2018 SCENIE Awards

The 13th-annual SCENIES celebrate the past year’s outstanding achievements in Southern California theater (based on the 225 productions reviewed between August 1, 2017 & July 31, 2018). Scenies are presented in the following categories:

BEST INTIMATE THEATER
Actors Co-op

THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER: 
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)
The Man Who Came To Dinner (Actors Co-op)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Catherine Urbanek in The Man Who Came To Dinner

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)
Greg Martin in The Man Who Came To Dinner

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)
John Allee in The Man Who Came To Dinner
Wenzel Jones in The Man Who Came To Dinner
Irwin Moskowitz in The Man Who Came To Dinner

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)
Brenda Ballard in The Man Who Came To Dinner
Natalie Hope MacMillan in The Man Who Came To Dinner

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)
The Man Who Came To Dinner

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A COMEDY (Intimate Theater)
Linda Kerns—The Man Who Came To Dinner

A WALK IN THE WOODS: 
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A TWO-HANDER
A Walk In The Woods (Actors Co-op)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A TWO-HANDER
Nan McNamara and Phil Crowley

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A TWO-HANDER
Ken Sawyer

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS:
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)  
A Man For All Seasons (Actors Co-op)

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
John Allee in A Man For All Seasons

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
Deborah Marlowe in A Man For All Seasons
Treva Tegtmeier in A Man For All Seasons

OUTSTANDING ALTERNATE/UNDERSTUDY PERFORMANCE
Kevin Shewey in A Man For All Seasons

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
A Man For All Seasons

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DRAMA (Intimate Theater)
Thom Babbes

VIOLET:
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)
Violet (Actors Co-op)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN (Intimate Theater)
Violet (Actors Co-op)

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Richard Israel–Violet

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Claire Adams in Violet

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)
Jahmaul Bakare in Violet
Morgan West in Violet

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE CAST PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL (Intimate Theater)
Violet

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION (Intimate Theater)
Taylor Stephenson—Violet