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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

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 MarkNylda 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 SheridanYoshiko 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

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