Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards; Spotlight's RENT Leads Best Musical or Opera!

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.

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Here are the current standings for Santa Barbara:

Best Costume Design
Ann Bruice - Lydia / Bernhard / Caucasian Chalk Circle - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 26%
Benjamin Beardon - Rent - Spotlight Productions 25%
Samantha Eve - LIZZIE - Out of the Box Theatre Company 16%

Best Director
Jessica Kurtzman - RENT - Spotlight Productions 16%
Samantha Eve - Lizzie / A Likely Pair / High Fidelity - Out of the Box Theatre Company / On the Verge Summer Repertory 13%
Kate Bergrstrom - At the Table - On the Verge Summer Repertory 12%

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

Best Musical Director
Jon Nathan - RENT - Spotlight Productions 28%
Liam Cetti - LIZZIE - Out of the Box Theatre Company 16%
Andrew Truong - King Lear - Naked Shakes 12%

Best Musical or Opera
RENT - Spotlight Productions 37%
LIZZIE - Out of the Box Theatre Company 13%
21 Chump Street - Stardust Ensemble 12%

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

Best Scenic Design
Sean Montgomery - RENT - Spotlight Productions at Center Stage Theater 27%
Kate Bergstrom - At the Table - On the Verge Summer Repertory 15%
Ted Dolas - LIZZIE / High Fidelity - Out of the Box Theatre Company 11%

Community/University Theatre Company of the Year
UCSB Theater/Dance 30%
Out of the Box Theatre Company 14%
Spotlight Productions 12%

Outstanding Performance in a Musical
Katie Moya - LIZZIE - Out of the Box Theatre Company 22%
Katherine Bottoms - High Society - Theatre Group SBCC 16%
Tyler Lenhart - Newsies - PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre 12%

Outstanding Performance in a Play
Tadja Enos - In His Hands / Stupid f-ing Bird - UCSB Theater/Dance / Elements 12%
Taylor Tuers - Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play / Caucasian Chalk Circle - UCSB Department of Theatre and Dance 10%
Tiffany Story - One Man, Two Guvnors - SBCC 9%

Outstanding Performance in a youth/high school production
Camila Lemere - Picnic - Laguna Blanca School 17%
Nolan Montgomery - Addams Family / RENT - Dos Pueblos Theatre Company 10%
Luana Psaros - RENT - Spotlight Productions 10%

Star on the Rise
Joan Curran - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Laguna Blanca School 11%
Taylor Tuers - Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 10%
Luana Psaros - RENT - Spotlight Productions 8%

You Don?t See Me Award (ADs, SMs ASMs, TDs, Crew, PR, etc)
Naomi Fujita, Stage Manager - RENT - Spotlight Productions at Center Stage Theater 23%
Zaira Paredes-Villegas - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Laguna Blanca School 17%
KC Buller, Stage Manager - Bernhard / New Works Lab - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 13%

Youth/Student Theatre Program of the year
RENT - Spotlight Productions at Center Stage Theater 44%
Picnic - Laguna Blanca School 15%
Addams Family - Dos Pueblo High School 12%

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