Tuesday, August 9, 2016

2016 NEW YORK INNOVATIVE THEATER AWARDS: Nominees for Best of Off Off Broadway


Congratulations to these nominees for the 2016 Innovative Theatre Awards, honoring the dedicated theater artists who do amazingly creative work in the pocket spaces of Off Off Broadway throughout New York.   


OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE

Connected, Project Y Theatre Company  
Gus Birney, Joachim Boyle, Robby Clater, Ella Dershowitz, Midori Francis, Dana Jacks, Thomas Muccioli, Aria Shahghasemi

Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey, Life Jacket Theatre Company 
Andrew Dawson, Phil Gillen, Aidan Sank  

Street Theater, TOSOS   
Tim Abrams, Chris Andersson, Christopher Borg, Éilis Cahill, Jonathan Cedano, Desmond Dutcher, Russell Jordan, Josh Kenney, Jeremy Lawrence, Michael Lynch, Joe MacDougall, Rebecca Nyahay, Patrick Porter, & Ben Strothmann

The Further Adventures Of..., TOSOS   
Tim Burke, Mark Finley, & Jamie Heinlein

The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks   
Fred Backus, Broderick Ballantyne, Rebecca Gray Davis, Lex Friedman, Ian W. Hill, Bob Laine, Matthew Napoli, Timothy McCown Reynolds, Alyssa Simon, Anna Stefanic

Unity (1918), Project: Theater   
Wendy Bagger, Alicia Dawn Bullen, Jessi Blue Gormezano, Doug Harris, Beth Ann Hopkins, Joshua Everett Johnson, Joe Jung, Alexandra Perlwitz, Melanie Rey


OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

David Carl  
David Carl's Celebrity One Man Hamlet,
Project Y Theatre, PM2 Entertainment and Richard Jordan Productions in associate with Underbelly

Laura Hooper  
Crumble, MORA Theater

Peter Michael Marino
Late With Lance!, PM2 Entertainment  

Siobhan O'Loughlin
Broken Bone Bathtub, Elephant Run District  

Colin Summers  
Steve: A Docu-Musical, New York Neo-Futurists

Yolanda K. Wilkinson  
Bible Study for Heathens, New York Neo-Futurists   


OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE

Deven Anderson  
The Pillowman, Variations Theatre Group

Joseph D. Giardina
Natural Life, T. Schreiber Studio   

Alex Grubbs  
Utility, The Amoralists   

Ryan Johnston  
Harper Regan, T. Schreiber Studio   

Mike Phillips Gomez  
Harper Regan, T. Schreiber Studio   

Timothy McCown Reynolds  
The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks   


OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE

Kelly Barbarito  
A Chorus Line, The Secret Theatre   

Adrian Grace Bumpas
A Chorus Line, The Secret Theatre   

Anwen Darcy
Romeo And Juliet, The Drilling Company  

Midori Francis
Connected, Project Y Theatre Company 

Noelle McGrath
Natural Life, T. Schreiber Studio   

Lauren Nordvig
Rush, Team Awesome Robot   


OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE

Fred Backus  
The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks   

Adam Belvo  
Butcher Holler Here We Come, Aztec Economy   

Dave Klasko  
Gordy Crashes, Ricochet Collective   

Lee Slobotkin
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Astoria Performing Arts Center   

Charles Socarides
How to Live on Earth, Colt Coeur   

Jonny Stein  
A Chorus Line, The Secret Theatre   


OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE

Becca Andrews  
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Astoria Performing Arts Center   

Holly Heiser
Natural Life, T. Schreiber Studio   

Christina Elise Perry  
Wait Until Dark, Variations Theatre Group   

Geena Quintos  
A Chorus Line, The Secret Theatre   

Vanessa Vaché  
Utility, The Amoralists   

Maeve Yore  
Harper Regan, T. Schreiber Studio   


OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT

Becky Baumwoll  
Above Below, Broken Box Mime Theater   

Corrie Blissit  
In the Soundless Awe, New Light Theater Project 

Nikita Chaudhry & Ian Fields Stewart  
Untameable, The Unsoft War and Highly Impractical Theatre   

Patrice Miller  
City of Glass, Untitled Theater Co. #61  

Katie Proulx  
Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey, Life Jacket Theatre Company  

Geena Quintos  
A Chorus Line, The Secret Theatre   


OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR

Michael Bello  
In the Heights, The Gallery Players  

Fritz Brekeller  
Composure, WorkShop Theater Company   

Kirk Gostkowski & John Arthur Long  
Wait Until Dark, Variations Theatre Group   

Ian Harkins  
She Stoops To Conquer, Hudson Warehouse  

Travis Russ  
Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey, Life Jacket Theatre Company  

Terry Schreiber  
Harper Regan, T. Schreiber Studio   


OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

Aaron Gonzalez  
Wait Until Dark, Variations Theatre Group   

Chelsie McPhilimy  
Rush, Team Awesome Robot   

John Narun  
Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey, Life Jacket Theatre Company  

Kia Rogers  
Rizing, Flux Theatre Ensemble   

Govin Ruben  
Exposure, Next In Line Productions LLC   

Serena Wong  
Gordy Crashes, Ricochet Collective   


OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

Mary Cann  
Hot L Baltimore, T. Schreiber Studio   

Kaitlyn Elizabeth Day  
The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks   

Viviane Galloway  
A Little Night Music, Theater 2020  

Jennifer A. Jacob  
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Astoria Performing Arts Center   

Emily Rose Parman  
She Stoops To Conquer, Hudson Warehouse

Ashley Soliman  
Fatty Fatty No Friends, Mind The Art Entertainment  


OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

George Allison  
Hot L Baltimore, T. Schreiber Studio   

Aaron Gonzalez  
Wait Until Dark, Variations Theatre Group   

Jennifer Neads  
Rush, Team Awesome Robot   

Kate Noll 
Gordy Crashes, Ricochet Collective   

Travis Russ & Carl Vorwerk  
Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey, Life Jacket Theatre Company  

Sandy Yaklin  
Office Politics, One Wild Jew Productions   


OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN

Andy Evan Cohen  
In the Soundless Awe, New Light Theater Project  

M.L. Dogg  
How to Live on Earth, Colt Coeur   

Ian W. Hill  
The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks   

Joe Jung & KJ Sanchez  
Unity (1918), Project: Theater   

Matt Sherwin  
Gluten!, Adjusted Realists  

Mark Van Hare  
Gordy Crashes, Ricochet Collective   


OUTSTANDING INNOVATIVE DESIGN

Andy Evan Cohen  
(Video Design)
Natural Life, T. Schreiber Studio   

Aaron Gonzalez & David Rey  
(Projection Design)
The Pillowman, Variations Theatre Group  

Berit Johnson  
(Props Design)
The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks   

John Narun  
(Projection Design)
Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey, Life Jacket Theatre Company  

Gil Sperling 
(Video Design)
City of Glass, Untitled Theater Co. #61  

Lynda White  
(Mask Design)
The Bacchae, The Faux-Real Theatre Company in association with LaMaMa ETC 


OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC

Christian De Gré  
Fatty Fatty No Friends, Mind The Art Entertainment  

Jonathan Elliott, Mark Greenfield, Tony Naumovski & Emily Serotta
The Bacchae, The Faux-Real Theatre Company in association with LaMaMa ETC  

James Brandon Lewis  
Dvorak In America, GOH Productions   

Ryan McCurdy  
Rush, Team Awesome Robot 

Matt Sherwin  
Gluten!, Adjusted Realists  

Anna Stefanic 
The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks   


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