Orange Curtain Review Awards
2022
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2021
The website took an award hiatus in 2021
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2020
The website took an awards hiatus in 2020.
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2019
Best Shows
1. skylight @ Chance Theater
2. Poor Yella Rednecks @ South Coast Repertory
3. Zoot Suit @ Shakespeare OC
4. 1776 @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
5. Photograph 51 @ South Coast Repertory
Runner up: American Mariachi @ South Coast Repertory
Best Musical
1776 @ LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
BEST ORIGINAL ORANGE COUNTY SHOW
STRONG ARM @ WAYWARD ARTIST
BEST ENSEMBLE
1776 @ LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
BEST DIRECTOR
Oanh Nguyen SKYLIGHT @ CHANCE THEATER
RUNNER UP: JEFF LOWE ALCHEMY THEATRE COMPANY’S PUFF @ STAGEStheatre
Best Set
Daniel Espinoza Next to Normal @ Wayward Artist
Best Actor
Joseph Dunham (Hank Felton) Strong Arm @ Wayward Artist
Best Actress
Jessica Erin Martin (Kyra) Skylight @ Chance Theater
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2018
The website took an awards hiatus in 2018.
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2017
Best Shows
1. Moby Dick & Once @ South Coast Repertory
2. IN A WORD @ Chance Theater
3. MAN OF LA MANCHA @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
4. EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL @ MAVERICK THEATRE
5. MERCHANT OF VENICE @ STAGESTHEATRE
Runner up: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES @ NEWPORT THEATRE ARTS CENTER & A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM @ CURTIS THEATRE
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2016
Best Shows
1. Dogfight the musical @ Chance Theater
2. Hamlet @ Shakespeare OC
3. Office hour @ South Coast Repertory
4. A Chorus Line @ Chance Theater
5. Torch Song Trilogy @ Theatre Out
Runner up: Sex and Education @ The Laguna Playhouse
Best Original Orange County Show
Monuments @ STAGESTHEATRE
BEST COLLEGE SHOW
CLYBOURNE PARK @ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
BEST DIRECTOR
MATTHEW MCCRAY AND TAYLOR STEPHENSON Dogfight @ Chance Theater
BEST SET
David Gallo EMPIRE THE MUSICAL @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Best Actress
Ashley Arlene Nelson Dogfight @ Chance theater
Best Actor
Andrew James Villarreal Gruesome Playground Injuries @ Stagetheatre
Best Young Actor
Adrian Villegas The Producers @ Huntington Beach Academy of the performing arts
Best Young Actress
Erica Jackson Dog Sees god and absolute turkey @ Stagestheatre
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2015
Best Shows
1. Loch ness a new musical @ chance theater
2. abundance @ South Coast Repertory
3. avenue q @ maverick theatre
4. As you like it @ Shakespeare oc
5. marriage of bette and boo @ costa mesa playhouse
Runner up: high fidelity the musical @ The Curtis Theatre
BEST ORIGINAL ORANGE COUNTY SHOW
GRACE NOTE @ OC-CENTRIC NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
BEST COLLEGE SHOW
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT
YOU WILL – FULLERTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Runner up: Carrie The Musical @ Cal State University, Fullerton
BEST COSTUME
Andrea Birkholm CYRANO DE BERGERAC @ MAVERICK THEATRE
Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott’s THE ADDAMS FAMILY: A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY @ 3D THEATRICALS
BEST SET
Paul Egginton KISS ME KATE @ VANGUARD UNIVERSITY
RUNNER UP: Sara Ryung Clement THE DRAGON PLAY @ CHANCE THEATER
BEST DIRECTOR
PETER URIBE As you like it & Pirates of Penzance @ Shakespeare OC
Best Actor
NATHAN MAKARYK Cyrano De Bergerac @ Maverick Theatre
Best Actress
JULIA CASSANDRA SMITH Loch ness The Musial @ Chance Theater
Best Young Actor
Timothy Bright Twelfth Night @ Fullerton Community College
Best Young Actress
Sarah McGuire The Miracle Worker @ Attic Theater
