Announcing the 11th Annual TCTB Award nominations! Each blogger submitted a list of nominees, and those with the most submissions were included in the final list of 5(ish) per category. We will be voting for our favorites this week, and plan to announce the results on The Stages of MN's YouTube show sometime next week, so stay tuned! In the meantime, what were YOUR favorites of 2025?
FAVORITE COMEDIC PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
-Armando Harlow Ronconi - Singin' in the Rain AND Waitress, Artistry MN
-Cherly Willis - Souvenir, Gremlin Theatre
-Kate Beahen - A Christmas Carol... More or Less, Yellow Tree Theatre
-Noah Hynick - Significant Other, Lyric Arts
-Sally Wingert - An Act of God AND It's Only a Play, Six Points Theater and Park Square Theatre
FAVORITE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
-Amelia Pedlow - A Doll's House, Guthrie Theater
-Bryce Michael Wood - Primary Trust, Guthrie
-Dustin Bronson - Misery, Yellow Tree
-Sushma Saha - Maybe You Could Love Me, Theater Mu
-Tracey Maloney - Cherry Orchard, The Jungle Theater and The Moving Company
FAVORITE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
-Anna Hashizume - Grease AND My Fair Lady, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres and Theater Latté Da
-Em Adam Rosenberg - Whoa, Nellie!, History Theatre
-Erin Capello - Waitress AND Passion, Artistry and Theater Latte Da
-Jo Lampert - Cabaret, Guthrie
-Shinah Hey - Sweet Charity, Artistry
FAVORITE COMEDIC PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
-It's Only a Play, Park Square
-A Midsummer Night's Dream, Guthrie
-Nacirema Society, Guthrie
-Pride and Prejudice, Theatre in the Round
-This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing, Ten Thousand Things Theater
FAVORITE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
-Between Riverside and Crazy, Park Square
-The Cherry Orchard, Jungle and Moving Company
-Come Back, Little Sheba, Dark & Stormy Productions
-The Mousetrap, Guthrie
-The Last Yiddish Speaker, Six Points
FAVORITE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
-Fun Home, Theater Latte Da
-Lizzie: A Rock Musical, Open Eye Theatre
-Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Theatre Elision
-Violet, Ten Thousand Things
-Waitress, Artistry
-Whoa, Nellie!, History Theatre
FAVORITE DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
-Eric Morris - Love and Baseball, Artistry
-Joseph Haj - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Guthrie
-Katie Bradley - Maybe You Could Love Me AND Stop Kiss, Theater Mu
-Penelope Parsons-Lord - Pride and Prejudice, Theatre in the Round
-Tracy Brigden - A Doll's House AND The Mousetrap, Guthrie
FAVORITE DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
-Joseph Haj - Cabaret, Guthrie
-Justin Lucero - My Fair Lady AND Passion, Theater Latte Da
-Laura Leffler - Sweet Charity AND Whoa, Nellie!, Artistry and History Theatre
-Lindsay Fitzgerald - Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Theatre Elision
-Michael Brindisi - Grease, Chanhassen
FAVORITE MUSICAL DIRECTOR
-Amanda Weis - Lizzie AND Whoa, Nellie!, Open Eye and History Theatre
-Bradley Beahen - Waitress, Artistry
-Harrison Wade - Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Theatre Elision
-Jason Hansen - Fun Home AND Passion, Theater Latte Da
-Mark Hartman - Cabaret, Guthrie
FAVORITE CHOREOGRAPHER
-Abby Magalee - My Fair Lady AND Sweet Charity, Theater Latte Da and Artistry
-Casey Sams - Cabaret, Guthrie
-Danny McHugh and Kelli Foster Warder - Singin' in the Rain, Artistry
-Joey Miller - Whoa, Nellie!, History Theatre
-Tamara Kangas Erickson - Grease, Chanhassen
FAVORITE OVERALL DESIGN
-Fun Home, Theatre Latte Da (Scenic Designer: Eli Sherlock, Costume Designer: Rich Hamson, Wig, Makeup, & Hair Designer: Emma Gustafson, Sound Designer: Katharine Horowitz, Lighting Designer: Alice Trent, Props Designer: Madelaine Foster)
-The Mousetrap, Guthrie (Scenic Designer: Walt Spangler, Costume Designer: Susan Tsu, Lighting Designer: Rui Rita, Sound Designer/Composer: John Gromada)
-Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Theatre Elision (Scenic Designer: Lindsay Fitzgerald, Lighting Designer: Laine Grendle)
-Paradise Blue, Penumbra Theatre Company (Scenic Designer: Maruti Evans, Lighting Designer: Marcus Dilliard, Sound Designer/Composer: Gregory Robinson, Costume Designer: Wanda Walden)
-Whoa, Nellie!, History Theatre (Scenic Designer: Joel Sass, Props Designer: Rebecca Jo Malmstrom, Costume Designer: Bryce Turgeon, Lighting Designer: Grant E. Merges, Sound Designer: C Andrew Mayer)
FAVORITE PLAY
-Pride and Prejudice, Theatre in the Round
-Primary Trust, Guthrie
-The Rainmaker, Lyric Arts
-Somewhere, Guthrie
-Stop Kiss, Theater Mu
FAVORITE MUSICAL
-Cabaret, Guthrie
-Lizzie: A Rock Musical, Open Eye
-Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Theatre Elision
-Waitress, Artistry
-Whoa, Nellie!, History Theatre
FAVORITE NEW WORK
-Endometriosis: The Musical, Theatre in the Round
-Lesson in Love, Pillsbury House Theatre
-Maybe You Could Love Me, Theater Mu
-The Ruins, Guthrie
-Whoa, Nellie!, History Theatre
FAVORITE THEATER COMPANY
-Artistry
-Lyric Arts
-Six Points Theater
-Ten Thousand Things
-Theater Latte Da
FAVORITE THEATER VENUE
-The Crane Theater
-Gremlin Theatre
-The Hive Collaborative
-Open Eye Theatre
-Park Square Theatre
FAVORITE EMERGING ARTIST
-Antonisia Collins
-Caitlin Sparks
-David Michaeli
-Jack Bechard
-Stephanie Kahle
