2020 Shellie awards celebrate east bay theatre -

The Shellie awards honors outstanding achievement in performing arts for Contra Costa County and the Diablo Valley region. The awards have been celebrated in the east bay since 1979, where they were first held in a walnut packing warehouse (during the off—season).

This 41st Shellie awards ceremony was held Jan. 11 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.

2020 Shellie award winners

Michael Doppe in Matilda — *Michael Doppe won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical for Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (Linda Carter photo)*

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical — Michael Doppe, Roald Dahl’s Matilda – The Musical, Contra Costa Musical Theatre

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play — Nina Ball, The Diary of Anne Frank, Center REPertory Company

Outstanding Choreography — Sherry McDowell, Annie, Broadway Repertory Company

Special Contribution to the Performing Arts — Lauren Rosi, presented by Town Hall Theatre Company

Mama Mia at Center Rep — *Mamma Mia! at Center Rep took home awards for Costuming, Scenic Design and Director of a Musical (photo www.kevinberne.com).*

Outstanding Costuming of a Musical — Maggi Yule, Mamma Mia!, Center REPertory Company

Special Contribution to the Performing Arts — Jene’ Bombardier, presented by Onstage Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play — Kurt Landisman, The Diary of Anne Frank, Center REPertory Company

*Ashley Dionne took home the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical for Clayton Theatre Company’s Putnam County Spelling Bee.*

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical — Ashley Dionne, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Clayton Theatre Company

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical — Dianna Schepers, Spamalot, Pittsburg Community Theatre

Special Contribution to the Performing Arts — Shelly McDowell, presented by Broadway Repertory Company

Outstanding Costuming of a Play — C. C. Cardin, Red Herring, Onstage Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play — Brittany Sims, ReproRights, B8 Theatre Company

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical — Kelly James Tighe, Mamma Mia!, Center REPertory Company

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play — Terrance Smith, Brooklyn Bridge, Town Hall Theatre Company

From ‘Butterfly’ to ‘Frank,’ this is serious theater — *Monique Hafen Adams won Outstanding Actress in a Play for Diary of Anne Frank.*

Outstanding Music Direction — Eryn Allen, Roald Dahl’s Matilda – The Musical, Contra Costa Musical Theatre

Special Contribution to the Performing Arts — Kelly J. Tighe, presented by Contra Costa Musical Theatre

Outstanding Actress in a Play — Monique Hafen Adams, The Diary of Anne Frank, Center REPertory Company

Outstanding Director of a Play — Timothy Near, The Diary of Anne Frank, Center REPertory Company

Outstanding Director of a Musical — Marc Jacobs, Mamma Mia!, Center REPertory Company

Outstanding Actor in a Musical — Mark Farrell, Roald Dahl’s Matilda – The Musical, Contra Costa Musical Theatre

Outstanding Actor in a Play — A Tie! — Craig Marker, Dancing Lessons, Center REPertory Company & Erin Gould, Great Expectations, Town Hall Theatre Company

Outstanding Actress in a Musical — A Tie! — Sophia Gilbert, Roald Dahl’s Matilda – The Musical, Contra Costa Musical Theatre & Sheila Viramontes, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Town Hall Theatre Company

Outstanding Production – Play — The Diary of Anne Frank, Center REPertory Company

Outstanding Production – Musical – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Pittsburg Community Theatre

2020 Shellie award winners

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