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IT Awards - 2012 - Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role

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Melody Bates And 5th Wall Studio to Present ALL THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD


Melody Bates, in partnership with 5th Wall Studio, will present All the Birds of the World, part of her Enchanted Islands. Learn how to purchase tickets.

ENCHANTED ISLANDS Coming To DownEast Maine In July


Something magical is happening for families of all ages in the Deer Isle woods this summer from July 23-31, 2023.

ROMEO AND JULIET AND ZOMBIES Comes to Sinclair This Weekend


Sinclair Theatre presents R&J&Z (Romeo and Juliet and ZOMBIES) by Melody Bates from Oct. 21-29 in Blair Hall Theatre, building 2 on the downtown Dayton campus.

Brooklyn Book Festival Announces Programming Featuring Maulik Pancholy, Kate Beaton, Tiffany D. Jackson & More


The Brooklyn Book Festival, New York City’s largest free literary festival, has announced a selection of highlight events spanning the literary festival’s wide variety of in-person and virtual offerings (September 25 through October 3).

Sinclair Theatre Announces 2022-2023 Season: That Ah-Ha! Moment


Sinclair Theatre has announced its 2022-2023 Mainstage Season 'That Ah-Ha! Moment' in Blair Hall, building 2, on the downtown Dayton campus.

A PLAY FOR VOICES to Premiere at 2022 FRIGID Festival


Award-winning playwright-performer and indie theatre darling Melody Bates joins a powerhouse international company of artists to present A PLAY FOR VOICES as part of the 2022 FRIGID Festival.

Performance Schedule Announced for 2022 FRIGID Festival


FRIGID New York will present the 16th Annual FRIGID Festival at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) and UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A), February 16-March 6, 2022. 

FRIGID New York To Present 2022 FRIGID Festival This February


FRIGID New York will present the 16th Annual FRIGID Festival at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) and UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A), February 16-March 6, 2022. Performances will also be available to livestream from home.

Luna Stage Continues Voting Writes Project Throughout October


Luna Stage's ambitious and timely Voting Writes Project continues this month with world premiere plays, films, a concept album, and a costume party. Luna commissioned these myriad interactive events to inspire civic engagement in the November 2020 election. All events are free and open to the public via interactive livestream on Luna Stage's Facebook and YouTube. Previous performances can be viewed on Luna's website and IGTV.

ROMEO & JULIET Verse Zombie Comedy By Melody Bates Published


The critically acclaimed zombie comedy follow up to Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet is being published by Original Works Publishing.

TRU Announces Casting For Upcoming Virtual Readings


Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the casting for the first virtual presentation of its 2020 TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series, presented with generous support from The Storyline Project.

Theater Resources Unlimited Announces 2020 TRU VOICES NEW PLAYS READING SERIES


Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the first virtual presentation of its 2020 TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series, presented with generous support from The Storyline Project.

IN THE WORKS Comes to The Duplex Cabaret Theatre


Honeck-Moss Productions will present a?oeIn The Works.a?? This exciting series is an opportunity for composers to try out new work in front of an audience and see how it plays in a supportive environment. It is also an opportunity to create community among the composers and their performers.

Casting Announced For Opera House Arts' 20th Anniversary Season


Opera House Arts at the Stonington Opera House in Maine announced today the complete casts and creative teams for the company's 20th Anniversary Season, which includes Shakespeare in Love (July 18-28), based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, adapted for the stage by Lee Hall as well as Avalon (August 15-25), a world-premiere by Melody Bates.

Sean Chandler Goes Backstage with Charles Busch and More at 2017 New York Innovative Theatre Awards


Award-winning playwright Sean Chandler, creator and host of the theatre podcast Your Program Is Your Ticket (YPIYT), went backstage at the 2017 New York Innovative Theatre Awards, where he interviewed award recipients and presenters.

Winners Announced for 13th Annual New York Innovative Theatre Awards!


On Monday, September 25, 2017, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization who for the past 13 years has been dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, presented 26 awards and four honorary awards for outstanding achievement in theatre at the 13t h Annual New York innovative Theatre Awards Ceremony , Gerald Lynch Theatre located in the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019. If you are unable to attend, watch it live online at www.nyitawards.com/live .

Wax Factory's Modern Take on The Seagull, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!, Set for One-Night Show at Lincoln Center Atrium


WaxFactory presents a work-in-progress showing of PUT YOURSELF TOGETHER!, a modern, media-enhanced riff on Anton Chekhov's classic The Seagull.

Nominees Announced for the 2017 Innovative Theatre Awards; Full List!


On Monday, July 24, 2017, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization who for the past 13 years has been dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2017 nominees at its annual event, The IT Party.

Wax Factory's Modern Take on The Seagull, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!, Set for One-Night Show at Lincoln Center Atrium


WaxFactory presents a work-in-progress showing of PUT YOURSELF TOGETHER!, a modern, media-enhanced riff on Anton Chekhov's classic The Seagull.

Performances Added to CABARET AT THE END OF THE WORLD at IRT


Hard Sparks gives the ancients a twist with a pair of shows in rep: Melody Bates and Rebecca Hart's The Cabaret at the End of the World (directed by Joan Jubett), set in a nightclub in Julius Caesar-era Rome; and Bob Bartlett's Bareback Ink (directed by David Drake), a modern queer update of the Ganymede myth, set in a tattoo shop.

Melody Bates FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Melody Bates been nominated for?

Melody Bates has been nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role at the IT Awards for her performance in Eightythree Down.

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