Last night, the New York Innovative Theatre Foundation celebrated the best of Off-Off Broadway theatre with its 10th Annual NYIT Awards Ceremony.
Over the past ten years, the IT Awards has honored over 1,800 individual artists, over 500 productions, and 420 theatre companies. The 2014 Nominees include 133 individual artists, 59 different productions and 56 Off-Off-Broadway theatre companies.
Hosted by Jason Kravits (ADA Richard Bay on ABC's Emmy Award Winning Drama "The Practice”), the presenters included luminaries from the theatre community: Tracee Chimo (Lucille Lortel Award recipient for Bad Jews and currently on Orange is the New Black); Laurence O'Keefe (Bat Boy: The Musical, Legally Blonde: The Musical, Heathers: The Musical); Mariah MacCarthy (Executive Artistic Director of Caps Lock Theatre and 2013 recipient of the Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award); Craig Lucas (Award winning playwright of Prelude to a Kiss, Blue Window; The Light in the Piazza among many others); Andre De Shields (Actor, Director and Choreographer best known for his work in The Full Monty, Play On!, Ain't Misbehavin' and The Wiz); Paul Kieve (Harry Potter Films); Stephen Cabral (Director of TDF's Costume Collection); Jen Schriever (Award winning lighting designer who has worked with MET Opera, Center Stage and the Public); Andy Lang (Sound Designer and Composer who works with the QLab team); Jim Rado(Actor and Composer, Co-Author the rock musical Hair); Elizabeth A. Davis (Tony nominated actress for Once and recipient of the 2011 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role); Terry Schreiber (Award winning director and founder of the T. Schreiber Studio); Jennifer Conley Darling (Producing Artistic Director of terraNOVA Collective); Robert Gore (member of the New York Innovative Theatre Awards Honorary Awards Committee); Marshall Mason (one of the original Off-Off-Broadway directors and Founding Artistic Director of Circle Repertory Company); Omar Sangare (United Solo Theatre Festival); Tim McMath (scenic designer); Arthur Aviles (choreographer); Meghan Finn (director); Dan Markley (New York Musical Theatre Festival).
Special awards were presented in the following categories:
Artistic Achievement Award Recipient: Dan Bianchi (RadioTheatre)
Ellen Stewart Award: Woodie King, Jr. (New Federal Theatre)
Caffé Cino Fellowship Award: Blessed Unrest
Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award: Kevin R. Free (The Fantasticks)
Outstanding Stage Manager: Haejin Han (Don Juan in Hell, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble)
The 2014 ** Recipients ** (includes Nominees in each category):
Outstanding Ensemble
** At First Sight (and Other Stories), Broken Box Mime Theater
Becky Baumwoll, Dinah Berkeley, Seikai Ishizuka, David Jenkins, Meera Kumbhani, Tasha Milkman, Marissa Molnar, Dan Reckart, Joe Tuttle, Leah Wagner **
As You Like It, Happy Few Theatre Company
Ellen Adair, Nat Cassidy, Eric Gilde, Patrick Mulryan, Anna O'Donoghue, Christopher Seiler,Alexander Sovronsky
The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill Vol 2, New York Neo-Futurists
Cecil Baldwin, Christopher Borg, Roberta Colindrez, Cara Francis, Dylan Marron, Martina Potratz
Magic Bullets, Buran Theatre Company
Caitlin Bebb, Abigail Blueher, Donna Jewell, Jud Knudsen, Catrin Lloyd-Bollard, Erin Mallon, Michael McKim Karp, Kate Schroeder, Mari Yamamoto
Old Familiar Faces, Tin Drum Productions
Tandy Cronyn, Marianne Miller, James Patrick Nelson, Sam Tsoutsouvas
Pirira, Theatre 167
Adrian Baidoo, J.Stephen Brantley, Todd Flaherty, Flor De Liz Perez
Outstanding Solo Performance
** Sandy Moore
The Simple Stories, WorkShop Theater Company **
Adam Boncz
Fatelessness, SceneHouse Productions and Gia Forakis & Company
J. Stephen Brantley
Chicken-Fried Ciccone: A Twangy True Tale Of Transformation, Hard Sparks
Aizzah Fatima
Dirty Paki Lingerie, Aizzah Fatima
Kim Katzberg
Darkling, Eat a Radish Productions in association with IRT Theater
Nora Woolley
Hip, Nora Woolley
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
** Noel Joseph Allain
Luft Gangster, Nylon Fusion Collective **
Joshua Levine
Wild, Sanguine Theatre Company
Brendan McDonough
Beckett in Benghazi, Less Than Rent Theatre in association with Horse Trade Theater Group
Tony Naumovski
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC
Lyonel Reneau
Wild, Sanguine Theatre Company
Dwayne Washington
Rent, The Gallery Players
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
** Jenny Seastone
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions **
Milee Bang
My Father's Ashes, Original Binding Productions
Manna Nichols
Allegro, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Diana Oh
Frankenstein Upstairs, Gideon Productions
Alyssa Simon
Within Arm's Reach, Going to Tahiti Productions
Jenne Vath
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
** Jason O'Connell
Don Juan In Hell, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble **
Goran Ivanovski
The Lonesome West, Mark Forlenza Productions
James Patrick Nelson
Old Familiar Faces, Tin Drum Productions
Tom Pavey
The Lonesome West, Mark Forlenza Productions
Brian Silliman
Dark Water, Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks)
J. Stephen Brantley
Pirira, Theatre 167
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
** Heather E. Cunningham
An Appeal to the Woman of the House, Retro Productions **
Debra Ann Byrd
The Importance of Being Earnest, Take Wing And Soar Productions, Inc.
Tandy Cronyn
Old Familiar Faces, Tin Drum Productions
Christina Pumariega
Sousepaw: 'A Baseball Story', Shelby Company
Lesley Shires
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions
Hannah Sloat
The Glory of Living, Revolve Productions
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
** Carlos Neto
Gymnos: A Geek's Tragedy, Ticket 2 Eternity Productions **
Jim Cooney & Greg Zane
Nothing But Trash, Theater For The New City
Thiago Felix
Infinite While it Lasts, Group .BR
Grasshopper Mitch
David's RedHaired Death, One Old Crow Productions
David Norwood & Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
Salome: Da Voodoo Princess of Nawlins, Rebel Theater
Christine O'Grady
Allegro, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Director
** DeLisa M. White
Lights Narrow, Teatro Oscuro **
Kevin Augustine & Edward Einhorn
The God Projekt, La MaMa in association with Lone Wolf Tribe
Karen Case Cook
Don Juan In Hell, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Tyrus Holden
The Pregnancy of Angela Freak, AqUa MeRcUrY Creations
Kelly O'Donnell
Jane the Plain, Flux Theatre Ensemble
Tazewell Thompson
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC
Outstanding Lighting Design
** Kia Rogers
Jane the Plain, Flux Theatre Ensemble **
Joshua Benghiat
Pirira, Theatre 167
Joan Racho-Jansen
The Lonesome West, Mark Forlenza Productions
Evan Roby
The Cottage, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Kia Rogers
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions
Alexandra Mannix
Within Arm's Reach, Going to Tahiti Productions
Outstanding Costume Design
** Gail Cooper-Hecht
The Importance of Being Earnest, Take Wing And Soar Productions, Inc. **
Sidney Fortner
A Man's World, Metropolitan Playhouse
Amanda Jenks
Rubber Ducks and Sunsets, Ground Up Productions
Thomas Kleinert
The Pregnancy of Angela Freak, AqUa MeRcUrY Creations
Ryan Moller
The Cottage, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Carrie Robbins
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC
Outstanding Set Design
** Travis McHale
Rubber Ducks and Sunsets, Ground Up Productions **
Stephen Karoly Dobay
The Cottage, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Donald Eastman
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
Brandon McNeel
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC
Jacques Roy
And to the Republic, The Guerrilla Shakespeare Project
Tsubasa Kamaei & Jennifer Stimple Kamei
Don Juan In Hell, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Sound Design
** Christian Frederickson
The Awake, kef theatrical productions **
Janie Bullard
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions
Janie Bullard
Jane the Plain, Flux Theatre Ensemble
Janie Bullard
Pirira, Theatre 167
Christopher Loar
Mute, New York Neo-Futurists
Tim Schellenbaum & Alice Tolan-Mee
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
Outstanding Innovative Design
** Nicole Hill
For Puppet Design
Mute, New York Neo-Futurists **
Gyda Arber, Brian Fountain, David Gochfeld, and Allen Hahn
For Phone & Text Design
FutureMate, Brick Theater
Laia Cabrera, Isabelle Duverger, and Ildiko Nemeth
For Video Design
Cosmicomics, The New Stage Theatre Company
Kaitlyn Pietras
For Projection Design
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions
Matt Reeves
For Projection Design
And to the Republic, The Guerrilla Shakespeare Project
Jane Catherine Shaw & Theodora Skipitares
For Puppet Design
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
Outstanding Original Music
** Scott Munson
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC **
Scott Allen Klopfenstein
Rubber Ducks and Sunsets, Ground Up Productions
Jennifer Makholm & Ian Wehrle
Relent, an Indie Musical, WorkShop Theater Company
Ellen Mandel
Don Juan In Hell, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Alexander Sovronsky
As You Like It, Happy Few Theatre Company
Alla Zagaykevych
Fire Water Night, Yara Arts Group in Association with LaMaMa
Outstanding Original Short Script
** Lenore Wolf
April March, Fragments from an Unintegrated Life from East Side Stories: Movers, Metropolitan Playhouse **
J. Stephen Brantley
Chicken-Fried Ciccone: A Twangy True Tale Of Transformation, Hard Sparks
Kate Gersten
First Love from The Spring Fling, F*It Club
Kate Kertez
Dumbo from Brooklyn Labyrinth, Oracle Theatre Inc
Mark Loewenstern
One is the Road fromSuper Shorts 2013, WorkShop Theater Company
Nora Woolley
Hip, Nora Woolley
Outstanding Original Full-length Script
** David Stallings
Dark Water, Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks) **
Nat Cassidy
Old Familiar Faces, Tin Drum Productions
Vincent Marano
Lights Narrow, Teatro Oscuro
Christie Perfetti Williams
An Appeal to the Woman of the House, Retro Productions
Sarah Shaefer
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions
J.Stephen Brantley
Pirira, Theatre 167
Outstanding Performance Art Production
** The God Projekt, La MaMa in association with Lone Wolf Tribe **
At First Sight (and Other Stories), Broken Box Mime Theater
FutureMate, Brick Theater
Magic Bullets, Buran Theatre Company
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
The Maiden, The Nerve Tank
Outstanding Production of a Musical
** Allegro, Astoria Performing Arts Center **
A Little Night Music, The Gallery Players
Candide - The Musical, Theater 2020
Fire Water Night, Yara Arts Group in Association with LaMaMa
Life on the Mississippi: A New Musical Play, WorkShop Theater Company
The Pregnancy of Angela Freak, AqUa MeRcUrY Creations
Outstanding Premiere Production of A Play
** Pirira, Theatre 167 **
An Appeal to the Woman of the House, Retro Productions
Dark Water, Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks)
Frankenstein Upstairs, Gideon Productions
Lights Narrow, Teatro Oscuro
The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill Vol 2, New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Revival of A Play
** Don Juan In Hell, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble **
A Man's World, Metropolitan Playhouse
As You Like It, Happy Few Theatre Company
Julius Caesar, Smith Street Stage
R+J: Star-Cross'd Death Match, Three Day Hangover
Wild, Sanguine Theatre Company
** Sandy Moore
The Simple Stories, WorkShop Theater Company **
Adam Boncz
Fatelessness, SceneHouse Productions and Gia Forakis & Company
J. Stephen Brantley
Chicken-Fried Ciccone: A Twangy True Tale Of Transformation, Hard Sparks
Aizzah Fatima
Dirty Paki Lingerie, Aizzah Fatima
Kim Katzberg
Darkling, Eat a Radish Productions in association with IRT Theater
Nora Woolley
Hip, Nora Woolley
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
** Noel Joseph Allain
Luft Gangster, Nylon Fusion Collective **
Joshua Levine
Wild, Sanguine Theatre Company
Brendan McDonough
Beckett in Benghazi, Less Than Rent Theatre in association with Horse Trade Theater Group
Tony Naumovski
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC
Lyonel Reneau
Wild, Sanguine Theatre Company
Dwayne Washington
Rent, The Gallery Players
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
** Jenny Seastone
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions **
Milee Bang
My Father's Ashes, Original Binding Productions
Manna Nichols
Allegro, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Diana Oh
Frankenstein Upstairs, Gideon Productions
Alyssa Simon
Within Arm's Reach, Going to Tahiti Productions
Jenne Vath
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
** Jason O'Connell
Don Juan In Hell, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble **
Goran Ivanovski
The Lonesome West, Mark Forlenza Productions
James Patrick Nelson
Old Familiar Faces, Tin Drum Productions
Tom Pavey
The Lonesome West, Mark Forlenza Productions
Brian Silliman
Dark Water, Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks)
J. Stephen Brantley
Pirira, Theatre 167
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
** Heather E. Cunningham
An Appeal to the Woman of the House, Retro Productions **
Debra Ann Byrd
The Importance of Being Earnest, Take Wing And Soar Productions, Inc.
Tandy Cronyn
Old Familiar Faces, Tin Drum Productions
Christina Pumariega
Sousepaw: 'A Baseball Story', Shelby Company
Lesley Shires
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions
Hannah Sloat
The Glory of Living, Revolve Productions
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
** Carlos Neto
Gymnos: A Geek's Tragedy, Ticket 2 Eternity Productions **
Jim Cooney & Greg Zane
Nothing But Trash, Theater For The New City
Thiago Felix
Infinite While it Lasts, Group .BR
Grasshopper Mitch
David's RedHaired Death, One Old Crow Productions
David Norwood & Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
Salome: Da Voodoo Princess of Nawlins, Rebel Theater
Christine O'Grady
Allegro, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Director
** DeLisa M. White
Lights Narrow, Teatro Oscuro **
Kevin Augustine & Edward Einhorn
The God Projekt, La MaMa in association with Lone Wolf Tribe
Karen Case Cook
Don Juan In Hell, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Tyrus Holden
The Pregnancy of Angela Freak, AqUa MeRcUrY Creations
Kelly O'Donnell
Jane the Plain, Flux Theatre Ensemble
Tazewell Thompson
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC
Outstanding Lighting Design
** Kia Rogers
Jane the Plain, Flux Theatre Ensemble **
Joshua Benghiat
Pirira, Theatre 167
Joan Racho-Jansen
The Lonesome West, Mark Forlenza Productions
Evan Roby
The Cottage, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Kia Rogers
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions
Alexandra Mannix
Within Arm's Reach, Going to Tahiti Productions
Outstanding Costume Design
** Gail Cooper-Hecht
The Importance of Being Earnest, Take Wing And Soar Productions, Inc. **
Sidney Fortner
A Man's World, Metropolitan Playhouse
Amanda Jenks
Rubber Ducks and Sunsets, Ground Up Productions
Thomas Kleinert
The Pregnancy of Angela Freak, AqUa MeRcUrY Creations
Ryan Moller
The Cottage, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Carrie Robbins
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC
Outstanding Set Design
** Travis McHale
Rubber Ducks and Sunsets, Ground Up Productions **
Stephen Karoly Dobay
The Cottage, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Donald Eastman
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
Brandon McNeel
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC
Jacques Roy
And to the Republic, The Guerrilla Shakespeare Project
Tsubasa Kamaei & Jennifer Stimple Kamei
Don Juan In Hell, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Sound Design
** Christian Frederickson
The Awake, kef theatrical productions **
Janie Bullard
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions
Janie Bullard
Jane the Plain, Flux Theatre Ensemble
Janie Bullard
Pirira, Theatre 167
Christopher Loar
Mute, New York Neo-Futurists
Tim Schellenbaum & Alice Tolan-Mee
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
Outstanding Innovative Design
** Nicole Hill
For Puppet Design
Mute, New York Neo-Futurists **
Gyda Arber, Brian Fountain, David Gochfeld, and Allen Hahn
For Phone & Text Design
FutureMate, Brick Theater
Laia Cabrera, Isabelle Duverger, and Ildiko Nemeth
For Video Design
Cosmicomics, The New Stage Theatre Company
Kaitlyn Pietras
For Projection Design
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions
Matt Reeves
For Projection Design
And to the Republic, The Guerrilla Shakespeare Project
Jane Catherine Shaw & Theodora Skipitares
For Puppet Design
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
Outstanding Original Music
** Scott Munson
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater, Days of the Giants LLC **
Scott Allen Klopfenstein
Rubber Ducks and Sunsets, Ground Up Productions
Jennifer Makholm & Ian Wehrle
Relent, an Indie Musical, WorkShop Theater Company
Ellen Mandel
Don Juan In Hell, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Alexander Sovronsky
As You Like It, Happy Few Theatre Company
Alla Zagaykevych
Fire Water Night, Yara Arts Group in Association with LaMaMa
Outstanding Original Short Script
** Lenore Wolf
April March, Fragments from an Unintegrated Life from East Side Stories: Movers, Metropolitan Playhouse **
J. Stephen Brantley
Chicken-Fried Ciccone: A Twangy True Tale Of Transformation, Hard Sparks
Kate Gersten
First Love from The Spring Fling, F*It Club
Kate Kertez
Dumbo from Brooklyn Labyrinth, Oracle Theatre Inc
Mark Loewenstern
One is the Road fromSuper Shorts 2013, WorkShop Theater Company
Nora Woolley
Hip, Nora Woolley
Outstanding Original Full-length Script
** David Stallings
Dark Water, Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks) **
Nat Cassidy
Old Familiar Faces, Tin Drum Productions
Vincent Marano
Lights Narrow, Teatro Oscuro
Christie Perfetti Williams
An Appeal to the Woman of the House, Retro Productions
Sarah Shaefer
The Gin Baby, Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions
J.Stephen Brantley
Pirira, Theatre 167
Outstanding Performance Art Production
** The God Projekt, La MaMa in association with Lone Wolf Tribe **
At First Sight (and Other Stories), Broken Box Mime Theater
FutureMate, Brick Theater
Magic Bullets, Buran Theatre Company
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
The Maiden, The Nerve Tank
Outstanding Production of a Musical
** Allegro, Astoria Performing Arts Center **
A Little Night Music, The Gallery Players
Candide - The Musical, Theater 2020
Fire Water Night, Yara Arts Group in Association with LaMaMa
Life on the Mississippi: A New Musical Play, WorkShop Theater Company
The Pregnancy of Angela Freak, AqUa MeRcUrY Creations
Outstanding Premiere Production of A Play
** Pirira, Theatre 167 **
An Appeal to the Woman of the House, Retro Productions
Dark Water, Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks)
Frankenstein Upstairs, Gideon Productions
Lights Narrow, Teatro Oscuro
The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill Vol 2, New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Revival of A Play
** Don Juan In Hell, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble **
A Man's World, Metropolitan Playhouse
As You Like It, Happy Few Theatre Company
Julius Caesar, Smith Street Stage
R+J: Star-Cross'd Death Match, Three Day Hangover
Wild, Sanguine Theatre Company
The 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.www.nyitawards.com.
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