The OSCAs

OnStage Colorado Awards for Theatrical Excellence

The winners are in! Checking out our full awards ceremony below:

*Winners: Award certificates were sent to the respective theatres. If you did not get yours, email us at info@onstagecolorado.com and we’ll get it to you!

2025

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Top shows nominated for the 2025 OSCAs include (clockwise from top left): ‘Bright Star’ at Candlelight, ‘Eureka Day,’ Curious Theatre, ‘The Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire,’ Local Theater, ‘The Hot Wing King,’ Denver Center and ‘Mr. Burns,’ Bas Bleu.

2025 OnStage Colorado Awards (OSCAs)

We presented this year’s awards in a video posted January 18. Watch it!

BEST PLAY

Outstanding: The Tempest – Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Excellent: Steel Magnolias – Theatre SilCo

Notable: Perfect Arrangement – Firehouse Theater

Nominees:

  • A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire – Local Theater Company
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – DCPA Theatre Company
  • Gee’s Bend – Aurora Fox
  • In Her Bones – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Job – Curious Theatre
  • Perfect Arrangement – Firehouse Theater
  • Steel Magnolias – Theatre SilCo
  • The Hot Wing King – DCPA Theater Company
  • The Tempest – Colorado Shakespeare Festival
  • The Thin Place – BETC

BEST MUSICAL

Outstanding: Bright Star – Candlelight

Excellent: Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College

Notable: The Fantasticks – Creede Repertory Theatre

Nominees:

  • Bright Star – Candlelight
  • Cabaret – Theatreworks
  • Frozen – Arvada Center
  • Ghost Quartet – The Catamounts
  • Little Shop of Horrors – Denver Center Theatre Company
  • Lizzie – Aurora Fox
  • Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Nice Work if You Can Get It – Lone Tree Arts Center
  • Rock of Ages – Parker Arts / Veritas Productions
  • The Fantasticks – Creede Repertory Theatre

BEST COMEDY

Outstanding: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors – Denver Center

Excellent: The 39 Steps – OpenStage Theatre

Notable: Mr. Burns – Bas Bleu

Nominees:

  • Baskerville – Lone Tree Arts Center
  • Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors – Denver Center
  • Eureka Day – Curious Theatre
  • Hope & Gravity – BETC
  • Let Nothing You Dismay – Firehouse Theater
  • Morning After Grace – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  • Mr. Burns – Bas Bleu
  • National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  • Stocking Stuffers – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  • The 39 Steps – OpenStage Theatre
  • The Importance of Being Earnest – Theatreworks

BEST ORIGINAL PLAY OR MUSICAL

Outstanding: National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center Excellent: A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire – Local Theater Company Notable: The Legend of Anne Bonny – Two Cent Lion

Nominees:

  • A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire – Local Theater Company
  • A Town Called Harris-Cats – The Catamounts
  • Chasing Breadcrumbs – Local Theater Company
  • National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  • Stocking Stuffers – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  • The Legend of Anne Bonny – Two Cent Lion
  • The Reservoir – DCPA Theatre Company
  • Wild Oscillation – HOLDTIGHT Company

ACTOR – PLAY

Outstanding: Noelia Antweiler – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – DCPA Theatre Company

Excellent: TJ Jackson – A Few Good Men – Upstart Crow

Notable: Wendy Ishii – The Trip to Bountiful – Bas Bleu

Nominees:

  • Brian Kusic – The Case for the Existence of God – Curious Theatre
  • Jahalia Coleman – A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire – Local Theater Company
  • Jeffrey Parker – Frankenstein – Platte Valley Theatre Arts
  • Johnathan Underwood – Blues for an Alabama Sky – Firehouse Theater
  • Laura Crotte – In Her Bones – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Lynne Hastings – Flyin’ West – Theatreworks
  • MacKenzie Beyer – Cry It Out – BETC
  • Martha Harmon Pardee – Alabama Story – Firehouse Theater
  • Miranda Byers – Perfect Arrangement – Firehouse Theater
  • Noelia Antweiler – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – DCPA Theatre Company
  • TJ Jackson – A Few Good Men – Upstart Crow
  • Tuuli Sandvold – Job – Curious Theatre
  • Wendy Ishii – The Trip to Bountiful – Bas Bleu
  • Yasmin Emani Hunter – Gee’s Bend – Aurora Fox

ACTOR – MUSICAL

Outstanding: Jennasea Pearce – Bright Star – Candlelight

Excellent: Adriane Leigh Robinson – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Arvada Center

Notable: Cooper Kaminsky – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Parker Arts

Notable: Liza Piccoli – Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College

Nominees:

  • Adriane Leigh Robinson – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Arvada Center
  • Andy Ray – Something Rotten – StageDoor Theatre
  • Cooper Kaminsky – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Parker Arts
  • Eli Schroeder – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Phamaly Theatre
  • Jason Rexx – Merrily We Roll Along – Vintage Theatre
  • Jennasea Pearce – Bright Star – Candlelight
  • Jessica Sotwick – Guys and Dolls – Vintage Theatre
  • Liza Piccoli – Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Megan Van De Hey – Sister Act – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Sabrina Patten – Ride the Cyclone – Vintage Theatre
  • Sarah Holmes – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Parker Arts
  • Savannah Vedovatti – The Legend of Anne Bonny – Two Cent Lion

ACTOR – COMEDY

Outstanding: Marco Alberto Robinson – Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors – Denver Center

Excellent: Tim Fishbaugh – National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center

Notable: Veronica Straight-Lingo – Let Nothing You Dismay – Firehouse Theater

Nominees:

  • Bekah Lynn Broas – Hope & Gravity – BETC
  • Cameron Davis – Baskerville – Lone Tree Performing Arts Center
  • Colin Gregory – The Shark is Broken – Springs Ensemble Theatre Co
  • Dionne – Stoned Twelfth Night – Bowls With the Bard
  • Heather Ostberg Johnson – The 39 Steps – OpenStage Theatre
  • Karen Slack – Eureka Day – Curious Theater
  • Katie Rodriguez – The 39 Steps – Creede Repertory Theatre
  • Marco Alberto Robinson – Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors – Denver Center
  • Tim Fishbaugh – National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  • Veronica Straight-Lingo – Let Nothing You Dismay – Firehouse Theater

DIRECTOR – PLAY

Outstanding: Missy Moore – Steel Magnolias – Theatre SilCo

Excellent: Kevin Rich – The Tempest – Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Notable: Candace Orrino – Cry It Out – BETC

Nominees:

  • Betty Hart – A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire – Local Theater Company
  • Candace Orrino – Cry It Out – BETC
  • donnie. l betts – Gee’s Bend – Aurora Fox
  • Jessica Robblee – The Thin Place – BETC
  • Josh Hartwell – Job – Curious Theatre
  • Kelly Van Oosbree – Frankenstein – Platte Valley Theatre Arts
  • Kevin Rich – The Tempest – Colorado Shakespeare Festival
  • Missy Moore – Steel Magnolias – Theatre SilCo
  • Rebecca Martinez – In Her Bones – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Rich Cowden – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Aurora Fox

DIRECTOR – MUSICAL

Outstanding: Kelly Van Oosbree – Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College

Excellent: Chris Coleman – Little Shop of Horrors – Denver Center Theatre Company

Notable: Scott RC Levy – Cabaret – Theatreworks

Nominees:

  • Amanda Berg Wilson – Ghost Quartet – The Catamounts
  • Ben Rannan – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Phamaly
  • Chris Coleman – Little Shop of Horrors – Denver Center Theatre Company
  • Kate Gleason – The Fantasticks – Creede Repertory Theatre
  • Kelly Van Oosbree – Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Kenny Moten – Frozen – Arvada Center
  • Scott RC Levy – Cabaret – Theatreworks
  • Steve Wilson – Bright Star – Candlelight
  • Talia Liccardello – Lizzie – Aurora Fox
  • Tanner Kelly – Something Rotten – StageDoor

DIRECTOR – COMEDY

Outstanding: Warren Sherrill – National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center

Excellent: Christy Montour-Larson – Eureka Day – Curious Theatre

Notable: Steve Keim – Mr. Burns – Bas Bleu

Nominees:

  • Adeline Mann – A Town Called Harris – The Catamounts
  • Christy Montour-Larson – Eureka Day – Curious Theatre
  • Christy Montour-Larson – The 39 Steps – Creede Repertory Theatre
  • Jessica Jackson – The 39 Steps – OpenStage Theatre
  • Josh Hartwell – Hope & Gravity – BETC
  • Matt Zambrano – Baskerville – Lone Tree Performing Arts Center
  • Paige Flores-Medrano – Stoned Twelfth Night – Bowls With the Bard
  • Paul Jaquith – Let Nothing You Dismay – Firehouse Theater
  • Steve Keim – Mr. Burns – Bas Bleu
  • Warren Sherrill – National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Outstanding: Alec Steinhorn – Nice Work if You Can Get It – Lone Tree Arts Center

Excellent: Jeejay Maccariella – Ghost Quartet – The Catamounts

Notable: Tanner Kelly – Rock of Ages – Parker Arts / Veritas Productions

Nominees:

  • Alec Steinhorn – Nice Work if You Can Get It – Lone Tree Arts Center
  • Christopher Wren – Million Dollar Quartet Christmas – Candlelight
  • Christy Vest – Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • David Nehls – Assassins – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  • Donna K. Debreceni – Lizzie – Aurora Fox
  • Jeejay Maccariella – Ghost Quartet – The Catamounts
  • Johnny Nichols Jr. – A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire – Local Theater Company
  • Mason Siders – Bright Star – Candlelight
  • Tanner Kelly – Rock of Ages – Parker Arts / Veritas Productions
  • Trent Hines – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Phamaly

CHOREOGRAPHER

Outstanding: Bethany Eilean Talley – The Fantasticks – Creede Repertory Theatre

Excellent: Jeffry Denman – Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College

Notable: Dallas Slankard – Guys and Dolls – Vintage Theatre

Nominees:

  • Bethany Eilean Talley – The Fantasticks – Creede Repertory Theatre
  • Christopher Page-Sanders – Nice Work if You Can Get It – Lone Tree Arts Center
  • Claire Hayes – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Phamaly Theatre
  • Dallas Slankard – Guys and Dolls – Vintage Theatre
  • Heather Westenskow – Something Rotten – StageDoor Theatre
  • Jeffry Denman – Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Kate Vallee Maclaren – Anastasia – Candlelight
  • Rickey Tripp – Little Shop of Horrors – Denver Center Theatre Company
  • Shawna Walker – Oklahoma – Candlelight

SCENIC DESIGN

Outstanding: Matthew S. Crane – Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College

Excellent: Brian Mallgrave – Frozen – Arvada Center

Notable: Xander Claypool – National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center

Nominees:

  • Alan E. Muraoka – Little Shop of Horrors – Denver Center Theatre Company
  • Brandon Philip Case – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Aurora Fox
  • Brian Mallgrave – Frozen – Arvada Center
  • Brian Watson – Lizzie – Aurora Fox
  • Garrett Ammon – Holidays at the Hideaway Hotel – Wonderbound
  • Klara Zieglerova – A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire – Local Theater Company
  • Markas Henry – Eureka Day – Curious Theatre
  • Matthew S. Crane – Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Reid Thompson – The Suffragette’s Murder – DCPA Theatre Company
  • Xander Claypool – National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center

LIGHTING DESIGN

Outstanding: Katie Gruenhagen – The Tempest – Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Excellent: Brett Maughan – Frankenstein – Platte Valley Theatre Arts

Notable: Josh Hemmo – Silent Sky – Theatreworks

Nominees:

  • Brett Maughan – Frankenstein – Platte Valley Theatre Arts
  • Emily Maddox – A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire – Local Theater Company
  • Erin Thibodaux – The Thin Place – BETC
  • Jen Orf – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Aurora Fox
  • Jon Dunkle – Frozen – Arvada Center
  • Josh Hemmo – Silent Sky – Theatreworks
  • Katie Gruenhagen – The Tempest – Colorado Shakespeare Festival
  • Keith A. Truax – Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Matthew Schlief – The 39 Steps – OpenStage
  • Vance McKenzie – National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center

SOUND DESIGN

Outstanding: John Hauser – National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center

Excellent: Max Silverman – The Tempest – Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Notable: Victoria Villalobos – The 39 Steps – OpenStage Theatre

Nominees:

  • Alex Billman – A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire – Local Theater Company
  • Brendan Aanes – The Happiest Man on Earth – DCPA Theatre Company
  • Curt Behm – Rock of Ages – Parker Arts / Veritas Productions
  • Elizabeth Weidner – Little Shop of Horrors – Denver Center Theatre Company
  • Erin Kubat – Frankenstein – Platte Valley Theatre Arts
  • John Hauser – National Bohemians – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  • Max Silverman – Job – Curious Theatre
  • Max Silverman – The Tempest – Colorado Shakespeare Festival
  • Rich Cowden – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Aurora Fox
  • Victoria Villalobos – The 39 Steps – OpenStage Theatre

COSTUME DESIGN

Outstanding: Kevin Copenhaver – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Arvada Center

Excellent: Sarah Zinn – The Tempest – Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Notable: Madison Booth – Nice Work if You Can Get It – Lone Tree Arts Center

Nominees:

  • Charlotte Campbell – Million Dollar Quartet Christmas – Candlelight
  • Deb Faber – Bright Star – Candlelight
  • Emily Valley – Frozen – Arvada Center
  • Kevin Copenhaver – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Arvada Center
  • Lex Liang & Sera Bourgeau – Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Madison Booth – Nice Work if You Can Get It – Lone Tree Arts Center
  • Nicole Watts – Flyin’ West – Theatreworks
  • Nikkie Harrison – Rock of Ages – Parker Arts / Veritas Productions
  • Sarah Zinn – The Tempest – Colorado Shakespeare Festival
  • Susan Rahmsdorff-Terry – A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire – Local Theater Company
  • Terri Gerrard – Mr. Burns – Bas Bleu

INTIMACY/FIGHT DIRECTION

Outstanding: Chrys Duran (Fight Choreographer) and Clove Love (Intimacy Director) – Legend of Anne Bonny – Two Cent Lion

Excellent: Sean Scrutchins, fight captain – The Tempest and Richard II – Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Notable: Samantha Egle – Little Shop of Horrors – Denver Center

Nominees:

  • Carrie Colton (Intimacy Director) – Anastasia – Candlelight
  • Chrys Duran (Fight Choreographer) and Clove Love (Intimacy Director) – Legend of Anne Bonny – Two Cent Lion
  • Jada Suzanne Dizon (Intimacy Direction) – Eureka Day – Curious Theatre
  • Samantha Egle (Fight Direction) – Little Shop of Horrors – Denver Center
  • Sean Scrutchins, fight captain – The Tempest and Richard II – Colorado Shakespeare Festival

IMMERSIVE

Outstanding: A Town Called Harris – The Catamounts

Excellent: Wild Oscillation – HOLDTIGHT Company

Notable: Meow Wolf Phenomenomaly

Nominees:

  • A Town Called Harris – The Catamounts
  • Camp Christmas (Revamped) – Stanley Marketplace & DCPA Off-Center
  • Inheritance Kitchen – Japanese Arts Network
  • Meow Wolf Phenomanomaly
  • Wild Oscillation – HOLDTIGHT Company

ENSEMBLE

Outstanding: Steel Magnolias – Theatre SilCo – Anne Terze-Schwarz, Leslie O’Carroll, Maggie Tisdale, Rachel Miller, Christy Oberndorf, Emma Messenger

Excellent: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Aurora Fox – Colin Alexander, Jessica Austgen, Rachel Darden, Kenny Fedorko, River Hetzel, Katelyn Kendrick, Matthey Murry, Chris Petersen, Andrea Rutherford, Gabriel Hannah Smothers, Priscilla Young-Anker

Notable: Assassins – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center – Jake Bell, Damon Guerrasio, John Hauser, Drew Horwitz, Matthew Murry, David Otto, Julia Tobey, Kira Wendland, Sharon Kay White, Clark Destin Jones

Notable: Mr. Burns – Bas Bleu – Bruce Gammonley, Annabeth Lofton, Sarah J. Baker, Brett Darling, Trisha Gillin, Calvin McConnell, Karis Elliott, Tiana Fuentes

Nominees:

  • A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire – Local Theater Company
  • Assassins – Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – DCPA Theatre Company
  • Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors – Denver Center
  • Hope & Gravity – BETC
  • Let Nothing You Dismay – Firehouse
  • Mary Poppins – Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
  • Mr. Burns – Bas Bleu
  • Steel Magnolias – Theatre SilCo
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Aurora Fox

ABOVE & BEYOND

  • For Best Disco Number in a Hot Boxed Coffee Shop – Stoned Twelfth Night
  • For His Athletism – Marco Alberto Robinson in Gentleman’s Guide – Arvada Center
  • For Its Clever Reinvention of the Form on a Budget – Camp Christmas (Revamped) – Stanley Marketplace & DCPA Off-Center
  • For Its Community-Based Theatre Efforts – The Sala Project – Theatre Artibus
  • For Its Ghostly Magic – Thin Place – BETC
  • For Its Inventive Take on Dinner and a Show – Wild Oscillation – HOLDTIGHT Company
  • For Its Projections by Brandon Philip Case – Curious Incident – Aurora Fox
  • For Its Projections by Topher Blair – Eureka Day – Curious
  • For Its Shadow Puppet by Myra Su and Its Music Composition by Jordan Coughtry – The Tempest – Colorado Shakespeare Festival
  • For Its Theatrical Magic – Frozen – Arvada
  • For Its Video Design by Ian Vespermann – ArounD the WorlD in 80 ToyS – Solo performer Thaddeus Phillips
  • For Making Opera Accessible – She Dies For You – Millibo

2024

On Jan. 19 we announced all the winners for the second annual OnStage Colorado Awards for Theatrical Excellence — The OSCAs. We reviewed 200 shows this year and recognized many theatre artists around Colorado.

You can also watch the grand awards ceremony with a galaxy of stars, magnificent dance numbers and interminable acceptance speeches on YouTube here.

2024 Theater Awards by Category

Above & Beyond

  1. Noelia Antweiler for her memorable scarves performance in Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, Really, Arvada Center
  2. Mark Ragan for his adaptation of the script for Enemy of the People, BETC
  3. Buntport Theatre’s Eyes Up, Mouth Agape — For their exceptional integration of live video into the performance
  4. Lara Maerz for stage management of Impossible Things, The Catamounts
  5. Colorado Ballet for their production of Jekyll and Hyde
  6. Max Shulman for his adaptation of Henry IV & V into one shortened work, ENT Center/Theatreworks
  7. WYNOT Productions for puppetry in The Little Mermaid, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
  8. Debbie Spaur for wig work in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Give 5 Productions
  9. Production team for The Pillowman, Miscreant Theatre Collective
  10. Eli Testa and company for Future is Bright: A Cabaret – a fundraiser for the Denver Actor’s Fund
  11. Homospouses for original music in The Bluebird, Theatre Artibus
  12. Meghan Frank for video/projections in The Bluebird, Theatre Artibus

Musical Director

  1. Alec Steinhorn for School of Rock, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  2. Andrew Fischer for The Music Man, Performance Now
  3. Caleb Wenger for Cannibal the Musical, Town Hall Arts Center
  4. Dan Graeber for Urinetown, Town Hall Arts Center
  5. David Nehls for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Arvada Center
  6. Dominique Scott for Million Dollar Quartet, Lone Tree Arts Center
  7. Katie Hughes for The Secret Garden, Candlelight
  8. Richard Shore for Crazy for You, Candlelight
  9. Susan Draus for Waitress, Arvada Center

Original Play or Musical

  1. Buntport Theatre Company for Eyes Up, Mouth Agape
  2. Cipriano Ortega for Cheyanne, Control Group
  3. Kevin Douglas for Josie’s Diner, Two Cent Lion
  4. David Myers for 237 Virginia Avenue, Local Theater Company
  5. Paul Stroili for A Jukebox for the Algonquin, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  6. Dana Cain, Jeff LaGreca, Mark Putt, The Android’s New Soul
  7. The Bluebird, Theatre Artibus

Choreography

  1. Ashley Coffey, Latisha Hardy, Claire Hayes, Jari Majewski-Price, Savannah Svoboda, and Teri Westerman Wagner for A Chorus Line, Phamaly Theatre Company
  2. Kelly Van Oosbree for Cabaret, Platte Valley Theatre Arts
  3. Shawna Walker for Crazy for You, Candlelight
  4. Piper Lindsay Arpan for Legally Blonde, Parker Arts
  5. Ronni Stark for Urinetown, Town Hall Arts Center

Costumes

  1. Clare Henkel for Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, Arvada Center
  2. Cole Emarine for The Legend of Georgia McBride, Vintage Theatre
  3. Meghan Anderson Doyle for Hamlet, DCPA Theatre Company
  4. Nicole Harrison for Cabaret, Platte Valley Theatre Arts
  5. Nicole Watts for Confederates, Curious Theatre Company Theatre
  6. Sarah M. Stark for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Arvada Center
  7. Terri Gerrard for School of Lies, Bas Bleu
  8. Costume team for The Little Mermaid, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

Lighting

  1. Brian Miller for The Android’s New Soul
  2. Jiyoun Chang for The Lehman Trilogy, DCPA Theatre Company
  3. Kyle LaBoria for Ripcord, Spring Ensemble Theatre
  4. Sean Mallary for GloWING, Artibus
  5. Vance McKenzie for Misery, Miners Alley Children’s Theatre

Scenic Design

  1. Arnel Sancianco for I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, DCPA Theatre Company
  2. Brian Mallgrave for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Arvada Center
  3. Don Fuller for The Glass Menagerie, Vintage Theatre
  4. Erik Mattson for God of Carnage, Spring Ensemble Theatre
  5. Lex Liang for Emma, DCPA Theatre Company
  6. Roger Hanna for Waiting for Godot, Bas Bleu
  7. Tina Anderson for Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, Arvada Center
  8. Creative team for Gin & Gothic, Band of Toughs

Immersive

  1. Gin & Gothic, Band of Toughs
  2. Immersive Invitational, Denver Immersive
  3. Impossible Things, The Catamounts with Lonnie Hanzon Studios

Intimacy/Fight Direction

  1. Amy Arpan for fight choreography in Misery, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  2. Maya Vinice Prentiss for intimacy direction in I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, DCPA Theatre Company

Director – Comedy

  1. Kate Gleason for Art, Aurora Fox
  2. GerRee Hinshaw for The Ballot of Paola Aguilar, BETC
  3. Jada Suzanne Dixon for POTUS, Curious Theatre Company Theatre Company
  4. Len Matheo for A Jukebox for the Algonquin, Miners Alley
  5. Steve Keim for The School for Lies, Bas Bleu

Director – Musical

  1. Lynne Collins for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Arvada Center
  2. Steve Wilson for Crazy for You, Candlelight
  3. Kenny Moten for Reefer Madness, OpenStage Theatre & Company
  4. Ben Raanan for A Chorus Line, Phamaly Theatre Company
  5. Kelly Van Oosbree for Cabaret, Platte Valley
  6. Tanner Kelly for Sweeney Todd, StageDoor Theatre Co.
  7. Matthew Daily for Jersey Boys, Town Hall Arts Center
  8. Christopher Page-Sanders for Raisin, Town Hall Arts Center
  9. Robert Michael Sanders for Urinetown, Town Hall Arts Center

Director – Play

  1. Richard R. Cowden for Around the World in 80 Days, Aurora Fox
  2. Jessica Robblee for An Enemy of the People, BETC
  3. Wendy Franz for Macbeth, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
  4. Chris Coleman for Rubicon, DCPA Theatre Company
  5. Laura Alcalá Baker for I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, DCPA Theatre Company
  6. Gracie Jacobson for Josie’s Diner, Denver Fringe Festival
  7. Mikael Burke for Othello, ENT Center/Theatreworks
  8. Chris Medina for 12 Angry Men, Funky Little Theater Company
  9. Sam Gregory for The Mousetrap, Lone Tree Arts Center
  10. Warren Sherrill for Misery, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  11. Bernie Cardell for The Glass Menagerie, Vintage Theatre

Actor – Comedy

  1. Annie Barbour for Lucy in Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, Arvada Center
  2. Geoffrey Kent as Dracula in Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, Arvada Center
  3. Laura Chavez in The Ballot of Paola Aguilar, BETC
  4. Jeffrey Bigger as Frank in The School for Lies, Bas Bleu
  5. Kathleen Davis in Spirit Level, Evergreen Players
  6. Lawrence Hecht & Jacob Dresch in 237 Virginia Avenue, Local Theater Company
  7. Anna Faye Hunter in The Making of a Great Moment, Millibo Art Theatre
  8. Edith Weiss in A Jukebox for the Algonquin, Miners Alley
  9. Matt Radcliffe in The Thanksgiving Play, SET
  10. Braden Egtvedt in Run for Your Wife, SharkBox Theatre
  11. Haley Johnson in Murder on the Orient Express, Vintage Theatre

Actor – Play

  1. Steffen Beal in Gem of the Ocean, Aurora Fox Arts
  2. Bill Hahn in An Enemy of the People, BETC
  3. Magally Luna in Cheyanne, Control Group
  4. Kristina Fountaine in Cullud Wattah, Curious Theatre Company
  5. Brik Berkes in Hamlet, DCPA Theatre Company
  6. Xochitl Romero in Cebollas, DCPA Theatre Company
  7. Satya Chávez in Where Did We Sit on The Bus, DCPA Theatre Company
  8. Leslie O’Carroll as Stephanie in POTUS, Curious Theatre Company
  9. Karen Slack in Truth Be Told, Curious Theatre Company
  10. Carolyn Holding in Rubicon, DCPA Theatre Company
  11. Kelly Uhlenhopp in Othello 2024, Firehouse Theater Company
  12. Emma Messenger in Misery, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  13. Buba Basishvili in The Bluebird, Theatre Artibus
  14. Andrew Uhlenhopp in Red, Town Hall Arts Center
  15. Deborah Persoff in Eleanor, Vintage Theatre
  16. Matt Murry in The Glass Menagerie, Vintage Theatre

Actor – Musical

  1. Anne Terze Schwarz in Waitress, Arvada Center
  2. Matthew Dailey in Crazy for You, Candlelight
  3. Akasha Grace in The Little Mermaid, FAC
  4. Alex Forbes in Reefer Madness, OpenStage Theatre & Company
  5. Jessica Swanson in A Chorus Line, Phamaly Theatre Company
  6. Jeffrey Parker in Cabaret, Platte Valley
  7. Cooper Kaminsky in Sweeney Todd, StageDoor Theatre Co.
  8. Sherean Samimi in Cannibal the Musical, Town Hall Arts Center
  9. Elton J. Tanega in Jersey Boys, Town Hall Arts Center
  10. Mary Louise Lee in Raisin, Town Hall Arts Center
  11. Jake Bell in Urinetown, Town Hall Arts Center

Ensemble

  1. A Chorus Line, Phamaly Theatre Company
  2. A Jukebox for the Algonguin, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  3. Crazy for You, Candlelight
  4. Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, Really, Arvada Center
  5. Eyes Up, Mouth Agape, Buntport
  6. Impossible Things, The Catamounts
  7. The Pillowman, Miscreant/Creepatorium
  8. The School for Lies, Bas Bleu
  9. The Squirrels, Westcliffe Center for the Performing Arts
  10. Urinetown, Town Hall Arts Center
  11. Waitress, Arvada Center

Best Play

  1. An Enemy of the People, BETC
  2. Around the World in 80 Days, Aurora Fox
  3. Misery, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  4. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, DCPA Theatre Company
  5. Othello 2024, Firehouse Theater Company
  6. Proof, Springs Ensemble Theatre
  7. Red, Town Hall Arts Center
  8. The Glass Menagerie, Vintage Theatre

Best Comedy

  1. Art, Aurora Fox
  2. Eyes Up, Mouth Agape, Buntport
  3. Four Old Broads, Funky Little Theater Company
  4. POTUS, Curious Theatre Company Theatre Company
  5. School of Lies, Bas Bleu
  6. The Ballot of Paola Aguilar, BETC
  7. The Thanksgiving Play, Springs Ensemble Theatre

Best Musical

  1. A Chorus Line, Phamaly Theatre Company
  2. Cabaret, Platte Valley Players
  3. Crazy For You, Candlelight
  4. Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Arvada Center
  5. Reefer Madness, OpenStage Theatre & Company
  6. The School of Rock, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
  7. Urinetown, Town Hall Arts Center
  8. Waitress, Arvada Center

2023

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