The 11th Annual Innovative Theatre Awards celebrated the outstanding year of Off Off Broadway. The 2015 NYIT Award Nominees represent 145 individual nominees, 57 productions, and 55 theatre companies.
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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 Production of a Musical:Merrily We Roll Along (Astoria Performance Arts Center)
Outstanding Performance Art Production:Night (The New Stage Theatre Company)
Outstanding Original Full Length Script: Micheline Auger, Donkey Punch (Ivy Theatre Company)
Outstanding Original Short Script: Lisa Bruna, Invasion from Estrogenius: Andi’s Night (manhattan theatre source)
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 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 Ensemble:Much Ado About Nothing (Smith Street Stage, Inc)
Outstanding Solo Performance: Sylvia Milo, The Other Mozart (Little Matchstick Factory)
Outstanding Director: Isaac Byrne, In Vestments (Theatre 4the People)
Outstanding Choreography/Movement: Isaac Bush, The Mountain (The Circle Theater of New York)
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 and Nathan Davis, The Other Mozart (Little Matchstick Factory)
Artistic Achievement Award Recipient: Marshall W. Mason
Ellen Stewart Award: HERE Arts Center
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award: Theatre 167
Doric Wilson independent Playwright Award: Andrea Alton
Outstanding Stage Manager: Juni Li
The Winners
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 Production of a Musical:Merrily We Roll Along (Astoria Performance Arts Center)
Outstanding Performance Art Production:Night (The New Stage Theatre Company)
Outstanding Original Full Length Script: Micheline Auger, Donkey Punch (Ivy Theatre Company)
Outstanding Original Short Script: Lisa Bruna, Invasion from Estrogenius: Andi’s Night (manhattan theatre source)
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 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 Ensemble:Much Ado About Nothing (Smith Street Stage, Inc)
Outstanding Solo Performance: Sylvia Milo, The Other Mozart (Little Matchstick Factory)
Outstanding Director: Isaac Byrne, In Vestments (Theatre 4the People)
Outstanding Choreography/Movement: Isaac Bush, The Mountain (The Circle Theater of New York)
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 and Nathan Davis, The Other Mozart (Little Matchstick Factory)
Artistic Achievement Award Recipient: Marshall W. Mason
Ellen Stewart Award: HERE Arts Center
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award: Theatre 167
Doric Wilson independent Playwright Award: Andrea Alton
Outstanding Stage Manager: Juni Li