The 13th Annual Patté Awards for Theater Excellence were handed out January 18th at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter.
The Patté Awards highlight the best productions, performers and designers in the San Diego community, and through them, The Patté Foundation ensures that San Diego continues to recognize and appreciate the creativity of its theater artists.
Here is a list of this year's winners:
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
The History Boys - Cygnet Theatre
The Butcher of Baraboo - Moxie Theatre
42nd Street - Moonlight Stage Productions
Picasso at the Lapin Agile - New Village Arts
The Seafarer; Threepenny Opera - San Diego Repertory Theatre
OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN
Robin Sanford Roberts - ANON(ymous), University of San Diego
Ian Wallace - Camino Real - UC San Diego, Dept of Theatre and Dance
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Chris Renda - Bent - ion theatre/Diversionary Theatre
Jason Bieber - Talley's Folly - North Coast Repertory Theatre
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
Charles Wallace IV - Dreams in the Witch House - DangerHouse Productions
Thomas Hodges - Dear Harvey - Diversionary Theatre & SDSU
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Alina Bokovikova - Camino Real - UC San Diego, Dept of Theatre and Dance
Jeannie Galioto - Twist - Diversionary Theatre
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Patrick Page - Cyrano de Bergerac - Old Globe Theatre
Karson St. John - The Little Dog Laughed - Diversionary Theatre
Glynn Bedington - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Compass Theatre
Michael Zlotnik - Bent - ion theatre/Diversionary Theatre
Robert Foxworth - Cornelia - Old Globe Theatre
David Ellenstein - Talley's Folly - North Coast Repertory Theatre
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
Lisa Berger - Killer Joe - Compass Theatre
Rick Seer - Two Gentlemen of Verona - University of San Diego Theatre Arts Program
Francis Gercke - Man from Nebraska - Cygnet Theatre
Janet Hayatshahi - Nine Parts of Desire - Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Six Degrees of Separation - Old Globe
Joyful Noise - Lamb's Players Theatre
Creditors; Bonnie and Clyde - La Jolla Playhouse
OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Ronald McCants - Refraction - UC San Diego, Dept of Theatre and Dance
SHILEY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Robert Smyth and Deborah Gilmour Smyth
THEATER ANGEL
Sheryl and Harvey White
THE JOHN GUTH AWARD FOR BEHIND-THE-SCENES BRILLIANCE
Jules Schreiber
THE PATTÉ SCHOLARSHIP: THE DEA AND OSBORN HURSTON AWARD FOR A PROMISING YOUNG THEATERMAKER
ALEXIS MONTES
Honorable Mention
Cassandra Lopez
Daniela Michel
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