San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards
(San Francisco, CA) (related website)

Special Critics Circle Awards
The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival on their 20th anniversary, for their many contributions to San Francisco theatre.
The Barbara Bladen Porter Award to to Patrick Dooley, Artistic Director of Berkeley's Shotgun Players for bringing innovation and enthusiasm to both new plays and classics.
The Paine Knickerbocker Award to the City of Berkeley and Mayor Shirley Dean for their outstanding support of local theater.

Special Touring Production Awards
Charles Nelson Reilly, Save It for the Stage (The Life of Reilly), New Conservatory Theatre Center

DRAMA

Entire Production
Celebration/The Room, American Conservatory Theater
Honour, Playhouse West
The Laramie Project, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Lonely Planet, Unconditional Theatre & EXIT Theatre
Master Harold and the Boys, American Conservatory Theater
Oil!, Word for Word
The Winslow Boy, Ross Valley Players
Winesburg, Ohio, Word for Word & Shotgun Players

Principal Performance, Female
Emily Ackerman, Saint Joan, Aurora Theatre Company
Julie Eccles, Far East, TheatreWorks
Holly Hunter, By the Bog of Cats, San Jose Repertory Theatre
Ann Kuchins, Three Tall Women, Palo Alto Players
Sara Moore, The Crazy Wisdom Sho, George Coates Performance Works
Deborah Offner, Indiscretions, Marin Theatre Company
Diane Venora, Celebration / The Room, American Conservatory Theater 

Principal Performance, Male
Marco Barricelli, Enrico IV, American Conservatory Theater
Charles Dean, Misalliance, Marin Theatre Company
Dan Hiatt, A Flea in Her Ear, San Jose Repertory Theatre
Steven Anthony Jones, Master Harold and the Boys, American Conservatory Theater
Ian McConnel, Lonely Planet, Unconditional Theatre & EXIT Theatre
Alex Ross, The Winslow Boy, Ross Valley Players 

Supporting Performance, Female
Roberta Callahan, Who Loves You, Jimmie Orrio?, Marin Theatre Company
Beth Donohue, Winesburg, Ohio, Word for Word & Shotgun Players
Stephanie Hunt, Oil!, Word for Word
Sara Moore, Co-dependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, Half Baked Players
Carol Mayo Jenkins, By the Bog of Cats, San Jose Repertory Theatre
Amy Resnick, The Laramie Project, Berkeley Repertory Theatre 

Supporting Performance, Male
Thomas Jefferson Byrd, The Piano Lesson, San Jose Repertory Theatre
James Carpenter, Glengarry Glen Ross, American Conservatory Theater
Stephen Belber, The Laramie Project, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Danny Wolohan, Loot, Shotgun Players
Gregory Wallace, Master Harold and the Boys, American Conservatory Theater 

Director
Moises Kaufman and Leigh Fondakowski, The Laramie Project, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Annie Kunjappy & Temple Crocker, Sewing Lessons, Strangefruit Theatre Ensemble
Delia MacDougall, Winesburg, Ohio, Word for Word & Shotgun Players
Jonathan Moscone, Twelfth Night, California Shakespeare Festival
Timothy Near, By the Bog of Cats, San Jose Repertory Theatre
Les Waters, Glengarry Glen Ross, American Conservatory Theater
Laird Williamson, Master Harold and the Boys, American Conservatory Theater

Set Design
Loy Arcenas, Glengarry Glen Ross, American Conservatory Theater
Chistopher Barreca, The Oresteia, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
John Coyne, Twelfth Night, California Shakespeare Festival
Oliver DiCicco, Oil!, Word for Word
Ken Rowland, The Winslow Boy, Ross Valley Players
Douglas Stein, 36 Views, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Narelle Sissons, The Skin of our Teeth, California Shakespeare Festival

Sound Design
C. Jason Reinier, Oil!, Word for Word
David Reyes, Winesburg, Ohio, Word for Word & Shotgun Players
Matthew Spiro, The Laramie Project, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Matthew Spiro, The Oresteia, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
David Van Tieghem, Nocturne, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Will Waghorn, Sewing Lessons, Strangefruit Theatre Ensemble

Lighting Design
Betsy Adams, The Laramie Project, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
James F. Ingalls, Glengarry Glen Ross, American Conservatory Theater
Peter Maradudin, The Oresteia, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Peter Maradudin, By the Bog of Cats, San Jose Repertory Theatre
David Weiner, 36 Views, Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Costume Design
Deborah Dryden, Enrico IV, American Conservatory Theater
Annie Kunjappy & Temple Crocker (with Chitra Arunasalem & Jesse Sugarman), Sewing Lessons, Strangefruit Theatre Ensemble
Meg Neville, Twelfth Night, California Shakespeare Festival
Todd Roehrman, Misalliance, Marin Theatre Company
Anita Yavich, The Oresteia, Berkeley Repertory Theatre 

Original Script
Dan Carbone & John Sowle, The Pilgrim Project, Kaliyuga Arts
Gillian Chadsey, Better Days, The Train Station's Theater Lab
Anthony Clarvoe, Ctrl+Alt+Delete, San Jose Repertory Theatre
Leigh Fondakowski, I Think I Like Girls, Encore Theatre
Naomi Iizuka, 36 Views, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Brighde Mullins, Dominant-Looking Males, Thick Description

Choreography or Fight Direction
MaryBeth Cavanaugh, Twelfth Night, California Shakespeare Festival
Joe Goode, Romeo and Juliet, California Shakespeare Festival
Gregory Hoffman, The Skin of our Teeth, California Shakespeare Festival
Jean Isaacs, Big Love, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Andrea Weber, Iphigenia in Aulis, Shotgun Players 

Original Score
Daniel Bruno & Goatsong, Iphigenia in Aulis, Shotgun Players
Larry Delinger, The Oresteia, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Peter Golub, The Laramie Project, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Gina Leishman, Twelfth Night, California Shakespeare Festival
Lunasa & Susan McKeaven, By the Bog of Cats, San Jose Repertory Theatre

Ensemble Performance
The Laramie Project, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Glengarry Glen Ross, American Conservatory Theater
Scattering Poems All Through the Night, Word for Word
Tough!, Aurora Theatre Company
Winesburg, Ohio, Word for Word & Shotgun Players 

Solo Performance
Marga Gomez, The Twelve Days of Cochina, Theatre Rhinoceros
Anthony Rapp, Nocturne, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Bill Irwin, Texts For Nothing, American Conservatory Theater

MUSICALS

Entire production
Anything Goes, Broadway by the Bay
Camelot, Broadway by the Bay
Chess, New Conservatory Theatre Center
James Joyce's The Dead, American Conservatory Theater
Jekyll & Hyde, The Willows Theatre
The Mikado, Lamplighters Music Theatre
Pacific Overtures, TheatreWorks
Summer of '42, TheatreWorks 

Principal Performance, Female
Corrie Borris, Chess, New Conservatory Theatre Center
Kate Jennings Grant, Summer of '42, TheatreWorks
Marsha Mercant, Lady in the Dark, Marin Theatre Company
Annmarie Martin, Anything Goes, Broadway by the Bay
Susan Himes Powers, Camelot, Broadway by the Bay
Beth Wilmurt, Io: Princess of Argos! Live at EXIT Stage Left!, Art Street Theatre 

Principal Performance, Male
Alexander Brose, Chess, New Conservatory Theatre Center
Ryan Driscoll, Summer of '42, TheatreWorks
Matt Farnsworth, Floyd Collins, TheatreWorks
Mikio Hirata, Pacific Overtures, TheatreWorks
Scott Watanabe, Pacific Overtures, TheatreWorks
Kit Wilder, Camelot, Broadway by the Bay
Rick Williams, A Little Night Music, Lamplighters Music Theatre 

Supporting Performance, Female
Alice Cannon, James Joyce's The Dead, American Conservatory Theater
Ann Myers, Anything Goes, Broadway by the Bay
Brenda Reed, Chess, New Conservatory Theatre Center
Michelle Starrs, Starting Here, Starting Now, Playhouse West
Robin Steeves, A Little Night Music, Lamplighters Music Theatre
Julie Valentine, Into the Woods, Foothill Musical Theatre

Supporting Performance, Male
Jackson Davis, It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman, 42nd Street Moon
Rob Hogan, Oliver, Mountain Play
James Monroe Iglehart, Show Boat, Foothill Music Theatre
Francis Jue, Floyd Collins, TheatreWorks
Chuck Rea, Assassins, Venus Rising 

Director
Gabriel Barre, Summer of '42, TheatreWorks
Andrew Holtz, Jekyll & Hyde, The Willows Theatre
Mark Jackson, Io: Princess of Argos! Live at EXIT Stage Left!, Art Street Theatre
Robert Kelley, Pacific Overtures, TheatreWorks
Richard Nelson, James Joyce's The Dead, American Conservatory Theater
George Quick, Chess, New Conservatory Theatre Center 

Music Director
William Liberatore, Pacific Overtures, TheatreWorks
Baker Peeples, The Mikado, Lamplighters Music Theatre
George Quick, Chess, New Conservatory Theatre Center
Lynne Shankel, Summer of '42, TheatreWorks
Catherine Snider, Show Boat, Foothill Music Theatre 

Set Design
Andrea Bechert, Floyd Collins, TheatreWorks
Andrea Bechert, Jekyll & Hyde, The Willows Theatre
David Jenkins, James Joyce's The Dead, American Conservatory Theater
Joe Ragey, Pacific Overtures, TheatreWorks
Joe Ragey, Show Boat, Foothill Music Theatre

Lighting Design
Pamila Gray, Floyd Collins, TheatreWorks
Tim Hunter, Summer of '42, TheatreWorks
Steven B. Mannshardt, Pacific Overtures, TheatreWorks
Ellen Shireman, Jekyll & Hyde, The Willows Theatre
Jennifer Tipton & Nicole Pearce, James Joyce's The Dead, American Conservatory Theater 

Choreography
Berle Davis, Anything Goes, Broadway by the Bay
Chris Black, Io: Princess of Argos! Live at EXIT Stage Left!, Art Street Theatre
Robert Henry Johnson, The Seven, Thick Description
Francis Jue, Yuriko Doi & Michiya Hanayagi, Pacific Overtures, TheatreWorks
Tyler Risk, Show Boat, Foothill Music Theatre
Jayne Zaban, Leave It to Me!, 42nd Street Moon 

Costume Design
Fumiko Bielefeldt, Pacific Overtures, TheatreWorks
Allison Connor, Jekyll & Hyde, The Willows Theatre
Allison Connor, Floyd Collins, TheatreWorks
Jane Greenwood, James Joyce's The Dead, American Conservatory Theater
Willa Kim, Victor/Victoria, American Musical Theater of San Jose 

Original Book and/or Lyrics
Morris Bobrow, Are We Almost There?, AWAT Productions
Mark Jackson & Marci Karr, Io: Princess of Argos! Live at EXIT Stage Left!, Art Street Theatre
Will Power, The Seven, Thick Description 

Original Score
Morris Bobrow, Are We Almost There?, AWAT Productions
Will Hammond & Will Power, The Seven, Thick Description
Marci Karr, Io: Princess of Argos! Live at EXIT Stage Left!, Art Street Theatre

Ensemble Performance
Anything Goes, Broadway by the Bay
Assassins, Venus Rising
Chess, New Conservatory Theatre Center
Into the Woods, Foothill Musical Theatre
James Joyce's The Dead, American Conservatory Theater
Pacific Overtures, TheatreWorks
The Seven, Thick Description