Here are the nominees for the Orange County Weekly Theater Awards, which will be presented Monday, March 13, on the Julianne Argyros Stage at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the ceremony begins at 8 p.m.
SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Darri Kristin, What Corbin Knew, Stages
Bonnie Kovar, Sweeney Todd, Stages
Sara Mashayekh, The Female Terrorist Project, Rude Guerrilla
Terri Mowrey, Othello, Hunger Artists
Heather Zavala, Urinetown, Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse
SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE
Nathan Baesel, Princess Marjorie, South Coast Repertory
Alex Dorman, Some Voices, Rude Guerrilla
Michael Gladis, Princess Marjorie, South Coast Repertory
Ryan O'Melia, The Laramie Project, Garden Grove Playhouse
Christopher Spencer, Marat/Sade, Hunger Artists
Frank Wood, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, South Coast Repertory
BEST NEW PLAY
Asian Acting, Aurelio Locsin, Rude Guerrilla
The Land Southward, Darcy Hogan, Hunger Artists
Love, Bukowski, Joanne Gordon, California Repertory Company
Marat/Sade, Jeremy Gable, Hunger Artists Theater Company
The Sacred Geometry of S&M Porn, Johnna Adams, Rude Guerrilla
ACHIEVEMENT IN COLLEGE THEATER
The American Clock, Cal State Fullerton
Mad Forest, UC Irvine
Timon of Athens, UC Irvine
BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Pat Caldwell, Bright Ideas, Laguna Playhouse
Jennifer Drake, Wit, Garden Grove Playhouse
Charise Green, Holiday, Newport Theatre Arts Center
Randee Heller, The Tale of the Allergists' Wife, Laguna Playhouse
Jill Cary Martin, The Lady's Not for Burning, Vanguard Theater Ensemble
BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE
Scott Barber, The Sacred Geometry of S&M Porn, Rude Guerrilla
Rick Batella, Blake...da musical, Grove Theater Center
Vince Campbell, Darkside, Rude Guerrilla
Nghia Luu, Porcelain, The Chance
Robert Nunez, So Alone, Stages
Paul Palker, Some Voices, Rude Guerrilla
BEST ENSEMBLE
Marat/Sade, Hunger Artists
The Rover, The Chance Theater
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, The Chance Theater
The Female Terrorist Project, Rude Guerrilla Theater Company
Urinetown, Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse
BEST DIRECTION
Josh Costello, The Rover, The Chance Theater
Steven Parker, Some Voices, Rude Guerrilla
David Chambers, Princess Marjorie, South Coast Repertory
Carl Reggiardo, Measure for Measure, Shakespeare Orange County
Patricia L. Terry, One Flea Spare, The Chance Theater
Oanh Nguyen, Porcelain, The Chance Theater
Andrew Barnicle, Bright Ideas, Laguna Playhouse
Robert Cohen, Timon of Athens, UC Irvine
BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION
Blake...da musical, Grove Theater Center
Urinetown, Costa Mesa Civic playhouse
Sweeney Todd, Stages
The Musical of Musicals—The Musical! The Laguna Playhouse
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hunger Artists
Hamlet, the Artist Formerly Known as Prince of Denmark, Troubadour Theater Company
BEST PRODUCTION
Bright Ideas, Laguna Playhouse
The Female Terrorist Project, Rude Guerrilla
One Flea Spare, The Chance Theater
Porcelain, The Chance Theater
Princess Marjorie, South Coast Repertory
Some Voices, Rude Guerrilla
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Chance Theater
Also awarded at the ceremony:
THE HELEN MODJESKA CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO ORANGE COUNTY THEATER
SPECIAL AWARDS
