North Bay theatre was well represented at the 6th Annual TBA Awards held Monday night at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.
The TBA Awards are designed to honor excellence in professionally oriented theatre through a peer-based, Bay Area-wide adjudication process of artists and productions from companies who are members of Theatre Bay Area and pay an awards registration fee. TBA divides their awards into three tiers with the intent to create an equitable system of evaluation for production aspects that can be influenced by levels of professional development and/or available resources.
Marin, Sonoma, and Napa County theatres and artists had 52 nominations for this year’s awards. Rohnert Park’s Spreckels Theatre Company was the North Bay’s big winner with six awards for their production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre received two awards as did the Marin Musical Theatre Company and the Marin Theatre Company. Sonoma Arts Live received one award.
Here’s a complete list of North Bay winners:
Creative Specialties (Tier II)
Richard Turtletaub for Projections Design for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Spreckels Theatre Company
Outstanding Lighting Design (Tier II)
Eddy Hansen for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Spreckels Theatre Company
Outstanding Sound Design (Tier III)
Joe Winkler for The Nether at Left Edge Theatre
Outstanding Music Direction (Tier III)
Jake Gale for Spring Awakening at Marin Musical Theatre Company
Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tier III)
Dani Beem for Legally Blonde at Marin Musical Theatre Company
Outstanding Ensemble of a Musical (Tier III)
Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady at Sonoma Arts Live
Outstanding Ensemble of a Play (Tier II)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Spreckels Theatre Company
Outstanding Direction of a Play (Tier II)
Elizabeth Craven for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Spreckels Theatre Company
Outstanding Performance in a Principal Role in a Play (Tier I)
Steven A. Jones for How I Learned What I Learned at Marin Theatre Company in partnership with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre and Ubuntu Theater Project
Outstanding Performance in a Principal Role in a Play (Tier II)
Elijah Pinkham for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Spreckels Theatre Company
Outstanding Performance in a Principal Role in a Play (Tier III)
Dean Linnard for Hand to God at Left Edge Theatre
Outstanding Production of a Play (Tier I)
How I Learned What I Learned at Marin Theatre Company in partnership with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre and Ubuntu Theater Project
Outstanding Production of a Play (Tier II)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Spreckels Theatre Company
A link to the complete list of winners will be posted as soon as it becomes available.