Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Winners Announced

The winners of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle were announced April 8 at the Pasadena Playhouse.

The full list of winners is below:

Production
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)

McCulloh Revival
Cabaret (Celebration Theatre)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (A Noise Within)
The Little Foxes (Antaeus Theatre Company)

Lead Performance
MaameYaa Boafo, School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play (Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre)
Tom Hanks, Henry IV (The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles)
Kasey Mahaffy, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (A Noise Within)
Alex Nee, Cabaret (Celebration Theatre)
Conrad Ricamora, Soft Power (Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre)

Featured Performance
Rob Nagle, The Little Foxes (Antaeus Theatre Company)
Daisuke Tsuji, Cambodian Rock Band (South Coast Repertory)

Ensemble Performance
Come From Away (Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre)
The Little Foxes (Antaeus Theatre Company)

Solo Performance
Sarah Jones, Sell/Buy/Date (Geffen Playhouse/Los Angeles LGBT Center)

Writing
Sarah Jones, Sell/Buy/Date (Geffen Playhouse/Los Angeles LGBT Center)
Molly Smith Metzler, Cry It Out (Echo Theater Company)

Writing Adaptation
Patrick Marber, Three Days in the Country (Antaeus Theatre Company)

Musical Score
Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away (Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre)

Musical Direction
Ian Eisendrath, Come From Away (Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre)
Anthony Zediker, Cabaret (Celebration Theatre)

Choreography
Janet Roston, Cabaret (Celebration Theatre)

Direction
Jennifer Chang, Vietgone (East West Players)
Geoff Elliott, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (A Noise Within)

Set Design
Stephen Gifford, Cabaret (Celebration Theatre)
John Iacovelli, The Little Foxes (Antaeus Theatre Company)

Lighting Design
Matthew Brian Denman, Cabaret (Celebration Theatre)
Andrew Schmedake, Native Son (Antaeus Theatre Company)

Costume Design
Allison Dillard, BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!) (Moving Arts at Atwater Village Theatre)
Allison Dillard, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Celebration Theatre)

Sound Design
Jeff Gardner, Native Son (Antaeus Theatre Company)
Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol (Geffen Playhouse)

CGI/Projection
Kaitlyn Pietras and Jason H. Thompson, Vietgone (East West Players)

Specialty
Thomas Isao Morinaka and Aaron Aoki for Fight Choreography, Vietgone (East West Players)
Jim Steinmeyer for Illusions, Stagecraft, and Magic Carpet, Aladdin (Hollywood Pantages Theatre)

Special Award Winners

The Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in theatre was awarded to Sacred Fools Theater Company.

The Polly Warfield Award for an excellent season in a small to mid-size theatre was awarded to Echo Theater Company.

The Ted Schmitt Award for the world premiere of an outstanding new play was awarded to Lauren Yee for Cambodian Rock Band, originally produced by South Coast Repertory.

The Kinetic Lighting Award for distinguished achievement in theatrical design was awarded to sound designer Robert Oriol.

The Joel Hirschhorn Award for distinguished achievement in musical theatre was awarded to La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment.

The Milton Katselas Award for distinguished achievement in direction was awarded to Cameron Watson.

The Gordon Davidson Award for distinguished contribution to the Los Angeles theatrical community was awarded to Native Voices at the Autry.

The Theater Angel Award for distinguished service to Los Angeles theatre was awarded to Yvonne Bell.

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle was founded in 1969. The 2018 membership consisted of: Frances Baum Nicholson; Paul Birchall; Katie Buenneke; Erin Conley; Ellen Dostal; Lovell Estell III; Shirle Gottlieb; Margaret Gray; Hoyt Hilsman; Harker Jones; Deborah Klugman; Jenny Lower; Dany Margolies; Myron Meisel; Terry Morgan; Steven Leigh Morris; Melinda Schupmann; Jonas Schwartz-Owen; Don Shirley; Les Spindle; Rob Stevens; and Neal Weaver.