2010 Festivity Archive
11 seconds of ecstasy!
An allegory from Bubulinos’ Dreams Connected Series
An ETdC Projects’ Lab Production benefiting The Children’s Aid Society Philip Coltoff Center
Created, Written and Directed by: Roi Escudero
A provocative eco-musical embodied in a performance-art piece. A voyage into the daring reality of an alienated world dominated by media phenomena, its virtual reality and its mass hysteria. It is based in realismo magico, transformation art, the theatre of cruelty’s awareness, and the irreverent humor of the absurd. It combines live performance with multimedia that recycles retro, cinéma-vérité, silent melodrama, horror movies, radio, TV shows and old musical hits: cha-cha-cha, swing, hip-hop and tango!
Winner Outstanding Use of Projections, Special Effects And/or Multi Media: Roi Escudero
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a New Play
Nominated Outstanding Director : Roi Escudero
Nominated Outstanding Choreography: Richard Stevens, Mika Oyaizu and Alex Orzeck-Byrnes and Roi Escudero
Nominated Outstanding Sound Design: Roi Escudero
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actor: Andy Chmelko
4 1/2 HOURS: ACROSS THE STONES OF FIRE
Produced by The Coal Free Future Project benefiting The Appalachian Community Fund
Written by Jeff Biggers
Directed by Stephanie Pistello
Films & Visuals by Ben Evans
When Marie and Hovie’s 150-year-old family homestead is threatened by a planned mountaintop removal operation they must come to grips with their conflicting fates. Will their love for each other and the land survive an epic journey “Across the Stones of Fire?”
Winner Greener Planet Award: Jeff Biggers and Stephanie Pistello
Nominated Outstanding Use of Projections, Special Effects And/or Multi Media : Ben Evans
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actress : Stephanie Pistello
A BROWN MONKEY GOES TO MCDONALD’S
A Sahil Farooqi production benefiting Democracy Now!
Written and Performed by Sahil Farooqi
Directed by Regie Cabico
Sahil Farooqi starred in Sundance Channel’s “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys”
“Listen to me, these monkeys are not afraid, they will snatch your McDonald’s burger and eat it in the corner and Starbucks will be their new water.”
Sahil Farooqi performs the New York premier of his powerful and funny solo show based on his semi-autobiographical journey of an immigrant. A Brown Monkey Goes To McDonald’s reveals the stories and dreams of a boy moving to America and his continuous search for cultural identity and acceptance in western society. But in the post 9/11 world his dreams of America are changed forever.
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a Solo Show
Nominated Outstanding Performance in a Solo Show: Sahil Farooq
A DREAM ABOUT SUNFLOWERS
A Howling Moon Cab Comany production benefiting Doctors Without Borders
Written by Jonathan Wallace
Directed by Amber Gallery
Tom, the unwilling CEO of an international organization, Geeks Without Borders, struggles with his feelings for a badly wounded ex-employee, while coming to terms with the death of his brother. A drama about the tragic effects of good intentions, and whether love is possible without compassion.
Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: Aaron Davis
Are You There, Zeus? It’s Me, Electra.
Presented by On The Fritz Productions benefiting The Children’s Cancer & Blood Foundation
A New Tragicomedy Written and Directed by Aliza Shane
Electra is angry, ruthless, and hell-bent on revenge.
Too bad she’s only 16…
Electra’s determined to avenge her father’s death. Unfortunately, she’s a powerless hormonal teenager, with just a Greek chorus that won’t go away. She’ll need to lead a motley crew to set her plot in motion. But will vengeance lead to happiness? And why does puberty have to be so tragic?
Winner Planet Activist Award: Erin Winebark
Winner Outstanding Director: Aliza Shane
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a Revival, Adaptation or Sequel (previously published/or adapted script) Nominated for Outstanding Playwriting for an Adaptation, Revival or Sequel: Aliza Shane
Nominated Outstanding Choreography: Laura Hirshberg, Matthew Rini, Chanda Calentine and Aliza Shane
Nominated Outstanding Costume Design: David Moyer
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play : James David Larson
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play : Kerri Ford
Nominated Outstanding Postcard
BJ: A MUSICAL ROMP
Produced by Peter and Matt’s Production Company benefiting the Organic Consumers Association
Book & Lyrics by Peter Dagger
Music by Eric Jarboe
Directed by Matt Britten
It’s the first day of college! And for Benyamin Jeremiah, that means leaving his over-protective mother, attending school outside his home, and – gulp – talking to girls. Join BJ, his beer-guzzling roommate, an innocent mathlete, an orally-fixated seductress, and a gay RA, as they learn to go down…a different road.
Winner: Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, Play with Music, or Musical Event
Winner Outstanding Book, Music and Lyrics: Peter Dagger and Eric Jarboe
Winner Outstanding Choreography: Kim Hale
Winner Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical or Play with Music: Susan McBrien
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Play with Music or Musical Event: Andrew Redlawsk
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Play with Music or Musical Event: Kate Bodenheimer and Tro Shaw
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical or Play with Music: Tramaine Montell Ford and William Goulet Kean
Nominated Outstanding Ensemble: The Cast of BJ: A Musical Romp
Kate Bodenheimer, Tramaine Montell Ford, William Goulet Kean, Andrew Relawsk, Susan McBrien, and Tro Shaw
CAKE
A Felipe Ossa production benefiting The Resource Foundation
Written by Felipe Ossa
Directed by Leah Bonvissuto
It’s 1999 and pundit Dana Dunnigan is on the left’s most-hated list. But she never expected to be subdued by a poisoned shoulder pad and a crossbow-wielding queer. What’s more, she’s kidnapped. Whether her captors are delusional or brilliant, Dana’s in for a showdown with her politics — and her past.
Winner Congeniality: Leah Bonvisutto and Felipe Ossa
Winner Outstanding Lead Actress: Ramona Floyd
Winner Outstanding Actor in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: Dan Shaked
Nominated Outstanding Playwriting for a New Script: Felipe Ossa
Nominated Outstanding Director: Leah Bonvissuto
Nominated Outstanding Choreography: Ian Roettger
Nominated Outstanding Program
CLANDESTINE
Produced by NewGround Theatre Company benefiting Women In Need (WIN)
It’s a secret.
PLAYWRIGHTS: Glory Bowen, Ann Gillespie, Alex Goldberg, Duncan Pflaster, Nandita Shenoy and Jonathan Wallace
DIRECTORS: Luke Harlan, Cindy N. Kawasaki, Rachel Klein and Michael Schwartz
ACTORS: Teisha Bader, Rosebud Baker and Mariel Matero
Rosebud Baker starred in Sundance Channel’s “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys”
Winner Planet Activist Award: Mariel Matero
Winner Outstanding Actress in a One-Act Production: Rosebud Baker
Winner: Outstanding Overall Production of a Short Play, One-Act or Monologue
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of an Entire Evening of One-Acts
Nominated Outstanding Playwriting Short Form: Alex Goldberg, Duncan Pflaster, Nandita Shenoy and Johnathan Wallace
Nominated Outstanding Actor in a One-Act Production: Matt Carr, Eugene Oh, and Dominic Spillane
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a One-Act Production : Jessica Pohly
DANNY
Produced by White Rabbit Theatre and Kim M. Jones benefiting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
A comedy with drama buried six feet under written and directed by Andrew Rothkin
Every April 26th, this motley group of old college friends gathers for food, laughter, stories and songs, and to honor their gifted Danny…all by the side of his grave. This year, their sweet celebration will be rocked to its core. And so will each of them.
Winner Planet Activist Award: Andrew Rothkin and Kim M. Jones
Winner Best Supporting Actress in a Play: Amada Anderson
Nominated Outstanding Scenic Design: Starlet Jacobs
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actor: James Pravaslis
DECADENT ACTS
Produced by Co-op Theatre East benefiting Democracy Now!
Written and directed by Ashley Marinaccio
Set in late 1980s New York City, Decadent Acts chronicles the story of a lesbian couple struggling against legislated discrimination. When television personality Farah White falls fatally ill, her partner, professor Jolene Shatila, along with their daughter Nicole, are faced with unexpected challenges that will change their lives forever. Decadent Acts spotlights the harsh reality of discriminatory regulations against same-sex partners. With the push for full equality building momentum across the country, this play couldn’t be timelier.
Winner Planet Activist Award: Ashley Marinaccio
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actress: Anna Savant
DIG & BE DUG: THE GOSPEL OF LORD BUCKLEY
Produced by INTERPROD Theatre benefiting Citymeals-on-Wheels
Written and Performed by Ryan Knowles
Directed by David Kraft
Music Arrangements by Peter Saxe
A Hipster/Stoner holds a religious ceremony in his apartment to praise the gospel of genre-defying comedian & spoken-word icon: Lord Buckley. Part British royalty, part Southern preacher, His Lordship was a Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat. 2009 Planet Award winner Ryan Knowles performs the world premiere of his high-energy comedic solo show.
Winner: Outstanding Overall Production of a Solo Show
Winner Outstanding Performance in a Solo Show: Ryan Knowles
Nominated Outstanding Use of Projections, Special Effects And/or Multi Media Event: David Kraft
Nominated for Outstanding Band, Orchestra or Musician: Peter Saxe
Nominated: Outstanding Program
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
An EJ Rocks/Erin Jividen production benefiting National Eating Disorder Association
Written and Performed by Erin Jividen
Directed by Angela Astle
Written entirely in Def Jam Poetry, spoken word and music, this courageous One Woman Musical redefines our favorite fairy tale heroines and asks the question, Does Happily Ever After Really Exist? It’s Shocking yet Whimsical. Familiar yet totally Unexpected. Heart Wrenching yet Life Affirming.
These are the REAL stories behind the Fairy Tales.
FOX TALES
A Gabrielle Fox production benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
An Evening of One-Acts Written by Gabrielle Fox
Directed by Tony Howarth
Winfluence, The Graveyard Shift and Good Friday
Three new one-act plays explore relationships between opposites. Two office assistants in a shared space, a drag queen and a red neck in a cemetery, a down and out woman and a biblical theme park character all struggle to overcome their differences, whether they want to or not.
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a Short Play, One-Act or Monologue
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a One-Act Production: Donna James
GOOD LONELY PEOPLE
Produced by MTWorks benefiting PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
Written by Carol Carpenter
Directed by Diánna Martin
On election night, while the only white democratic family in Bush oil country holds an Obama party, they discover they are split on a California issue that hits close to the core, raising questions about their own sense of “family.” Winner Audience Favorite Award at The 2010 National NewBorn Festival.
Winner Planet Activist Award: David Stallings
Winner Outstanding Playwriting for a New Script: Carol Carpenter
Winner Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play: Susan Wallack
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a New Play
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actress: Misti Tindiglia
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play: Trip Plymale
GREEN!
Produced by The Mistake and The Icky House Club benefiting Early Stages
In the spirit of Monty Python, The Monkees, and the Paterson administration, the award-winning sketch comedy troupe The Mistake, and harmony vocal group The Icky House Club (featuring award-winning songwriter Mickey Zetts), combine to give you Green! Watch them skewer faux-environmentalists, musical trends, and themselves! Mayhem ensues!
Winner for Outstanding Band, Orchestra and/or Musician: Mickey Zetts and Ryan Cox
Winner Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical or Play with Music: Andrew Martin
Winner Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical or Play with Music: Paula Galloway
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical or Play with Music: Fiona Choi
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical or Play with Music: Ryan Cox
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, Play with Music, or Musical Event
Nominated Outstanding Book, Music and Lyrics: Ken Scudder and Mickey Zetts
his beauty
Produced by Ashley Jacobson benefiting Sanctuary for Families
Written by Ashley Jacobson
Directed by Nadine Friedman
Interweaving text from Marilyn Frye, Beat poetry and Nabokov’s “Lolita,” his beauty is a dark comedy that centers on physical beauty as a source of obsession, oppression and seduction. This play follows four people as they intersect one night – and use each other to satisfy their own desires at any cost.
Winner Greener Planet Award: Nadine Friedman and Jonathan Cottle
Winner Outstanding Scenic Design: Jonathan Cottle
Nominated Outstanding Director: Nadine Friedman
Nominated Outstanding Lighting Design: Johnathan Cottle and Danny Abalos
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play: James B. Kennedy
HOURGLASS & ONE HAND CLAPPING
Hourglass
Produced by Richard L. Gaw benefiting The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Written by Richard L. Gaw
Directed by Rose Ginsberg
For the past 40 years, writer Myra Goldman has been a leading activist and intellectual voice on the American landscape. Her memoirs, typed by Nell Finch, a young graduate student, reveal both her accomplished life and, eventually, the truest portrait of the artist behind her words.
One Hand Clapping
Written and Directed by Adam Samtur
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, can it hatch a scheme to put an end to the human race? Find out in this uproarious absurdist comedy which will “leaf” you “pine-ing” for more.
Winner Outstanding Playwriting Short Form: Richard L. Gaw
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of an Entire Evening of One-Acts
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a One-Act Production: Missy Hernandez
I DON’T WANT TO HURT YOUR FEELINGS
Produced by Emma Koenig benefiting Girls, Inc.
Written and Directed by Emma Koenig
Cast: Peter Caporal, Matt Connolly, Emma Koenig, Caitlin McInerney, Nicole Pursell, and Peter Rothbard
Stage Manager: Molly Gillis
Set and Light Designers: Stiven Luka and Will Moody
One conventional couple (just like you) is about to find out just how much pressure there is on modern-day relationships. Having just met, these characters will have to face their fundamental differences in gender, sex, relationships and their mutual need to know, “What exactly comes next?”
Nominated Outstanding Lighting Design: Stiven Luka and Will Moody
Nominated Outstanding Program
LINER NOTES
Produced by (re:) Directions Theatre Company benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Written by John Patrick Bray
Directed by Erin Smiley
A Rock and Roll legend’s suicide leads his daughter, Alice, to the door of the man who knew him best and hated him most: his first guitarist. Can Alice bring George back to his Rock-and-Roll roots? Can George’s memories of Alice’s father bring her peace?
Nominated Outstanding Playwriting for a New Script: John Patrick Bray
Nominated Outstanding Sound Design: Martha Goode
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actress: Kathryn Elizabeth Lawson
Nominated Outstanding Postcard
LOVE ME
Produced by Funny….Sheesh Productions benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
Written by Jason S. Grossman
Directed by Daryl Boling
Underachieving writer/motivational speaker Charlie Styptic is mired in a lifelong love life slump. Forever lovesick yet chronically self-effacing, he’s haplessly counseled by a simpleminded sidekick and a newly befriended womanizer. Will he ever find love or be eternally controlled by the incessantly critical voice in his head?
Winner Congeniality: Jason Grossman
Winner Outstanding Playwriting for a New Script: Jason S. Grossman
Winner Outstanding Actress in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: Kaira Klueber
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a New Play
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actor: Aaron Rossini
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play: Jeff Wills
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play: Daina Stefanie Scahtz
Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: James Cichewicz
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: Laura Schwinninger
Nominated Outstanding Ensemble: The Cast of Love Me
James Cichewicz*, Kaira Klueber, Ridley Parson, Aaron Rossini*, Daina Stefanie Schatz*, Laura Schwenninger*, Victoria Watson* and Jeff Wills*
MADE FOR EACH OTHER
Benefiting Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
Written by Monica Bauer
Directed by John FitzGibbon
Starring John Fico*
What kind of man proposes marriage on the first date, and what kind of man says “yes”? “Made for Each Other” is drama with comedy about sex, love, and the power of memory. One actor plays a pair of lovers, each with a memory that guides him.
*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a Solo Show
Nominated Outstanding Performance in a Solo Show: John Fico
MANHATTAN PROJECT
A Mush-room Theatre Design production benefiting Coalition for the Homeless
Written by Ricardo Garcia
Translated by Adolfo Perez Alvarez
Directed and Designed by Oscar A. Mendoza
Musical Direction: Xavier Paez Haubold
The scientific community from Los Alamos is preparing for the first testing of the atomic bomb in New Mexico. One of the main protagonists, a mature WOMAN who is invited to a TV show for an interview, pretends to be more personal than professional in an attempt to reveal the intimate side of scientific people. This weaves a story of love and treachery as explosive as the historic preamble that launches the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
As Ricardo Garcia said about his play, “At its depths, perhaps “Manhattan Project” would be no more than a melodrama that the author and the interviewer disguise as a scientific dissertation due to matters of modesty.”
Winner: Outstanding Overall Production of a New Play
Winner: Outstanding Direction: Oscar Mendoza
Winner Outstanding Lead Actor: Paul Daily
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actress: Danielle Patsakos
Nominated Outstanding Ensemble: The Cast of The Manhattan Project
Jeffery Steven Allen*, Paul Daily, Christopher Diaz, Barbara Mundy*, Fumi Nakamura and Danielle Patsakos.
Nominated Outstanding Sound Design: Oscar Mendoza
Nominated Outstanding Scenic Design: Oscar Mendoza and Gabrielle Pepin
Winner Outstanding Use of Projections, Special Effects And/or Multi Media: Gabriel Comrie Pepin
MARRIED PLUS ONE
Produced by Dr. Dorothy Productions benefiting Longchamp Charities
Written by Dorothy Marcic
Directed by Michelle Best
What happens when you interrupt a couple’s romantic/reconciling mountain get-away with a grown child turning up in a crisis of his own, along with his mentally-challenged, rageful, teenage daughter? Cracks in the marriage surface as loyalties shift back and forth, while anger and resentment build, leading to a shocking conclusion.
Winner Congeniality: Michael Roderick
RECOVERY
A Mark J. Williams production benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Written by Mark J. Williams
Directed by Alex Mallory
A man given a conditional second chance. A woman looking for something to live for. A doctor returning to work in the wake of a personal tragedy. And the good-hearted nurse trying to save them all. Welcome to Recovery, a modern love story of discovery, adventure and redemption.
Winner Planet Activist Award: Mark J. Williams
Winner Outstanding Lead Actress: Elena Zazanis
Nominated Outstanding Playwriting for a New Script: Mark J. Williams
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actor: Jonathan Holtzman
Nominated Outstanding Postcard
SMALL BITES: A SMORGASBORD OF ONE-ACT COMEDIES
Produced by Tribe Productions benefiting The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
Written and Directed by J.C. Svec
The pressures of the decision making process, the disappearance of a favorite food or the details of planning a perfect dinner are just the appetizers for Small Bites, a collection of stories that explore how food affects the human condition in cultural, social and, yes, even historical situations.
Winner Congeniality: JC Svec and the entire Small Bites team
Winner: Outstanding Overall Production of an Entire Evening of One-Acts
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a Short Play, One-Act or Monologue
Nominated Outstanding Actor in a One-Act Production: Rob Gelberg
SUNRISE, SUNSET OR BREAKFAST WITH JULIA
A Diva Duo production benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association, NYC Chapter
Written and Performed by Julia Sandra Rand*
Directed by Nicole Potter
A powerful and poignant one character play written during the last year of Julia’s ten year journey with her mother Eva and Alzheimer’s. It is a glimpse into the isolated world of the caregiver. It is about hope and survival, tears and laughter, the circle of life-sunrise to sunset.
*appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.
Winner Planet Activist Award: Julia Sandra Rand
Winner Outstanding Program
thank you, dark’caitlynn by helen langley,’
By kate imbruglio
Two comedies about the agony and the ecstasy of putting up a play.
Written by Jonathan Wallace
Performed, Directed and Designed by the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity Interns.
THE GREEN KNIGHT
A Jeremy Bloom and Brian Rady production benefiting 826NYC
Written by Brian Rady
Directed by Jeremy Bloom
He came to Camelot on Christmas Eve. The green knight, his green horse, his great green axe. A beautiful being, and terrifying, but he knew what justice was. And perhaps justice is greater than the grail. A story of man and beast, and man and woman, newly adapted for the stage.
Winner Greener Planet Award: Jeremy Bloom and Brian Rand
Winner Outstanding Costume Design: Erin Schultz
Winner Outstanding Actress in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: Catherine Lefrer
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a Revival, Adaptation or Sequel (previously published/or adapted script)
Nominated for Outstanding Playwriting for an Adaptation, Revial or Sequel: Brian Rady
Nominated Outstanding Director: Jeremy Bloom
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actor: Brett Aresco
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play: Joyce Miller
Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: Scott Morse
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Produced by G-Money Productions benefiting The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Written by Oscar Wilde
Adapted for the Stage and Directed by Glory Bowen
A painter, Basil Hallward, paints a portrait of his muse, the handsome young man named Dorian Gray. Upon the completion of the portrait, Dorian’s wish that the painting would grow old, and not he, is mysteriously granted. Set in the late 1800’s, Oscar Wilde’s tale explores the superficial nature of society, and the value of youth and beauty.
Winner: Outstanding Production of an Adaptation, Revial or Sequel
Winner Outstanding Lighting Design: Yuriy Nayer
Winner Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play: Eric Percival
Winner Outstanding Actor in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: Timothy McDonough
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play: Walter Brandes
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actor: Adam Barrie
Nominated for Outstanding Playwriting for an Adaptation, Revival or Sequel
Nominated Outstanding Costume/Make-up Design: Irma Escobar and Christina Hurtado
Nominated Outstanding Sound Design: Jacob Subtonik
Nominated Outstanding Scenic Design: Craig Napolielo
THE RIVERSIDE SYMPHONY
Produced by Ignited States Production Company benefiting The Children’s Aid Society
Written by Michael Niederman
Directed by Hondo Weiss-Richmond
The Riverside Symphony charts the progression of love, creativity, and rebirth in New York City. From teenagers afraid of the future, to a couple salvaging their marriage, to a bohemian anachronism pining for past glories, everyone in Riverside are struggling to change their lives before it is too late.
Winner Outstanding Actor in a One-Act Production: Michael Gnat
Nominated: Walkabout: Outstanding Overall Production of a Short Play, One-Act or Monologue
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of an Entire Evening of One-Acts
Nominated Outstanding Playwriting Short Form: Michael Niederman
Nominated Outstanding Scenic Design: Stephe Dobay
Nominated Outstanding Lighting Design: Jake DeGroot
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a One-Act Production: Liz Douglas
THE SIX MONTH CURE
Produced by Daydream Theatre Company benefiting Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research
Written by Lenny Schwartz
Directed by Norah Turnham
In this all-female comedic drama Kate, a middle aged lesbian meets Mandy, a lost soul. Together they share a journey cross country to California for the biggest comic book convention in the world. The road they take is filled with memory, bad food, heartbreak and hope.
Nominated Outstanding Playwriting for a New Script: Lenny Schwartz
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: Amelia Campbell
THE THYME OF THE SEASON
Produced by Cross-Eyed Bear Productions benefiting Planned Parenthood
Written and Directed by Duncan Pflaster
A new sequel to A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Titania and Oberon need to pay their Hallowe’en tithe to hell, they need to find a human soul. Helena is pregnant, Demetrius thinks she’s cheating, and Bottom has become famous. Everyone goes into the forest again, but will they come back out?
Featuring: Eric C. Bailey*, Matt Falber, Clara Barton Green, Rebecca Hirota, Tania Jeudy, Shawn McLaughlin, Ryan G. Metzger*, Kelly Nichols and Michelle Ramoni*.
*Member of Actors Equity. An Equity Approved Showcase
Live Music composed and performed by Matt Applebaum
Costumes by Mark Richard Caswell
Winner Congeniality: Duncan Pflaster
Winner Outstanding Playwriting for an Adaptation, Revial or Sequel: Duncan Pflaster
Winner Outstanding Costume Design: Mark Richard Caswell
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a Revival, Adaptation or Sequel (previously published/or adapted script)
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play: Rebecca Hirota and Tania Jeudy
Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: Eric C. Bailey
Nominated Outstanding Postcard
THE UNTITLED PROJECT
Produced by Calla Videt and Company benefiting inMotion
Conceived by Calla Videt, Devised by the Company
“I never knew how much could be said by saying nothing.”
A group of young artists are trying to make a play. When an idea takes hold, what results is a dangerous excursion into acts of superficial sacrifice. Someone stops sleeping. Someone stops eating. Someone stops speaking. Someone tries to say something important. For what? For art. For whom? For you. At whose expense? The silent one’s.
“Relax. You’re quite safe here. Let us tell you a story. About you. About us. About being here.”
Winner Greener Planet Award: Calla Videt
Winner Outstanding Sound Design: Calla Videt
Nominated Outstanding Director: Calla Videt
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: Caroline Holding
Nominated Outstanding Program
UNCLE SHELBY’S WUNDERPANTRY OF POSSIBILITIES
Produced by Shelby Company benefiting Democracy Now!
Written by Ben Forster, Jonathan Goldberg and Dan Moyer
Directed by Jordan Fein
A cabal of talented, emerging writers create a plethora of material. Through alchemy and editing they summon up a cohesive evening of mischievous merriment that zigs, zags and finds a straight path to the brain, heart and lungs. This inspired collection of music, scenes, jokes, theatrical burps and dramatic hiccups will make you laugh, gasp and think.
With Peter Albrink, Trevor Bachman, Hadley Cronk, Anna Drezen, Valerie Graham, Nathaniel Kent and Evan Watkins
original music by Trevor Bachman
stage managed by Saphira Celius
sound design by Chris Rummel
lighting design by Greg Goff
costume design by Deanna Frieman
set/prop design by Jordan Fein
Winner Outstanding Ensemble: The Cast Of Uncle Shelby’s Wunderpantry of Possibilities Peter Albrink, Trevor Bachman, Hadley Cronk, Anna Drezen, Valerie Graham, Nathaniel Kent and Evan Watkins, Annie Tippe
Winner Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Play with Music or Musical Event: Peter Albrink, Nathaniel Kent and Evan Watkinn
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, Play with Music, or Musical Event
Nominated Outstanding Book, Music and Lyrics: Trevor Bachman, Jonathan A. Goldberg, Dan Moyer and Ben Forster
Nominated Outstanding Choreography: Chloe Kernaghan
Nominated Outstanding Costume Design: Deanna Frieman
Nominated Outstanding Band, Orchestra or Musician: Trevor Bachman
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Play with Music or Musical Event: Hadly Cronk and Valerie Graham
WAR CRIMES
Produced by Conflict of Interest theater company benefiting Amnesty International
Written by Sergei Burbank
Directed by Sara Wolkowitz
John Warder’s secret: he worked at a prison camp for Arab-Americans. When a trial for crimes committed there begins at The Hague, John resolves to present evidence — an effort that could cost him everything. Meanwhile, he can’t avoid a 17th century merchant’s ghost — or his son’s fate.
Winner Congeniality: Sergei Burbank
Winner Outstanding Postcard: War Crimes
Nominated Outstanding Lighting Design: Mike Inwood
Nominated Outstanding Use of Projections, Special Effects And/or Multi Media: Sara Wolkowitz
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a Featured/Cameo Role of a Play: Sarah Hartmann
WOMEN ON LOVE
Benefiting SHARE Africa: Making a difference in the lives of African Communities
A Song Cycle by Katya Stanislavskaya
Directed by Marlo Hunter+
Musical Direction by Mark Evans
Surviving a blind date, a one-night stand, or a marriage. Surviving Thanksgiving dinner, sibling rivalry, or writer’s block. Surviving homesickness, inevitable aging, and terrible timing. Surviving each day using the only weapon—love.
Five women share dozens of love stories that are sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious, and always deeply personal.
+Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers union
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical or Play with Music: Sarah Shahinian
AMERICAN COW GIRL
A Lauren Marie Albert Production benefiting Girls, Inc.
Written and Performed by Lauren Marie Albert
Brooklyn-based performance artist is in search of satisfaction and a cow in the story of a girl who was caught masturbating on her dog by her father at the age of four. As a result, she believes she may never orgasm again. She asks the question, am I normal?
Nominated Outstanding Overall Production of a Reading
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a Reading: Lauren Albert
ANOTHER PLACE
Produced by The Anthropologists benefiting New York Restoration Project
Written and Directed by Melissa F. Moschitto
Another Place follows Cassandra, a scientist making groundbreaking discoveries about climate change yet incapable of communication. Isolated, she sees the opportunity to create a new universe where she can start over, unencumbered by her failings. Ultimately, Cassandra must choose between abandoning her fellow humans or finding a way to reach them.
Winner Greener Planet Award: Melissa F. Moschitto
Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Reading: Karim Muasher
CAT GETS CREDIT CARD!
A Mark William Butler production benefiting Citymeals-on-Wheels
Book, Music & Lyrics by Mark William Butler
Directed by Richard P. Butler
Cat Gets Credit Card! is a surreal, screwball, musical comedy satire; the ultimate unreality in a reality show universe. Inspired by a true story, the show chronicles the crazy adventures of an actual cat who has received an actual credit card. It is a ridiculous roller coaster ride in the amusement park that we call American pop culture.
Nominated Outstanding Overall Production of a Reading
Winner Outstanding Actor in a Reading: Spiro Galiatsatos
Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Reading: Reed Presscott
GIVE TILL IT HURTS
Produced by Dr. Dorothy Productions benefiting Amnesty International
A musical with heart—and other body parts
Book & Lyrics by Dorothy Marcic
Music by Frank Sanchez
Additional Music & Lyrics by Mehr Mansuri
Directed by Hinton Battle
When the former Pocatello Paper Pulp Pageant Princess finds herself broke and alone, with a dead deadbeat husband, three mortgages, and two gorgeous daughters, she faces a choice: does she sell off her “resources,” part by body part, or do they all starve? A dark musical comedy about the cost of love.
IN THE WILDERNESS
Produced by Boann Books & Media, LLC benefiting Mercy Center
Written by John Kearns
In The Wilderness depicts the struggle of teachers and students in an all-girls high school in the South Bronx in the late 1980’s, when the neighborhood was rife with crime, crack addiction and AIDS. Dispirited from the stress of the school year, dedicated young teacher Paul Logan decides that if he can get just one student to be successful, then all of the frustrations would be worthwhile. Carmen Marquez, a smart, sexy sophomore who writes poetry and succeeds in school despite pressures from home and from her neighborhood, seems to be the one Paul is hoping for.
Nominated Outstanding Overall Production of a Reading
Winner Outstanding Actress in a Reading: Brianne Berkson
Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Reading: Danny Yoerges
LAURIE DEACON AND THE NIGHT CALLER
Produced by Junta Juleil Productions benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Written and Directed by Sean Gill
Four years after Laurie Deacon vanishes without a trace, a couple is plagued by persistent, unanswered questions which may implicate them in her disappearance. Forced to defend themselves against a roommate’s prying, a truth is revealed that becomes far more overwhelming and complex than their accuser could have possibly imagined.
Nominated Outstanding Overall Production of a Reading
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a Reading: Jillaine Gill
PROSTATE DREAMS
A Sal Atlantis Phoenix production benefiting Coalition for the Homeless
A comedy of medical errors by Sal Phoenix Atlantis
Healthcare problems! Economic recession! Political scenarios! Well, George can predict! GEORGE, a gentleman in his early forties, a successful businessman and the chief executive officer of the Green Buck Oil Corporation , lady charmer and sexually super active machismo, diagnosed with prostate cancer, his medical treatment is complicated by politics and socio/economic disarray. Play reflects reality.
REVOLUTION!
A Krazy Kat Production benefiting Washington Crossing Historic Park
Book and Lyrics by Anne Berlin
Music by Andy Cohen
Directed by Valentina Fratti
REVOLUTION! is a new musical comprised of three one-acts, loosely tied together. The musicals deconstruct the American, French, and Russian revolution with whimsy and charm, as told through matryoshka dolls, chess pieces, and toy soldiers. The stories trace the pivotal moments of a revolution: the beginning, middle, and end.
Winner Congeniality: Anne Berlin
Winner Outstanding Overall Production of a Reading
Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Reading: Marek Sapieyevski
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a Reading: Caryln Connelly
Nominated Outstanding Actress in a Reading: Bellavia Mauro
TESS, A NEW ROCK OPERA
Presented by Big Lady Productions, LLC benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Music, Lyrics and Libretto by Annie Pasqua
Additional Music and Lyrics by Jenna Pasqua
She was a maiden first. Thomas Hardy’s dark heroine is resurrected in this edgy new rock opera based on Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Desired by two men, forsaken by society, and cursed by her family’s name, Tess struggles to remain pure in a stained world as she is pulled towards her ultimate fate.
Winner Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Play with Music or Musical Event: Jenna Pasqua
Nominated: Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, Play with Music, or Musical Event
Nominated Outstanding Book, Music and Lyrics: Annie Pasqua and Jenna Pasqua
Nominated Outstanding Band, Orchestra or Musician: Adam Kaufman, Jared Scot, Sal Barra, Ray Cetta Peter Sachon and Chris Pagano
Nominated Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Play with Music or Musical Event: Keith Panzarella
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical or Play with Music: Chris Leidenfrost-Wilson
Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical or Play with Music: Nicole Brancucci