Congratulations to the 2009 NAPTA Nominees.

Best Make-up & Hair
	• Show Boat, Auckland Music Theatre • Mary Anne Rushton, La Cage Aux Folles, Auckland Music Theatre • Melissa Macrae & Sue Bellchambers, Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • Marty Wilson, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Papakura Theatre Company
Best Special Effects
	• Assassins, Auckland Music Theatre • Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • Little Shop Of Horrors, North Shore Music Theatre
Best Props Design
	• Rosalie & Grahame Mayo, Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Rosalie & Grahame Mayo, Olde Tyme Music Hall, Centrestage Theatre Company • Celia Talbot, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • Sharon Mountain, Jan Allen & Terri de'Ath, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Papakura Theatre Company • The Birthday Party, Pukekohe Light Opera Club
Best Sound Design
	• Jonathan Sadler, Assassins, Auckland Music Theatre • Jonathan Sadler & Kelly Otter, Show Boat, Auckland Music Theatre • Vinnie Pakipaki, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • Darin Blackman, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Papakura Theatre Company • Jason Riggir, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Whangarei Theatre Company
Best Lighting Design
	• Ian Wiley, Assassins, Auckland Music Theatre • Garth Clark & Ian Wiley, La Cage Aux Folles, Auckland Music Theatre • Michael Demchy, Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Andrew Comrie, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • Gary Hieatt, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Papakura Theatre Company
Best Costume Design
	• Rowena Smith, Assassins, Auckland Music Theatre • Campbell Stodart, La Cage Aux Folles, Auckland Music Theatre • Pat Shanks, Olde Tyme Music Hall, Centrestage Theatre Company • Neroli Gifford, Yesterday Today Tomorrow, Harlequin Musical Theatre • Jessica Anderton, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts
Best Set Design
	• Bruce Murray, Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Graham Franks, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • Darin Blackman, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Papakura Theatre Company • Bob Lack, The Birthday Party, Pukekohe Light Opera Club • Jason Riggir, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Whangarei Theatre Company
Best Performed Choreography
	• La Cage Aux Folles, Auckland Music Theatre • Olde Tyme Music Hall, Centrestage Theatre Company • Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • High School Musical Junior, North Shore Music Theatre
Best Vocal Work by a Musical Company
	• Assassins, Auckland Music Theatre • Show Boat, Auckland Music Theatre • Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts
Best Supporting Ensemble
	• Assassins, Auckland Music Theatre • La Cage Aux Folles, Auckland Music Theatre • Show Boat, Auckland Music Theatre • Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts
Best Supporting Female in a Musical
	• Pauline Vella as ‘Parthy Anne Hawkes’, Show Boat, Auckland Music Theatre • Julie Herbert as ‘Madame Thenardier’, Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Danielle White as ‘Cosette’, Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Amanda Burnett as ‘Mazie’, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • Danae Sorensen as ‘Gertrude’, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts
Best Supporting Male in a Musical
	• Paul Fagamalo as ‘Joe’, Show Boat, Auckland Music Theatre • Devin Ashton as ‘Marius’, Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Companyz • Brosnon Silu’uga as ‘Horton’, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • AJ Hay, Little Shop Of Horrors, North Shore Music Theatre • Ralph Evans as ‘Hysterium’, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Papakura Theatre Company
Best Actress in a Play
	• Louise Davidson as ‘Nurse Ratched’, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Papakura Theatre Company • Lynn Webster as 'Helene Hanff’, 84 Charing Cross Road, Pilgrim Productions • Lynn Webster as 'Sara Leibowitz’, The Day They Kidnapped The Pope, Pilgrim Productions • Wendy Dewhurst as ‘Penny’, The Birthday Party, Pukekohe Light Opera Club • Penny Stafford-Bush as ‘Dee’, The Birthday Party, Pukekohe Light Opera Club
Best Actor in a Play
	• Albert Smith as ‘Randle P. McMurphy’, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Papakura Theatre Company • Bruce Weston as ‘Frank Doell’, 84 Charing Cross Road, Pilgrim Productions • Bob Lack as ‘John’, The Birthday Party, Pukekohe Light Opera Club • Kelly Manning as ‘Richard', The Birthday Party, Pukekohe Light Opera Club
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Musical
	• Kerry Scurr as ‘Magnolia Hawkes’, Show Boat, Auckland Music Theatre • Lynn Webster as ‘Dolly', Hello Dolly, Centrestage Theatre Company • Melissa Nordhaus as 'Eponine', Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Hillary Miller as ‘Audrey’, Little Shop Of Horrors, North Shore Music Theatre • Siobhan Dixon as ‘Gabriella’, High School Musical Junior, North Shore Music Theatre
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Musical
	• John Hellyer as ‘Jean Valjean’, Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Ian Carr as ‘Javert’, Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Robin Ringwood as ‘Cat’, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • James Mulligan-Hill as ‘Pseudolus’, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Whangarei Theatre Company
Best Choreography
	• Val Hemphill, La Cage Aux Folles, Auckland Music Theatre • Anna Mortlock & Vauneen Stephens, Olde Tyme Music Hall, Centrestage Theatre Company • Greg Vine, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • Rosanne Sims, High School Musical Junior, North Shore Music Theatre
Best Musical Direction
	• Chris Moore, Assassins, Auckland Music Theatre • Andrew Christie & Beverley Brockelbank, Show Boat, Auckland Music Theatre • Catherine Carr, Hello Dolly, Centrestage Theatre Company • Robin Kelly, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • Kerry Priestley, High School Musical Junior, North Shore Music Theatre
Best Direction
	• John Fausett, La Cage Aux Folles, Auckland Music Theatre • Anthony Carroll, Show Boat, Auckland Music Theatre • Bruce Murray, Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Graham Franks, Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • Darin Blackman, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Papakura Theatre Company • Grant Smith, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Whangarei Theatre Company
Best Play
	• One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Papakura Theatre Company • 84 Charing Cross Road, Pilgrim Productions • The Birthday Party, Pukekohe Light Opera Club
Best Musical
	• La Cage Aux Folles, Auckland Music Theatre • Show Boat, Auckland Music Theatre • Les Miserables, Centrestage Theatre Company • Seussical The Musical, Manukau Performing Arts • A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Whangarei Theatre Company