2019 Twin Cities Theater Blogger Award Nominations

Announcing the 5th Annual Twin Cities Theater Bloggers Awards, covering #TCTheater performances in 2019! Eight of our bloggers contributed nominations for their favorite performances of the year, and the 5-6 nominees with the most nominations in each category are listed below. From here, our bloggers will vote on their favorite in each category, with winners announced next week.

Participating bloggers: Bite-Sized Beet, Cherry and Spoon, Compendium - Minneapolis, Minnesota Theater Love, Play off the Page, The Stages of MN, Twin Cities Stages, and Kit Bix.

Favorite Comedic Performance by an Individual
- David Beukema - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Old Log Theatre
- Eric Sharp - Hot Asian Doctor Husband, Theater Mu
- Katie Bradley - Caught, Full Circle Theater Company
- Meghan Kreidler - Hot Asian Doctor Husband, Theater Mu
- Nate Cheeseman - Stinkers, The Jungle Theater
- Neal Skoy - The Beldenville Troll, Open Eye Figure Theatre

Favorite Dramatic Performance by an Individual
- Charity Jones - Gloria: A Life, History Theatre
- Dame Jasmine Hughes - Benevolence, Penumbra Theatre Company AND Floyd's, Guthrie Theater
- Kurt Kwan - Aubergine, Park Square Theatre AND Great Leap, Guthrie
- Laura Zabel - Roe, Mixed Blood Theatre Company
- Sara Marsh - Benevolence, Penumbra
- Tracey Maloney - Roe, Mixed Blood

Favorite Musical Performance by an Individual
- Becca Hart - Ride the Cyclone, Jungle
- Kersten Rodau - Mamma Mia!, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
- Max Wojtanowicz - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Old Log
- Maxwell Ward - Be More Chill, Minneapolis Musical Theatre
- Riley McNutt - A New Brain, Artistry MN
- Tyler Michaels King - Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Theater Latté Da

Favorite Comedic Performance by an Ensemble
- Adventures in Mating, DalekoArts
- Hot Asian Doctor Husband, Theater Mu
- Small Mouth Sounds, Jungle
- Steel Magnolias, Guthrie
- Stinkers, Jungle

Favorite Dramatic Performance by an Ensemble
- Benevolence, Penumbra
- Caught, Full Circle
- Floyd's, Guthrie
- Jimmy and Lorraine: A Musing, Pillsbury House Theatre
- School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play, Jungle

Favorite Musical Performance by an Ensemble
- Be More Chill, Minneapolis Musical Theatre
- Chicago, Theater Latte Da
- Jefferson Township Sparkling Junior Talent Pageant, Park Square
- A New Brain, Artistry
- Ride the Cyclone, Jungle

Favorite Director of a Play
- Lou Bellamy - Brothers Paranormal, Penumbra/Mu AND Pipeline, Penumbra
- Mark Valdez - Roe, Mixed Blood
- Rick Shiomi - Caught, Full Circle
- Shá Cage - School Girls, Jungle
- Talvin Wilks - Benevolence, Penumbra

Favorite Director of a Musical
- Benjamin McGovern - A New Brain, Artistry
- Peter Rothstein - All Is Calm AND Candide AND Chicago AND Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Theater Latte Da
- Sara Pillatzki Warzeha - Be More Chill, Minneapolis Musical Theatre
- Sarah Rasmussen - Ride the Cyclone, Jungle
- Scott Ford - Bright Star, Lyric Arts

Favorite Music Director
- Anita Ruth - A New Brain AND Victor/Victoria, Artistry
- Denise Prosek - Chicago, Theater Latte Da
- Harrison Wade - Gone Missing AND Sea Cabinet, Theatre Elision
- Jason Hansen - Hedwig and the Angry Inch AND A Little Night Music, Theater Latte Da
- Mark Christine - Ride the Cyclone, Jungle

Favorite Choreographer
- Emily Michaels King and Tyler Michaels King - The Hollow, Trademark Theater
- Jared Grimes - 42nd Street, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
- Jim Lichtscheidl - Ride the Cyclone, Jungle
- Kelli Foster Warder - Chicago, Theater Latte Da
- Tamara Kangas Erickson - Mamma Mia!, Chanhassen

Favorite Scenic Design
- Chelsea M Warren - Ride the Cyclone, Jungle
- Eli Sherlock - Chicago, Theater Latte Da
- Joel Sass - The Beldenville Troll, Open Eye AND Little Night Music, Theater Latte Da
- Maruti Evans - Benevolence, Penumbra AND To Let Go And Fall, Theater Latte Da
- Vicki Smith - Brothers Paranormal, Penumbra/Mu

Favorite Costume Design
- Alice Fredrickson - Chicago AND Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Theater Latte Da
- Jacqueline Addison - School Girls, Jungle
- Mathew LeFebvre - Benevolence, Penumbra AND Brothers Paranormal, Penumbra/Mu
- Rich Hamson - A Little Night Music, Theater Latte Da AND Mamma Mia!, Chanhassen
- Trevor Bowen - Jimmy and Lorraine, Pillsbury AND Ride the Cyclone, Jungle

Favorite Lighting Design
- Christopher Akerlind - Floyd's AND Glass Menagerie, Guthrie
- Karin Olson - Brothers Paranormal, Penumbra/Mu AND School Girls, Jungle
- Marcus Dilliard - All Is Calm, Theater Latte Da AND Benevolence, Penumbra AND Ride the Cyclone, Jungle
- Mary Shabatura - Chicago AND Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Theater Latte Da
- Paul P Whitaker - Great Leap, Guthrie

Favorite Sound Design
- C Andrew Mayer - Chicago, Theater Latte Fa AND Journey's End, Gremlin Theatre
- Jane Shaw - Steel Magnolias, Guthrie
- Scot Froelich - Church and State, Segue Productions AND Drowning Girls, Freshwater Theatre Company
- Scott Edwards - Autonomy, Mixed Blood AND Brothers Paranormal, Penumbra/Mu
- Sean Healey - Ride the Cyclone, Jungle

Favorite Play
- Brothers Paranormal, Penumbra/Mu
- Caught, Full Circle
- Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Yellow Tree Theatre
- Roe, Mixed Blood
- School Girls, Jungle

Favorite Musical
- Chicago, Theater Latte Da
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Theater Latte Da
- A New Brain, Artistry
- Ride Cyclone, Jungle

Favorite New Work
- Benevolence, Penumbra
- Floyd's, Guthrie
- The Hollow, Trademark
- Stoopidity, Domino D'Lorion, Ian McCarthy, and Michael McKitt for Minnesota Fringe
- To Let Go And Fall, Theater Latte Da

Favorite Theater
- Jungle Theater
- Penumbra Theatre
- Ten Thousand Things
- Theater Latte Da
- Theater Mu

Favorite Venue
- Guthrie Theater
- Jungle Theater
- Ordway Center
- Ritz Theater
- The Southern Theater