2016 New York Innovative Theatre Nominees Announced!
By: BWW News Desk Aug. 08, 2016
On Monday, August 8, 2016, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization who for the past 12 years has been dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2016 nominees at its annual event, The IT Party, celebrating 12 years and thousands of nominees at 42West. Scroll down for the full list of nominations!
The free event was open to the entire community, celebrating the best and the brightest in OOB. The announcement was made by the co-executive directors, Shay Gines, Nick Micozzi and Company Manager, Akia, plus members of the community including: Isaac Byrne (director), Stephanie Cox-Williams (company manager Nosedive Productions), Montserrat Mendez (playwright & director), Jill Miersch (FringeNYC), Ken Simon, and Morgan Zipf-Meister (actor & lighting designer).
The 2016 New York Innovative Theatre Award Nominees represent 142 individual Artists, 50 different productions and 42 different theatre companies. In the past 12 years, the IT Awards have honored nearly 2,200 artists, 600 productions and 550 companies.
T.Schreiber Theatre's Terry Schreiber, who is nominated for outstanding director for the revival of Harper Regan, feels proud of his nominees, "because they brought insight, commitment, courage, and risk taking to the work and very nuanced performances." He added with appreciation to the IT Awards, "Thank you for your continued support of the arts!"
2016 NOMINEES:
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
Crumble, MORA Theater
Peter Michael Marino
Late With Lance!, PM2 Entertainment
Siobhan O'Loughlin
Broken Bone Bathtub, Elephant Run District
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
The Pillowman, Variations Theatre Group
Joseph D. Giardina
Natural Life, T. Schreiber Studio
Utility, The Amoralists
Ryan Johnston
Harper Regan, T. Schreiber Studio
Mike Phillips Gomez
Harper Regan, T. Schreiber Studio
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
Connected, Project Y Theatre Company
Noelle McGrath
Natural Life, T. Schreiber Studio
Rush, Team Awesome Robot
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks
Butcher Holler Here We Come, Aztec Economy
Gordy Crashes, Ricochet Collective
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Astoria Performing Arts Center
How to Live on Earth, Colt Coeur
A Chorus Line, The Secret Theatre
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Natural Life, T. Schreiber Studio
Wait Until Dark, Variations Theatre Group
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
A Chorus Line, The Secret Theatre
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
In the Heights, The Gallery Players
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
Harper Regan, T. Schreiber Studio
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Wait Until Dark, Variations Theatre Group
Chelsie McPhilimy
Rush, Team Awesome Robot
Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey, Life Jacket Theatre Company
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
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
Hot L Baltimore, T. Schreiber Studio
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
How to Live on Earth, Colt Coeur
The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks
Unity (1918), Project: Theater
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
(Props Design)
The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks
(Projection Design)
Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey, Life Jacket Theatre Company
(Video Design)
City of Glass, Untitled Theater Co. #61
(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
Rush, Team Awesome Robot
Gluten!, Adjusted Realists
The Golfer, Gemini CollisionWorks
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT
Time in the Penn, The Fire This Time Festival
Ayun Halliday
Fawnbook, Gemini CollisionWorks
Jiréh Breon Holder
God Will Know The Difference, The Fire This Time Festival
Kim Katzberg
Strays, Kim Katzberg in collaboration with Nora Woolley and Raquel Cion
Roger Q. Mason
Hard Palate, The Fire This Time Festival
Siobhan O'Loughlin
Broken Bone Bathtub, Elephant Run District
Christopher Torres
We Come Here as part of Astoria Stories, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Kathleen Warnock
The Further Adventures Of..., TOSOS
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL FULL-LENGTH SCRIPT
Jamal Abdunnasir, Tim Craig, Peregrine Heard, Lauren LaRocca, Emily Stout, Beatrice Vena, & Ayana Wilson
Black Protagonist, The Associates Theater Ensemble
Niki Hatzidis & Anastasia Rutkowski
Steel Birds, manhattan theatre source's Estrogenius Festival
Connected, Project Y Theatre Company
Utility, The Amoralists
Scott C. Sickles
Composure, WorkShop Theater Company
Seanie Sugrue
One Way To Pluto!, Locked In The Attic Productions
Steve: A Docu-Musical, New York Neo-Futurists
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ART PRODUCTION
Above Below
Broken Box Mime Theater
Broken Bone Bathtub
Elephant Run District
City of Glass
Untitled Theater Co. #61
Electronic City
The New Stage Theatre Company
Nord Hausen Fly Robot: (Invisible Republic #3)
Gemini CollisionWorks
War of the Worlds
Radiotheatre
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
A Chorus Line
The Secret Theatre
A Little Night Music
Theater 2020
Fatty Fatty No Friends
Mind The Art Entertainment
Steve: A Docu-Musical
New York Neo-Futurists
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Astoria Performing Arts Center
The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit
WorkShop Theater Company
OUTSTANDING PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Composure
WorkShop Theater Company
Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey
Life Jacket Theatre Company
Natural Life
T. Schreiber Studio
One Way To Pluto!
Locked In The Attic Productions
Steel Birds
manhattan theatre source's Estrogenius Festival
Utility
The Amoralists
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Connected
Project Y Theatre Company
Harper Regan
T. Schreiber Studio
Hot L Baltimore
T. Schreiber Studio
Street Theater
TOSOS
Unity (1918)
Project: Theater
Wait Until Dark
Variations Theatre Group
The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation is a not-for-profit organization recognizing the great work of New York City's Off-Off-Broadway, honoring its artistic heritage, and providing a meeting ground for this extensive and richly varied community. The organization advocates for Off-Off-Broadway and recognizes the unique and essential role it plays in contributing to American and global culture. They believe that publicly recognizing excellence in Off-Off-Broadway will expand audience awareness and foster greater appreciation of the New York theatre experience. For more, go to www.nyitawards.com.
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