It’s An Honor to Be Nominated

This year, with most of the stages across the country dark since mid-March, Broadway World’s using their Regional Awards to celebrate the Best of the Decade, rather than their normal annual honors. Well, the nominations were just announced today, and I’m honored to say that Theatre Unleashed, my theatre company, received a whopping thirty-two nominations!

I even earned a couple of noms personally for my directing and lighting work!

Theatre Unleashed productions received nominations in the following categories:

Best Ensemble (5)

• A Very DIE HARD Christmas (2018)

• Ada and the Engine (2019)

• Friends Like These (2014 Fringe Tour)

• It’s a Wonderful Life: A KAWL Radio Play (2018)

• The Birthday Boys (2011)

Choreographer of the Decade (1)

• Soda Persi, Tattered Capes (2019)

Costume Design of the Decade (2)

• Denise Barrett, Ada and the Engine (2019)

• Katie Sikkema, Tartuffe (2014)

Director of a Musical of the Decade (1)

• Gregory Crafts, A Very DIE HARD Christmas (2018)

Director of a Play of the Decade (5)

• Aaron Lyons, Of Mice and Men (2017)

• Jacob Smith, Ligature Marks (2015)

• Heidi Powers, Ada and the Engine (2019)

• Jacob Smith, The Birthday Boys (2011)

• Aaron Kozak, Round Rock (2013)

First Theater You Want to Go Back To (2)
(Okay, so this is cool. Apparently some folks decided to nominate a venue in this category rather than a producing company, and studio/stage was the venue they nominated!)

• Theatre Unleashed

• studio/stage

Lighting Design of the Decade (3)

• Gregory Crafts, A Very DIE HARD Christmas (2018)

• Gregory Crafts, Tattered Capes, (2019)

• Gregory Crafts, The Woman in Black (2017)

Performer of the Decade (3)

• Spencer Cantrell, Of Mice and Men (2017)

• Alex Knox, Ada and the Engine (2019)

• Jessie Sherman, Ada and the Engine (2019)

Production of a Musical of the Decade (1)

• A Very DIE HARD Christmas (2018)

Production of a Play of the Decade (5)

• Ada and the Engine (2019)

• Friends Like These (2014 Fringe Tour)

• Ligature Marks (2015)

• Of Mice and Men (2017)

• The Birthday Boys (2011)

Set Design of the Decade (1)

• Jenn Scuderi Crafts, Ligature Marks (2015)

Sound Design of the Decade (2)

• Corwin Evans, Friends Like These (2010)

• Aaron Lyons, A Very DIE HARD Christmas (2018)

Theatre Company of the Decade (1)

• Theatre Unleashed

What a list, right? I’m deeply proud of everyone on here. 

Now, I’m sure you can probably guess what’s next: the part where I ask for your help. If you could please take five minutes and vote for us, I’d sincerely appreciate it.

Unfortunately, you can only pick one nominee for each category, so I’m sure we’re going to split a few ballots. I’ll be posting photos and video from each show on my (newly updated & redesigned) blog over the coming weeks if you’d like to get a feel of each show. I believe the deadline to submit a ballot is  

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