The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle is pleased to announce the nominees and recipients of their 48th Excellence in Theatre Awards for 2024.

 

 

The awards were presented on March 31, 2025 at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco.

 

Award recipients have been bolded and italicized.

  Choreography      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Morgan Dayley Young Frankenstein Los Altos Stage Company    
Alex Gomez Oliver! Lucky Penny Productions    
Marilyn Izdebski Monty Python's Spamalot Novato Theater Company    
Sinjin Jones Once on this Island The Pear Theatre    
John Maio The 39 Steps Masquers Playhouse    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Bear Graham Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches Oakland Theater Project    
Nicole Helfer Evita San Francisco Playhouse    
Rachelle King Pal Joey Altarena Playhouse    
Karen Law Anastasia Hillbarn Theatre    
Leslie Waggoner Something Rotten! Hillbarn Theatre    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Raja Feather Kelly A Strange Loop American Conservatory Theater    
Christina Lazo & Megan McGrath The Prom Berkeley Playhouse    
David Neumann Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Cat Delos Santos Reyes Legally Blonde the Musical Tri-Valley Theatre Company    
Alex Rodriguez Everybody's Talking About Jamie Ray of Light Theatre    
         
         
  Costume Design      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Michael A. Berg The Divine Sarah Ross Valley Players    
Tammy Berlin Boss McGreedy Central Works    
Valera Coble Blithe Spirit Ross Valley Players    
Nolan Miranda Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry Word for Word/Z Space    
Tammara Plankers Norleen The 39 Steps Masquers Playhouse    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Abra Berman Evita San Francisco Playhouse    
Becky Bodurtha Cabaret Center REP    
Pam Lampkin Something Rotten! Hillbarn Theatre    
Arielle Powell Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches Oakland Theater Project    
Meg Neville  Yaga Marin Theatre    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Daniel Harvey Everybody's Talking About Jamie Ray of Light Theatre    
Helen Q. Huang The Far Country Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Ana Kuzmanic The Matchbox Magic Flute Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Rebecca Valentino Much Ado About Nothing Marin Shakespeare Company    
Anita Yavitch Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
         
         
  Lighting Design      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Gary Graves Boss McGreedy Central Works    
Kevin Myrick Cost of Living Oakland Theater Project    
Michael O'Brien The 39 Steps Masquers Playhouse    
Jeff Rowlings Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry Word for Word/Z Space    
Frank Sarubbi Blithe Spirit Ross Valley Players    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Derek Duarte The 39 Steps San Francisco Playhouse    
Pamila Gray Something Rotten! Hillbarn Theatre    
Kurt Landisman Yaga Marin Theatre    
Kevin Myrick Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches Oakland Theater Project    
Michael Palumbo Waitress San Francisco Playhouse    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Kevin Adams Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
T. J. Gerckens The Matchbox Magic Flute Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Minjoo Kim The Far Country Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Steven B. Mannshardt King James TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Jen Schriever A Strange Loop American Conservatory Theater    
         
         
  Set Design      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Tom O'Brien Blithe Spirit Ross Valley Players    
Jeff Rowlings Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry Word for Word/Z Space    
Mikiko Uesugi Crossing Delancey Ross Valley Players    
Mikiko Uesugi The Strange Library Word for Word/Z Space    
Michael Walraven Noises Off Novato Theater Company    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Carlos Aceves Yaga Marin Theatre    
David Goldstein Cabaret CenterREP    
Tanya Orellana My Home on the Moon San Francisco Playhouse    
Jacquelyn Scott Waitress San Francisco Playhouse    
Mark Thomas Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches Oakland Theater Project    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Wilson Chin The Far Country Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Es Devlin The Lehman Trilogy American Conservatory Theater    
Christopher Fitzer King James TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Rachel Hauck Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Todd Rosenthal The Matchbox Magic Flute Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
         
         
  Sound Design      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Ray Archie Cost of Living Oakland Theater Project    
Michale O'Brien The 39 Steps Masquers Playhouse    
Lana Plamer The Strange Library Word for Word/Z Space    
Gregory Scharpen Boss McGreedy Central Works    
Matt Stines Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry Word for Word/Z Space    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
James Ard Evita San Francisco Playhouse    
James Ard Waitress San Francisco Playhouse    
Howard Ho My Home on the Moon San Francisco Playhouse    
Jeff Mockus Something Rotten! Hillbarn Theatre    
Matt Stines Yaga Marin Theatre    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Cliff Caruthers Being Alive: A Sondheim Celebration TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Ben Euphrat Much Ado About Nothing Marin Shakespeare Company    
Nick Powell The Lehman Trilogy American Conservatory Theater    
Gregory Robinson King James TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
John Shivers Galileo: A  Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
         
         
  Projection Design      
         
Hao Bai My Home on the Moon San Francisco Playhouse    
Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh The Far Country Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Steve Muterspaugh Anastasia Hillbarn Theatre    
Don Nguyen No, No Nannette South Bay Musical Theatre    
Jason H. Thompson & Kaitlyn Pietras Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
         
         
  Specialties      
         
Vincent Khiết Châu, Properties Design Fallen Angels Aurora Theatre Company    
Blue Hephaestus, Properties Design The 39 Steps San Francisco Playhouse    
Jacquelyn Scott, Special Properties Design My Home on the Moon San Francisco Playhouse    
Amanda Villalobos, Properties Design  A Whynot Christmas Carol American Conservatory Theater    
Tom Watson, Wig, Hair, Makeup Design Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
         
         
  Original Script      
         
Marcus Gardley A Thousand Ships Oakland Theater Project    
Gary Graves Boss McGreedy Central Works    
Minna Lee My Home on the Moon San Francisco Playhouse    
Danny Strong Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Michael Gene Sullivan Sign My Name to Freedom San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company    
         
         
  Original Music      
         
Molly Holm A Thousand Ships Oakland Theater Project    
Darryl V. Jones Blue Door Aurora Theatre Company    
Colm Ó Riain Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry Word for Word/Z Space    
Daniel Savio American Dreams San Francisco Mime Troupe    
Michael Weiner & Zoe Sarnak Galileo: A Rock Musical  Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
         
         
  Music Direction      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Armando Fox Cabaret Theatre Rhinoceros    
Jon Gallo The Divine Sarah Ross Valley Players    
Molly Holm A Thousand Ships Oakland Theater Project    
Colm Ó Riain Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry Word for Word/Z Space    
Daniel Savio Monty Python's Spamalot Novato Theater Company    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Eryn Allen Cabaret Center REP    
Dave Dobrusky Evita San Francisco Playhouse    
Dave Dobrusky Waitress San Francisco Playhouse    
Rick Reynolds Always... Patsy Cline Hillbarn Theatre    
Angie Doctor, Daniel Savio Sign My Name to Freedom... San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Jad Bernardo Everybody's Talking About Jamie Ray of Light Theatre    
Amanda Dehnert The Matchbox Magic Flute Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Jacinth Greywoode Cult of Love Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
William Liberatore Being Alive: A Sondheim Celebration TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Roberto Sinha Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
         
         
  Stage Direction      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Adrian Elfenbaum Crossing Delancey Ross Valley Players    
Paul Finocchiarro Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry Word for Word/Z Space    
Carl Jordan Noises Off Novato Theater Company    
John Maio The 39 Steps Masquers Playhouse    
Emilie Whelan Cost of Living Oakland Theater Project    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Susi Damilano Waitress San Francisco Playhouse    
Bill English Evita San Francisco Playhouse    
Michael Socrates Moran Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches Oakland Theater Project    
Randy O'Hara Something Rotten! Hillbarn Theatre    
Mei Ann Teo My Home on the Moon San Francisco Playhouse    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Jennifer Chang The Far Country Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Alex Kirschner Everybody's Talking About Jamie Ray of Light Theatre    
Michael Mayer Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Sam Mendes The Lehman Trilogy American Conservatory Theater    
Giovanna Sardelli King James Theatreworks Silicon Valley    
         
         
  Solo      
         
Steve Budd Seeing Stars The Marsh    
Marga Gomez Swimming with Lesbians The Marsh    
William Thomas Hodgson Every Brilliant Thing Center REP    
Steven Anthony Jones How I Learned What I Learned TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Kristina Wong Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord American Conservatory Theater    
         
         
  Ensemble      
         
  Comedy      
         
Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties   Shotgun Players    
The Play That Goes Wrong   San Francisco Playhouse    
The 39 Steps   Masquers Playhouse    
The 39 Steps   San  Francisco Playhouse    
Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry   Word for Word/Z Space    
         
  Drama      
         
A Thousand Ships   Oakland Theater Project    
Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches   Oakland Theater Project    
Pipeline   African American Shakespeare Company    
The Far Country   Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
The Lehman Trilogy   American Conservatory Theater    
         
  Musical      
         
Cabaret   Center REP    
Everybody's Talking About Jamie   Ray of Light Theatre    
Evita   San Francisco Playhouse    
Something Rotten!   Hillbarn Theatre    
Waitress   San Francisco Playhouse    
         
  Featured Performance - Comedy      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Lizzy Bies Blithe Spirit Ross Valley Players    
Lorie Goulart Chaplin & Keaton on the Set of Limelight The Pear Theatre    
Jennifer S. McGeorge Crossing Delancey Ross Valley Players    
Joel Mullenix Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry Word for Word/Z Space    
Marsha Van Broek The Book Club Play Ross Valley Players    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Michael Barrett Austin Fallen Angels Aurora Theatre Company    
Will Dao My Home on the Moon San Francisco Playhouse    
Dave Maier Best Available Shotgun Players    
John Charles Quimpo Human Error Town Hall Theatre Company    
Erin Mei-Ling Stuart My Home on the Moon San Francisco Playhouse    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Gabriel Brown Big Data American Conservatory Theater    
Victoire Charles Jaja's African Hair Braiding Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Willam Thomas Hodgson Miss Bennet: Christmas in Pemberley TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Francis Jue Tiger Style! TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Tai White Much Ado About Nothing Marin Shakespeare Company    
         
         
  Featured Performance - Drama      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Nicholas Augusta Fences  6th Street Playhouse    
Jim Frankie Banks Fences  6th Street Playhouse    
Rolanda D. Bell A Thousand Ships Oakland Theater Project    
John Mannion For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday The Pear Theatre    
Natalie Tichenor Clybourne Park Masquers Playhouse    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Chachi Delgado Choir Boy Shotgun Players    
Lisa Ramirez Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches Oakland Theater Project    
Mia Rapoport Wait Until Dark Hillbarn Theatre    
Kelly Rinehart Pipeline African-American Shakespeare Company    
Erin Mei-Ling Stuart Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches Oakland Theater Project    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
John Keabler The Far Country Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Devin Kolluri Queen TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Lindsay Rico Mother Road Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Mike Ryan Queen TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Sharon Shao The Far Country Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
         
         
  Featured Performance - Musical      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Julia Ludwig The Divine Sarah Ross Valley Players    
Ami Nashimoto Ghost Quartet Oakland Theater Project    
Gwyneth Price Panos Young Frankenstein Los Altos Stage Company    
Brad Parks The Divine Sarah Ross Valley Players    
Gabriel Ross Cabaret Theatre Rhinoceros    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Tanika Baptiste Waitress San Francisco Playhouse    
Dan Demers Something Rotten! Hillbarn Theatre    
Michael Parrott Waitress San Francisco Playhouse    
Sharon Shao Waitress San Francisco Playhouse    
Chanel Tilghman Evita San Francisco Playhouse    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Bradley Dean Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
J. Conrad Frank Everybody's Talking About Jamie Ray of Light Theatre    
Mary Kalita The Prom Berkeley Playhouse    
Jeremy Kushner Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Andrea Rae Legally Blonde The Musical Tri-Valley Theatre Company    
         
         
  Principal Performance - Comedy      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Tamar Cohn Crossing Delancey Ross Valley Players    
Alan Coyne Accused! Central Works    
Stephanie Hunt Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry Word for Word/Z Space    
Ryan Tasker Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry Word for Word/Z Space    
Tori Truss Blithe Spirit Ross Valley Players    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Rinabeth Apostol My Home on the Moon San Francisco Playhouse    
Dean Linnard Torch Song Marin Theatre    
Flannery Mays Human Error Town Hall Theatre Company    
Emily Newsome Fallen Angels Aurora Theatre Company    
Phil Wong The 39 Steps San Francisco Playhouse    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Hugo E. Carbajal Private Lives American Conservatory Theater    
Bridgette Loriaux Much Ado About Nothing Marin Shakespeare Company    
Sarita Ocón Private Lives American Conservatory Theater    
Kenny Scott King James TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Jordan Lane Shappell King James TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
         
         
  Principal Performance - Drama      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Daniel Duque-Estrada Cost of Living Oakland Theater Project    
Allison Gamlen Clybourne Park Masquers Playhouse    
Halili Knox A Thousand Ships Oakland Theater Project    
Val Sinckler Fences 6th Street Playhouse    
Michael Ray Wisely Boss McGreedy Central Works    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Susi Damilano The Glass Menagerie San Francisco Playhouse    
Leontyne Mbele-Mbong Pipeline African-American Shakespeare Company    
Julia McNeal Yaga Marin Theatre    
Victor Talmadge Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches Oakland Theater Project    
Emilie Whelan Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches Oakland Theater Project    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Kjerstine Rose Anderson Queen TheatreWorks Silicon  Valley    
James Carpenter Mother Road Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Feodor Chin The Far Country Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Emilio Garcia-Sanchez Mother Road Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
John Heffeman The Lehman Trilogy American Conservatory Theater    
         
         
  Principal Performance - Musical      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Daniela Innocenti Beem Monty Python's Spamalot Novato Theater Company    
Merrill Grant The Divine Sarah Ross Valley Players    
Rudy Guerrero Cabaret Theatre Rhinoceros    
Monica Rose Slater Ghost Quartet Oakland Theater Project    
Bruce Vieira Monty Python's Spamalot Novato Theater Company    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Sophia Alawi Evita San Francisco Playhouse    
Caitlin Beanan Something Rotten! Hillbarn Theatre    
Ruby Day Waitress San Francisco Playhouse    
Alex Rodriguez Evita San Francisco Playhouse    
Brandon Savage Something Rotten! Hillbarn Theatre    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Gwynnevere Cristobal Legally Blonde The Musical Tri-Valley Theatre Company    
Raúl Esparza Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Madalynn Mathews Galileo: A Rock Musical Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Malachi McCaskill A Strange Loop American Conservatory Theater    
Romelo Urbi Everybody's Talking About Jamie Ray of Light Theatre    
         
         
  Entire Production - EB      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
A Thousand Ships   Oakland Theater Project    
Boss McGreedy   Central Works    
Clybourne Park   Masquers Playhouse    
Cost of Living   Oakland Theater Project    
The 39 Steps   Masquers Playhouse    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Cabaret   Center REP    
Doubt: A Parable   Altarena Playhouse    
Every Brilliant Thing   Center REP    
The Lifespan of a Fact   Aurora Theatre Company    
Thirty-Six   Shotgun Players    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Cult of Love   Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Galileo: A Rock Musical   Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
Mystic Pizza   Center REP    
The Far Country   Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
The Matchbox Magic Flute   Berkeley Repertory Theatre    
         
         
  Entire Production - NB      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Blithe Spirit   Ross Valley Players    
Crossing Delancey   Ross Valley Players    
Fences   6th Street Playhouse    
Monty Python's Spamalot   Novato Theater Company    
Noises Off   Novato Theater Company    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches   Oakland Theater Project    
Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika   Oakland Theater Project    
Lend Me a Tenor   Sonoma Arts Live    
The Hello Girls   Sonoma Arts Live    
Young Frankenstein   Sonoma Arts Live    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical   Spreckels Theatre Company    
Much Ado About Nothing   Marin Shakespeare Company    
The Wind in the Willows   Spreckels Theatre Company    
         
         
         
  Entire Production - SF      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Billy   Theatre Rhinoceros    
Cabaret   Theatre Rhinoceros    
The Strange Library   Word for Word/Z Space    
The Tutor   New Conservatory Theatre Center    
Who's-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry   Word for Word/Z Space    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Evita   San Francisco Playhouse    
My Home on the Moon   San Francisco Playhouse    
Pipeline   African-American Shakespeare Company    
Sign My Name to Freedom   San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company    
Waitress   San Francisco Playhouse    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
A Strange Loop   American Conservatory Theater    
Big Data   American Conservatory Theater    
Everybody's Talking About Jamie   Ray of Light Theatre    
The Lehman Trilogy   American Conservatory Theater    
TheTaming of the Shrew   African-American Shakespeare Company    
         
         
  Entire Production - SP      
         
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Chaplin and Keaton on the Set of Limelight   The Pear Theatre    
Waiting for Godot   Los Altos Stage Company    
Young Frankenstein   Los Altos Stage Company    
         
         
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Always... Patsy Cline   Hillbarn Theatre    
People Where They Are   San Jose Stage Company    
Rent   Hillbarn Theatre    
Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show   City Lights Theatre    
Something Rotten!   Hillbarn Theatre    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
Fiddler on the Roof   Palo Alto Players    
King James   TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley   TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Queen   TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
Tiger Style!   TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
         
         
 

Entire Production - Bay Area

 

     
  in a house with fewer than 100 seats      
         
Crossing Delancey   Ross Valley Players    
         
  in a house with 100 to 300 seats      
         
Something Rotten!   Hillbarn Theatre    
         
  in a house with more than 300 seats      
         
King James   TheatreWorks Silicon Valley    
 
   
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