2018 TCTB Award Nominations

Announcing the nominees for our Fourth Annual Twin Cities Theater Blogger (TCTB) Awards! Eight bloggers participated in the selection process (including Bite-Sized Beet, Broadway World Minneapolis/St. Paul, Cherry and Spoon , Compendium - Minneapolis, Minnesota Theater Love, Play off the Page, Twin Cities Arts Reader, and Twin Cities Stages)  and will be voting on the winner this week, for announcement next week. In the meantime, congratulations to all of the nominees, and many more artists who inspired us in 2018.

Favorite comedic performance by an individual
-Kelsey Didion - The Wickhams ( The Jungle Theater)
-Nathan Keepers - Noises Off ( Guthrie Theater)
-Riley O'Toole - Hand to God (Jungle Theater)
-Roshni Desai - The Wickhams (Jungle Theater)
-Sarah Agnew - Scapin ( Ten Thousand Things)
-Sun Mee Chomet - Two Mile Hollow ( Theater Mu / Mixed Blood Theatre Company)

Favorite dramatic performance by an individual
-C. Michael Menge - Little Women (Jungle Theater)
-Dustin Bronson - A Steady Rain ( Gremlin Theatre)
-Jon-Michael Reese - This Bitter Earth ( Penumbra Theatre Company)
-Joy Dolo - The Good Person Of Szechwan (Ten Thousand Things)
-Kate Guentzel - Pink Unicorn ( Illusion Theater)
-Sara Marsh - 'Night, Mother ( Dark & Stormy Productions)

Favorite musical performance by an individual
-Ben Bakken - Once ( Theater Latté Da)
-Jamecia Bennett - Marie And Rosetta ( Park Square Theatre)
-Kate Beahen - If/Then ( Lyric Arts)
-Paris Bennett - The Wiz (Penumbra Theatre/ Children's Theatre Company)
-Taras Wybaczynsky - High Fidelity ( Minneapolis Musical Theatre)
-Thomasina Petrus - Lady Day At Emerson's Bar And Grill (Jungle Theater)

Favorite comedic performance by an ensemble
-Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Park Square Theatre)
-The Korean Drama Addict's Guide to Losing Your Virginity (Theater Mu)
-Park and Lake (Ten Thousand Things)
-The Wickhams (Jungle Theater)
-Two Mile Hollow (Theater Mu/Mixed Blood Theatre)

Favorite dramatic performance by an ensemble
-for colored girls... (Penumbra Theatre)
-The Good Person Of Szechwan (Ten Thousand Things)
-Indecent (Guthrie Theater)
-Is God Is (Mixed Blood Theatre)
-The Wolves (Jungle Theater)

Favorite musical performance by an ensemble
-Assassins (Theater Latte Da)
-Newsies ( Chanhassen Dinner Theatres)
-Once (Theater Latte Da)
-Pirates of Penzance (Park Square Theatre)
-The Wiz (Penumbra Theatre/Children's Theatre)

Favorite director of a play
-Christina Baldwin - Hand to God AND The Wickhams (Jungle Theater)
-Nataki Garrett - Is God Is (Mixed Blood Theatre)
-Sarah Rasmussen - The Wolves (Jungle Theater)
-Taibi Magar - Familiar (Guthrie Theater)
-Talvin Wilks - This Bitter Earth (Penumbra Theatre)
-Theo Langason - Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Park Square Theatre)

Favorite director of a musical
-Doug Scholz-Carlson - Pirates of Penzance (Park Square Theatre)
-Lou Bellamy - The Wiz (Penumbra Theatre/Children's Theatre)
-Michael Brindisi - Holiday Inn AND Newsies (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres)
-Peter Rothstein - Assassins AND Five Points AND Once (Theater Latte Da)
-Sara Pillatzki Warzeha - High Fidelity (Minneapolis Musical Theatre)

Favorite music director
-Amanda Weiss - High Fidelity (Minneapolis Musical Theatre)
-Denise Prosek - Five Points (Theater Latte Da) AND Pirates of Penzance (Park Square Theatre)
-Eric Mayson - Mermaid Hour: Remixed (Mixed Blood Theatre)
-Jason Hansen - Assassins AND Once (Theater Latte Da)
-Victor Zupanc - How the Grinch Stole Christmas AND The Lorax (Children's Theatre)

Favorite choreographer
-Maija Garcia - West Side Story (Guthrie Theater)
-Marcela Lorca - Familiar (Guthrie Theater)
-Patdro Harris - The Wiz (Penumbra Theatre/Children's Theatre)
-Regina Peluso - Dance Til You Drop ( Collide Theatrical/ History Theatre)
-Tamara Kangas Erickson - Holiday Inn AND Newsies (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres)

Favorite scenic design
-Arnulfo Maldonado - Indecent (Guthrie Theater)
-Chelsea M. Warren - The Wickhams (Jungle Theater)
-Christopher Heilman - Is God Is (Mixed Blood Theatre)
-Merle Hensel - An Enemy Of People (Guthrie Theater)
-Rob Howell - The Lorax (Children's Theatre)

Favorite costume design
-Alice Fredrickson - Assassins (Theater Latte Da)
-Jen Caprio - West Side Story (Guthrie Theater)
-Mathew LeFebvre - for colored girls... (Penumbra Theatre) AND The Wiz (Penumbra Theatre/Children's Theatre)
-Rich Hamson - Holiday Inn (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres)
-Rob Howell - The Lorax (Children's Theatre)

Favorite lighting design
-Josh Epstein - Indecent (Guthrie Theater)
-Marcus Dilliard - Assassins (Theater Latte Da) AND This Bitter Earth (Penumbra Theatre) AND The Wickhams (Jungle Theater)
-Mary Shabatura - Fellow Travelers ( Minnesota Opera) AND Is God Is (Mixed Blood Theatre) AND Five Points (Theater Latte Da)
-Michael P. Kittel - Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Park Square Theatre) AND -Marie And Rosetta (Park Square Theatre) AND Grounded ( Frank Theatre)

Favorite sound design
-Cliff Caruthers - Frankenstein (Guthrie Theater)
-Forest Godfrey - The Haunting Of Hill House ( TheatreX)
-Jacob Davis - Pirates of Penzance (Park Square Theatre)
-Kate Marvin - Indecent (Guthrie Theater)
-Katharine Horowitz - A Steady Rain (Gremlin Theatre)

Favorite play
-Familiar (Guthrie Theater)
-Indecent (Guthrie Theater)
-The Wickhams (Jungle Theater)
-The Wolves (Jungle Theater)
-This Bitter Earth (Penumbra Theatre)
-Two Mile Hollow (Mu/Mixed Blood Theatre)

Favorite musical
-Assassins (Theater Latte Da)
-High Fidelity (Minneapolis Musical Theatre)
-Mermaid Hour: Remixed (Mixed Blood Theatre)
-Once (Theater Latte Da)
-Pirates of Penzance (Park Square Theatre)

Favorite new work
-Five Points (Theater Latte Da)
-I Come From Arizona (Children's Theatre)
-The Korean Drama Addict's Guide to Losing Your Virginity (Theater Mu)
-Mermaid Hour: Remixed (Mixed Blood Theatre)
-The Wickhams (Jungle Theater)
-Words Do Move ( Sandbox Theatre)

Favorite theater company
-Jungle Theater
-Mixed Blood Theatre
-Penumbra Theatre
-Theater Latte Da
-Theater Mu

Favorite theater venue
-Guthrie Theater
-Jungle Theater
-Mixed Blood Theatre
-Park Square Theatre
-Ritz Theater

Favorite site-specific work
-Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feeling ( Theatre Elision at Mojo Coffee Gallery)
-High Fidelity (Minneapolis Musical Theatre at Electric Fetus)
-Our House: The Capitol Play Project ( Wonderlust Productions at Minnesota State Capitol)
-The Haunting of Hill House (TheatreX at James J. Hill House)
-Thomas Tallis ( The Orchard Theater Collective at Calvary Church Minneapolis)