PAMTA Winners: Who Cleaned Up at The Portland Area Musical Theatre Awards

Summer is starting. Theater season is ending. That means it's time for awards. Last week, the Drammy Awards committee announced nominees and upset actors protested being snubbed on Facebook.

Tonight, Portland Area Musical Theatre Awards will be doled out at the Winningstad in an awards ceremony where the best scenes and songs from the past year are performed again, with none of the in-between bits.

Winners won't be announced until tonight, but we already know the losers.

Sorry, graphic designers and conductors: "The categories Outstanding Playbill design and Outstanding Orchestrations have been eliminated indefinitely."

Tracking down nominees in those categories was a "wild goose chase," co-founder Corey Brunish explained via e-mail. Sometimes, there are more important things to focus on, he says.

Here are the nominees. We will update the post with the winners after tonight's ceremony, which is at 7 pm at the Winningstad Theatre.

Outstanding Male Actor in a Lead Role

ANDRES ALCALA — SHREK THE MUSICAL

ETHAN CRYSTAL — HEATHERS

*** LEIF NORBY — MAN OF LA MANCHA ***

GERMAN ALEXANDER — CUBA LIBRE

BRIAN DEMAR JONES — ANYTHING GOES

Outstanding Female Actor in a Lead Role

CAMILLE TRINKA — SHREK THE MUSICAL

*** MALIA TIPPETS — CARRIE THE MUSICAL ***

CLAIRE AVAKIAN — THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

JANET DACAL — CUBA LIBRE

PAM MAHON — MAN OF LA MANCHA

Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role

DARIUS PIERCE — ANYTHING GOES

SAM BURNS — SHREK THE MUSICAL

JOE THEISSEN — THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

*** JOEY COTE — MAN OF LA MANCHA ***

JONATHAN QUESENBERRY — HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING

MATTHEW BROWN — SHREK THE MUSICAL

Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role

*** ESSIE CANTY BERTAIN — IN THE HEIGHTS ***

SYDNEY WEBBER — IN THE HEIGHTS

ITHICA TELL — ALICE IN WONDERLAND

EMILY SAHLER — THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

MEGAN CARVER — OKLAHOMA!

Outstanding Ensemble

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE — BROADWAY ROSE

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' — PORTLAND CENTER STAGE

OKLAHOMA! — BROADWAY ROSE

*** SHREK THE MUSICAL — NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S THEATER ***

IN THE HEIGHTS — STUMPTOWN STAGES

Outstanding Young Performer

MATTHEW SNYDER — IN THE HEIGHTS

*** KAI TOMIZAWA — JUNIE B. JONES THE MUSICAL ***

THEO CURL — JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

SOPHIE MACKAY — SNOW WHITE

AIDA VALENTINE — ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Outstanding Director

ANNIE KAISER — THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

PAUL ANGELO — DOGFIGHT

*** CHRIS COLEMAN — AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' ***

DIANE ENGLERT — HEATHERS

GREG TAMBLYN — MAN OF LA MANCHA

Outstanding Choreographer

*** MAIJA GARCIA — CUBA LIBRE ***

LYN CRAMER — THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

JEHN BENSON — SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE

SARAH JANE HARDY & ZERO FEENEY — SNOW WHITE

KENT ZIMMERMAN — AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

Outstanding Musical Director

JONATHAN QUESENBERRY — CARRIE THE MUSICAL

*** ALAN D. LYTLE — MAN OF LA MANCHA ***

DARCY WHITE — FALSETTOS

JORGE GOMEZ — CUBA LIBRE

RICK LEWIS — AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

Outstanding Costume Design

GRACE O'MALLEY — CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES

JANET MOUSER — THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS MUSICAL

*** MARY ROCHON — SHREK THE MUSICAL ***

ALISON HERYER — AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

MARGARET LOUISE CHAPMAN — MAN OF LA MANCHA

Outstanding Set Design

JOHN ELLINGSON — SHREK THE MUSICAL

*** TONY CISEK — AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' ***

CHRIS WHITTEN — CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES

GLENN GAUER — MAN OF LA MANCHA

LARRY LARSEN — ADRIFT IN MACAO

Outstanding Light Design

GENE DENT — THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

PETER WEST — CUBA LIBRE

*** DIANE FERRY WILLIAMS — AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' ***

VANESSA JANSON — IN THE HEIGHTS

KRISTEEN WILLIS CROSSER — SNOW WHITE

Outstanding Sound Design

ELIZABETH WYATT — ADRIFT IN MACAO

TIM RICHEY — THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

*** MARCUS STOREY AND TIMOTHY GREENIDGE — MAN OF LA MANCHA ***

CASI PACILIO — AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

SHARATH PATEL — CUBA LIBRE

Outstanding Production

FALSETTOS — LIVE ON STAGE

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE — BROADWAY ROSE

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' — PORTLAND CENTER STAGE

SNOW WHITE — NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S THEATER

*** MAN OF LA MANCHA — LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY ***

Best Original Musical

THE ADVENTURES OF DEX DIXON PARANORMAL DICK — STUMPTOWN STAGES

BITE ME — ARLIE CONNER

*** CUBA LIBRE — ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE ***

Best Original Song

*** "YOU PULL MY STRINGS" — STEVE COKER & KJ MCELRATH ***

"AMERICAN DREAM" — JORGE GOMEZ

Best Original Score

*** CUBA LIBRE — JORGE GOMEZ ***

BITE ME — ARLIE CONNER & BILL LARIMER

DEX DIXON — STEVE COKER & KJ MCELRATH

Willamette Week