Orange County Theatre Reviews

Orange Curtain Review Awards

2022

1. McCoy Rigby Entertainment presents: In the Heights @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

2. The Whale @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

3. CRY IT OUT @ CHANCE THEATER

4. NOISES OFF @ COSTA MESA PLAYHOUSE

5. TIGER STYLE @ SOUTH COAST REPERTORY

 

BEST MUSICAL

TOXIC AVENGER THE MUSICAL @ WAYWARD ARTIST

 

BEST ENSEMBLE 

NOISES OFF @ COSTA MESA PLAYHOUSE

 

BEST DIRECTOR 

Micheal Serna – The Whale @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

 

BEST SET

Michael Serna – The Whale @ Costa Mesa Playhouse

 

BEST COLLEGE SHOW

Proof @ Saddleback College

 

BEST ORIGINAL Orange County SHOW

Hope Villanueva – Brackish @ Wayward Artist

BEST LIGHTING

Donny Jackson –

McCoy Rigby Entertainment presents: In the Heights @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

BEST ACTOR

Peter Hilton @ The Whale at the Costa Mesa Playhouse

BEST ACTRESS

Amanda Zarr (Lina) Cry it out @ Chance Theatre

Runner up: Natalie Giannosa (Mayor Babs Belgoody) The Toxic Avenger Wayward Artist

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS

Sophia White (Ellie) The Whale Costa Mesa Playhouse

 

BEST YOUNG ACTOR

Wyatt Logan (Ned Allyn) – Shakespeare in Love @ Electric Company in Fullerton

BEST SOUND DESIGN

IAN SCOT – Xanadu @ Laguna Playhouse

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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

WYN MORENO – 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. MAN OF LA MANCHA @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 

3. EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL @ MAVERICK THEATRE 

4. ORANGE @ SOUTH COAST REPERTORY  

5. MERCHANT OF VENICE @ STAGESTHEATRE  

Runner up: Don’t Dress For Dinner @ Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts – Review

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2016

Best Shows 

1. Dogfight the musical @ Chance Theater

2. Hamlet @ Shakespeare OC 

3. Moonlight & Magnolias @ Modjeska Playhouse  

4. American Coast Theatre Company: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead @ Vanguard University

5. EMPIRE THE MUSICAL @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

Runner up: The Producers @ Huntington Beach Academy of the performing arts 

 

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. avenue q @ maverick theatre  

2.  abundance @ South Coast Repertory

3. As you like it @ Shakespeare oc 

4. C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters @ Barclay Theatre

5. RCT Youth Series Presents: Alice in Wonderland @ Rose Center Theatre

Runner up: Loch ness a new musical @ chance theater

 

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

Runner up: 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 Musical @ Chance Theater  

 

Best Young Actor 

Timothy Bright Twelfth Night @ Fullerton Community College  

 

Best Young Actress

Sarah McGuire The Miracle Worker @ Attic Theater

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