The B. Iden Payne nominating committee of the Austin Circle of Theatres has just made public the nominations for ACOT's B. Iden Payne awards.  ACOT members will be invited to download the list, vote and return votes for tabulation. 

The awards and pre-show reception will once again  be at the Rollins Studio Theatre in the Long Center, Sunday, October 18th. The pre-show reception begins at 5:30 p.m. and the show at 7 p.m.

Dave Buckman of The Frank Mills and show coordinator for the Austin Improv Collective will direct the show itself.

ACoT’s special "Outstanding Contribution to Austin Theater" Award recipient will be Shannon Sedwick and Robert Faires will do the presenting honors.

(click for full list of nominations)

DRAMAS

MUSIC THEATER

Outstanding Production of Music Theater
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (North by Northwest Theatre Company)
The Music Man (Zilker Theatre Productions)
Oceana (VORTEX Repertory Company)
The Pajama Game (SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Summer Stock Austin)

Outstanding Director of Music Theater
Bonnie Cullum (Oceana)
Bonnie Cullum (The Secret Lives of the InBetweeners)
Joni McClain (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change)
Michael McKelvey (The Pajama Game)
Michael McKelvey (Sweeney Todd)

Outstanding Lead Actor in Music Theater
Andrew Cannata (Sid Sorokin, The Pajama Game)
Brian Coughlin (El Gallo, The Fantasticks)
Spencer Driggers (Narrator, Gorilla Man)
Tyler Jones (Charlie Brown, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
Jacob Trussell (Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd)

Outstanding Lead Actress in Music Theater
Kathleen Fletcher (Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd)
Annika Johansson (Cathy Hiatt, The Last Five Years)
Macey Mayfield (Audrey, Little Shop of Horrors)
Janis Stinson (Caroline Thibodeaux, Caroline)
Melissa Vogt-Patterson (Siren, Olo, Pink Sun)

Outstanding Featured Actor in Music Theater
Trey Deason (Waldo, The Secret Lives of the InBetweeners)
Arthur DiBianca (Lord Chancellor, Iolanthe)
Aaron Moten (Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd)
Andrew Varenhorst (Truck Driver, Politician, Prison Guard, Gorilla Man)
Frank Viveros (Dryer, Bus, Caroline)

Outstanding Featured Actress in Music Theater
Emily Bem (Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, The Music Man)
Shavana Calder (Emmie Thibodeaux, Caroline)
Julia Duffy (Gladys, The Pajama Game)
Sarah Kumengi (Lucy, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
Meredith McCall (Rose Stopnick Gellman, Caroline)

COMEDIES

Outstanding Production of a Comedy
As You Like It (Scottish Rite Theater)
Black Snow (TUTTO Theatre Company)
Cyrano de Bergerac (SEU Mary Moody Northen Theatre)
House of Several Stories (Imagine That Productions)
Killer Joe (Capital T Theatre)

Outstanding Director of a Comedy
A. John Boulanger (House of Several Stories)
Beth Burns (As You Like It)
Mark Pickell (Killer Joe)
Michelle S. Polgar (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Dustin Wills (Black Snow)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy
Martin Burke (Bastian, House of Several Stories)
Scott Daigle (Orlando, As You Like It)
Tyler Jones (Simon Bliss, Hay Fever)
David M. Long (Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano de Bergerac)
Gabriel Luna (Sergei Leontievich Maxudov, Black Snow)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy
Lauren Lane (Sue, House of Several Stories)
Lorella Loftus (Susan, Good Things)
Meredith McCall (Rissa, House of Several Stories)
Bernadette Nason (Kate, Sylvia)
Jennifer Underwood (Miss Witherspoon, Miss Witherspoon)

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Comedy
Travis Dean (mugged shopper, “Windchimes and Varicose Cream,” I ♥ Walmart)
Matt Radford (Clive, Martin, Cloud 9)
Justin Scalise (Adam, Silvius, As You Like It)
Justin Scalise (William Slate, Kill Will)
Mason Stewart (corporate executive, “Rebranding Meeting,” I ♥ Walmart)

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Comedy
Suzanne Balling (Maryamma, Miss Witherspoon)
Sarah Burkhalter (Edward, Lin, Cloud 9)
Smaranda Ciceu (Ivan Vasilievich, Black Snow)
Jennifer Coy (Twink Futrelle, Christmas Belles)
Jenny Gravenstein (Virginia Madden, Age of Arousal)

Outstanding Production of a Play for Youth
Heron and Crane (DA! Theatre Collective)
Pattern Nation (Pollyanna Theatre Company)
Still Life With Iris (UT Department of Theatre and Dance)
The Tempest (Pollyanna Theatre Company)
Wanda’s World (Zachary Scott Theatre Center Performing Arts School)

Outstanding Director of a Play for Youth
Wendy Bable (Still Life With Iris)
Beth Burns (Hansel and Gretel)
Jaclyn Loewenstein (Wanda’s World)
Judy Matetzschk-Campbell (Pattern Nation)
Judy Matetzschk-Campbell (The Tempest [Pollyanna])

Outstanding Actor in a Play for Youth
Jude Hickey (Crane, Heron and Crane)
Nathan Jerkins (Hansel, Hansel and Gretel)
Skip Johnson (Red, Pattern Nation)
Jason Marlett (Green, Pattern Nation)
David Meissner (Blue, Pattern Nation)

Outstanding Actress in a Play for Youth
Stephanie Delk (Lucy Goose, Hansel and Gretel)
Shannon Grounds (Gretel, Hansel and Gretel)
Karen Jambon (Witch, Hansel and Gretel)
Michelle Keffer (Yellow, Pattern Nation)
Amy Nichols (Ms. Dinglederry, Wanda’s World)

Outstanding Set Design
Theada Bellenger (Les Misérables)
Ann Marie Gordon (Oceana)
Lisa Laratta (Black Snow)
Lisa Laratta (Ophelia)
Mark Pickell and Tommy Grubbs (Killer Joe)
Cliff Simon (The Grapes of Wrath)

Outstanding Lighting Design
Jason Amato (The Grapes of Wrath)
Jason Amato (Oceana)
Don Day (Blackbird)
Megan M. Reilly (Black Snow)
Megan M. Reilly (Ophelia)

Outstanding Sound Design
Peter Blackwell (Pattern Nation)
Billy Henry (The Idiot)
Adam Hilton (Killer Joe)
Jeff Miller (Miss Witherspoon)
Roy Taylor (Oceana)

Outstanding Costume Design
Ia Enstera (The Tempest [Pollyanna])
Pam Fletcher-Friday (Sweeney Todd)
Diana Huckaby (Age of Arousal)
Kim H. Ngo (Black Snow)
Ariana Schwartz (Still Life With Iris)

Outstanding Music Director
Kyle Evans (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change)
Content Love Knowles (Oceana)
Michael McKelvey (The Last Five Years)
Michael McKelvey (Sweeney Todd)
Allen Robertson (The Grapes of Wrath)

Outstanding Dance Choreographer
Ensemble (Ophelia)
Danny Herman and Rocker Verastique (The Pajama Game)
Ralph MacPhail, Jr. (Iolanthe)
Judy Thompson-Price (The Music Man)

Outstanding Fight Choreographer
J. David Brimmer (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Travis Dean (Killer Joe)
Jeffery “DaShade” Johnson, Brian Fisher, John Satburry and Damon Smith (Windows)
Sesar Sandoval (Kill Will)

Outstanding Original Script
A. John Boulanger (House of Several Stories)
Beth Burns (The Long Now)
Emily Cicchini (Pattern Nation)
Trey Deason (“Brownies,” Muses III)
Jenny Keto (“Bloody Mary,” Muses III)

Outstanding Original Score
Burton Bell and T. Lynn Mikeska (The Long Now)
Aaron Brown (The Secret Lives of the InBetweeners)
Davíd Garza (Fantasmaville)
Content Love Knowles (Oceana)
Michael McKelvey (As You Like It)

SPECIAL

Outstanding Cast Performance
Bombs in Your Mouth (Hyde Park Theatre)
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (North by Northwest Theatre Company)
Killer Joe (Capital T Theatre)
Ophelia (TUTTO Theatre Company)
Still Life With Iris (UT Department of Theatre and Dance)

Outstanding Ensemble Performance
Donato Rodriguez III and Rupert Reyes (Gustavo and Freddy, Fantasmaville)
David Stahl and Michael Stuart (Henry and Mortimer, The Fantasticks)
Mary Bridget Davies and Sydney Andrews (Janises, Love, Janis)
Amie Elyn, Andreá Smith, David Yeakle, Mikaela Thomas, Angelica McAuley and Carlos Treviño (Maids, Mister Z Loves Company)
Steffanie Ngo-Hatchie, Derek Kolluri and Karina Dominguez (Furies, Orestes)

Outstanding Youth Performer
Hayley Armstrong (Helena Glory, R.U.R.)
Dylan Kittleman (Monsieur Thenardier, Les Misérables)
Angela Loftus (Marjorie, Scotch Doris, Natalie, Policewoman, Helena, Good Things)
Matthew Moore (Noah Gellman, Caroline)
Matthew Moore (P.J. Dunbar, Wanda’s World)

Outstanding Theatrical Event
The Casket of Passing Fancy (Rubber Repertory)
The E Word: A Playground Adaptation (Sharon Sparlin)
Frankenstein (Trouble Puppet Theater Company)

Rudy Kloptik Award for Outstanding Work in Improvisational Theater
(These nominations were made by members of the Austin Improv Collective and the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.)
ColdTowne
Confidence Men: Improvised Mamet
Midnight Society
Parallelogramophonograph
The Frank Mills

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