OFF-OFF BROADWAY AT THEIR NOMINEE ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY
The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2010 nominees at its annual sold-out event at the Carmine Street Recreation Center located at 25 Carmine Street.
It was a great party, with snacks and drinks, lots of opportunities to socialize and network.
(While the party part of the nominations party was great, the nominations announcements part of the evening left much room for improvement. Since everyone actually knew they were being nominated -- that's why they were there -- announcing the nominees was not so important; but introducing them would have been super. I'd suggest next year the nominees for each category -- they know who they are -- come on stage to be introduced.
Also, the projection of something from their show -- which was basically not visible this year -- should be projected with a really bright projector on a darkened screen -- or perhaps even on a huge TV screen: With an audience of up-and-coming actors, directors and producers surely some computer or TV or A/V manufacturer or vendor (eg... INTEL, SONY, SAMSUNG, PANASONIC, B&H..., BEST BUY...) might be interested in promoting their newest wares.
Here's another idea someone suggested... the winning director/producer/creative-director of this year's program be tapped to direct the "announcements show" from next year's nominations award party!)
The state of off-off Broadway is vibrant. One big trouble is that by the time a show is nominated, it has probably closed.
Here at BOBOOBLOG we're going to try to keep the spirit of high quality OOB alive by trying to PREVIEW the work of OOB theaters, theatrical companies, directors and actors that have proven to be exciting, or that promise to be exciting, or that we hope will be exciting!
(The object, obviously, is to spread the awareness of vital OOB theater pieces before they close -- while they are still alive and vibrant and able to be experienced!)
Here's a site that seems to maintain an up-to-date list of OOB shows playing (EVERY) today and (EVERY) tomorrow:
http://nytheatre.com/nytheatre/nythnow.php
My own taste and hope for cutting edge OOB is that it will be
- terrific at story telling (that comes first),
- political (in the sense of being immersed in what we need to understand about the world as it really is -- or should be),
- sexual,
- physical/emotional/intellectual,
- creative/original,
- brutally, courageously honest (in the writing and acting), and
- revealing (about ourselves, and the world).
Over the past six years, the IT Awards Ceremony has honored over 1,000 individual artists, over 350 productions, and 250 theatre companies, having collected over 22,000 ballots and involved more than 4,500 judges.
The 2010 Nominees include 118 individual artists, 55 different productions and 50 Off-Off Broadway theatre companies.
PINK
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
Christine Rebecca Herzog, Itsuko Higashi, Jubil Khan, Fêtes de la Nuit, WeildWorks
Kaela Crawford, Julia Giolzetti, Caitlin Mehner, Alison Scaramella, Stephanie Strohm, Pink!, Down Payment Productions
Marc Bovino, Joe Curnutte, Michael Dalto, Stephanie Wright Thompson, Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War, The Mad Ones
Jenny Bennett, Melissa D. Brown, John Graham, John J. Isgro, Courtney Kochuba, Kyle Minshew, Amanda Nichols, Katherine Nolan Brown, Jed Peterson, Sean Reidy, Miranda Shields, Douglas Taurel, Nate Washburn, The Disorder Plays, Milk Can Theatre Company
Joie Bauer, David Bishins, Gina Nagy Burns, James Patterson, Chris Skeries, Harris Yulin, Janet Zarish, The Glass House, Resonance Ensemble
Daniel Abeles, Craig Jorczak, Jacob Murphy, Anna O'Donoghue, Laura Ramadei, Claire Siebers, Too Little Too Late, Red Elevator Productions
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE / THE DISORDER PLAYS
Photo by Eric Roffman
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Dan Berkey, Remission, terraNOVA Collective’s soloNOVA Arts Festival
Michael Graves, The Report of My Death, One Armed Man, Inc. in association with Oracle Theatre, Inc. and Faux-Real Theatre Company
David Harrell, A Little Potato and Hard to Peel, ADH Enterprises
Erin Markey, Puppy Love: A Stripper's Tail, terraNOVA Collective’s soloNOVA Arts Festival
Brian McManamon, It or Her, terraNOVA Collective’s soloNOVA Arts Festival
Avery Pearson, Monster, Really Sketchy and terraNOVA Collective’s soloNOVA Arts Festival
Jesse Zaritt, Binding, Theatre C and terraNOVA Collective’s soloNOVA Arts Festival
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE
Michael Cyril Creighton, MilkMilkLemonade, The Management & Horse Trade Theater Group
Amir Darvish, Psych, Cake Productions
Kyle Haggerty, The Hypochondriac, the cell theatre company
Douglas Scott Sorenson, The Hypochondriac, the cell theatre company
Evan Thompson, Loyalties, Unity Stage Company
Paco Tolson, The Brokenhearteds, I Mean! Productions
AGAMEMNON
Photo by Eric Roffman
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE
Jess Barbagallo, MilkMilkLemonade, The Management & Horse Trade Theater Group
Nikole Beckwith, MilkMilkLemonade, The Management & Horse Trade Theater Group
Jessica Crandall, Agamemnon, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club
Jennifer Harder, MilkMilkLemonade, The Management & Horse Trade Theater Group
Elaine O'Brien, Granada, Polybe + Seats
Anna O'Donoghue, Too Little Too Late, Red Elevator Productions
THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM
Photo by Eric Roffman
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
Frank Anderson, The Return of Peter Grimm, Metropolitan Playhouse
Marc Bovino, Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War, The Mad Ones
Joe Curnutte, Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War, The Mad Ones
Christopher Domig, A Mysterious Way, Firebone Theatre
John Halbach, Children At Play, CollaborationTown
Harris Yulin, The Glass House, Resonance Ensemble
CHILDREN AT PLAY
Photo by Eric Roffman
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
Elizabeth A. Davis, Emily, An Amethyst Remembrance, Firebone Theatre
Elyse Mirto, Next Year in Jerusalem, WorkShop Theater Company
Susan Louise O'Connor, Children At Play, CollaborationTown
Tanya O'Debra, Radio Star, Horse Trade Theater Group and Tanya O'Debra
Kristen Vaughan, The Desk Set, Retro Productions
Stephanie Wright Thompson, Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War, The Mad Ones
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT
Nina Ashe, Manhattanpotamia IV, The Hyperion Theatre Project
Jonothon Lyons, The Tenement, The Associated Mask Ensemble
Austin McCormick, Le Serpent Rouge, Company XIV
Christine O'Grady, Children of Eden, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Kim Weild, Fêtes de la Nuit, WeildWorks
Jesse Zaritt, Binding, terraNOVA Collective’s soloNOVA Arts Festival
FLUX THEATRE ENSEMBLE
Photo by Eric Roffman
FLUX THEATRE ENSEMBLE
Photo by Eric Roffman
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
Daniel Brodie and Jonothon Lyons, The Tenement, The Associated Mask Ensemble
Heather Cohn, The Lesser Seductions of History, Flux Theatre Ensemble
Lila Neugebauer, Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War, The Mad Ones
Alex Roe, The Return of Peter Grimm, Metropolitan Playhouse
Brian Smith, Pink!, Down Payment Productions
Kim Weild, Fêtes de la Nuit, WeildWorks
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Tim Cryan, Welcome to the Woods, The International Theatre Laboratory Workshop
Charles Foster, Fêtes de la Nuit, WeildWorks
Gina Scherr, Le Serpent Rouge, Company XIV
Joel Silver, Pink!, Down Payment Productions
John Tees III, Down Range, Delano Celli Productions
Christopher Weston, The Return of Peter Grimm, Metropolitan Playhouse
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Stephanie Alexander, Pink!, Down Payment Productions
Brooke Berry and Mark Mears, Psych, Cake Productions
Olivera Gajic, Le Serpent Rouge, Company XIV
Viviane Galloway, The Desk Set, Retro Productions
Julianne Kroboth, Craven Monkey and The Mountain of Fury, Piper McKenzie
Lisa Zinni, Killing Women, kef theatrical productions
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Daniel Brodie, The Tenement, The Associated Mask Ensemble
Rebecca Cunningham, The Desk Set, Retro Productions
Michael P. Kramer, Children of Eden, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Zane Pihlstrom, Snow White, Company XIV
Brian Scott, Fêtes de la Nuit, WeildWorks
Amanda Stephens, Pink!, Down Payment Productions
CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE
Photo by Eric Roffman
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
The Broken Chord Collective, Thunder Above, Deeps Below, Second Generation Productions, Inc.
Stowe Nelson, Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War, The Mad Ones
Shane Rettig, Alice in Slasherland, Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Philip Rothman, Proof, Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions
Jeanne Travis, The Desk Set, Retro Productions
Mark Valadez, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Performance Lab 115
OUTSTANDING INNOVATIVE DESIGN
C. Andrew Bauer, Fêtes de la Nuit, WeildWorks
Daniel Brodie, The Tenement, The Associated Mask Ensemble
Heather E. Cunningham and Casandera M.J. Lollar, The Desk Set, Retro Productions
Daniel Heffernan, The Glass House, Resonance Ensemble
Jonothon Lyons, The Tenement, The Associated Mask Ensemble
Zane Pihlstrom, Snow White, Company XIV
Matt Tennie, Alice in Slasherland, Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
David Valentine, Alice in Slasherland, Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM
Photo by Eric Roffman
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC
Michael Kosch, The Return of Peter Grimm, Metropolitan Playhouse
Jonothon Lyons, The Tenement, The Associated Mask Ensemble
Andrew Mauriello, Radio Star, Horse Trade Theater Group and Tanya O'Debra
Carl Riehl, Laika Dog in Space, New York Neo-Futurists
Colonna Sonora, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Toy Box Theatre Company
Mark Valadez, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Performance Lab 115
TOO LITTLE TOO LATE
Photo by Eric Roffman
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT
Lorraine Cink, Emilia’s Wish in The Disorder Plays, Milk Can Theatre Company
Cheryl L. Davis, BMW in The Disorder Plays, Milk Can Theatre Company
Amy Herzog, Christmas Present in Too Little Too Late, Red Elevator Productions
ML Kinney, What If... in The Disorder Plays, Milk Can Theatre Company
Bethany Larsen, The Third Date in The Disorder Plays, Milk Can Theatre Company
Jonothon Lyons, The Tenement, The Associated Mask Ensemble
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL FULL-LENGTH SCRIPT
James Comtois, Infectious Opportunity, Nosedive Productions
Stacy Davidowitz, Pink!, Down Payment Productions
Ashlin Halfnight, Balaton, Electric Pear Productions
Adam Kraar, Empire of the Trees, Wizard Oil Productions
Tanya O'Debra, Radio Star, Horse Trade Theater Group and Tanya O'Debra
Crystal Skillman, The Vigil or The Guided Cradle, Impetuous Theater Group & The Brick Theater
NY NEOFUTURISTS / THE SOUP SHOW
Photo by Eric Roffman
Photo by Eric Roffman
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ART PRODUCTION
Binding, terraNOVA Collective’s soloNOVA Arts Festival
Craven Monkey and The Mountain of Fury, Piper McKenzie
Diagnosis of a Faun, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club
Haunted House, Vortex Theater Company
Manhattanpotamia IV, The Hyperion Theatre Project
Remission, terraNOVA Collective’s soloNOVA Arts Festival
The Soup Show, New York Neo-Futurists
CAROLINE OR CHANGE
Photo by Eric Roffman
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Caroline, or Change The Gallery Players
Children of Eden, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Romance, Romance, The Active Theater
Rootless: La No-Nostalgia, terraNOVA Collective’s soloNOVA Arts Featival
The Cradle Will Rock, Theater Ten Ten
Top of the Heap, The Gallery Players
THE TENEMENT
Photo by Eric Roffman
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Fêtes de la Nuit, WeildWorks
Pink!, Down Payment Productios
Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War, The Mad Ones
The Desk Set, Retro Productions
The Return of Peter Grimm, Metropolitan Playhouse
The Tenement, The Associated Mask Ensemble
SAVE THE DATE:
Fifth Annual IT Awards Ceremony
Monday, September 20, 2010
Location: TBD
The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, which recognizes the great work of New York's Off-Off-Broadway—honoring its artistic heritage and providing an alliance for this extensive and richly varied community. As advocates for Off-Off-Broadway, they recognize its unique and essential role contributing to global culture.
Each season, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation publicly recognizes excellence in Off-Off-Broadway, with a high-profile awards ceremony. The New York Innovative Theatre Awards celebrate the community and honor some of the previous year’s greatest achievements. The IT Awards heighten audience awareness and foster greater appreciation of the New York theatre experience.
Director, AGAMEMNON
Holding a sponsor
Photo by Eric Roffman
The nomination party was sponsored by:
Lights Up Cue Sound www.lightsupcuesound.com
GUS (Grown Up Soda) www.drinkgus.com
Yuengling www.yuengling.com
Drew & Rogers, Inc. www.drew-rogers.com
Kampfire Films PR www.kampfirefilmspr.com
United Stages www.unitedstages.com
Kyden Machine Inc. www.kydeninc.com
Here are some links to theaters, theater companies, actors, and directors named in these nominations:
THE NEW YORK INNOVATIVE THEATER AWARDS
www.facebook.com/nyitawards
THE DISORDER PLAYS
www.theatrescene.net/ts/ea.nsf/By+Category/A69D2C0072B8911F8525771700587F4E
SAMUEL AND ALASDAIR: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE ROBOT WAR
www.bricktheater.com/samuel
THE FLUX THEATER ENSEMBLE
www.fluxtheatre.org/
PINK: THE PLAY
http://www.pinktheplay.com/
PERFORMANCE LAB 115
http://www.pl115.org/
THE METROPOLITAN PLAYHOUSE
www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/
THE GALLERY PLAYERS
galleryplayers.com
HERE ARTS CENTER
www.here.org/
FETES DE LA NUIT
www.fetesnyc.com/home.html
THE NEW YORK NEOFUTURISTS
nyneofuturists.org/site/
TERRANOVA COLLECTIVE & SOLONOVA ARTS FESTIVAL
www.terranovacollective.org/SoloArtsFestival.php
JED Q PETERSON
www.jedqpeterson.com/
CAITLIN MEHNER
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2790561/
JONOTHON LYONS
jonothonlyons.com/
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