The B. Iden Payne Awards organizers and Austin Creative Alliance Monday evening jointly announced that—after 37 years as a special event of the Alliance—the B. Iden Payne Awards Council (BIPAC), has become a separate, sponsored nonprofit project of the Austin Creative Alliance.
The Council is comprised of a group of volunteers who remain focused on recognizing artistic excellence within the Austin theatre community, and will continue with creation and distribution of the nomination ballot for voting community members.
Marcy Hoen, Interim Executive Director of Austin Creative Alliance says, “We are so proud that this venerable Austin tradition, which has been woven into our own history as an organization, has now grown to the point where it can spin off into its own, distinct organization.” She adds, “We look forward to many years of collaboration with the Council.”
BIPAC on Monday also announced the nominees and details for the October 24th Awards ceremony, which will be held at the State Theatre. List of nominees—on which members of the newly formed BIPAC can vote—are listed in full below.
Voting members will pay a small membership fee to BIPAC. 100% of membership fees will be used to fund the annual B. Iden Payne Awards ceremony, as well as cover administrative costs associated with creation and distribution of the nomination ballot each season.
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The Nominees Are:
PLAYS FOR YOUTH
Outstanding Production
Here Comes Gosling! Pollyanna Theatre Company
Just So ZACH Performing Arts School
Monsters! kidsActing
The Physicists VORTEX Summer Youth Theatre
A Year With Frog and Toad Summer Stock Austin
Outstanding Direction
Dede Clark Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Judy Matetzschk-Campbell Here Comes Gosling!
Michael McKelvey A Year With Frog and Toad
Rudy Ramirez The Physicists
Adam Roberts Just So
Outstanding Performer
Sophia Franzella (Mouse, Young Frog, Squirrel, Stumpy Tree) A Year With Frog and Toad
Dylan Kittleman (Maurice) Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Julie Linnard (Chunk, Admiral Pekin Duck) Ducks vs. Squirrels: Battle for the Park
David Meissner (Momo, Henry, Man, Watch Seller, Jean-Paul)
The Adventures of Iris and Momo
MUSIC THEATER
Outstanding Production
Hairspray ZACH Theatre
Hillcountry Underbelly: A Pilgrimage on the Outskirts paper chairs
I Love You Because Penfold Theatre Company
I’ve Never Been So Happy Rude Mechanicals and Center Theatre Group
Urinetown: The Musical Summer Stock Austin
Outstanding Direction
Bonnie Cullum The Elementals: AIR
Thomas Graves and Lana Lesley I’ve Never Been So Happy
Michael McKelvey I Love You Because
Michael McKelvey Urinetown: The Musical
Dustin Wills Baal
Outstanding Lead Actor
Andrew Cannata (Austin) I Love You Because
Arthur DiBianca (Ko-Ko) The Mikado
Zach Green (Leo Bloom) The Producers
Tyler King (Officer Lockstock) Urinetown: The Musical
Trevor McGinnis (Max Bialystock) The Producers
Outstanding Lead Actress
Kylie Baker (Housewife) di[verge]: an original play with songs
Elizabeth Newchurch (Julie Jordan) Carousel
Brooke Shapiro (Tracy Turnblad) Hairspray
Haley Smith (Marcy) I Love You Because
Outstanding Featured Actor
Aaron D. Alexander (FunkBot) Mighty Five’s Infinite Funk Odyssey
Brian Coughlin (Edna Turnblad) Hairspray
Joey Hood (Ekart) Baal
Tyler Mount (Roger Debris) The Producers
Alejandro Rodriguez (Woof) Hair
Outstanding Featured Actress
Chase Crossno (Svettka, Luise, Older Sister, Young Lady) Baal
Amy Downing (Velma Von Tussle) [June 29-Aug. 28] Hairspray
Amy Downing (Diana) I Love You Because
Sophia Franzella (Little Sally) Urinetown: The Musical
Janis Stinson (Motormouth Maybelle) Hairspray
COMEDIES
Outstanding Production
August: Osage County ZACH Theatre
The Dudleys!: A Family Game TUTTO Theatre Company
Hunter Gatherers Capital T Theatre
An Englishwoman Abroad: Tea in Tripoli Austin Phoenix Productions & Bernadette Nason
Vigil Hyde Park Theatre
Outstanding Direction
Gary Jaffe The Dudleys!: A Family Game
Mark Pickell Hunter Gatherers
Dave Steakley August: Osage County
Don Toner Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps
Estevan J. “Chuy” Zarate Dos Pocitos
Outstanding Lead Actor
Shelby Davenport (Jack Tanner) Man and Superman
Owen Egerton (everyone) The Other Side of Sleep
Robert Pierson (Ibsen) Heddatron
Charles P. Stites (Kerr) Chesapeake
Xaq Webb (Emory) MilkMilkLemonade
Outstanding Lead Actress
Elizabeth Bigger (Janice) Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake)
Lana Dieterich (Violet Weston) August: Osage County
Lauren Lane (Barbara Fordham) August: Osage County
Bernadette Nason (herself) An Englishwoman Abroad: Tea in Tripoli
Martina Ohlhauser (Victoria) Too Many Husbands
Outstanding Featured Actor
Jon Wayne Martin (the men) On the Verge
Rupert Reyes (Uile) Dos Pocitos
Michael Stuart (Charlie Aiken) August: Osage County
Jericho Thorp (Elliot) MilkMilkLemonade
Mical Trejo (Mervyn) A Behanding in Spokane
Outstanding Featured Actress
Jennifer Coy (Mary) Cardigan
Jenny Gravenstein (Mac) “The Thief of Tears”, Three Viewings
Chris Humphrey (Nanna) MilkMilkLemonade
Breanna Stogner (women) Down the Drain
Irene White (Ivy Weston) August: Osage County
DRAMAS
Outstanding Production
Frankenstein: The Trouble Puppet Show Trouble Puppet Theater Company
Hedda Gabler Palindrome Theatre
A Lie of the Mind Capital T Theatre
Paradise Key a chick and a dude productions
Topdog/Underdog City Theatre Company
Outstanding Direction
Connor Hopkins Frankenstein: The Trouble Puppet Show
Lisa Jordan Topdog/Underdog
Melissa Livingston Paradise Key
Christina J. Moore Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Don Toner The Trip to Bountiful
Outstanding Lead Actor
Collin Bjork (Equality 7-2521) Anthem
Tom Green (Dr. Halb) Paradise Key
Joey Hood (Jerry) The Zoo Story
Ev Lunning, Jr. (George) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Justin Scalise (Hamlet) Hamlet [Scottish Rite Theatre and Black Swan Events]
Outstanding Lead Actress
Mary Agen Cox (Carrie Watts) The Trip to Bountiful
Dawn Erin (Ann Martin) Defiant
Babs George (Martha) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Meredith McCall (Linda Waterman) Fiction
Rebecca Robinson (Hannah Jelkes) The Night of the Iguana
Outstanding Featured Actor
Aaron D. Alexander (Papi) Fight
Travis Dean (Baylor) A Lie of the Mind
Micah Goodding (Aaron McKinney, Stephen Belber) The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later
Daniel Sawtelle (Slim) Of Mice and Men
Jacob Trussell (DJ Snowstorm) Flying
Outstanding Featured Actress
Shannon Grounds (Fool) Lear
Sadé Jones (Lady in Green)
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Julia Lorenz-Olsen (Ophelia) Hamlet [Scottish Rite Theatre and Black Swan Events]
Rebecca Robinson (Beth) A Lie of the Mind
Gricelda Silva (Bushy Tail) Flying
GENERAL CATEGORIES
Outstanding Set Design
Ia Ensterä Here Comes Gosling!
Lisa Laratta Baal
Lisa Laratta Heddatron
Anne McMeeking Fight
Michael Raiford August: Osage County
Outstanding Lighting Design
Kathryn Eader Eurydice
Natalie George Baal
Stephen Pruitt Frankenstein: The Trouble Puppet Show
Stephen Pruitt I’ve Never Been So Happy
Steven Shirey Flying
Steven Shirey Uncle Vanya
Outstanding Sound Design
the company Baal
the Gunn Brothers Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps
Buzz Moran Heddatron
Justin Sherburn Flying
Leegrid Stevens The Dudleys!: A Family Game
Outstanding Costume Design
Dawn Allee, Pam Martin and Jennifer Davis
A Midsummer Night’s Dream [The Baron’s Men]
Glenda Barnes Urinetown: The Musical
Ia Ensterä Here Comes Gosling!
Pam Friday MilkMilkLemonade
Susan Branch Towne Hairspray
Outstanding Music Direction
Chris Humphrey The Elementals: AIR
Michael McKelvey I Love You Because
Michael McKelvey Urinetown: The Musical
Allen Robertson Hairspray
Michael “Thuso” Stevens Ti-Jean and His Brothers
Outstanding Dance Choreography
Danny Herman and Rocker Verastique Carousel
Robin Lewis Hairspray
Ananda Mayi Moss and Sadé Jones
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Melinda Rebman and Zenobia Taylor The Dudleys!: A Family Game
Adam Roberts and Jennifer Young Just So
Outstanding Fight Choreography
Travis Dean Hunter Gatherers
Toby Minor Lear
Outstanding Original Script
Trey Deason Cardigan
Raul Garza Dos Pocitos
Kirk Lynn I’ve Never Been So Happy
Bernadette Nason An Englishwoman Abroad: Tea in Tripoli
Leegrid Stevens The Dudleys!: A Family Game
Outstanding Original Score
Adam Glasseye Beckley and Reverend Glasseye Woyzeck
Rob Greenfield and Andy Tindall Baal
Jerry Hagins, Jesse Gregg and Chris Peterson A Lie of the Mind
Chris Humphrey The Elementals: AIR
Peter Stopschinski I’ve Never Been So Happy
Leegrid Stevens The Dudleys!: A Family Game
Outstanding Media Design
Owen Egerton and Les McGehee The Other Side of Sleep
Lettuce Turnip Media and Robert Jacques Frankenstein: The Trouble Puppet Show
Miwa Matreyek I’ve Never Been So Happy
Dan Monceaux, Angela Hill, David Bengali, Jordan Rein, Josh Lampman,
David Mauro, Camilo Munar and Jake Witlen The Dudleys!: A Family Game
Will Hollis Snider di[verge]: an original play with songs
Outstanding Puppetry
Frankenstein: The Trouble Puppet Show Trouble Puppet Theater Company
Heddatron Salvage Vanguard Theater
Outstanding Cast Performance
The Dudleys!: A Family Game TUTTO Theatre Company
Hunter Gatherers Capital T Theatre
I’ve Never Been So Happy Rude Mechanicals
Morning’s at Seven Different Stages
Topdog/Underdog City Theatre Company
Outstanding Ensemble Performance
David Stahl and Michael Stuart (Clown 1 and Clown 2) Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps
Angelica Faye Davis, Kia Dawn Fulton and Tiffany Mann (the Dynamites) Hairspray
David Meissner and Toby Minor (Rabbit and Froggie) Here Comes Gosling!
Alejandro McDonald-Villarreal, Aaron Niemuth, Eva McQuade, Heath Thompson,
Gene Storie and Samantha Smith (the mechanicals)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream [The Baron’s Men]
Roderick Sanford and Joshua Denning (Tom Collins and Angel Dumont Schunard) RENT
Outstanding Young Performer
Ryan Borses (Toad) A Year With Frog and Toad
Joshua Michael Braun (Newton) The Physicists
Keith Gruber (Kolokolo Bird) Just So
Ben Roberts (Bobby Lazenbee) Monsters!
Xander Slay-Tamkin (Möbius) The Physicists
Rudy Kloptik Award for Outstanding Work in Improvisational Theatre
Austin Secrets The Hideout Theatre
Confidence Men The Institution Theater
Get Up Gnap! Theater Projects
The Megaphone Show The New Movement Theater
Midnight Society ColdTowne Theater
