2009 National Tournament
The 9th annual ARTa tournament was held May 2-3, 2009 at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA. Fifteen theaters competed in preliminary round competition, including six world premiere theaters.
The top four theaters were:
1st: Need Milk?, LSC North Harris
2nd: The Final Girls, LA Valley
3rd: Stonewall, Orange Coast
4th: The Worst of the Worst, CSULB
Other competition awards:
Audience Prize: the Final Girls, LA Valley
Semifinalist: Something Rotten, Mt. SAC
Semifinalist: The Big Bang, Orange Coast
Semifinalist: The Rule, LSC North Harris
Semifinalist: At a Time Like This, Orange Coast College
World Premiere Award: Confused, Like Us,
Cypress College
2009 Jury Awards and Nominees
Outstanding Ensemble Cast Performance
Winner: Need Milk? – LSC-North Harris
Nominees: The Rule – LSC-North Harris
The Big Bang – Orange Coast College
For You – Mt. San Antonio College
Mortified – Pasadena City College
Something Rotten – Mt. San Antonio
Outstanding Female Performer
Winner: Maite Bruce, For You – Mt. San Antonio College
Nominees: Alexis Nalley – The Final Girl, L.A. Valley College
Meaghan James – At a Time Like This…,Orange Coast College
Ginna Escobar – Something Rotten, Mt. San Antonio College
Gina Krotee – The Big Bang, Orange Coast College
Priscilla Saavedra – The Big Bang, Orange Coast College
Outstanding Male Performer
Winner: Dominic Woods – Stonewall, Orange Coast College
Nominees: Bryan Powell – Need Milk?, LSC-North Harris
Emiliaro Bolado – Something Rotten, Mt. San Antonio College
Aaron Phillips – The Rule, LSC-North Harris
Joshua Hamzehee – The Worst of the Worst, CSU Long Beach
Sean Connor – The Worst of the Worst, CSU Long Beach
Outstanding Achievement in Script
Winner: Final Girl – L. A. Valley College
Nominees: Confused Like Us – Cypress College
Something Rotten – Mt. San Antonio College
Dream On – University of Illinois, Springfield
Outstanding Achievement in Music or Sound
Winner: For You – Mount San Antonio College
Nominees: The Worst of the Worst – CSU Long Beach
The Final Girl – L. A. Valley College
Need Milk? – LSC-North Harris
At a Time Like This… - Orange Coast College
Outstanding Achievement in Set
Winner: Drunk – El Camino College
Nominees: A Touching Moment – Saddleback College
Need Milk? – LSC-North Harris
The Final Girl – L. A. Valley College
The Rule – LSC-North Harris
Outstanding Achievement in Blocking
Winner: Stonewall – Orange Coast College
Nominees: Need Milk? – LSC-North Harris
The Big Bang – Orange Coast College
For You – Mount San Antonio College
The Worst of the Worst – CSU Long Beach
Confused Like Us – Cypress College
Outstanding Achievement in Costuming
Winner: Something Rotten – Mt. San Antonio College
Nominees: Confused Like Us – Cypress College
28 Scenes Later – Mount San Antonio College
For You – Mount San Antonio College
Special Award for Creative Innovation
Winner: For You – Mt. San Antonio College, for the use of audience involvement and prizes.
Nominees: The Final Girl – LA Valley College/use of blood and tarp.
The Worst of the Worst – CSU Long Beach/use of prayer rug and chains.
Need Milk? – LSC-North Harris/ use of megaphone and Harvey Milk’s real voice.
