Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites!
If you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends. Here are the current standings for Santa Barbara:
Best Costume Design
Best Director
Best Lighting Design
Best Musical Director
Best Musical or Opera
Best Play (non-musical)
Best Scenic Design
Community/University Theatre Company of the Year
Outstanding Performance in a Musical
Outstanding Performance in a Play
Outstanding Performance in a youth/high school production
Star on the Rise
Youth/Student Theatre Program of the year
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Sophia Hurtado
- MATILDA
- Santa Barbara High School
40%
Pamela Shaw
- HOW TO SUCEED IN BUSINESS
- SBCC Theater group
20%
Q Le
- THE LAST FIVE YEARS
- Santa Barbara High School
14%
Shannon Saleh
- CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
- San Marcos High School
36%
Otto Layman
- MATILDA
- Santa Barbara High School
33%
Katie Laris
- SIGNIFICANT OTHER
- SBCC Theater Group
7%
Mike Madden
- IN THE HEIGHTS/ MATILDA
- Santa Barbara High School
72%
Jeff Bruckerhoff
- LA BOHEME
- Opera Santa Barbara, Granada Theatre
9%
Jared Sayeg
- THE CRUCIBLE
- Opera Santa Barbara, Lobero Theatre
8%
Eleni Pantages
- CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
- San Marcos High School
40%
Jon Nathan
- IN THE HEIGHTS/ MATILDA
- Santa Barbara High School
38%
David Potter
- HOW TO SUCEED IN BUSINESS
- The Theatre Group at SBCC
10%
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
- San Marcos High School
30%
MATILDA
- Santa Barbara High School
19%
WESTSIDE STORY
- Dos Pueblos High School
15%
SIGNIFICANT OTHER
- SBCC Theater group
30%
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
- Lights Up! Theatre Company
23%
THE GAME'S AFOOT
- SBCC
22%
Otto Layman and Johnathan Mitchell
- MATILDA
- Santa Barbara High School
79%
Steven C. Kemp
- THE CRUCIBLE
- Opera Santa Barbara, Lobero Theatre
13%
Richard Croy
- ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
- Laguna Blanca
8%
SBCC Theater group
28%
PCPA
26%
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara
22%
Ryan Ostendorf
- HOW TO SUCEED IN BUSINESS
- SBCC Theater group
37%
George walker
- THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL
- PCPA
36%
Paige Mobley
- FUN HOME
- Out of the Box
21%
Yusef Seevers
- SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
- Pcpa
29%
Hazel Brady
- SIGNIFICANT OTHER
- SBCC Theater group
16%
Sean Jackson
- THE GAME'S AFOOT
- SBCC Theater group
13%
Jack Boyd
- CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
- San Marcos High School
24%
Nolan Montgomery
- WESTSIDE STORY
- Dos Pueblos High School
12%
Michael Goodnough
- THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL
- Garden Street Academy
11%
Jack Boyd
San Marcos High School
25%
Nolan Montgomery
Dos Pueblos High School
16%
Carter Beaudette
Santa Barbara High School
8%
Santa Barbara High School
Santa Barbara High School
37%
San Marcos High School
San Marcos High School
36%
Dos Pueblos Theatre Company
Dos Pueblos Theatre Company
17%
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