And the nominees are…

Yes, friends, our favorite season is once again upon us: Teeny Awards season!

For those just joining the fun: The Teeny Awards are like an annual Teen Choice Awards for local arts. They are given by the Teen Tix Teen Steering Committee and voted on by YOU, the Teen Tix membership!

Here is a video of the Teeny Awards Delivery Squad surprising last year's Teeny Award winners:



Teeny Awards voting is NOW OPEN. If you are a Teen Tix member, please make your voice heard by voting here.

The 2011 - 2012 Teeny Award nominees are:



Teen Pick: BEST ART EXHIBIT 2011-12
Jon Gierlich: Currents, Cornish College of the Arts
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses, EMP Museum
Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise, Seattle Art Museum
Luminous: The Art of Asia, Seattle Art Museum
The Talent Show, Henry Art Gallery
Travelers: Objects of Dream and Revelation, Bellevue Arts Museum

Teen Pick: BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE 2011-12
Petrushka, Spectrum Dance Theater
tEEth: Make/Believe, On The Boards
New Moves Concert 2011, Cornish College of the Arts
Love Stories, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Apollo& Carmina, Pacific Northwest Ballet
Zoe|Juniper: A Crack in Everything, On The Boards

Teen Pick: BEST PLAY 2011-12
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Seattle Public Theater
Tartuffe, Taproot Theatre
All My Sons, Intiman Theatre
Pygmalion, Seattle Shakespeare Company at Intiman Playhouse
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, Young Americans' Theatre Company at the Center House Theatre
Sylvia, Seattle Repertory Theatre
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Seattle Shakespeare Company

Teen Pick: BEST MUSICAL OR OPERA 2011-12
First Date, ACT Theatre
Carmen, Seattle Opera
Spring Awakening, Balagan Theatre
HELP, Seattle Children's Theatre
A Chorus Line, Seattle Musical Theatre
Evil Dead: The Musical, ArtsWest
The Pajama Game, Seattle Musical Theatre
Madama Butterfly, Seattle Opera

Teen Pick: BEST FILM EVENT 2011-12
The Princess Bride Quote-Along, SIFF Cinema
Born to be Wild, Pacific Science Center's IMAX Theatre
Passione: A Musical Adventure, Northwest Film Forum
Langston Hughes African American Film Festival 2012
(1) Month of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, SIFF Cinema
NFFTY 2012, The National Film Festival for Talented Youth
The 2011 Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Three Dollar Bill Cinema

Teen Pick: BEST MUSIC PERFORMANCE 2011-12
Come Together: The Music of the Beatles, Seattle Men's Chorus
Erin Jorgensen & Steve Fisk | Redemption, On the Boards
Play! A Video Game Symphony, Seattle Symphony
Sound Off! 2012, EMP Museum
The Dawn Clement Quartet, Cornish College of the Arts Music Series
Handel's Messiah, Seattle Symphony

Teen Pick: BEST OTHER EVENT 2011-12
Khaled Hosseini, Seattle Arts & Lectures
An Improvised Christmas Carol, Unexpected Productions
Seattle Confidential, ACT Theatre/Central Heating Lab
Laser Gaga, Seattle Laser Dome
50 Hour Improvathon, Unexpected Productions
John Koethe & Troy Jollimore, Seattle Arts & Lectures
red, black & GREEN: a blues, CD Forum, Seattle Art Museum & Seattle Center at Intiman Playhouse

WEIRD OF THE YEAR
Milk, Milk, Lemonade, Washington Ensemble Theatre
I Am My Own Wife, Seattle Repertory Theatre
Morning Serial: Webcomics Come to the Table, Henry Art Gallery
Miss Representation, SIFF Cinema
Mariano Pensotti | El pasado es un animal grotesco, On the Boards
Harvey, Driftwood Players
A Lie of the Mind, Collektor at ACT Theatre/Central Heating Lab

BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE:
ACT Theatre
ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery
Book-It Repertory Theatre
INTIMAN Theatre
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Seattle Arts & Lectures
Seattle Men's Chorus & Women's Chorus
Seattle Musical Theatre
Seattle Opera
Seattle Public Theater
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle Symphony
Taproot Theatre Company
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts

BEST BOX OFFICE EXPERIENCE
All participating organizations are nominated

BEST NIGHT OUT ON A DATE
All participating organizations are nominated

BEST NIGHT OUT WITH A GROUP
All participating organizations are nominated

FAVORITE ORGANIZATION, LARGE
ACT Theatre
Bellevue Arts Museum
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Cornish College of the Arts
EMP Museum
Henry Art Gallery
INTIMAN Theatre
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Pacific Science Centers’ IMAX & Laser Dome
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Children’s Theatre
Seattle International Film Festival | SIFF Cinema
Seattle Opera
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle Symphony
UW School of Drama

FAVORITE ORGANIZATION, MEDIUM
ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Northwest Film Forum
On the Boards
Seattle Arts & Lectures
Seattle Public Theater
Seattle Men's Chorus & Seattle Women's Chorus
Seattle Shakespeare Company
Spectrum Dance Theater
Taproot Theatre Company
Three Dollar Bill Cinema (Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts

FAVORITE ORGANIZATION, SMALL
Balagan Theatre
Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas
Driftwood Players
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY)
Seattle Musical Theatre
SiS Productions
Unexpected Productions (TheatreSports)
Washington Ensemble Theatre
Young Americans' Theatre Company

BEST FILM ORGANIZATION
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY)
Northwest Film Forum
Pacific Science Center's IMAX & Laser Dome
Seattle International Film Festival | SIFF Cinema
Three Dollar Bill Cinema (Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival)

BEST MUSEUM OR ART GALLERY
Bellevue Arts Museum
Cornish College of the Arts
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
EMP Museum
Henry Art Gallery
Seattle Art Museum & Seattle Asian Art Museum

BEST DANCE ORGANIZATION
Cornish College of the Arts
On The Boards
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Spectrum Dance Theater

BEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION
Cornish College of the Arts
EMP Museum
On The Boards
Seattle Men's & Seattle Women's Choruses
Seattle Opera
Seattle Symphony

BEST THEATER
ACT Theatre
ArtsWest Playhouse & Gallery
Balagan Theatre
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Cornish College of the Arts
Driftwood Players
INTIMAN Theatre
On The Boards
Seattle Children's Theatre
Seattle Musical Theatre
Seattle Public Theater
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle Shakespeare Company
SiS Productions
Taproot Theatre Company
Unexpected Productions
UW School of Drama
Washington Ensemble Theatre
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts
Young Americans' Theatre Company

BEST ORGANIZATION THAT DOESN'T FIT INTO ANY OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES
Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas
Seattle Arts & Lectures
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center

Plus, members will be asked to vote in three brand new categories, which will be announced publicly once voting is complete.

Congratulations to all of the nominees, and happy voting!