The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle has announced the nominees for their 45^th Excellence in Theatre Awards. North Bay Companies and artists have received a total of 75 nominations spread out over 19 categories.

Productions that opened in the first quarter of 2020 and the last half of 2021 were eligible for consideration. The Circle has eliminated gender distinction in their performance categories but continues to divide multiple categories by small, medium, and large house sizes.

Leading the pack with a total of 20 nominations is Rohnert Park’s Spreckels Theatre Company. Their premiere production of Galatea received nine nominations, with all four of its performers being recognized in either the Principal or Featured Performance categories. The show was also recognized for its direction, set design, projection design, original script, and in the Entire Production – North Bay category. Other nominated productions include Urinetown: The Musical and Noises Off. 

Mill Valley’s Marin Theatre Company received a total of 15 nominations. Their premiere production of Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley received nine nominations with recognition for its costume design, set design, original script, original music, its ensemble, two featured performances, its dialect work, and in the Entire Production – North Bay category. Other recognized productions include Noura and Love.

Napa’s Lucky Penny Productions had three productions recognized with 14 nominations. A Napa Valley Christmas Carol was recognized for its choreography, set design, original music, music direction, principal performance and two featured performances. Multiple nominations were also given to their productions of Five Course Love and Disney’s The Little Mermaid.

Other North Bay companies receiving nominations include Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater (5), Ross Valley Players (5), Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre (4), Mountain Play/Ross Valley Players (3), Novato Theater Company (3), Sonoma Arts Live (3), College of Marin Drama (2), and Santa Rosa’s 6^th Street Playhouse (1).

Here ia a complete list of North Bay nominees. An asterisk (*) next to a title indicates it was a 2020 production.

	Choreography
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Five Course Love *	Staci Arriaga	Lucky Penny
A Napa Valley Christmas Carol	Taylor Bartolucci	Lucky Penny
	in a house with more than 300 seats
Urinetown, the Musical *	Michella Snider	Spreckels Theatre Co.
	Costume Design
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
The Importance of Being Earnest	Mary Weinberg	Novato Theater Co.
A View from the Bridge *	Gail Reine	6th Street Playhouse
	in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Georgiana & Kitty: Xmas at Pemberley	Fumiko Bielefeldt	Marin Theatre Co.
Sunset Boulevard	Barbara McFadden	Sonoma Arts Live
	in a house with more than 300 seats
Urinetown, the Musical *	Pamela Johnson	Spreckels Theatre Co.
	Lighting Design
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
The Little Mermaid	April George	Lucky Penny
Silent Sky *	Harrison Moye	Ross Valley Players
	in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Noura *	Kate Boyd	Marin Theatre Co.
	in a house with more than 300 seats
Urinetown *	Eddy Hansen	Spreckels Theatre Co.
	Set Design
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Galatea	Elizabeth Bazzano, Eddy Hansen	Spreckels Theatre Co.
How to Transcend a Happy Marriage	Argo Thompson	Left Edge Theatre
A Napa Valley Christmas Carol	Brian Watson	Lucky Penny
Silent Sky *	Ron Krempetz	Ross Valley Players
	in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Georgiana & Kitty: Xmas at Pemberley	Nina Ball	Marin Theatre Co.
	in a house with more than 300 seats
Noises Off	Eddy Hansen	Spreckels Theatre Co.
	Sound Design
	in a house with more than 300 seats
The Tempest *	Billie Cox	College of Marin Drama
	Projection Design
Galatea	Chris Schloemp	Spreckels Theatre Co.
Heisenberg *	Chris Schloemp	Left Edge Theatre
How to Transcend A Happy Marriage	Patrick Nims	Left Edge Theatre
	Specialties
Georgiana & Kitty: Xmas at Pemberley	Lisa Anne Porter – Dialect Coach	Marin Theatre Co.
	Original Script
Galatea	David Templeton	Spreckels Theatre Co.
Georgiana & Kitty: Xmas at Pemberley	Lauren M. Gunderson and Margot Melcon	Marin Theatre Co.
	Original Music
Georgiana & Kitty: Xmas at Pemberley	Jenny Clering	Marin Theatre Co.
A Napa Valley Christmas Carol	Rob Broadhurst	Lucky Penny
	Music Direction
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Camelot	Phillip Harris	Mountain Play/RVP
Five Course Love *	Ellen Patterson	Lucky Penny
A Napa Valley Christmas Carol	Rob Broadhurst	Lucky Penny
	in a house with more than 300 seats
Urinetown *	Lucas Sherman	Spreckels Theatre Co.
	Stage Direction
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Galatea	Marty Pistone	Spreckels Theatre Co.
	in a house with more than 300 seats
Urinetown *	Jay Manley	Spreckels Theatre Co.
	Ensemble
	Drama
Georgiana & Kitty: Xmas at Pemberley		Marin Theatre Co.
Love *		Marin Theatre Co.
	Musical
Urinetown *		Spreckels Theatre Co.
	Featured Performance – Comedy
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
The Importance of Being Earnest	Lorenzo Alviso	Novato Theater Co.
The Importance of Being Earnest	Kim Bromley	Novato Theater Co.
	in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Cry It Out	Kellie Donnelly	Cinnabar Theater
Ripcord *	Kyle Stoner	Cinnabar Theater
	Featured Performance – Drama
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Galatea	Chris Schloemp	Spreckels Theatre Co.
Galatea	David L. Yen	Spreckels Theatre Co.
The Glass Menagerie *	Jesse Lumb	Ross Valley Players
	in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Georgiana & Kitty: Xmas at Pemberley	Adam Magill	Marin Theatre Co.
Georgiana & Kitty: Xmas at Pemberley	Zehan F. Mehta	Marin Theatre Co.
Love *	Robert Sicular	Marin Theatre Co.
	in a house with more than 300 seats
The Tempest *	Steve Price	College of Marin Drama
	Featured Performance – Musical
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Camelot	Matt Skinner	Mountain Play/RVP
Five Course Love *	Brian Watson	Lucky Penny
The Little Mermaid	Brian Watson	Lucky Penny
A Napa Valley Christmas Carol	Daniela Innocenti Beem	Lucky Penny
A Napa Valley Christmas Carol	Dennis O’Brien	Lucky Penny
	in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Sunset Boulevard	Tim Setzer	Sonoma Arts Live
	in a house with more than 300 seats
Urinetown, the Musical *	Denise Elia-Yen	Spreckels Theatre Co.
Urinetown, the Musical *	David L. Yen	Spreckels Theatre Co.
	Principal Performance – Comedy
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Heisenberg *	John Craven	Left Edge Theatre
	in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Cry It Out	Ilana Niernberger	Cinnabar Theater
Cry It Out	Amanda Vitiello	Cinnabar Theater
	in a house with more than 300 seats
Noises Off	Eileen Morris	Spreckels Theatre Co.
	Principal Performance – Drama
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Galatea	Abbey Lee	Spreckels Theatre Co.
Galatea	Sindu Singh	Spreckels Theatre Co.
The Glass Menagerie *	Tamar Cohn	Ross Valley Players
	in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Love *	Clea Alsip	Marin Theatre Co.
Noura *	Denmo Ibrahim	Marin Theatre Co.
	Principal Performance – Musical
	in a house with fewer than 100 seats
Camelot	Krista Joy Serpa	Mountain Play/RVP
Five Course Love *	Sarah Lundstrom	Lucky Penny
The Little Mermaid	Taylor Bartolucci	Lucky Penny
A Napa Valley Christmas Carol	Tim Setzer	Lucky Penny
	in a house with 100 to 300 seats
Sunset Boulevard	Daniela Innocenti Beem	Sonoma Arts Live
	Entire Production – NB
Cry It Out		Cinnabar Theater
Galatea		Spreckels Theatre Co.
Georgian & Kitty: Xmas at Pemberley		Marin Theatre Co.
The Glass Menagerie *		Ross Valley Players
Love *		Marin Theatre Co.
Urinetown, the Musical *		Spreckels Theatre Co.

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. Active since 1976, the Circle consists of reviewers covering theatre in all nine Bay Area counties, across various media.

For a complete list of nominations and for more information, click HERE.