Sound on Stage 2025-26 Theatre Season Award Nominees

Professional

Nominees for Plays

Achievement in Sound Design of a Play

Bry Kifolo - Misery (Key City Public Theatre)
Mark Chenovick - Glengarry Glen Ross (SecondStory Rep)
Mark Chenovick - Constellations (SecondStory Rep)
Gina Salerno - Where the Summit Meets the Stars (Harlequin Productions)
Phillip Johnson - Appropriate (Seattle Rep)

Achievement in Lighting Design of a Play

Geoff Korf - Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Village Theatre)
Bry Kifolo - Misery (Key City Public Theatre)
Robbie Matos - the aves (Union Arts Center)
Christina Barrigan - Wait Until Dark (Harlequin Productions)
Robert J. Aguilar - Appropriate (Seattle Rep)

Achievement in Costume Design of a Play

Amy Hockman - Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley (SecondStory Rep)
Hannah Larson - Topdog/Underdog (ArtsWest)
Sarah Burch Gordon - Till We Have Faces (Taproot Theatre)
Jason Kramer - Wait Until Dark (Harlequin Productions)
Pete Rush - Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Village Theatre)

Achievement in Scenic Design of a Play

Adair MacCormack - Walden (ArtsWest)
Gerald B. Browning - Wait Until Dark (Harlequin Productions)
Burton Yuen - The Humans (Sound Theatre Company)
Julia Hayes Welch - Mary Jane (Seattle Rep)
Carey Wong - Appropriate (Seattle Rep)

Achievement in Stage Management of a Play

Jeffrey K. Hanson - Mary Jane (Seattle Rep)
Laurel Nichols - Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Village Theatre)
Henry Ives - You Will Get Sick (Sound Theatre Company)
Melissa Y. Hamasaki - The Heart Sellers (Seattle Rep)
Stina Lotti - Appropriate (Seattle Rep)

Achievement by an Ensemble in a Play (Presented to Director)

The Humans - Sound Theatre Company (Teresa Thuman)
Mary Jane - Seattle Rep (Allison Narver)
Glengarry Glen Ross - SecondStory Rep (Alicia Mendez)
The Importance of Being Earnest - Taproot Theatre (Bretteney Beverly)
Murder on the Orient Express - Harlequin Productions (Scott Nolte)

Achievement by a Supporting Actor in a Play

Betsy Mugarevo - Murder on the Links (Taproot Theatre)
Mary Machala - The Humans (Sound Theatre Company)
Billy Finn - Appropriate (Seattle Rep)
Shaunyce Omar - The Importance of Being Earnest (Taproot Theatre)
Cassi Q. Kohl - The Play That Goes Wrong (Seattle Rep)

Achievement by a Featured Actor in a Play

Seoyoung Park - The Heart Sellers (Seattle Rep)
Angela DiMarco - Appropriate (Seattle Rep)
Newsha Farahani - Wish You Were Here (Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble)
ML Roberts - Topdog/Underdog (ArtsWest)
Shaunyce Omar - Mary Jane (Seattle Rep)

Achievement by a Leading Actor in a Play

Krista Curry - Misery (Key City Public Theatre)
Helen Harvester - Wait Until Dark (Harlequin Productions)
Jen Taylor - Appropriate (Seattle Rep)
Yusef Seevers - Topdog/Underdog (ArtsWest)
Christopher Clark - The Importance of Being Earnest (Taproot Theatre)

Achievement in Direction of a Play

Timothy McCuen Piggee - Appropriate (Seattle Rep)
Marianne Sewell - Till We Have Faces (Taproot Theatre)
Valerie Curtis-Newton - Topdog/Underdog (ArtsWest)
Naghmeh Samini - Wish You Were Here (Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble)
Aaron Lamb - Wait Until Dark (Harlequin Productions)

Outstanding Production of a Play

Wait Until Dark - Harlequin Productions (Director: Aaron Lamb)
The Importance of Being Earnest - Taproot Theatre (Director: Bretteney Beverly)
Topdog/Underdog - ArtsWest (Director: Valerie Curtis-Newton)
Appropriate - Seattle Rep (Director: Timothy McCuen Piggee)
The Humans - Sound Theatre Company (Director: Teresa Thuman)