Digital Theatre - Edited
Production
Enterapiados, Drama Central
The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Austin Playhouse
Our Lady of the Sacred Part: Vulva Pope, VORTEX Repertory Company
Stygian Crossing: Season 2, La Fenice
The VORTEX Odyssey: Underworld, VORTEX Repertory Company
Trans Lives/Trans Voices, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)
Digital Short
“A Better Place,” DAT Short Play Festival 2021, Deaf Austin Theatre
“Ding!,” DAT Short Play Festival 2021, Deaf Austin Theatre
“the first night,” The VORTEX Odyssey: Underworld, VORTEX Repertory Company
“Flat Hens Don’t Lay Eggs or How the Chicken Crossed the Road,” Manifest Minifest 2020, New Manifest Theatre Company
“Medusa Problems,” The VORTEX Odyssey: Underworld, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
“Miss Your Touch,” The VORTEX Odyssey: Underworld, VORTEX Repertory Company
Direction
Simone Alexander, “Covenant,” Manifest Minifest 2020, New Manifest Theatre Company
Andrea L. Hart and Jenny Krick, sad women being sad, UT Department of Theatre & Dance
Adam W. Rodriguez, Stygian Crossing: Season 2, La Fenice
Lara Toner Haddock, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Austin Playhouse
Melissa Vogt and Rudy Ramirez, The VORTEX Odyssey: Underworld, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Lead Performer
Kenah Benefield (Son), “Boy,” Manifest Minifest 2020, New Manifest Theatre Company (winner)
Joshua Castille (Danny), “Pushing Buttons,” DAT Short Play Festival 2021, Deaf Austin Theatre
Marina DeYoe-Pedrasa (Vulva Pope), Our Lady of the Sacred Part: Vulva Pope, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Danielle Grisko (Morgan Moxley), Dandelion, Bottle Alley Theatre Company & VORTEX Repertory Company
Sarah Chong Harmer (Miji Park), OCD, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Jenny Krick (B), sad women being sad, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Jane Palacios (J), sad women being sad, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Indigo Rael (Polly Mermaid), Trash Talks with Polly Mermaid, Glass Half Full Theatre
Rudy Ramirez (Non-Gender Specific Parent of Lies / Gwyneth Paltrow), Stygian Crossing: Season 2, La Fenice
Rupert Reyes (Thomas), “Maude,” Manifest Minifest 2020, New Manifest Theatre Company
Ben Wolfe (Hercule Poirot), The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Austin Playhouse
Featured Performer
Kareem Badr (The Guy Next Door), Stygian Crossing: Season 2, La Fenice (winner)
Babs George (Emily Inglethorp), The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Austin Playhouse (winner)
Catherine Grady (Princess Bari, Penguin 1), OCD, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Anne Hulsman (Elsa Wertman), The Spoon River Project: Part 1, City Theatre Company
Remington Johnson (Remington Johnson), Trans Lives/Trans Voices, Ground Floor Theatre
Tessandra Lancaster (Tessandra Lancaster), Trans Lives/Trans Voices, Ground Floor Theatre
Eli Mendalhall (Judd), Radiance, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Nano Boye Nagle (Eliza Scrooge, Theodora), A TILTed Christmas Carol, TILT Performance Group
Mervin Primeaux-O’Bryant (Operator), “A Better Place,” DAT Short Play Festival 2021, Deaf Austin Theatre
Lisa Scheps (Lisa Scheps), Trans Lives/Trans Voices, Ground Floor Theatre
Jesús I. Valles (Charon), The VORTEX Odyssey: Underworld, VORTEX Repertory Company
Digital - Audio
Production
The Frog Prince, Jarrott Productions (winner)
Letters From Camp Shrewd, Shrewd Productions
The Speaker Speaks, Jarrott Productions
Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Direction
Malyssa Quiles, Letters from Camp Shrewd, Shrewd Productions
David R. Jarrott, The Frog Prince, Jarrott Productions (winner)
Anna Pickett, Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
David R. Jarrott, The Speaker Speaks, Jarrott Productions
Lead Performer
Jacqui Calloway (Princess), The Frog Prince, Jarrott Productions (winner)
Will Derden (H.S. Crank) Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
David R. Jarrott (Sam Rayburn), The Speaker Speaks, Jarrott Productions
Toby Minor (Frog Prince), The Frog Prince, Jarrott Productions
Emily Watson (Finley Frankfurter), Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Featured Performer
Jayla Ball (Princess Kelp, Doctor), Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Janelle Buchanan (Baba Yaga), The Frog Prince, Jarrott Productions
Taylor Flanagan (Tay), Letters from Camp Shrewd, Shrewd Productions (winner)
Franny Harold (Navigator Tex), Passage, Heartland Theatre Collective
Karen Jambon (Queen), The Frog Prince, Jarrott Productions (winner)
Ronan Melomo (Father Peter), Passage, Heartland Theatre Collective
Nicole Oglesby (Lieutenant Britt), Passage, Heartland Theatre Collective
Brennan Patrick (Helper Bot 7), Passage, Heartland Theatre Collective
Beau Paul (Harry), The Frog Prince, Jarrott Productions
Rupert Reyes (King), The Frog Prince, Jarrott Productions
Jesús I. Valles (Benji), Letters From Camp Shrewd, Shrewd Productions
Digital - Live
Production
Fall the House, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
A Portrait of My Mother, Jarrott Productions
La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
The Spin, Street Corner Arts (winner)
Direction
Spenser Davis, The Spin, Street Corner Arts (winner)
David R. Jarrott, A Portrait of My Mother, Jarrott Productions
Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
Braxton Rae, Fall the House, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Mallory Schlossberg, Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
Nikki Zook, “Trifles,” O’Neill + Glaspell, Different Stages
Lead Performer
Michelle Alexander (Mrs. Peters), “Trifles,” O’Neill + Glaspell, Different Stages
Carlo Lorenzo Garcia (Carlo Lorenzo Garcia), A Portrait of My Mother, Jarrott Productions (winner)
Guicha Gutiérrez (Mamáclaun), La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
Chelsea Manasseri (Mrs. Hale), “Trifles,” O’Neill + Glaspell, Different Stages
Megan Rabuse (Emily Silverberg), Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg (winner)
Shariba Rivers (Deirdre Young), The Spin, Street Corner Arts
Katherine Schroeder (Mrs. Dowey), “The Old Lady Shows Her Medals,” Synge + Barrie, Different Stages
Featured Performer
Zac Carr (Clark Megan), The Spin, Street Corner Arts
John R. Christopher (Ghost), Fall the House, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)
Susannah Crowell (Jenny, Doo-Wop Friend, Ensemble) , Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
Natalie D. Garcia (KC Pecarrero), The Spin, Street Corner Arts
Kelsey Mazak (April Henning), The Spin, Street Corner Arts
Charissa Memrick (Recruiter), Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
Danielle Molly (Margot Quinn), Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez (Claunimando), La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Beau Paul (Mr. Tackleton), The Cricket on the Hearth, Different Stages
Robin Rothman Taylor (Isabelle Hood), Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
Digital - Improvised
Production
Dr. Boo’s Creepy Neighborhood, Hideout Theatre
#Found, Hideout Theatre (winner)
Holly Jolly Journey, Hideout Theatre
Direction
Jessica Arjet and Adrian Glaze Gwarzález, #Found, Hideout Theatre
Jessica Arjet and Adrian Prado, Holly Jolly Journey, Hideout Theatre
Colleen Bell and Danielle DaVarona, Dr. Boo’s Creepy Neighborhood, Hideout Theatre (winner)
Cast of an Improvised Production
¡Ándale, échale ganas! with coach Ben [Come on, give it a try!], VORTEX Repertory Company & Starr Community Theatre (winner)
Dr. Boo’s Creepy Neighborhood, Hideout Theatre
Escaping the Zoom, Hideout Theatre
#Found, Hideout Theatre
Holly Jolly Journey, Hideout Theatre
Live Theatre
Production
Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin and Texas Performing Arts
Much Ado About Nothing, Austin Shakespeare’s Young Shakespeare
rain falls special on me, Ground Floor Theatre
Wildcraft, Bottle Alley Theatre Company & VORTEX Repertory Company
Direction
Marcus McQuirter and Rudy Ramirez, Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven, VORTEX Repertory Company
Ginger Morris and Michael Avila, Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin and Texas Performing Arts (winner)
Patti Neff-Tiven, rain falls special on me, Ground Floor Theatre
Lead Performer
Oktavea LaToi (Annie Jump), Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Stan McDowell (Mikey), rain falls special on me, Ground Floor Theatre
Hannah Roberts (Campbell), Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin and Texas Performing Arts
Featured Performer
Faith Anderson (Telemachus [Tee]), “The Descendants,” The VORTEX Odyssey,
VORTEX Repertory Company
Christina Blake (Althea), Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven, VORTEX Repertory Company
Jeremy Rashad Brown (Dr. Jump), Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Andrew De La Garza (Twig), Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin and Texas Performing Arts
Michael Galvan (Hades), “The Underworld,” The VORTEX Odyssey, VORTEX Repertory Company
Alley Koenig (Dogberry), Much Ado About Nothing, Austin Shakespeare’s Young Shakespeare
Eva McQuade (Mrs. Gomez), Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Meredith O’Brien (Miss Candace), rain falls special on me, Ground Floor Theatre
Dane Parker (KJ), Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven, VORTEX Repertory Company
Evan Vines (Randall), Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin and Texas Performing Arts
Composition and Other Performances
Original Script - Feature Length
Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, A Portrait of My Mother, Jarrott Productions
Guinevere Govea, Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)
Jenny Krick, sad women being sad, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
Lane Michael Stanley, rain falls special on me, Ground Floor Theatre
the cast, Trans Lives/Trans Voices, Ground Floor Theatre
Original Script - Short
Chris Eli Blak, “Boy,” Manifest Minifest 2020, New Manifest Theatre Company
Kristiana Rae Colón, “Covenant,” Manifest Minifest 2020, New Manifest Theatre Company
Raymond Luczak, “Ding!,” DAT Short Play Festival 2021, Deaf Austin Theatre
Rob Roth, “Pushing Buttons,” DAT Short Play Festival 2021, Deaf Austin Theatre
Eva Suter, “Ariadne,” The VORTEX Odyssey: Underworld, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
TK Sylvester, “The Last Floor,” DAT Short Play Festival 2021, Deaf Austin Theatre
Music Direction
Guinevere Govea, Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
J. Quinton Johnson, Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin & Texas Performing Arts (winner)
Alexandra Smith, Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
Featured Music Performance
Jessica B. Cohen (Jessica B. Cohen), Another Great Depression, VORTEX Repertory Company’s Summer Youth Theatre (winner)
Rebekah Farris (Rosalind), Les Amants de Bois [Lovers in Arcadia],
Shakespeare on Film
Laura Freeman (Calypso), “Island of Calypso,” The VORTEX Odyssey, VORTEX Repertory Company
Movement Performance
the cast, Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin & Texas Performing Arts (winner)
the cast, OCD, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
the cast, Radiance, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
the cast, La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez (Leucosia, Siren of Distraction), “The Sirens,” The VORTEX Odyssey, VORTEX Repertory Company
Original Score
Dave Cooper and the One-Man Frog Band, The Frog Prince, Jarrott Productions
Laura Freeman, “Miss Your Touch,” The VORTEX Odyssey: Underworld, VORTEX Repertory Company
Guinevere Govea, Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Mallory Schlossberg and Alexandra Smith, Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg (winner)
Young Performer
Norah Barry (Beatrice), Much Ado About Nothing, Austin Shakespeare’s Young Shakespeare
Abigail Bensman (Eva), Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin & Texas Performing Arts (winner)
Jessica B. Cohen (Jessica B. Cohen), Another Great Depression, VORTEX Repertory Company’s Summer Youth Theatre
Alex Duchene-Phillips (Alex Duchene-Phillips), Another Great Depression, VORTEX Repertory Company’s Summer Youth Theatre
Rebekah Freeland (Bridget), Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin & Texas Performing Arts
Bailey Gilmore (Ursula), Much Ado About Nothing, Austin Shakespeare’s Young Shakespeare
Eamon Griffin (Conrade), Much Ado About Nothing, Austin Shakespeare’s Young Shakespeare
Jago Mystiek (Don John), Much Ado About Nothing, Austin Shakespeare’s Young Shakespeare
Mercy Olguin (Hero), Much Ado About Nothing, Austin Shakespeare’s Young Shakespeare
McKenlee Wilson (Danielle), Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin & Texas Performing Arts (winner)
Small Cast
Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
“Ding!," DAT Short Play Festival 2021, Deaf Austin Theatre
The Frog Prince, Jarrott Productions
La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
sad women being sad, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Large Cast
Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin & Texas Performing Arts (winner)
Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
The Spin, Street Corner Arts
Trans Lives/Trans Voices, Ground Floor Theatre
Ensemble
Simone Alexander, Faith Anderson, Oktavea LaToi and Khali Sykes (coven), “Covenant,” Manifest Minifest 2020, New Manifest Theatre Company
Marissa Angel Barker, Ashley Bowen and Makaila Heath (chorus of Furies), Fall the House, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Alan Blake, Leon Clinton, Richard Jones and Graham Snow (coders), Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
Catherine Grady, Joseph Yi, Nicole Melendez and Valeria Najera Zavala (penguins), OCD, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Adam Rodriguez, Rudy Ramirez, Kaci Beeler, Roy Janik, Brandon Martin, Tobie Minor and JR Zambrano (Council of Warlocks), Stygian Crossing: Season 2, La Fenice (winner)
Puppetry
Dr. Boo’s Creepy Neighborhood, Hideout Theatre
“Flat Hens Don’t Lay Eggs or How the Chicken Crossed the Road,” Manifest Minifest 2020, New Manifest Theatre Company
Our Lady of the Sacred Part: Vulva Pope, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
The Sightless, ACC Department of Drama
Trash Talks with Polly Mermaid, Glass Half Full Theatre
Dance Choreography
Sandie Donzica, Coco Lectric, Toni Bravo and Kellee Fuller, The VORTEX Odyssey, VORTEX Repertory Company
Kelly Hasandras, Human Resources: the Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
Matt Kennedy and Khali Sykes, Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin & Texas Performing Arts (winner)
Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
Dramaturgy
Mallory Maybin, Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Gricelda Silva, Our Lady of the Sacred Part: Vulva Pope, VORTEX Repertory Company
Lane Michael Stanley, rain falls special on me, Ground Floor Theatre
Indiia Wilmott, Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Cast, A Tale of Two Citizens: A People’s Struggle with Housing in the Capital City, Gathering Ground Theatre & Tenants Speak Up! Theatre
Technical Director
Blake Addyson, Cuento Navideño: A Virtual Bah Humbug in the Barrio, Teatro Vivo
Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, The Spin, Street Corner Arts (winner)
Hank Kerston, Trans Lives/Trans Voices, Ground Floor Theatre
Kenzie Slottow, Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
Design
Set Design
Maggie Armandariz, Cuento Navideño: A Virtual Bah Humbug in the Barrio, Teatro Vivo
Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
Indigo Rael and Caroline Reck, Trash Talks with Polly Mermaid, Glass Half Full Theatre
Tomas Salas and Joe Kelley, The Sightless, ACC Department of Drama
Gary Thornsberry, rain falls special on me, Ground Floor Theatre (winner)
Lighting Design
Patrick Anthony, Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Patrick Anthony, La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
Rachel Atkinson, The Sightless, ACC Department of Drama
Ari Jamieson, Radiance, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Emily T. Novack, sad women being sad, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Sound Design
Craig Brock, The Frog Prince, Jarrott Productions
Charlotte Brown and Tosin Awofeso, Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg (winner)
TeeJay Hill, Julie Moore and Adam W. Rodriguez, Stygian Crossing: Season 2, La Fenice
Malyssa Quiles, Letters from Camp Shrewd, Shrewd Productions
Alex Titsworth and Kasey Durham, Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Costume Design
Teresa Carson and Shane Oberle, Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin & Texas Performing Arts (winner)
Pamela Friday, Jessi Rose, Aaron Flynn, Coco Lectric, Connor Hopkins, Melissa Vogt, Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez and Aaron Kubacak, The VORTEX Odyssey, VORTEX Repertory Company
Guicha Gutiérrez y Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
Buffy Manners and Diana Huckaby, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Austin Playhouse
Marina DeYoe-Pedraza, Our Lady of the Sacred Part: Vulva Pope, VORTEX Repertory Company
Stage Management
Morgan Brochu, The Spin, Street Corner Arts
Davvi Solomon, Hannah Frye Ginsberg, Harriet Butler, Nicole Wilkins & Mikayla Stasny, Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin & Texas Performing Arts (winner)
Elana Schlossberg, Human Resources: The Musical, Mallory Schlossberg
Clarissa Smith, Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven, VORTEX Repertory Company
Chris Fontanes, Wildcraft, Bottle Alley Theatre Company & VORTEX Repertory Company
Media Design
Rachel Atkinson, The Sightless, ACC Department of Theatre and Dance
Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, The Spin, Street Corner Arts
Hector Ordaz Gutiérrez, La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
Adam W. Rodriguez, Stygian Crossing: Season 2, La Fenice
Melissa Vogt, The VORTEX Odyssey: Underworld, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Properties Design
Shannon Grounds, Letters From Camp Shrewd, Shrewd Productions
Patti Neff-Tiven, rain falls special on me, Ground Floor Theatre
Christopher Payne, Katie Decker, Rachel Bostick, Crystalline Moon, Jane Johnson, Brooke Harrington, Heather Loop, Chris Fontanes, Dani Stetka Odom, Cyd Sanchez, Danielle Grisko, Abigail Lucas, Miki Johnson, Cassidy Timms, Emily Rankin, Amber Shantel Hales and Amber Wilson, Dandelion, Bottle Alley Theatre Company & VORTEX Repertory Company
Indigo Rael and Caroline Reck, Trash Talks with Polly Mermaid, Glass Half Full Theatre (winner)
Chris Fontanes and Miki Johnson, Wildcraft, Bottle Alley Theatre Company & VORTEX Repertory Company
Hair and Makeup Design
the cast, The VORTEX Odyssey, VORTEX Repertory Company (winner)
Zsofia Otvos, OCD, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
The cast, Dr. Boo’s Creepy Neighborhood, Hideout Theatre
Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
Movement Design
Giana Blazquez, Radiance, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Russell Harvard, “Ding!,” DAT Short Play Festival 2021, Deaf Austin Theatre
Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, La Raza Cósmica, ProyectoTeatro & VORTEX Repertory Company
Hunter Regian, Bring It On: The Musical, Summer Stock Austin & Texas Performing Arts (winner)
Mike Steele, OCD, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Editing
Conner Darnell, Spells of the Sea, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance (winner)
Jason Graf and Craig Brock, A Portrait of My Mother, Jarrott Productions
Paul William Kruse and Davy Sumner, sad women being sad, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Nick Saldivar, Talk of Graves, Cohen New Works Festival, UT Department of Theatre and Dance
Lisa Scheps, Trans Lives/Trans Voices, Ground Floor Theatre
Special Certificates
Community Engagement - Gathering Ground Theatre
Public Uplifting of Trans Voices - Ground Floor Theatre
Steven Fay Award for Community Service - Robert Faires
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