2025
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LA Theatre Bites Award 2025:
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BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Will Riddle (Buddy Holly) The Buddy Holly Story @ Musical Theatre West
BEST ACTOR
Landon Moss (Boy Willie) The Piano Lesson @ Long Beach Playhouse
Nick Samson (Conrad) Stupid Fucking Bird @ Blue Pen Theatre Company
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Hadiyyah Noelle Smith (The Witch) Into the Woods @ The Wisteria Theatre Company
BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Aiden McGuinness (Lewis) Alice in Slasherland @ Cal Rep
Cedric Joe (Tiny) Kill Move Paradise @ Odyssey Theatre
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
Dana Sandoval (Alice) Alice in Slasherland @ Cal Rep
Paige Simunovich (Jane Jr.) Evanston Salt Costs Climbing @ Rogue Machine Theatre
BEST COLLEGE SHOW
Alice in Slasherland @ Cal Rep
BEST IMMERSIVE SHOW
Dark Library Paris 1925 @ After Hours Theatre Company
BEST MUSICAL
Into the Woods @ The Wisteria Theatre Company
BEST FEATURED ACTOR
Ben Pettis (Lymon) The Piano Lesson @ Long Beach Playhouse
BEST ACTRESS
Blanca Isabella (Marisela) Just Like Us @ Latino Theatre Company
BEST WRITING
Roger Q. Mason – Hide & Hide @ Skylight Theatre Company
BEST LIVE BAND
Rod Bagheri – One Man, Two Guvnors @ A Noise Within
BEST ENSEMBLE
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing @ Rogue Machine Theatre Company
BEST COSTUMES
David Reynoso – La Cage aux Folles @ Pasadena Playhouse
BEST SET
François-Pierre Couture – Just Like Us @ Latino Theatre Company
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS
Alessandra Manon (Cecily Cardew) Importance of Being Earnest @ Antaeus Theatre Company
BEST DIRECTOR
Fidel Gomez – Just Like Us @ Latino Theatre Company
BEST ORIGINAL LOS ANGELES SHOW
Hide & Hide @ Skylight Theatre Company
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Amelia Anello – Hide & Hide @ Skylight Theatre
BEST STRAIGHT PLAY
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing @ Rogue Machine Theatre Company
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Chris Bailey – Back to the Future @ Hollywood Pantages Theatre
BEST LIGHTING
Xinyuan Li – Just Like Us @ Latino Theatre Company
François-Pierre Couture – Alice in Slasherland @ Cal Rep
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Enrique Duenas (Mr. Torres) It’s All Your Fault, Tyler Price! @ Hudson Theatre
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Amanda Webb (Nancy Taylor) Groundhog Day (musical) @ Landmark Theatre Company LB
BEST MAKEUP
Ivan Hernandez & Ella McDonald – Alice in Slasherland @ Cal Rep
BEST ONE-PERSON SHOW
Beth wants the D @ The Broadwater
AUDIENCE AWARD
Tragedy Giftshop @ Garage Theatre
2024
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Best Shows
1. Two Stop @ EST/LA
2. Reefer Madness @ Reefer Madness
3. Jersey Boys @ LA Mirada Theatre
4. Funny Girl @ Ahmanson
5. Dido of Idaho @ The Echo Theatre Company
Best Actor
Daniel Dorr (Blackie) Baby Foot @ Rogue Machine Theatre
Best College Show
Ride the Cyclone @ CAL REP Cal State Long Beach
Best Actress
Ashley Romans (Colleen) Kill Shelter @ Theatre of Note
Best Immersive Theatre Show
Measure Still For Measure @ Boston Court Pasadena
Audience Award
Reefer Madness @ Reefer Madness
Best Live Band
Eric Kang – Hadestown @ Ahmanson Theatre
Best Writing
Abby Rosebrock – Dido of Idaho @ The Echo Theatre Company
Best Ensemble
Potus @ Geffen Playhouse
Best Costumes
Susan Hilferty – Funny Girl @ Ahmanson
Best Set
Stephen Gifford – Jersey Boys @ LA Mirada Theatre
Best Musical
Reefer Madness @ Reefer Madness
Best Young Actress
Maya Knell (Chava) Mikvah Girls @ This Is A Front
Best Young Actor
Jack Clevenger (Nolan) Kill Shelter @ Theatre of Note
Best Makeup
Tiffany Hall – Funny Girl @ Ahmanson
Best Featured Actor
Hahn Cho (Tae) Pangs Spa @ Chalk Rep
Best Director
Tracey A. Leigh – Two Stop @ EST/LA
Best Featured Actress
Nicole DuPort (Crystal) Dido of Idaho @ The Echo Theater Company
Best Performer
Nicole DuPort (Crystal) Dido of Idaho @ The Echo Theater Company
Best Original Los Angeles Show
Kill Shelter @ Theatre of Note
Best Lighting
Xinyuan Li – Dido of Idaho @ The Echo Theatre Company
Best Sound Design
John Zalewski – Crevasse @ Son of Semele & The Victory Theatre Center
Best One-Person Show
Mermaid @ The Broadwater
Best Actor in a Musical
Noah Rivera (Frankie Valli) Jersey Boys @ LA Mirada Theatre
Best Actress in a Musical
Katerina McCrimmon (Fanny Brice) Funny Girl @ Ahmanson
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Bryan Daniel Porter (Lecturer/Jack/Jesus) Reefer Madness @ Reefer Madness
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Nicole Parker (Mae Coleman) Reefer Madness @ Reefer Madness
Best Choreography
Spencer Liff – Reefer Madness @ Reefer Madness
2023
LA Theatre Bite Award
Ellen Den Herder and Lois Neville
Best Shows
1. Circle X Theatre Company Presents: Do you feel Anger? @ Atwater Village Theatre
2. A Little Night Music @ Pasadena Playhouse
3. Heroes of the Fourth Turning @ Rogue Machine Theatre
4. The Mountaintop @ Geffen Playhouse
5. Nothing, Nothing @ Hero Theatre
Best Musical
A Little Night Music @ Pasadena Playhouse
Best Set
Rachel Myers – The Mountaintop @ Geffen Playhouse
Best Director
Guillermo Cienfuegos – Much Ado About Nothing @ Noise Within
Best Actor
Samuel Garnett (Kevin) Heroes of the Fourth Turning @ Rogue Machine Theatre
Best Actress
Paula Rebelo (Sofia) Circle X Theatre Company Presents: Do you feel Anger? @ Atwater Village Theatre
Best Ensemble
Much Ado About Nothing @ A Noise Within
Best Young Actor
Brendan Shannon (Homer Macauley) The Human Comedy @ Actors-Coop
Best Young Actress
Ciara Montemayor (Iris) Veil Theatre Presents: The Nether @ The Hudson Theatre
Best Immersive Theatre Show
Last Call Theatre Presents: The Collective @ The Three Clubs
Best Sound Design
Cricket S. Meyers – The Mountaintop @ Geffen Playhouse
Best Lighting
Jared A. Sayeg – A Little Night Music @ Pasadena Playhouse
Best One-Person Show
The Attic Collective presents: Iphigenia in Splott @ The Broadwater
Best Original Los Angeles Show
Nothing, Nothing @ Hero Theatre
Best Costumes
Kate Bergh – A Little Night Music @ Pasadena Playhouse
Best Makeup
Tony Valdes – Much Ado About Nothing @ A Noise Within
Best Featured Actor
Stanley Andrew Jackson (Claudio) Much Ado About Nothing @ A Noise Within
Best Featured Actress
Tasha Ames (Eva) Circle X Theatre Company Presents: Do you feel Anger? @ Atwater Village Theatre
Best Actor in a Musical
Michael Hayden (Fredrik Egerman) A Little Night Music @ Pasadena Playhouse
Best Actress in a Musical
Merle Dandridge (Desiree Armfeldt) A Little Night Music @ Pasadena Playhouse
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Chase Ramsey (Hugh Hinkle) Come Get Maggie @ Rogue Machine Theatre Company
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Ruby Lewis (Petra) A Little Night Music @ Pasadena Playhouse
Best Choreography
Joyce Guy – Much Ado About Nothing @ Noise Within
Best Writing
Will Arbery – Heroes of the Fourth Turning @ Rogue Machine Theatre
Best Performer
Merle Dandridge (Desiree Armfeldt) A Little Night Music @ Pasadena Playhouse
2022
Best Shows
1. McCoy Rigby Entertainment presents: In the Heights @ La Mirada Theatre
2. The Whale @ Costa Mesa Playhouse
3. IAMA Theatre Company presents: Untitled Baby Play @ Atwater Village Theatre
4. CRY IT OUT @ Chance Theater
5. Sixty-Six Productions Presents: The Effect @ Marilyn Monroe Theatre
Best Musical
McCoy Rigby Entertainment presents: In the Heights @ La Mirada Theatre
Best Set
Eli Smith – Sixty-Six Productions Presents: The Effect @ Marilyn Monroe Theatre
Best Director
Benjamin Perez – McCoy Rigby Entertainment presents: In the Heights @ La Mirada Theatre
Best Actor
Ramón de Ocampo (Hamlet) – Hamlet @ Antaeus Theatre Company
Best Actress
Anna Rose Hopkins (Natalia) – IAMA Theatre Company presents: Untitled Baby Play @ Atwater Village Theatre
Best Ensemble
IAMA Theatre Company presents: Untitled Baby Play @ Atwater Village Theatre
Best Young Actor
Jacob Zelonky (Joey Oren) – If I Forget @ Fountain Theatre
Best Young Actress
Tara Cox (Lettie) – A 24th Street Theatre Production
In Association with The Wallis RAPUNZEL ALONE
Best Immersive Theatre Show
Hero Theatre Presents: RISE: An Immersive Exploration of Gun Violence in Schools
Best Sound Design
Trevor Reece – Sixty-Six Productions Presents: The Effect @ Marilyn Monroe Theatre
Best Lighting
Jared A. Sayeg – Hamlet @ Antaeus Theatre Company
Best One-Person Show
Made in America @ Complex Theatre
Runner up: NOOR INAYAT KHAN: THE FORGOTTEN SPY @ Broadwater
Best Original Los Angeles Show
IAMA Theatre Company presents: Untitled Baby Play @ Atwater Village Theatre
2021
The website took an awards hiatus in 2021.
2020
The website took an awards hiatus in 2020.
2019
Best Shows
1. Ragtime @ Pasadena Playhouse
2. Frankenstein @ A Noise Within
3. Skylight @ Chance Theater
4. Anna Karenina @ Actors Co-op
5. Man of God @ East West Players
Runner up: Miss Lilly Gets Boned @ Rogue Machine Theatre
Best Musical
Ragtime @ Pasadena Playhouse
Runner up: Witness Uganda A Documentary Musical @ Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Best Original Los Angeles Show
Man of God @ East West Players
Runner up: Canyon @ Latino Theater Company
Best Set
Clint Ramos & Ryan Howell – Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole @ Geffen Playhouse
Runner up: Famous @ The 11:11
Best Director
David Lee – Ragtime @ Pasadena Playhouse
Runner up: Angie Scott – Desert Rats @ Latino Theater Company
Best Actor
Michael Manuel (The Creature) Frankenstein @ A Noise Within
Runner up: Clifton Duncan (Coalhouse Walker) Ragtime @ Pasadena Playhouse
Best Actress
Erika Soto (Elizabeth/Female Creature) Frankenstein @ A Noise Within
Runner up: Jessica Erin Martin (Kyra) Skylight @ Chance Theater
Best Ensemble
Man of God @ East West Players
Runner up: Cemetery Club @ The Little Fish Theatre Company
Thank you to our Awards Supporters:
Anonymous – $250
Anonymous – $20
Craig Tyrl – $100
Tasha Ames – $20
Lizzy McCabe – $25
Extra category information:
The young Actor & Actress Category is under 30 years old.
Update: After the 2023 LA Theatre Bite Awards, all shows reviewed after the September 9 deadline will qualify for the LA Theatre Bite Awards in the coming year.
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