Craig Noel Award Winners for 2015

Musical Direction: Elan McMahan, Big Fish, Moonlight Stage Productions

Choreography: Colleen Kollar Smith, West Side Story, Lamb’s Players

Original Score: Irene Sankoff, David Hein, Come From Away, La Jolla Playhouse

Ensemble: Come From Away, La Jolla Playhouse; The Quality of Life, Intrepid Theatre

Solo Performance: Hershey Felder, Irving Berlin, La Jolla Playhouse

Lead Performance in a Musical, Male: Robert J. Townsend, La Cage aux Folles, San Diego Musical Theatre

Lead Performance in a Musical, Female: Victoria Strong, The King and I, Welk Resort Theatre

Featured Performance in a Musical, Female: Jenn Colella, Come From Away, La Jolla Playhouse

Featured Performance in a Musical, Male: James Vasquez, La Cage aux Folles, San Diego Musical Theatre

Lead Performance in a Play, Male: Michael Benjamin Washington, Blueprints to Freedom, La Jolla Playhouse

Lead Performance in a Play, Female: Sandy Campbell, Master Class, ion theatre

Featured Performance in a Play, Male: Mike Sears, Parlour Song, Backyard Productions

Featured Performance in a Play, Female: Dana Hooley, The Birthday Party, New Fortune Theatre Company

Young Artist Award: Elliot Weaver

Scenic Design: Alexander Dodge, The Comedy of Errors, Old Globe Theatre

Sound Design: Gareth Owen, Come From Away, La Jolla Playhouse

Costume Design: Jeannie Reith, Oz, Lamb’s Players Theatre

Lighting Design: Christopher Akerlind, Indecent, La Jolla Playhouse

Projection Design: Joe Huppert, The Oldest Boy, San Diego Repertory Theatre; John Infante, Big Fish, Moonlight Stage Productions

Direction of a Musical: Christopher Ashley, Come From Away, La Jolla Playhouse

Direction of a Play: Christy Yael-Cox, The Quality of Life, Intrepid Theatre Company

New Play: Blueprints to Freedom, Michael Benjamin Washington, La Jolla Playhouse

Touring Production: The White Snake, Old Globe Theatre

Dramatic Production: The Quality of Life, Intrepid Theatre Company

New Musical: Come From Away, La Jolla Playhouse

Resident Musical: Dogfight, Cygnet Theatre

Don Braunagel Award for Outstanding Work by a Small Theater Company: InnerMission Productions

Director of the Year: Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Moxie Theatre

Actor of the Year, Male: Jeffrey Jones

Actor of the Year, Female: Sylvia M’Lafi Thompson