March 30, 2018 — On March 26, the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts Department won two San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for their production of Lin Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights in 2017. The 42nd annual ceremony was held at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco.

Sarah Wintermeyer, who played Vanessa in In the Heights, won "Principal Actress in a Musical in a house with more than 300 seats," in a category that included professional actors from TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Bay Area Musicals, and Berkeley Playhouse. 

In the Heights won the award for "Entire Production North Bay," in a category that included the Mountain Play Association in Marin, Marin Shakespeare Company, and Spreckels.  Some of the production team included:

Directed by John Shillington
Choreography by Sam Browne, Anakarina Swanson, and Casandra Hillman
Music Direction Janis Dunsun Wilson
Vocal Direction Jody Benecke
Scenic and Projection Design by Peter Compton
Costume Design by Maryanne Scozzari
Lighting Design by Vincent Motherbaugh
Properties Design by Julia Kwitchoff
Sound Design by Ari Poppers
Sound Engineer/Mixing by Ken Braziel
Hair and Makeup Design by Alex Kyriakos
Stage Manager: Harry Miller
Assistant Stage Managers: Sarah Tucker and Georgia Ortiz

SRJC was the only college to be nominated for the 2017 season awards, which include the larger Bay Area.