32nd ANNUAL TICKETHOLDER AWARDS 2023 

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY

Alfred Molina, Inherit the Wind, Pasadena Playhouse 

RUNNERS-UP: John Apicella, Love and Information, Antaeus; Hugo Armstrong, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, CTG/Taper; Adrian Gonzalez, Kiss of the Spider Woman, ANW; C.J. Lindsey, Home Front, Victory; Ed F. Martin, Kiss of the Spider Woman, ANW; Jonathan Slavin, Home Front, Victory; John Douglas Thopson, Inherit the Wind, Pasadena Playhouse; Kinan Valdez, The Travelers, Latino Theatre Company

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY 

Jeanne Sakata, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum

RUNNERS-UP: Amy Brenneman, The Sound Inside, Pasadena Playhouse; Anne Gee Byrd, Love and Information, Antaeus; Austin Highsmith Garces, Home Front, Victory; Taylor Gilbert, Scintilla, Road; Paula Rebelo, Do You Feel Anger?, Circle X; Kirsten Vangsness, Nimrod, Theatre of NOTE; Jacqueline Wright, The Pilot Who Crashed the Party, Broadwater

BEST THEY IN A PLAY

Anne Sonneville, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, Fountain Theatre 

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL 

Graham Phillips, Sunday in the Park with George, Pasadena Playhouse

 RUNNERS-UP: Ramon Banks, MJ—The Musical, Pantages; Rick Batalla, White (Album) Christmas, Troubadour Theater Company; Nick Cartell, Les Misérables, Pantages; Justin Collette, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Gavin Creel, Into the Woods, CTG/Ahmanson; Alfredo Daza, El último sueño de Frida y Diego, LA Opera; Michael Hayden, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse; Joshua Hopkins, The Barber of Seville, LAOpera; Eric Peterson, A Christmas Story, the Musical, CTG/Ahmanson

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Lauren Patten, The Lonely Few, Geffen Playhouse

RUNNERS-UP: Stephanie J. Block, Into the Woods, CTG/Ahmanson; Merle Dandridge, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse; Isabella Esler, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Katy Geraghty, Into the Woods, CTG/Ahmanson; Christine Heesun Hwang, Les Misérables, Pantages; Daniela Mack, El último sueño de Frida y Diego, LA Opera; Niki Metcalf, Hairspray, Dolby; Liz Mikel, 1776, CTG/Ahmanson; Natalie Paris, Six, Pantages; Naomi Rodgers, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, Pantages; Adina Version, A Transparent Musical, CTG/Taper

BEST THEY IN A MUSICAL

Andrew Levitt, a.k.a. Nina West, Hairspray, Dolby Theatre

RUNNER-UP: Daya Curley, A Transparent Musical, CTG/Taper; Key’mon W. Murrah, El último sueño de Frida y Diego, LA Opera; Murphy Taylor Smith, A Transparent Musical, CTG/Taper

BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE

Alex Edelman, Just for Us, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum  

RUNNERS-UP: Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone, Wallis; Rebecca O’Brien, Getting There!, Hudson Guild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Samuel Garnett, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Rogue Machine

Karl Maschek, Back Porch, Victory Theatre Center 

RUNNERS-UP: Stephen Tyler Howell; Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Rogue Machine; Anders Keith, The Sound Inside, Pasadena Playhouse; Michael Kostroff, Inherit the Wind, Pasadena Playhouse; Chris Perfetti, Inherit the Wind, Pasadena Playhouse; Jeremy Radin, The Ants, Geffen Playhouse

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Nancy Zamit, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre

RUNNERS-UP: Charlotte Gulezian, Do You Feel Anger?, Circle X; Rose Portillo, Do You Feel Anger?, Circle X; Charlotte Louise White, The Red Suitcase, Broadwater

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Milky White / Kennedy Kanagawa, Into the Woods, Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre

RUNNERS-UP: Paolo Bordogna, The Barber of Seville, LAOpera; Devon Bowles, MJ—The Musical, Pantages; Will Burton, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Nick Cortazzo, Hairspray, Dolby; Brandon Lee Harris, MJ—The Musical, Pantages; Eric Huffman, Mean Girls, Pantages; David Patrick Kelly, Into the Woods, CTG/Ahmanson; John-Michael Lyles, The Secret Garden, CTG/Ahmanson; Lee N Price, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Jennifer Leigh Warren, Dark of the Moon, Rubicon Theatre Company

RUNNERS-UP: Sarah Uriarte Berry, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse; Gugwana Dlamini, The Lion King, Pantages; Shawna Hamic, 1776, CTG/Ahmanson; Beth Kennedy, White (Album) Christmas, Troubadour Theater Company; Liz Larsen, Sunday in the Park, Pasadena Playhouse; Liz Larsen, A Transparent Musical, CTG/Taper; Julia Lester, The Secret Garden, CTG/Ahmanson; Ruby Lewis, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse; Nancy Opel, Into the Woods, CTG/Ahmanson; Jasmine Rogers, Mean Girls, Pantages; Brooke Simpson, 1776, CTG/Ahmanson; Sarah Stiles, A Transparent Musical, CTG/Taper

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A PLAY

John Ross Bowie, Anne Gee Byrd, Olivia Castanho, Erin Pineda, Lily Rains, Marc Valera, Steve Vinovich; Life Sucks., Interact Theatre Company

RUNNERS-UP:

Jordan Hull, Anna LaMadrid, Xochitl Romero, Michael Sturgis; Crabs in a Bucket, Echo Theater Company

Evangeline Edwards, Samuel Garnett, Emily James, Roxanne Hart, Stephen Tyler Howell; Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Rogue Machine

Sarah Scott Davis, Tamika Katon-Donegal, Lindsay LaVanchy, Noelle Messier, Stephanie Pardi, Ann Sonneville, Stasha Surdyke, Ellen D. Williams; Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, Fountain Theatr

Rob Beitzel, Mara Klein, Dinah Lenney, Deriree Mee Jung, Leo Marks, Alexander Matos, Randolph Thompson, Bukola Ogunmola, Jenapher Zheng; Measure STILL for Measure, Boston Court Performing Arts Cent

Ryan Vincent Anderson, Matthew Cavendish, Harry Kershaw, Daniel Dae Kim, Chris Leask, Henry Lewis, Ellie Morris, Charlie Russell, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields, Greg Tannahill, Bradley Whitford, Nancy Zamit; Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatrev

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A MUSICAL

Joshua Close, Damon Daunno, Lauren Patten, Ciara Renee, Helen J Shen, Thomas Silcott; The Lonely Few, Geffen Playhouse

RUNNERS-UP:

L.R. Davidson, Chadae Nichols, Brian Owen, Marcus Phillips, Bryan Daniel Porter, Max Torres, Dog Man: the Musical, Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre

Derek Adams, Iman Ayana, Isaiah Bailey, Samantha Lauren Barriento, John E. Brady, Layla Brent, Sasha Caicedo, Thembelihle Cele, Nick Cordileone, Scarlett London Diviney, Gugwana Dlamini, Camille Eanga-Selenge, Marquis Floyd, Mukelisiwe Goba, Peter Hargrave, Jaylen Lyndon Hunter, Nick LaMedica, Samaree Lawson, Gabisile Manana, Nhlanhla Ndlova, Aaron Nelson, Jeremy Noel, Sicelo Ntshangase, Sayiga Eugene Peabody, Jordan Pendleton, Yael Pineda-Hall, Gerald Ramsey, Christopher Sams, Darian Sanders, Maia Schechter, Allison Danielle Semmes, Robbie Swift, Martina Sykes, Jennifer Theriot, Courtney Thomas, Forest VanDyke, Jordan Nicole Willis, Farrah Wilson, Khalifa White, Sherman Wood; The Lion King, Pantages Theatre

Heather Ayers, Wesley J. Barnes, Erica Simone Barnett, English Bernhardt, Noah Blessing, Morgan Ashley Bryant, Adante Carter, Mary Beth Donahoe, Niani Feelings, Sky Flaherty, Samuel Gerber, Jamary Gil, Megan Grosso, Nadina Hassan, Dan Horn, Maya Imani, Lily Kaufmann, Eric Huffman, Milan Magaña, Caleb Mathura, Lindsay Heather Pearce, Jasmine Rogers, Grace Romanello, Sydney Mei Ruf-Wong, Ariana Scalice, Kyra Smith, Lawrence E. Street, Avilon Trust Tate, Kevin Wang, Iain Young; Mean Girls, Pantages Theatre

Jimmy Ray Bennett, Daya Curley, Alana Darby, Dahlya Glick, Ty-Gabriel Jones, Emily Goglia, Kasper, Samora la Perdida, Liz Larsen, Peppermint, Robert Pieranunzi, Zachary Prince, Jonathan Ritter, Justin Rivers, Futaba Shioda, Murphy Taylor Smith, Sarah Stiles, Pat Towne, Adina Verson; A Transparent Musical, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum

NEW DISCOVERY OF 2023

Zeke Bernier, Addalie Burns, Jack Casey, Jordan Coates, Kai Edgar, Greta Rebecca Kleinman, Kayden Alexander Koshelev, Emilie Ong, Jacob Pham, Izzy Pike, Charlie Stover, Henry Witcher; child ensemble, A Christmas Story, the Musical, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre

RUNNERS-UP: Isabella Esler, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Makara Gamble, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse; Jayden Lyndon Hunter, The Lion King, Pantages; Ayvah Johnson, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, Pantages; Henry Kirk, Les Misérables, Pantages; Reese Levine, The Secret Garden, CTG/Ahmanson

BEST CABARET/CONCERT PERFORMANCE

Laural Meade, Ms. Tucker Will See You Now, Gardenia Supper Club

RUNNER-UP: Joey Arias, Strange Resume Tour 2023, Catalina Jazz Club

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE AWARD 2023

Ricky Mata and Mariia Portas, The Producers, Teatre Tivoli, Barcelona, Spain

BEST PLAYWRIGHT

Will Arbery, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Rogue Machine

RUNNERS-UP: Luis Alfaro. The Travelers, Latino Theatre Co; Eric Anderson, Back Porch, Victory; Jiggs Burgess, The Red Suitcase, Broadwater; Alessandro Camon, Scintilla, Road; Nilo Cruz, El último sueño de Frida y Diego, LA Opera; Bernardo Cubria, Crabs in a Bucket, Echo; Phinneas Kiyomura, Nimrod, Theatre of NOTE; Mara Nelson-Greenberg, Do You Feel Anger?, Circle X; John Guerra, The Dry Land, Ghost Road; Warren Leight, Home Front, Victory; Adam Rapp, The Sound Inside, Pasadena Playhouse; Paul Sand, The Pilot Who Crashed the Party, Broadwater; Alexis Scheer, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, CTG/Douglas

BEST ADAPTATION OR TRANSLATION

Aaron Posner, Life Sucks., Interact Theatre Company

Jessica Kubzansky, Measure STILL for Measure, Boston Court Performing Arts Center

RUNNERS-UP: Scott Brown and Anthony King, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Kevin Del Aguila, Dog Man: the Musical, CTG/Douglas; Tina Fey, Mean Girls, Pantages; Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, CTG/Ahmanson; Jonathan Prince, Dark of the Moon, Rubicon; Joseph Robinette, A Christmas Story, the Musical, CTG/Ahmanson; Anna Deavere Smith, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, CTG/Taper

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY

Gregg T. Daniel, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, CTG/Mark Taper Forum

Michael Michetti, Inherit the Wind, Pasadena Playhouse

Maria Gobetti, Home Front, Victory Theatre Center

RUNNERS-UP: Lindsay Allbaugh, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, CTG/Douglas; Emily Chase, Love and Information, Antaeus; Guillermo Cienfuegos, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Rogue Machine; Alana Dietze, Crabs in a Bucket, Echo; Halena Kays, Do You Feel Anger?, Circle X; Jessica Kubzansky, Measure STILL for Measure, Boston Court; Barry Heins, Life Sucks., Interact; Adam Meggido, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, CTG/Ahmanson; Michael Michetti, Kiss of the Spider Woman, ANW; Del Shores, The Red Suitcase, Broadwater; Ann Hearn Tobolowsky, Scintilla, Road; Cameron Watson, The Sound Inside, Pasadena Playhouse; Hannah Wolf, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, Fountain

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

David Lee, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse

RUNNERS-UP: Rob Ashford, The Barber of Seville, LAOpera; Warren Carlyle, The Secret Garden, CTG/Ahmanson; Tim Cullman and Ellenore Scott, The Lonely Few, Geffen; Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods, CTG/Ahmanson; Khanisha Foster, A New Brain, Celebration/LA LGBT Center; Tina Landau, A Transparent Musical, CTG/Taper; Sarna Lapine, Sunday in the Park, Pasadena Playhouse; Matt Lenz (from John Rando’s original), A Christmas Story, the Musical, CTG/Ahmanson; Phyllida Lloyd, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, Pantages; Lorena Maza, El último sueño de Frida y Diego, LA Opera; Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls, Pantages; Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus, 1776, CTG/Ahmanson; Alex Timbers, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Christopher Wheeldon, MJ—The Musical, Pantages

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

Gabriela Lena Frank, El último sueño de Frida y Diego, LA Opera

Lindy Robbins, Dave Bassett, Steve Robson, Dark of the Moon, Rubicon Theatre Company

RUNNERS-UP: Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin, Mean Girls, Pantages; Alex Mansour, Kiss of the Spider Woman, ANW; Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six, Pantages; Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, A Christmas Story, the Musical, CTG/Ahmanson; Eddie Perfect, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Zoe Sarnak, The Lonely Few, Geffen; Faith Soloway, A Transparent Musical, CTG/Taper

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION

Andy Einhorn, Sunday in the Park with George, Pasadena Playhouse

RUNNERS-UP: John Bell, Into the Woods, CTG/Ahmanson; Ryann Cantwell, 1776, CTG/Ahmanson; Myrna Conn, The Lonely Few, Geffen; Brent Crayon, Dark of the Moon, Rubicon; Lina Gonzalez-Granados, El último sueño de Frida y Diego, LA Opera; Andy Grobengieser, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Chris Kong, Mean Girls, Pantages; Louis Lohraseb, The Barber of Seville, LA Opera; Gregory Nabours, A New Brain, Celebration/LA LGBT Center; Alby Potts, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse; Anne Shuttlesworth, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, Pantages; Ryan Whyman, White (Album) Christmas, Troubadour Theater Company

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Christopher Wheeldon, MJ—The Musical, Pantages Theatre

RUNNERS-UP: James Alsop, A Transparent Musical, CTG/Taper; Warren Carlyle, A Christmas Story, the Musical, CTG/Ahmanson; Connor Gallagher, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Cristopher Gattelli, Dark of the Moon, Rubicon; Alli Miller-Fisher, A New Brain, Celebration/LA LGBT Center; Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls, Pantages; Jeffrey L. Page, 1776, CTG/Ahmanson; Anthony Van Laast, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, Pantages

BEST SET DESIGN

Wilson Chin, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse

RUNNERS-UP: Jorge Ballina, El último sueño de Frida y Diego, LA Opera; Evan A. Bartoletti, Home Front, Victory; Evan A. Bartoletti, Life Sucks., Interact; Francois-Pierre Couture, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Douglas; Stephen Gifford, Scintilla, Road; Matt Kinley, Les Misérables, Pantages; David Korins, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Derek McLane, MJ—The Musical, Pantages; David Meyer, Ava: The Secret Conversations, Geffen; Carolyn Mraz, The Ants, Geffen; Tanya Orellana, The Travelers, Latino Theatre Co; Scott Pask, The Barber of Seville, LAOpera; Simon Scullion, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, CTG/Ahmanson; Jason Sherwood, The Secret Garden, CTG/Ahmanson; Sibyl Wickersheimer, The Lonely Few, Geffen

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Eloise Kazan, El último sueño de Frida y Diego, LA Opera

Kate Bergh, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse

RUNNERS-UP: Gregg Barnes, Mean Girls, Pantages; Ann Hould-Ward, The Secret Garden, CTG/Ahmanson; Toni-Leslie James, Ava: The Secret Conversations, Geffen; Toni-Leslie James, A Transparent Musical, CTG/Taper; William Ivey Long, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Michael Mullen, Life Sucks., Interact; Gabriella Slade, Six, Pantages; Catherine Zuber, The Barber of Seville, LAOpera

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Adam Honore, The Lonely Few, Geffen Playhouse

RUNNERS-UP: Brandon Baruch, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, CTG/Taper; Ken Billington and Brian Monahan, The Secret Garden, CTG/Ahmanson; Paule Constable, Les Misérables, Pantages; Tim Deiling, Six, Pantages; Natasha  Katz, MJ—The Musical, Pantages; Azra King-Adabi, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Douglas; Kenneth Posner, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Kenneth Posner, Mean Girls, Pantages; Pablo Santiago, The Ants, Geffen; Jared A. Sayeg, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse; Roberto Surace, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, CTG/Ahmanson; Henry Tran, Unrivaled, Boston Court/Playwrights’ Arena

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Jeff Gardner, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum

RUNNERS-UP: Noah Andrade, Home Front, Victory; Peter Hylenski, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Paul Gatehouse, Six, Pantages; Nick Kourtides, The Lonely Few, Geffen; Cinthia Nava, Back Porch, Victory; John Nobori, The Ants, Geffen; Brian Ronan, Mean Girls, Pantages; Mick Potter, Les Misérables, Pantages; Dan Moses Schreier, The Secret Garden, CTG/Ahmanson; Veronika Vorel, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Douglas; Victor Zapatero, El último sueño de Frida y Diego, LA Opera

BEST STUNT / FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY

Julie Ouellette, The Ants, Geffen Playhouse

RUNNER-UP: Sordelet Inc, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, Pantages  

BEST CGI / VIDEO DESIGN

Yee Eun Nam, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum

RUNNERS-UP: Jermaine Alexander, Home Front, Victory; David Bengali, 1776, CTG/Ahmanson; Alex Basco Koch, Ava: The Secret Conversations, Geffen; Peter Nigrini, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages; Peter Nigrini, MJ—The Musical, Pantages; Finn Ross and Fifty-Nine Productions, Les Misérables, Pantages; Finn Ross and Adam Young, Mean Girls, Pantages; Joan Osato, The Travelers, Latino Theatre Co; Andrew Schmedake, Dark of the Moon, Rubicon; Jeff Sugg, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, Pantages; Tal Yarden, Sunday in the Park, Pasadena Playhouse

SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS

Darryl Archibald, Musical Supervision, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse

Matthew Armentrout, Hair and Wig Design, A Transparent Musical, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum

Eric Babb, Prop Design, Life Sucks., Interact and Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Center Theatre Group/Douglas

Carly DW Bones, Intimacy Coach, Kiss of the Spider Woman, A Noise Within

Jeremy Chernick, Special Effects, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages Theatre

Michael Curry, Puppet Design, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages Theatre

James Ortiz, Puppet Design, Into the Woods, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre

Michael Weber, Illusions, Beetlejuice the Musical, Pantages Theatre