Monday, January 6, 2025

2024 Twin Cities Theater Blogger Award Nominations

Happy New Year friends! With the conclusion of 2024 comes the 10th annual Twin Cities Theater Blogger Awards. It's hard to believe that we've been doing this for ten years, but it never gets easier to choose a few favorites among the cornucopia of fantastic theater in this town. Here are our nominees, which will be voted on by the bloggers, with winners announced next week. Congratulations to everyone on the fantastic work this year!
FAVORITE COMEDIC PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
Grace Hillmyer - Kinky Boots, Lyric Arts
Madeleine Rowe - Honey I'm Home, guest artists series at Open Eye Theatre
MJ Matheson - The Reunion, Trademark Theater
Noah Hynick - Radiant Vermin, Lyric Arts
Ryan London Levin - Just For Us, Six Points Theater
FAVORITE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
Angela Timberman - Apples in Winter, Gremlin Theatre
Brittany Parker - Ironbound, Frank Theatre
Darius Dotch - Behind the Sun, History Theatre
Neal Beckman - Torch Song, Six Points Theater
Tyler Michaels King - Richard II, Guthrie Theater
FAVORITE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
Christine Wade - Penelope, Theatre Elision
Katherine Fried -The Spitfire Grill, Ten Thousand Things Theater
Monet Sabel - Beautiful, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
Nubia Monks - The Color Purple, Theater Latté Da
Sheena Janson Kelley - The Sound of Music, Artistry MN
FAVORITE COMEDIC PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Nocturnal Giraffe Theatre
The Reunion, Trademark Theater
The Servant of Two Masters, Lyric Arts
Stones in His Pockets, Theater Latte Da
Toil and Trouble, Yellow Tree Theatre
FAVORITE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
The History Plays, Guthrie Theater
Ironbound, Frank Theatre
The Lehman Trilogy, Guthrie Theater
Steel Magnolias, Yellow Tree Theatre
FAVORITE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
Johnny Skeeky, Theater Latte Da
Little Shop of Horrors, Guthrie Theater
Rent, Artistry MN
Scotland PA, Theater Latte Da
The Spitfire Grill, Ten Thousand Things
FAVORITE DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Austene Van - The Skeleton Crew, Guthrie Theater and Steel Magnolias, Yellow Tree Theatre
Joel Sass - The Hatmaker's Wife, Ten Thousand Things
Joseph Haj - The History Plays, Guthrie Theater
Marci Lucht - Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, Lyric Arts
Wendy Knox - Ironbound, Frank Theatre
FAVORITE DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Kelli Foster Warder - Rent, Artistry MN
Lonny Price and Matt Cowart - Scotland PA, Theater Latte Da
Marcela Lorca and Michelle O'Neill - The Spitfire Grill, Ten Thousand Things
Max Wojtanowicz - The Sound of Music, Artistry MN
Michael Brindisi and Cat Brindisi - Beautiful, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
FAVORITE MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Anita Ruth - Crazy for You, Artistry MN
Harrison Wade - In the Green, Sea Cabinet, Penelope, and Ghost Quartet, Theatre Elision
Jason Hansen - Rent, Artistry
Raymond Berg - The Sound of Music, Artistry MN
Sanford Moore - The Color Purple and Scotland PA, Theater Latte Da, and Handprints, History Theatre
FAVORITE CHOREOGRAPHER
Elly Stahlke and Kyle Weiler - Crazy for You, Artistry MN
Jaclyn McConald - Kinky Boots, Lyric Arts
Kelli Foster Warder and Joey Miller – Rent, Artistry MN
Rush Benson - Blended Harmony, History Theatre
Tamara Kangas Erickson - White Christmas, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
FAVORITE OVERALL DESIGN
The Heart Sellers, Guthrie Theater (scenic design: Wilson Chin, costume design: Junghyun Georgia Lee, lighting design: Kat C. Zhou, sound design: Fabian Obispo)
The History Plays, Guthrie Theater (scenic design: Jan Chambers, costume design: Trevor Bowen, lighting design: Heather Gilbert, sound design: Mikaal Sulaiman)
Ironbound, Frank Theatre (scenic design: Joe Stanley, costume design: Amelia Cheever, lighting design: Tony Stoeri, sound design: Dan Dukich)
Johnny Skeeky, Theater Latte Da (scenic design: Benjamin Olsen, costume design: Sonya Berlovitz, lighting design: Karin Olson, sound design: Kevin Springer)
Little Shop of Horrors, Guthrie Theater (scenic design: Lex Liang, costume design: Sully Rutke, lighting design: Allen Lee Hughes, sound design: Matt Kraus)
FAVORITE PLAY
The Hatmaker's Wife, Ten Thousand Things
Ironbound, Frank Theatre
The Lehman Trilogy, Guthrie Theater
Steel Magnolias, Yellow Tree Theatre
Stones in His Pockets, Theater Latte Da
FAVORITE MUSICAL
Beautiful, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
Little Shop of Horrors, Guthrie Theater
Rent, Artistry MN
Scotland PA, Theater Latte Da
The Spitfire Grill, Ten Thousand Things
FAVORITE NEW WORK
Johnny Skeeky, Theater Latte Da
A Jumping-Off Point, The Jungle Theater
Lincoln's Children, Fortune's Fool Theatre
The Reunion, Trademark Theater
Survivors of the Fire, Bucket Brigade
FAVORITE THEATER COMPANY
Theatre Elision
Theater Latte Da
Lyric Arts
Ten Thousand Things
Yellow Tree Theatre
FAVORITE THEATER VENUE
Gremlin Theatre
Guthrie Theater
The Hive Collaborative
The Ritz Theater (Theater Latte Da )
Open Eye Figure Theatre
FAVORITE EMERGING ARTIST
Audrey Mojica (Alice in Wonderland, Blended Harmony)
Katherine Fried (The Spitfire Grill, Scotland PA)
Noah Hynick (Radiant Vermin, Complete Works..., Peter and the Starcatcher, Georgiana and Kitty)
Tara Borman (Eleemosynary, Scotland PA, Steel Magnolias)
Tolu Ekisola (Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial..., Once Upon a Time..., Steel Magnolias)