And the winners are...
Thank you #VegasCulture for a fabulous celebration of #VegasTheatre and beyond (from which we are still recovering)!
There will be more to share about the event with photos and clips to come in the days ahead, but for now we give you the winners of many tough decisions by our volunteer adjudicators! Vegas truly is Vegas Arts, a community that leads the way in working together! #VegasIsVegasArts
Best Production - Play - Sweat - Cockroach Theatre Company
Best Production - Musical - Spring Awakening - Majestic Repertory Theatre
Best Actor, Female Role - Play Monica Heuser - Sweat - Cockroach Theatre Company
Best Actor, Male Role - Play - Marcus Weiss - Every Brilliant Thing - Cockroach Theatre Company
Best Supporting Actor, Female Role - Play - Gillen Brey - A Dolls House Part 2 - Las Vegas Little Theatre
Best Supporting Actor, Male Role - Play - Timothy Cummings - Small Mouth Sounds - A Public Fit
Best Ensemble - Play - Small Mouth Sounds - A Public Fit
Best Direction - Play - Daz Weller - Sweat - Cockroach Theatre Company
Best Actor, Female Role - Musical - Traci Kesisian - Into the Woods - Hynes-Sight Entertainment & Super Summer Theatre
Best Actor, Male Role - Musical - Ray Winters - Newsies - Signature Productions
Best Supporting Actor, Female role - Musical - Gail Romero - Cabaret - Majestic Repertory Theatre
Best Supporting Actor, Male Role - Musical - Keaton Delmar Johns - Spring Awakening - Majestic Repertory Theatre
Best Ensemble - Musical - Spring Awakening - Majestic Repertory Theatre
Best Choreography - Ashley Oblad - Newsies - Signature Productions
Best Direction – Musical - Troy Heard - Spring Awakening - Majestic Repertory Theatre
Best Scenic Design - Erik Ball & Stan Judd - Newsies - Signature Productions
Best Lighting Design - Marcus Randolph - Spring Awakening - Majestic Repertory Theatre
Best Costume Design - Mariya Radeva-Nedyalkova - The Elephant Man - A Public Fit
Best Sound Design - Arles Estes - Small Mouth Sounds - A Public Fit
Audience Choice - Best Play - A Dolls House - Las Vegas Little Theatre
Audience Choice - Best Musical - Into the Woods - Hynes-Sight Entertainment & Super Summer Theatre
Empower Award for Excellence in STEAM Education - Athena Garrison, Fay Herron Elementary School
Sankuer Hero Award for Outstanding Service to the Theatre Community - Joseph O'Neill, Nevada Arts Council & City of Las Vegas Cultural Affairs
Certificates of Congressional Recognition from US Representative Susie Lee - Levi Fackrell, Cockroach Theatre & Sarah O'Connell, EatMoreArtVegas.com
Certificate of Senate Recognition from Senator Jacky Rosen - Athena Gibbons & Joe O'Neill
