"The Pride." Photo by Michal Daniel.
Performing Arts Events of the Year
The Opening of the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts & The Center of the Margins Festival of Plays About Disability, Mixed Blood Theatre
Best Theatrical Productions
1. Leave, Urban Samurai
2. The Ravagers, Savage Umbrella
3. August: Osage County, Park Square
4. The Pride, Pillsbury House
5. Ajax in Iraq, Frank Theatre
6. The Winter’s Tale, Guthrie Theater
7. Uncle Vanya, Gremlin Theatre
8. Street Scene, Girl Friday Productions
9. Cabaret, Frank Theatre
10. (tie) Beyond Therapy, Theatre in the Round Players
Opus, Park Square
The Secret Language of Wishes, Mixed Blood
Best Revival of a Queer Classic
The Maids, Gonzo Group
Best Show from Out of Town (tie)
Cavalia, The Big Top at West End
La Cage Aux Folles, State Theatre
Theater Artist of the Year
Craig Johnson, title role actor and script adapter, Uncle Vanya; director, Beyond Therapy & Street Scene
Performance of the Year & Best Actress (Non-musical)
Barbara Kingsley, August: Osage County
"True West." Photo by Thomas Sandelands.
Best Actor (Non-Musical)
Peter Christian Hansen, True West, Torch Theatre
Best Actor (Musical) tie
Dan Lundin, bare, Minneapolis Musical Theatre
Dennis Spears, I Wish You Love, Penumbra Theatre
Best Actress (Musical)
Jevetta Steele, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Penumbra Theatre
Best Supporting Actor (Musical)
Sam Landman, The Sexy Librarian, Joking Envelope
Best Supporting Actress (Musical) tie
Melissa Hart, Cabaret
Kim Kivens, Dirty Rotten Scoudrels, Minneapolis Musical Theatre
Best Suipporting Actor (Non-musical)
Bradley Greenwald, Hamlet, Jungle Theater
Best Supporting Actress (Non-musical)
Helen Carey, The Winter’s Tale
Best Crossgender Performance
Luke Weber, The Maids
Best Solo Performance
Ali Rose Dachis, The Edge of Our Bodies, Guthrie
Best Classical Lead Performance
Stephen Yoakam, The Burial at Thebes, Guthrie
Best Revival Performance
Bradley Greenwald, I Am My Own Wife, Jungle
Funniest Performance
Wendy Lehr, Mercy Watson to the Rescue, Children’s Theatre Company
Best Performances From Out of Town
Christopher Sieber, Leading Role, La Cage Aux Folles, State Theatre
John Fugelsang, Solo Role, The Sexy Liberal Show, State Theatre
Meghann Fahy & Curt Hansen, Supporting Actor & Actress, Next to Normal, Ordway
Best Director
Wendy Knox, Ajax in Iraq & Cabaret
Best Theater Composer
Mike Hallenbeck, I Like You, Red Eye Collaboration & The Sexy Librarian
Patrick Bailey as Herr Schultz and Melissa Hart as Fraulein Schneider in "Cabaret." Photo by Tony Nelson.
Best Musical Direction
Michael Croswell, Cabaret
Best Choreographer
David Bolger, H.M.S. Pinafore, Guthrie
Best Set Design
Large House: John Coyne, Charley’s Aunt, Guthrie
Small House: Vicki Smith, Two Trains Running, Penumbra
Best Costume Design
Large House: Linda Cho, The Winter’s Tale
Small House: (tie) Kathy Kohl, Street Scene & A. Emily Heaney, Uncle Vanya
Best Lighting Design
Christopher Akerlind, The Burial at Thebes
Best Sound Design
Elliot Durko Lynch, The Ravagers
Video Design
Martin Gwinup, I Wish You Love
Outstanding Achievement in Theater for Youth
MEAN, Youth Performance Company
bloodymerryjammyparty, Blank Slate Theatre
Craig Johnson, Stephanie Cousins, and Mo Perry in "Uncle Vanya." Photo by Tamatha Miller.
Outstanding Achievement in Performance Art
Peligro, Patrick’s Cabaret
Outstanding Featured Dancer
Myron Johnson, Songs for a Swan, Ballet of the Dolls
Outstanding New Dance Work
Storm, Zenon Dance Company
Outstanding Dance Revivals
Deluxe Edition, Zenon
Rumblings, Minnesota Dance Theatre
Social Movements, James Sewell Ballet
Outstanding Achievement in Stage Movement
7-Shot Symphony, Live Action Set
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Silent Night, Minnesota Opera
