2018 Craig Noel Award Nominations: The Complete List
Audience members at last year’s awards ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Ion Moe.)
Outstanding Direction of a Play
Barry Edelstein – The Wanderers, The Old Globe
Rob Lutfy – The Last Wife, Cygnet Theatre
Carey Perloff – A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Old Globe
Jesca Prudencio – Actually, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Jesca Prudencio – Vietgone, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Sam Woodhouse – A Doll’s House, Part 2, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Outstanding Direction of a Musical
AJ Knox – Avenue Q, New Village Arts
Kerry Meads – Once, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Sean Murray – Monty Python’s Spamalot, Cygnet Theatre
Larry Raben – Young Frankenstein, San Diego Musical Theatre
Sam Woodhouse – Fun Home, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Outstanding Musical Direction
G. Scott Lacy – Once, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Don LeMaster – Hairspray, San Diego Musical Theatre
Elan McMahan – The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Moonlight Stage Productions
Robert Meffe – Fun Home, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Terry O’Donnell – A Little Night Music, Cygnet Theatre
Outstanding Scenic Design
John Lee Beatty – Much Ado About Nothing, The Old Globe
Sean Fanning, A Doll’s House, Part 2, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Rob Howell – “Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, The Old Globe
Kristianne Kurner – Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, New Village Arts
Ken MacDonald – A Thousand Splendid Sons, The Old Globe
Outstanding Sound Design
Melanie Chen Cole – Actually, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Melanie Chen Cole – Men on Boats, New Village Arts
Melanie Chen Cole – Vietgone, San Diego Repertry Theatre
Will Pickens – Uncle Vanya, The Old Globe
Mark Spiro – Cloud Tectonics, New Village Arts
Outstanding Costume Design
Jennifer Brawn Gittings – A Doll’s House, Part 2, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Michael Krass – Much Ado About Nothing, The Old Globe
David Israel Reynoso – The Tempest, The Old Globe
Fabio Toblini – The Importance of Being Earnest, The Old Globe
Paloma Young – The Squirrels, La Jolla Playhouse
Outstanding Lighting Design
Alan Burrett – A Doll’s House, Part 2, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Tyler Micoleau – Seize the King, La Jolla Playhouse
Chris Rynne – Actually, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Bo Tindell – Vietgone, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Robert Wierzel – A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Old Globe
Outstanding Ensemble
A Doll’s House, Part 2 San Diego Repertory Theatre
A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Old Globe
The Last Wife, Cygnet Theatre
Once, Lamb’s Players Theatre
The Wanderers, The Old Globe
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Male
Manny Fernandes – The Last Wife, Cygnet Theatre
Daniel Eric Gold – The Wanderers, The Old Globe
Ben Levin – Vietgone, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Jay O. Sanders – Uncle Vanya, The Old Globe
James Sutorius – The Father, North Coast Repertory Theatre
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Female
Kate Burton – The Tempest, The Old Globe
DeAnna Driscoll – HIR, Cygnet Theatre
Nadia Guevara – Cloud Tectonics, New Village Arts
Sofia Jean Gomez – A Doll’s House, Part 2, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Nadine Malouf – A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Old Globe
Allison Spratt Pearce, The Last Wife, Cygnet Theatre
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, Female
Andréa Agosto – Bull in a China Shop, Diversionary Theatre
Robyn Cohen – The Father, North Coast Repertory Theatre
Ali Rose Dachis – The Wanderers, The Old Globe
Joy Yvonne Jones – Voyeurs de Venus, Moxie Theatre
Heather Velazquez – American Mariachi, The Old Globe
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, Male
Javier Guerrero – Fade, Moxie Theatre
Antonio TJ Johnson – Smokefall, Backyard Renaissance Theatre
Brian Mackey – Noises Off, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Shaun Tuazon – Vietgone, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Wrekless Watson – Cardboard Piano, Diversionary Theatre
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Female
Theo Allyn – This Beautiful City, Diversionary Theatre
Karole Foreman – A Little Night Music, Cygnet Theatre
Caitie Grady – Once, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Amanda Naughton – Fun Home, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Rebekah Rawhouser – Next to Normal, Coronado Playhouse
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Male
Michael Louis Cusimano – Once, Lamb’s Players Theatre
Kevin Hafso Koppman – Young Frankenstein, San Diego Musical Theatre
Omri Schein – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, North Coast Repertory Theatre
Jim Stanek – Fun Home, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Robert J. Townsend – South Pacific, San Diego Musical Theatre
Zackary Scot Wolfe – Avenue Q, New Village Arts
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical, Female
Claire Adams – Fun Home, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Roxane Carrasco – Chicago, Moonlight Stage Productions
Lauren King Thompson – The Loneliest Girl in the World, Diversionary Theatre
Cashae Monya – Avenue Q, New Village Arts
Eboni Muse – Hairspray, San Diego Musical Theatre
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical, Male
Bryan Banville – Monty Python’s Spamalot, Cygnet Theatre
Kevin Hafso Koppman – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, North Coast Repertory Theatre
Tony Houck – Avenue Q, New Village Arts
David S. Humphrey – A Little Night Music, Cygnet Theatre
Zackary Scot Wolfe – Hairspray, San Diego Musical Theatre
Outstanding Choreography
Katie Banville – Monty Python’s Spamalot, Cygnet Theatre
Jill Gorrie – Hairspray, San Diego Musical Theatre
Michael Mizerany – Voyeurs de Venus, Moxie Theatre
Karl Warden – Disney’s Newsies, Moonlight Stage Productions
Corey Wright – Chicago, Moonlight Stage Productions
Outstanding New Play
American Mariachi by José Cruz González – The Old Globe
Beachtown by Herbert Siguenza and Rachel Grossman – San Diego Repertory Theatre
The Madres by Stephanie Alison Walker – Moxie Theatre
Romeo, Romeo & Juliet by Ruff Yeager – Roustabouts Theatre
The Wanderers by Anna Ziegler – The Old Globe
Outstanding Dramatic Production
A Doll’s House, Part 2 – San Diego Repertory Theatre
A Thousand Splendid Suns – The Old Globe
Cardboard Piano – Diversionary Theatre
The Father – North Coast Repertory Theatre
Vietgone – San Diego Repertory Theatre
Outstanding Resident Musical
Avenue Q – New Village Arts
Fun Home – San Diego Repertory Theatre
Hairspray – San Diego Musical Theatre
Once – Lamb’s Players Theatre
Young Frankenstein – San Diego Musical Theatre
A fan of theatre from a young age, David Dixon began writing reviews while in middle school, for Union Tribune’s Rated G column and sdcnn.com. He was the Entertainment Editor for SDSU’s The Daily Aztec. Currently, he contributes to San Diego Community News Network, a regional reviewer for Talkin’ Broadway, an interviewer for San Diego Theatre Reviews and has won several San Diego Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards. David is a San Diego Theatre Critics Circle member, an American Theatre Critics Association member & Regional Theatre Tony Award voter.