Best Actor

Herbert Siguenza (Quijano/Quixote) Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Repertory

Michael Dale Brown (Dodge) Buried Child @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

Jaycob Hunter (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Amadeus @ Maverick Theater

Best Actress

Skylar Alexis (Alice) Rotterdam @ Wayward Artist

Psalms Salazar (Veronica) MotherFucker with the Hat @ Wayward Artist

Rose London (Dr. Katherine Brandt) 33 Variations @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

Kalinda Gray (Emilie) Emilie @ Curtis Theatre & Begins and Ends with ‘A’

Marta Portillo (ALMA) ALMA @ Chance Theater

Best Writing

Jarid McCarthy – Abyss @ The Larking House

Jon Brittain – Rotterdam @ Wayward Artist

Octavio Solis – Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Rep

Baylee Shlichtman – The Club Obscuro Project @ Wayward Artist

Benjamin Benne – Alma @ Chance Theater

Best Ensemble

Buried Child @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Repertory

Emilie: La Marquise Du La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight @ Curtis Theatre & Begins and Ends with ‘A’

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ Wayward Artist

Once @ The Electric Company Theatre

Best Costumes

Kathryn Poppen – Measure for Measure @ New Swan Shakespeare Festival UCI

Helen Q. Huang – Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Repertory

Gwen Sloan – Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ Chance Theater

Jen Caprio – Mystic Pizza @ LA Mirada Theatre

Aja Bell – Emilie @ Curtis Theatre & Begins and Ends with ‘A’

Best Set

Mio Okada & Fred Kinney – Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ Chance Theater

Colin Lawrence – Emilie @ Curtis Theatre & Begins and Ends with ‘A’

Zelida Solorio – Romeo & Juliet @ Fullerton Community College

Antonio Beach – Buried Child @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

Efren Delgadillo, Jr. – Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Repertory

Best College Show

Measure for Measure @ New Swan Shakespeare Festival UCI

Carrie: The Musical @ Cypress College

Romeo & Juliet @ Fullerton Community College

Twelfth Night, or What You Will @ New Swan Shakespeare Festival UCI

Best Musical

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ Wayward Artist

Dogfight @ No Square Theatre

Once @ Electric Company Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof @ Electric Company Theatre

Sweeney Todd @ Chance Theater

Best Young Actress

Macy Buckley (Marcy) Dogfight @ No Square Theatre

Jordan Hicks (Margaret White) Carrie @ Cypress College

Lola Buckland (Matilda) Matilda Jr. @ The Phantom Projects Theatre

Claire Manson (Marian Paroo) The Music Man@ JStage at the Merage JCC

Brooke Halliday (Marcy) Spelling Bee @ Wayward Artist 

Best Young Actor

Braxton McGrath (Eddie Birdlace) Dogfight @ No Square Theatre

Spike Pulice (Prometheus) Abyss @ The Larking House

Aaron Lipp (Christopher) Curious Case @ Chance Theater

Dane Hobrecht (Adam) An Inspector Calls @ Vanguard University

Micah Nicholson (Barfee) Spelling Bee @ Wayward Artist

Best Makeup

Gwen Sloan – Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ Chance Theater

Kate Galleran – Hedwig and the Angry Inch @ Chance Theater

Peter Herman (Hair/Wig Designer) A Shayna Maidel @ Laguna Playhouse

Kate Galleran – Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Rep

Best Featured Actor

Oscar Emmanuel Fablea (Cousin Julio) MotherFucker with the Hat @ Wayward Artist

Ben Green (Trip Wyeth) Other Deseret Cities @ Newport Theatre Arts Center

Jon Sprik (Voltaire) Emilie @ Curtis Theatre & Begins and Ends with ‘A’

Mark Tillman (Bradley) Buried Child @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

Ernie Gonzalez, Jr. (Manny/Sancho Panza) Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Repertory

Best Featured Actress

Maya Malan-Gonzalez (Dr. Campos/Dulcinea) Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Repertory

Shelly Day (Halie) Buried Child @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

Molly Renze (Lelani) Rotterdam @ Wayward Artist

Holly Jeanne (Mrs. Alexander & others) Curious Case @ Chance Theater

Kathryn Leyes Fischer (Carolyn Cavanaugh) Sinners @ Camino Real Playhouse

Best Original Orange County Show

Cardenio or Double Falsehood @ Shakespeare by the Sea

The Club Obscuro Project @ Wayward Artist

Abyss @ The Larking House

Galilee 34@ South Coast Repertory

Prelude to a Kiss @ South Coast Repertory

Best Lighting

Jared A. Sayeg – A Shayna Maidel @ Laguna Playhouse

Sofia Duran-Kniep – Buried Child @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

Heather Harless – Emilie @ Curtis Theatre & Begins and Ends with ‘A’

Pablo Santiago – Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Rep 

Andrea Heilman – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time @ Chance Theater

Best Sound Design

Brian Newell – Evil Dead the Musical @ Maverick Theatre

Ian Scot – A Shayna Maidel @ Laguna Playhouse

Josh Bessom – Mystic Pizza @ LA Mirada Theatre

David R. Molina – Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Repertory

Darryl B. Hovis – Curious Case @ Chance Theater

Best Show

Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Rep

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ Chance Theater

Emilie @ Curtis Theatre & Begins and Ends with ‘A’

Once @ Electric Company Theatre

Buried Child @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

Best Actor in a Musical

Brian Johnson (Tevye) Fiddler on the Roof @ The Electric Company Theatre

Wesley Chavez (Guy) Once @ The Electric Company Theatre

Winston Peacock ( Sweeney Todd) Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ Chance Theater

Justin Ryan (Judge Turpin) Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ Chance Theater

Scott Roberts (Frederick Trumper) Chess the Musical @ American Coast Theatre Company

Best Actress in a Musical

Jocelyn A. Brown (Mrs. Lovett) Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ Chance Theater

Mercy Thornton (Girl) Once @ The Electric Company Theatre

Hannah Corneau (Rita) Prelude To A Kiss @ South Coast Repertory

Gianna Yanelli (Josephine “Jojo” Barboza) Mystic Pizza @ LA Mirada Theatre

Mary Frances Conover (Desiree Armfeldt) A Little Night Music @ Golden West College

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Eric Dobson (Billy) Once @ The Electric Company Theatre

Adam Leiva (Tobias Ragg) Sweeney Todd @ Chance Theater

Jonathan Gillard Daly’s (Julius) Prelude to a Kiss @ South Coast Repertory

Angel Correa (Panch) Spelling Bee @ Wayward Artist

Liam Cavanaugh (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm) A Little Night Music @ Golden West College

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Sophie Keaney (Reza) Once @ The Electric Company Theatre

Sarah Pierce (Martha) The Secret Garden @ Chance Theater

Andrea Dodson Ewing (Tzeitel) Fiddler on the Roof @ The Electric Company Theatre

Laura M. Hathaway (Beggar Woman) Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ Chance Theater

Carolyn Lupin (Rona) Spelling Bee @ Wayward Artist

Best Choreography

Marissa Herrea – Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Rep

Michael Mueller (Fight Choreographer) Romeo and Juliet @ Fullerton Community College

Emily Taylor –  Once @ The Electric Company Theatre

Mo Goodfellow – Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ Chance Theater

Angela Mattern, Erik Diaz, Edvan Galvan, Julia Lacopetti – Evita @ One More Production

Audience Award

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat @ Rose Center Theatre

Dracula @ Westminster Community Playhouse

Galilee 34 @ South Coast Repertory

Dogfight @ No Square Theatre

Buried Child @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

Best Live Band

Wiley DeWeese –Prelude to a Kiss, The Musical @ South Coast Rep

Greg Haake – Once @ The Electric Company Theatre

Christopher W. Smith – Dogfight @ No Square Theatre

Julian Rymar – Fiddler on the Roof @ The Electric Company Theatre

Lex Leigh – Hedwig and the Angry Inch @ Chance Theater

Best Director

Lisa Portes – Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Repertory

Brian Johnson – Once @ The Electric Company Theatre

Michael Serna – Buried Child @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

Amanda Hallman – Emilie @ Curtis Theatre & Begins and Ends with ‘A’

James Michael McHale – Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ Chance Theater