AYAA Award Winners!

Today, I am proud to present the winners of the 2017 AYAA Awards. We received over 800 unique ballots that led to these results. I have listed the winner and runner up for the individual awards, the winner for the silly superlatives and for the overall production awards, I ranked all the productions that received at least 50 votes.

Leading Actress in a Musical
Jayda Mendiola as Wendla in Arizona School for the Arts' Spring Awakening
(Runner up: Emma Suttell as Jovie in Musical Theatre of Anthem's Elf Jr.)

Leading Actress in a Play
Thea Eigo as CB's Sister in Youth Ensemble Theatre Inc.'s Dog Sees God
(Runner up: Emma Wang as Jessie in Hamilton High School's The Hamlet Thrill-ma-geddeon)

Leading Actor in a Musical
Ethan Shanker as Moritz in Arizona School for the Arts' Spring Awakening
(Runner up: Grey Smith as Dewey Finn in Actor's Youth Theatre's School of Rock)

Leading Actor in a Play
Kale Burr as Vlad Dracula in Actor's Youth Theatre's Dracula
(Runner up: Noah Delgado as Count Dracula in Actor's Youth Theatre's Dracula)

Supporting Actress in a Musical
Lily Castle as Paulette in Spotlight Youth Theatre's Legally Blonde
(Runner up: Gretchen Carpenter as Timon in Christian Youth Theater's The Lion King Jr.)

Supporting Actress in a Play
Riley Van Cleve as Tricia in Youth Theatre Ensemble Inc.'s Dog Sees God
(Runner up: AJ Marshall as Lucy in Actor's Youth Theatre's Dracula)

Supporting Actor in a Musical
Jacob Currie as Banzai in Christian Youth Theater's The Lion King Jr.
(Runner up: Steven Enriquez as The Cowardly Lion in Valley Youth Theatre's Wizard of Oz)

Supporting Actor in a Play
Alex Tuchi as Smee in Arizona School for the Arts' Peter and the Starcatcher
(Runner up: Chance Stokes as Van in Youth Theatre Ensemble Inc.'s Dog Sees God)

Best Vocalist
Jayda Mendiola as Wendla in Arizona School for the Arts' Spring Awakening
(Runner up: Sarah Pansing as Whatsername in Spotlight Youth Theater's American Idiot)

Best Dancer
Thea Eigo as Featured Dancer in Desert Foothills Theater's All Shook Up
(Runner up: Jasmine Bassham as Brooke in Spotlight Youth Theater's Legally Blonde)

Best Direction of a Musical
Rusty Ferracane for Arizona School for the Arts' Spring Awakening 
(Runner up: Chris Dane Burk for Actor's Youth Theatre's Little Shop of Horrors)

Best Direction of a Play
Laura O'Meara for Musical Theatre of Anthem's To Kill a Mockingbird
(Runner up: Zack Diepstraten for Actor's Youth Theatre's Dracula)

Best Music Direction
Mark 4man for Spotlight Youth Theatre's American Idiot
(Runner up: Sara McDermott for Christian Youth Theater's The Lion King Jr.)

Best Choreography
Lynzee 4man for Spotlight Youth Theatre's American Idiot
(Runner up: Kristin Malarkey for Actor's Youth Theatre's Little Shop of Horrors)

Best Set Design
Chris Dane Burk for Actor's Youth Theatre's Little Shop of Horrors)
(Runner up: Tori Swedler for Christian Youth Theater's The Lion King Jr.)

Best Lighting Design
Erica Baratz for Arizona School for the Arts' Spring Awakening
(Runner up: Brian Sosnowski for Musical Theatre of Anthem's Willy Wonka Jr.)

Best Sound Design
Josh Lindblom for Actor's Youth Theatre's School of Rock
(Runner up: Josh Hontz for Spotlight Youth Theatre's American Idiot)

Best Costume Design
Karin Ikeaski for Musical Theatre of Anthem's Seussical Jr.
(Runner up: Karol Cooper for Valley Youth Theatre's The Secret Garden)

Best Hair and Make Up Design
Jessy Kishbaugh and Sarah Brayer for Musical Theatre of Anthem's Seussical Jr.
(Runner up: Trey DeGroodt for Spotlight Youth Theatre's American Idiot)

Best Stage Management
Kara Jenkins and Jordan Osness for Hamilton High School's Shrek
(Runner up: Dexter Tuten for Christian Youth Theater's The Lion King Jr.)

The School of Rock Award: Most Likely to Win Battle of the Bands
Grey Smith

The Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Award: Most Fabulous
Spencer Claus

The Catch Me If You Can Award: Most Likely to Carry Out a Great Con
Joey J Grado

The Shrek Award: Most Likely to Marry a Beautiful Prince
Addison Bowman

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: Most Likely to Win a Spelling Bee
Thea Eigo

The Gypsy Award: Most Likely to Become a Stage Parent
Bailey Gorman

The American Idiot Award: Most Teen Angst
Ethan Shanker

The War Paint Award: Most Likely to be the Next Patti LuPone
Sarah Pansing

BEST PLAY - HIGH SCHOOL
WINNER: Hamilton High School's The Hamlet Thrill-ma-geddeon
2nd: Arizona School for the Arts' Peter and the Starcatcher
3rd: Chapparal High School's The Outsiders

BEST PLAY - COMMUNITY
WINNER: Youth Theatre Ensemble, Inc.'s Dog Sees God
2nd: Musical Theatre of Anthem's To Kill a Mockingbird
3rd: Actor's Youth Theatre's Dracula
4th: Starlight Community Theater's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

BEST MUSICAL - HIGH SCHOOL
WINNER: Arizona School for the Arts' Spring Awakening
2nd: Agua Fria High School's Footloose
3rd: Hamilton High School's Shrek the Musical
4th: Chapparal High School's Catch Me If You Can
5th: Perry High School's Mary Poppins

BEST MUSICAL - COMMUNITY
WINNER: Spotlight Youth Theatre's American Idiot
2nd: Christian Youth Theater's The Lion King Jr.
3rd: Musical Theatre of Anthem's Willy Wonka Jr.
4th: Actor's Youth Theatre's Little Shop of Horrors
5th: Starlight Community Theater's Into the Woods
6th: Actor's Youth Theatre's School of Rock

Thank you to everyone who voted and congrats to all the winners!!