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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. 8
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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
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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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8.26 - 28.2016
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and a tale as old as time...
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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. 2015.11 • BAYSTAGES.COM
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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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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 by Lauren Yee whose playwriting credits include The Heathers: Hatmaker's ife, Ching TheW Musical of LighttTheatre Word. Commissioned by Encore Theatre, Hookman dRay ramatizes he story of ear at college. After losing her high school best friend to a hook-‐handed what it means to grow up, young and female, in a world that’s sometimes IDEATION cted by Becca WSan olff, Hookman opens in previews Wednesday, May 6 at Z Francisco Playhouse 3 0 | BAYSTAGES.COM • 2015.11 d runs for three weeks through Saturday, May 30.
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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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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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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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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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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. 2015.11 • BAYSTAGES.COM
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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