The nominees for the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for theatrical excellence in 2018 are:
Production
- A Picture of Dorian Gray, A Noise Within
- Cambodian Rock Band, South Coast Repertory
- Come From Away, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
- Cry It Out, Echo Theater Company
- Sell/Buy/Date, Geffen Playhouse/Los Angeles LGBT Center
- The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
- Vietgone, East West Players
McCulloh Award for Revival (plays written between 1920 and 1993)
- A Streetcar Named Desire, Boston Court Pasadena
- Cabaret, Celebration Theatre
- Cabaret, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
- Haiti, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, A Noise Within
- The Hothouse, Antaeus Theatre Company
- The Little Foxes, Antaeus Theatre Company
Lead Performance
- MaameYaa Boafo in School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play, Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas Theatre
- Graham Hamilton in The Hothouse, Antaeus Theatre Company
- Tom Hanks in Henry IV, Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
- Sylvia Kwan in Vietgone, East West Players
- Kasey Mahaffy in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, A Noise Within
- Saundra McClain in A Raisin in the Sun, A Noise Within
- Alex Nee in Cabaret, Celebration Theatre
- Joe Ngo in Cambodian Rock Band, South Coast Repertory
- Adam Peltier in Red Speedo, The Road Theatre Company
- Conrad Ricamora in Soft Power, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
- French Stewart in Finks, Rogue Machine Theatre
- Paul Yen in Vietgone, East West Players
Featured Performance
- JD Cullum in The Hothouse, Antaeus Theatre Company
- John Perrin Flynn in 100 Aprils, Rogue Machine Theatre
- Sarah Hollis in A Raisin in the Sun, A Noise Within
- Wesley Mann in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, A Noise Within
- Rob Nagle in The Little Foxes, Antaeus Theatre Company
- Felix Solis in Cost of Living, The Fountain Theatre
- Daisuke Tsuji in Cambodian Rock Band, South Coast Repertory
Ensemble Performance
- Come From Away, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
- Cult of Love, IAMA Theatre Company
- School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play, Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas Theatre
- The Little Foxes, Antaeus Theatre Company
- Vietgone, East West Players
Solo Performance
- Sarah Jones, Sell/Buy/Date, Geffen Playhouse/Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Jefferson Mays, A Christmas Carol, Geffen Playhouse
Direction
- Jennifer Chang, Vietgone, East West Players
- Nike Doukas, The Hothouse, Antaeus Theatre Company
- Geoff Elliott, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, A Noise Within
- Annie Tippe, Cult of Love, IAMA Theatre Company
- Chay Yew, Cambodian Rock Band, South Coast Repertory
Writing
- Inda Craig-Galván, I Go Somewhere Else, Playwrights Arena
- Bernardo Cubría, The Giant Void in My Soul, Ammunition Theatre Company
- Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Gloria, Echo Theater Company
- Sarah Jones, Sell/Buy/Date, Geffen Playhouse/Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Molly Smith Metzler, Cry It Out, Echo Theater Company
Writing (Adaptation)
- Sean Graney, The Pirates of Penzance, Pasadena Playhouse
- Patrick Marber, Three Days in the Country, Antaeus Theatre Company
Musical Score
- Sara Bareilles, Waitress, Hollywood Pantages Theatre
- Dengue Fever + others, Cambodian Rock Band, South Coast Repertory
- Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
- Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
Music Direction
- Ian Eisendrath, Come From Away, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
- Matthew MacNelly, Cambodian Rock Band, South Coast Repertory
- David O, Cabaret, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
- Anthony Zediker, Cabaret, Celebration Theatre
Choreography
- Janet Roston, Cabaret, Celebration Theatre
- Dana Solimando, Cabaret, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
- Sergio Trujillo, Ain’t Too Proud, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre
- Sergio Trujillo, On Your Feet, Hollywood Pantages Theatre
Set Design
- Tom Burch, The Pirates of Penzance, Pasadena Playhouse
- Stephen Gifford, Cabaret, Celebration Theatre
- John Iacovelli, The Little Foxes, Antaeus Theatre Company
- Stephanie Kerley Schwartz, A Raisin in the Sun, A Noise Within
Lighting Design
- Ken Booth, Henry V, A Noise Within
- Matthew Brian Denman, Cabaret, Celebration Theatre
- Andrew Schmedake, Native Son, Antaeus Theatre Company
- Steven Young, Cabaret, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Costume Design
- Allison Dillard, BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!), Moving Arts
- Allison Dillard, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Celebration Theatre
- Terri A. Lewis, The Little Foxes, Antaeus Theatre Company
- David Kay Mickelsen, Cabaret, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Sound Design
- Josh Bessom, Cabaret, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
- Mikhail Fiksel, Cambodian Rock Band, South Coast Repertory
- Jeff Gardner, Native Son, Antaeus Theatre Company
- Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol, Geffen Playhouse
CGI/Video
- Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol, Geffen Playhouse
- Kaitlyn Pietras and Jason H. Thompson, Vietgone, East West Players
- Nicholas E. Santiago, Arrival & Departure, The Fountain Theatre
Specialty
- Klint Flowers for Wigs and Makeup, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, A Noise Within
- Thomas Isao Morinaka and Aaron Aoki for Fight Choreography, Vietgone, East West Players
- Dane Oliver for Fight Choreography, Haiti, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum
- Jim Steinmeyer for Illusions, Stagecraft, and Magic Carpet, Aladdin, Hollywood Pantages Theatre