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Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards; RENT Leads Best Musical/Opera Race!

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Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2016 and September 2017. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

We have a record number of votes in already, but 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
Ann Bruice - Lydia / Bernhard / Caucasian Chalk Circle - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 27%
Benjamin Beardon - Rent - Spotlight Productions 24%
Stella Haffner - 21 Chump Street - Stardust Ensemble 16%

Best Director
Jessica Kurtzman - RENT - Spotlight Productions 15%
Kate Bergrstrom - At the Table - On the Verge Summer Repertory 13%
Samantha Eve - Lizzie / A Likely Pair / High Fidelity - Out of the Box Theatre Company / On the Verge Summer Repertory 12%

Best Lighting Design
Vickie Scott - Lydia - UCSB Department of Theatre and Dance 26%
Charlie Jacobs - 21 Chump Street - Stardust Ensemble 20%
Theodore Michael Dolas - LIZZIE / Damn Yankees - Out of the Box Theatre Company / San Marcos High School 18%

Best Musical Director
Jon Nathan - RENT - Spotlight Productions 28%
Liam Cetti - LIZZIE - Out of the Box Theatre Company 15%
Andrew Truong - King Lear - Naked Shakes 12%

Best Musical or Opera
RENT - Spotlight Productions 37%
LIZZIE - Out of the Box Theatre Company 14%
21 Chump Street - Stardust Ensemble 12%

Best Play (non-musical)
At the Table - On The Verge Summer Repertory 14%
Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 11%
In His Hands - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 10%

Best Scenic Design
Sean Montgomery - RENT - Spotlight Productions at Center Stage Theater 26%
Kate Bergstrom - At the Table - On the Verge Summer Repertory 16%
Shaun Motley - Mr. Burns, a post-electric play - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 11%

Community/University Theatre Company of the Year
UCSB Theater/Dance 31%
Out of the Box Theatre Company 13%
Laguna Blanca School 12%

Outstanding Performance in a Musical
Katie Moya - LIZZIE - Out of the Box Theatre Company 21%
Katherine Bottoms - High Society - Theatre Group SBCC 16%
Tyler Lenhart - Newsies - PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre 15%

Outstanding Performance in a Play
Tadja Enos - In His Hands / Stupid f-ing Bird - UCSB Theater/Dance / Elements 11%
Taylor Tuers - Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play / Caucasian Chalk Circle - UCSB Department of Theatre and Dance 10%
Mathew Goldsholl - A Likely Pair - On the Verge Summer Repertory 8%

Outstanding Performance in a youth/high school production
Camila Lemere - Picnic - Laguna Blanca School 17%
Olivia Nathan - RENT - Spotlight Productions 10%
Luana Psaros - RENT - Spotlight Productions 9%

Star on the Rise
Joan Curran - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Laguna Blanca School 13%
Taylor Tuers - Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 10%
Luana Psaros - RENT - Spotlight Productions 7%

You Don?t See Me Award (ADs, SMs ASMs, TDs, Crew, PR, etc)
Naomi Fujita, Stage Manager - RENT - Spotlight Productions at Center Stage Theater 22%
Zaira Paredes-Villegas - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Laguna Blanca School 18%
KC Buller, Stage Manager - Bernhard / New Works Lab - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 14%

Youth/Student Theatre Program of the year
RENT - Spotlight Productions at Center Stage Theater 43%
Picnic - Laguna Blanca School 17%
Damn Yankees - San Marcos High School 12%

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