Teeny Awards: The Results!

Every year, Teen Tix members (that's YOU!) vote for their favorite Seattle area arts and arts organizations, and then we (that's US!) deliver those awards to the winners. Last year, we had a cheer squad, the year before that, it was singing telegrams. This year, we did a big fat art project with messages in bottles and t-shirts silkscreened by the Teen Tix Steering Committee at The Vera Project, and stuck 'em in the mail. It was super fun to see word of the awards spreading via facebook and twitter. Everybody loves getting mail!

Here's a video of the whole project, start to finish:



And here is a list of the winners of the 2012 Teeny Awards. Thank you a million times to all of our wonderful participating organizations, to our fantastic Teen Steering Committee for orchestrating this whole bonanza (Want to be a part of next year's Teenies? Join the Steering Committee!), to the Vera Project and our awesome silkscreening teacher Miah, and to the good men and women of the U.S. Postal Service for delivering the awards safely to their recipients.

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE
WINNER: Love Stories at Pacific Northwest Ballet
FIRST RUNNER UP: Apollo & Carmina at Pacific Northwest Ballet
SECOND RUNNER UP: Petrushka at Spectrum Dance Theatre

BEST ART EXHIBIT
WINNER: The Talent Show at Henry Art Gallery
FIRST RUNNER UP: Nirvana: Bringing Punk to the Masses at EMP Museum
SECOND RUNNER UP: Gauguin and Polynesia at Seattle Art Museum

BEST PLAY
WINNER: A Midsummer Night's Dream at Seattle Shakespeare Company
FIRST RUNNER UP: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead at Seattle Public Theater
SECOND RUNNER UP: Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead at Young Americans' Theatre Company

BEST MUSICAL OR OPERA
WINNER: Spring Awakening at Balagan Theatre
FIRST RUNNER UP: First Date at ACT Theatre
SECOND RUNNER UP: Carmen at Seattle Opera

BEST FILM EVENT
WINNER: Princess Bride Quote-Along at SIFF Cinema
FIRST RUNNER UP: (1) Month of Joseph Gordon-Levitt at SIFF Cinema
SECOND RUNNER UP: NFFTY (The National Film Festival for Talented Youth)

BEST MUSIC EVENT
WINNER: Sound Off! 2012 at EMP Museum
FIRST RUNNER UP: Handel's Messiah at Seattle Symphony
SECOND RUNNER UP: Come Together: The Music of the Beatles, Seattle Men's Chorus

BEST OTHER EVENT
WINNER: Laser Gaga at Pacific Science Center's Laser Dome
FIRST RUNNER UP: 50 Hour Improvathon at Unexpected Productions
SECOND RUNNER UP: Khaled Hosseini at Seattle Arts & Lectures

WEIRD OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Milk, Milk, Lemonade at Washington Ensemble Theatre
FIRST RUNNER UP: I Am My Own Wife at Seattle Repertory Theatre
SECOND RUNNER UP: Miss Representation at SIFF

FAVORITE ORGANIZATION (LARGE)
WINNER: Seattle Symphony
FIRST RUNNER UP: Pacific Northwest Ballet
SECOND RUNNER UP: EMP Museum

FAVORITE ORGANIZATION (MEDIUM)
WINNER: Book-It Repertory Theatre
FIRST RUNNER UP: Seattle Shakespeare Company
SECOND RUNNER UP: Taproot Theatre Company

FAVORITE ORGANIZATION (SMALL)
WINNER: Seattle Musical Theatre
FIRST RUNNER UP: Young Americans' Theatre Company
SECOND RUNNER UP: NFFTY (The National Film Festival for Talented Youth)

BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE
Awarded to the participating organization that offers Teen Tix members the best seat locations
WINNER: Pacific Northwest Ballet
FIRST RUNNER UP: Seattle Symphony
SECOND RUNNER UP: Seattle Public Theater

BEST BOX OFFICE EXPERIENCE
Awarded to the participating organization that provides the smoothest, most welcoming box office experience for Teen Tix members
WINNER: Seattle Public Theater
FIRST RUNNER UP: Pacific Northwest Ballet
SECOND RUNNER UP: ACT Theatre

COOLEST SPACE
WINNER: EMP Museum
FIRST RUNNER UP: Henry Art Gallery
SECOND RUNNER UP: ACT Theatre

COOLEST AUDIENCE
Awarded to the participating organization where the established audience makes Teen Tix members feel the most welcome
WINNER: Seattle Art Museum
FIRST RUNNER UP: Seattle Public Theater
SECOND RUNNER UP: Seattle Shakespeare Company

COOLEST VENUE YOU SHOULD GO TO MORE
WINNER: Cornish College of the Arts
FIRST RUNNER UP: Young Americans' Theatre Company
SECOND RUNNER UP: UW School of Drama

BEST NIGHT OUT ON A DATE
WINNER: Young Americans' Theatre Company
FIRST RUNNER UP: Pacific Northwest Ballet
SECOND RUNNER UP: SIFF

BEST NIGHT OUT WITH A GROUP
WINNER: Pacific Science Center's IMAX & Laser Dome
FIRST RUNNER UP: EMP Museum
SECOND RUNNER UP: Young Americans' Theatre Company

BEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION
WINNER: Seattle Symphony
FIRST RUNNER UP: EMP Museum
SECOND RUNNER UP: Seattle Opera

BEST DANCE ORGANIZATION
WINNER: Pacific Northwest Ballet
FIRST RUNNER UP: Spectrum Dance Theatre
SECOND RUNNER UP: On the Boards

BEST MUSEUM OR ART GALLERY
WINNER: Seattle Art Museum
FIRST RUNNER UP: EMP Museum
SECOND RUNNER UP: Henry Art Gallery

BEST THEATER
WINNER: ACT Theatre
FIRST RUNNER UP: Seattle Public Theater
SECOND RUNNER UP: Seattle Repertory Theatre

BEST FILM ORGANIZATION
WINNER: SIFF
FIRST RUNNER UP: Pacific Science Center's IMAX & Laser Dome
SECOND RUNNER UP: NFFTY (The National Film Festival for Talented Youth)

BEST UNCATEGORIZABLE ORGANIZATION
WINNER: Seattle Arts & Lectures
FIRST RUNNER UP: Langton Hughes Performing Arts Center
SECOND RUNNER UP: Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas

BEST SELLING SHOW OF 2011 - 2012
WINNER: Don Quixote at Pacific Northwest Ballet