Off-Off-Broadway theatre awards
The New York Independent Theater Awards (formerly known as the New York Innovative Theatre Awards) are accolades given annually by The League of Independent Theater to honor individuals and organizations who have achieved artistic excellence in Off-Off-Broadway theatre.
The awards were created by The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation in 2004. They were renamed in 2023 upon the Foundation's merger with The League of Independent Theater, who now administer the awards.[ 1]
The inaugural awards ceremony was held on Monday, September 19[ 2] [ 3] Charles Busch , with a special presentation by Judith Haking. The opening number was performed by the cast of [title of show] Hunter Bell , Jeff Bowen , Susan Blackwell , Heidi Blickenstaff and Larry Pressgrove.[ 4]
Award
Recipient
Production
Producer/Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble
Catherine Jhung, Don Nahaku, Lethia Nall, Matthew Pendergast, A-men Rasheed, Tijuana Ricks, Antonio G. del Rosario, Debargo Sanyal, Ragini Shah, Sam Younis
Pulling the Lever
Rising Circle Theater Collective
Outstanding Solo Performance
James Scruggs
Disposable Men
HERE Arts Center
Outstanding Actor In A Featured Role
Nicky Paraiso
Iphigenia LaMaMa E.T.C. in association with Sky Saver Productions
Outstanding Actress In A Featured Role
Sara Thigpen
Burning the Old Man
Boomerang Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor In A Lead Role
Troy Lavallee
Serenade & Philosopher Fox
The Polish Cultural Institute of New York
Outstanding Actress In A Lead Role (tie)
Carolyn Goelzer
Iphigenia
LaMaMa E.T.C. in association with Sky Saver Productions
Maria McConville
Honor part 2
Drilling Company NY
Outstanding Choreography / Movement
Jennifer L. Mudge
It's Karate, Kid! The Musical The Four Corners Project
Outstanding Director
Paul Bargetto
Serenade & Philosopher Fox
The Polish Cultural Institute of New York
Outstanding Set Design
Michael Allen
Masquerade
Ten Grand and a Burger
Outstanding Lighting Design
Daniel Ordower
Hazard County
Themantics Group
Outstanding Costume Design
Rob Eggers
Othello Palehorse Productions
Outstanding Sound Design
Quentin Chiappetta
Murder in the First
Invictus Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Music
Quentin Chiappetta
Murder in the First
Invictus Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Short Script
P. Seth Bauer
First Time Out of Bounds
Drilling Company NY
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script
Kelly McAllister
Burning the Old Man
Boomerang Theatre Company
Outstanding Performance Art Production
all wear bowlers
HERE Arts Center
Outstanding Production of a Musical
It's Karate, Kid! The Musical
The Four Corners Project
Outstanding Production of a Play
Serenade & Philosopher Fox
The Polish Cultural Institute of New York
The 2006 New York Innovative Theatre Awards were held on Monday, September 18[ 5] Cooper Union in New York City. The event was hosted by Charles Busch , with a special presentation by Lisa Stevenson.[ 6]
Award
Recipient
Production
Producer
Outstanding Ensemble
David Carr-Berry, Jared Culverhouse, Ellen David, Paul Fears, Andaye' Hill, Julian James, Gregory Porter Miller & Brian Schlanger
To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle
Working Man's Clothes
Outstanding Solo Performance
Margaux Laskey
size ate
size ate productions
Outstanding Actor In A Featured Role
Trey Gibbons
How I Learned To Drive T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Actress In A Featured Role
Summer Moore
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove
T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Actor In A Lead Role
Greg Horton
The Singapore Mikado
Theater Ten Ten
Outstanding Actress In A Lead Role
Ellen David
To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle
Working Man's Clothes
Outstanding Choreography / Movement
Marius Hanford
Living Dead In Denmark
Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Outstanding Director
Isaac Byrne
To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle
Working Man's Clothes
Outstanding Set Design
Eddy Trotter
Love! Valour! Compassion! T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Lighting Design
Arthur Adair
The Emperor Jones
La MaMa, E.T.C.
Outstanding Costume Design
Sidney Shannon
Iron Curtain
Prospect Theater Company
Outstanding Sound Design
Paul John DeSena
To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle
Working Man's Clothes
Outstanding Original Music
Brendan Connelly
Major Barbara La MaMa, E.T.C. in association with Two-Headed Calf
Outstanding Original Short Script
Vishakan Jeyakumar
Jaffna Mangoes
Desipina & Company
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script
Bekah Brunstetter
To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle
Working Man's Clothes
Outstanding Performance Art Production
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain
Prospect Theater Company
Outstanding Production of a Play
To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle
To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle
Working Man's Clothes
The 2007 New York Innovative Theatre Awards were held on Monday, September 24 at the Fashion Institute of Technology's Haft Auditorium in New York City.[ 7] [ 8] Julie Halston , with a presentation by Rising Phoenix Repertory's Elizabeth West.[ 9]
Award
Recipient
Production
Producer
Outstanding Ensemble
Boo Killebrew, Julia Lowrie Henderson, Ryan Purcell,
Max Rosenak, Phillip Taratula & Daniel Walker Stowell
6969
CollaborationTown, A Theatre Company Inc.
Outstanding Original Short Script
Daniel Reitz
Rules of the Universe
Rising Phoenix Repertory
Outstanding Original Full Length Script
Saviana Stanescu
Waxing West
East Coast Artists]
Outstanding Solo Performance
Mike Houston
The Ledge
eavesdrop
Outstanding Director
Daniel Talbott
Rules of the Universe
Rising Phoenix Repertory
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Dan Safer
Dancing Vs the Rat Experiment
La MaMa ETC in association with Witness Relocation
Outstanding Set Design
George Allison
Picasso at the Lapin Agile T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Lighting Design
Peter Hoerburger
The Present Perfect
The Operating Theater
Outstanding Sound Design
Ryan Maeker & Tim Schellenbaum
Dancing Vs the Rat Experiment
La MaMa ETC in association with Witness Relocation]
Outstanding Costume Design
David Withrow
Bug Boy Blues
The Looking Glass Theatre
Outstanding Original Music
Leanne Darling
The Landlord
Toy Box Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role
Max Rosenak
6969
CollaborationTown, A Theatre Company Inc.
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role
Susan Louise O'Connor
the silent concerto
Packawallop Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
Joe Plummer
As You Like It poortom productions
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
Boo Killebrew
6969
CollaborationTown, A Theatre Company Inc.]
Outstanding Performance Art Production
Dancing Vs the Rat Experiment
Dancing Vs the Rat Experiment
La MaMa ETC in association with Witness Relocation
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Urinetown, The Musical Urinetown, The Musical
The Gallery Players
Outstanding Production of a Play
Bouffon Glass Menajoree
Bouffon Glass Menajoree
Ten Directions
Award
Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award
Doric Wilson
Stewardship Award
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
Caffe Cino Fellowship AwardRising Phoenix Repertory
The 2008 New York Innovative Theatre Awards were held on Monday, September 22[ 10] [ 11] Lisa Kron , with performances by the Blue Man Group , and a presentation by Boomerang Theatre Company's Jennifer Larkin, Joe Whelski and Vinnie Penna.[ 12]
Award
Recipient
Production
Producer
Outstanding Ensemble
Elena Chang, Noshir Dalal, Jon Hoche, Kelley Rae O'Donnell, Melissa Paladino, Maureen Sebastian, Andrea Marie Smith, Paco Tolson, Temar Underwood
Fight Girl Battle World
Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Short Script
Aliza Shane
The Three Sillies
The Looking Glass Theatre
Outstanding Original Full Length Script
Bekah Brunstetter
You May Go Now
Babel Theatre Project
Outstanding Solo Performance
Andrea Caban
You Got Questions? I Got Answers!
Coyote REP Theatre Company
Outstanding Director
Edward Elefterion
The Night of Nosferatu
Rabbit Hole Ensemble
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Qui Nguyen
Fight Girl Battle World
Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Outstanding Set Design
Sean Breault
Art of Memory
Company SoGoNo
Outstanding Lighting Design
Kevin Hardy
The Night of Nosferatu
Rabbit Hole Ensemble
Outstanding Sound Design
Dan Bianchi
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Radiotheatre
Outstanding Costume Design
Jessica Wegener
Fight Girl Battle World
Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Music
Dan Bianchi
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Radiotheatre
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role
Cameron J. Oro
The Accidental Patriot
The Stolen Chair Theatre Company
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role
Stephanie Barton-Farcas
Elizabeth Rex
Nicu's Spoon
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
Rob Sheridan
The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley
Incumbo Theater Company
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
Megan Byrne
No End of Blame
Potomac Theatre Project
Outstanding Performance Art Production
Removable Parts
Removable Parts
HERE Arts Center
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Yank! A New Musical
Yank! A New Musical
The Gallery Players
Outstanding Production of a Play
Burn, Crave, Hold: The James Wilde Project
Burn, Crave, Hold: The James Wilde Project
Blessed Unrest
Podcast of interviews with the presenters and nominees on Broadway Bullet
Award
Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award
Judith Malina
Stewardship Award
The New York Theatre Experience, Martin & Rochelle Denton
Caffe Cino Fellowship AwardBoomerang Theatre Company
Award [ 13]
Recipient
Production
Producer
Outstanding Ensemble
Christopher Borg, Jeffrey Cranor, Kevin R. Free & Eevin Hartsough
(Not) Just A Day Like Any Other
New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Original Short Script
Nico Vreeland
The Interview, Elephants on Parade 2009
EBE Ensemble
Outstanding Original Full Length Script
Nat Cassidy
The Reckoning of Kit & Little Boots
The Gallery Players in association with Engine37
Outstanding Solo Performance
Jeff Grow
Creating Illusion!
soloNOVA Arts Festival
Outstanding Director
Suzi Takahashi
Lee/gendary
HERE Arts Center
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Austin McCormick
The Judgment of Paris
Company XIV
Outstanding Set Design
Michael P. Kramer
Ragtime
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Lighting Design
Bruce Steinberg
Blue Before Morning
terraNOVA Collective
Outstanding Sound Design
Asa Wember
Angel Eaters
Flux Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Costume Design
Michelle Beshaw
The Very Sad Story of Ethel & Julius
GOH Productions
Outstanding Original Music
Kimmy Gatewood , Andy Hertz, Rebekka Johnson, Sarah Lowe & Jeff Solomon
The Apple Sisters
The Apple Sisters
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role
Julian Elfer
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role
Elyse Mirto
Any Day Now
Writer's Forum at Manhattan Theatre Source
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
William Apps IV
Amerissiah
The Amoralists Theatre Company
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
Constance Parng
Lee/gendary
HERE Arts Center
Outstanding Performance Art Production
Creating Illusion
Creating Illusion
soloNOVA Arts Festival
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Like You Like It
Like You Like It
The Gallery Players
Outstanding Production of a Play
Lee/gendary
Lee/gendary
HERE Arts Center
Podcast of backstage interviews with the presenters and recipients by Michael Gilboe on Broadway Bullet
Award [ 14]
Recipient
Production
Producer
Outstanding Ensemble
Marc Bovino, Joe Curnutte, Michael Dalto, Stephanie Wright Thompson
Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War
Outstanding Original Short Script
Jonothon Lyons
The Tenement
Outstanding Original Full Length Script
Crystal Skillman
The Vigil or The Guided Cradle
Outstanding Solo Performance (tie)
Jesse Zaritt
Binding
Theatre C and terraNOVA Collective's soloNOVA Arts Festival
Dan Berkey
Remission
Outstanding Director
Brian Smith
Pink!
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Jesse Zaritt
Binding
Outstanding Set Design
Michael P. Kramer
Children of Eden
Outstanding Lighting Design
Charles Foster
Fêtes de la Nuit
Outstanding Sound Design
Stowe Nelson
Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War
Outstanding Costume Design
Olivera Gajic
Le Serpent Rouge
Outstanding Innovative Design
C. Andrew Bauer
Fêtes de la Nuit
Outstanding Original Music
Mark Valadez
Caucasian Chalk Circle
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role
Frank Anderson
The Return of Peter Grimm
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role
Elizabeth A. Davis
Emily, An Amethyst Remembrance
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
Amir Darvish
Psych
Cake Productions
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
Jennifer Harder
MilkMilkLemonade
Outstanding Performance Art Production
Binding
Theatre C and terraNOVA Collective's soloNOVA Arts Festival
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Children of Eden
Outstanding Production of a Play
Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War
Award
Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award
Lanford Wilson
Stewardship Award
Dixon Place
Caffe Cino Fellowship AwardNew York Neo-Futurists
The 2011 New York Innovative Theatre Awards were held on Monday, September 19 at Cooper Union's Great Hall in New York City. The event was hosted by comedian Harrison Greenbaum , with a presentation by the Flux Theatre Ensemble.[ 15]
Award[ 16]
Recipient
Production
Producer
Outstanding Ensemble
Whitney Branan, Jennifer DiDonato, Tauren Hagans, Robert Anthony Jones, Edward Juvier, Lorinne Lampert, Aaron J. Libby, Jake Mendes, Trey Mitchell, Jan-Peter Pedross, Colin Pritchard, Megan Rosenblatt, Chloe Sabin, Dawn Trautman, Craig Treubert, Tyler Wallach, Eric Weaver
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Gallery Players
Outstanding Solo Performance
Nat Cassidy
Things at the Doorstep: An Evening of Horror Based on the Works of H.P. Lovecraft
Manhattan Theatre Source, Greg Oliver Bodine, and Nat Cassidy
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
David Darrow
The Revival
Project Y Theatre Company
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
Deanna McGovern
An Impending Rupture of the Belly
Godlight Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Nick Paglino
An Impending Rupture of the Belly
Godlight Theatre Company
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
Kristen Vaughan
Benefactors
Retro Productions
Outstanding Director
Leslie Kincaid Burby
The Navigator
WorkShop Theater Company
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Christine O'Grady
The Drowsy Chaperone The Gallery Players
Outstanding Lighting Design
Duane Pagano
The Navigator
WorkShop Theater Company
Outstanding Costume Design
Ryan J. Moller
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Gallery Players
Outstanding Set Design
Kevin Judge
The Revival
Project Y Theatre Company
Outstanding Sound Design
Aldo Perez
Radio Purgatory
Theater THE
Outstanding Innovative Design
Kae Burke, aerial and circus rigging design
Circus of Circus
The House of Yes
Outstanding Original Music
Cormac Bluestone
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Pipeline Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Short Script
Isaac Oliver
Come Here
The Spring Fling, F*It Club
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script
Jonathan Blitstein
Keep Your Baggage With You (at all times)
Artists Empire
Outstanding Performance Art Production
Locker #4173b
New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Production of a Musical
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Gallery Players
Outstanding Production of a Play
Balm in Gilead
T. Schreiber Studio
Award[ 17] [ 18]
Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award
Robert Patrick
Stewardship Award
Horse Trade Theater Group
Caffe Cino Fellowship AwardFlux Theater Ensemble
Outstanding Stage Manager Award
Laura Schlachtmeyer
Award [ 19]
Recipient
Production
Producer/Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble
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 Returns in: The Mothership Landing
Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant in association with the Irondale Center
Outstanding Solo Performance
Melanie Jones
Endure: A Run Woman Show
Collision Productions
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
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
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Greg Horton
A Man of No Importance
The Gallery Players
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
Renee Claire Bergeron
A Man of No Importance
The Gallery Players
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Joe Osheroff & Evan Zes
Homunculus: Reloaded
Homunculus Mask Theater
Outstanding Director
Joe Osheroff
Homunculus: Reloaded
Homunculus Mask Theater
Outstanding Lighting Design
David A. Sexton
The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever
F*It Club
Outstanding Costume Design
Sidney Fortner
The House of Mirth
Metropolitan Playhouse
Outstanding Set Design
Kevin Judge
LoveSick (or Things That Don't Happen)
Project Y Theatre Company
Outstanding Sound Design
Matt Schloss
Miranda
MirandaCo
Outstanding Innovative Design
Joe Osheroff
Mask Design - Homunculus: Reloaded
Homunculus Mask Theater
Outstanding Original Music
Jeff Raab
12th Night
Libra Theater Company
Outstanding Original Short Script
Chisa Hutchinson
This is Not the Play
Mad Dog Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script
Melanie Jones
Endure: A Run Woman Show
Collision Productions
Outstanding Performance Art Piece
Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant Returns in: The Mothership Landing
Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant in association with the Irondale Center
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Miranda
MirandaCo
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play
Advance Man
Gideon Productions
Outstanding Production of a Remounted Play
Ajax in Iraq
Flux Theatre Ensemble
Award[ 20]
Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award
Five Lesbian Brothers (Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, and Lisa Kron)
Stewardship Award
Theatre Development Fund
Caffe Cino Fellowship AwardAstoria Performing Arts Center
[ 21]
Award [ 22] [ 23]
Recipient
Production
Producer/Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble
The Window:4 ALICE
PopUp Theatrics in association with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
Outstanding Solo Performance
Erin Treadway
Spaceman
Loading Dock Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
Justin Danforth
The Thirteenth Commandment
Libra Theater Company
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
Lauren Pennline
The Thirteenth Commandment
Libra Theater Company
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Nick Smerkanich
The Window:4 ALICE
PopUp Theatrics in association with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
Amara Haaksman
That Lady from Maxim’s
Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Jessica Burr and Sonia Vilani
Eurydice’s Dream
Blessed Unrest in association with The Interart Theatre
Outstanding Director
Padraic Lillis
The Rise And Fall Of A Teenage Cyberqueen
LabRats Theatre Company
Outstanding Lighting Design
Maruti Evans
Will Elliott’s The Pilo Family Circus
Godlight Theatre Company
Outstanding Costume Design
Daniela Codarcea Kamiliotis
The Window:4 ALICE
PopUp Theatrics in association with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
Outstanding Set Design
Daniela Codarcea Kamiliotis
The Window:4 ALICE
PopUp Theatrics in association with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
Outstanding Sound Design
Leegrid Stevens
Spaceman
Loading Dock Theatre Company
Outstanding Innovative Design
Lynda White - Mask Design & Construction
Oedipus Rex XX/XY
The Faux-Real Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Music
Bryan Williams
That Lady from Maxim’s
Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Original Short Script
Jonathan Draxton
Soldier
The Plowmen
Outstanding Original Full-length Script
Bryan Williams
That Lady from Maxim’s
Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Performance Art Production
Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights
Production Workshop in association with Kickstarter Backers
Outstanding Production of a Musical
That Lady from Maxim’s
Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc
Outstanding Premiere Production of A Play
The Rise And Fall Of A Teenage Cyberqueen
LabRats Theatre Company
Outstanding Revival of A Play
Macbeth
The Crook Theater Company
Award
Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award
Richard Foreman
Stewardship Award
The Dramatists Guild Fund
Caffe Cino Fellowship AwardterraNOVA Collective
2013 Doric Wilson Independent playwright Award
Mariah MacCarthy,
Outstanding Stage Manager Award
Abbey Bay
Award [ 24]
Recipient
Production
Producer/Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble
Becky Baumwoll, Dinah Berkeley, Seikai Ishizuka, David Jenkins, Meera Kumbhani, Tasha Milkman, Marissa Molnar, Dan Reckart, Joe Tuttle, Leah Wagner
At First Sight (and Other Stories)
Broken Box Mime Theater
Outstanding Solo Performance
Sandy Moore
The Simple Stories
WorkShop Theater Company
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
Noel Joseph Allain
Luft Gangster
Nylon Fusion Collective
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
Jenny Seastone
The Gin Baby
Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Jason O'Connell
Don Juan In Hell
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
Heather E. Cunningham
An Appeal to the Woman of the House
Retro Productions
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Carlos Neto
Gymnos: A Geek's Tragedy
Ticket 2 Eternity Productions
Outstanding Director
DeLisa M. White
Lights Narrow
Teatro Oscuro
Outstanding Lighting Design
Kia Rogers
Jane the Plain
Flux Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Costume Design
Gail Cooper-Hecht
The Importance of Being Earnest
Take Wing And Soar Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Set Design
Travis McHale
Rubber Ducks and Sunsets
Ground Up Productions
Outstanding Sound Design
Christian Frederickson
The Awake
kef theatrical productions
Outstanding Innovative Design
Nicole Hill
Puppet Design - Mute
New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Original Music
Scott Munson
Sawbones & the Diamond Eater
Days of the Giants LLC
Outstanding Original Short Script
Lenore Wolf
April March, Fragments from an Unintegrated Life from East Side Stories: Movers
Metropolitan Playhouse
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script
David Stallings
Dark Water
Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks)
Outstanding Performance Art Production
The God Projekt
La MaMa in association with Lone Wolf Tribe
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Allegro
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Premiere Production of A Play
Pirira
Theatre 167
Outstanding Revival of A Play
Don Juan In Hell
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Award[ 25]
Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award
Dan Bianchi
Stewardship Award
Woodie King Jr.
Caffe Cino Fellowship AwardBlessed Unrest
[ 26]
Award
Recipient
Production
Producer
Outstanding Ensemble
Olivia Caputo, Michael Vincent Carrera, Mary Cavett, John Patrick Doherty, Austin Durant, Maxwell Eddy, Patrick Harvey, Alexandra Henrikson, Jonathan Hopkins, David Pegram, Lauren Pennline, Georgina Richardson, Sam Rosenberg, Will Sarratt, Kim Taff, Sophia Tupy, Corey Whelihan
Much Ado About Nothing Smith Street Stage, Inc.
Outstanding Solo Performance
Sylvia Milo
The Other Mozart
Little Matchstick Factory
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 Theatre Company
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.
Award
Recipient
Ellen Stewart Award
Here Arts
Caffe Cino Award
Theatre 167
Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award
Andrea Alton
Outstanding Stage Manager
Juni Li
Award [ 27]
Recipient
Production
Producer/Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble
Fred Backus, Broderick Ballantyne, Rebecca Gray Davis, Lex Friedman, Ian W. Hill, Bob Laine, Matthew Napoli, Timothy McCown Reynolds, Alyssa Simon, Anna Stefanic
The Golfer
Gemini CollisionWorks
Outstanding Solo Performance
Siobhan O’Loughlin
Broken Bone Bathtub
Elephant Run District
Outstanding Actor In A Featured Role
Timothy McCown Reynolds
The Golfer
Gemini CollisionWorks
Outstanding Actress In A Featured Role
Midori Francis
Connected
Project Y Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor In A Lead Role
Fred Backus
The Golfer
Gemini CollisionWorks
Outstanding Actress In A Lead Role
Maeve Yore
Harper Regan
T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Choreography / Movement
Becky Baumwoll
Above Below
Broken Box Mime Theater
Outstanding Director
Fritz Brekeller
Composure
WorkShop Theater Company
Outstanding Lighting Design
Aaron Gonzalez
Wait Until Dark
Variations Theatre Group
Outstanding Costume Design
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Day
The Golfer
Gemini CollisionWorks
Outstanding Set Design
George Allison
Hot L Baltimore
T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Sound Design
Joe Jung& KJ Sanchez
Unity (1918)
Project: Theater
Outstanding Innovative Design
Berit Johnson (Props Design)
The Golfer
Gemini CollisionWorks
Outstanding Original Music
Matt Sherwin
Gluten!
Adjusted Realists
Outstanding Original Short Script
Kim Katzberg
Strays
Kim Katzberg in collaboration with Nora Woolley and Raquel Cion
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script
Scott C. Sickles
Composure
WorkShop Theater Company
Outstanding Performance Art Production
Above Below
Broken Box Mime Theater
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Steve: A Docu-Musical
New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play
Utility
The Amoralists
Outstanding Revival of a Play
Street Theater
TOSOS
Award
Recipient
2016 Ellen Stewart Award
The Fringe NYC
2016 Artistic Achievement Award
Carmelita Tropicana
2016 Caffe Cino Fellowship Award
New Stage Theatre Company
Outstanding Stage Manager Award
Jodi Witherell
Award [ 28]
Recipient
Production
Producer
Outstanding Ensemble
Brittany Allen, Vinie Burrows, Ugo Chukwu, Constance Cooper, Milo Cramer, Fernando Gonzalez, Jonathan Gordon, David Greenspan, Tommy Heleringer, Chris Henry, Veronica Hunsinger-Loe, Hannah Mitchell, Caitlin Morris, Craig Mungavin, Jeanna Phillips, Madeline Wise
Minor Character: Six Translations of Uncle Vanya at the Same Time
New Saloon Theater Co. in association with Emily Kaplan & Immediate Medium
Outstanding Original Short Script
Charlie O'Leary
Precious Body a part of Landmarks & TRANSformations
Project Y Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Full Length Script
Aditya Rawal
The Queen
Aman Soni in association with Juggernaut Theatre Co. and Theater for the New City
Outstanding Solo Performance
William DeMeritt
Origin Story
Old Sound Room
Outstanding Director
Morgan Green
Minor Character: Six Translations of Uncle Vanya at the Same Time
New Saloon Theater Co. in association with Emily Kaplan & Immediate Medium
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Tamrin Goldberg
Raisin Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Set Design
Frank Oliva
#liberated
The Living Room
Outstanding Lighting Design
Kate Jaworski
The Woman Who Was Me
Convergences Theatre Collective
Outstanding Sound Design
Aidan Meyer
The Red Room
The Shelter
Outstanding Costume Design
Izzy Fields
Anais Nin Goes to Hell
Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks) in association with Goode Productions
Outstanding Original Music
Melody Bates & Rebecca Hart
The Cabaret at the End of the World
Hard Sparks
Outstanding Innovative Design
David Bengali , John Erickson, Reid Farrington, Jorge Garcia-Spitz, David Mauro, Dan Monceaux, Leegrid Stevens for Video Design & Animation
The Dudleys!
Loading Dock Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role
Nico Grelli
The Jamb
Hard Sparks
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role
Moira Stone
Three Sisters Obvious Volcano in association with Maggie Cino
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
Zack Krajnyak
Sweeney Todd Theater 2020
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
Ivanna Cullinan
Three Sisters
Obvious Volcano in association with Maggie Cino
Outstanding Performance Art Production
The Infinite Wrench
New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Raisin
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Revival of a Play
The Tempest
Smith Street Stage
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play
Minor Character: Six Translations of Uncle Vanya at the Same Time
New Saloon Theater Co. in association with Emily Kaplan & Immediate Medium
Award
Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award
Lois Weaver & Peggy Shaw, Split Britches
Ellen Stewart Award
Crystal Fields
Doric Wilson Independent Playwrights Award
J. Stephen Brantley
Caffe Cino Fellowship AwardRetro Productions
Outstanding Stage Manager Award
Elizabeth Ramsey
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Award
Recipient
Production
Producer
Outstanding Ensemble
Denali Bennett, Victoria Bundonis, LaDonna Burns, Denise DeMars, Tia DeShazor, Susan Cohen DeStefano, Christine Donnelly, Andrea Dotto, Dan Entriken, Jonathan Fluck, Spencer Hansen, James Harter, Marcie Henderson, Greg Horton, Kathleen LaMagna, Andrea McCullough, Sharae Moultrie, Ben Northrup, Rusty Riegelman, Bruce Sabath, Carolyn Seiff, Cliff Sellers, Lauren Alice Smith, Lucy Sorlucco, Tina Stafford, Noah Virgile, Mandarin Wu
Follies Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Solo Performance
Valerie Redd
You / Emma
Wandering Bark Theatre Company in association with IRT Theater
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
Todd Ritch
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 5th Floor Theatre Company
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
LaDonna Burns
Follies
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Ryan McCurdy
Greencard Wedding
Goode Productions
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
Maggie Low
Chickens in the Yard
Adjusted Realists
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Sara Brians
Follies
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Director
Mark Lewis
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Sea Dog Theater
Outstanding Lighting Design
Stacey Boggs
AMP
Goode Productions
Outstanding Costume Design
Jennifer A. Jacob
Follies
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Set Design
Maruti Evans
Precious Little Talent
Shea Delves Productions
Outstanding Innovative Design
Lisa Renkel (for Projection Design)
Outside Paducah: The Wars at Home
Poetic Theater Productions
Outstanding Original Music
Julian Kytasty, Serhiy Zhadan, & The Dogs
1917-2017:Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs
Yara Arts Group in association with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Outstanding Original Short Script
Joseph Hefner
Agency
The Company Ink in association with Michael Johnson
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script
Eric Avilés
Where You From? What You Be About?
Liberation Arts Collective
Outstanding Performance Art Production
Soot and Spit
Our Voices Theater in association with New Ohio Theatre and IRT Theater
Outstanding Production of a Musical
1917-2017:Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs
Yara Arts Group in association with LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play
The Snow Queen
Blessed Unrest in association with New Ohio Theater
Outstanding Revival of a Play
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Sea Dog Theater
Award
Recipient
Caffé Cino Fellowship Award
Peculiar Works Project
Ellen Stewart Award
Fractured Atlas
Artistic Achievement Award
Mia Katigbak
Doric Wilson Independent Playwrights Award
Gina Femia
Outstanding Stage Manager
Amy Marin
Award [ 30]
Recipient
Production
Producer
Outstanding Ensemble
Aja Downing, Reggie Herold, Katherine Leidlein, Joseph M. Mace, Rori Nogee, Noah Pyzik, Jae Shin, Anna Stefanic, Brittany Zeinstra
Alex & Eugene
Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Original Short Script
Teresa Lotz
She Calls Me Firefly
Parity Productions in association with New Perspectives Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Full Length Script
Madhuri Shekar
Queen
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Solo Performance
Kim Katzberg
Dad in a Box
Eat a Radish Productions
Outstanding Director
Sara Thigpen
Twelfth Night Boomerang Theatre Company
Outstanding Choreography/Movement
Yoshiko Usami
Shinka
Ren Gyo Soh
Outstanding Set Design
Gabriel Firestone
Whirlwind
Jordan's Play Lab in association with Rebecca Crigler & Barn Owl, LLC
Outstanding Lighting Design
Kia Rogers
Real
Rodrigo Nogueira in association with The Tank
Outstanding Sound Design
Aj Surasky-Ysasi
Worse Than Tigers
The Mill in association with New Ohio Theatre
Outstanding Costume Design
Michelle Beshaw
Duke Oldřich & Washerwoman Božena, the True Story
GOH Productions in association with Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre
Outstanding Original Music
Luis D’Elias
Eight Tales of Pedro
The Secret Theatre
Outstanding Innovative Design
Hao Bai, Eric Marciano & Ildiko Nemeth – for Projection Design
Electronic City
The New Stage Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role
Harrison Bryan
Spring Awakening
Gallery Players
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role
Lori Elizabeth Parquet
Operating Systems
Flux Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role
Federico Mallet
Eight Tales of Pedro
The Secret Theatre
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
Meghan E. Jones
Mary, Mary
Retro Productions
Outstanding Performance Art Production
Electronic City
The New Stage Theatre Company
Outstanding Production of a Musical
Spring Awakening
Gallery Players
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play
Shinka
Ren Gyo Soh
Outstanding Revival of a Play
Stupid Fucking Bird
Stripped Scripts
Award
Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award
Magie Dominic
Stewardship Award
Nicky Paraiso
Caffe Cino Fellowship AwardTOSOS – The Other Side of Silence
Doric Wilson Independent Playwrights Award
Barbara Kahn
The 2020 NYIT Awards did not take place due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Award [ 31]
Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award
Penny Arcade & Steve Zehentner
Stewardship Award
IndieSpace/The Indie Theater Fund
Caffe Cino Fellowship AwardThe Parsnip Ship
Doric Wilson Independent Playwrights Award
Chris Weikel
Indie Theatre Champion Award
Randi Berry, The Episcopal Actors’ Guild of America, Ximena Garnica/LEIMAY, JACK, Latinx Playwrights Circle, Aimee Todoroff
Outstanding Stage Manager Award
Rachel April
The 2022 NYIT Awards did not take place due to technical issues and ongoing recovery delays as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic[ 32]
Award [ 33]
Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award
Everett Quinton
Stewardship Award
Kelley Nicole Girod
Caffe Cino Fellowship AwardBrownstone Steps Entertainment
Indie Theater Champion Award
Chisa Hutchinson
Outstanding Stage Manager Award
Heather Olmstead
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