The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for their 46th Excellence in Theatre Awards for 2022.

 

Productions that opened between January 1 and December 31, 2022 that were attended by a minimum of three SFBATCC members were eligible for nomination.

 

A minimum of two qualified nominees were required to activate a category.

 

Congratulations to all!

 

Every effort has been made to ensure the correct spelling of nominees' names and proper production attribution. Should there be an error, please email a request for correction to harry.duke@criticscircle.org

Please include the correction, the category, and house size, if appropriate, in your request.

  Choreography  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Jacqui Muratori & Alex Gomez Bright Star Lucky Penny Productions
Devin Parker Sullivan The Legend of Georgia McBride 6th Street Playhouse
Katie Wickes The Rocky Horror Show

Marin Musical Theatre Company/

Novato Theater Company

     
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Renee DeWeese Moran The Pajama Game 42nd Street Moon
Nicole Helfer As You Like It San Francisco Playhouse
Nicole Helfer Follies San Francisco Playhouse
Nicole Helfer Indecent San Francisco Playhouse
Erin Mei-Ling Stuart Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 Shotgun Players
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
William Hodgson Little Shop of Horrors TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Darrell Grand Moultrie Goddess Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Etta Murfitt Wuthering Heights Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Alex Rodriguez Kinky Boots Ray of Light Theatre
Zoë Swenson-Graham Hello, Dolly! Mountain Play Association
     
     
  Costume Design  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Michael A. Berg The Government Inspector Ross Valley Players
Tammy Berlin Escape from the Asylum Central Works
Amaris Blagborne The Legend of Georgia McBride  6th Street Playhouse
Adriana Gutierrez Gypsy, A Musical Fable Mountain Play & Ross Valley Players
Micaela Kieko Sinclair Rent Landmark Musical Theatre
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Abra Berman Follies San Francisco Playhouse
Sarita P. Fellows Fefu and Her Friends American Conservatory Theater
Sarah Nietfeld Indecent San Francisco Playhouse
Kathleen Qiu As You Like It San Francisco Playhouse
Alice Ruiz Two Trains Running Marin Theatre Company
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
Dede Ayite Goddess Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Fumiko Bielefeldt Little Shop of Horrors TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
B. Modern Ragtime TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Y. Sharon Peng Allegiance Palo Alto Players
Lydia Tanji Gem of the Ocean TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
     
     
  Lighting Design  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Cassie Barnes The Language of Wild Berries Golden Thread Productions
Gary Graves Escape from the Asylum Central Works
Stephanie Anne Johnson Book of Sand (a fairytale) Oakland Theater Project
Justin Partier PrEP Play, or Blue Parachute New Conservatory Theater Center
Jon Rosen Rent Landmark Musical Theatre
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Russell H. Champa Fefu and Her Friends American Conservatory Theater
Kurt Landisman  Two Trains Running Marin Theater Company
Wen-Ling Liao Indecent San Francisco Playhouse
David Robertson As You Like It San Francisco Playhouse
Maurice Vercoutere August: Osage County San Jose Stage Company
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
Lonnie Rafael Alcarez Gem of the Ocean TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Scott Bolman Lear Oakland Theater Project & Cal Shakes
Bradley King Goddess Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Wen-Ling Liao Little Shop of Horrors TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Jai Morjaria Wuthering Heights Berkeley Repertory Theatre
     
     
  Set Design  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Kate Boyd The Language of Wild Berries Golden Thread Productions
Paul Gilger The Legend of Georgia McBride 6th Street Playhouse
Karla Hargrave Book of Sand (a fairytale) Oakland Theater Project
Karla Hargrave Endlings Oakland Theater Project
Michael Walraven A Doll's House, Part 2 Novato Theater Company
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Nina Ball Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 Shotgun Players
Nina Ball Red Winged Blackbird SparklePlenty Productions
Christopher Fitzer The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin San Francisco Playhouse
Tanya Orellana Fefu and Her Friends American Conservatory Theater
Carey Wong Hotter Than Egypt Marin Theater Company
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
Nina Ball Nan and the Lower Body TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Wilson Chin Ragtime TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Arnulfo Maldonado Goddess Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Vicki Mortimer Wuthering Heights Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Tanya Orellana Lear Oakland Theater Project & Cal Shakes
     
     
  Sound Design  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Elton Bradman Book of Sand (a fairytale) Oakland Theater Project
Daniel Hall PrEP Play, or the Blue Parachute New Conservatory Theatre Center
Lana Palmer References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot Custom Made Theatre Company
Gregory Scharpen Dreaming in Cuban Central Works
Derek Schmidt The Language of Wild Berries Golden Thread Productions
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Howard Ho The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin San Francisco Playhouse
Michael Kelly Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 Shotgun Players
Gregory Robinson  Two Trains Running Marin Theatre Company
Jake Rodriguez Fefu and Her Friends American Conservatory Theater
Christopher Sauceda The Kind Ones Magic Theatre
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
Simon Baker Wuthering Heights Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Elton Bradman Lear  Oakland Theater Project & Cal Shakes
Jeff Mockus Little Shop of Horrors TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Joshua Price Matilda the Musical Berkeley Playhouse
Nevin Steinberg Goddess Berkeley Repertory Theatre
     
     
  Projection Design  
     
Maxx Kurzunski this much I know Aurora Theatre Company
Dan Lydersen Vietgone City Lights Theater 
Sarah Phykitt As You Like It San Francisco Playhouse
Sarah Phykitt Monument, or Four Sisters (A Sloth Play) Magic Theatre
Mike Post The Sound Inside Marin Theatre Company
     
     
  Specialties  
     
Kimberly Mohne Hill, Dialect Coach Indecent San Francisco Playhouse
Rosie Issel, Properties Design Clue: On Stage Hillbarn Theatre
Matthew McAvene Creations, Puppetry Design Little Shop of Horrors TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Johnny Moreno, Fight Choreographer August: Osage County  San Jose Stage Company
Elena Wright, Intimacy Coordinator References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot Custom Made Theatre Company
     
     
  Original Script  
     
Jessica Dickey Nan and the Lower Body TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Cristina Garcia Dreaming in Cuban Central Works
Patricia Milton Escape from the Asylum Central Works
Jonathan Spector this much I know Aurora Theatre
Alyosha Zim Red Winged Blackbird SparklePlenty Productions
     
     
  Original Music  
     
The Avett Brothers Swept Away Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Adrienne Price, Matt Fukui Grandy, Jeanine Adkisson The Red Shades Z Space
Ian Ross Wuthering Heights Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Michael Thurber Goddess Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Nihan Yesil Hotter Than Egypt Marin Theatre Company
     
     
  Music Direction  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Craig Burdette Bright Star Lucky Penny Productions
Christopher Hewitt Rent Landmark Musical Theatre
Daniel Savio Rent

Marin Musical Theatre Company /

Novato Theater Company

     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Daniel Alley Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 Shotgun Players
Daniel Alley Passing Strange Shotgun Players
Dave Dobrusky As You Like It San Francisco Playhouse
Armando Fox The Pajama Game 42nd Street Moon
Dmitri Gaskin Indecent  San Francisco Playhouse
      
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
Benjamin Belew Allegiance Palo Alto Players
William Liberatore Little Shop of Horrors TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
William Liberatore Ragtime TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
David Möschler Hello, Dolly! Mountain Play Association
Ben Prince Kinky Boots Ray of Light Theatre
     
     
  Stage Direction  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Adrian Elfenbaum Picnic Ross Valley Players
Gary Graves Escape from the Asylum Central Works
Barry Martin Bright Star Lucky Penny Productions
Susannah Martin Book of Sand (a fairytale)  Oakland Theater Project
Katja Rivera References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot Custom Made Theatre Co.
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Nancy Carlin Red Winged Blackbird SparklePlenty Productions
Susi Damilano Indecent San Francisco Playhouse
William Hodgson Passing Strange Shotgun Players
Kenneth Kelleher August: Osage County San Jose Stage Company
Dawn Monique Williams Two Trains Running Marin Theatre Company
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
Tim Bond Gem of the Ocean TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Robert Kelley Ragtime TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Vinh G. Nguyen Allegiance Palo Alto Players
Emma Rice Wuthering Heights Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Dawn Monique Williams & Eric Ting Lear Oakland Theater Project and Cal Shakes
     
     
  Solo  
     
Hershey Felder Chopin in Paris TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Bill Irwin On Beckett American Conservatory Theater
Roger Guenveur Smith Otto Frank Campo Santo & Magic Theatre
David Strathairn Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Michael Wayne Turner III Hat Matter: Thoughts of a Black Mad Hatter Oakland Theater Project
     
     
  Ensemble  
     
  Comedy  
     
The Birds   Foothill College Theater Arts
Ham for the Holidays   Main Stage West
A Nice Family Gathering   Altarena Playhouse
The Tempest   Oakland Theater Project
Wink   Main Stage West
     
  Drama  
     
Fefu and Her Friends   American Conservatory Theater
Indecent   San Francisco Playhouse
Nan and the Lower Body   TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Red Winged Blackbird   SparklePlenty Productions
Two Trains Running   Marin Theatre Company
     
  Musical  
     
Follies   San Francisco Playhouse
Little Shop of Horrors   TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812   Shotgun Players
Passing Strange   Shotgun Players
Ragtime   TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
     
  Featured Performance - Comedy   
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
John  Craven Ham for the Holidays Main Stage West
Sarah Lundstrom Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Lucky Penny Productions
Garet Waterhouse Ham for the Holidays Main Stage West
     
     
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Byron Guo A Nice Family Gathering Altarena Playhouse
Jocelyn Pickett Clue: On Stage Hillbarn Theatre
J. Aaron Seymour A Nice Family Gathering Altarena Playhouse
     
     
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Featured Performance - Drama  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Lizzy Bies Picnic Ross Valley Players
Kevin Bordi The Moors Main Stage West
Steve Price Picnic Ross Valley Players
Gabriel A. Ross References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot Custom Made Theatre Co.
Valerie Weak Picnic Ross Valley Players
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Morgan Harrington Master Class Sonoma Arts Live
Khary L. Moye Two Trains Running Marin Theatre Company
Michael Wayne Rice Two Trains Running Marin Theatre Company
Sharon Shao The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin San Francisco Playhouse
Ogie Zulueta Red Winged Blackbird SparklePlenty Productions
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
Hugo Carbajal Romeo y Juliet California Shakespeare Theatre
Kim Fischer Sanctuary City Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Dan Hiatt Gem of the Ocean TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Rodney Hicks Gem of the Ocean TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Leontyne Mbele-Mbong Lear Oakland Theater Project & Cal Shakes
     
     
  Featured Performance - Musical  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Tanika Baptiste Gypsy, a Musical Fable Mountain Play & Ross Valley Players
Tuolumne Bunter Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet St. Lucky Penny Productions
Kirstin Pieschke Bright Star Lucky Penny Productions
     
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Angel Adedokun Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 Shotgun Players
Désirée Goyette The Sound of Music 142 Throckmorton
Melissa Momboisse Gypsy, a Musical Fable Hillbarn Theatre
Shakur Tolliver Passing Strange Shotgun Players
Nicholas Yenson As You Like it San Francisco Playhouse
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
Lawrence-Michael C. Arias Little Shop of Horrors TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Chachi Delgado Hello, Dolly! Mountain Play Association
Sean Okuniewicz Ragtime TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Nick Nakashima Little Shop of Horrors TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Madison Scarbrough Matilda the Musical Spreckels Theatre Company
     
     
  Principal Performance - Comedy  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Dodds Delzell Ham for the Holidays Main Stage West
Michael B. Harris The Government Inspector Ross Valley Players
Steve Price The Government Inspector Ross Valley Players
Adrian Roberts The Tempest Oakland Theater Project
Zane Walters Ham for the Holidays Main Stage West
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
J. Conrad Frank Clue: On Stage Hillbarn Theatre
Peter Marietta A Nice Family Gathering Altarena Playhouse
Katelyn Miller The Birds Foothill College Theater Arts
Brady Morales-Woolery Clue: On Stage Center Repertory Company
Nicole Tung Colonialism is Terrible, But Pho is Delicious Aurora Theatre Company
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Principal Performance - Drama  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Caleb Cabrera References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot Custom Made Theatre Co.
Max Carpenter Picnic Ross Valley Players
Alan Coyne Escape from the Asylum Central Works
Carla Gallardo References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot Custom Made Theatre Co.
Kevin Rebultan Book of Sand (a fairytale)  Oakland Theater Project
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Denmo Ibrahim The Sound Inside Marin Theatre Company
Judith Miller August: Osage County San Jose Stage Company
Libby Oberlin Master Class Sonoma Arts Live
Allison F. Rich August: Osage County San Jose Stage Company
Jomar Tagatac The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin San Francisco Playhouse
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
Christopher Daftsios Nan and the Lower Body TheatreWorks Silicon  Valley
Greta Oglesby Gem of the Ocean TheatreWorks Silicon  Valley
Kim Sullivan Gem of the Ocean TheatreWorks Silicon  Valley
Jomar Tagatac Lear Oakland Theater Project & Cal Shakes
James A. Williams Lear Oakland Theater Project & Cal Shakes
     
     
  Principal Performance - Musical  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
Taylor Bartolucci Bright Star Lucky Penny Productions
Ian Elliot Bright Star Lucky Penny Productions
Jake Gale Rent 

Marin Musical Theatre Company /

Novato Theater Company

Albert Hodge Rent  Landmark Musical Theatre
Tommy Lassiter Bright Star Lucky Penny Productions
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
Nikita Burshteyn As You Like It San Francisco Playhouse
Natascia Diaz Follies  San Francisco Playhouse
Albert Hodge Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 Shotgun Players
Ben Jones The Pajama Game 42nd Street Moon
Anthony Rollins-Mullens Follies  San Francisco Playhouse
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
Iris Beaumier Ragtime TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Christine Dwyer Ragtime TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Nkrumah Gatling Ragtime TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Dyan McBride Hello, Dolly! Mountain Play Association
Randy Nazarian Hello, Dolly! Mountain Play Association
     
     
  Entire Production - EB  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
  Book of Sand (a fairy tale) Oakland Theater Project
  Dreaming in Cuban Central Works
  Escape from the Asylum Central Works
  The Tempest Oakland Theater Project
     
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
  Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 Shotgun Players
  A Nice Family Gathering Altarena Playhouse
  Passing Strange Shotgun Players
  Red Winged Blackbird SparklePlenty Productions
  this much I know  Aurora Theatre Company
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
  Goddess Berkeley Repertory Theatre
  Lear Oakland Theater Project & Cal Shakes
  Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski Berkeley Repertory Theatre
  Swept Away Berkeley Repertory Theatre
  Wuthering Heights Berkeley Repertory Theatre
     
     
  Entire Production - NB  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
  Bright Star Lucky Penny Productions
  A Doll's House, Part 2 Novato Theater Company
  The Government Inspector Ross Valley Players
  Picnic Ross Valley Players
  Rent

Marin Musical Theatre Company /

Novato Theater Company

     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
  The Drowsy Chaperone Sonoma Arts Live
  Hotter Than Egypt Marin Theatre Company
  Master Class Sonoma Arts Live
  The Sound Inside Marin Theatre Company
  Two Trains Running Marin Theatre Company
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
  Hello, Dolly! Moutain Play Association
  Hooray for Hollywood Transcendence Theater Company
  Matilda the Musical Spreckels Theatre Company
     
     
     
  Entire Production - SF  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
  Rent Landmark Musical Theatre
  Zac and Siah, Or Jesus in a Body Bag Custom Made Theatre Co.
     
     
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
  As You Like It San Francisco Playhouse
  Fefu and Her Friends American Conservatory Theater
  Follies San Francisco Playhouse
  Indecent

San Francisco Playhouse &

Yiddish Theatre Ensemble

  The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin San Francisco Playhouse
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
  Freestyle Love Supreme American Conservatory Theater
  Kinky Boots Ray of Light Theatre
  Passengers American Conservatory Theater
     
     
     
     
  Entire Production - SP  
     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats  
     
     
     
     
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats  
     
  August: Osage County San Jose Stage Company
  Clue: On Stage Hillbarn Theatre
  Elf, the Musical Hillbarn Theatre
  Sex with Strangers San Jose Stage Company
  Vietgone City Lights Theatre Company
     
  in a house with more than 300 seats  
     
  Chopin in Paris TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
  Gem of the Ocean TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
  Little Shop of Horrors TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
  Nan and the Lower Body TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
  Ragtime TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
     
   
     
     
     
     
     
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