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2025 NOMINEES

YOUTH THEATRE

Best Production - Comedy/Drama - Youth Theatre


Beware the House on Haunted Hill - Shadow Hills High School

Puffs - Desert Hot Springs High School

She Kills Monsters - La Quinta High School

Works in Progress - Rancho Mirage High School

You Can’t Take It with You - Palm Desert High School


Best Production - Musical - Youth Theatre


In the Heights - Shadow Hills High School

In the Heights - Desert Hot Springs High School

Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

Seussical the Musical Jr. - Theatre 29

Shrek The Musical - La Quinta High School


Best Director - Comedy/Drama - Youth Theatre


Jonathan Epstein-Brenner - She Kills Monsters - La Quinta High School

Joe Hogan - Puffs - Desert Hot Springs High School

Thomas McMahon - Beware the House on Haunted Hill - Shadow Hills High School

Kelly Newhouse - Works in Progress - Rancho Mirage High School

Susannah Vera - You Can’t Take It with You - Palm Desert High School


Best Director - Musical - Youth Theatre


Allyson Boylan - Bring It On - Palm Springs High School

Gary Daigneault - Seussical the Musical Jr. - Theatre 29

Jonathan Epstein-Brenner - Shrek The Musical - La Quinta High School

Joe Hogan - In the Heights - Desert Hot Springs High School

Ray Limon - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

Thomas McMahon - In the Heights - Shadow Hills High School


Best Musical Director - Youth Theatre


Kurt Kelley - In the Heights - Desert Hot Springs High School

Grace Huscher/Willard Lacro - In the Heights - Shadow Hills High School

Jeffrey Lesser - The SpongeBob Musical - Rancho Mirage High School

Matt Ingelson/Dr. Jason Powell - Bring It On - Palm Springs High School

Ray Limon - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

RJ Parsons-McCrackin – Footloose - Palm Desert High School


Best Choreographer - Youth Theatre


Wendy Bystrzycki - The SpongeBob Musical - Rancho Mirage High School

Chelsea Gilbert - Bring It On - Palm Springs High School

Ray Limon - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

Cristina McKeever-Chaney - Footloose - Palm Desert High School

Ava Roberts - Seussical the Musical Jr. - Theatre 29

Tobi Sorensen - In the Heights - Desert Hot Springs High School


Best Lead Actor - Comedy/Drama - Youth Theatre


Makai Armstrong - You Can't Take It with You - Palm Desert High School

Dominick Jauregui - Works in Progress - Rancho Mirage High School

Mel Quintero – Puffs - Desert Hot Springs High School

JJ Gamez – Metamorphoses - Indio High School

Rylan Robinson - She Kills Monsters - La Quinta High School


Best Lead Actor - Musical - Youth Theatre


Makai Armstrong Ross - Footloose - Palm Desert High School

Xavier Brown - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

Sam Rekuc - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

Kevin Serrato-Kuang - Shrek The Musical - La Quinta High School

Pedro Trujillo - In the Heights - Shadow Hills High School


Best Lead Actress - Comedy/Drama - Youth Theatre


Alora Druyon - Metamorphoses - Indio High School

Arianna Godwin - Puffs - Desert Hot Springs High School

Maya Grace - Midsummer Jersey - Cathedral City High School

Audrey IsBell - She Kills Monsters - La Quinta High School

Madisen Karr - You Can’t Take It with You - Palm Desert High School

Jessica Totten - The Wolves - Palm Springs High School

Rose Whaley - Works in Progress - Rancho Mirage High School


Best Lead Actress - Musical - Youth Theatre


Evelyn Bautista - Shrek The Musical - La Quinta High School

Elizabeth Eldar - Bring It On - Palm Springs High School

Audrey IsBell - Shrek The Musical - La Quinta High School

Jamailah J. Jamora - The SpongeBob Musical - Rancho Mirage High School

Heaven Ortiz-Castro - Beetlejuice - Indio High School

Katie Piron - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals


Best Supporting Actor - Comedy/Drama - Youth Theatre


Cameron Keener - She Kills Monsters - La Quinta High School

Reed Noguera - She Kills Monsters - La Quinta High School

Ryan Shaner - She Kills Monsters - La Quinta High School

Tobi Sorensen - Puffs - Desert Hot Springs High School

Josiah Voorhies - Puffs - Desert Hot Springs High School

Percy Young - Beware the House on Haunted Hill - Shadow Hills High School


Best Supporting Actor - Musical - Youth Theatre


Emmanuel Burgos - In the Heights - Desert Hot Springs High School

David Lopez Jr. - In the Heights - Shadow Hills High School

Nevan Wegner - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

Eli Young - Seussical the Musical Jr. - Theatre 29

Percy Young - In the Heights - Shadow Hills High School

Peter Zappia - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals


Best Supporting Actress - Comedy/Drama - Youth Theatre


Zemi Aceves - Works in Progress - Rancho Mirage High School

Melina Cuello-Mata - Works in Progress - Rancho Mirage High School

Delila Garcia - Midsummer Jersey - Cathedral City High School

Batrina Mack - Puffs - Desert Hot Springs High School

Yara Perez-Munoz - She Kills Monsters - La Quinta High School

Camilla Zacarias - Midsummer Jersey - Cathedral City High School

Ava Zepeda - Metamorphoses - Indio High School


Best Supporting Actress - Musical - Youth Theatre


Mackenzie Alberts - Shrek The Musical La Quinta High School

Gracie Johannsson - Seussical the Musical Jr. - Theatre 29

Ariabelle Laxamana - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

River Pearce-Berry - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

Verina Ramirez - In the Heights - Shadow Hills High School

COMEDY

Best Production - Comedy


12th Night - Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival

Beyond Therapy - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Exit Laughing - Sun City Shadow Hills

Farce of Nature - Sun City Palm Desert

Loot - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Perfect Arrangement - The Bent


Best Production - Comedy - Professional


Fat Ham - Dezart Performs

God of Carnage - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Hillary and Clinton - Dezart Performs

I'll Eat You Last - The Bent


Best Director - Comedy


Susan Adler - Farce of Nature - Sun City Palm Desert

Michael Goldman - Exit Laughing - Sun City Shadow Hills

Michael Pacas - Loot - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Jason Reale - Perfect Arrangement - The Bent

Charlie E. Walker - 12th Night - Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival


Best Director - Comedy - Professional


Jerome Elliott Moskowitz - Beyond Therapy - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Deborah Harmon - God of Carnage - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Steve Rosenbaum - I'll Eat You Last - The Bent

Michael Shaw - Fat Ham - Dezart Performs

Craig Wells - Hillary and Clinton - Dezart Performs


Best Lead Actor - Comedy


John Corr - God of Carnage - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Charles Harvey - Loot - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Charles Harvey - Clue - Theatre 29

Larry Martin - A Very Sordid Wedding - Palm Canyon Theatre

Kurt Schauppner - 12th Night - Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival


Best Lead Actor - Comedy - Professional


David Youse - God of Carnage - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Devere Rogers - Fat Ham - Dezart Performs

Brent Schindele - Hillary and Clinton - Dezart Performs

Eric Seppala - Perfect Arrangement - The Bent


Best Lead Actress - Comedy


Judith Bennoch - Casserole - Sun City Shadow Hills

Paula Butler - Farce of Nature - Sun City Palm Desert

Tessa Gregory-Walker - Loot - Desert Ensemble Theatre

J. Clare Merritt - Beyond Therapy - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Karen Schmitt - Farce of Nature - Sun City Palm Desert


Best Lead Actress - Comedy - Professional


Bobbie Breckenridge - 12th Night - Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival

Andi Matheny - Hillary and Clinton - Dezart Performs

Candace Nicholas-Lippman - Fat Ham - Dezart Performs

Lizzie Schmelling - God of Carnage - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Laura Stearns - Perfect Arrangement - The Bent


Best Supporting Actor - Comedy


Makasi Boykin - Clue - Theatre 29

Kai Brothers - Farce of Nature - Sun City Palm Desert

Anthony Nannini - Beyond Therapy - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Sheldon Safir - Loot - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Raul Valenzuela - Beyond Therapy - Desert Ensemble Theatre


Best Supporting Actor - Comedy - Professional


DeJuan Christopher - Fat Ham - Dezart Performs

Michael Houston - Fat Ham - Dezart Performs

Enrike Llamas - Fat Ham - Dezart Performs

Terry Ray - Perfect Arrangement - The Bent

Napoleon Tavale - Hillary and Clinton - Dezart Performs

Craig Wroe - Hillary and Clinton - Dezart Performs


Best Supporting Actress - Comedy


Cooki Bilsborough - 12th Night - Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival

Melanie Blue - Beyond Therapy - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Molly Katelbach - 12th Night - Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival

Marie Logan - Exit Laughing - Sun City Shadow Hills

Shirley Price-McGrew - Exit Laughing - Sun City Shadow Hills


Best Supporting Actress - Comedy - Professional


Maci Alexis - Fat Ham - Dezart Performs

Deborah Harmon - Perfect Arrangement - The Bent

Barbara Kerr - Perfect Arrangement - The Bent

Tamiyka White - Fat Ham - Dezart Performs

DRAMA

Best Production - Drama


12 Angry Jurors - College of the Desert

The Cake - The Bent

F**king Men - The Bent

Late Company - Inspiration’s Edge

The Inheritance Part One - The Bent

Waiting for Godot - Joshua Tree Theatre Under The Stars


The Michael Cruickshank Award for Best Director - Drama


Abe Daniels - Waiting for Godot - Joshua Tree Theatre Under The Stars

Kathryn Ferguson - And Then There Were None - Theatre 29

Liyan McNeltier - Late Company - Inspiration’s Edge

Luke Rainey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Palm Canyon Theatre

Kudra Wagner - The Cake - The Bent


The Michael Cruickshank Award for Best Director - Professional


Judith Chapman - SHUNNED - Palm Canyon Theatre

Martin James - 12 Angry Jurors - College of the Desert

Steve Rosenbaum - The Inheritance Part One - The Bent

Steve Rosenbaum - F**king Men - The Bent

Michael Shaw - Grand Concourse - Dezart Performs

David Youse - Tru - Desert Ensemble Theatre


Best Lead Actor - Drama


Benjamin Bautista - 12 Angry Jurors - College of the Desert

Chris Fleischman - Waiting for Godot - Joshua Tree Theatre Under The Stars

Alex Price - The Inheritance Part One - The Bent

Joshua Rach - SHUNNED - Palm Canyon Theatre

Thomas Dodge Wheatley - The Inheritance Part One - The Bent


Best Lead Actor - Drama - Professional


Corbett Brattin - SUNDEW - Palm Canyon Theatre

Ron Coronado - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Palm Canyon Theatre

Deacon Ledges - A Streetcar Named Desire - Theatre 29

Michael Pacas - SHUNNED - Palm Canyon Theatre

Chuck Yates - Tru - Desert Ensemble Theatre


Best Lead Actress - Drama


Jessica Lenz - SHUNNED - Palm Canyon Theatre

Rebecca McWilliams - Late Company - Inspiration's Edge

Sonia Reavis - The Cake - The Bent

Victoria Shupe - A Streetcar Named Desire - Theatre 29

Denise Strand - SUNDEW - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Lead Actress - Drama - Professional


Bobbie Breckenridge - A Streetcar Named Desire - Theatre 29

Janice Lynd - SHUNNED - Palm Canyon Theatre

Eliza Newman - Grand Concourse - Dezart Performs


Best Supporting Actor - Drama


Gabriel Figueredo - Late Company - Inspiration's Edge

Samuel Moffatt - The Inheritance Part One - The Bent

Brian Newkirk - The Inheritance Part One - The Bent

Alex Price - F**king Men - The Bent

Joseph Rego - And Then There Were None - Theatre 29


Best Supporting Actress - Drama


Laura Harwood - And Then There Were None - Theatre 29

Sonia Reavis - SHUNNED - Palm Canyon Theatre

Cindy Sanchez-Gomez - 12 Angry Jurors - College of the Desert

Betty Wanless - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Theatre 29

Sarah Elizabeth Woolsey - The Cake - The Bent


Best Supporting Performer - Drama - Professional


Chris Carranza - Grand Concourse - Dezart Performs

E. M. Davis - Grand Concourse - Dezart Performs

Tia Laulusa - Grand Concourse - Dezart Performs

Terry Ray - The Inheritance Part One - The Bent

Terry Ray - F**king Men - The Bent

MUSICAL

Best Production - Musical 


Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

La Cage Aux Folles - Palm Canyon Theatre

My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Oliver! - Desert Theatricals

Sound of Music - Theatre 29


Best Director - Musical


Charles Harvey - Jesus Christ Superstar - Theatre 29

Lisa Hodgson/Bianca Stoker - Sound of Music - Theatre 29

Lisa Lincoln - The Fantasticks - Sun City Palm Desert

Derik Shopinski - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Derik Shopinski - Victor/Victoria - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Director - Musical - Professional


Dennis Courtney - Falsettos - Dezart Performs

Se Layne - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Palm Canyon Theatre

Se Layne - La Cage Aux Folles - Palm Canyon Theatre

Ray Limon - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Ray Limon - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals


Best Musical Director - Musical


Kathryn Ferguson - Jesus Christ Superstar - Theatre 29

Tim Reed - Mary Poppins - Palm Canyon Theatre

Bianca Stoker - Sound of Music - Theatre 29


Best Musical Director - Musical - Professional


Wayne Abravanel - The Fantasticks - Sun City Palm Desert

Stephen Hulsey - Falsettos - Dezart Performs

Robert Rutt - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Steven Smith - La Cage Aux Folles - Palm Canyon Theatre

Steven Smith - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre


The Michele Gaines Award for Best Choreographer of a Musical


Judith Cameron - The Fantasticks - Sun City Palm Desert

Lisa Hodgson - Jesus Christ Superstar - Theatre 29

Lisa Hodgson - Sound of Music - Theatre 29

Derik Shopinski - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Eric Stein-Steele - Forever Plaid - Palm Canyon Theatre


The Michele Gaines Award for Best Choreographer of a Musical - Professional


Dennis Courtney - Falsettos - Dezart Performs

Ray Limon - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Ray Limon - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals

Nathan Wilson - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Palm Canyon Theatre

Nathan Wilson - La Cage Aux Folles - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Lead Actor - Musical


Scott Clinkscales - Jesus Christ Superstar - Theatre 29

Joe Hooper - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Luke Rainey - La Cage Aux Folles - Palm Canyon Theatre

Shel Safir - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Jacob Samples - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Lead Actor - Musical - Professional


Mark Almy - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Doug Carfrae - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals

Tim Ewing - Falsettos - Dezart Performs

Jerry Siggins - The Fantasticks - Sun City Palm Desert

Patrick Joseph Wallace - Falsettos - Dezart Performs


Best Lead Actress in a Musical


Catt Christine - Jesus Christ Superstar - Theatre 29

Michelle Estrada - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals

Abigail Matossian - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Analisa Pilecki - Sound of Music - Theatre 29

Georgia Smith - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Lead Actress - Musical - Professional


Se Layne - Mary Poppins - Palm Canyon Theatre

Se Layne - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Stephanie Lynne Mason - Falsettos - Dezart Performs

Vonetta Mixson - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals


Best Supporting Actor - Musical


Michael Hamlin - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Glenn Liggett - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Raul Valenzuela - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Palm Canyon Theatre

Raul Valenzuela - La Cage Aux Folles - Palm Canyon Theatre

Noah Wahlberg - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Nathan Wilson - Forever Plaid - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Supporting Actor - Musical - Professional


 Garrett Caelan Weir - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Skylar Gaines - Falsettos - Dezart Performs

Deacon Ledges - Jesus Christ Superstar - Theatre 29

Tod Macofsky - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Don Savage - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals


Best Supporting Actress - Musical


Nancy Abramson - Sound of Music - Theatre 29

Catt Christine - Sound of Music - Theatre 29

Maisie Meneer - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Maisie Meneer - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals

Mia Mercado - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Joanne Moser - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals


Best Supporting Actress - Musical - Professional


Maggie Barry - Falsettos - Dezart Performs

Eylssa Guardino - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Se Layne - Victor/Victoria - Palm Canyon Theatre

Lizzie Schmelling - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Laura Stearns - Falsettos - Dezart Performs


The Bill Groves Award for Best Juvenile


Xavier Brown - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals

Hosanna Hailemichael - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Sam Rekuc - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals

William Spitz - Falsettos - Dezart Performs

Charlotte Upp - Right Before I Go - Creative Heart Productions

STAGED READING

Best Production - Staged Reading


The Children's Hour - The Bent

The Mountaintop - Thought Theatre

The Scarlet Tattoo - The Bent


Best Production - Staged Reading - Professional


Dispersion of Light - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Fear - Desert Ensemble Theatre

A Quarrel of Sparrows - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Right Before I Go - Creative Heart Productions

Seven - PS Young Playwrights Festival

The Kellogg Murders - PS Young Playwrights Festival


Best Director - Staged Reading - Professional


Jerome Elliott Moskowitz - Dispersion of Light - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Keith Hoffman - Fear - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Miri Hunter - The Mountaintop - Thought Theatre

Patricia West-Del Ruth - Right Before I Go - Creative Heart Productions

Patricia West-Del Ruth - The Children's Hour - The Bent

Chuck Yates - A Quarrel of Sparrows - Desert Ensemble Theatre


Best Lead Actor - Staged Reading


Nathan Cox - The Children's Hour - The Bent

Kevin Hayles - The Mountaintop - Thought Theatre

Jason Reale - A Quarrel of Sparrows - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Jason Reale - Right Before I Go - Creative Heart Productions

Raul Valenzuela - The Kellogg Murders - PS Young Playwrights Festival


Best Lead Actor - Staged Reading - Professional


Charles Herrera - Dispersion of Light - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Howard Shangraw - A Quarrel of Sparrows - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Chuck Yates - Fear - Desert Ensemble Theatre

David Youse - Fear - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Stan Zimmerman - Right Before I Go - Creative Heart Productions


Best Lead Actress - Staged Reading


Veronica Alcantar - The Mountaintop - Thought Theatre

Rebecca McWilliams - The Scarlet Tattoo - The Bent

Clare Merritt - The Children's Hour - The Bent

Kudra Wagner - The Children's Hour - The Bent


Best Lead Actress - Staged Reading - Professional


Barbara Kerr - A Quarrel of Sparrows - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Angela Landis - Dispersion of Light - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Lizzie Schmelling - Right Before I Go - Creative Heart Productions


Best Supporting Actor - Staged Reading


John Corr - Seven - PS Young Playwrights Festival

James Flaherty - Dispersion of Light - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Randy Florence - Right Before I Go - Creative Heart Productions

Carlos Garcia - Fear - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Jeffrey Norman - A Quarrel of Sparrows - Desert Ensemble Theatre


Best Supporting Actor - Staged Reading - Professional


Noah Bentley - The Kellogg Murders - PS Young Playwrights Festival

Daniel DiMaggio - The Kellogg Murders - PS Young Playwrights Festival

Keith Hoffman - A Quarrel of Sparrows - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Keith Hoffman - Seven - PS Young Playwrights Festival

Cullen McCarthy - The Kellogg Murders - PS Young Playwrights Festival


Best Supporting Actress - Staged Reading


Melanie Blue - Dispersion of Light - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Jaci Davis - The Children's Hour - The Bent

Katrina Dixon - The Children's Hour - The Bent


Best Supporting Female Actress - Staged Reading - Professional


Judith Chapman - The Children's Hour - The Bent

Shannon Mary Dixon - A Quarrel of Sparrows - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Laua Marano - Seven - PS Young Playwrights Festival

Lizzie Schmelling - Dispersion of Light - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Lizzie Schmelling - Seven - PS Young Playwrights Festival


The Bill Groves Award for Best Original Writing


Kayla McCarty - Seven - PS Young Playwrights Festival

Michael Reno - Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre

Rich Rubin - Dispersion of Light - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Peyton Taylor - The Kellogg Murders - PS Young Playwrights Festival

Matt Williams - Fear - Desert Ensemble Theatre

CABARET/REVUE SHOW

Best Production - Cabaret/Revue


1963 - Desert Theatricals

Broadway Backwards - Palm Canyon Theatre

Guilty Pleasures - Sun City Palm Desert

Making Spirits Bright - Desert Theatricals

Musical Mischief - Theatre 29

Sounds of the Season - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Production - Cabaret/Revue - Professional


Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre

Skippy N' Bitsy's All-Star Christmas TV Extravaganza - The Bent

The Mod Squad - Desert Theatricals


Best Director - Cabaret/Revue


Scott Clinkscales - Musical Mischief - Theatre 29

Tod Macofsky - 1963 - Desert Theatricals

Karen Schmitt - Guilty Pleasures - Sun City Palm Desert

Derik Shopinski - Broadway Backwards - Palm Canyon Theatre

Derik Shopinski - Sounds of the Season - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Director - Cabaret/Revue - Professional


Francesca Amari - The Mod Squad - Desert Theatricals

Terry Ray - Skippy N' Bitsy's All-Star Christmas TV Extravaganza - The Bent

Michael Reno - Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre


Best Musical Director - Cabaret/Revue - Professional


Wayne Abravanel - The Mod Squad - Desert Theatricals

Gary Gand - 1963 - Desert Theatricals

Chuck Peery - Broadway Backwards - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Lead Male Performer Cabaret/Revue


Scott Clinkscales - Broadway Backwards - Palm Canyon Theatre

Scott Clinkscales - Musical Mischief - Theatre 29

Scott Clinkscales - Sounds of the Season - Palm Canyon Theatre

Shane Lavender - Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre

Christian Quevedo - Sounds of the Season - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Lead Male Performer - Cabaret/Revue - Professional


Wayne Abravanel - The Mod Squad - Desert Theatricals

Jeffrey Adair - Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre

Andy Dimino - Making Spirits Bright - Desert Theatricals

Paul MacKey - Guilty Pleasures - Sun City Palm Desert

Nicholas Sloan - Broadway Backwards - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Lead Female Performer - Cabaret/Revue


Jane Guy - Skippy N' Bitsy's All-Star Christmas TV Extravaganza - The Bent

Analisa Pilecki - Musical Mischief - Theatre 29

Jasmine Shaffer - Musical Mischief - Theatre 29

Sheri Shepard - Guilty Pleasures - Sun City Palm Desert

Georgia Smith - Sounds of the Season - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Lead Female Performer - Cabaret/Revue - Professional


Francesca Amari - The Mod Squad - Desert Theatricals

Gwendolyn Coleman - Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre

Susan Griffiths - Making Spirits Bright - Desert Theatricals

Se Layne - Sounds of the Season - Palm Canyon Theatre

Jamie Leigh Walker - Broadway Backwards - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Supporting Male Performer - Cabaret/Revue


Travis Creston Detwiler - Skippy N' Bitsy's All-Star Christmas TV Extravaganza - The Bent

Christian Quevedo - Broadway Backwards - Palm Canyon Theatre

Rick Rowen - Guilty Pleasures - Sun City Palm Desert

Sheldon Safir - Broadway Backwards - Palm Canyon Theatre

Brad Seiple - Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre


Best Supporting Male Performer - Cabaret/Revue - Professional


Brian Applegarth - Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre

Jonathan Brett - Sounds of the Season - Palm Canyon Theatre

Michael Pacas - Sounds of the Season - Palm Canyon Theatre

Steve Rosenbaum - Skippy N' Bitsy's All-Star Christmas TV Extravaganza - The Bent

Eric Seppala - Skippy N' Bitsy's All-Star Christmas TV Extravaganza - The Bent


Best Supporting Female Performer - Cabaret/Revue


Jenne Carey - Sounds of the Season - Palm Canyon Theatre

Tiffany Crocker - Musical Mischief - Theatre 29

Mary Montiforte - Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre

Karen Schmitt - Guilty Pleasures - Sun City Palm Desert

Georgia Smith - Broadway Backwards - Palm Canyon Theatre


Best Supporting Female Performer - Cabaret/Revue - Professional


Francesca Amari - Sounds of the Season - Palm Canyon Theatre

Patti Gribow - Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre

Se Layne - Broadway Backwards - Palm Canyon Theatre

ONE ACTS

BEST LEAD ACTRESS-ONE ACTS


Judith Cameron – Itch - Sun City Palm Desert

Becky Cranford - Family Names - Sun City Palm Desert

Ramona Larson - Cornbread and Beans - Sun City Palm Desert

Carole Raskin - Family Names - Sun City Palm Desert

Alden West - A Surprise Visit from Mom - Sun City Palm Desert

Alicia Wilson - Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Pinata Woman, etc. - Green Room Theatre Co.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS-ONE ACTS


Chantalle Acevedo - Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Pinata Woman, etc. - Green Room Theatre Co.

Laurie Dichtel - Cornbread and Beans - Sun City Palm Desert

Daisy Posadas - Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Pinata Woman, etc. - Green Room Theatre Co.

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Set Design


Becky Cranford/Richard Cordobes - Farce of Nature - Sun City Palm Desert

Daniel Gray - Shrek The Musical - La Quinta High School

DHSHS Tech Department - Puffs - Desert Hot Springs High School

Jason Reale - The Cake - The Bent

Jason Reale - The Inheritance Part One - The Bent


Best Set Design - Professional


Jimmy Cuomo - Grand Concourse - Dezart Performs

Desert Theatricals - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals

J.W. Layne - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

J.W. Layne - Victor/Victoria - Palm Canyon Theatre

The Music & Theatre Company - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Thomas L. Valach - Tru - Desert Ensemble Theatre


Best Sound Design


Nick Campbell - La Cage Aux Folles - Palm Canyon Theatre

Nick Campbell - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Parker Jaeger - In The Heights - Shadow Hills High School

Efren Mendez - Shrek The Musical - La Quinta High School

Nadia Stegen - The SpongeBob Musical - Rancho Mirage High School


Best Sound Design - Professional


Clark Dugger/Kelly McGuire - Falsettos - Dezart Performs

Andrew M. Edwards - Tru - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Ilana Elroi - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Ilana Elroi - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals

Groundhob Audio/Dave Hobday - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals


Best Lighting Design


DHSHS Tech Department - Puffs - Desert Hot Springs High School

August Ellsworth/Ravanne Tinsay - In The Heights - Shadow Hills High School

Kaitlin Fox - Shrek The Musical - La Quinta High School

Oakley McPhee - Metamorphoses - Indio High School

Nadia Stegen - Works in Progress - Rancho Mirage High School


Best Lighting Design - Professional


J.W. Layne - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Austin Womack - Jesus Christ Superstar - College of the Desert

Gavan Wyrick - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Gavan Wyrick - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

Gavan Wyrick - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals


Best Costume Design


Emma Bibo - Grand Concourse - Dezart Performs

Tera Noel Bottorff - Sound of Music - Theatre 29

Cindy Daigneault - Seussical the Musical Jr. - Theatre 29

Britt Pannell/Brittany Sanchez - Metamorphoses - Indio High School

Joelle Drury/Trenalee Pieper - 12th Night - Joshua Tree Shakespeare Festival

Denee Dentice - The Cake - The Bent

Kathryn Ferguson - Clue - Theatre 29


Best Costume Design - Professional


Michael Reno - Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre

Derik Shopinski - La Cage Aux Folles - Palm Canyon Theatre

Derik Shopinski - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Theatre Company/Leslie Upp - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Leslie Upp - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals


The Ron Hamm Award for Best Hair and Makeup Design


Tessa Gregory-Walker - Grand Concourse - Dezart Performs

Liam Keeran/Ava Roberts - Seussical the Musical Jr. - Theatre 29

Brittany Sanchez - Beetlejuice - Indio High School

Brittany Sanchez - Metamorphoses - Indio High School

Cindy Sanchez-Gomez - 12 Angry Jurors - College of the Desert


The Ron Hamm Award for Best Hair and Makeup Design - Professional


Se Layne - A Very Sordid Wedding - Palm Canyon Theatre

Se Layne - La Cage Aux Folles - Palm Canyon Theatre

Se Layne/Derik Shopinski - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Timothy McIntosh/Kathryn Scott - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Kathryn Scott - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

Kathryn Scott - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals


Best Props


Jackson Enzler/Joyanne Tracy - My Fair Lady - Palm Canyon Theatre

Desert Hot Springs High School Tech Crew - In The Heights - Desert Hot Springs High School

Leslie Upp/Desert Theatricals - Oliver! - Desert Theatricals

Leslie Upp - Hairspray - Desert Theatricals

Leslie Upp - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals


Best Props - Professional


Jeffrey Adair/Gwendolyn Coleman/Michael Reno - Broadway Show Stoppers - Friends of Musical Theatre

Tessa Gregory-Walker - God of Carnage - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Tessa Gregory-Walker - The Cake - The Bent

Tessa Gregory-Walker/Chuck Yates - Tru - Desert Ensemble Theatre

Laura Stearns - Fat Ham - Dezart Performs

Greg Thorneycroft - Falsettos - Dezart Performs


Best Special Effects


DHSHS Tech Department - Puffs - Desert Hot Springs High School

Nick Edwards - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Palm Canyon Theatre

Nick Edwards - Victor/Victoria - Palm Canyon Theatre

Oakley McPhee - Metamorphoses - Indio High School

Nadia Stegens - The SpongeBob Musical - Rancho Mirage High School


Best Special Effects - Professional


Alan Carvalho - Right Before I Go - Creative Heart Productions

Russell Currington/Jason Graham/Stage Monkey - Into the Woods - Desert Theatricals

Clark Dugger/Laura Stearns - Fat Ham - Dezart Performs

Nick Wass - Bring It On - Palm Springs High School

Nick Wass - The Inheritance Part One - The Bent

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