The 2022 Craig Noel Award Winners

(Nominees by category are listed in alphabetical order)

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical

Nigel Huckle – “Light In The Piazza,” CCAE Theatricals

Amber Iman  –“Lempicka,” La Jolla Playhouse 

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play

Kate Rose Reynolds –  “Iron,” The Roustabouts Theatre Co.

Nancy Ross – “Sapience,” Moxie Theatre and TuYo Theatre

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical

Beau Brians –  “Catch Me If You Can The Musical,” San Diego Musical Theatre 

Sebastian Montenegro – “In The Heights,” San Diego Musical Theatre 

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play

Steven Lone – “Water By The Spoonful,” Cygnet Theatre 

Rosina Reynolds – “Iron,” The Roustabouts Theatre Co.

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

J. Scott Lapp – “Witnesses,” CCAE Theatricals

Outstanding Direction of a Play

Yari Cervas – “Desert Rock Garden,” New Village Arts

Outstanding Solo Performance

Nathan Nonhof – “Black Séance,”  Blindspot Collective/ LJP Without Walls Festival

Outstanding Costume Design

Linda Cho – “Come Fall In Love – The DDLJ Musical,” The Old Globe

Outstanding Scenic Design

Yi-Chien Lee – “The October Night of Johnny Zero,” Backyard Renaissance 

Outstanding Lighting Design

Bradley King – “Lempicka,” La Jolla Playhouse

Outstanding New Production

“Witnesses” – CCAE Theatricals

Also announced from the stage were our specialty award winners in the following categories:

• Outstanding Specialty Award  –  Kevin “Blax” Burroughs (Performer, Director, Lighting Designer, and Choreographer for multiple theatres throughout 2022)

• The Don Braunagel Award for Outstanding Work at a Small Theater 

  • OnStage Playhouse

  • CCAE Theatricals 

• 2022 Actors of the Year

  • Megan Carmitchel

  • Berto Fernández