Three Weeks Left To Vote For the BWW Santa Barbara Awards!

Voting continues for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Santa Barbara Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.

If you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends. Here are the current standings for Santa Barbara:

Best Costume Design
Bonnie Thor - URINETOWN - SBHS Theatre 47%
Pamela Shaw - GREASE - SB Theatre Group 18%
Ann Bruice - CABARET - UCSB Performing Arts Theater 16%

Best Director
Otto Layman - URINETOWN - Santa Barbara High School 40%
Joanna Syiek - AMERICAN IDIOT - Out of the Box Theatre Co. 25%
Irwin Appel - HAMLET - UCSB Theatre and Dance 15%

Best Lighting Design
Andrew Schmedake - CABARET - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 33%
Patricio Rodriguez - 'RUMORS' - Laguna Blanca School 29%
Vickie Scott - A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE - UCSB, Dept. of Theater & Dance 24%

Best Musical Director
Jon Nathan - URINETOWN - SBHS Theatre 48%
Jillian Honoroff - GREASE - Laguna Blanca Theatre 26%
Jon Nathan - CABARET - UCSB Theater/Dance 19%

Best Musical or Opera
URINETOWN - SBHS Theater 30%
AMERICAN IDIOT - Out of the Box 26%
GREASE - Theatre Group at SBCC 18%

Best Play (non-musical)
HAMLET - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 45%
RUMORS - Laguna Blanca Theatre 25%
THREE TALL WOMEN - Center Stage 12%

Best Scenic Design
Jonathon Mitchell - URINETOWN - Santa Barbara High School 59%
Greg Mitchell - CABARET - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 18%
Richard Croy - RUMORS - Laguna Blanca School 14%

Community/University Theatre Company of the Year
Out of the Box 30%
Theatre Group at SBCC 29%
UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 20%

Outstanding Performance in a Musical
Daniel Sabraw - URINETOWN - Santa Barbara High School 27%
Aurora Gooch - GREASE - SBCC Theatre 22%
Josie Gillingham - URINETOWN - Santa Barbara High School 13%

Outstanding Performance in a Play
Tadja Enos - HAMLET - UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 26%
Jackson Hurley - RUMORS - Laguna Blanca Theatre 21%
Terry Li - ATHENA - On the Verge Summer Repertory 20%

Outstanding Performance in a youth/high school production
Nolan Montgomery - NEWSIES - Dos Pueblos HS 38%
Elvis Pagano - URINETOWN - Santa Barbara High School 21%
Carter Beaudette - URINETOWN - Santa Barbara High School 20%

Star on the Rise
Bella Holland - URINETOWN - Santa Barbara High School 23%
Kasey Bryant - AMERICAN IDIOT - Out of the Box Theatre Co. 19%
Mia Hilf - GREASE - Laguna Blanca School 10%

You Don't See Me Award (ADs, SMs ASMs, TDs, Crew, PR, etc)
MANDY SABAEDRA - Out of the Box 26%
ALICIA LOPEZ - Theatre Group at SBCC 19%
CHARLIE JACOBS - Laguna Blanca School 13%

Youth/Student Theatre Program of the year
Santa Barbara High School 47%
Dos Pueblos High School 23%
Laguna Blanca School 11%

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