2015 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards Update - Jordan Donica, Anabelle Smith Lead!

Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Columbus Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2014 and September 2015. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

Voting is now underway for Columbus! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.

Here are the current standings for Columbus:

Best Choreography (Local)
Edward Charles Carignan - A Chorus Line - Short North Stage 29%
Jenny Small - Oliver! - Pickerington Community Theatre 21%
Karen Sieber - Nice Work if you Can Get It - Weathervane Playhouse 19%

Best Costume Design (Local)
Linda Mullin - The Tenshu - Shadowbox Live 30%
Jackie Farbean - Sweeney Todd - Imagine Productions 19%
Hannah Chalman - Rent - Weathervane Playhouse 12%

Best Direction of a Musical (Local)
Edward Charles Carignan - A Chorus Line - Short North Stage 19%
Adam Karsten - Nice Work If You Can Get It - Weathervane Playhouse 15%
Stev Guyer - American Idiot - Shadowbox Live 14%

Best Direction of a Play (Local)
Kevin Connell - One Man Two Guvnors - Weathervane Playhouse 38%
Coreen Janetzke - Witness for the Prosecution - Pickerington Community Theatre 25%
Sarah Merkey - Pack of Lies - Curtain Players 20%

Best High School Production of a Play or Musical
Pippin - Gahanna Lincoln High School 37%
In The Heights - Dublin Scioto High School 23%
Mary Poppins - Upper Arlington High School 19%

Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Local)
Jordan Donica - Into the Woods - Otterbein University 13%
Layne Roate - Rent - Weathervane Playhouse 10%
Chris Gallaugher - 1776 - Pickerington Community Theatre 9%

Best Leading Actor in a Play (Local)
Peter Moses - The Greeks - Otterbein Theatre 24%
Ryan Metzger - One Man, Two Guvnors - Weathervane Playhouse 23%
Michael Evanichko - Witness for the Prosecution - Pickerington Community Theatre 13%

Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Local)
Anabelle Smith - Peter Pan - Dublin Scioto High School 15%
Kayla Walsh - Nice Work If You Can Get It - Weathervane Playhouse 13%
Julie Cremean Russell - Zombies from The Beyond - Curtain Players 10%

Best Leading Actress in a Play (Local)
Kayla Walsh - Rabbit Hole - Otterbein University 22%
Kayla Walsh - One Man Two Guvnors - Weathervane Playhouse 21%
Diane Hooper - Witness for the Prosecution - Pickerington Community Theatre 15%

Best Lighting Design (Local)
Adam Zeek - A Little Night Music - Short North Stage 26%
Aaron Pelzak - The Tenshu - Shadowbox Live 25%
Glen Garcia - The Addams Family Musical - Little Theatre Off Broadway 22%

Best Musical (Local)
Nice Work if you Can Get It - Weathervane Playhouse 14%
In The Heights - Dublin Scioto High School 13%
A Chorus Line - Short North Stage 11%

Best Musical Director
Tim Valentine - A Chorus Line - Short North Stage 28%
Martha Tepper - Oliver! - Pickerington Community Theatre 19%
Stev Guyer - American Idiot - Shadowbox Live 18%

Best Original Play (Local)
Rabbit Hole - Otterbein University 29%
One Man, Two Guvnors - Weathervane Playhouse 27%
The Tenshu - Shadowbox Live 27%

Best Scenic Design (Local)
Rob Kuhn - In The Heights - Dublin Scioto High School 31%
Andrew Weibel - 1776 - Pickerington Community Theatre 21%
Kat Wexler - The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Little Theatre off Broadway 20%

Best Sound Design (Local)
Gar Phillips - The Addams Family Musical - Little Theatre Off Broadway 39%
Megan Culley - One Man, Two Guvnors - Weathervane Playhouse 32%
Megan Culley - Dial 'M' For Murder - Weathervane Playhouse 19%

Best Touring Musical
Lion King - Ohio Theatre 31%
Newsies - Ohio Theatre 28%
Once - Palace Theatre 13%

Best Young Actor Under Age 18
Keegan Sells - The Addams Family Musical - Little Theatre off Broadway 47%
Isaac Barnes - The Match Girl's Gift - Curtain Players 25%
William Gorgas - Sondheim In Concert - Warehouse Theatre 17%

Best Young Actress Under Age 18
Sabrina Brush - The Addams Family Musical - Little Theatre off Broadway 46%
Mary Kate Gebhart - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Grandview Carriage Place Players 40%
Amelia Cameron - The Match Girl's Gift - Curtain Players 13%

Theater of the Year
Columbus Children's Theatre 24%
Short North Stage 23%
Shadowbox Live 22%

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