News: New York Innovative Theatre Awards Announce 2019 Nominees
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| 2019 NYIT Nominee Announcers: Jazmyn Arroyo, Erez Ziv, Ashley Rogers, Iyvon Edebiri, Jennifer Betit Yen, Chris Ignacio. Photo provided by Kampfire PR |
This year’s nominees include 147 individual artists and 64 productions presented by 73 theater companies (see below for a list of nominees). Two honorary awards, “The Founders Award” were presented by the co-founders, Shay Gines and Nick Micozzi, plus Akia, to publicist Katie Rosin and volunteer Christopher Borg for their fifteen years of service to the organization. "Both Katie and Christopher have been dedicated members of the Indie Theatre community. For the for the past 15 years we have been lucky enough that they have shared their passion and skills with our organization. We were honored to be able to recognize their contributions to the It Awards and to the community as a whole," stated Micozzi.
“It's remarkably nourishing to receive recognition from the larger New York Indie Theatre community, which feels like a continuation of the work we started with our production,” said Alexis Roblan who is nominated for Outstanding Original Full-Length Script for Red Emma and the Mad Monk, for which Maybe Burke, Katie Lindsay, John Salutz, and Teresa Lotz also received a nominations, for Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Sound Design, and Outstanding Original Music, respectively. Red Emma garnered a further nomination for Outstanding Production of a Musical (read our review here).
“It's remarkably nourishing to receive recognition from the larger New York Indie Theatre community, which feels like a continuation of the work we started with our production,” said Alexis Roblan who is nominated for Outstanding Original Full-Length Script for Red Emma and the Mad Monk, for which Maybe Burke, Katie Lindsay, John Salutz, and Teresa Lotz also received a nominations, for Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Sound Design, and Outstanding Original Music, respectively. Red Emma garnered a further nomination for Outstanding Production of a Musical (read our review here).
The 2019 New York Innovative Theatre Awards Ceremony will take place on September 16. Watch @nyitawards for details.
2019 New York Innovative Theatre Awards Nominees:
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
Alex & Eugene
Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Aja Downing, Reggie Herold, Katherine Leidlein, Joseph M. Mace, Rori Nogee, Noah Pyzik, Jae Shin, Anna Stefanic, Brittany Zeinstra
Hamlet (What Dreams May Come)
Ript Theater Company in association with The Secret Theatre
Lindsay Alexandra Carter, Ade Otukoya, Chauncy Thomas, Nathan Winkelstein
The Maids
The Seeing Place Theater
Erin Cronican, Christine Redhead, Gaia Visnar
Plan G
Randomly Specific Theatre
Allan Hayhurst, Lauren LeBeouf, Tiffany May McRae, Sarah Misch, Larry Phillips, Forrest Weber
Spring Awakening
Gallery Players
Taylor Bloom, Aaron Braden, Harrison Bryan, Jacob Anthony Cain, Brendan Charles, Osborn Focht, Nick Godfrey, Gaby Greenwald, Nathaniel Gregory, Mikaela Kafka, Raquel Kahn, Isabella King, Thomas Kuklenski, Nicole Lopez, Gaby Mank, Tyler Moscaritola, Mariela Flor Olivo, Amanda Starr
Who Am I This Time? (And Other Conundrums Of Love)
Wise Fish Theater Collective in association with Martina Bonolis & Meghan Ginley
Zach Gamble, Meghan Ginley, Robin Johnson, Kent Koren, Franco Pedicini, Isabel Shill, Stephen Zuccaro
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Amie Cazel
Pregnant Pause
Good Pilgrim
Kim Katzberg
Dad in a Box
Eat a Radish Productions
Larry Phillips
The Art of Acting: A Master Class with Fozzie Bear
Larry Phillips
Laura Sisskin Fernandez
You Hold a Pole Everday
Playful Substance
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE
Bruce Barton
Hamlet
Hudson Warehouse in association with Susane Lee
Daniel Burns
She Calls Me Firefly
Parity Productions in association with New Perspectives Theatre Company
Connor Chaney
The Harrowing of Hell
American Theatre of Actors in association with Collectio Musicorum, Inc.
Desmond Dutcher
Mary, Mary
Retro Productions
David Leeper
Stupid Fucking Bird
Stripped Scripts
Jacob Lewis Lovendahl
Experimenting with Katz
New Ambassadors Theatre Company in association with Julia Botero
Federico Mallet
Eight Tales of Pedro
The Secret Theatre
Scott McCord
The Head Hunter
One Shot Deal
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE
Maybe Burke
Red Emma and the Mad Monk [read our review here]
The Tank & Emma Orme
Adiagha Faizah
You Wouldn't Expect
American Bard Theater Company
Melissa Glasgow
A Chorus Line
Gallery Players
Meghan E. Jones
Mary, Mary
Retro Productions
Meredith M. Sweeney
Catch the Sparrow
Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Jo Vetter
The Poor of New York
Metropolitan Playhouse
Yokko
Shinka
Ren Gyo Soh
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
Adam Belvo
The Brutes
spit&vigor in association with Jay Michaels Arts & Entertainment
Harrison Bryan
Spring Awakening
Gallery Players
Braeson Herold
Worse Than Tigers [read our review here]
The Mill in association with New Ohio Theatre
Milo Longenecker
The Fantastical Dangerous Journey of Q
Rebel Playhouse in association with 14th Street Y
Vinnie Penna
Twelfth Night
Boomerang Theatre Company
Olivier Renaud
Stupid Fucking Bird
Stripped Scripts
Evan Teich
Assassins
The Secret Theatre
Heather E. Cunningham
Mary, Mary
Retro Productions
Naomi Lorrain
Entangled
The Amoralists
Lori Elizabeth Parquet
Operating Systems
Flux Theatre Ensemble
Mahima Saigal
Queen
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Lisa Strum
whatdoesfreemean?
Nora’s Playhouse in association with The Tank
Shannon Marie Sullivan
Worse Than Tigers [read our review here]
The Mill in association with New Ohio Theatre
Gaia Visnar
The Maids
The Seeing Place Theater
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT
Shiloh Goodin
Spring Awakening
Gallery Players
Eddie Gutierrez
A Chorus Line
Gallery Players
Alex Johnson
Alex & Eugene
Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Joey McKneely
Shadows, a dance musical
Go Joe Enterprises
Shoko Tamal
The Tempest
The Secret Theatre
Yoshiko Usami
Shinka
Ren Gyo Soh
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
Adam Knight
Stupid Fucking Bird
Stripped Scripts
Katie Lindsay
Red Emma and the Mad Monk [read our review here]
The Tank & Emma Orme
Lauren A Shields
Assassins
The Secret Theatre
Sara Thigpen
Twelfth Night
Boomerang Theatre Company
Owen Thompson
The Tempest
The Secret Theatre
Yoshiko Usami
Shinka
Ren Gyo Soh
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Annie Garrett-Larsen
And Then There Were None
The Secret Theatre
Asa Lipton
Alex & Eugene
Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Anthony Logan Cole
The Tempest
The Secret Theatre
Kia Rogers
Operating Systems
Flux Theatre Ensemble
Kia Rogers
Real
Rodrigo Nogueira in association with The Tank
Cha See
Honors Students
Tavine Productions
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Michelle Beshaw
Duke Oldřich & Washerwoman Božena, the True Story
GOH Productions in association with Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre
Sarah Marie Dixey
Hamlet (What Dreams May Come)
Ript Theater Company in association with The Secret Theatre
Julia Kulaya
Experimenting with Katz
New Ambassadors Theatre Company in association with Julia Botero
Marissa L. Menezes
Once Upon a Mattress
Gallery Players
Ben Philipp
Mary, Mary
Retro Productions
Yunzhu Zeng
Where Is My Maple Town
MapleTown Production Company
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Matt Carlin
Worse Than Tigers [read our review here]
The Mill in association with New Ohio Theatre
Jack Cunningham & Rebecca Cunningham
Mary, Mary
Retro Productions
Gabriel Firestone
Whirlwind
Jordan’s Play Lab in association with Rebecca Crigler & Barn Owl, LLC
Lily Guerin
The Year of the Solar Eclipse
Kyoko & Ezra
Daniel Hogan
Friendly’s Fire
The Rising Sun Performance Company in association with the Theatre at the 14th Street Y
Matthew D. McCarren
Goodbody
The Crook Theater Company
Tim McMath
Cannibal Galaxy: a love story
Between Two Boroughs Productions
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
Beata Bocek
Duke Oldřich & Washerwoman Božena, the True Story
GOH Productions in association with Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre
Margaret Montagna
Queen
Astoria Performing Arts Center
John Salutz
Red Emma and the Mad Monk [read our review here]
The Tank & Emma Orme
Aj Surasky
Worse Than Tigers [read our review here]
The Mill in association with New Ohio Theatre
Jeanne Travis
Honors Students
Tavine Productions
Fan Zhang
Cannibal Galaxy: a love story
Between Two Boroughs Productions
OUTSTANDING INNOVATIVE DESIGN
Hao Bai, Eric Marciano & Ildiko Nemeth – for Projection Design
Electronic City, The New Stage Theatre Comapny
Yana Birykova – for Projection Design
Cannibal Galaxy: a love story, Between Two Boroughs Productions
Magnus Pind Bjerre – for Video Design
The Neurology of the Soul, Untitled Theater Co. No. 61
Raquel Cion, Maia Cruz Palileo, & Kim Katzberg
for Video Design
Dad in a Box, Eat a Radish Productions
Sarah George & Sonya Plenefisch – for Properties Design
Whirlwind
Jordan’s Play Lab in association with Rebecca Crigler & Barn Owl, LLC
John J.A. Jannone – for Video Design
The Female Role Model Project, Transforma Theatre, Inc.
Keo X-Men – for Graffiti Design
This Is Modern Art, Blessed Unrest [read our review here]
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC
Karen Bishko, Maxim Moston, & Edison Woods
Shadows, a dance musical
Go Joe Enterprises
Beata Bocek
Duke Oldřich & Washerwoman Božena, the True Story
GOH Productions in association with Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre
Luis D’Elias
Eight Tales of Pedro
The Secret Theatre
Joe Jung
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Smith Street Stage
Teresa Lotz
Red Emma and the Mad Monk [read our review here]
The Tank & Emma Orme
Francesco Santalucia
MacBeth
First Maria Ensemble
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT
Eliza Bent
The Beyoncé
Adjusted Realists
Kathleen Jones
Pregnant Pause
Good Pilgrim
Kim Katzberg
Dad in a Box
Eat a Radish Productions
Teresa Lotz
She Calls Me Firefly
Parity Productions in association with New Perspectives Theatre Company
Larry Phillips
The Art of Acting: A Master Class with Fozzie Bear
Larry Phillips
Carrie Robbins
The Dragon Griswynd
Days of the Giants LLC
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL FULL-LENGTH SCRIPT
Emily J Daly
#yourmemorial
Pigeonholed
Gabriel Jason Dean
Entangled
The Amoralists
Tori Keenan-Zelt
Truth/Dare
Project Y Theatre Company
Dorothy Lyman
In The Bleak Midwinter
Stuffed Olive, Inc. in association with Allison Threadgold & Tana Sirois
Alexis Roblan
Red Emma and the Mad Monk [read our review here]
The Tank & Emma Orme
Madhuri Shekar
Queen
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Charly Evon Simpson
Entangled
The Amoralists
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ART PRODUCTION
The 11th Dimension
ETdC Projects’ Lab in association with Roi Escudero & Valentin Ewan
Arkham
Part of the 10th Annual H.P.Lovecraft Festival
Radiotheatre in association with Theatre At St.John’s
Befuddled 101
Amnesia Wars Productions
Electronic City
The New Stage Theatre Company
The Harrowing of Hell
American Theatre of Actors in association with Collectio Musicorum, Inc.
now my hand is ready for my heart: intimate histories
LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club In Association with Mount Tremper Arts
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Assassins
The Secret Theatre
Caroline, or Change
Astoria Performing Arts Center
A Chorus Line
Gallery Players
Into The Woods
Theater 2020
Red Emma and the Mad Monk [read our review here]
The Tank & Emma Orme
Spring Awakening
Gallery Players
OUTSTANDING PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
36 Juniper
Wrong House Productions
In The Bleak Midwinter
Stuffed Olive, Inc. in association with Allison Threadgold & Tana Sirois
Queen
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Shinka
Ren Gyo Soh
Whirlwind
Jordan’s Play Lab in association with Rebecca Crigler & Barn Owl, LLC
Worse Than Tigers [read our review here]
The Mill in association with New Ohio Theatre
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
And Then There Were None
The Secret Theatre
Hamlet (What Dreams May Come)
Ript Theater Company in association with The Secret Theatre
The Maids
The Seeing Place Theater
Mary, Mary
Retro Productions
Stupid Fucking Bird
Stripped Scripts
The Tempest
The Secret Theatre
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