Austin's B. Iden Payne Awards, 2009-2010 season

Thanks to the B. Iden Payne Committee, here's a full list of the awards for Austin's stages for 2009-2010:

YOUTH THEATER

Outstanding Production of Youth Theater

There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom (UT Department of Theatre and Dance)

Outstanding Director of Youth Theater

Judy Matetzschk-Campbell (Just Bee)

Outstanding Performer in Youth Theater

Gricelda Silva (the Boy, The Red Balloon)

MUSIC THEATER

Outstanding Production of Music Theater

The Drowsy Chaperone (Zachary Scott Theatre Center)

Outstanding Director of Music Theater

Nick Demos (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Outstanding Lead Actor in Music Theater

Andrew Cannata (John 1, John 2, John & Jen)

Outstanding Lead Actress in Music Theater

Michelle Haché (Elsie Maynard, The Yeomen of the Guard)

Outstanding Featured Actor in Music Theater

Robert Pierson (Tom, Murder Ballad Murder Mystery)

Outstanding Featured Actress in Music Theater

Content Love Knowles (Tom’s Wife, Lincoln Lady, Murder Ballad Murder Mystery)

COMEDIES

Outstanding Production of a Comedy

The Taming of the Shrew – Original Practices (Hidden Room Theatre)

Outstanding Director of a Comedy

Beth Burns (The Taming of the Shrew – Original Practices)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy

Ryan Crowder (Katherina, The Taming of the Shrew – Original Practices)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy

Katie deBuys (Agnes White, Bug)

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Comedy

Jude Hickey (Milkman Moe, Pandora et al., Leave It to Beverly)

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Comedy

Xochitl Romero (Lauren, Circle Mirror Transformation)

DRAMAS

Outstanding Production of a Drama

Dionysus in 69 (Rude Mechanicals)

Outstanding Director of a Drama

Connor Hopkins (The Jungle)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama

Jacob Trussell (Peer Gynt, Peer Gynt)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama

Helen Merino (Mary Stuart, Mary Stuart)

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Drama

Garry Peters (Big Daddy, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Drama

Feliz Dia McDonald (Ariel, Sycorax)

TECHNICAL

Outstanding Set Design

Ann Marie Gordon (Sleeping Beauty)

Outstanding Lighting Design

Megan M. Reilly (Murder Ballad Murder Mystery)

Outstanding Sound Design

Eliot Haynes (The Jungle)

Outstanding Costume Design

Susan Branch Towne (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Outstanding Music Director

Allen Robertson (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Outstanding Choreographer

Robin Lewis (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Outstanding Original Script

Connor Hopkins (The Jungle)

Outstanding Original Score

Content Love Knowles (Sleeping Beauty)

SPECIAL

Outstanding Cast or Ensemble Performance

The Drowsy Chaperone (cast, Zachary Scott Theatre Center)

Outstanding Young Performer

Matthew Stellato (Falstaff, The Merry Wives of Windsor)

Special Certificate for Puppetry

Trouble Puppet Theater Company, The Jungle

Special Certificate for Translation

Graham Schmidt, The Cherry Orchard

Rudy Kloptik Award for Outstanding Work in Improvisational Theater
(nominated by members of the Austin Improv Collective)

Confidence Men: Improvised Mamet (The Institution Theater)

People’s Choice Award
(chosen by attendees at the awards ceremony)

A Little Night Music, Georgetown Palace Theatre, Georgetown