2023 Awards

Congratulations to the recipients of the 54th Annual LADCC Awards for theatrical excellence.

Production
Kill Shelter, Theatre of NOTE

McCulloh Award for Revival
A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse

Lead Performance
• Merle Dandridge, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse
• Edwin Lee Gibson, Fetch Clay, Make Man, Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre
• Ashley Romans, Kill Shelter, Theatre of NOTE

Featured Performance
• Tasha Ames, Do You Feel Anger?, Circle X Theatre Co.
• Casey Smith, Do You Feel Anger?, Circle X Theatre Co.

Ensemble Performance
• Life Sucks, Interact Theatre Company

Solo Performance
• Daniel K. Isaac, Every Brilliant Thing, Geffen Playhouse

Writing – Original
• Bernardo Cubría, Crabs in a Bucket, Echo Theater Company
• Rosie Narasaki, Unrivaled, Playwrights’ Arena and Boston Court Pasadena

Choreography
• Joyce Guy, Much Ado About Nothing, A Noise Within
Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls, Hollywood Pantages Theatre

Writing Adaptation
• Aaron Posner, Life Sucks, Interact Theatre Company

Music Direction
• Alby Potts,  A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse

Music & Lyrics
Michael Shaw Fisher, Exorcistic: The Rock Musical, Orgasmico Theatre Company

Direction
• Shaina Rosenthal, Kill Shelter, Theatre of NOTE

Set Design
• Alexander Dodge, The Engagement Party, Geffen Playhouse

Projection/Animation Design
• Yee Eun Nam, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum

Lighting Design
• Dan Weingarten, The Tempest: An Immersive Experience, The Shakespeare Center LA and After Hours Theatre Company

Costume Design
• Kate Bergh, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse
• Lou Cranch, Crabs in a Bucket, Echo Theater Company

Sound Design
• Alyssa Ishii, Unrivaled; Playwrights’ Arena and Boston Court Pasadena

Puppet Design
• Emory Royston, Kill Shelter, Theatre of NOTE