The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Reveals 2025 Theatre Season Award Winners

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has revealed the 2025 Season Award winners. Award recipients, finalists, and the greater Los Angeles professional theatre community will take part in a live reception event on Monday, April 13 in Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station Arts complex.

The April 13 Reception is intended as an opportunity for theatre artists to freely mingle, network, and enjoy each other’s company, in a welcoming open space with no formal ceremony or speeches. For more information on the reception event, see the RSVP information below.

2025 THEATRE SEASON AWARD WINNERS

Best Production

• Cambodian Rock Band; East West Players
• Evanston Salt Costs Climbing; Rogue Machine Theatre
• Some Like It Hot; Broadway in Hollywood / Pantages Theatre

McCulloh Award for Best Revival

• Joe Turner’s Come and Gone; A Noise Within

Direction

• Steven Robman; Corktown ’39; Rogue Machine Theatre

Lead Performance

• Hugo Armstrong; Evanston Salt Costs Climbing; Rogue Machine Theatre
• Kasey Mahaffey; One Man, Two Guv’nors; A Noise Within
• Ann Noble; Corktown ’39; Rogue Machine Theatre

Featured Performance

• Alex Morris; Joe Turner’s Come and Gone; A Noise Within

Solo Performance

• Robert Bailey; In Some Dark Valley; Moving Arts

Ensemble

• Evanston Salt Costs Climbing; Rogue Machine Theatre cast

Writing (Original)

• Amy Dellagiarino; Hello, My Name is…; Moving Arts

Writing (Adaptation)

• Matthew Lopez & Amber Ruffin; Some Like It Hot; Broadway in Hollywood / Pantages Theatre

Score (Music & Lyrics)

• Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; Some Like It Hot; Broadway in Hollywood / Pantages Theatre

Music Direction

• Mark Binns; Some Like It Hot; Broadway in Hollywood / Pantages Theatre
• Annbrit duChateau; Old Friends; Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Choreography

• Casey Nicholaw; Some Like It Hot; Broadway in Hollywood / Pantages Theatre

Scenic Design

• Mark Mendelson; Corktown ’39; Rogue Machine Theatre

Lighting Design

• Anna Watson; Paranormal Activity; Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Costume Design

• Gregg Barnes; Some Like It Hot; Broadway in Hollywood / Pantages Theatre
• Nikiya Mathis (Hair and Wig); Jaja's African Hair Braiding; Center Theatre Group: Mark Taper Forum

Sound Design

• Gareth Fry; Paranormal Activity; Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre

Visual Effects Design

• Finn Caldwell and Nick Barnes; Life of Pi; Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
• Chris Fisher and Jamie Harrison; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Broadway in Hollywood / Pantages Theatre

Special Achievement Awards

Gordon Davidson Award

• Gary Grossman

Margaret Harford Award

• Latino Theater Company

Polly Warfield Award

• Rogue Machine Theatre

Joel Hirschhorn Award

• Musical Theatre Guild

Milton Katselas Award

• Gregg T. Daniel

Ted Schmitt Award

• Corktown ’39 by John Fazakerley (Rogue Machine Theatre)
• You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World! by Keiko Green (South Coast Repertory)

Technical Design Award

• Joel Daavid

Theater Angel Award

• The Perenchio Foundation

Special Recognition Awards

• Victoria Hoffman (casting director)
• Karyl Lynn Burns (Rubicon Theatre co-founder)