NEW YORK CITY: The Innovative Theatre Foundation (ITF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating the Off-Off-Broadway community, announced the recipients of the 11th annual Innovative Theatre Awards at the Baruch Performing Arts Center on Monday. Top prizes went to Smith Street Stage, Inc., for their production of Much Ado About Nothing (Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Revival of a Play), and Theatre 4the People, for In Vestments (Outstanding Director, Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play).
Actor Jason Kravits (“The Practice”) hosted the ceremony, and playwright David Greenspan, composer Jon Goldstein, and director Igor Goldin were among the presenters.
The Innovative Theatre Awards were established in 2004 with the aim of strengthening the Off-Off-Broadway community and advancing public interest in the theatrical arts. Theatrical professionals, entertainment artists, and audience members determined the winners from a nominee pool of 145 individuals, 57 productions, and 55 theatre companies.
A complete list of winners is below.
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
Much Ado About Nothing, Smith Street Stage, Inc.
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Sylvia Milo, The Other Mozart, Little Matchstick Factor
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE
Dan McVey, Pretty Babies, Elsinore County
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE
Mel House, In The Bones, Astoria Performing Arts Center
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
Matthew Trumbull, The Temple, or Lebensraum, Tin Drum Productions in Association with MozzleStead
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
Emily Koch, In The Bones, Astoria Performing Arts Center
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT
Isaac Bush, The Mountain, The Circle Theater of New York
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
Isaac Byrne, In Vestments, Theatre 4the People
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Nicole Pearce, The Law of Return, Newsom Zipoy Productions
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Debbi Hobson, Unmentionables, Nylon Fusion Collective
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Carolyn Mraz, The Twelfth Labor, Loading Dock Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
Jeanne Travis, The Temple, or Lebensraum, Tin Drum Productions in Association with MozzleStead
OUTSTANDING INNOVATIVE DESIGN
Stephanie Cox-Williams, R & J & Z, Hard Sparks
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC
Phyllis Chen & Nathan Davis, The Other Mozart, Little Matchstick Factory
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT
Lisa Bruna, Invasion from Estrogenius: Andi’s Night, manhattan theatre source
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL FULL-LENGTH SCRIPT
Micheline Auger, Donkey Punch, Ivy Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ART PRODUCTION
Night, The New Stage Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Merrily We Roll Along, Astoria Performing Arts Center
OUTSTANDING PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
In Vestments, Theatre 4the People
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Much Ado About Nothing, Smith Street Stage, Inc.
OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGER
Juni Li
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Marshall W. Mason
ELLEN STEWART AWARD
HERE Arts Center
CAFFÉ CINO FELLOWSHIP AWARD
Theatre 167
DORIC WILSON INDEPENDENT PLAYWRIGHT AWARD
Andrea Alton
