The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announced the nominations for their 47th Excellence in Theatre Awards and North Bay theatre companies received 59 nominations over 18 categories.
Active since 1976, the Circle rewards excellence in all phases of theatrical production through the Circle’s annual awards. The Circle eliminated gender distinction in their performance categories several years ago but continues to divide multiple categories by small, medium, and large house sizes.
Companies recognized in Marin County include 142 Throckmorton, Marin Shakespeare Company, Marin Theatre Company, The Mountain Play, Novato Theater Company, and Ross Valley Players.
Sonoma County companies recognized include 6th Street Playhouse, Sonoma Arts Live, Spreckels Theatre Company, Transcendence Theatre Company, and the now-defunct Main Stage West.
Lucky Penny Productions was the sole representative of Napa County.
The most-recognized productions include Novato Theater Company’s The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy with eight nominations, the Ross Valley Players productions of The Glass Menagerie and Native Gardens with six nominations each, and Marin Shakespeare Company’s Twelfth Night and the Spreckels Theatre Company productions of Stones in His Pockets and Tuck Everlasting with five nominations each.
Here is a complete list of North Bay nominees:
Choreography in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Allison Rae Baker – Stones in His Pockets – Spreckels Theatre Company
Marilyn Izdebski – The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy – Novato Theater Company
Choreography in a house with more than 300 seats
Emily Cornelius, Karen Miles, Ensemble – Tuck Everlasting – Spreckels Theatre Company
Costume Design in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Jody Branham – Shakespeare in Love – Novato Theater Company
Adriana Gutierrez – Pride and Prejudice – the Musical – Ross Valley Players
Tracy Bell Redig – The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy – Novato Theater Company
Costume Design in a house with more than 300 seats
Amie Schow – Into the Woods – The Mountain Play
Lighting Design in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Michele Samuels – The Glass Menagerie – Ross Valley Players
Frank Sarubbi – Native Gardens – Ross Valley Players
Set Design in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Malcolm Rodgers – Native Gardens – Ross Valley Players
Sound Design in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Billie Cox – The Glass Menagerie – Ross Valley Players
Ken Sonkin – Open – Main Stage West
Projection Design
Chris Schloemp – Tuck Everlasting – Spreckels Theatre Company
Original Music
Masi Asare – Odyssey – Marin Theatre Company
David Warner – Twelfth Night – Marin Shakespeare Company
Music Direction in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Rita Abrams, Jack Prendergast – Pride and Prejudice – the Musical – Ross Valley Players
Justin Pyne – The Great American Trailer Park Musical – Lucky Penny Productions
Judy Wiesen – The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy – Novato Theater Company
Music Direction in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Carl Pantle – Kinky Boots the Musical – 142 Throckmorton
Stage Direction in a house with fewer than 100 seats
David Abrams – The Glass Menagerie – Ross Valley Players
Marilyn Izdebski – The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy – Novato Theater Company
Sheri Lee Miller – Stones in his Pockets – Spreckels Theatre Company
Solo
Satya Chávez – Where Did We Sit on the Bus? – Marin Theatre Company
Sara Porkalob – Dragon Lady – Marin Theatre Company
Ensemble Comedy
Twelfth Night – Marin Shakespeare Company
Ensemble Drama
Dinner with Friends – Sonoma Arts Live
Featured Performance – Comedy in a house with more than 300 seats
Steve Price – Twelfth Night – Marin Shakespeare Company
Featured Performance – Drama in a house with fewer than 100 seats
LC Arisman – Silent Sky – Lucky Penny Productions
Jesse Lumb – The Glass Menagerie – Ross Valley Players
Featured Performance – Musical in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Julianne Bradbury – The Great American Trailer Park Musical – Lucky Penny Productions
Kayla Gold – The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy – Novato Theater Company
Featured Performance – Musical in a house with more than 300 seats
Chase Thompson – Tuck Everlasting – Spreckels Theatre Company
Principal Performance – Comedy in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Ellen Brooks – Native Gardens – Ross Valley Players
Janelly Calmell – Native Gardens – Ross Valley Players
Sam Coughlin – Stones in His Pockets – Spreckels Theatre Company
Jimmy Gagarin – Stones in His Pockets – Spreckels Theatre Company
Steve Price – Native Gardens – Ross Valley Players
Principal Performance – Comedy in a house with more than 300 seats
Charisse Loriaux – Twelfth Night – Marin Shakespeare Company
Principal Performance – Drama in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Tamar Cohn – The Glass Menagerie – Ross Valley Players
Principal Performance – Musical in a house with fewer than 100 seats
HarriettePearl Fugitt – The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy – Novato Theater Company
Jill Wagoner – Pride and Prejudice, the Musical – Ross Valley Players
Bruce Vieira – The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy – Novato Theater Company
Principal Performance – Musical in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Jenny Veilleux – Guys and Dolls – Sonoma Arts Live
Principal Performance – Musical in a house with more than 300 seats
Molly Belle Hart – Tuck Everlasting – Spreckels Theatre Company
Entire Production – NB in a house with fewer than 100 seats
The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy – Novato Theater Company
The Glass Menagerie – Ross Valley Players
It’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play – Ross Valley Players
Native Gardens – Ross Valley Players
Stones in His Pockets – Spreckels Theatre Company
Entire Production – NB in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Dragon Lady – Marin Theatre Company
Kinky Boots the Musical – 142 Throckmorton
Side by Side by Sondheim – Sonoma Arts Live
Something Rotten! – 6th Street Playhouse
Where Did We Sit on the Bus? – Marin Theatre Company
Entire Production – NB in a house with more than 300 seats
The Beat Goes On – Transcendence Theatre Company
Into the Woods – The Mountain Play
A Little Night Music – Spreckels Theatre Company
Tuck Everlasting – Spreckels Theatre Company
Twelfth Night – Marin Shakespeare Company
The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle plans to announce the Award recipients in a virtual presentation sometime in late April.
The SFBATCC is a private 501(c)(6) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and serving theaters of all types and sizes in the greater region by recognizing excellence and outstanding achievement in the field. The Circle consists of reviewers covering theatre in all nine Bay Area counties, across various media, as well as adjunct members who, through their participation in the community as directors, designers, performers, non-reviewing media members, etc., bring an additional level of critical perspective and experience or other theatrically-related background to the Circle.
Click HERE for a complete listing of the SFBATCC nominations.
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