Tom Stephenson as Joe Keller in Intrepid Shakespeare Company's production of All My Sons, 2014.

San Diego Theatre Critic’s Circle: Craig Noel Award Nominees for 2014:

Resident Musical

• Catch Me If You Can, Moonlight Stage Productions
• Les Miserables, Lamb’s Players Theatre
• Mary Poppins, Moonlight Stage Productions
• Next to Normal, San Diego Musical Theatre
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame, La Jolla Playhouse

Musical Direction

• Brent Alan Huffman, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, La Jolla Playhouse
• Tony Houck, Bare, Diversionary Theatre
• G. Scott Lacy, Les Miserables, Lamb’s Players
• Don LeMaster, Next to Normal, San Diego Musical Theatre
• Lyndon Pugeda, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Moonlight Stage

Choreography

• Brad Bradley, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Moonlight Stage
• Michael Mizerany, Bare, Diversionary Theatre
• Michael Mizerany, Spring Awakening, Cygnet Theatre
• Jon Vaughan, Mary Poppins, Moonlight Stage
• Karl Warden, Catch Me If You Can, Moonlight Stage

Original Score

• Bruno Louchouarn, El Henry, San Diego Rep/La Jolla Playhouse
• Steve Martin, Edie Brickell, Bright Star, Old Globe Theatre
• Byron Au Yang, The Orphan of Zhao, La Jolla Playhouse

Ensemble

• All My Sons, Intrepid Theatre Company
• Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Moxie Theatre
• In the Time of the Butterflies, San Diego Rep
• Honky, San Diego Rep
• Les Miserables, Lamb’s Players

Solo Performance

• Todd Blakesley, Tru, Diversionary Theatre
• Mona Golabek, The Pianist of Willesden Lane, San Diego Rep
• James Leaming, This Wonderful Life, North Coast Rep

Lead Performance in a Musical, Female

• Jessica Bernard, Mary Poppins, Moonlight Stage
• Sandy Campbell, Passion, Ion Theatre
• Carmen Cusack, Bright Star, Old Globe Theatre
• Bets Malone, Next to Normal, San Diego Musical Theatre
• Bets Malone, Annie Get Your Gun, San Diego Musical Theatre

Lead Performance in a Musical, Male

• David Thomas Brown, Spring Awakening, Cygnet Theatre
• Jason Heil, Passion, Ion Theatre
• Jacob Horen, Catch Me If You Can, Moonlight Stage
• Brandon Joel Maier, Les Miserables, Lamb’s Players
• Sean Murray, Spamalot, Moonlight Stage

Featured Performance in a Musical, Female

• Lindsay Joan, Next to Normal, San Diego Musical Theatre
• Beth Leavel, Dog and Pony, Old Globe Theatre
• Myra McWethy, The Full Monty, New Village Arts
• Kiani Nelson, Bare, Diversionary Theatre
• Alice Trimm, Les Miserables, Lamb’s Players
• Kelsey Venter, Les Miserables, Lamb’s Players

Featured Performance in a Musical, Male

• Randall Dodge, Les Miserables, Lamb’s Players
• Jordan Miller, Les Miserables, Lamb’s Players
• Patrick Page, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, La Jolla Playhouse
• Jamie Torcellini, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Moonlight Stage
• Leigh Wakeford, Mary Poppins, Moonlight Stage

Lead Performance in a Play, Male

• Richard Baird, Henry V, New Fortune Theatre
• Manny Fernandes, True West, Cygnet Theatre
• Tom Stephenson, All My Sons, Intrepid Theatre Company
• John Vickery, Red, San Diego Rep
• Ruff Yeager, I Hate Hamlet, Intrepid Theatre Company

Lead Performance in a Play, Female

• Samantha Ginn, The Miss Firecracker Contest, New Village Arts
• Dana Hooley, Happy Days, Sledgehammer Theatre
• Linda Libby, Milvotchkee, Visconsin, Mo`olelo Performing Arts
• Hannah Logan, Bug, Ion Theatre
• Shana Wride, Much Ado About Nothing, Intrepid Theatre Company

Featured Performance in a Play, Female

• Yolanda Franklin, This Wide Night, Ion Theatre
• Montego Glover, The Royale, Old Globe Theatre
• Hannah Logan, The Clean House, New Village Arts
• Cashae Monya, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Moxie Theatre
• Jacque Wilke, Honky, San Diego Rep

Featured Performance in a Play, Male

• Brian Mackey, All My Sons, Intrepid Theatre Company
• Jason Maddy, Red, San Diego Rep
• Kinan Valdez, El Henry, San Diego Rep/La Jolla Playhouse
• Bernard White, The Who & The What, La Jolla Playhouse
• Eddie Yaroch, Enron, Moxie Theatre

Sound Design

• Melanie Chen, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Moxie Theatre
• Patrick Duffy, Les Miserables, Lamb’s Players Theatre
• Emily Janikowski, Jade Heart, Moxie Theatre
• Bruce Louchouarn, El Henry, San Diego Rep/La Jolla Playhouse
• Matt Lescault-Wood, Henry V, New Fortune Theatre

Costume Design

• Alina Bokovikova, Fallen Angels, North Coast Rep
• Alina Bokovikova, The School for Lies, North Coast Rep
• Linda Cho, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Old Globe Theatre
• Jennifer Brawn Gittings, El Henry, San Diego Rep/La Jolla Playhouse
• David Israel Reynosa, Time and the Conways, Old Globe Theatre

Lighting Design

• Howell Brinkley, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, La Jolla Playhouse
• Brian Gale, Red, San Diego Rep
• Sherrice Kelly, Jade Heart, Moxie Theatre
• Connor Mulligan, Fool For Love, Cygnet Theatre
• Japhy Weideman, Bright Star, Old Globe Theatre

Scenic Design

• Alexander Dodge, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, La Jolla Playhouse
• Sean Fanning, Honky, San Diego Rep
• Daniel Ostling, The Orphan of Zhao, La Jolla Playhouse
• Neil Patel, Time and the Conways, Old Globe Theatre
• Ian Wallace, El Henry, San Diego Rep/La Jolla Playhouse

Direction of a Play

• Rachel Chavkin, The Royale, Old Globe Theatre
• Richard Baird/Matthew Henerson, Henry V, New Fortune Theatre
• Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Moxie Theatre
• Sam Woodhouse, El Henry, San Diego Rep/La Jolla Playhouse
• Christy Yael-Cox, All My Sons, Intrepid Theatre Company

Direction of a Musical

• Brad Bradley, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Moonlight Stage
• Nick DeGruccio, Next to Normal, San Diego Musical Theatre
• Scott Schwartz, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, La Jolla Playhouse
• Robert Smyth, Les Miserables, Lamb’s Players Theatre
• Kim Strassburger, Passion, Ion Theatre

New Play

• Jeff Augustin, In the Crowding Darkness, UCSD
• Tom Dugdale, Orpheus & Eurydice, The Trip
• Lionel Goldstein, Mandate Memories, North Coast Rep
• Herbert Siguenza, El Henry, San Diego Rep/La Jolla Playhouse

Touring Production

• The Book of Mormon, Broadway/San Diego
• The Graduate, LA Theatreworks
• Into the Woods, Fiasco Theatre at the Old Globe
• Kinky Boots, Broadway/San Diego

Dramatic Production

• All My Sons, Intrepid Theatre Company
• Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Moxie Theatre
• El Henry, San Diego Rep/La Jolla Playhouse
• The School for Lies, North Coast Rep
• The Who and the What, La Jolla Playhouse

Craig Noel Awards will also go to Actors of the Year (Male and Female), Producer of the Year, and Outstanding Young Actor.

The ceremony will take place Monday, February 9, 2015, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect Street, La Jolla, from 6 to 10 p.m. Admission is free, reservations required.