Lights Theater Company; Leslie Martinson, Associate Artistic Director, TheatreWorks; Nina Meehan, Executive Director, Bay Area Children’s Theatre; Michelle Mulholland, Operations Manager, Golden Thread Productions; Sarah Nowicki, Audience Development Manager; Karen Altree Piemme, Director, Red Ladder Theatre Company; Julie Saltzman, Managing Director, Aurora Theatre Company; Beverly Sotelo, Artistic Learning Programs Manager, California Shakespeare Theater; Randy Taradash, Associate Dir. of Marketing/Press, American Conservatory Theater; Lily Tung Crystal, Ferocious Lotus; Lorna Velasco, Artistic Director, Bindlestiff Studio.

INDIVIDUAL SERVICES COMMITTEE (ISC) Beryl Baker, Stuart Bousel (Chair), Megan Briggs, Barry Eitel Jr., Leon Goertzen, Jerome J. Gentes, AnJu Hyppolite, Marissa Keltie, Aaron Murphy, Alan Olejniczak, Shirley Smallwood, Dalia Vidor, Lily Yang.

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Congratulations 2015 TBA Awards nominees.

We especially applaud our 21 nominated designers.

KUDOS!

would like to thank everyone in the community who made our new theatre possible!

Please join us for the rest of our season: JANUARY

OF SERPENTS AND SEASPRAY

By Rachel Bublitz | Directed by Ariel Craft

FEBRUARY

SAM AND DEDE, OR MY DINNER WITH ANDRE THE GIANT

By Gino DiIorio | Directed by Leah S. Abrams

MARCH - APRIL

MIDDLETOWN

By Will Eno | Directed by Brian Katz

MAY-JUNE

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION

By John Guare | Directed by Stuart Bousel

And announcing an NNPN Rolling World Premiere…

AUGUST

THE THRUST & THE WOODPECKER

By Steven Yockey | Directed by Tracy Ward

NOW PLAYING:IN PLAYING: IN LOVE AND WARCRAFT | By Madhuri Shekar | DDirected by James Nelson

Custom Made Theatre • 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco