Nominees Announced for Midtown International Theatre Festival Awards

The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) has announced the nominees for its 2011 awards, which will be presented in a ceremony at New World Stages, on Friday, September 9 at 7:30pm.

The full list of nominations are as follows:

Outstanding Production of a Play
Sex Curve
Hanky Panky
Home Movies
Lavender Shore
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Women and Guns

Outstanding Production of a Musical
Alice: A New Musical
Children of God
Mother Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood
Ocean in a Teacup
Peg O’ My Heart
Sistas: The Musical

Outstanding Production of a Solo Show or Special Event
Dad Doesn’t Dance
Dirty Paki Lingerie
Georgia and Me
The Banana Monologues
The Royal Weight Watcher

Outstanding Production of a Short Subject
Broken Wing
Lost and Found
Moon Orphans
Windmills

Outstanding Reading
Naked in Encino
Utility Monster

Outstanding New Script
Frank Winters – Home Movies
Vicky Vodrey – Hanky Panky
Lawson Caldwell – Lavender Shore
Richard L. Gaw – Ethan’s People
Steve Gold – Women and Guns
Joshua R. Pangborn – Don Gio

Outstanding Music & Lyrics
Andrew Barbato, Lesley de Santis – Alice: A New Musical
CB Murray – Children of God
Christian Pedersen, Uma Incrocci, Kirk McGee – Mother Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood
Dan Furman, Mary Liz MacNamara – Rip!
Fred Fisher, Alfred Bryan, Grant Clarke, Joe Goodwin, Howard Johnson, Joe McCarthy, Billy Rose, George Whiting, Greg Kayne – Peg O’ My Heart
Joel Krantz, Neil Selden – Ocean in a Teacup

Outstanding Direction of a Play, Musical, Solo Show or Special Event
Andrew Barbato – Alice: A New Musical
Danny Williams – Gated
Erica Jensen – Mother Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood
Glenn de Kler – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
James Gray – Peg O’ My Heart
Kenneth Ferrone – Sistas: The Musical

Outstanding Direction of a Short Subject
Ben Prusiner – Prescriptions
Jennifer Hart – Broken Wing
Marsha Lee Sheiness – Lost and Found
J.T. Ross – Rachel and Ruthie

Outstanding Costume Design
Brittany Rolfs – Alice: A New Musical
Cathy Parrott – Peg O’ My Heart
Cheryl McCarron – Rip!
Megan Hill – Mother Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood

Outstanding Sound Design
Ann Warren – Gated
John R. Brennan – The Banana Monologues
Kelly and Lindsay Do New York: Literally.
Scott O’Brien & Amanda Tamny – Dirty Paki Lingerie

Outstanding Scenic Design
Andrew Barbato – Alice: A New Musical
Jennifer Varbalow – Flowers: A Thorny Romance
Buds of May Productions – Ethan’s People
Peg O’ My Heart
Steven Laing – Home Movies
Tamara Lomsadze – Sarke

Outstanding Lighting Design
Erica Ruff – Alice: A New Musical
Bandele Prioleau – Tea in a Tempest
Kia Rogers – Sistas: The Musical
Nadine Charlsen, Tommy Williamson – Rip!
Duane Pagano – Peg O’ My Heart

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Daniel Fox – Ethan’s People
Jason Ralph – Home Movies
John R. Brennan – The Banana Monologues
Markus Potter – Lavender Shore
Stuart Aion – Tea in a Tempest
Jordan Auslander – Mad Mel and the Marradians

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Aizzah Fatima – Dirty Paki Lingerie
Allison Hirschlag – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Jessica Delbridge – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Ramona Mallory – vWomen and Guns
Sofia Lauwers – Home Movies

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical
CB Murray – Children of God
Gus Curry – Ocean in a Teacup
Jeremy Benton – Peg O’ My Heart
Nathan Lucrezio – Children of God
Rob Langeder – Rip!

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
Ashley Wren Collins – Mother Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood
Brittney Lee Hamilton – Peg O’ My Heart
Jennifer Fauche – Sistas: The Musical
Patrice Covington – Sistas: The Musical
Rocio del Mar Valles – Alice: A New Musical

Outstanding Actor in a Short Subject
Christian Titus – Broken Wing
Ross Kramberg – The Boatman (in Windmills)
Ryan Blackwell – Moon Orphans: Orphans of the Moon
Steve Aron – Apartment Haunting

Outstanding Actress in a Short Subject
Danielle Burr – Rachel and Ruthie
Molly McDowell – Prescriptions
Nandita Chandra – i-Pod
Olivia Horton – Broken Wing

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play or Musical
Colin Pritchard – Lavender Shore
Dan Domingues – Mother Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood
David R. Gordon – Alice: A New Musical
Lucas Van Engen – Women and Guns
Luis Alberto Gonzalez – Ethan’s People
Paul Geiger – Children of God

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play or Musical
Jennie Harney – Children of God
Kelly Jeanne Grant – Peg O’ My Heart
Rachel Bahler – Alice: A New Musical
Susan Quinn – Gated
Whitney Kimball Long – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Outstanding Ensemble Performance
Alice
Between the Bricks
Gated
Hanky Panky
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Outstanding Choreography (including Dance and Fight)
Andrew Barbato – Alice: A New Musical
Ashley Wren Collins – Mother Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood
Chie Mortia – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
James Gray – Peg O’ My Heart
Kevin Fitzgerald Ferguson – Boomers
Jennifer Weber – Trouble

Outstanding Show Marketing & Advertising (including Programs, Postcards, Websites, etc.)
Gated
Peg O’ My Heart
Sistas: The Musical
The Banana Monologues

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