The 2019 Gregory Awards
The 2019 Gregory Awards saw Seattle Asian American theatre artists continue to make their presence known in the Puget Sound theatre scenes, as they captured twelve Gregory Award nominations for excellence their work in the Puget Sound theatre scene (roughly repeating the eleven from 2018). The Gregory Awards are a set of honors dedicated to theatre in the Puget Sound, administered by Theatre Puget Sound. This year’s Awards will be presented October 28.
The nominations include
Outstanding New Play
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Books, Music, Lyrics by Justin Huertas
Additional Music, Arrangements and Orchestration by Steven Tran
ArtsWest
Sheathed
by Maggie Lee
Macha Theatre Works
Outstanding Director of a Play
Desdemona Chiang
Caught
Intiman Theatre
Rosa Joshi
Richard III
Seattle Shakespeare Company & upstart crow collective
Outstanding Performance in a Play
Sunam Ellis
Sheathed
Macha Theatre Works
Outstanding Performance in a Musical
Visesia Fakatoufifita
Annie
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Akira Matoba
Urinetown
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Brandon O’Neill
Urinetown
Fifth Avenue
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical
Sara Porkalob
Rock of Ages
Fifth Avenue
Outstanding Ensemble
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Arts West
Outstanding Costume Design
Moumita Bhattacharya
Devi
Pratidhwani
Outstanding Lighting Design
Reed Nakayama
Caught
Intiman
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