“Mother Emanuel,” a celebration of the lives of the nine gunned down in a South Carolina church, and “The Radicalization of Rolfe,” which looks at the Sound of Music from the point of view of a gay Nazi, were two of the winners of the 2016 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Awards.
Complete list:
Overall Play:
Pucker Up and Blow
The Radicalization of Rolfe
Black Magic
Overall Musical:
Mother Emanuel
Direction:
Kristin Skye Hoffmann – Dream Ticket
Leslie Kincaid Burby – Zamboni
Jessi D. Hill – Brewed
Ensemble:
The Gorges Motel
Colorblind’d
The Further Adventures of…
ChipandGus
Solo Performance:
The Box Show
Honour: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan
At The Flash
Pryor Truth
Rent Control
Playwrighting:
Kevin R. Free – Night of the Living N-Word!!
Dahn Hiuni – Murmurs & Incantations
Meghan Gambling – Bonnie’s Future Sisters
Louis Aquiler & Chris D’Amato – Dementia Americana
Acting:
Taylor Turner – The Illusory Adventures of a Dreamer
Nadia Brown – Hysterical!
Meg Kelly – Kerrmoor
Dave Droxler – Walken on Sunshine
Choreography:
Tom Gold – Joey Variations
Scenic Design:
Jason Lee Courson – Cyrano: a love letter to a friendship
Music/Lyrics:
Aaron Michael Krueger – Super!
Music Composition:
Matthew Lowy – Fallen Skies
Ben Singer – At the Crossroads: Music for Faust
TheaterMania Audience Favorite:
Walken on Sunshine
The winners were selected by an independent panel of more than 30 theater professionals
