IT Award Nominees and Winners 2016

On Monday, September 26, 2016, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation presented their IT Awards. Winners are marked with asterisks.

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE

** 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

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

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

**Siobhan O'Loughlin: Broken Bone Bathtub, Elephant Run District

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

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

**Timothy McCown Reynolds: The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks

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

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE

**Midori Francis: Connected, Project Y Theatre Company

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

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

**Maeve Yore: Harper Regan, T. Schreiber Studio

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

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

**Fritz Brekeller: Composure, WorkShop Theater Company

Michael Bello: In the Heights, The Gallery Players

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

**Kaitlyn Elizabeth Day: The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks

Mary Cann: Hot L Baltimore, T. Schreiber Studio

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

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

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

Matt Sherwin: Gluten!, Adjusted Realists

Mark Van Hare: Gordy Crashes