FringeNYC, which wrapped up performances August 28, has announced the winners of the 2016 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Awards. The winners were announced by the festival’s producing artistic director, Elena K. Holy, during a brief ceremony at Drom in New York.
As selected by an independent panel of over 30 industry professionals, the winners are as follows:
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 and 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 21st Annual New York International Fringe Festival will be presented in August 2017. Applications for the 2017 festival will be available online in November; completed applications are due February 14, 2017. For more information visit FringeNYC.org.
