
Winners of the 11th annual New York Innovative Theater Awards, honoring theaters and theater artists working Off-Off Broadway, were chosen from 145 individual artists, 57 productions and 55 theater companies that were nominated this summer. The winners, announced in a ceremony at Baruch Performing Arts Center, are in red with an asterisk*.
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
And If You Lose Your Way, or A Food Odyssey, Lauren Rayner Produtions
Maha Chehlaoui, Nick Choksi, Damon Daunno, Rachel Rusch, Josh Sauerman, Terrell Donnell Sledge, Leah Walsh
The Believers, The Storm Theatre
Christopher Bellant, Laura Bozzone, Joe Danbusky, Ted McGuinness, Patrick Melville, Taylor Anthony Miller
*Much Ado About Nothing, Smith Street Stage, Inc.
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

Run For Your Wife, The Gallery Players
Joseph Cassese, Michael Hardart, Emily Hooper, Graciany Miranda, Joshua Nicholson, Timothy Park, Maria Silverman, James Swanson
Short Life of Trouble, Wandering Bark Theatre Company
John C. Egan, Gregory Isaac, Sheila Joon, Suzy Kohane, Michael Markham, Joseph Mitchell Parks, Valerie Redd, Brendan Spieth, Andy Talen
Topography, Broken Box Mime Theater
Becky Baumwoll, Dinah Berkeley, Géraldine Dulex, David Jenkins, Tasha Milkman, Marissa Molnar, Joel Perez, Leah Wagner, Joshua Wynter, Matt Zambrano
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE

Joe Assadourian
The Bullpen, Eric Krebs Theatrical Management, Inc
Christopher J. Domig
Dirt, DRECK Productions
Dominique Fishback
Subverted, Dominique Fishback
*Sylvia Milo
The Other Mozart, Little Matchstick Factory
Tanya O’Debra
The Ultimate Stimulus, Felipe Ossa
Lucie Pohl
Hi, Hitler, Great Pretender Productions
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE
Joseph Cassese
Run For Your Wife, The Gallery Players
John Hardin
The Ghost, Bottoms Dream
Zac Hoogendyk
In The Bones, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Ted McGuinness
The Believers, The Storm Theatre
*Dan McVey
Pretty Babies, Elsinore County
Tony Naumovski
Kentucky Cantata, Go In Her Room Productions
Matt Pepitone
Erik, The Rising Sun Performance Company in association with FRIGID New York
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE
Becky Byers
Once Upon a Bride There Was a Forest, Flux Theatre Ensemble
Eboni Flowers
Miss Julie, August Strindberg Repertory Theatre
Carol Hickey
Sweet, Sweet Spirit, Manhattan Theatre Works

*Mel House
In The Bones, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Noelle McGrath
Philadelphia, Here I Come!, T. Schreiber Studio
Rachel Rhodes-Devey
Merrily We Roll Along, Astoria Performing Arts Center
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
Joe Danbusky
The Believers, The Storm Theatre
Sean Hankinson
In The Bones, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Christopher Heard
Pretty Babies, Elsinore County

Tin Drum Production; 2015 New York Innovative Theatre Awards winner
Taylor Anthony Miller
The Believers, The Storm Theatre
Christopher Tanner
Night, The New Stage Theatre Company
*Matthew Trumbull
The Temple, or Lebensraum, Tin Drum Productions in Association with MozzleStead
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
Debra Cardona
Temple of the Souls, MultiStages
Stacy Lynn Gould
Fiction, Play.Sing.Give.
Jessica Kitchens
No One Loves Us Here, New Light Theater Project
*Emily Koch
In The Bones, Astoria Performing Arts Center
Diana Oh
Donkey Punch, Ivy Theatre Company
Kathryn Rossetter
Mr. Landing Takes a Fall, Slightly Altered States
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT
Broken Box Mime Theater
Topography, Broken Box Mime Theater
Jessica Burr
Lying, Blessed Unrest
*Isaac Bush
The Mountain, The Circle Theater of New York
Mary Cavett
Much Ado About Nothing, Smith Street Stage, Inc.
Maxine Montilus
The Taste of It, Ballybeg
Ildiko Nemeth
Night, The New Stage Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
Isaac Byrne
The Other Mozart, Little Matchstick Factory
*Isaac Byrne
In Vestments, Theatre 4the People
Dylan Marron
The Human Symphony, New York Neo-Futurists
Ildiko Nemeth
Night, The New Stage Theatre Company
Matt Torney
The Twelfth Labor, Loading Dock Theatre Company
Zoë Watkins
Fiction, Play.Sing.Give.
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Simon Cleveland
The Twelfth Labor, Loading Dock Theatre Company
Cory Pattak
Subverted, Dominique Fishback
*Nicole Pearce
The Law of Return, Newsom Zipoy Productions
Federico Restrepo
Night, The New Stage Theatre Company
Barbara Samuels
R & J & Z, Hard Sparks
Morgan Zipf-Meister
The Temple, or Lebensraum, Tin Drum Productions in Association with MozzleStead
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Magdalena Dabrowska & Miodrag Guberinic
The Other Mozart, Little Matchstick Factory
Sidney Fortner
Within the Law, Metropolitan Playhouse
*Debbi Hobson
Unmentionables, Nylon Fusion Theatre Company
Ásta Bennie Hostetter
The Essential Straight & Narrow, The Mad Ones
Ben Philipp
The Temple, or Lebensraum, Tin Drum Productions in Association with MozzleStead
Marla Speer
Temple of the Souls, MultiStages
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Alexis Distler
The Law of Return, Newsom Zipoy Productions
Aaron Gonzalez
Talk Radio, Variations Theatre Group
Kathryn Kawecki
The Taste of It, Ballybeg
*Carolyn Mraz
The Twelfth Labor, Loading Dock Theatre Company
Anna Sroka
The Other Mozart, Little Matchstick Factory
Sandy Yaklin
The Temple, or Lebensraum, Tin Drum Productions in Association with MozzleStead
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
Nathan Davis
The Other Mozart, Little Matchstick Factory
Jeremy J Lee
The Law of Return, Newsom Zipoy Productions
Ellen Mandel
Medea & The Furies, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
John Emmett O’Brien & Scott Stauffer
Subverted, Dominique Fishback
Kyra Sims
The Human Symphony, New York Neo-Futurists
*Jeanne Travis
The Temple, or Lebensraum, Tin Drum Productions in Association with MozzleStead
OUTSTANDING INNOVATIVE DESIGN
Laia Cabrera, Isabelle Duverger & Ildiko Nemeth
(Projection Design)
Night, The New Stage Theatre Company
*Stephanie Cox-Williams
(Gore & Blood Effects)
R & J & Z, Hard Sparks
Aaron Gonzalez
(Projection Design)
Doubles Crossed: The Ballad of Rodrigo, Funny…Sheesh Productions
Rock Star Karaoke
(Live Band Karaoke)
Twelfth Night or, Sir Toby Belch’s Lonely Hearts Club Cabaret, Three Day Hangover
Marla Speer
(Mask Design)
Temple of the Souls, MultiStages
Jaime Vallés
(Video Design)
In The Bones, Astoria Performing Arts Center
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC
*Phyllis Chen & Nathan Davis
The Other Mozart, Little Matchstick Factory
Andy Evan Cohen
Unmentionables, Nylon Fusion Theatre Company
Dean Landon & Anika Paris
Temple of the Souls, MultiStages
Nick Luckenbaugh
Royal Fables, Libra Theater Company
John Anthime Miller
The Mountain, The Circle Theater of New York
Jacob Subotnick
Doubles Crossed: The Ballad of Rodrigo, Funny…Sheesh Productions
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SHORT SCRIPT
*Lisa Bruna
Invasion from Estrogenius: Andi’s Night, manhattan theatre source
Bekah Brunstetter
I Have It from Estrogenius: Andi’s Night, manhattan theatre source
Jody Christopherson
Because You Are Good from The Vanguard, Metropolitan Playhouse
Brenton Lengel
Snow White Zombie from Estrogenius: Andi’s Night, manhattan theatre source
Felipe Ossa
The Ultimate Stimulus, Felipe Ossa
Erica Saleh
To Ashley and Lauren from The Spring Fling: Anniversary, F*It Club
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL FULL-LENGTH SCRIPT
*Micheline Auger
Donkey Punch, Ivy Theatre Company
Nat Cassidy
The Temple, or Lebensraum, Tin Drum Productions in Association with MozzleStead
Sara Fellini
In Vestments, Theatre 4the People
Sylvia Milo
The Other Mozart, Little Matchstick Factory
Anika Paris, Lorca Peress & Anita Velez-Mitchell
Temple of the Souls, MultiStages
Ruby Rae Spiegel
Dry Land, Colt Coeur
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ART PRODUCTION
And If You Lose Your Way, or A Food Odyssey
Lauren Rayner Productions
The Black That I Am
Braata Productions
The Bullpen
Eric Krebs Theatrical Management, Inc
The Human Symphony
New York Neo-Futurists
The Listeners
The Brick Theater, Inc
*Night
The New Stage Theatre Company
Topography
Broken Box Mime Theater
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
A Christmas Carol – A New Musical
WorkShop Theater Company
Edward the Second
Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
*Merrily We Roll Along
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Next to Normal
The Gallery Players
Pinwheel! a new musical
Random Access Theatre
The Singapore Mikado
Theater 2020
Temple of the Souls
MultiStages
OUTSTANDING PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Donkey Punch
Ivy Theatre Company
In The Bones
Astoria Performing Arts Center
*In Vestments
Theatre 4the People
The Law of Return
Newsom Zipoy Productions
The Other Mozart
Little Matchstick Factory
The Temple, or Lebensraum
Tin Drum Productions in Association with MozzleStead
The Twelfth Labor
Loading Dock Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
The Butter and Egg Man
Retro Productions
Fiction
Play.Sing.Give.
*Much Ado About Nothing
Smith Street Stage, Inc.
R & J & Z
Hard Sparks
Talk Radio
Variations Theatre Group
Within the Law
Metropolitan Playhouse
ELLEN STEWART AWARD
Here Arts
CAFFE CINO AWARD
Theatre 167
Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award
Outstanding Stage Manager
Juni Li