Announcing nominees to the 19th Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards

Omaha, NE (Nov. 25, 2024) — The OEAA board of directors is pleased to announce nominees for the 19th Annual Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards.

Winners will be revealed during an awards gala at The Admiral on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. Tickets for the annual awards show are available now. Event updates will be posted via the Facebook Event page.

Congratulations to all of the nominees. Thank you for making Omaha a more vibrant and creative place for all!

**Read the nominee list by scrolling down or by clicking on Special Honors, Visual Arts, Music or Performing Arts.**

About the upcoming 19th OEA-Awards

The Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization dedicated to recognizing and celebrating local artists, musicians and performers.

Nominees to the 19th Annual Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards performed and exhibited work between Sept. 1, 2023, and Aug. 31, 2024. Review committees vetted and confirmed eligible nominees submitted by popular vote across 58 award categories in an open-ended survey that closed on Aug. 31. This year, we received more than 2,615 public nomination ballots. Our four special honor categories are selected by the OEAA board of directors.

A discount code for nominee tickets can be obtained by emailing the OEAA board of directors at oea.awards@gmail.com.

Members of the OEAA Academy of Visual Arts, Music and Performing Arts will select trophy winners by ballot delivered by email later this week. The OEAA academies consist of more than 230 local visual art, music and performing arts professionals, journalists and community members. For more information about public nominations and academy voting, please visit our FAQ page.

This year’s award show will be hosted by the five-time OEAA winning comedy group The Weisenheimers. They will be accompanied by a nominated cover band, Parfait, serving as house band for the evening. Other performers will be announced soon.

New this year, our annual cultural stewardship award has been renamed as the “John Heaston Award for Cultural Stewardship” in tribute to our longest-serving and founding board member. John Heaston was founding editor and publisher of The Omaha Reader. He was also the first recipient of our annual cultural stewardship award in 2020.

The OEAA board of directors is actively seeking names of individuals from local arts communities to honor in our annual in memoriam segment. You can submit names for inclusion via email to the OEAA board of directors at oea.awards@gmail.com. A spreadsheet of our current list of names for inclusion can be viewed via this Google Sheets link.

The theme for this year is “Celebrating Omaha’s Imagination,” as we lean into the creative legacy that Heaston left to Omaha in the form of our nonprofit and numerous other cultural initiatives – including the historic host venue for the 19th OEA-Awards. Heaston was instrumental in protecting Sokol Auditorium from threat of demolition in 1990, two decades before its current rebranded and renovated form (now known as The Admiral, under the management of 1% Productions).

We could not do this without community support. If you would like to sponsor the awards show and our programming, please get in touch! Check out our sponsor packet for more details. Contact the OEAA board by email at oea.awards@gmail.com to learn more.

Congrats again to all of the nominees, and thank you to our sponsors and community partners!

Sponsors and community partners

RBR G

Roberta & Bob Rogers Gallery (RBR G), at 1806 Vinton Street, will again host the OEAA Visual Art Showcase for visual arts nominees.The show dates are scheduled for Feb. 7 to March 1, 2025, with opening and closing receptions to bookend the showcase exhibition. Nominees interested in having artwork displayed in the Visual Arts Showcase should contact John Rogers, gallery director, by email at jrogers@rbrg.org. Stay updated on the exhibition’s opening reception via the Facebook Event.

Hot Shops Arts Center

For the second year in a row, the Hot Shops will produce unique glass-art trophies designed by Matthew Shrader in collaboration with the Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards.The unique glass design features three intertwined spirals of colored glass representing the three OEAA Academies for Visual Arts, Music and Performing Arts. Thanks also to Omaha Center Trophy Company for their help in production of the finished trophies.

ShowHaus

Local fashion startup ShowHaus will coordinate with local fashion designers to dress hosts and award presenters at the 19th OEA-Awards. Meanwhile, Fine art fashion photographer Heather Hooton will return to the awards gala for red-carpet photography. ShowHaus is an online community resource focused on hyper local fashion weeks and independent designers. Also photographing the event, local event photographer Debra Kaplan will be returning to document the stage.

Media sponsors

Thank you to our media sponsors, Omaha Magazine and 1st Sky Omaha, and marketing sponsor, Say Hey There.

Accounting sponsors

Thank you to Hayes & Associates, LLC, for providing accounting support for the nonprofit’s operations. Thanks also to Dickinson & Clark, CPAs, our nonprofit’s longtime accounting partner in verifying the data integrity of ballot tabulation.

Special Honors

Lifetime Achievement in Visual Arts

Therman Statom

Lifetime Achievement in Music

Joey and Tony Gulizia

Lifetime Achievement in Performing Arts

Dick Mueller, Firehouse Dinner Theatre

John Heaston Award for Cultural Stewardship

Michelle Troxclair & Felicia Webster, Verbal Gumbo

Visual Arts

Outstanding Youth Artist

Inara Seavey
Jay Heuertz
Diamond Smith
Lola Warren
Delaney Focht

Outstanding Visual Artist

Michael Zimmerman
Hanna Demma
Sarah Rowe
Bart Vargas
Buck Christensen
Rachel Mindrup

Outstanding Emerging Visual Artist

Tateyna Jones
Gregory D. Brown
Oria Simonini
Alyssa Schmitt
Eduardo Gardea
Natori Pittman
Lily Stennis-Vinson

Outstanding New Media

Michael Zimmerman
Reagan D Pufall
Sener
Tim Guthrie
Katie Goosen
Alex Myers
Weston Thomson

Outstanding Photographer

Abiola Kosoko
Gregory D. Brown
Buck Christensen
Kate Glass
Joe Addison
Chris Holtmeier
Kevin Kabore

Outstanding 2D Artist

Daniel Henery-Cavanaugh
Courtney Kenny Porto
Dan Crane
Hanna Demma
Watie White
Jeff Sedrel
Jada Messick

Outstanding 3D Artist

Lily Stennis-Vinson
Lee Emma Running
Susan Woodford
Jamie Burmeister
Sarah Hummel Jones

Outstanding Group Show

Collage Nebraska – organized by Carol Fettin & Lori Elliott-Bartle – Hot Shops Art Center
Frida y Diego Community Art Show – organized by Wicked Raven Productions & Opera Omaha – Joslyn Castle and Gardens
A Portrait of Medical Humanities – Creighton University Lied Gallery
BOLD is Back – organized by Courtney Kenny Porto – Bancroft Street Market
Drawing Machines – David Carney, Tim Guthrie & Michael Zimmerman – Split Gallery
Arts for ME! Spring Exhibition – KANEKO

Outstanding Two-Person Show

Point of View – Gregory D. Brown & Annie Troe – Artists’ Cooperative Gallery
Between Want and Should – Sheree Le’Shawn & Mary Ensz – BFF Gallery
Cow Parts – Wendy Weiss & Jay Kreimer – Project Project
Near and Far – Gretchen Peters & Paula Wallace – Fred Simon Gallery

Outstanding Public Art

Starseeds – Sarah Rowe – Ardent Mills Silos
Skatefest Ramp – Thomas Halbur – Walnut Hill
Omaha Summer Arts Festival Mural Cubes
Malcolm X Hall of Fame – Nathan Murray – Nebraska State Capitol Building
Omaha Performing Arts Mural – Hugo Zamorano with Completely Kids at Jackson Elementary, the Intercultural Senior Center, Joslyn’s Kent Bellows Mentoring Program, BFF & Pops Midtown Boxing – Tenaska Center for Arts Engagement
Tile Mural – Watie White – Boys Town

Outstanding Solo Show

Afro Expressions – Lily Stennis-Vinson – African American Arts Gallery
Opera Coat – Lee Running – KANEKO
Balancing Act – Alyssa Schmitt – Project Project
I Was Here: Bearded Woman – Kate Glass – Link Gallery
Landscapes – Reagan D Pufall – Lauritzen Gardens
MASS – Natori Pittman – Radial Arts Center
Across the Abyss – Santiago Cal – Fred Simon Gallery

Outstanding Presentation in a Non-Traditional Format

Garden Apartment – Joelle Wellansa Sandfort, Will Anderson, Sarah Hummel Jones, Dan Crane & Casey Callahan – The Barn in the Back
The Understory – Things I Tell You & David Carney – MAMO Gallery
Phonoptics – Weston Thomson – Kiewit Luminarium
Collective Departures – Nolan Tredway – MAMO Gallery

Music

Outstanding Youth Musicians

True Blues
UN.T.I.L
School of Rock House Band
The Redwoods
Vertigo Blues Band
BluesEd Roots Band
The Alterr
Blackbird Rock Co.
Zaiyon

Outstanding New Artist

The Burgundy Boys
The Dirts
Madeline Reddel
Eddie North
Size Queen
Austin Mitchell & The Crew
Saving Fiona
Wood Hoops
Carver Jones
Sundown Effect

Outstanding Rock

Public Figure
Feel Good
Cable Network
Alyeska
The Real Zebos
Gallivant
Names Without Numbers
Mitch Gettman
Zach Adkins
Indian Caves

Outstanding Hard Rock

Before We Die
The Impulsive
Beast Eagle
Arson City
Wake Sessions
Evandale

Outstanding Punk

BIB
R.A.F.
Noizewave
Blondo
Las Cruxes
Cat Piss
Ghostlike
Garst
Stronghold

Outstanding Metal

The Tale Untold
Neo Sol
Iced Wrist
Molten
Viscerous

Outstanding Pop

Ebba Rose
Levee
Nugz
Jocelyn
Mad Darling
Rike
Sand
Victoria Ortega

Outstanding Alt / Indie

Wedding
Neva Dinova
Velvet Velvet
Bug Heaven
Twinsmith
Little Brazil
Ojai
Bad Self Portraits

Outstanding DJ

Crabrangucci
DJ Nativo
Surreal the MC
Ogi Kidd
DJ Shor-T
Angie Spence
Brent Crampton
Sharkweek
DJ El Ness

Outstanding Prog Rock / Experimental

Vempire
Funkmammoth
Jeff in Leather
Specter Poetics
Stacey Barelos
Secret Formula
Cowgirl Eastern
Ex Lover
Flux Amuck
Plack Blague
Dream Ghoul
The Midland Band
Wyrmwood

Outstanding Americana / Folk

VVilloughby
Steady Wells
Scott Severin & Stateleigh Holmes
The Wildwoods
Jeremy Mercy & the Rapture Orphans
The Muirs
The Bedrock
McCarthy Trenching
Midwest Dilemma
Matt Cox

Outstanding Country

Owen Justice
Nick Rucker
Damon Wolf & The Wandering
Kaylyn Sahs
Pony Creek
Tyler Anthony
Sack of Lions
Daniel C. & The Hometown Heroes
Chad Lee

Outstanding R&B

Enjoli & Timeless
E Rawq
Keiria Marsha
Jus.B
Wakanda One
Vibe Check
Tylynn
Mesonjixx

Outstanding Soul

Big Wade and Black Swan Theory
Ria Gold
Dani Cleveland
Kevin McClure
Ren-zealous
Leslie Palensky
Jaguar James

Outstanding Hip-Hop

M34N STR33T
J. Crum
Conny Franko
Jay Influential
Taebo Tha Truth
C10
Dread & Strange
Bobo Thuh BreadBoy
Xeno Zeus
Lite Pole

Outstanding Blues

The Rex Granite Band featuring Sarah Benck
Steve Lovett
Josh Hoyer
Blue House with the Rent To Own Horns
Kris Lager
Hector Anchondo
Emily Bass

Outstanding Jazz

Fission
Mitch Towne
Chad Stoner
Susie Thorne
Matt Wallace
NOMA House Band
Luigi Inc.
Ed Archibald

Outstanding World

Edem
Omkara
Omaha Beat Brigade
Alexis Arai
Rhythm Collective
Esencia Latina Band
Andy William & The Nebraska All Stars
Kusher Snazzy

Outstanding Cover Band

Parfait
Simplicated
The Radio Eclectic
Secret Weapon
The Damones
Powder Blue
Pet Rock
Lemon Fresh Day
Chop Suey
Them Uke Boys

Outstanding Recording Studio

Icon One Recording Studio
Make Believe Studios
Another Recording Company / ARC Studios
Rainbow Recording Studios
The Scribben Den
The Lab Recording Studio
Hidden Tracks Recording Studio

Outstanding Sound Engineer

Dan Brennan
Charlie Ames
Braden Larsen
Jim Schroeder
Corey Korth
Ben Stratton
Ella Novak
Jay Wilcher

Album of the Year

Vempire – Your Steps
Mitch Gettman – Tilde
Funkmammoth – Life’s Delights
Wyrmwood – Jump in the Water
The Rex Granite Band featuring Sarah Benck – The Long Hello
Jack – Sad Songs in C Major
Virgin Mary Pistol Grip – Where Time Went
Mike Semrad & The Riverhawks – Happiness
David Nance – David Nance & Mowed Sound
Neo Sol – Requiem for Desire
King Iso – iLLdren

Artist of the Year

Neva Dinova
King Iso
Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal
Crabrangucci
Taebo Tha Truth
Hector Anchondo
The Tale Untold
Big Wade & Black Swan Theory
Kris Lager & the Assembly of Assassins
Enjoli & Timeless

Performing Arts

Outstanding Musical

Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre
The Great Kowalski Road Trip, Florence Community Theatre
The Prom, Bellevue Little Theatre
Mister K’s Toy Chest of Dreams, Benson Theatre
Crazy For You, Papillion Area Community Theatre
Hello, Dolly! Omaha Community Playhouse
Beauty and the Beast, Lofte Community Theatre
Heathers the Musical, SNAP! Productions

Outstanding Drama

Julius Caesar, Old School Shakespeare Omaha
More of a Heart, BLUEBARN Theatre
The Outsiders, Benson Theatre, Rave On Productions
The Inheritance, Voices in Alliance
Agnes of God, Bellevue Little Theatre
Radium Girls, Lofte Community Theatre
The Great Leap, BLUEBARN Theatre
Sweet, Great Plains Theatre Commons

Outstanding Comedy

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Old School Shakespeare Omaha
The Tell-Tale Farce, Florence Community Theatre
The Play That Goes Wrong, Omaha Community Playhouse
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, BLUEBARN Theatre
Errorplane, Florence Community Theatre
Barefoot in the Park, Bellevue Little Theatre
Chicken & Biscuits, Omaha Community Playhouse
Red Riding Hood, Rose Theater

Outstanding Premier of a New, Original, Local Script

Table Grace the Musical by Simone G. Weber & Jay V. Gish, Scottish Rite Masonic Center / Benson Theatre / Lofte Community Theatre
The Great Kowalski Road Trip by Derek Kwal, Florence Community Theatre
Mister K’s Toy Chest of Dreams, by Kerron Stark, Benson Theatre
Style Thief Fashion Show by Erin Stoll, Rave On Productions
Those Two are Definitely Getting Murdered by Kaitlyn Rudeen, SNAP! Productions
Sex Shop in the Middle of Nowhere by Jade Habron, Benson Theatre
Night at the Farm: A Bedtime Party by Jackie Kappes, Rose Theater

Outstanding Director, Play

Molly Anderson, The Tell-Tale Farce, Florence Community Theatre
Kimberly Faith Hickman, The Outsiders, Rave On Productions
Kevin Colbert, Radium Girls, Lofte Community Theatre
Randall Stevens, The Inheritance, Voices in Alliance
Jon Flower, Agnes of God, Bellevue Little Theatre
Matt Gutschick, Red Riding Hood, Rose Theater
Denise Chapman, Sweet, Great Plains Theatre Commons
Wai Yim, The Great Leap, BLUEBARN Theatre

Outstanding Director Musical

Jack O’Connell, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre
Joey Hartshorn, Heathers the Musical, SNAP! Productions
Derek Kowal & Cecilia Sass, The Great Kowalski Road Trip, Florence Community Theatre
Todd Uhrmacher, The Prom, Bellevue Little Theatre
Mackenzie Zielke, White Christmas, Bellevue Little Theatre
Susie Baer Collins, Hello Dolly! Omaha Community Playhouse
Kerron Stark, Mister K’s Toy Chest of Dreams, Benson Theatre
Alex Rodriguez, Cabaret, Omaha Community Playhouse

Outstanding Actor, Play

Kirk Adams, as Henry Whitford, The Tell-Tale Farce, Florence Community Theatre
Sara Scheidies, as Agnes, Agnes of God, Bellevue Little Theatre
Amanda Charles, as Grace Fyer, Radium Girls, Lofte Community Theatre
Carina DuMarce, as Delivery Person, Red Riding Hood, Rose Theater
Eric Grant-Leanna, as Toby Darling, The Inheritance, Voices in Alliance
Lainey Kauffman, as Johnny Cade, The Outsiders, Rave On Productions
Nathaniel Poole, multiple roles, The Tell-Tale Farce, Florence Community Theatre

Outstanding Actor, Musical

Kirk Adams, as Puck, The Great Kowalski Road Trip, Florence Community Theatre
Riley Pope, as Emma, The Prom, Bellevue Little Theatre
Kerron Stark, as Mister K, Mister K’s Toy Chest of Dreams, Benson Theatre
Aaron Lawrence, as Bobby Child, Crazy For You, Papillion Area Community Theatre
Wayne Hudson, as Willy Wonka, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Rose Theater
John Arndorff, as Archibald Craven, The Secret Garden, Mills Masquers
Nick Knipe, as JD, Heathers the Musical, SNAP! Productions
Michaela Winje, as Evie, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre
Keanu Moore, as Ben, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Play

Nina Washington, as First Lady, POTUS, BLUEBARN Theatre
Kirk Adams, as Randhi, Errorplane, Florence Community Theatre
Brett Foster, multiple roles, The Inheritance, Voices in Alliance
John F Carroll, as Henry Wilcox, The Inheritance, Voices in Alliance
JJ Davis, multiple roles, The Sunshine Express, Lofte Community Theatre
Nick Herink, multiple roles, The Mousetrap, Lofte Community Theatre
Claire Mahoney, as Kathryn Shaub, Radium Girls, Lofte Community Theatre
Kerry Forester, as Beverly Jenkins, Chicken & Biscuits, Omaha Community Playhouse

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Musical

Jamie Luedtke, as Maleficent, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre
Nathaniel Poole-Chvatal, multiple roles, The Great Kowalski Road Trip, Florence Community Theatre
Carly Frolio, as Heather Chandler, Heathers the Musical, SNAP! Productions
Adam Fulbright, as Phil Davis, White Christmas, Bellevue Little Theatre
Carli Tomac, as Sheila Bryant, Chorus Line, Chanticleer Theatre
James Pandis, as Isaiah, Table Grace the Musical, Scottish Rite Masonic Center / Benson Theatre / Lofte Community Theatre
Hannah Post, as Judy Haynes, White Christmas, Bellevue Little Theatre
Mackenzie Zielke, as Irene Malloy, Hello Dolly! Omaha Community Playhouse

Outstanding Performance Poet

Jewel Rodgers
Trac Schact
Matt Mason
Allen Stevenson
Ben Wenzl

Outstanding Dance Production

Cinderella, American Midwest Ballet, Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center / Orpheum Theater
Nutcracker Delights, Ever After Productions, Anderson Performing Arts Center
What’s the Rush, Vox Dance Collective, Omaha Fringe Festival
Line in Time, TBD Dance Collective at Bemis Park
Erté the Ballet, by Connie Hinman, The Benson Theatre
Of Darkness and Dreams, by Erica Lohman, Omaha Fringe Festival
Mary, Evergreen Dance Company, The Garden Theater
The Nutcracker, American Midwest Ballet, Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center / Orpheum Theater

Outstanding Dance Soloist

Kogan Murphy, as Cinderella, American Midwest Ballet, Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center / Orpheum Theater
Maria Overton, as Spanish Soloist, Nutcracker Delights, Ever After Productions, Anderson Performing Arts Center
Bee Hampton, White Christmas, Bellevue Little Theatre
Maggie Wadginski, as Snow Queen, Nutcracker Delights, Ever After Productions, Anderson Performing Arts Center
Leah Kressin, Of Darkness and Dreams, Omaha Fringe Festival
Alison Schiller, as Cassie, A Chorus Line, Chanticleer Theater
Molly Farrington, as Mary, Mary, Evergreen Dance Company, The Garden

Outstanding Youth Performers

Kolby Tighe, as Carlos, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre
Vienna Maas, as Susan, White Christmas, Bellevue Little Theatre
Brinlee Roeder, as Pony Boy, The Outsiders, Benson Theatre
Landon Backhaus, as Charlie Bucket, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Rose Theater
Lainey Kauffman, as Johnny Cakes, The Outsiders, Rave On Productions
Pieper Roeder, as Soda Pop, The Outsiders, Benson Theatre
Zion Bailey, as Zach, Mister K’s Toy Chest of Dreams, Benson Theatre
Maya Bartee, as Little Eva, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Omaha Community Playhouse

Outstanding Comedian

October (Ocho) De la Rosa
Ben Webb
Rachel Ware
Lavetti Vegas
Jeremy Plumb
Tyrel Frazier

Outstanding Comedy Ensemble

Yer Mom’s Comedy Show
The WuW Show
Tears on the Podium
Big Canvas
SaturTEEN Night Live, McGuigan Arts Academy
Dad Jokes
Pandemic! @ the Disco
Quick Draw Comedy

Lighting Design

Aaron Spracklin, Beauty and the Beast, Lofte Community Theatre
Chelsea Greenway, The Inheritance, Voices in Alliance
Sierra Smith, Red Riding Hood, Rose Theater
Brendan Newby, Sean Gardner & Jack O’Connell, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre
Jacy Rook, A Chorus Line, Chanticleer Theater
Joey Lorincz, The Prom, Bellevue Little Theatre
Steven Williams, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde UNO Theater
Reece McAdams, Crazy For You, Papillion Area Community Theatre

Outstanding Prop Design

Devon Denn-Young, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Rose Theater
Angie Benes & Erin Cejka, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre
Riley Pope & Adam Fulbright, On Golden Pond, Chanticleer Theatre
Erienne McCabe & Jerry Murtaugh, The Wizard of Oz, Ralston Community Theatre
Ren Walther, Red Riding Hood, Rose Theater
Amy Reiner, POTUS, BLUEBARN Theatre
Andrew Morgan, The Play That Goes Wrong, Omaha Community Playhouse
Randal Stevens, The Inheritance, Voices in Alliance

Outstanding Scenic Design

Jim Othuse, Hello Dolly! Omaha Community Playhouse
Diane Lemen, The Great Kowalski Road Trip, Florence Community Theatre
Dale Hartshorn, Heathers the Musical, SNAP! Productions
Joey Lorincz, The Wizard of Oz, Ralston Community Theatre
Jude Knipper, Sean Gardner & John Ferguson, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre
Steven Williams, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, UNO Theater
Joey Lorincz, On Golden Pond, Chanticleer Theatre
Craig Lee, More of a Heart, BLUEBARN Theatre

Outstanding Costume Design

Angela Benes, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre
Leah Skorupa-Mezger, White Christmas, Bellevue Little Theatre
Lindsay Pape, Hello Dolly! Omaha Community Playhouse
Kristen Binder, The Secret Garden, Mills Masquers
Joey Hartshorn, Heathers the Musical, SNAP! Productions
Leah Skorupa-Mezger, The Wizard of Oz, Ralston Community Theatre
Amie James, The Inheritance, Voices in Alliance
Leah Skorupa-Mezger, The Prom, Bellevue Little Theatre

Outstanding Sound Design

Joe Mokrycki, White Christmas, Bellevue Little Theatre
Bill Kirby, More of a Heart, BLUEBARN Theatre
Ryan Simeone & Ridley Doubet, The Outsiders, Rave On Productions
Lacey Grabowski, Crazy for You, Papillion Area Community Theatre
Christy Hernandez, Red Riding Hood, Rose Theater
Bill Pulte & Ryan Pochop, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre
Bill Kirby, The Great Leap, BLUEBARN Theatre
Joe Mokrycki, Agnes, Bellevue Little Theatre

Outstanding Choreographer

Lisa Grabowski, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre
Jason DeLong, Oliver Jr., Chanticleer Community Theatre
Debbie Massey-Schneweis, White Christmas, Bellevue Little Theatre
Becca Schmucker, Beauty and the Beast, Lofte Community Theatre
Kerri Jo Richardson-Watts, A Chorus Line, Chanticleer Theater
Olivia Cano, Heathers the Musical, SNAP! Productions
Courtney Cairncross, Night At the Farm, Rose Theater
Michelle Garrity, Hello Dolly! Omaha Community Playhouse
Alex Rodriguez, Cabaret, Omaha Community Playhouse

Outstanding Music Direction

Liz Stinman, White Christmas, Bellevue Little Theatre
Jim Boggess, Beautiful, Omaha Community Playhouse
Laureen Pickle, The Prom, Bellevue Little Theatre
Benji Pettiford, Beauty and the Beast, Lofte Community Theatre
Jim Boggess, Hello Dolly! Omaha Community Playhouse
Jerry Brabec, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Rose Theater
Boston Reid, Crazy For You, Papillion Area Community Theatre
Ryan Pochop, Descendants the Musical, Elkhorn Community Theatre