2015 Winners & Nominees
Winners are listed first, in bold, followed by the other nominees.
Best Play
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Repertory Theater of Iowa
Cock, StageWest
Independence, Tallgrass Theatre
Best Direction
Todd Buchacker, Cock
Kathy Pingel, Girls’ Weekend
David Van Cleave, Rent
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Mark Gruber as George, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Aaron Smith as Martin Luther King Jr., The Mountaintop
Abraham Swee as John Merrick, The Elephant Man
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role
Maxwell Schaeffer as Birdboot, The Real Inspector Hound
Micheal Davenport as Frederick Treves, The Elephant Man
Brett Spahr as Patsy, Spamalot
Best Scenic Design
Jay Jagim, The Diary of Anne Frank
Tim Wisgerhof, Cabaret
Tim Wisgerhof, Independence
Best Sound Design
Josh Jepson, Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
Andrew Ryker, Lee Cutler and Matthew Slofner, South Pacific
Christopher Williams, My Name is Asher Lev
Best Musical
South Pacific, Des Moines Community Playhouse
Cabaret, Des Moines Onstage
Mary Poppins, Des Moines Community Playhouse
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Kim Grimaldi as Martha, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Mary Bricker as Evelyn Briggs, Independence
Amber Duimstra as Nellie Forbush, South Pacific
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Tiffany Flory as Sherry Briggs, Independence
Laura Sparks as Rivkeh Lev and Anna Schaeffer, My Name is Asher Lev
Nancy Zubrod as Dot, Girls’ Weekend
Best Lighting Design
Jay Jagim, The Diary of Anne Frank
Virgil Kleinhesselink, South Pacific
Jim Trenberth, Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
Best Costume & Makeup Design
Angela Lampe, The Addams Family
Susanna Douthit, Around the World in 80 Days
Tim Wisgerhof, Cabaret
Special Recognition
Karen Schaeffer, Girls’ Weekend