2015-16 Theatre Arts Guild Awards Nominees

Here is a full list of the nominees. Congratulations to all!

Outstanding Performance by an Actress FEATURED ROLE – COMEDY/DRAMA
1. Stephanie Anderson – Kate – In The Bones – Shelterbelt Theatre
2. Megan Friend – Actor D – The Grown-Up – Blue Barn Theatre
3. Kaitlyn McClincy – Jenny –The Christians – Blue Barn Theatre
4. Rusheaa Smith-Turner – Segel Mohammed – Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods – Omaha
Community Playhouse
5. Mary Trecek – Caroline Cushing – Frost / Nixon – Blue Barn Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Actor FEATURED ROLE – COMEDY/DRAMA
1. Nils Haaland – Actor C – The Grown-Up – Blue Barn Theatre
2. Bill Hutson – Jay – The Christians – Blue Barn Theatre
3. Mike Markey – John – Calendar Girls – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. Andy Prescott – Harry / Cathy – Cloud 9 – UNO Theatre
5. Brent Spencer – Swifty Lazar – Frost / Nixon – Blue Barn Theatre

Outstanding NEW SCRIPT
1. Mama’s Girls – Marilyn Barner Anselmi – SNAP! Productions
2. Untitled – Doug Hayko – Creighton University
3. Blood Harmony – Shayne Kennedy – Creighton University
4. Untitled Series #7 – Ellen Struve – Shelterbelt Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Actress FEATURED ROLE – MUSICAL
1. Kathy Banta – The Moon – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
2. Katy Boone – Martha – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
3. Sarah Gibson – Mrs. Fleming / Veronica’s Mom – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
4. Samantha Quintana – Antonia – Man of La Mancha – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. Zhomontee Watson – Washing Machine – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community
Playhouse

Outstanding Performance by an Actor FEATURED ROLE – MUSICAL
1. Nick Albrecht – Various Roles – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
2. Joe Dignoti – Mr. Stopnick – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
3. Joey Galda – Various Roles – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
4. Zach Kloppenborg – Carmen Ghia – The Producers – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. Nik Whitcomb – Dryer / Bus Driver – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse

Outstanding Performance by a YOUTH ACTRESS
1. Zoey Dittmer – Scout –To Kill a Mockingbird – Bellevue Little Theatre
2. Chloe Irwin – Samuel III / Sammy – Mama’s Girls – SNAP! Productions
3. Emma Johnson – Jane Banks – Mary Poppins – Chanticleer Theater
4. Hannah-Kate Kinney – Amelia Jacobs – Mama’s Girls – Chanticleer Theater
5. Torisa Walker – Dorothy Gale – The Wizard of Oz – Papillion-La Vista Community Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a YOUTH ACTOR
1. Ben Adams – Scarecrow – The Wizard of Oz – Papillion-La Vista Community Theatre
2. Danny Denenberg – Noah Gellman – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
3. Wayne Hudson – Jackie Thibodeaux – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. Justice Jamal Jones – Gabriel – Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods – Omaha Community
Playhouse
5. Austin Lempke – Michael Banks – Mary Poppins – Chanticleer Theater

Outstanding Achievement in SET DESIGN
1. Sharon Diaz – The Feast – Shelterbelt Theatre
2. Robbie Jones – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
3. Martin Scott Marchitto – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
4. Jim Othuse – Man of La Mancha – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. Steven L. Williams – Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods – Omaha Community Playhouse

Outstanding Achievement in SOUND DESIGN
1. Tim Burkhart & John Gibilisco – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
2. Craig Marsh – Frost / Nixon – Blue Barn Theatre
3. Shannon Smay and Hannah Meyer – The Feast – Shelterbelt Theatre
4. Shannon Smay – The Singularity – Shelterbelt Theatre
5. Aaron David Wrigley – Kwaidan – UNO Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in LIGHTING DESIGN
1. Joshua Mullady – The Feast – Shelterbelt Theatre
2. Jim Othuse – City of Angels – Omaha Community Playhouse
3. Steven L. Williams – Kwaidan – UNO Theatre
4. Steven L. Williams – Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. Carol Wisner – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Actress SUPPORTING ROLE – COMEDY/DRAMA
1. Jill Anderson – Elizabeth – The Christians – Blue Barn Theatre
2. Leanne Hill Carlson – Sam – The Feast – Shelterbelt Theatre
3. Jennifer Gilg – Lisa – Untitled Series #7 – Shelterbelt Theatre
4. Julie Huff – Ruth – Calendar Girls – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. Caitlin Staebell – W – Cock – SNAP! Productions

Outstanding Performance by an Actor SUPPORTING ROLE – COMEDY/DRAMA
1. Ben Beck – Jim Reston – Frost / Nixon – Blue Barn Theatre
2. Raydell Cordell III – Associate Pastor Joshua – The Christians – Blue Barn Theatre
3. Mike Markey – Jack Brennan – Frost / Nixon – Blue Barn Theatre
4. Andy Niess – Renfield – Dracula – Chanticleer Theater
5. Eric Salonis – Levy – Untitled Series #7 – Shelterbelt Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in COSTUME DESIGN
1. Amanda Fehlner – The Producers – Omaha Community Playhouse
2. Lindsay Pape – Sunday in the Park with George – Creighton University
3. Wesley Pourier – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
4. Georgiann Regan – City of Angels – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. Georgiann Regan – Man of La Mancha – Omaha Community Playhouse

Outstanding Achievement in PROPERTIES DESIGN
1. Darin Kuehler – Man of La Mancha – Omaha Community Playhouse
2. Darin Kuehler – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
3. Darin Kuehler – The Producers – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. Diana Lynch – Untitled Series #7 – Shelterbelt Theatre
5. Amy Reiner – Frost / Nixon – Blue Barn Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Actress SUPPORTING ROLE – MUSICAL
1. Sarah Ebke – Mrs. Banks – Mary Poppins – Chanticleer Theater
2. Sarah Ebke – Mrs. Meers – Thoroughly Modern Millie – Ralston Community Theatre
3. Aguel Lual – Emmie Thibodeaux – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. Regina Palmer – Dotty Moffett – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. Therese Rennels – Miss Gulch / Wicked Witch – The Wizard of Oz – Papillion-La Vista
Community Theatre
6. MacKenzie Zielke – Heather Chandler – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Actor SUPPORTING ROLE – MUSICAL
1. Jon Flower – Trevor Graydon – Thoroughly Modern Millie – Ralston Community Theatre
2. Thomas Gjere – Kurt Kelly – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
3. Steve Krambeck – Buddy Fiddler – City of Angels – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. Mike Palmreuter – Franz Liebkind – The Producers – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. Ryan Pivonka – Roger DeBris – The Producers – Omaha Commuinity Playhouse
6. Robby Stone – Ram Sweeney – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
1. “My Dead Gay Son” – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
2. “Sunday” – Sunday in the Park with George – Creighton University
3. “Along Came Bialy” – The Producers – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. The Photo Shoot – Calendar Girls – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. “The Mermaid Song” – Peter and the Starcatcher – The Rose Theater

Outstanding Achievement in MUSIC DIRECTION
1. Jim Boggess – Man of La Mancha – Omaha Community Playhouse
2. Jim Boggess – The Producers – Omaha Community Playhouse
3. Doran Schmidt – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. Doran Schmidt – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
5. Stephen Sheftz – Sunday in the Park with George – Creighton University

Outstanding Achievement by a CHOREOGRAPHER
1. Michelle Garrity – City of Angels – Omaha Community Playhouse
2. Michelle Garrity – Thoroughly Modern Millie – Ralston Community Theatre
3. Nichol Mason Lazenby – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
4. Melanie Walters – The Producers – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. Kerri Jo Watts – Mary Poppins – Chanticleer Theater

Outstanding Achievement in DIRECTING – COMEDY/DRAMA
1. Noah Diaz – The Feast – Shelterbelt Theatre
2. Susie Baer Collins – Calendar Girls – Omaha Community Playhouse
3. Lara Marsh – Lost Boy Found In Whole Foods – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. Cindy Melby Phaneuf and Izumi Ashizawa – Kwaidan – UNO Theatre
5. Randall T. Stevens – Frost / Nixon – Blue Barn Theatre
6. Roxanne Wach – Untitled Series #7 – Shelterbelt Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in DIRECTING – MUSICAL
1. Susie Baer Collins – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
2. Susan Clement-Toberer and Randall T. Stevens – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
3. Jeff Horger – The Producers – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. Amy Lane – Sunday in the Park with George – Creighton University
5. D. Laureen Pickle – Sweeney Todd – Chanticleer Theater

Outstanding Performance by an Actress LEADING ROLE – COMEDY/DRAMA
1. MaryBeth Adams – Astrid – The Singularity – Shelterbelt Theatre
2. Kim Jubenville – Chris – Calendar Girls
3. Mary Kelly – Wendy – The Feast – Shelterbelt Theatre
4. Laura Leininger-Campbell – Mariah – Untitled Series #7 – Shelterbelt Theatre
5. Julie Fitzgerald Ryan – Christine – Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods – Omaha Community
Playhouse
6. Sally Neumann Scamfer – Dee – In The Bones – SNAP! Productions

Outstanding Performance by an Actor LEADING ROLE – COMEDY/DRAMA
1. Paul Boesing – Richard Nixon – Frost / Nixon – Blue Barn Theatre
2. Anthony Clark-Kaczmarek – Pastor Paul – The Christians – Blue Barn Theatre
3. Anthony Clark-Kaczmarek – Various Roles – Red, White and Tuna – Bellevue Little Theatre
4. Mike Palmreuter – Chris—Untitled Series #7 – Shelterbelt Theatre
5. Aaron Zavitz – David Frost – Frost / Nixon – Blue Barn Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Actress LEADING ROLE – MUSICAL
1. Echelle Childers – Caroline Thibodeaux – Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community
Playhouse
2. Sarah Ebke – Mrs. Lovett – Sweeney Todd – Chanticleer Theater
3. Jennifer Gilg – Aldonza – Man of La Mancha – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. Molly McGuire – Millie Dillmount – Thoroughly Modern Millie – Ralston Community Theatre
5. Roni Shelley Perez – Veronica Sawyer – Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Actor LEADING ROLE – MUSICAL
1. Chris Ebke – Sweeney Todd – Sweeney Todd – Chanticleer Theater
2. Steve Krambeck – Leo Bloom – The Producers – Omaha Community Playhouse
3. Jim McKain – Max Bialystock – The Producers – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. Cork Ramer – Don Quixote – Man of La Mancha – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. Dan Tracy – George – Sunday in the Park with George – Creighton University

Outstanding Comedy Production
1. Calendar Girls – Omaha Community Playhouse
2. The Feast – Shelterbelt Theatre
3. Love, Loss and What I Wore – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. Red, White and Tuna – Bellevue Little Theatre
5. Untitled Series #7 – Shelterbelt Theatre

Outstanding Drama Production
1. The Christians – Blue Barn Theatre
2. Dracula – UNO Theatre
3. Frost / Nixon – Blue Barn Theatre
4. Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. In The Bones – SNAP! Productions
6. Kwaidan – UNO Theatre

Outstanding Musical Production
1. Caroline, or Change – Omaha Community Playhouse
2. Heathers – Blue Barn Theatre
3. Man of La Mancha – Omaha Community Playhouse
4. The Producers – Omaha Community Playhouse
5. Thoroughly Modern Millie – Ralston Community Theater