BEST STRAIGHT PLAY

Red @ Laguna Playhouse

Fremont Ave. @ South Coast Repertory

Bug in Mouth Disease @ The Larking House

Steel Magnolias @ Newport Theatre Arts Center

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? @ South Coast Repertory

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS

Jessica Lopez (Jo March) Little Women The Broadway Musical @ Claire Trevor School of the Arts (UCI)

Vita Muccia (Mother Teresa) The Last Days of Judas Iscariot @ Larking House/Wayward Artist

Tiffany Huyen (Snoopy) Your A Good Man Charlie Brown @ JStage

Sammy Spiegler (Elle) Legally Blonde the musical @ Westminster Playhouse

Lourdes Castillo (Juliet) Romeo & Juliet @ New Swan Shakespeare Festival

BEST MUSICAL

Million Dollar Quartet @ South Coast Repertory

Gentlemen’s Guide to Love & Murder @ Golden West College

Little Women the Broadway Musical @ Claire Trevor School of the Arts (UCI)

Once @ The Electric Company Theatre Company

Jagged Little Pill @ Chance Theater

BEST COSTUME

Carole Zelinger – Jekyll & Hyde musical @ Rose Center Theatre

Gracie Carbonetti-Norton, Faith Horne, Lia Louangamath – Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley @ Vanguard University

Lia Hansen – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Enchanted Edition @ Vanguard University

Catherine Zuber – Moulin Rouge! The Musical @ Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Amanda Martin – Gentlemen’s Guide to Love & Murder @ Golden West College

BEST ACTOR

Brian Vaughn (George) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? @ South Coast Repertory

Bradley Gibson (George/Robert/Joseph) Fremont Ave @ South Coast Repertory

Rob Nagle (Mark Rothko) Red @ Laguna Playhouse

Evan Lugo (Garry Lejeune) Noises Off @ Claire Trevor School of the Arts (UCI)

BEST ACTRESS

Michelle M. Pedersen (M’Lynn) Steel Magnolias @ Newport Theatre Arts Center

Jerrika Hinton (Audrey/Voice of Hazel) Fremont Ave. @ South Coast Repertory

Kristin Nemecek (Beatrice) Much Ado About Nothing @ Golden West College

Kim Martin-Cotten (Martha) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? @ South Coast Repertory

Ashley Montgomery (Sylvia) The Cottage @ Cabrillo Playhouse

BEST DIRECTOR

James Moye – Million Dollar Quartet @ South Coast Repertory

Lisa Rothe – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? @ South Coast Repertory

Rachael VanWormer – Romeo & Juliet @ New Swan Shakespeare Festival

Matthew McCray – Jagged Little Pill @ Chance Theater

Kathy Paladino – Steel Magnolias @ Newport Theatre Arts Center

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

JP Colleta (Jerry Lewis) Million Dollar Quartet @ South Coast Repertory

Whitney Ackerman (Montague “Monty” Navarro) @ Golden West College

Bruce Goodrich (Scrooge) Scrooge! The Musical @ Chance Theater

Michael Manuel (Sam Phillips) Million Dollar Quartet @ South Coast Repertory

Jason Pascual (Bernadette Basinger) Priscilla, Queen of the Desert @ No Square Theatre

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Mercy Thornton (Girl) Once @ The Electric Company Theatre Company

Courtney Hays (Cathy) The Last Five Years @ One More Productions

Emma Laird (Girl ) Once @ Chance Theater

Jessica Lopez (Jo March) Little Women The Broadway Musical @ Claire Trevor School of the Arts (UCI)

Arianna Rosario (Satine) Moulin Rouge! The Musical @ Segerstrom Center for the Arts

BEST FEATURED ACTOR

James Hayden Rodriguez (Ken) Red @ Laguna Playhouse

Gabriel Gaston ( Nick) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? @ South Coast Repertory

Andrew Puente (Satan) The Last Days of Judas Iscariot @ The Larking House/Wayward Artist

Wyn Moreno (Capulet) Romeo & Juliet @ New Swan Shakespeare Festival

Heriberto Cruz Jr. (Mercutio) Romeo & Juliet @ New Swan Shakespeare Festival

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Corydon Melgoza (Nephew Harry & Others) Scrooge! The Musical @ Chance Theater

Tom Patrick Propofsky (Callahan) Legally Blonde the musical @ Westminster Playhouse

Jay Harbison (D’Ysquith Family) A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder @ Golden West College

Marcus S. Daniel (Cinderella’s Prince /Wolf) Alchemy Theatre Company presents : Into the Woods @ Yorba Linda Cultural Arts Center

Jeremy Kie Vance ( Nick Healy) Jagged Little Pill @ Chance Theater

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Mallory Kerwin (Paulette) Legally Blonde the musical @ Westminster Playhouse

Kaitlyn Tice (Marmee) YLS Players: Little Women the musical @ Yorba Linda Cultural Arts Center

Sarah McGuire (Meg March) YLS Players: Little Women the musical @ Yorba Linda Cultural Arts Center

Jennifer Richardson (Baruska) Once @ Chance Theater

Sol Joun (Jo) Jagged Little Pill @ Chance Theater

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

David Rodriguez (Fight Choreographer) The Larking House Presents: Macbeth @ The Curtis Theatre

Sonya Tayeh – Moulin Rouge! The Musical @ Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Joanna Tsang-Segelson (Choreographer) Legally Blonde the Musical @ Westminster Playhouse

Emily Taylor – Tristan & Ysuelt @ The Electric Company Theatre

Mo Goodfellow – Jagged Little Pill @ Chance Theater

BEST LIVE BAND

Wiley Deweese (Music Director) Million Dollar Quartet @ South Coast Repertory

Lex Leigh (Music Director) Once @ Chance Theater

Greg Haake (Music Director) Once @ The Electric Company Theatre

Lex Leigh (Music Director) Jagged Little Pill @ Chance Theater

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS

Judy Jones (Ouiser) Steel Magnolias @ Newport Theatre Arts Center

Elysia Roorbach (Honey) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? @ South Coast Repertory

Alejandra Villanueva (Nurse) Romeo & Juliet @ New Swan Shakespeare Festival

Sophia Gonzales (Gina) Bug in Mouth Disease @ The Larking House

Vita Muccia (Mother Teresa) The Last Days of Judas Iscariot @ The Larking House/Wayward

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Jarid McCarthy/ Alex Aguilar (Composer) The Larking House Presents: Macbeth @ Curtis Theatre

Andrew Hungford (Sound Designer) Sanctuary City @ Chance Theater

André Pluess (Original Music & Sound Design) Fremont Ave. @ South Coast Repertory

Ben Scheff (Sound Designer & Composer) The Green Knight @ Claire Trevor School of the Arts (UCI)

Andrew Yoder (Composer & Sound Designer) Noises Off @ Claire Trevor School of the Arts (UCI)

BEST WRITING

Heidi Schreck – What the Constitution Means to Me @ Chance Theater

Reggie D. White – Fremont Ave. @ South Coast Repertory

Seanan Palermo Waugh – Ostrich in the Room @ The Larking House

Diablo Cody – Jagged Little Pill the musical @ Chance Theater

BEST ENSEMBLE

Bug in Mouth Disease @ The Larking House.

Steel Magnolias @ Newport Theatre Arts Center.

Fremont Ave. @ South Coast Rep

Gentlemen’s Guide to Love & Murder @ Golden West College

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? @ South Coast Repertory

BEST COLLEGE SHOW

Noises Off @ Claire Trevor School of the Arts (UCI)

Little Women the Broadway Musical @ Claire Trevor School of the Arts (UCI)

Gentlemen’s Guide to Love & Murder @ Golden West College

Guys and Dolls the musical @ Vanguard University

BEST SET

Daniel Miller – Into the Woods @ Cypress College

Derek McLane – Moulin Rouge! The Musical @ Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Brian Newell – Return of Zorro @ Maverick Theater

Haven Hanson – You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown @ JStage

Gretchen Ugalde – Noises Off @ Claire Trevor School of the Arts (UCI)

BEST MAKEUP

Lia Hansen – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Enchanted Edition @ Vanguard University

LaShawn Melton (Wig & Hair Design) Fremont Ave. @ South Coast Repertory

Cliff Senior (Wig) Steel Magnolias @ Newport Theatre Arts Center

Sarah Cimino – Moulin Rouge! The Musical @ Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Emily Hood (Wig Designer) Bye Bye Birdie @ The Phantom Theatre Projects Theatre

BEST VIDEO/EFFECTS

Genesis Tanner ( Projection Design) The Green Knight @ Claire Trevor School of the Arts (UCI)

Lowell Bartholomee – Gentlemen’s Guide to Love & Murder @ Golden West College

Nick Santiago (Projection Designer) Jagged Little Pill @ Chance Theater

BEST YOUNG ACTOR

Bruno A. Satalino (Conrad Birdie) Bye Bye Birdie @ The Phantom Theatre Projects Theatre

Zion Aguilar (El-Fayoumy) The Last Days of Judas Iscariot @ The Larking House/Wayward Artist

Whitney Ackerman (Montague “Monty” Navarro) @ Golden West College

Hayden Magnum (Jamie) The Last Five Years @ One More Productions

Jeremy Kie Vance (Nick Healy) Jagged Little Pill @ Chance Theater

BEST LIGHTING

Joshua Serrano – Little Shop of Horrors @ Newport Theatre Arts Center

Brian Newell – Return of Zorro @ Maverick Theater

Garret Spady – Guys and Dolls @ Vanguard University

Jacqueline Malenke – Jagged Little Pill @ Chance Theater

Tony Sanchez – The Crucible @ Curtis Theatre/The Larking House

BEST ORIGINAL ORANGE COUNTY SHOW

The Heart Sellers @ South Coast Repertory

Bug in Mouth Disease @ The Larking House

Ostrich in the Room @ The Larking House

Fremont Ave. @ South Coast Repertory