Tuesday, January 20, 2026

2025 Twin Cities Theater Blogger Award Winners!

ICYMI: we announced the winners of the 11th Annual TCTB Awards on The Stages of MN's YouTube show last week, with contributions by Cherry and Spoon, Lettered in Theatre, Play off the Page, Friends and Neighbors, Life in Revue, Ernest Goes to the Theatre, and Beyond the Curtains. You can watch it heresee the full list of nominees here, and the winners below:

FAVORITE COMEDIC PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
Noah Hynick - Significant Other, Lyric Arts  

FAVORITE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
Bryce Michael Wood - Primary Trust, Guthrie Theater

FAVORITE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL
Erin Capello - Waitress AND Passion, Artistry MN and Theater Latté Da

FAVORITE COMEDIC PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
Pride and Prejudice, Theatre in the Round

FAVORITE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
The Mousetrap, Guthrie

FAVORITE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Theatre Elision 

FAVORITE DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Eric Morris - Love and Baseball, Artistry

FAVORITE DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Justin Lucero - My Fair Lady AND Passion, Theater Latte Da

FAVORITE MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Amanda Weis - Lizzie AND Whoa, Nellie!, Open Eye Theatre and History Theatre

FAVORITE CHOREOGRAPHER
Casey Sams - Cabaret, Guthrie

FAVORITE OVERALL DESIGN
The Mousetrap, Guthrie (Scenic Designer: Walt Spangler, Costume Designer: Susan Tsu, Lighting Designer: Rui Rita, Sound Designer/Composer: John Gromada)

FAVORITE PLAY
Primary Trust, Guthrie

FAVORITE MUSICAL - tie!
Cabaret, Guthrie
Whoa, Nellie!, History Theatre

FAVORITE NEW WORK
The Ruins, Guthrie

FAVORITE THEATER COMPANY
Lyric Arts

FAVORITE THEATER VENUE
Park Square Theatre

FAVORITE EMERGING ARTIST
Antonisia Collins