Pat
Launer created the Patté Awards™
for Theater Excellence to celebrate the amazing diversity of San Diego theater,
to offer some well-deserved, tangible recognition to local theater artists, and
to give something back to the theater community.
Congratulations
to all
the Patté Awards™ recipients!
And always remember...
You
ain't chopped liver!
Patté Awards™
Winners
(Click each entry below to expand the
list)
 | 2007 Theater Year
 | Ensemble
 | 'Yellowman' (Cygnet Theatre Company_ |
| 'Crimes of the Heart' & 'Three Sisters'
(New Village Arts Theatre) |
| 'Punks' (ion theatre) |
| 'Come Back to the Five and Dime,
Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean' (6th @ Penn Theatre) |
| 'The Magic Fire' (Moonlight Stage
Productions) |
|
| Scenic Design
| Nick Fouch ('Yellowman' – Cygnet Theatre Company, 'Sailor’s Song' –
New Village Arts) |
| Sean Fanning ('Zombie Prom' – San Diego State University School of
Theatre, Television & Film |
|
| Lighting Design
| M. Scott Grabau ('Dracula' – North Coast Repertory Theatre) |
| David F. Weiner & Jason Bieber ('Cowboy versus Samurai' – Mo’olelo
Performing Arts Company) |
|
| Costume Design
| Jennifer Brawn Gittings ('Don Quixote' – San Diego Repertory Theatre;
'Bunbury' – Diversionary Theatre) |
| Kelley Convery ('Zombie Prom' – San Diego State University School of
Theatre, Television & Film) |
|
| Sound Design
| Chris Luessmann ('Dracula' – North Coast Repertory Theatre) |
| Toby Algya ('Medea' – UCSD Department of Theatre and Dance) |
|
| Direction
| Jennifer Eve Thorn ('Victoria Martin, Math Team Queen' – Moxie
Theatre) |
| Kristianne Kurner ('Sailor’s Song' – New Village Arts) |
| Eric Bishop ('Electra' – Mira Costa College Performing & Media Arts
Department) |
| Lisa Berger ('The Long Christmas Ride Home' – Diversionary Theatre) |
|
| Performance
| Rosina Reynolds ('Wit' – North Coast Repertory Theatre) |
| Jim Chovick ('Desire Under the Elms' – Cygnet Theatre Company) |
| Matt Scott ('The Treatment' – Moxie Theatre) |
| Matt Weeden ('Torch Song Trilogy' – Diversionary Theatre) |
| Ron Choularton ('St. Nicholas' – Cygnet Theatre Company) |
|
| Production
| 'The Farnsworth Invention' – La Jolla Playhouse |
| 'Communicating Doors' – Cygnet Theatre Company |
| 'Bell, Book & Candle' – Old Globe Theatre |
|
| Outstanding New Play – 'A Hundred Birds' -
by Dale Morris |
| Patté Scholarship for a Promising Young
Theatermaker, presented in honor of Dr. Floyd Gaffney – Luke Marinkovich
| Honorable Mention: Loren Lott Lauren Hunter |
|
| Shiley Award for Lifetime Achievement – Don & Bonnie Ward |
| John Guth Award for Behind-the-Scenes Brilliance
– Ree & Maurice Miller |
| Patté Theater Angel Award - Dea & Osborn
Hurston |
|
| 2006 Theater Year
| Ensemble
| Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims
Unit (Miracle Theatre Productions) |
| Pulp! (Moxie Theatre/Diversionary
Theatre) |
| Seussical (Moonlight Stage
Productions) |
| Since Africa (Mo’olelo Performing
Arts Company) |
| Urinetown (Starlight Theatre) |
|
| Scenic Design
| Ralph Funicello ("The Constant Wife" – The Old Globe) |
| Jedediah Ike ("Measure for Measure" - UCSD Department of Theatre and
Dance) |
|
| Lighting Design
| Eric Lotze ("The Wizard of Oz" – Starlight Theatre) |
| Jennifer Setlow ("Intimate Apparel" – San Diego Repertory Theatre) |
|
| Costume Design
| Michelle Hunt ("The Love of the Nightingale" – UCSD Department of
Theatre and Dance) |
| Shirley Pierson ("Archangels Don’t Play Pinball" – SDSU School of
Theatre, Television, and Film) |
| Jeanne Reith ("Amadeus" – Lamb’s Players Theatre) |
|
| Sound Design
| Scott Paulson – Foley Sound Design ("It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live
Radio Play" – Cygnet Theatre Company) |
| Ruff Yeager – Original Music ("Tongue of a Bird" – Stone Soup Theatre
Company) |
|
| Direction
| Lori Petermann ("The Love of the Nightingale" – UCSD Dept. of Theatre
and Dance) |
| Claudio Raygoza ("The Grapes of Wrath" – ion theatre) |
| Darko Tresnjak ("Titus Andronicus" – The Old Globe) |
| Delicia Turner Sonnenberg ("Intimate Apparel" - San Diego Repertory
Theatre) |
|
| Performance
| Randall Dodge ("No Way to Treat a Lady" – North Coast Repertory
Theatre) |
| Francis Gercke ("Nocturne" – New Village Arts) |
| Jo Anne Glover ("Limonade Tous les Jours" - Moxie Theatre) |
| Jessica John ("The Playboy of the Western World" - New Village Arts) |
| Joshua Everett Johnson ("Copenhagen" – Cygnet Theatre Company) |
| Claudio Raygoza ("Krapp’s Last Tape" - ion theatre) |
|
| Production
| "My Fair Lady" – Cygnet Theatre Company |
| "Collected Stories" – North Coast Repertory Theatre |
| "Hannah and Martin" – Laterthanever Productions |
|
| McDonald Playwriting Award –
Ken
Weitzman "The As If Body Loop" |
| Shiley Award for Lifetime Achievement –
Kathy Brombacher |
| John Guth Award for Behind-the-Scenes Brilliance
– Bonnie Durben |
|
| 2005 Theater Year
| Ensemble
| Of Mice and Men (Renaissance Theatre
Company) |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Cygnet
Theatre Company) |
| In Arabia We’d All be Kings (Lynx
Performance Theatre) |
| Dog Act (Moxie Theatre) |
| A Bright Room Called Day
(Diversionary Theatre / Backyard Productions) |
| Curse of the Starving Class (New
Village Arts/Cygnet Theatre Company) |
|
| Scenic Design
| Jedediah Ike ("Arms and the Man" - UCSD Dept. of Theatre and Dance) |
| Mike Buckley ("Bad Dates" - San Diego Repertory Theatre) |
|
| Lighting Design
| Jennifer Setlow ("Chrysalis Rapechild" – Esther Emery in Association
with Sledgehammer Theatre) |
| Brian Shevelenko ("Bat Boy" - SDSU School of Theatre, Television and
Film) |
|
| Costume Design
| Naomi Spinak ("Bat Boy: The Musical" – SDSU School of Theatre,
Television and Film) |
| Michelle Hunt ("Dog Act" – Moxie Theatre & "A Bright Room Called Day"
– Diversionary Theatre / Backyard
Productions) |
| Jeanne Reith ("Arms and the Man" - Moonlight Stage Productions &
"Metamorphoses" – Lamb’s Players Theatre) |
|
| Sound Design
| M. Scott Grabau ("Curse of the Starving Class" – New Village
Arts/Cygnet Theatre Company) |
| Paul Peterson ("Chrysalis Rapechild" – Esther Emery in Association
with Sledgehammer Theatre) |
|
| Direction
| Joseph Ward ("Arms and the Man" – UCSD Theatre and Dance) |
| Esther Emery ("Chrysalis Rapechild" – Esther Emery in Association with
Sledgehammer Theatre) |
| Ruff Yeager ("Bronze" - Sledgehammer Theatre) |
| Mike Auer ("The Trial" – The Full Circle Theatre Company) |
|
| Performance
| Richard Baird ("The Merchant of Venice" - Poor Players) |
| Randall Dodge ("The Pirates of Penzance" – Moonlight Stage
Productions) |
| DeAnna Driscoll ("Bad Dates" – San Diego Repertory Theatre) |
| Monique Gaffney ("I Have Before Me… a Young Lady from Rwanda" – 6th @
Penn Theatre) |
| Sandra Ellis-Troy, ("The Waverly Gallery" – New Village Arts) |
|
| Production
| "The Miser" – La Jolla Playhouse |
| "The Winter’s Tale" – The Old Globe Theatre |
| "The Winslow Boy" – Lamb’s Players Theatre |
| "The Little Foxes" – Cygnet Theatre Company |
|
| McDonald Playwriting Award – Kim Porter
"Munched" |
| Shiley Award for Lifetime Achievement –
Dr. Floyd Gaffney |
|
| 2004 Theater Year
| Ensemble
| Jesus Hopped the A Train (Lynx
Performance Theatre) |
| A Lie of the Mind (Backyard Productions and New Village Arts Theatre) |
| Kimberly Akimbo (6th @ Penn Theatre) |
| Kiss of the Spiderwoman (6th @ Penn Theatre) |
|
| Scenic Design
| Giulio Cesare Perrone ("Earthquake Sun" – San Diego Repertory Theatre) |
| Nick Fouch ("The Goat" – San Diego Repertory Theatre and "Hecuba" –
6th @ Penn Theatre) |
|
| Lighting Design
| Jennifer Setlow ("Earthquake Sun" – San Diego Repertory Theatre) |
| Eric Lotze ("Escanaba in Da Moonlight" - Cygnet Theatre) |
|
| Costume Design
| Jeanne Reith and Aina S. O’Kane ("The Boy Who Fell into a Book" -
Lamb’s Players Theatre) |
| Kathy Auckland (costume and wig design) ("The Music Man" – Starlight
Theatre) |
|
| Sound Design
| Paul Peterson ("Kid-Simple" – Sledgehammer Theatre) |
| Joseph Sarlo ("A Streetcar Named Desire" - UCSD) |
|
| Direction
| Delicia Turner Sonnenberg ("Kimberly Akimbo" – 6th @ Penn Theatre and
"Fit to be Tied" - Diversionary Theatre) |
| David Ellenstein ("The Chosen" – North Coast Repertory Theatre) |
| Claudio Raygoza ("Saturday Night at the Palace" and "A Raisin in the
Sun" – Ion Theatre and Common Ground Theatre) |
| Sean Murray, Direction and Design of a six-play season at Cygnet
Theatre |
|
| Performance
| Seema Sueko ("The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow" – The Old Globe
Theatre) |
| Jill Drexler ("Fit to Be Tied" – Diversionary Theatre) |
| David McBean ("Fully Committed" – Cygnet Theatre) |
| Richard Baird ("Macbeth" - Poor Players) |
| Sandra Ellis-Troy ("The Gingerbread Lady" – Renaissance Theatre) |
| Rosina Reynolds ("Shirley Valentine" - Renaissance Theatre) |
| Charlie Riendeau ("The Lion in Winter" – The Broadway Theater) |
|
| Production
| "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" – The Old Globe Theatre |
| "Jersey Boys" and "700 Sundays" – La Jolla Playhouse |
| "A Dream Play" – Sledgehammer Theatre |
| "Bed and Sofa" – Cygnet Theatre |
|
| McDonald Playwriting Award – Seema Sueko
"Remains" |
| Shiley Award for Lifetime Achievement –
Jonathan McMurtry |
| Special Tribute for Keeping San Diego
Theatre Memories Alive -- Photographically – Ken Jacques |
|
| 2003 Theater Year
| Ensemble
| Angels in America, Part I
(UCSD Theatre & Dance) |
| The Laramie Project (SDSU Theatre
Dept) |
| Love! Valour! Compassion!
(Diversionary Theatre) |
| Stop Kiss (Women’s Repertory
Theatre) |
|
| Scenic Design
| Mike Buckley ("The Game of Love and
Chance" – Moonlight Stage Productions) |
| David Cuthbert (Scenic & Lighting
Design) ("Stop Kiss" – Women’s Repertory Theatre) |
|
| Lighting Design
| David Cuthbert ("A Christmas Carol"
– San Diego Repertory Theatre) |
| David F. Segal ("Rough Crossing" -
The Old Globe Theatre) |
|
| Costume Design
| Jennifer Hanson ("Honk!" - SDSU
Theatre Dept.) |
| Maria Zamansky ("Stage Door" – UCSD
Theatre & Dance) |
|
| Sound Design
| Paul Peterson ("Pentecost" – The Old
Globe Theatre; "Nu" – Sledgehammer Theatre) |
|
| Direction
| Kyle Donnelly ("The Three Sisters"
– UCSD Theatre & Dance) |
| Don & Bonnie Ward ("Singin’ in the
Rain" –
Moonlight Stage Productions) |
| Rick Simas ("Honk!" – SDSU Theatre
Dept.) |
|
| Performance
| Farhang Pernoon ("Gross Indecency" –
Diversionary Theatre) |
| Jeremiah Lorenz ("Hedwig & the Angry Inch" – Cygnet Theatre; "Cabaret"
– North Coast Repertory Theatre) |
| Matt Scott ("Oedipus Tyrannus" – 6th @ Penn Theatre) |
| Susan Denaker ("A View From the Bridge" – Renaissance Theatre) |
| Jack Banning ("Children of Heracles" – 6th @ Penn Theatre) |
|
| Production
| "Berzerkergang" – Sledgehammer Theatre |
| "Pentecost" – The Old Globe Theatre |
| "Beauty" – La Jolla Playhouse |
| "Children of Eden" – Moonlight Stage Productions |
| "1776" – Lamb’s Players Theatre |
|
| Patté Theater Angel Award – Molli and
Arthur Wagner |
| McDonald Playwriting Award – Brandon Alter |
| Shiley Award for Lifetime Achievement –
Deborah and Beeb Salzer |
| Special Tribute for Old Plays, New
Versions – Linda Castro and David Cohen, for bringing the Greeks back to us
& Marianne McDonald, for her stirring translations and adaptations of the
tragedies |
| Special Tribute for Developing New
Audiences – Jerry Cesak |
|
| 2002 Theater Year
| Ensemble
| The Importance of Being Earnest & Travesties
(North Coast Repertory Theatre) |
| A Prayer for My Daughter (6th@ Penn Theatre) |
| Before It Hits Home (The Community Awareness
Project of San Diego) |
| Beehive (The Theatre in Old Town) |
|
| Scenic Design
| Annie Smart ("Wintertime" - La Jolla
Playhouse) |
| Robin Sanford Roberts ("Betrayal" - The Globe
Theatres) |
|
| Lighting Design
| David Lee Cuthbert ("A Knife in the Heart" -
Sledgehammer Theatre) |
| Trevor Norton ("All My Sons" - The Globe
Theatres) |
|
| Costume Design
| Shulamit Nelson ("The Mystery of Irma Vep" -
Diversionary Theatre) |
| Robert Wojewodski ("Smash" - The Globe
Theatres) |
|
| Sound Design
| Stephanie Robinson ("Edward II" - UCSD Theatre
& Dance) |
| George Ye ("Struggling Truths" - Asian
American Repertory Theatre) |
|
| Direction
| Kirsten Brandt ("A Knife in the Heart" -
Sledgehammer Theatre) |
| George Flint ("The Zoo Story" - Renaissance
Theatre) |
| Bill Fennelly ("Edward II" - UCSD Theatre &
Dance) |
| Les Waters ("Wintertime" - La Jolla Playhouse) |
|
| Performance
| David McBean ("Pageant" - North Coast Repertory Theatre) |
| Francis Gercke ("A Hatful of Rain" & "The Only Game in Town" - New Village Arts) |
| Gayle Feldman-Avery ("Othello" - Women's Repertory Theatre) |
| Rosina Reynolds ("A Knife in the Heart" - Sledgehammer Theatre) |
| Ron Choularton ("The Caretaker" @ Renaissance Theatre & "Jacob Marley's
Christmas Carol" - North Coast Repertory Theatre) |
|
| Production
| "Peter and Wendy" - La Jolla Playhouse |
| "Pericles" - The Globe Theatres |
| "Ragtime" - Moonlight Stage Productions |
| "Never the Sinner" - Diversionary Theatre |
|
| Patté Theater Angel Award - The Lipinsky Family |
| McDonald Playwriting Award - Jason Connors |
| Shiley Award for Lifetime Achievement - Sam
Woodhouse |
|
| 2001 Theater Year
| Ensemble
| Jeffrey (Diversionary Theatre) |
| Beauty Queen of Leenane (San Diego
Repertory Theatre) |
| The Laramie Project (La Jolla
Playhouse) |
| Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (San
Diego Repertory Theatre) |
|
| Scenic Design
| Marty Burnett (“Long Day's Journey”
- Renaissance Theatre Company and several productions at North Coast
Repertory Theatre) |
| James Joy (“12th Night” - The Globe
Theatres) |
| Liam O'Brien (“10 Human Beings” -
UCSD Theatre & Dance) |
|
| Lighting Design
| David Segal (“Dinner with Friends” -
The Globe Theatres) |
| Karen Filijan (multiple - North
Coast Repertory Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, Renaissance Theatre) |
|
| Costume Design
| Zandra Rhodes (“Magic Flute” - San
Diego Opera) |
| Jeanne Reith (“Tarantara” and
“Doctor Faustus” - Lamb's Players Theatre) |
|
| Sound Design
| Michael Roth ("A Midsummer Night's
Dream" - The Globe Theatres) |
| Francis Thumm ("Quoth the Raven" -
Sledgehammer Theatre) |
|
| Direction
| Charlie Oates (“10 Human Beings” -
UCSD Theatre & Dance) |
| Suzanne Agins (“Life's a Dream” -
UCSD Theatre & Dance) |
| Tim Irving (“Jeffrey” - Diversionary
Theatre) |
| Des McAnuff/Kate Whoriskey (“The
Collected Works of Billy the Kid” – La Jolla Playhouse) |
|
| Performance
| Rosina Reynolds (“Long Day's Journey
into Night" - Renaissance Theatre Company) |
| Ron Choularton ("Breaking the Code"
- Diversionary Theatre) |
| Sean Murray (“Man of La Mancha” -
North Coast Repertory Theatre) |
| Robert Dahey ("Amelia Earhart, Lost
and Found" - 6th @ Penn Theatre) |
| Jefferson Mays (“I am My Own Wife” –
La Jolla Playhouse) |
|
| Production
| “Twelfth Night” - The Globe Theatres |
| “Bash” - UCSD Theatre & Dance |
| “Lot's Daughters” - Diversionary
Theatre |
| “Mad Dancers” - San Diego Repertory
Theatre |
|
| Patté Theater Angel
Award - Judith Harris & Robert Singer |
| McDonald Playwriting
Award - Annie Weisman |
| Shiley Award for
Lifetime Achievement - Jack O'Brien |
|
| 2000 Theater Year
| Dance Theatre
| "Soul of a Young Girl: Dances of
Anne Frank" (Eveoke Dance Theatre Company) |
| "Blessings and Curses" (Malashock
Dance & Company) |
|
| Outstanding Ensemble
| "Moon Over Buffalo" (North Coast
Repertory Theatre) |
| "Orson's Shadow" (Old Globe Theatre)
|
| "Old Wicked Songs" (Old Globe
Theatre) |
|
| Outstanding Scenic Design
| Giulio Cesare Perrone ("Mummified
Deer" and "A Christmas Carol" - San Diego Repertory Theatre)
|
| Mark Wendland ("The Cosmonaut's Last
Message…." - La Jolla Playhouse) |
| Annie Smart ("Going to St. Ives" -
La Jolla Playhouse) |
|
| Outstanding Lighting Design
| David Lee Cuthbert ("The Ghost
Sonata" - Sledgehammer Theatre) |
| Chris Parry ("Love's Labours Lost" -
Old Globe Theatre) |
|
| Outstanding Costume Design
| Maren Lyman ("Lysistrata" - SDSU
Theatre) |
| Valerie St. Pierre ("The Skriker" -
SDSU Theatre) |
|
| Outstanding Sound Design
| Deborah Gilmour Smyth ("Dracula" -
Lamb's Play | | |
