Tuesday, September 25, 2012

New York Innovative Theatre Awards (the IT Awards)



(winners are in bold and underlined)
Artistic Achievement Award: 5 Lesbian Brothers
Ellen Stewart Award: The Theatre Development Fund (TDF)
Caffé Cino Fellowship Award:  Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Stage Manager: Katie Kavett
2012 Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award: Donnetta Lavinia Grays

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
­ Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant Returns in: The Mothership Landing: Justin Badger, David M. Barber, Melody Bates, Stephanie Dodd, Jeffrey Fracé, Connie Hall, Kelly Hayes, Jerusha Klemperer, Peter Lettre, Rachel Murdy, Melody Bates, Peter Richards, Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant in association with the Irondale Center
The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill: Vol. 1, Early/Lost Plays Daniel Burnam, Brendan Donaldson, Cara Francis, Connor Kalista, Jacquelyn Landgraf, Erica Livingston, Lauren Sharpe, New York Neo-Futurists
Eightythree Down Melody Bates, Ian Holcomb, Bryan Kaplan, Brian Miskell, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When the Streets Were Too Much Loren Amos, Duane Boutte, Alexis Francisco, Anthony Gaskins, Michael Alexis Palmer, David Roberts, Robert G. Siverls, Zook, Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company
Homunculus: Reloaded Adriana Chavez, David DeSantis, Lauren Elder, Regina Gibson, Mel House, Jennifer Luong, Eeva Semerdjiev, William Silva, Brett Teresa, Homunculus Mask Theater
Urban Odyssey Penelope Armstead-Williams, Rocky Bostick, Ching-I Chang, Maura Donohue, Denise Greber, Alice Pasturel, Federico Restrepo, Gilbert Reyes, Kiku Sakai, Kayla Schetter, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with LOCO7

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
­ Melanie Jones, Endure: A Run Woman Show, Collision Productions
Bree Benton, Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club
Greg Oliver Bodine, Poe, Times Two, WorkShop Theater Company
Zac Jaffee, Heroes and Other Strangers, the cell theatre
Juan Francisco Villa, Empanada For A Dream, Ballybeg & terraNOVA Collective
Raïna von Waldenburg, Oysters Orgasms Obituaries, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with Center for Embodied Performance

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE
­ Stephen Alan Wilson, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, T. Schreiber Studio
Karl Gregory, Frogs, Fault Line Theatre
Ian Holcomb, Eightythree Down, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
Jason Howard, Advance Man, Gideon Productions
Bryan Kaplan, Eightythree Down, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
Curry Whitmire, Christopher Marlowe's Chloroform Dreams, Lunar Energy

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE
­ Celeste Arias, Demon Dreams (Oni No Yume), Magic Futurebox
Lauren Blumenfeld, Exit Carolyn, Sans A Productions
Teresa Kelsey, The House of Mirth, Metropolitan Playhouse
Marie Marshall, The House of Mirth, Metropolitan Playhouse
Ryan Templeton, A Hard Wall at High Speed, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Halley Wegryn Gross, Sex Good; Money Bad, Broken Watch Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
­ Greg Horton, A Man of No Importance, The Gallery Players
Adam Barrie, Dust, Tenement Street Workshop in association with Incubator Arts Project
Hunter Canning, Dust, Tenement Street Workshop in association with Incubator Arts Project
Karl Gregory, From White Plains, Fault Line Theatre
Brian Miskell, Eightythree Down, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
Charlie Owens, A Man of No Importance, The Gallery Players
Aidan Redmond, The Real Thing, Boomerang Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
­ Renee Claire Bergeron, A Man of No Importance, The Gallery Players
Melody Bates, Eightythree Down, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
Casandera M.J. Lollar, The Runner Stumbles, Retro Productions
Charlotte Pines, Callous Cad, Tom X. Chao in association with Kim Katzberg
Laura Ramadei, Exit Carolyn, Sans A Productions
Christina Shipp, Ajax in Iraq, Flux Theatre Ensemble

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT
­ Joe Osheroff & Evan Zes, Homunculus: Reloaded, Homunculus Mask Theater
Jessica Isa Burns, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When the Streets Were Too Much, Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company
Lee Sunday Evans, The Deepest Play Ever: The Catharsis of Pathos, CollaborationTown
Christine O'Grady, A Man of No Importance, The Gallery Players
Lauren Sharpe, The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill: Vol. 1, Early/Lost Plays, New York Neo-Futurists
Turner Smith, Romeo and Juliet, Northwest Passage

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
­ Joe Osheroff, Homunculus: Reloaded, Homunculus Mask Theater
Kevin Laibson, Demon Dreams (Oni No Yume), Magic Futurebox
Christopher Loar, The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill: Vol. 1, Early/Lost Plays, New York Neo-Futurists
Alex Roe, The House of Mirth, Metropolitan Playhouse
Aaron Rossini, Frogs, Fault Line Theatre
August Schulenburg, Ajax in Iraq, Flux Theatre Ensemble

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
­ David A. Sexton, The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever, F*It Club
Nick Francone, Miranda, MirandaCo
Richard Kent Green, Poe, Times Two, WorkShop Theater Company
Ben Hagen & Joe Skowronski, LoveSick (or Things That Don't Happen), Project Y Theatre Company
Cat Tate Starmer, A Hard Wall at High Speed, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant Returns in: The Mothership Landing, Connis Avant Garde Restaurant in association with the Irondale Center

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
­ Sidney Fortner, The House of Mirth, Metropolitan Playhouse
Denise Greber, Urban Odyssey, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with LOCO7
Kim Katzberg, Penetrating the Space, Kim Katzberg
Jessica Sofia Mitrani, Hypnotik: The Seer Will Doctor You Now, The New Stage Theatre Comapny
Ayanna Siverls-Streater, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When the Streets Were Too Much, Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company
David L. Zwiers, The Asphalt Christmas, Gracye Productions

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
­ Kevin Judge, LoveSick (or Things That Don't Happen), Project Y Theatre Company
Stephen K. Dobay, A Hard Wall at High Speed, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Sarah E. Martin & Sara Nelson, The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever, F*It Club
Steve O'Shea, Up To You, TADA! Youth Theater
Sean Ryan, Clowns Full-Tilt: A Musing on Aesthetics, Clowns Ex Machina/La MaMa
Andy Yanni, Felix and the Diligence, or a Play About Fishermen in the 1940's, Pipeline Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
­ Matt Schloss, Miranda, MirandaCo
Martha Goode, Costa Rehab, Maieutic Theatre Works (MTWorks)
Christopher Loar, The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill: Vol. 1, Early/Lost Plays, New York Neo-Futurists
Mark Parenti, The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever, F*It Club
Nathan A. Roberts, A Hard Wall at High Speed, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Tim Schellenbaum, Urban Odyssey, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with LOCO7

OUTSTANDING INNOVATIVE DESIGN
­ Joe Osheroff, Mask Design, Homunculus: Reloaded, Homunculus Mask Theater
Gyda Arber & Aaron Baker, Phone & Text Design, Red Cloud Rising, The Fifth Wall in association with The Brick Theater
Maia Cruz Palileo, Animation and Sculpture, Penetrating the Space, Kim Katzberg
Elizabeth Barrett Groth & Amy Mathews, Puppet Design, We in Silence Hear a Whisper, Red Fern Theatre Company
Federico Restrepo & Angela Sierra, Video Editing & Design, Urban Odyssey, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with LOCO7
Suchan Vodoor, Interactive Technology Design, Endure: A Run Woman Show, Collision Productions

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC
­ Jeff Raab, 12th Night, Libra Theater Company
Karolyn Bethke, Kris Kukul, John Sully, Elizabeth Swados & Martin Wallace, Urban Odyssey, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with LOCO7
Sasha Bogdanowitsch, Erosion: a Fable, Loom Ensemble
Christine Owman, Endure: A Run Woman Show, Collision Productions
Kamala Sankaram, Miranda, MirandaCo
Sxip Shirey, Prometheus Within, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with Skysaver Productions

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT
­ Chisa Hutchinson, This is Not the Play, Mad Dog Theatre Company
Lucy Boyle, Mort, The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever, F*It Club
Dean Imperial, The Needle Through the Arm Trick, Too Much Too Soon, Lesser America
Vincent Marano, Artistic License, What I Meant Was... The Odd, Short-Ish Of Vinnie Marano, teatro oscuro
Joe Osheroff & Evan Zes, Homunculus: Reloaded, Homunculus Mask Theater
Anna Ziegler, A Map of Broken Glass, The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever, F*It Club

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL FULL-LENGTH SCRIPT
­ Melanie Jones, Endure: A Run Woman Show, Collision Productions
Zac Jaffee, Heroes and Other Strangers, the cell theatre
Mariah MacCarthy, The Foreplay Play, Caps Lock Theatre
Michael Perlman, From White Plains, Fault Line Theatre
Mac Rogers, Advance Man, Gideon Productions
Juan Francisco Villa, Empanada For A Dream, Ballybeg & terraNOVA Collective

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ART PIECE
­ Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant Returns in: The Mothership Landing, Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant in association with the Irondale Center
The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill: Vol. 1, Early/Lost Plays, New York Neo-Futurists
Empanada For A Dream, Ballybeg & terraNOVA Collective
Endure: A Run Woman Show, Collision Productions
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When the Streets Were Too Much, Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company
Homunculus: Reloaded, Homunculus Mask Theater

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
­ Miranda, MirandaCo
 LoveSick (or Things That Don't Happen), Project Y Theatre Company
A Man of No Importance, The Gallery Players
The Secret Garden, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Unville Brazil, FullStop Collective
Up To You, TADA! Youth Theater

OUTSTANDING PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
­ Advance Man, Gideon Productions
Demon Dreams (Oni No Yume), Magic Futurebox
Eightythree Down, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
The Foreplay Play, Caps Lock Theatre
From White Plains, Fault Line Theatre
A Hard Wall at High Speed, Astoria Performing Arts Center

Fabulous Flux-ers
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A REMOUNTED PLAY
­ Ajax in Iraq, Flux Theatre Ensemble
Frogs, Fault Line Theatre
The House of Mirth, Metropolitan Playhouse
Poe, Times Two, WorkShop Theater Company
The Real Thing, Boomerang Theatre Company
The Violet Hour, The Active Theater in association with Goode Productions

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