American Idiot Receives 12 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Nominations

The Berkeley Repertory Theatre production of American Idiot — which transfers to Broadway’s St. James Theater later this month — has received 12 nominations from the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle. The organization’s 34th annual awards will be presented at a ceremony at the Palace of Fine Arts, on Monday, May 3, at 7:30pm.

In addition to a nomination for the entire production in the Awards’ Musicals category, the show was also nominated for its script (Michael Mayer and Billy Joe Armstrong), lead actor John Gallagher, Jr., director Michael Mayer, musical director Carmel Dean, set designer Christine Jones, sound designer Brian Ronan, lighting designer Kevin Adams, costume designer Andrea Lauer, projection designer Darrel Maloney, choreographer Steve Hoggett, and for Ensemble.

Among the SFBATCC’s acting nominees are Rene Augesen (November), Leanne Borghesi (Dames at Sea), Hannah Cabell (In the Next Room), Donald Corren (Souvenir), Anthony Fusco (November), Judy Kaye (Souvenir), Maureen McVerry (Wildcat), James Moye (Tinyard Hill), Mark Nadler (My Wife Ira), David Sattler (All Shook Up), and Danny Scheie (You, Nero).

Nominated directors include David Ira Goldstein (The Kite Runner), Loretta Greco (Mauritius), Rick Lombardo (As You Like It), Randal Myler (It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues), Sharon Ott (You, Nero), and Les Waters (The Lieutenant of Inishmore).

Nominated touring productions include The 39 Steps, Brief Encounter, Burn the Floor, Cirque du Soleil’s Ovo, Monty Python’s Spamalot, and Wicked. Among the nominees for original script are Amy Freed (You, Nero), Matthew Spangler (The Kite Runner), Sarah Ruhl (In The Next Room), and Tony Kushner (Tiny Kushner).

For more information, including a full list of nominations, click here.