Announcing the Second Annual Twin Cities Theater Bloggers Awards! Eleven bloggers* submitted nominations and will be voting on the winners this week. Winners will be announced on Monday January 9 on our Facebook page and during our #TCTheater Twitter chat at 8 pm. See you there!
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Favorite comedic performance by an individual:
-Sasha Andreev, Buyer and Cellar (Hennepin Theatre Trust)
-Shanan Custer, Calendar Girls and The Liar (Park Square Theatre) and Sometimes There's Wine (Minnesota Fringe)
-Robert Dorfman, And So It Goes (Dark & Stormy Productions) and Sense and Sensibility (Guthrie Theater)
-Greta Grosch, Rise Up, O Men (Plymouth Playhouse)
-Janet Paone, Dear World (Ten Thousand Things) and Rise Up, O Men (Plymouth Playhouse)
-Carolyn Pool, Calendar Girls (Park Square) and Sometimes There's Wine (Minnesota Fringe)
-Sasha Andreev, Buyer and Cellar (Hennepin Theatre Trust)
-Shanan Custer, Calendar Girls and The Liar (Park Square Theatre) and Sometimes There's Wine (Minnesota Fringe)
-Robert Dorfman, And So It Goes (Dark & Stormy Productions) and Sense and Sensibility (Guthrie Theater)
-Greta Grosch, Rise Up, O Men (Plymouth Playhouse)
-Janet Paone, Dear World (Ten Thousand Things) and Rise Up, O Men (Plymouth Playhouse)
-Carolyn Pool, Calendar Girls (Park Square) and Sometimes There's Wine (Minnesota Fringe)
Favorite dramatic performance by an individual:
-Ansa Akyea, Bars and Measures (The Jungle Theater)
-Christina Baldwin, The Oldest Boy (Jungle)
-Patrick Coyle, Death of a Salesman (Yellow Tree Theatre)
-Darius Dotch, Bars and Measures (Jungle) and Raisin in the Sun (Park Square)
-Bhavesh Patel, Disgraced (Guthrie Theater)
-Andrew Erskine Wheeler, The Christians (Walking Shadow Theatre Company)
-Ansa Akyea, Bars and Measures (The Jungle Theater)
-Christina Baldwin, The Oldest Boy (Jungle)
-Patrick Coyle, Death of a Salesman (Yellow Tree Theatre)
-Darius Dotch, Bars and Measures (Jungle) and Raisin in the Sun (Park Square)
-Bhavesh Patel, Disgraced (Guthrie Theater)
-Andrew Erskine Wheeler, The Christians (Walking Shadow Theatre Company)
Favorite musical performance by an individual:
-Bradley Greenwald, C. (Theater Latte Da)
-Tyler Michaels, Teen Idol (History Theatre)
-David Murray, Ragtime (Theater Latte Da) and Cinderella (Children's Theatre Company)
-Britta Ollmann, Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
-Regina Marie Williams, Nina Simone (Park Square)
-Max Wojtanowicz, Ball: A Musical Tribute to My Lost Testicle (Minnesota Fringe and The Catalysts)
-Bradley Greenwald, C. (Theater Latte Da)
-Tyler Michaels, Teen Idol (History Theatre)
-David Murray, Ragtime (Theater Latte Da) and Cinderella (Children's Theatre Company)
-Britta Ollmann, Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
-Regina Marie Williams, Nina Simone (Park Square)
-Max Wojtanowicz, Ball: A Musical Tribute to My Lost Testicle (Minnesota Fringe and The Catalysts)
Favorite comedic performance by an ensemble:
-Barbecue (Mixed Blood Theatre Company)
-Calendar Girls (Park Square)
-The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (Four Humors and Guthrie Theater)
-Le Switch (Jungle)
-The Norwegians
-Barbecue (Mixed Blood Theatre Company)
-Calendar Girls (Park Square)
-The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (Four Humors and Guthrie Theater)
-Le Switch (Jungle)
-The Norwegians
Favorite dramatic performance by an ensemble:
-Normal Heart/Coriolanus (NEW EPIC THEATER)
-Jitney (Penumbra Theatre Company)
-Raisin in the Sun (Park Square)
-Scapegoat (Pillsbury House Theatre)
-Trouble in Mind (Guthrie Theater)
-Normal Heart/Coriolanus (NEW EPIC THEATER)
-Jitney (Penumbra Theatre Company)
-Raisin in the Sun (Park Square)
-Scapegoat (Pillsbury House Theatre)
-Trouble in Mind (Guthrie Theater)
Favorite musical performance by an ensemble:
-C. (Theater Latte Da)
-Fantasticks (Nautilus Music-Theater)
-Nina Simone: Four Women (Park Square)
-Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
-Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story (History Theatre)
-C. (Theater Latte Da)
-Fantasticks (Nautilus Music-Theater)
-Nina Simone: Four Women (Park Square)
-Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
-Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story (History Theatre)
Favorite director of a play:
-Lou Bellamy, Jitney (Penumbra Theatre Company)
-Jeremy Cohen, Le Switch (Jungle)
-Valerie Curtis Newton, Trouble in Mind (Guthrie Theater)
-Sarah Rasmussen, Oldest Boy and Two Gentlemen of Verona (Jungle) and Sense and Sensibility (Guthrie Theater)
-Joseph Stodola, Normal Heart/Coriolanus (NEW EPIC THEATER)
-Lou Bellamy, Jitney (Penumbra Theatre Company)
-Jeremy Cohen, Le Switch (Jungle)
-Valerie Curtis Newton, Trouble in Mind (Guthrie Theater)
-Sarah Rasmussen, Oldest Boy and Two Gentlemen of Verona (Jungle) and Sense and Sensibility (Guthrie Theater)
-Joseph Stodola, Normal Heart/Coriolanus (NEW EPIC THEATER)
Favorite director of a musical:
-Michael Brindisi, Beauty and the Beast (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres)
-Ron Peluso, Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story (History Theatre)
-Faye Price, Nina Simone: Four Women (Park Square)
-Sarah Rasmussen, Dear World (Ten Thousand Things)
-Peter Rothstein, Gypsy and Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
-Michael Brindisi, Beauty and the Beast (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres)
-Ron Peluso, Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story (History Theatre)
-Faye Price, Nina Simone: Four Women (Park Square)
-Sarah Rasmussen, Dear World (Ten Thousand Things)
-Peter Rothstein, Gypsy and Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
Favorite musical director:
-Jason Hansen, C. (Theater Latte Da)
-George Maurer, Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story (History Theatre)
-Sandford Moore, Nina Simone: Four Women (Park Square) and Parchman Hour (Guthrie Theater)
-Denise Prosek, Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
-Joseph Vass, Soul of Gershwin (Park Square)
-Jason Hansen, C. (Theater Latte Da)
-George Maurer, Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story (History Theatre)
-Sandford Moore, Nina Simone: Four Women (Park Square) and Parchman Hour (Guthrie Theater)
-Denise Prosek, Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
-Joseph Vass, Soul of Gershwin (Park Square)
Favorite choreographer:
-Joe Chvala, Passing through Pig's Eye (The Flying Foot Forum and Park Square)
-Tamara Kangas Erickson, Beauty and the Beast (Chanhassen)
-James Rocco, White Christmas (Ordway Center for the Performing Arts)
-Rachel Rockwell, Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Children's Theatre Company)
-Kelli Foster Warder, Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
-Joe Chvala, Passing through Pig's Eye (The Flying Foot Forum and Park Square)
-Tamara Kangas Erickson, Beauty and the Beast (Chanhassen)
-James Rocco, White Christmas (Ordway Center for the Performing Arts)
-Rachel Rockwell, Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Children's Theatre Company)
-Kelli Foster Warder, Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
Favorite production design:
-Beauty and the Beast (Chanhassen)
-The Children (Pillsbury House Theatre)
-Constellations (Jungle)
-Lion in Winter (Guthrie Theater)
-Normal Heart/Coriolanus (NEW EPIC THEATER)
-Beauty and the Beast (Chanhassen)
-The Children (Pillsbury House Theatre)
-Constellations (Jungle)
-Lion in Winter (Guthrie Theater)
-Normal Heart/Coriolanus (NEW EPIC THEATER)
Favorite play:
- The Christians (Walking Shadow)
-Constellations (Jungle)
-Disgraced (Guthrie Theater)
-Raisin in the Sun (Park Square)
-Trouble in Mind (Gutrie Theater)
- The Christians (Walking Shadow)
-Constellations (Jungle)
-Disgraced (Guthrie Theater)
-Raisin in the Sun (Park Square)
-Trouble in Mind (Gutrie Theater)
Favorite musical:
-A Chorus Line (Ordway)
-Dear World (Ten Thousand Things)
-Gypsy (Theater Latte Da)
-Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
-Violet (Yellow Tree Theatre)
-A Chorus Line (Ordway)
-Dear World (Ten Thousand Things)
-Gypsy (Theater Latte Da)
-Ragtime (Theater Latte Da)
-Violet (Yellow Tree Theatre)
Favorite new work:
-Baltimore is Burning (Underdog Theatre)
-Lasso of Truth (Walking Shadow)
-Le Switch (Jungle)
-Nina Simone: Four Women (Park Square Theatre)
-The Passage, or What Comes of Searching in the Dark (7th House Theater and Guthrie Theater)
-Scapegoat (Pillsbury House Theatre)
-Baltimore is Burning (Underdog Theatre)
-Lasso of Truth (Walking Shadow)
-Le Switch (Jungle)
-Nina Simone: Four Women (Park Square Theatre)
-The Passage, or What Comes of Searching in the Dark (7th House Theater and Guthrie Theater)
-Scapegoat (Pillsbury House Theatre)
Favorite theater company:
- Jungle Theater
- Pillsbury House Theatre
- Theater Latte Da
- Ten Thousand Things
- Transatlantic Love Affair
- Jungle Theater
- Pillsbury House Theatre
- Theater Latte Da
- Ten Thousand Things
- Transatlantic Love Affair
Favorite theater venue:
- Guthrie Theater
- Jungle Theater
- Park Square Theatre
*Bloggers from the following blogs participated in the nomination process, in which each blogger submitted their list of nominees. Results were tabulated and the top 5 (or 6) nominees in each category are included. Ties were decided by a sub-committee of the 11 bloggers.
