2018 AYAA AWARDS!

OH?! You thought the only award people were going to get today was an NYA? Ooooh, baby, this is just simply not true. AYAA is keeping the award train chuggin' along!

Today, I am proud to present the winners of the 2018 AYAA Awards. We received ALMOST 1000 (y'all be crazy) 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
Lily Castle as Jo March in Valley Youth Theatre's Little Women
(Runner up: Claire Dolan as Elle Woods in Starlight Community Theater's Legally Blonde)

Leading Actress in a Play
Peyton Woolf as Juliet in Spotlight Youth Theatre's Romeo and Juliet
(Runner up: Sarah Edmunds as Woman in Actor's Youth Theatre's Insanity)

Leading Actor in a Musical
Sam Primack as Jesus in Spotlight Youth Theatre's Jesus Christ Superstar
(Runner up: Jacob Currie as Lord Farquaad in Christian Youth Theater's Shrek)

Leading Actor in a Play
Anson Romney as Romeo in Spotlight Youth Theatre's Romeo and Juliet
(Runner up: Grey Smith as Junior Dover Jr. in Hamilton High School's Great All American Musical Disaster)

Supporting Actress in a Musical
Sarah Pansing as Beth in Valley Youth Theatre's Little Women
(Runner up: Ali Giordano as Paulette in Starlight Community Theater's Legally Blonde)

Supporting Actress in a Play
Camden Wawro as the Nurse in Spotlight Youth Theatre's Romeo and Juliet
(Runner up: Lindsey Stevens as Madeline Usher in Actor's Youth Theatre's Insanity)

Supporting Actor in a Musical
Steven Enriquez as King Herod in Spotlight Youth Theatre's Jesus Christ Superstar
(Runner up: Max Mendoza as Douglas Panch in Arizona School for the Arts' 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)

Supporting Actor in a Play
Jeremy Bassham as Friar Lawrence in Spotlight Youth Theatre's Romeo and Juliet
(Runner up: Tristen Hansen as Sammy Goldenbaum in Desert Stage Theatre's The Dark at the Top of the Stairs)

Best Vocalist
Lily Castle as Jo March in Valley Youth Theatre's Little Women
(Runner up: Sam Primack as Jesus in Spotlight Youth Theatre's Jesus Christ Superstar)

Best Dancer
Cole Newburg as Don Lockwood in Chapparal High School's Singin' in the Rain
(Runner up: Jacob Currie as Mr. Trotter in Christian Youth Theater's James and the Giant Peach)

Best Direction of a Musical
Kenny Grossman for Spotlight Youth Theatre's Cabaret
(Runner up: Chris Dane Burk for Actor's Youth Theatre's Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Best Direction of a Play
Kenny Grossman for Spotligh Youth Theatre's Romeo and Juliet
(Runner up: Josh Lindblom for Actor's Youth Theatre's Insanity)

Best Music Direction
Tracie Jones for Actor's Youth Theatre's Ghost: the Musical
(Runner up: Elise Kurbat for Arizona School for the Arts' 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)

Best Choreography
Tina Caspary for Spotlight Youth Theatre's Cabaret
(Runner up: Bruce Goolsby for Actor's Youth Theatre's Anything Goes)

Best Set Design
Pete Bish for Greasepaint Youth Theatre's Addams Family
(Runner up: Chris Dane Burk for Actor's Youth Theatre's Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Best Lighting Design
Jeff A. Davis for Theater Works' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(Runner up: Jordan Hunt for New School for the Arts's Hair)

Best Sound Design
Josh Hontz for Spotlight Youth Theatre's Cabaret
(Runner up: Josh Lindblom for Actor's Youth Theatre's Ghost: the Musical)

Best Costume Design
Sam Utpdael for Spotlight Youth Theatre's Cabaret
(Runner up: Karol Cooper for Valley Youth Theatre's Madagascar)

Best Hair and Make Up Design
Trey DeGroodt for Spotlight Youth Theatre's Cabaret
(Runner up: Leigh Hager for Starlight Community Theater's Legally Blonde)

Best Stage Management
Joycelin Jacobs for Valley Youth Theatre's Shrek
(Runner up: Courtney Stevens for Theater Works' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)

Aladdin Award: Most Likely to Be Mistaken for Royalty
Sam Primack

Beautiful Award: Most Likely to Have a Biopic Musical Written About Them
Sarah Pansing

Kinky Boots Award: Most Fierce
Trey DeGroodt

Dear Evan Hansen Award: Most Likely to Become an Internet Phenomenon
Sam Primack

Mean Girls Award: Best Dressed 
Addison Bowman

My Fair Lady Award: Most Independent
Riley Van Cleve

SpongeBob Squarepants Award: Most Likely to Accidentally Trigger the End of the World
Devon Christopher

The Band's Visit Award: Most Likely to Get REALLY Lost in a Foreign Country
Maya Weber

BEST PLAY - HIGH SCHOOL
WINNER: Chapparal High School's Boeing Boeing
2nd: Arizona School for the Arts' The Sparrow
3rd (tie): Hamilton High School's Great All American Musical Disaster and New School for the Arts' The Rabbit Hole
5th: Sunrise Mountain High School's Parlor Games

BEST PLAY - COMMUNITY
WINNER: Spotlight Youth Theatre's Romeo and Juliet
2nd: Actor's Youth Theatre's Insanity

BEST MUSICAL - HIGH SCHOOL
WINNER: Chapparal High School's Singin' in the Rain
2nd: New School for the Arts' Hair
3rd: Arizona School for the Arts' 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
4th: Hamilton High School's Bye Bye Birdie
5th: Queen Creek High School's Legally Blonde

BEST MUSICAL - COMMUNITY
WINNER: Valley Youth Theatre's Little Women
2nd: Starlight Community Theater's Legally Blonde
3rd: Actor's Youth Theatre's Hunchback of Notre Dame
4th: Spotlight Youth Theatre's Cabaret
5th: Theater Works' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Thank you to everyone who voted and congrats to all the winners!! The participation was overwhelming and completely unexpected. I feel so grateful to each and everyone of you. Yay theatre!