Sound on Stage 2025 Award Winners

Professional and Non-Professional

Professional

Achievement in Sound Design in a Play

Meghan Roche
Dial “M” for Murder - Village Theatre

Achievement in Lighting Design in a Play

Trevor Cushman
Covenant - ArtsWest

 

Achievement in Scenic Design in a Play

Matthew Smucker
Blues for an Alabama Sky - Seattle Rep

 

Achievement in Sound Design in a Musical

Taylor Thomas-Marsh
Wild Man of the Wynoochee - Key City Public Theatre

 

Achievement in Lighting Design in a Musical

Andrew D. Smith
The Last Five Years - ACT/5th Avenue

 

Achievement in Set Design in a Musical

Lex Liang
Legally Blonde, the Musical - Village Theatre

 

Achievement in Stage Management

Bret Torbeck
The Skin of Our Teeth - Seattle Rep

 

Achievement in Music Direction

Claire Max
Always…Patsy Cline - Taproot Theatre

 

Achievement in Costume Design in a Play

Moumita Bhattacharya
House of Joy - Pratidhwani

 

Achievement in Costume Design in a Musical

Pete Rush
Camelot - Village Theatre

 

Achievement in Choreography

Jimmy Shields
Bye Bye Birdie - 5th Avenue Theatre

 

Performance by an Ensemble in a Play

POTUS
ACT Contemporary Theatre - Presented to Jillian Armenante

Performance by an Ensemble in a Musical

The Color Purple
Village Theatre - Presented to Timothy McCuen Piggee

Direction of a Play

Mathew Wright
The Effect - ArtsWest

Best Direction of a Musical

Timothy McCuen Piggee
The Color Purple - Village Theatre

Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play

Yusef Seevers
Blues for an Alabama Sky - Seattle Rep

Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical

Shermona Mitchell
The Color Purple - Village Theatre

Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Julie Briskman
Mother Russia - Seattle Rep

Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Anne Allgood
Sister Act - Taproot Theatre

Performance by a Lead Actor in a Play

Geoffery Simmons
The Winter’s Tale - Key City Public Theatre

Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical

Cassi Q. Kohl
The Last Five Years - ACT/5th Avenue

Best Play

The Effect
ArtsWest

Best Musical

The Color Purple
Village Theatre

Best Play (People’s Choice)

Dial “M” for Murder
Village Theatre

Best Musical (People’s Choice)

The Color Purple
Village Theatre

Theatre Experience

Seattle Rep

Original Production

Golden
Andrew Lee Creech

General Categories

Original Music Composition

Jessica Welsh, Linda Dowdell
Wild Man of the Wynoochee

Best Troupe

Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble

 

Non-Professional

Achievement in Sound Design in a Play

Andrew Joslyn
Eurydice - Bainbridge Performing Arts

Achievement in Lighting Design in a Play

Rob Falk
Eurydice - Bainbridge Performing Arts

 

Achievement in Scenic Design in a Play

Scott B. Randall
A View From the Bridge - Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts

 

Achievement in Sound Design in a Musical

Kairon Bullock
Damn Yankees - Reboot Theatre

 

Achievement in Lighting Design in a Musical

Jacob Viramontes
Damn Yankees - Reboot Theatre

 

Achievement in Set Design in a Musical

Erik Furuheim
The SpongeBob Musical - Bainbridge Performing Arts

 

Achievement in Stage Management

Seamus C. Smith
Blithe Spirit - Circle of Fire Theatre

 

Achievement in Music Direction

Shawna Avinger
Fiddler on the Roof - Tacoma Little Theatre

 

Achievement in Costume Design in a Play

Gayle Oney
A Midwinter Night’s Dream - Original Theatre Black Dog

 

Achievement in Costume Design in a Musical

Beth Anne Galloway
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder - Port Gamble Theatre

 

Achievement in Choreography

Mackenzie Malhotra
Damn Yankees - Reboot Theatre

 

Performance by an Ensemble in a Play

The Laramie Project
Lakewood Playhouse - Presented to Joseph C. Walsh

Performance by an Ensemble in a Musical

Fiddler on the Roof
Tacoma Little Theatre - Presented to Melanie Gladstone

Direction of a Play

Talene Laine
Men On Boats - inD Theatre

Best Direction of a Musical

Melanie Gladstone
Fiddler on the Roof - Tacoma Little Theatre

Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play

Peter Cook
Proof - inD Theatre

Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical

Josh Wingerter
The Wedding Singer - Tacoma Musical Playhouse

Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Chris Bartness
Lend Me a Tenor - Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts

Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Jasmine Joshua
Oliver! - Reboot Theatre

Performance by a Lead Actor in a Play

Morgan Peeler
A View From the Bridge - Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts

Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical

Jonathan Bill
Fiddler on the Roof - Tacoma Little Theatre

Best Play

Outside Mullingar
Circle of Fire Theatre / Bainbridge Performing Arts

Best Musical

Damn Yankees
Reboot Theatre

Best Play (People’s Choice)

Bug
Tacoma Little Theatre

Best Musical (People’s Choice)

The SpongeBob Musical
Bainbridge Performing Arts

Theatre Experience

Bainbridge Performing Arts

Original Production

Here and Their
Jasmine Joshua