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FringeNYC 2007 Announces Overall Excellence Award Winners
 The female cast members of "Bucharest Calling"--a fine international drama  Cast members of "Minimum Wage"--a previous year Fringe-winner that's isnow being produced for an Off-Bwy run  Actor Dan Fogler, whose show "Elephant in the Room!" was in the Fringe--has won his share of awards in getting a Tony for "...Spelling Bee"
The just-concluded Festival, which included theater, performance art, dance, children's theater, spoken word, puppetry, and multimedia, has been the launching pad for the Tony Award-winning musical "Urinetown," and the popular "Debbie Does Dallas," "Silence!" and the musical "Walmartopia."
In addition, a number of these plays ("Lights Rise on Grace," "Piaf: Love Conquers All," "Bombs In Your Mouth," "Paper Son," "Hillary Agonistes," "Naked in a Fishbowl," "Riding the Bull") will be having a second run as part of the FringeNYC Encore Series. [Read more here].
The awards were selected by an independent panel of over 60 panelists--and were announced at the annual Fringe Fest closing party held at the Village Theater. Here's a few pics from that night--and otherwise--of actors from some of the better Fringe shows (though not necessarily of the award-winners).See the winners list below and read more at fringenyc.org.
Outstanding Play:
"Lights Rise on Grace"
"I Dig Doug"
"Catch The Fish"
Outstanding Musical:
"Bash’d: A Gay Rap Opera"
"Bukowsical!"
"Piaf: Love Conquers All"
Outstanding Playwrighting:
Mac Rogers - "Hail Satan"
Corey Patrick - "Bombs in Your Mouth"
Sara Jeanne Asselin - "The Rise and Fall of Miles and Milo"
Outstanding Music & Lyrics:
Kurt Gellersted & Brooke Fox - "Williamsburg! The Musical"
Kevin So - "Victor Woo: The Average Asian American"
Outstanding Solo Show:
"Semi-Permanent"
"Bent to the Flame: A Night with Tennessee Williams"
"Paper Son "
Outstanding Direction:
Jessica Beck - "All Alone"
Emily Fishbaine- "Dressing Miss Julie"
Jon Lawrence Rivera - "Hillary Agonistes"
Outstanding Costume Design:
Anne Aberjonois - "Show Choir The Musical"
Meganne George - "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home"
Outstanding Lighting Design:
Seth Reiser - "The End"
Outstanding Actor:
Siobhan Donnellan - "Married to the Sea"
Gardi Hutter - "Joan of ARPpO"
Mary Theresa Arnold - "Jazz Hand: Tales of a One-Armed Woman"
Christopher Domig - "Dirt"
Outstanding Ensemble:
"Naked in a Fishbowl"
"Farmtrucks: A Corporate Coffee Adventure"
"Roxy Font"
"Show Choir The Musical"
"End's Eve: The Feast of 2012"
Outstanding Choreography:
Isabelle Barbat - "Requiem pour une ame seule"
Jimmy Tate - "Thunder"
JD Aubrey Smith & Akim Funk Buddha - "Victor Woo: The Average Asian American"
The Village Voice Audience Favorite:
"Riding The Bull"
Next year's 12th Annual New York International Fringe Festival will run August 15 -31, 2008 and will once again feature nearly 200 of the worlds best emerging theater and dance artists. Applications for the 2008 festival will be available online in November; completed applications are due February 14, 2008. For more information visit fringenyc.org.
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