It’s always a joyful celebration when Off-Off Broadway has the opportunity to commend its own worthy artists. Throughout the year, at every show, audiences all over New York are urged to vote for their favorite shows … and all those votes culminated last night with the final nominees for the 2012 NY IT Awards.
We here at THM were lucky enough to be able to see some of the nominated shows – though our goal is to one day brag that we’ve seen every one! But in the meanwhile, congratualtions to all those we’ve seen and those we wish we’d seen. You are all amazing and we raise a glass and toast your nomination. The ceremony will take place on Monday, September 24, 2012.
For a full list, see below. For information on what we may have covered, and what we said about those productions, feel free to click on the links.
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Outstanding Ensemble
The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill: Vol. 1, Early/Lost Plays
Daniel Burnam, Brendan Donaldson, Cara Francis, Connor Kalista, Jacquelyn Landgraf, Erica Livingston, Lauren Sharpe, New York Neo-Futurists
Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant Returns in: The Mothership Landing
Justin Badger, David M. Barber, Melody Bates, Stephanie Dodd, Jeffrey Fracé, Connie Hall, Kelly Hayes, Jerusha Klemperer, Peter Lettre, Rachel Murdy, Melody Bates, Peter Richards, Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant in association with the Irondale Center
Eightythree Down
Melody Bates, Ian Holcomb, Bryan Kaplan, Brian Miskell, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When the Streets Were Too Much
Loren Amos, Duane Boutte, Alexis Francisco, Anthony Gaskins, Michael Alexis Palmer, David Roberts, Robert G. Siverls, Zook, Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company
Homunculus: Reloaded
Adriana Chavez, David DeSantis, Lauren Elder, Regina Gibson, Mel House, Jennifer Luong, Eeva Semerdjiev, William Silva, Brett Teresa, Homunculus Mask Theater
Urban Odyssey
Penelope Armstead-Williams, Rocky Bostick, Ching-I Chang, Maura Donohue, Denise Greber, Alice Pasturel, Federico Restrepo, Gilbert Reyes, Kiku Sakai, Kayla Schetter,LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with LOCO7
Outstanding Solo Performance
Bree Benton, Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club
Greg Oliver Bodine, Poe, Times Two, WorkShop Theater Company
Zac Jaffee, Heroes and Other Strangers, the cell theatre
Melanie Jones, Endure: A Run Woman Show, Collision Productions
Juan Francisco Villa, Empanada For A Dream, Ballybeg & terraNOVA Collective
Raïna von Waldenburg, Oysters Orgasms Obituaries, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with Center for Embodied Performance
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
Karl Gregory, Frogs, Fault Line Theatre
Ian Holcomb, Eightythree Down, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
Jason Howard, Advance Man, Gideon Productions
Bryan Kaplan, Eightythree Down, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
Curry Whitmire, Christopher Marlowe’s Chloroform Dreams, Lunar Energy
Stephen Alan Wilson, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
Celeste Arias, Demon Dreams (Oni No Yume), Magic Futurebox
Lauren Blumenfeld, Exit Carolyn, Sans A Productions
Teresa Kelsey, The House of Mirth, Metropolitan Playhouse
Marie Marshall, The House of Mirth, Metropolitan Playhouse
Ryan Templeton, A Hard Wall at High Speed, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Halley Wegryn Gross, Sex Good; Money Bad, Broken Watch Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Adam Barrie, Dust, Tenement Street Workshop in association with Incubator Arts Project
Hunter Canning, Dust, Tenement Street Workshop in association with Incubator Arts Project
Karl Gregory, From White Plains, Fault Line Theatre
Greg Horton, A Man of No Importance, The Gallery Players
Brian Miskell, Eightythree Down, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
Charlie Owens, A Man of No Importance, The Gallery Players
Aidan Redmond, The Real Thing, Boomerang Theatre Company
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
Melody Bates, Eightythree Down, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
Renee Claire Bergeron, A Man of No Importance, The Gallery Players
Casandera M.J. Lollar, The Runner Stumbles, Retro Productions
Charlotte Pines, Callous Cad, Tom X. Chao in association with Kim Katzberg
Laura Ramadei, Exit Carolyn, Sans A Productions
Christina Shipp, Ajax in Iraq, Flux Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Jessica Isa Burns, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When the Streets Were Too Much,Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company
Lee Sunday Evans, The Deepest Play Ever: The Catharsis of Pathos, CollaborationTown
Christine O’Grady, A Man of No Importance, The Gallery Players
Joe Osheroff & Evan Zes, Homunculus: Reloaded, Homunculus Mask Theater
Lauren Sharpe, The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill: Vol. 1, Early/Lost Plays, New York Neo-Futurists
Turner Smith, Romeo and Juliet, Northwest Passage
Outstanding Director
Kevin Laibson, Demon Dreams (Oni No Yume), Magic Futurebox
Christopher Loar, The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill: Vol. 1, Early/Lost Plays, New York Neo-Futurists
Joe Osheroff, Homunculus: Reloaded, Homunculus Mask Theater
Alex Roe, The House of Mirth, Metropolitan Playhouse
Aaron Rossini, Frogs, Fault Line Theatre
August Schulenburg, Ajax in Iraq, Flux Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Lighting Design
Nick Francone, Miranda, MirandaCo
Richard Kent Green, Poe, Times Two, WorkShop Theater Company
Ben Hagen & Joe Skowronski, LoveSick (or Things That Don’t Happen), Project Y Theatre Company
David A. Sexton, The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever, F*It Club
Cat Tate Starmer, A Hard Wall at High Speed, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant Returns in: The Mothership Landing,Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant in association with the Irondale Center
Outstanding Costume Design
Sidney Fortner, The House of Mirth, Metropolitan Playhouse
Denise Greber, Urban Odyssey, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with LOCO7
Kim Katzberg, Penetrating the Space, Kim Katzberg
Jessica Sofia Mitrani, Hypnotik: The Seer Will Doctor You Now, The New Stage Theatre Comapny
Ayanna Siverls-Streater, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When the Streets Were Too Much, Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company
David L. Zwiers, The Asphalt Christmas, Gracye Productions
Outstanding Set Design
Stephen K. Dobay, A Hard Wall at High Speed, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Kevin Judge, LoveSick (or Things That Don’t Happen), Project Y Theatre Company
Sarah E. Martin & Sara Nelson, The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever, F*It Club
Steve O’Shea, Up To You, TADA! Youth Theater
Sean Ryan, Clowns Full-Tilt: A Musing on Aesthetics, Clowns Ex Machina/La MaMa
Andy Yanni, Felix and the Diligence, or a Play About Fishermen in the 1940′s, Pipeline Theatre Company
Outstanding Sound Design
Martha Goode, Costa Rehab, Maieutic Theatre Works (MTWorks)
Christopher Loar, The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill: Vol. 1, Early/Lost Plays, New York Neo-Futurists
Mark Parenti, The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever, F*It Club
Nathan A. Roberts, A Hard Wall at High Speed, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Tim Schellenbaum, Urban Odyssey, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with LOCO7
Matt Schloss, Miranda, MirandaCo
Outstanding Innovative Design
Gyda Arber & Aaron Baker, Phone & Text Design, Red Cloud Rising, The Fifth Wall in association with The Brick Theater
Maia Cruz Palileo, Animation and Sculpture, Penetrating the Space, Kim Katzberg
Elizabeth Barrett Groth & Amy Mathews, Puppet Design, We in Silence Hear a Whisper, Red Fern Theatre Company
Joe Osheroff, Mask Design, Homunculus: Reloaded, Homunculus Mask Theater
Federico Restrepo & Angela Sierra, Video Editing & Design, Urban Odyssey, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with LOCO7
Suchan Vodoor, Interactive Technology Design, Endure: A Run Woman Show, Collision Productions
Outstanding Original Music
Karolyn Bethke, Kris Kukul, John Sully, Elizabeth Swados & Martin Wallace, Urban Odyssey,LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with LOCO7
Sasha Bogdanowitsch, Erosion: a Fable, Loom Ensemble
Christine Owman, Endure: A Run Woman Show, Collision Productions
Jeff Raab, 12th Night, Libra Theater Company
Kamala Sankaram, Miranda, MirandaCo
Sxip Shirey, Prometheus Within, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in association with Skysaver Productions
Outstanding Original Short Script
Lucy Boyle, Mort, The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever, F*It Club
Chisa Hutchinson, This is Not the Play, Mad Dog Theatre Company
Dean Imperial, The Needle Through the Arm Trick, Too Much Too Soon, Lesser America
Vincent Marano, Artistic License, What I Meant Was… The Odd, Short-Ish Of Vinnie Marano,teatro oscuro
Joe Osheroff & Evan Zes, Homunculus: Reloaded, Homunculus Mask Theater
Anna Ziegler, A Map of Broken Glass, The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever, F*It Club
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script
Zac Jaffee, Heroes and Other Strangers, the cell theatre
Melanie Jones, Endure: A Run Woman Show, Collision Productions
Mariah MacCarthy, The Foreplay Play, Caps Lock Theatre
Michael Perlman, From White Plains, Fault Line Theatre
Mac Rogers, Advance Man, Gideon Productions
Juan Francisco Villa, Empanada For A Dream, Ballybeg & terraNOVA Collective
Outstanding Performance Art Piece
The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill: Vol. 1, Early/Lost Plays,New York Neo-Futurists
Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant Returns in: The Mothership Landing, Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant in association with the Irondale Center
Empanada For A Dream, Ballybeg & terraNOVA Collective
Endure: A Run Woman Show, Collision Productions
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When the Streets Were Too Much,Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company
Homunculus: Reloaded, Homunculus Mask Theater
Outstanding Production of a Musical
LoveSick (or Things That Don’t Happen), Project Y Theatre Company
A Man of No Importance, The Gallery Players
Miranda, MirandaCo
The Secret Garden, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Unville Brazil, FullStop Collective
Up To You, TADA! Youth Theater
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play
Advance Man, Gideon Productions
Demon Dreams (Oni No Yume), Magic Futurebox
Eightythree Down, Hard Sparks in association with Horse Trade Theatre Group
The Foreplay Play, Caps Lock Theatre
From White Plains, Fault Line Theatre
A Hard Wall at High Speed, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Production of a Remounted Play
Ajax in Iraq, Flux Theatre Ensemble
Frogs, Fault Line Theatre
The House of Mirth, Metropolitan Playhouse
Poe, Times Two, WorkShop Theater Company
The Real Thing, Boomerang Theatre Company
The Violet Hour, The Active Theater in association with Goode Productions
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