The Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum gathered again this month to meet, argue and hash out which local theater productions it would single out for distinction, and the gay community was especially well-represented — not surprisingly; it is theater, after all.

Among those are Bruce R. Coleman for his direction of four shows and his costuming of another; Regan Adair and Cedric Neal for their acting seasons; Randel Wright for two of his set designs; and DTC artistic director Kevin Moriarty and Joel Farrell for their direction and choreography of “The Who’s Tommy,” the only production honored that is currently playing. Bill Bowers, a professional mime, starred in the only small-scale production awarded a touring citation, for his autobiographical one-man show about coming out, “It Goes without Saying.” Unusually, Uptown Players, normally a force in critics’ voting, failed to secure any wins.

The theater company with the most awards was Theatre Three, which took 11 over six shows — largely for the strong acting. The show with the single most awards was “The Who’s Tommy” with six. That’s a record number of awards for a single show from the forum.

In all, 38 productions from 18 presenters and companies were honored.

Participating members this year: Glenn Arbery, People Newspapers and D Magazine; Martha Heimberg, Turtle Creek News; Arnold Wayne Jones, Dallas Voice; Elaine Liner, Dallas Observer; Mark Lowry and Perry Stewart, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Lawson Taitte, Dallas Morning News.

DIRECTION: Phyllis Cicero, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Contemporary Theatre of Dallas); Bruce R. Coleman, for his season: Dracula (ICT MainStage), The Goodbye Girl (Theatre Three) and House & Garden (Theatre Three); Jim Covault, The Clean House (Stage West); Christopher Carlos, Sick (Kitchen Dog Theater); Cheryl Denson, Carousel (Lyric Stage) and A Year with Frog and Toad (Dallas Children’s Theater); Kevin Moriarty, The Who’s Tommy (Dallas Theater Center); Pam Myers-Morgan, The Ladies of the Camellias (Echo Theatre)

NEW PLAY OR MUSICAL: Coco & Gigi by Isabella Russell-Ides (Echo Theatre); Sick by Zayd Dohrn; Snake Eyes at the Mardi Gras Motel by Steven Walters (Second Thought Theatre)

TOURING PRODUCTION: Avenue Q (through Casa Manana); The Drowsy Chaperone (through Dallas Summer Musicals); It Goes without Saying (through WaterTower Theatre’s Out of the Loop Festival); Jersey Boys (through Dallas Summer Musicals)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR: Regan Adair, for his season: Edmond (Second Thought Theatre), House & Garden, The Misanthrope (Dallas Theater Center), Right Ho, Jeeves (Contemporary Theatre of Dallas); Jakie Cabe, Chesapeake (Circle Theatre); Russell DeGrazier, for his season: Almost, Maine (WaterTower Theatre), The Foreigner (WaterTower Theatre), The Oldest Living Graduate (Contemporary Theatre of Dallas), A Streetcar Named Desire (Contemporary Theatre of Dallas); Sean Hennigan, As You Like It (WaterTower Theatre); Gregory Lush, for his season: A Dog’s Life (Theatre Three), The Goodbye Girl, Pygmalion, The Who’s Tommy; Terry Martin, Blackbird (WaterTower Theatre); Cedric Neal, for his season: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Jubilee Theatre), A Dog’s Life, The Who’s Tommy; Lee Trull, Rum & Vodka (independent); Nick Venceil, Popcorn (Theatre Three)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS: Emily Gray, for her season with Theatre Three: House & Garden, Popcorn, Season’s Greetings!; Emily Scott Banks and Pam Dougherty, The Clean House; M. Denise Lee, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill; Linda Leonard, The Play About the Baby (WingSpan Theatre Company); Lydia Mackay and Jessica Wiggers, A Streetcar Named Desire; Maxey Whitehead, Snake Eyes at the Mardi Gras Motel

PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE: Carousel; Coco & Gigi; Hello, Dolly! (Lyric Stage); Sick; A Year with Frog and Toad

CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION: The Ghost Sonata (The Drama Club), for Lydia Mackay’s mask designs; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (WaterTower Theatre), for Randel Wright’s set design; The Ladies of the Camellias, for Clare Floyd Devries’ set design; The Long Christmas Ride Home (Stage West), for Michael O’Brien’s lighting g design and Heather Jarry and Jennifer and Dana Schultes’ puppet designs; Richard III (Kitchen Dog Theater), for Clare Floyd DeVries’ set design and Bruce R. Coleman’s costume design; Right Ho, Jeeves, for Aaron Patrick Turner’s costume design; The Who’s Tommy, for Joel Ferrell’s choreography, Lindy Heath Cabe’s musical direction and Oso Closo’s musical performance; A Year with Frog and Toad, for Randel Wright’s set design

SPECIAL CITATIONS: To the Dallas Theater Center and Casa Manana, both celebrating their 50th anniversary seasons; to Echo Theatre, for 10 years of producing plays and staged readings exclusive by woman authors.