The nominees for theatrical excellence in 2023 are:
Production
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Noise Within
- Appropriate, South Coast Repertory
- Blood at the Root, Open Fist Theatre Company
- For The Love of a Glove, Center For Inquiry West
- Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Rogue Machine
- Kill Shelter, Theatre of NOTE
- Life Sucks, Interact Theatre Company
- Much Ado About Nothing, A Noise Within
- Quixote Nuevo, South Coast Repertory
McCulloh Award for Revival
- A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse
- A View from the Bridge, Ruskin Group Theatre
- Into The Woods, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson
- Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum
Lead Performance
- Merle Dandridge, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse
- Kasey Mahaffy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Noise Within
- Ray Abruzzo, A View from the Bridge, Ruskin Group Theatre
- Edwin Lee Gibson, Fetch Clay, Make Man, Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas
- Eric B. Anthony, For the Love of a Glove, Center For Inquiry West
- Stephanie J Block, Into the Woods, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson
- Ashley Romans, Kill Shelter, Theatre of NOTE
- Nadia Marina, Kill Shelter, Theatre of NOTE
- Joshua Bitton, Much Ado About Nothing, A Noise Within
- Nate Memba, Pipeline, Harold Clurman Lab Theater
- Camille Ariana Spirlin, SHE, Antaeus Theatre Company
- Faline England, The Realistic Joneses, Co-production of Rubicon Theatre Company and Gare St Lazare Ireland
- Chris Butler, The Tempest: An Immersive Experience, The Shakespeare Center LA & After Hours Theatre Company
Featured Performance
- Aurora Leonard, A View from the Bridge, Ruskin Group Theatre
- Casey Smith, Do You Feel Anger?, Circle X Theatre Company
- Tasha Ames, Do You Feel Anger?, Circle X Theatre Company
- Gavin Creel, Into the Woods, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson
- Erin Pineda, Life Sucks, Interact Theatre Company
- Olivia Castanho, Life Sucks, Interact Theatre Company
- Lorenz Arnell, SHE, Antaeus Theatre Company
- Frederick Stuart, The Book of Will, A Noise Within
Ensemble Performance
- Life Sucks, Interact Theatre Company
- Radical or, are you gonna miss me?, IAMA Theatre Company
- Ride the Cyclone, Chance Theater
Solo Performance
- Daniel K. Isaac, Every Brilliant Thing, Geffen Playhouse
- Kristina Wong; Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord; Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas & East West Players
Writing – Original
- Charlie Oh, Coleman ’72, South Coast Repertory
- Bernardo Cubria, Crabs in a Bucket, Echo Theater Company
- Julien Nitzberg, For The Love of a Glove, Center for Inquiry West
- Dominique Morisseau, Pipeline, Harold Clurman Lab Theater
- Rosie Narasaki, Unrivaled, Playwrights’ Arena and Boston Court Pasadena
Writing Adaptation
- Aaron Posner, Life Sucks, Interact Theatre Company
- Tina Fey, Mean Girls, Hollywood Pantages Theatre
- Octavio Solis, Quixote Nuevo, South Coast Repertory
Music & Lyrics
- Susan Justin (Music/Lyrics) & Diane Frolov (Lyrics), Come Get Maggie, Rogue Machine
- Michael Shaw Fisher, Exorcistic: The Rock Musical, Orgasmico Theatre Company
- Jeff Richmond & Nell Benjamin, Mean Girls, Hollywood Pantages Theatre
- David R. Molina & Octavio Solis, Quixote Nuevo, South Coast Repertory
Music Direction
- Alby Potts, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse
- Michelle Do, Come Get Maggie, Rogue Machine
- Jan Roper, Starmites, Open Fist Theatre Company
- Myrna Conn, The Lonely Few, Geffen Playhouse
Choreography
- Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls, Hollywood Pantages Theatre
- Joyce Guy, Much Ado About Nothing, A Noise Within
- Marissa Herrera, Quixote Nuevo, South Coast Repertory
- Jeremy Lucas, The Wild Party, Jaxx Theatricals
Direction
- David Lee, A Little Night Music, Pasadena Playhouse
- Julia Rodriguez-Elliott & Geoff Elliott, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Noise Within
- Michael A. Shepperd, Blood at the Root, Open Fist Theatre Company
- Shaina Rosenthal, Kill Shelter, Theatre of NOTE
- Guillermo Cienfuegos, Much Ado About Nothing, A Noise Within
Set Design
- Frederica Nascimento, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Noise Within
- Evan Bartoletti, Life Sucks, Interact Theatre Company
- Angela Balogh Calin, Much Ado About Nothing, A Noise Within
- Efren Delgadillo, Jr., Quixote Nuevo, South Coast Repertory
- Alexander Dodge, The Engagement Party, Geffen Playhouse
- Leah Ramillano, The Tempest: An Immersive Experience, The Shakespeare Center LA and After Hours Theatre Company
Lighting Design
- Ken Booth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Noise Within
- Ken Booth, Much Ado About Nothing, A Noise Within
- Carol Doehring, Life Sucks, Interact Theatre Company
- 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
- Angela Balogh Calin, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Noise Within
- Lou Cranch, Crabs in a Bucket, Echo Theater Company
- Lena Sands, Menstruation: A Period Piece, Big Little Theater Company & Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Christine Cover Ferro, Much Ado About Nothing, A Noise Within
- Bradley Allen Lock, Ride the Cyclone, Chance Theater
Sound Design
- Robert Oriol, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Noise Within
- David R. Molina, Quixote Nuevo, South Coast Repertory
- Austin Quan & Cricket Myers, The Tempest: An Immersive Experience, The Shakespeare Center LA and After Hours Theatre Company
- Alyssa Ishii, Unrivaled, Playwrights’ Arena and Boston Court Pasadena
Projection/Animation
- Adam Jesse Burns, Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story, Theatre West
- Scott Peterman, Starmites, Open Fist Theatre Company
- Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh, Tacos La Brooklyn, Latino Theater Company & East West Players
- Yee Eun Nam, The Mountaintop, Geffen Playhouse
- Yee Eun Nam, Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum
Puppet Design
- James Ortiz, Into the Woods, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson
- Emory Royston, Kill Shelter, Theatre of NOTE