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
