2018 Innovative Theatre Awards Nominees

The 2018 Innovative Theatre Awards Ceremony is September 24, 2018. The nominees are as follows:

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE

Danielle Amendola, Jessica Banegas, Ryan Hunt, Kelsey Martin, Joe Marx, Todd Ritch, Alyssa Faye Smith, Jordan Westfall, Felicia Wilkins

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, 5th Floor Theatre Company

Jim Anderson, Jes Bedwinek, Amy Fulgham, Alexandra Gellner, Bethany, Patrick T. Horn, Shannon Stowe, Angie Tennant

Asylum, New Dance Theatre in association with Access Theatre

Denali Bennett, Victoria Bundonis, LaDonna Burns, Denise DeMars, Tia DeShazor, Susan Cohen DeStefano, Christine Donnelly, Andrea Dotto, Dan Entriken, Jonathan Fluck, Spencer Hansen, James Harter, Marcie Henderson, Greg Horton, Kathleen LaMagna, Andrea McCullough, Sharae Moultrie, Ben Northrup, Rusty Riegelman, Bruce Sabath, Carolyn Seiff, Cliff Sellers, Lauren Alice Smith, Lucy Sorlucco, Tina Stafford, Noah Virgile, Mandarin Wu

Follies, Astoria Performing Arts Center 

Zac Jaffee, Maurice Jones, Cassandra Paras, Leigh Williams, Justin Yorio

The Loneliest Number, Amios 

Cynthia Babak, Carrie Heitman, Emily Kunkel, Chad Lindsey, Elizabeth London, Asia Mark, Nylda Ria Mark, Javan Nelson, Jeremy Rafal

She-She-She, Hook & Eye Theater 

Sami Bray, Juliana Canfield, Samantha Blaire Cutler, Gregory Diaz IV, Renata Friedman, Carolyn Holding, Lynne Lipton, Austin Smith, Matthew Stadelmann, Paul Wesley

Zurich, Colt Coeur

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

Eric Avilés  

Where You From? What You Be About?, Liberation Arts Collective  

Clara Francesca  

Manifesting Mrs. Marx, Loup Garou Internationale  

Timothy McCown Reynolds  

Syndrome, Loup Garou Internationale  

J.A. Moad II  

Outside Paducah: The Wars at Home, Poetic Theater Productions  

Valerie Redd

You / Emma, Wandering Bark Theatre Company in association with IRT Theater  

Ilia Volok  

Diary of a Madman, A Perfect World Productions  

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE

Eric Doviak

Apartment 301, Elsinore County

John Lenartz  

Tartuffe, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble  

Justin Phillips  

A New Brain, The Gallery Players  

Todd Ritch  

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, 5th Floor Theatre Company  

Ric Sechrest  

We Are a Masterpiece, Retro Productions  

Justin Yorio

The Loneliest Number, Amios

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE

Victoria Bundonis

Follies, Astoria Performing Arts Center  

LaDonna Burns

Follies,Astoria Performing Arts Center  

Mary-Linda Greene  

Enough Vo5 for the Universe, Melanie Maria Goodreaux in association with Theater for the New City  

Megan Greener  

Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet Isn't Dead  

Maria Peyramaure

Breitwisch Farm, Esperance Theater Company  

Elisabeth Preston  

The Elephant Man, The Gallery Players  

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE

Travis Burbee  

Dog Sees God, The E.P.I.C. Players  

Christopher J. Domig

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Sea Dog Theater  

Greg Horton

Follies, Astoria Performing Arts Center  

Jesse Manocherian

A New Brain, The Gallery Players  

Ryan McCurdy

Greencard Wedding, Goode Productions  

Mitch Tebo  

Plaza Suite, The Gallery Players  

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE

Rosa Arredondo  

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Sea Dog Theater  

Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy  

Richard III, Smith Street Stage  

Alexandra Cohler  

Basement, Roly Poly Productions  

Maggie Low  

Chickens in the Yard, Adjusted Realists  

Rosa Rodriguez  

Three on a Match, IATI Theater

Camille Upshaw

Letters in the Dirt, The Brick Theater, Inc. in association with Rosie DeSantis  

Leigh Williams

The Loneliest Number, Amios  

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT

Mick Bleyer  

Snow, A.N.O.N. Productions  

Sara Brians  

Follies, Astoria Performing Arts Center  

Emily Clark  

It Shoulda Been You, The Gallery Players  

The New Dance Theatre Company

Asylum, New Dance Theatre in association with Access Theatre  

Kristen Brooks Sandler  

Lysistrata Jones, Ophelia Theatre Group  

Keelie Sheridan, Yoshiko Usami, & The Ume Group

by wing, fin, hoof or foot, The Ume Group  

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR

Adrienne Campbell-Holt

Zurich, Colt Coeur

Ashley Griffin  

Snow, A.N.O.N. Productions  

Mark Lewis  

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Sea Dog Theater  

Timothy McCown Reynolds  

Manifesting Mrs. Marx, Loup Garou Internationale  

Jordan Reeves  

Pericles: Born in a Tempest, Hunger & Thirst Theatre in association with The Guerilla Shakespeare Project  

Virlana Tkacz

1917-2017: Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs, Yara Arts Group in association with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

Stacey Boggs  

AMP, Goode Productions  

Alejandro Fajardo

She-She-She, Hook & Eye Theater  

Paul Hudson  

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Sea Dog Theater  

Jeff Nash  

Manifesting Mrs. Marx, Loup Garou Internationale  

Jay Ryan  

The Snow Queen, Blessed Unrest in association with New Ohio Theatre  

Annie Wiegand  

Follies, Astoria Performing Arts Center  

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

Sidney Fortner  

The Jewish King Lear, Metropolitan Playhouse  

Joey Haws  

The Elephant Man, The Gallery Players  

Debbi Hobson  

Tartuffe, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble  

Jennifer A. Jacob  

Follies, Astoria Performing Arts Center  

Emily Rose Parman  

Trojan Women, Hudson Warehouse  

Haley Peterson

Soot and Spit, Our Voices Theater in association with  IRT Theater

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

Ann Beyersdorfer

Follies, Astoria Performing Arts Center  

Ann Beyersdorfer  

A Real Boy, Ivy Theatre Company  

Clifton Chadick  

Only You Can Prevent Wildfires, Ricochet Collective  

You-Shin Chen  

Basement, Roly Poly Productions  

Maruti Evans

Precious Little Talent, Shea Delves Productions  

Devin Petersen  

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Sea Dog Theater  

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN

Dan Bianchi  & Wes Shippee  

Radiotheatre's 9th Annual H.P.Lovecraft Festival, Radiotheatre in association with Theater At St. John's  

Megan Culley  

A Real Boy, Ivy Theatre Company  

Caroline Eng  & James Higgins  

Follies, Astoria Performing Arts Center  

Beth Lake  

The Snow Queen, Blessed Unrest in association with New Ohio Theatre  

Lee Salevan

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Sea Dog Theater  

Mark Van Hare  

Sheila, The Associates Theater Ensemble  

OUTSTANDING INNOVATIVE DESIGN

Sangmin Chae & Bo sul Kim  for Video Design

Panorama, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club  

Waldemart Klyuzko for Projection Design

1917-2017: Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs , Yara Arts Group in association with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

Joe Moro for Projection Design

Only You Can Prevent Wildfires, Ricochet Collective  

Matt Reeves for Projection Design

Pericles: Born in a Tempest, Hunger & Thirst Theatre in association with The Guerilla Shakespeare Project

Lisa Renkel for Projection Design

Outside Paducah: The Wars at Home, Poetic Theater Productions  

Eric Wright for Puppet Design
A Real Boy, Ivy Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC

David Anzuelo, Jody Christopherson, Michael de Roos, Ryan McCurdy, Adam Swiderski

Greencard Wedding, Goode Productions  

Dan Bianchi  

Radiotheatre's 9th Annual H.P.Lovecraft Festival, Radiotheatre in association with Theater At St.John's  

Pornchanok Kanchanabanca

She-She-She, Hook & Eye Theater  

Julian Kytasty, Serhiy Zhadan, & The Dogs   

1917-2017:Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs, Yara Arts Group in association with La MaMa Experimental Theatre  Club

James Overton  

Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet Isn't Dead  

Jacob Subotnick  

The Elephant Man, The Gallery Players  

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT

Mario Correa  

Henry , F*It Club  

Jahna Ferron-Smith  

Imperfect and Important, F*It Club

Joseph Hefner  

Agency, The Company Ink in association with Michael Johnson  

Jon Kern  

Cost/Benefit, F*It Club  

Dan McCabe

Snackable Content, F*It Club  

Amy Staats  

Detention, F*It Club  

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL FULL-LENGTH SCRIPT

Eric Avilés  

Where You From? What You Be About?, Liberation Arts Collective  

Rosie DeSantis  

Letters in the Dirt, The Brick Theater, Inc. in association with Rosie DeSantis  

Gina Femia

We Are a Masterpiece, Retro Productions  

Clara Francesca  

Manifesting Mrs. Marx, Loup Garou Internationale  

Stephen Kaliski

The Briefly Dead, Adjusted Realists  

Matt Opatrny  

The Snow Queen, Blessed Unrest in association with New Ohio Theatre  

Lizzie Vieh  

The Loneliest Number, Amios  

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ART PRODUCTION

AMP

Goode Productions

Asylum

New Dance Theatre in association with Access Theatre

The Infinite Wrench

New York Neo-Futurists

Lost Adult:  Answers to Any Name

Obvious Volcano

Panorama

LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club

Soot and Spit

Our Voices Theater in association with  IRT Theater

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

5th Floor Theatre Company

1917-2017:Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs

Yara Arts Group in association with LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club

A Charlie Brown Christmas

The Secret Theatre

Follies

Astoria Performing Arts Center

Lysistrata Jones

Ophelia Theatre Group

A New Brain

The Gallery Players

OUTSTANDING PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

Letters in the Dirt

The Brick Theater, Inc. in association with Rosie DeSantis

ReFUSE

Gemini CollisionWorks in association with The Brick Theater, Inc.

Snow

A.N.O.N. Productions

The Snow Queen

Blessed Unrest in association with New Ohio Theatre

Three on a Match

IATI Theater

Zurich

Colt Coeur

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea

Sea Dog Theater

Independence

Erica Knight, Teryn Gray, and Paige Felger

The Jewish King Lear

Metropolitan Playhouse

Manifesting Mrs. Marx

Loup Garou Internationale

Much Ado About Nothing

Hamlet Isn't Dead

Pericles: Born in a Tempest

Hunger & Thirst Theatre in association with The Guerilla Shakespeare Project