Craig Noel Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 2017 Craig Noel Awards, which honor achievement in the San Diego theatre scene, were announced January 1. The awards will be presented February 12 by the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. The awards will be presented on Monday, February 12, 2018. On the 20th Century has six nominations, including Sean Fanning for Outstanding Scenic Design and Blake McCarty for Outstanding Projection Design.

Additional nominations are:

Outstanding Dramatic Production
Blue Door
Awake and Sing
Ballast
The Ballad of Emmett Till
Father Comes Home from the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3

Outstanding New Musical
Freaky Friday
Benny & Joon
SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical
Tarrytown
Festival of Christmas: "North of Normal

Outstanding Resident Musical
On the 20th Century
Shockheaded Peter
Guys and Dolls
Billy Elliot
In The Heights
Spring Awakening

Outstanding New Play
Hershey Felder, Our Great Tchaikovsky
Will Cooper, Margin of Error
Georgette Kelly, Ballast
Mat Smart, Kill Local
Hansol Jung, Wild Goose Dreams

Outstanding Touring Production
The Old Man and The Old Moon
An American in Paris
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Matilda the Musical
Flight

Outstanding Ensemble
Awake and Sing
Ballast
The Ballad of Emmett Till
A Piece of My Heart
Tarrytown

Outstanding Solo Performance
Hershey Felder, Our Great Tchaikovsky
Linda Libby, An Iliad
Shana Wride, 2.5 Minute Ride
James Lecesne, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Claudio Raygoza, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Male
David S. Humphrey, The Music Man
Paul Swenson Eddy, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Richard Bermudez, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Bryce Pinkham, Benny and Joon
Tom Zohar, Tarrytown

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Female
Heidi Blickenstaff, Freaky Friday
Hannah Elless, Benny and Joon
LaChanze, SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical
Minka Wiltz, Black Pearl Sings
Kay McNellen, Tarrytown

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical, Female
Veronica J. Kuehn, Guys and Dolls
Joy Yandell, Billy Elliot
Cashae Monya, Cabaret
Caitlyn Calfas, In the Heights
Katie Sapper, Damn Yankees

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical, Male
Michael Cusimano, On the 20th Century
Steve Gouveia, Shockheaded Peter
Randall Hickman, The Little Mermaid
Rudy Martinez, In the Heights
Bryan Banville, Tarrytown

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Female
Jessica John, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Milena Phillips, Having Our Say
Sylvia M'Lafi Thompson, Having Our Say
DeAnna Driscoll, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Jacque Wilke, Ironbound

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Male
Vimel Sephus, Blue Door
Cortez L. Johnson, The Ballad of Emmett Till
Steven Lone, Roz and Ray
Caleb Foote, Hand to God
Robert Malave, Falling

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, Female
Sandy Campbell, Beau Jest
Amanda Schaar, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Annie Hinton, Well
Candy Buckley, Kill Local
Jennifer Paredes, Into the Beautiful North

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, Male
Omri Schein, Beau Jest
Andrew Ableson, The Illusion
Francis Jue, Wild Goose Dreams
Tom Stephenson, Father Comes Home from the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3
David McBean, The Legend of Georgia McBride

Outstanding Scenic Design
Tim Mackabee, Ken Ludwig's Robin Hood!
Mike Buckley, The Explorers Club
Charles Murdock Lucas, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Marty Burnett, Of Mice and Men

Outstanding Sound Design
Joanna Lynne Staub, Wild Goose Dreams
Matt Lescault-Wood, Roz & Ray
Kevin Anthenill, Homos, or Everyone in America
Gareth Owen, SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical
Melanie Chen, At the Old Place

Outstanding Costume Design
Jennifer Brawn Gittings, The Revolutionists
Shirley Pierson, Shockheaded Peter
Jeanne Reith, The Explorers Club
Renetta Lloyd, Sunset Boulevard
Jennifer Brawn Gittings, The Legend of Georgia McBride

Outstanding Lighting Design
A.J. Paulin, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Sherrice Mojgani, Blue Door
Stephen Strawbridge, Hamlet
Conor Mulligan, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Jennifer Edwards, Kiss of the Spider Woman

Outstanding Projection Design
Christopher Ash, Our Great Tchaikovsky
Michael McKeon, Silent Sky
Victoria Petrovich, Black Pearl Sings!
Sean Nieuwenhuis, SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Blue Door
Yolanda Marie Franklin and Claudio Raygoza, The Ballad of Emmett Till
Christy Yael-Cox, Father Comes Home from the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3
Richard Baird, Of Mice and Men
Samantha Ginn, Falling

Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Sean Murray, On the 20th Century
Rob Lutfy, Shockheaded Peter
Josh Rhodes, Guys and Dolls
James Vasquez, In the Heights
Claudio Raygoza, Cabaret

Outstanding Musical Direction
Terry O'Donnell, On the 20th Century
Patrick Marion, Shockheaded Peter
Elan McMahan, In the Heights
Morgan Carberry, Cabaret
Jon Lorenz, Festival of Christmas: North of Normal

Outstanding Choreography
Jill Gorrie, Damn Yankees
Josh Rhodes, Guys and Dolls
Javier Velasco, Evita
Carlos Mendoza, In the Heights
Ray Limon, Kiss of the Spider Woman

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