2016-2017 Finalists

We are thrilled to announce the following FINALISTS for the 39th Drammy Awards, to be held on Monday, June 26, 2017 at Portland State University, Smith Memorial Center.

A special request to the companies representing these productions, artists, and practitioners: please send FINALISTS photos to us at drammyawards@gmail.com as soon as possible so that we can prepare our finalists/winners slide show. One photo per finalist, with the photographer credit, would be fantastic! Many thanks.

And now here is the list of 2016-2017 Drammy Award Finalists:

Lifetime Achievement Award

Tim Stapleton

Special Achievement Award

Imago Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical

Dave Cole	Green Day’s American Idiot	triangle productions!
Matthew Hayward	Nine	Lakewood Theatre Company
Joe Theissen	Fly By Night	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Benjamin Tissell	Fly By Night	Broadway Rose Theatre Company

Best Actor in a Play

Nick Ferrucci	The Angry Brigade	Third Rail Repertory Theatre
Adrian Roberts	pen/man/ship	Portland Playhouse
Jim Vadala	La Belle	Imago Theatre
Todd Van Voris	Hughie	Imago Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

Antonía Darlene	Beehive	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Mia Pinero	West Side Story	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Kelly Stewart	The Toxic Avenger Musical	Stumptown Stages
Leah Yorkston	Forever Dusty	triangle productions!

Best Actress in a Play

Jane Bement Geesman	The Udmurts	defunkt theatre
Paige McKinney	Hir	defunkt theatre
Dainichia Noreault	Playhouse Creatures	CoHo Productions
Jessi Walters	The Drowning Girls	Bag & Baggage Productions

Best Choreography

Laura Hiszczynskyj	Nine	Lakewood Theatre Company
David Marquez	Rock of Ages	Stumptown Stages
Dan Murphy	Beehive	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Michael Snider	Godspell	Lakewood Theatre Company

Best Costume Design

Jessica Carr	1776	Lakewood Theatre Company
Jessica Carr	Nine	Lakewood Theatre Company
Margaret Chapman	The Toxic Avenger Musical	Stumptown Stages
Allison Dawe	West Side Story	Broadway Rose Theatre Company

Best Devised Work

Head. Hands. Feet.	Shaking The Tree
Note to Self	Adrienne Flagg + CoHo Productions
We’re All Mad Here	Shaking The Tree

Best Director of a Musical

Ron Daum	Nine	Lakewood Theatre Company
Sharon Maroney	Beehive	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
David Marquez	Rock of Ages	Stumptown Stages
Michael Snider	Godspell	Lakewood Theatre Company

Best Director of a Play

Adrienne Flagg	Note to Self	Adrienne Flagg + CoHo Productions
Kevin Jones	How I Learned What I Learned	Portland Playhouse
Antonio Sonera	God of Carnage	Lakewood Theatre Company
Samantha Van Der Merwe	Head. Hands. Feet.	Shaking The Tree

Best Ensemble in a Musical

Beehive	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Godspell	Lakewood Theatre Company
Nine	Lakewood Theatre Company
Rock of Ages	Stumptown Stages

Best Ensemble in a Play

Brontë	Bag & Baggage Productions
The Drowning Girls	Bag & Baggage Productions
Head. Hands. Feet.	Shaking The Tree
Note to Self	Adrienne Flagg + CoHo Productions

Best Lighting Design

Carl Faber	Beehive	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Daniel Meeker	Peter and the Starcatcher	Portland Playhouse
Jim Ricks-White	The Drowning Girls	Bag & Baggage Productions
Solomon Weisbard	pen/man/ship	Portland Playhouse

Best Music Direction

Jeffrey Childs	Beehive	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Beth Noelle	Nine	Lakewood Theatre Company
Jonathan Quesenberry	Fly By Night	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Jonathan Quesenberry	Green Day’s American Idiot	triangle productions!

Best Original Script

Aubrey Jessen & Greta West	Hawthorne	Action/Adventure Theatre
Emilio Rodriguez	Swimming While Drowning	Milagro
Carol Triffle, Jerry Mouawad & Devin Stinson	La Belle	Imago Theatre

Best Pit Ensemble

Forever Dusty	triangle productions!
Godspell	Lakewood Theatre Company
Green Day’s American Idiot	triangle productions!
Man of La Mancha	Lakewood Theatre Company

Best Production of a Musical

Beehive	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Fly By Night	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Nine	Lakewood Theatre Company
Rock of Ages	Stumptown Stages

Best Production of a Play

The Angry Brigade	Third Rail Repertory Theatre
Brontë	Bag & Baggage Productions
Miss Julie	Shaking The Tree
pen/man/ship	Portland Playhouse

Best Scenic Design

Don Horn	Full Gallop	triangle productions!
Sean O’Skea	Fly By Night	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Kris Stone	pen/man/ship	Portland Playhouse
Samantha Van Der Merwe	We’re All Mad Here	Shaking The Tree

Best Solo Performance

Margie Boulé	Full Gallop	triangle productions!
Matthew Kerrigan	We’re All Mad Here	Shaking The Tree
Victor Mack	How I Learned What I Learned	Portland Playhouse
Vin Shambry	The Gun Show	CoHo Productions

Best Sound Design

Andrew Bray	Assistance	Theatre Vertigo
Rodolfo Ortega	The Gun Show	CoHo Productions
Mark Valadez	Annapurna	Third Rail Repertory Theatre
Annalise Albright Woods	Head. Hands. Feet.	Shaking The Tree

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

Dave Cole	1776	Lakewood Theatre Company
Dale Johannes	Green Day’s American Idiot	triangle productions!
Heath Koerschgen	1776	Lakewood Theatre Company
Gary Norman	Fly By Night	Broadway Rose Theatre Company

Best Supporting Actor in a Play

Isaac Lamb	Peter and the Starcatcher	Portland Playhouse
Del Lewis	The Nether	Third Rail Repertory Theatre
Rega Lupo	Lydia	Milagro
Gary Strong	The Pillowman	Life in Arts

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical

Kayla Dixon	West Side Story	Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Elizabeth Hadley	The Toxic Avenger Musical	Stumptown Stages
Clara-Liis Hillier	Godspell	Lakewood Theatre Company
Cassi Q. Kohl	Ruddigore	Mock’s Crest Productions

Best Supporting Actress in a Play

Lorraine Bahr	Playhouse Creatures	CoHo Productions
Dana Green	db	CoHo Productions
Rebecca Ridenour	The Flick	Third Rail Repertory Theatre
Jessica Tidd	That Pretty Pretty (Or, the Rape Play)	defunkt theatre

Best Young Performer

Maya Caulfield	Orphans	Oregon Children’s Theatre (Young Professionals)
Marcelino Lauren Hernandez	Tomás and the Library Lady	Oregon Children’s Theatre
Matthew Snyder	Rock of Ages	Stumptown Stages
Piper Tuor	In the Forest She Grew Fangs	Oregon Children’s Theatre (Young Professionals)

 Additional Awards not listed will also be announced!