• Nominee:  C. Brandon Weis                                         Partner:  Kimberly Wood

                Selections:            Something Stupid by Ross Howard

                                                Gym Teacher by Christopher Durang

• Nominee:  Aaron Gordon                                              Partner:  Brian Rickel

                Selections:            The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

                                                Simpatico by Sam Shepard

• Nominee:  John Goodson                                              Partner:  Jaimie Clark

                Selections:            Horrid Massacre in Boston by Don Nigro

                                                140 by Marsha Norman

• Nominee:  Eva Vander Giessen                                   Partner:  Anthony Dietel

Selections:            Proof by David Auburn

                                Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss

• Nominee:  Gilbert E. Garcia                                            Partner:  Heather Raley

                Selections:            Cloud Tectonics by José Rivera

                                                Chess by Tim Rice

• Nominee:  Brandon Petrie                                             Partner:  James Hume

                Selections:            Hamlet by William Shakespeare

                                                Foolin’ Around with Infinity by Steven Dietz

• Nominee:  Damean Lamar Easter                       Partner:  Sergio Monserrate

                Selections:            F… Starwars by Shawn Taylor

                                                South Central Stories by Michael Ajakwe

• Nominee:  Ryan Tasker                                            Partner:  Kim Purdy

                Selections:            This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan

                                                Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies

• Nominee:  Keola Simpson                                             Partner:  Hattie Davis

                Selections:            Closer by Patrick Marber

                                                Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg

• Nominee:  Justin Gordon                                               Partner:  Judd Johnson

                Selections:            Richard II by William Shakespeare

                                                Babel’s in Arms by David Ives

• Nominee:  Brent Tubbs                                 Partner:  Josh Feemster

                Selections:            Drinking in America by Eric Bogosian

                                                Guys by Robb Badlam

• Nominee:  Gilberto Garcia                                             Partner:  Samia Ibrahim

                Selections:            Signs of Life by Debbie Baley

                                                Is There Life After High School by Jeff Kindley

• Nominee:  Eric Van Tielen                                             Partner:  Melanie Rees

                Selections:            Miss Saigon (“Why, God, Why”) by Alain Boublil,

                                                     Claude-Michel Schonberg and Richard Maltby, Jr.

                                                A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare

• Nominee:  Sarah Petty                                                   Partner:  Jarred Kjack

                Selections:            Wild Honey by Michael Frayn

                                                Fat Men in Skirts by Nicky Silver

• Nominee:  Duncan Needham                                        Partner:  S. Eric Day

Selections:            Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

                                Drinking in America by Eric Bogosian

• Nominee:  Jason McBeath                                            Partner:  Annie DiMartino

                Selections:            The Shape of Things by Neil Labute

                                                A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner

Jarred Kjack, Sarah Petty, Jason MacBeath, and Annie DiMartino at the Region VIII Awards Banquet after finding out they will be traveling to Washington, D.C., to represent the Region at the National Festival.