2024 Accolades

Huge congratulations to our performers and designers, receiving a whopping 17 Orlando Theater Best of 2024 nominations and 4 Critic’s Picks from the Orlando Sentinel for our 2024 season!

  • Brent Jordan

    FEATURED ACTOR, DRAMA
    Critic’s Pick
    To Kill a Mockingbird

    The very definition of “quiet nobility” as falsely accused Tom Robinson in Theater West End’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Brent Jordan exquisitely showed the audience Tom’s confidence in his own innocence, the flicker of confusion why people won’t understand he is capable of doing a good deed, and the flame of knowledge that a Black man in a white woman’s house is in a precarious situation. Jordan was also the Critic’s Pick in this category last year, honored for his performance in Orlando Shakes’ “Boulevard of Bold Dreams.”

    - Matt Palm, Orlando Sentinel

  • Cynthia Beckert

    FEATURED ACTOR, COMEDY
    Critic’s Pick
    Steel Magnolias

    Cynthia Beckert delighted as a deeper-than-usual Clairee in Theater West End’s February production of “Steel Magnolias.” She expertly peeled away the obvious outer layers of Clairee — refined, sophisticated, sharp as a tack — to show us the blossoming of a woman coming into her own after the death of her husband. And she did it with a sly delivery that made the laughs even louder.

    - Matt Palm, Orlando Sentinel

Brent Jordan

CRITICS PICK!

FEATURED ACTOR, DRAMA
To Kill a Mockingbird

Roselyn Garcia

CRITIC’S PICK!

CHOREOGRAPHY
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

cynthia beckert

CRITIC’S PICK!

FEATURED ACTOR, COMEDY
Steel Magnolias

DESIREE MONTES

CRITIC’S PICK!

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill


Ashley Van Kirk

FEATURED ACTOR, DRAMA
To Kill a Mockingbird

BRIAN BRIGHTMAN

LEADING ACTOR, DRAMA
To Kill a Mockingbird

KRISTA MILLER

FEATURED ACTOR, COMEDY
Steel Magnolias

DEREK CRITzER

DIRECTOR, MUSICAL
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

TORREY THOMAS

MUSIC DIRECTION
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill

Tara Kromer, Michael Morman

DIRECTION, DRAMA
To Kill a Mockingbird

Laurel Hatfield

DIRECTION, COMEDY
Steel Magnolias

derek critzer

LIGHTING DESIGN
To Kill a Mockingbird

KIMBERLY MURRAY-PATEL

COSTUME DESIGN
Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812

tara kromer

SOUND DESIGN
To Kill A Mockingbird

The entire ensemble

ENSEMBLE
Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812

AYòFÉMI DEMPS

DIRECTION, MUSICAL
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill

Lady day

TOP PRODUCTION

Derek critzer

LIGHTING DESIGN
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

QUINN ROBERTS

LEADING ACTOR, MUSICAL
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

TOP PRODUCTION

THE GREAT COMET

TOP PRODUCTION


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Since 2018

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Theater West End is a vibrant performing arts venue located in the historic downtown of Sanford, Florida. We specialize in bringing a diverse array of live theater productions to the community, offering educational programs in the arts, and hosting a variety of events that cater to audiences of all ages. Our commitment is to provide high-quality entertainment and to be a welcoming space for creativity and connection.

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