On Jan. 28 we announced all of the winners for the first-ever OnStage Colorado Awards for Theatrical Excellence — The OSCA’s — and we’ll be in touch with everyone to send out their certificates. Here’s the big list and congrats to all!

Play

  1. Colorado Shakespeare Festival: A Winter’s Tale
  2. Denver Center Theatre Company: Clyde’s
  3. BETC: Coal Country
  4. Curious: Amerikin
  5. Firehouse: Tiny Beautiful Things
  6. Vintage Theatre: The Inheritance

 

Comedy

  1. DCPA Theatre Company: The 39 Steps
  2. CSF: One Man, Two Guvnors
  3. Give 5 Productions: Murder for Two
  4. Thunder River: You Can’t Take it With You
  5. Curious: The Minutes
  6. Wheat Ridge Theatre Co.: The Irish Curse
  7. Theatre Company of Lafayette: In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
  8. Phamaly: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  9. Arvada Center: The Book Club Play

Musical

  1. DCPA Theatre Co.: The Color Purple
  2. Arvada Center: Cinderella
  3. Lone Tree: Dreamgirls
  4. Arvada Center: Beautiful – The Carole King Musical
  5. Vintage: Sophisticated Ladies
  6. Miners Alley: Avenue Q
  7. Aurora Fox: Treasure Island
  8. Theatre Silco: Head Over Heels

 

Original play or musical

  1. Theatre Artibus: The Pastisserie by Tiffany Ogburn, Buba Basishvili, Meghan Frank and Nicole Dietze
  2. Local Theater Co.: You Enjoy Myself by Topher Payne
  3. Benchmark: FOMO: Formerly Mormon by Frankie Lee
  4. Benchmark: Stonewall by Neil Truglio, Samwell Rose and Frankie Lee
  5. Cherry Creek: The Headliners by Jeffrey Neuman
  6. DCPA: Miss Rhythm – The Legend of Ruth Brown by David Nehls and Sheryl McCallum

Actor in a play

  1. Brianna Buckley, Clyde’s, DCPA Theatre Co.
  2. Josh Levy, Blasted, Benchmark
  3. Norrell Moore, The Headliners, Cherry Creek
  4. Jeremy Rill, The Headliners, Cherry Creek
  5. Natalie Fuentes, Wolf at the Door, Su Teatro
  6. Anne Penner, Undone: The Lady M Project, Local Theater
  7. Johnathan Underwood, Dracula, Firehouse
  8. Jacque Wilke, Every Brilliant Thing, Happy Dagger
  9. Matt Miles, Gift of the Magi, Breckenridge Backstage Theatre
  10. Sam Sandoe, King Lear, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
  11. Bobby Bennett, The Inheritance, Vintage Theatre
  12. Deborah Persoff, Driving Miss Daisy, Vintage Theatre
  13. Josh Innerst, A Winter’s Tale, CSF
  14. Emily Van Fleet, A Winter’s Tale, CSF
  15. Madge Montgomery, The Curious Savage, Theatre Company of Lafayette

 

Actor in a comedy

  1. Bob Moore, You Can’t Take It With You, Thunder River
  2. Amelia Pedlow, The 39 Steps, DCPA Theatre Co.
  3. Zaya da Camara, I Hate Hamlet, Miners Alley
  4. Matthew Schneck, One Man, Two Guvnors, CSF
  5. Emma Maxfield, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Phamaly
  6. Keenan Gluck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Phamaly
  7. Ryan Omar Stack, You Enjoy Myself, Local Theater Co.
  8. Iliana Lucero Barron, You Enjoy Myself, Local Theater Co.
  9. Cajardo Lindsey, The Minutes, Curious Theatre Co.
  10. Brian Landis Folkins, The Minutes, Curious Theatre Co.
  11. Blake Nawa’a, Murder for Two, Give5 Productions
  12. Brandon Bill, Murder for Two, Give5 Productions
  13. Stephanie Machado, Laughs in Spanish, DCPA Theatre Co.
  14. Diana Dresser, The Book Club Play, Arvada Center
  15. Lavour Addison, The Book Club Play, Arvada Center
  16. Ronan Viard, In the Next Room, Theatre Company of Lafayette
  17. Rachel Fey, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Millibo Art Theatre

Actor in a musical

  1. Gunnar Bettis, Once, Stage DoorTheatre
  2. Olivia Kisicki, Once, Stage DoorTheatre
  3. Maiesha McQueen, The Color Purple, DCPA Theatre Co.
  4. Robert Anthony Jones, Damn Yankees, Arvada Center
  5. Megan Van de Hey, Cinderella, Arvada Center
  6. Emily Van Fleet, Beautiful, Arvada Center
  7. Ava Francis, Avenue Q, Miners Alley
  8. John White, La Cage Aux Folles, Town Hall Arts Center
  9. Carter Edward Smith, Memphis, Town Hall Arts Center
  10. Mary Campbell, Cabaret, Vintage Theatre
  11. Mary Louise Lee, Sophisticated Ladies, Vintage Theatre
  12. Nick Rogers, All Shook Up, Town Hall Arts Center
  13. Jalyn Webb, Cats, Candlelight

 

Director of a play

  1. Jessica Robblee, Coal Country, BETC
  2. Peter J. Hughes, Tiny Beautiful Things, Firehouse
  3. Carolyn Howarth, King Lear, CSF
  4. Bernie Cardell, The Inheritance, Vintage Theatre
  5. Kate Gleason & Rodney Lizcano, The Laramie Project, Arvada Center
  6. Nick Sugar, The Headliners, Cherry Creek Theatre
  7. Jada Suzanne Dixon, Amerikin, Curious Theatre
  8. Jamil Jude, Clyde’s, DCPA Theatre Co.

Director of a comedy

  1. Missy Moore, You Can’t Take It With You, Thunder River
  2. Tim Orr, One Man, Two Guvnors, CSF
  3. Shelly Gaza, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Phamaly
  4. Betty Hart, You Enjoy Myself, Local Theater Co.
  5. Christy Montour Larson, The Minutes, Curious Theatre Co.
  6. Julia Tobey, Murder for Two, Give 5 Productions
  7. Meredith McDonough, The 39 Steps, DCPA Theatre Co.
  8. Len Matheo, The Cherry Orchard, Miners Alley
  9. Lynne Collins, The Book Club Play, Arvada Center

Director of a musical

  1. Kenny Moten, Cinderella, Arvada Center
  2. Timothy Douglas, The Color Purple, DCPA Theatre Co.
  3. Kelly Van Oosbree, Damn Yankees, Arvada Center
  4. Kurt Stamm, Cats, Candlelight
  5. Nathan Halvorson, La Cage Aux Folles, Town Hall Arts Center
  6. Ben Raanan, Spring Awakening, Phamaly
  7. Chris Coleman, A Little Night Music, DCPA Theatre Co.
  8. Nick Sugar, Treasure Island, Aurora Fox
  9. Terrell Davis, Blues in the Night, Aurora Fox
  10. Warren Sherrill, Avenue Q, Miners Alley

Musical director

  1. Trent Hines, Dreamgirls, Lone Tree Arts Center
  2. David Nehls, Miss Rhythm – The Legend of Ruth Brown, DCPA Theatre Co.
  3. Rob Lowe, Sondheim on Sondheim, Cherry Creek Theatre Co.
  4. Susan Draus, Avenue Q, Miners Alley
  5. Brandon Bill, Tick, Tick Boom!, Vintage Theatre

Ensemble

  1. You Can’t Take It With You, Thunder River Theatre Co.
  2. One Man, Two Guvnors, CSF
  3. Coal Country, BETC
  4. La Cage Aux Folles, Town Hall Arts Center
  5. Cats, Candlelight
  6. The Inheritance, Vintage Theatre
  7. The Minutes, Curious Theatre
  8. Stonewall, Benchmark

Choreography

  1. Jessica Hindsley, Cinderella, Arvada Center
  2. Kurt Stamm, Cats, Candlelight
  3. Nathan Halvorson, La Cage Aux Folles, Town Hall Arts Center
  4. Christopher Page Sanders, Sophisticated Ladies, Vintage Theatre
  5. Christopher Page Sanders, Dreamgirls, Lone Tree Arts Center
  6. Christopher Lengerich, All Shook Up, Town Hall Arts Center

Costumes

  1. Emily Valley, Dreamgirls, Lone Tree Arts Center
  2. Madison Booth, Cinderalla, Arvada Center
  3. Sammy Gleason, La Cage Aux Folles, Town Hall Arts Center
  4. Kevin Copenhaver, A Little Night Music, DCPA Theatre Co.
  5. Linda Morken, The Headliners, Cherry Creek Theatre Co.
  6. Steffani Bolmer, The Cherry Orchard, Miners Alley
  7. Clare Henkel, A Winter’s Tale, CSF
  8. Rachel Finley, The Odd Couple, Firehouse Theatre

Lighting

  1. Erin Thibodaux, Coal Country, BETC
  2. Emily Maddox, Sondheim on Sondheim, Cherry Creek Theatre
  3. Jonathan Dunkle, Dreamgirls, Lone Tree Arts Center
  4. Peter Mardudin, The Color Purple, DCPA Theatre Co.
  5. Jess Buttery, Things We Will Miss, Square Product Theatre
  6. Haley Hartmann, Amerikin, Curious Theatre Co.

Scenic design

  1. Isabel and Moriah Curley-Clay, Clyde’s, DCPA
  2. Markas Henry, Amerikin, Curious Theatre
  3. Tina Anderson, Coal Country, BETC
  4. Brian Mallgrave, Beautiful, Arvada Center
  5. Kevin Nelson, Dreamgirls, Lone Tree Arts Center
  6. Susan Crabtree, You Enjoy Myself, Local Theater
  7. Tony Cisek, The Color Purple, DCPA

Sound design

  1. Jason Ducat, Coal Country, BETC
  2. Max Silverman, Dreamgirls, Lone Tree Arts Center
  3. Lindsay Jones, The 39 Steps, DCPA Theatre Co.
  4. John Hauser, A Great Wilderness, Benchmark
  5. Max Silverman, Amerikin, Curious Theatre Co.

Above & Beyond

  1. Amelia Morse, intimacy direction, Blasted – Benchmark
  2. Audacious Theatre Company, immersive, Drunk Christmas
  3. Garrett Thompson, projections, The Laramie Project, Arvada Center
  4. Wonderbound, planning for the future with new facility
  5. Miners Alley, planning for the future with new facility
  6. Lauren Boebert, audience participation, Beetlejuice, Denver Center