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B. Iden Payne Award winners
The Greater Austin Creative Alliance passed out its B. Iden Payne Awards last night, the annual awards that recognize contributions to the Austin theater community.
Artist and theater organization members of the Alliance nominate themselves and vote for the Payne awards which have been given out for 36 years.
2009-2010 B. IDEN PAYNE AWARDS
YOUTH THEATER
Outstanding Production of Youth Theater: There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom (UT Department of Theatre and Dance)
Outstanding Director of Youth Theater” Judy Matetzschk-Campbell (Just Bee)
Outstanding Performer in Youth Theater: Gricelda Silva (the Boy, The Red Balloon)
MUSIC THEATER
Outstanding Production of Music Theater: The Drowsy Chaperone (Zachary Scott Theatre Center)
Outstanding Director of Music Theater: Nick Demos (The Drowsy Chaperone)
Outstanding Lead Actor in Music Theater: Andrew Cannata (John 1, John 2, John & Jen)
Outstanding Lead Actress in Music Theater: Michelle Haché (Elsie Maynard, The Yeomen of the Guard)
Outstanding Featured Actor in Music Theater: Robert Pierson (Tom, Murder Ballad Murder Mystery)
Outstanding Featured Actress in Music Theater: Content Love Knowles (Tom’s Wife, Lincoln Lady, Murder Ballad Murder Mystery)
COMEDIES
Outstanding Production of a Comedy: The Taming of the Shrew - Original Practices (Hidden Room Theatre)
Outstanding Director of a Comedy: Beth Burns (The Taming of the Shrew - Original Practices)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy: Ryan Crowder (Katherina, The Taming of the Shrew - Original Practices)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy: Katie deBuys (Agnes White, Bug)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Comedy: Jude Hickey (Milkman Moe, Pandora et al., Leave It to Beverly)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Comedy: Xochitl Romero (Lauren, Circle Mirror Transformation)
DRAMAS
Outstanding Production of a Drama: Dionysus in 69 (Rude Mechanicals)
Outstanding Director of a Drama: Connor Hopkins (The Jungle)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama: Jacob Trussell (Peer Gynt, Peer Gynt)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama: Helen Merino (Mary Stuart, Mary Stuart)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Drama: Garry Peters (Big Daddy, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Drama: Feliz Dia McDonald (Ariel, Sycorax)
TECHNICAL
Outstanding Set Design: Ann Marie Gordon (Sleeping Beauty)
Outstanding Lighting Design: Megan M. Reilly (Murder Ballad Murder Mystery)
Outstanding Sound Design: Eliot Haynes (The Jungle)
Outstanding Costume Design: Susan Branch Towne (The Drowsy Chaperone)
Outstanding Music Director: Allen Robertson (The Drowsy Chaperone)
Outstanding Choreographer: Robin Lewis (The Drowsy Chaperone)
Outstanding Original Script: Connor Hopkins (The Jungle)
Outstanding Original Score: Content Love Knowles (Sleeping Beauty)
SPECIAL
Outstanding Cast or Ensemble Performance: The Drowsy Chaperone (cast, Zachary Scott Theatre Center)
Outstanding Young Performer: Matthew Stellato (Falstaff, The Merry Wives of Windsor)
Special Certificate for Puppetry: Trouble Puppet Theater Company, The Jungle
Special Certificate for Translation: Graham Schmidt, The Cherry Orchard
Rudy Kloptik Award for Outstanding Work in Improvisational Theater
(nominated by members of the Austin Improv Collective): Confidence Men: Improvised Mamet (The Institution Theater)
Peopleʼs Choice Award (chosen by attendees at the awards ceremony): A Little Night Music, Georgetown Palace Theatre, Georgetown
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