2022 Cloris Awards nominees; ceremony set for Aug. 28

• “The Cake,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• “Calendar Girls,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• “King Lear,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• “The Revolutionists,” Tallgrass Theatre Co.

• “Cabaret,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• “Heathers: The Musical,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre
• “Into the Woods,” Tallgrass Theatre Co.
• “Matilda,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• “Next to Normal,” Carousel Theatre of Indianola

• “Charlotte’s Web,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• “Heathers: The Musical,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre
• “Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• “Pippi Longstocking,” The Des Moines Playhouse

• Riley Devick as Lena in “Cry It Out,” Ankeny Community Theatre
• Debra Garner as Jessie in “Calendar Girls,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Kim Haymes as Jen in “The Cake,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Richard Maynard as Lear in “King Lear,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Kiera McGregor as Marianne Angelle in “The Revolutionists,” Tallgrass Theatre Co.
• John Robinson as Harry Heywood in “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Becky Scholtec as Della in “The Cake,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Jordyn Wiser as Sugar in “Tiny Beautiful Things,” Tallgrass Theatre Co. 

• Madison Green as Natalie in “Next to Normal,” Carousel Theatre of Indianola
• Charlotte Proctor as Veronica Sawyer in “Heathers: The Musical,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre
• Charlie Reese as Don Lockwood, “Singin’ in the Rain,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Ashley Rogers as Rosie Alvarez in “Bye Bye Birdie,” Urbandale Community Theatre
• Stephanie Schneider as Kathy Selden in “Singin’ in the Rain,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Brett Spahr as the Pigeon in “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Dane Van Brocklin as Jack in “Into the Woods,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Hunter West as Jason Dean in “Heathers: The Musical,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre

• Rae Davis Fehring as Macy in “The Cake,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Thomas Gill as Edmund in “King Lear,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Jen Green as Goneril in “King Lear,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Amy McGrew as Steele in “A Piece of My Heart,” Ankeny Community Theatre
• Cate Miller as Helen Hubbard in “Murder on the Orient Express,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Brittny Rebhuhn as the Fool in “King Lear,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• James Serpento as Tim in “The Cake,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Nancy Zubrod as Dot in “Girls’ Weekend 2,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.

• Mia Alaimo as Miss Jennifer Honey in “Matilda,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Alison Buechler as Rapunzel in “Into the Woods,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Abby Fickbohm as Heather Chandler in “Heathers: The Musical,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre
• Katelyn Hughes as Miss Agatha Trunchbull in “Matilda,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Sage Johnson as Liesl von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Craig Petersen as Herr Schultz in “Cabaret,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Maggie Schmitt as Lina Lamont in “Singin’ in the Rain,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Dane Van Brocklin as Gabe in “Next to Normal,” Carousel Theatre of Indianola

PERFORMANCE by an ENSEMBLE

• “Beaufield Berry’s Buffalo Women,” The Des Moines Playhouse & Pyramid Theatre Co.

• “The Cake,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some!),” Tallgrass Theatre Co.
• “[title of show],” Carousel Theatre of Indianola

• “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Carousel Theatre of Indianola

• “Charlotte’s Web,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• “Heathers: The Musical,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre
• “Matilda,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• “Pippi Longstocking,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• The von Trapp children in “The Sound of Music,” The Des Moines Playhouse

• Brad Dell, “King Lear,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Jennifer Nostrala, “The Cake,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Katy Merriman, “The Sound of Music,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• David VanCleave, “Matilda,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Megan Helmers, “Heathers: The Musical,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre

• Claire Barth, “Next to Normal,” Carousel Theatre of Indianola
• Brenton Brown, “Heathers: The Musical,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre
• Courageous Fire, “Beaufield Berry’s Buffalo Women,” The Des Moines Playhouse and Pyramid Theatre Co.
• Francine Griffith and Ling Hsiao, “Into the Woods,” Tallgrass Theatre Co.
• Adam Yankowy, “Cabaret,” The Des Moines Playhouse

• Allison Bollinger, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Carousel Theatre of Indianola
• Megan Helmers, “Cabaret,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Megan Helmers, “Heathers: The Musical,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre
• Erin Horst, “Singin’ in the Rain,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Alison Shafer, “Matilda,” The Des Moines Playhouse

• Nicholas Amundson, “Escaping the Labyrinth,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Nicholas Amundson, “Matilda,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Nicholas Amundson, “Murder on the Orient Express,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Jay Michael Jagim, “Cabaret,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Jay Michael Jagim, “Girls’ Weekend 2,” Iowa Stage Theatre

• Cheryl Clark, “The Revolutionists,” Tallgrass Theatre Co.
• Angela Lampe, “Cabaret,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Angela Lampe, “Singin’ in Rain,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Angela Lampe, “Matilda,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Angela Lampe, “The Sound of Music,” The Des Moines Playhouse

• Chris Hanian, “Escaping the Labyrinth,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Shawn Jensen, “Next to Normal,” Carousel Theatre of Indianola
• Alex Snodgrass, “Cabaret,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Dakota Sommer, “The Cake,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Sam Stephen, “Matilda,” The Des Moines Playhouse

• Brandon Kair, “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” Iowa Stage Theatre Co.
• Cory Hug, “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some!),” Tallgrass Theatre Co.
• Michael Meacham, “Murder on the Orient Express,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Mark Toebben, “Escaping the Labyrinth,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Meredith Toebben, “Charlotte’s Web,” The Des Moines Playhouse

• Michael Beasley as the Children’s Entertainer in “Matilda” and a narrator in “Charlotte’s Web,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Ruth Christie as a narrator in “Charlotte’s Web” and Lucille in “Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Me’Lisa Dudley as Heather Duke in “Heathers,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre
• Emmersyn Gustafson as Junie B. Jones in “Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Liliana Haaland as Matilda in “Matilda,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Dawson Huinker as Mal in “Disney’s Descendants: The Musical,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre
• Price Jacobsen as Harvey Johnson in “Bye Bye Birdie,” Urbandale Community Theatre
• Gbomi Kayode as a narrator in “Charlotte’s Web,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Tatum Lowell as Heather McNamara in “Heathers,” Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre
• Charlotte Rempe as Wilbur in “Charlotte’s Web,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Isabella Rempe as Pippi in “Pippi Longstocking,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Nina Spahr as Matilda in “Matilda,” The Des Moines Playhouse
• Amaya Veldkamp as Pippi in “Pippi Longstocking” and May in “June B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!” The Des Moines Playhouse