Midtown International Theatre Festival's 13th Annual Award Ceremony Set for Tonight, 10/28

The Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival (MITF) presents its Thirteenth Annual Season Awards Ceremony tonight, October 28, 2012 at 7pm at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 W. 46th Street, NYC.

Tickets are $15 and are available now at www.midtownfestival.org by phone at 866-811-4111. (NOTE: Until tickets go on sale online, you may make a reservation by e-mail to midtownfestival@gmail.com.) Each paid admission includes tickets redeemable for a refreshment comprising beer, wine, or soft drinks. Doors open at 7; awards begin at 8.

The Awards Ceremony will feature entertainment by some of the 2012 season's hit shows, to be announced.

The 2012 season nominees are:

Outstanding Production of a Play
Love. Guts. High School.
Left & Right
Braced
Final Analysis
Relax! Alice
Falling Awake

Outstanding Production of a Musical
A Taste of Chocolate
The Prince and the Pauper/Le Prince et le pauvre
Love Lies - Treat Her Like a Lady
Spoolie Girl
Tombstone
Wh@t if?

Outstanding Production of a Short Subject
Staged Reading
Hamlet Bound & Unbound
Mogadishu
His Father's Son

Outstanding Production of a Staged Reading
Petunia
No Complications, Please!

Outstanding New Script for a Full Production
Vicki Vodrey - Thank You Notes: Headed to Heaven with Flat Jimmy Fallon
Ming Peiffer - Relax! Alice
Braced
Matthew Ethan Davis - Falling Awake
Otho Eskin - Final Analysis
Timothy Ware - A Taste of Chocolate

Outstanding New Script for a Short Subject or Staged Reading
Sean Michael Welch - Staged Reading
Andrew Rothkin - Hamlet Bound & Unbound
Matthew Klein - Domestic
Molly Rydzel - Erotomania
Jack Wernick - Destination Wedding

Outstanding Music & Lyrics for a Full Production
Timothy Ware - A Taste of Chocolate
Julien Salvia (music), Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal (original French lyrics and book), and Michael Conley (English adaptation) - The Prince and the Pauper/Le Prince et le pauvre
Rosemary Loar & Robert Atwood - Spoolie Girl
Tombstone
Wh@t if?

Outstanding Music & Lyrics for a Short Subject or Staged Reading
John Levy - Petunia
Adele Anderson - Sneazons of Liz

Outstanding Direction of a Full Production (Play or Musical)
Peter Michael Marino - Love. Guts. High School.
Hinton Battle - Love Lies - Treat Her Like a Lady
Timothy Ware - A Taste of Chocolate
Steven Eubank - Thank You Notes
Ludovica Villar-Hauser - Final Analysis
Karen Carpenter - Spoolie Girl

Outstanding Direction of a Short Subject or Staged Reading
Chris Triebel - Staged Reading
Joan Kane - Hamlet Bound & Unbound
Nicolas Minas - Petunia
Renee Rodriguez - Correction

Outstanding Costume Design for a Full Production
Falling Awake
Left & Right
Jenny Green - Final Analysis
Braced
Spoolie Girl
KB Design - Tombstone

Outstanding Costume Design for a Short Subject
Staged Reading
Catherine Fisher - Hamlet Bound & Unbound
Frozen Borders
Jenny Green - A Dozen Perfect Moments

Outstanding Sound Design for a Full Production
Jason Ellis - Relax! Alice
Nick Moore - Keep on Truckin' - It's War
Whatta Ya Nuts!
Jeanne Wu - Final Analysis
Love Lies - Treat Her Like a Lady

Outstanding Sound Design for a Short Subject
Brandon O'Connor - Mogadishu
Ian Wehrle - Hamlet Bound & Unbound
Aaron Gonzalez - Erotomania
Jeanne Wu - A Dozen Perfect Moments
Dan Parilis - Attic
AaRon Porter & Renee Rodriguez - Correction

Outstanding Scenic Design for a Full Production
Left & Right
Relax! Alice
Brittany Vasta - Final Analysis
Cocktales
Mustafa Farhad Zahir - Head Over Heels in Saudi Arabia
Alex Perry - Thank You Notes

Outstanding Scenic Design for a Short Subject
Bruce A! Kraemer - Hamlet Bound & Unbound
Staged Reading
'Til Death Do Us Part
Brittany Vasta - A Dozen Perfect Moments

Outstanding Lighting Design for a Full Production
Aaron Gonzalez - Keep on Truckin' - It's War
Justin Hoffecker - A Taste of Chocolate
Joyce Liao - Final Analysis
Sam Gordon - Love Lies - Treat Her Like a Lady
Spoolie Girl
Mustafa Farhad Zahir - Head Over Heels in Saudi Arabia

Outstanding Lighting Design for a Short Subject
Drew Florida - Staged Reading
Bruce A! Kraemer - Hamlet Bound & Unbound
Mogadishu
Joyce Liao - A Dozen Perfect Moments

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play (Full Production)
Jay Pension & Nathaniel Punches - Left & Right
Michael Goldsmith - Final Analysis
Jay Rivera - Falling Awake
Gannon McHale - Final Analysis
Gary Lizardo - Whatta Ya Nuts!

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play (Full Production)
Jeanette Bonner - Love. Guts. High School.
Vanessa Severo - Thank You Notes: Headed to Heaven with Flat Jimmy Fallon
Ming Peiffer - Relax! Alice
Rebecca Steele - Braced
Elizabeth Jasicki - Final Analysis
Christine Verleny - Keep on Truckin' - It's War

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical (Full Production)
Timothy Ware - A Taste of Chocolate
Clyde Voce - Love Lies - Treat Her Like a Lady
Cameron J. Ross - Love Lies - Treat Her Like a Lady
Roger "Yolanda" Mapes - Spoolie Girl
Conor McIntyre - Spoolie Girl
Jeremy Zoma - Wh@t if?

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical (Full Production)
Virginia Woodruff - A Taste of Chocolate
Emilie Allard - The Prince and the Pauper/Le Prince et le pauvre
Catherine Porter - Spoolie Girl
Rosemary Loar - Spoolie Girl
Jennafer Newberry - Spoolie Girl
Jillian Walker - Love Lies - Treat Her Like a Lady

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Short Subject
Andrew Dunn - Staged Reading
Eric Percival - Hamlet Bound & Unbound
Joe Ferraro - Staged Reading
Enrique Huile - Mogadishu
Ben Baur - Hamlet Bound & Unbound

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Short Subject
Nicole Stoica - Staged Reading
Kelly Zekas - Hamlet Bound & Unbound
Deborah Unger - His Father's Son
Tatyana Kot - Frozen Borders
Lauren McCune - Domestic

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Full Production, Short Subject, or Staged Reading
Ernest Mingione - Whatta Ya Nuts!
Scott Cox - Thank You Notes
German Rodriquez - Spoolie Girl
Lennie Watts - Spoolie Girl
Richard Nicolas Villeneuve - The Prince and the Pauper/Le Prince et le pauvre
Stephen Bradbury - Final Analysis

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Full Production, Short Subject, or Staged Reading
Nathalie Niesing - The Prince and the Pauper/Le Prince et le pauvre
Kaitlyn Huczko - Staged Reading
Taylor Lintelman - Tombstone
Michelle Cox - Cocktales
Mallory Hawks - Wh@t if?

Outstanding Ensemble Performance by a Full Production, Short Subject, or Staged Reading
Staged Reading
A Taste of Chocolate
Final Analysis
Love Lies - Treat Her Like a Lady
Falling Awake
Tombstone

Outstanding Choreography (including Dance and Fight) in a Full Production, Short Subject, or Staged Reading
Timothy Ware - A Taste of Chocolate
Mark Karafin - Keep on Truckin' - It's War
Left & Right
Staged Reading
Love Lies - Treat Her Like a Lady
Volcano

Outstanding Show Marketing & Advertising (including Programs, Postcards, Social Media, Websites, etc.) for a Full Production, Short Subject, or Staged Reading
A Taste of Chocolate
Final Analysis
Left & Right
Whatta Ya Nuts!
Cocktales
Staged Reading

In addition to the Artistic Awards above, MITF bestows the following prizes:

The Congeniality Award- Awarded to a festival production that excels in demonstrating congeniality before, during, and after the festival process, including efficiency, flexibility, tact, and professionalism. This monetary award is voted on by the Festival crew that interacts with the shows on a daily basis, and presented by MITF Production Manager Ted Stearns.

Producers' Awards- This monetary award is awarded to the producers who sell the most tickets and engage in the most inventive marketing, presented by MITF Executive Producer John Chatterton.

The MITF's 2012 season ran from July 16 - August 5, 2012 at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor and the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor.

Mr. Chatterton created the MITF in 2000, a Midtown alternative to other theatre festivals, as a way to present the finest Off-Off Broadway talent in convenience, comfort, and safety. In 2003, the MITF moved its activities to their current location, the Theatre Building on W. 36th St., where it has been successfully ensconced since. The MITF's artistic emphasis is on the script itself, and therefore the Festival focuses on minimal production values.

For more information, visit www.midtownfestival.org.