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Diablo Theatre Company receives 18 nominations for the 2009 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for theatres over 300 seats presenting Musical Theater.

2009 FINAL NOMINEES

* Actors’ Equity Association Members and Theatres.

TOURING PRODUCTIONS

Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps—Best of Broadway*

Brief Encounter—American Conservatory Theater*

Burn the Floor—Post Street Productions

OVO—Cirque du Soleil

Spamalot—Best of Broadway*

Wicked—Best of Broadway*

THEATRES OVER 300 SEATS - MUSICALS

ENTIRE PRODUCTION

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The—San Jose Repertory Theatre*

American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues—TheatreWorks*

On the Town—Diablo Theatre Company

Producers, The—Diablo Theatre Company (formerly know as (fka) DLOC)

The Who’s Tommy—Ray of Light Theatre

Tinyard Hill—TheatreWorks*

PRINCIPAL PERFORMANCE, FEMALE

C. Kelly Wright*—It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues—TheatreWorks*

Hope Mirlis—On the Town—Diablo Theatre Company

Melissa Wolfklain*—Crazy for You—Broadway by the Bay

Melissa Wolfklain*—Tinyard Hill—TheatreWorks

Susan Himes Powers*—The King and I—Broadway by the Bay

Terry Darcy D’Emidio—Hello, Dolly—Diablo Theatre Company (fka DLOC) 

PRINCIPAL PERFORMANCE, MALE

Chris Critelli*—Tinyard Hill—TheatreWorks*

John Gallagher, Jr*.—American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

Marcus Klinger—The Producers—Diablo Theatre Company (fka DLOC) 

Mark Farrell*—On the Town—Diablo Theatre Company 

Ryan Drummond*—On the Town—Diablo Theatre Company 

Ryan Drummond*—The Producers—Diablo Theatre Company (fka DLOC) 

Steve Perez—Crazy for You—Broadway by the Bay

Zachary Franczak—The Who’s Tommy—Ray of Light Theatre

SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE

Allison Briner*—Tinyard Hill—TheatreWorks*

C. Kelly Wright*—A Civil War Christmas—TheatreWorks*

Emma Goldin—On the Town—Diablo Theatre Company 

Lisa Marie Newton—Bat Boy—Foothill Music Theatre

Rena Wilson—Hello, Dolly—Diablo Theatre Company (fka DLOC) 

SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE

Cameron Weston—The Who’s Tommy—Ray of Light Theatre

James Moye*—Tinyard Hill—TheatreWorks*

Patrick Michael Dukeman—Oliver—Contra Costa Musical Theatre

Stephen Foreman—The Producers—Diablo Theatre Company (fka DLOC) 

Steve Irish*—The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee—San Jose Repertory Theatre*

DIRECTOR

Brook Knight—Crazy for You—Broadway by the Bay

Michael Mayer—American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

Randal Myler—It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues—TheatreWorks*

Robert Kelley—Tinyard Hill—TheatreWorks*

Shane Ray—The Who’s Tommy—Ray of Light Theatre

Timothy Near*—The 25th Annual Spelling Bee—San Jose Repertory Theatre*

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Attilio Tribuzi—Crazy for You—Broadway by the Bay

Ben Prince—The Who’s Tommy—Ray of Light Theatre

Carmel Dean—American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

Cheryl Yee Glass—Hello Dolly—Diablo Theatre Company (fka DLOC) 

Pat Moran—Too Big to Fail—San Francisco Mime Troupe*

William Liberatore—Tinyard Hill—TheatreWorks*

SET DESIGN

Andy Scrimger—The Producers—Diablo Theatre Company (fka DLOC) 

Angelo Benedetto—The Who’s Tommy—Ray of Light Theatre

Christine Jones—American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

Mark Mendelson—Hello, Dolly—Diablo Theatre Company (fka DLOC) 

Robert Broadfoot—The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee—San Jose Repertory Theatre*

Tom Langguth—Tinyard Hill—TheatreWorks*

SOUND DESIGN

Brian Ronan—American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

Cliff Caruthers—It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues—TheatreWorks*

LIGHTING DESIGN

David Lee Cuthburt/Gregory Gale—The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee—San Jose Repertory Theatre*

Don Darnutzer—It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues—TheatreWorks*

Dustin Snyder—The Who’s Tommy—Ray of Light Theatre

Kevin Adams—American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

Michael Ramsaur—Crazy for You—Broadway by the Bay

Pamila Z. Gray—Tinyard Hill—TheatreWorks*

COSTUME DESIGN

Andrea Lauer—American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

Julie Engelbrecht—It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues—TheatreWorks*

Mark Koss—The Who’s Tommy—Ray of Light Theatre

Melissa Anne Paterson—The Producers—Diablo Theatre Company (fka DLOC) 

Shigeru Yaji—-25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee—San Jose Repertory Theatre*

SPECIALTIES (Choreography, Fight, Projections, etc.)

Mindy Cooper and Charles Anderson of Company C Contemporary Ballet Company (Choreography)—On the Town—Diablo Theatre Company (fka DLOC) 

Chad Bonaker (Projections)—It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues—TheatreWorks*

Darrel Maloney (Projections)—American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

Donald McKayle (Choreography)—It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues—TheatreWorks*

Ellyn Marie Marsh* (Choreography)—The Who’s Tommy—Ray of Light Theatre

Lawrence Pech (Choreographer)—Hello Dolly—Diablo Theatre Company 

Robin Tribuzi (Choreographer)—Crazy for You—Broadway by the Bay

Steve Hoggett (Choreography)—American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

ORIGINAL SCRIPT

Michael Gene Sullivan*—Too Big to Fail—San Francisco Mime Troupe*

Michael Mayer and Billy Joe Armstrong—American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

SOLO PERFORMANCE

No Nominees

ENSEMBLE

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee—San Jose Repertory Theatre*

American Idiot—Berkeley Repertory Theatre*

Crazy for You—Broadway by the Bay

Hello Dolly—Diablo Theatre Company (fka DLOC) 

It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues—TheatreWorks*

Too Big to Fail—San Francisco Mime Troupe*



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