List of NYIT Awards ceremonies

The New York Independent Theater Awards (formerly known as the New York Innovative Theatre Awards) are accolades given annually by The League of Independent Theater to honor individuals and organizations who have achieved artistic excellence in Off-Off-Broadway theatre.

The awards were created by The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation in 2004. They were renamed in 2023 upon the Foundation's merger with The League of Independent Theater, who now administer the awards.[1]

2005 Awards

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The inaugural awards ceremony was held on Monday, September 19[2][3] at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. It was hosted by Charles Busch, with a special presentation by Judith Haking. The opening number was performed by the cast of [title of show], Hunter Bell, Jeff Bowen, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff and Larry Pressgrove.[4]

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Award Recipient Production Producer/Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble Catherine Jhung, Don Nahaku, Lethia Nall, Matthew Pendergast, A-men Rasheed, Tijuana Ricks, Antonio G. del Rosario, Debargo Sanyal, Ragini Shah, Sam Younis Pulling the Lever Rising Circle Theater Collective
Outstanding Solo Performance James Scruggs Disposable Men HERE Arts Center
Outstanding Actor In A Featured Role Nicky Paraiso Iphigenia LaMaMa E.T.C. in association with Sky Saver Productions
Outstanding Actress In A Featured Role Sara Thigpen Burning the Old Man Boomerang Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor In A Lead Role Troy Lavallee Serenade & Philosopher Fox The Polish Cultural Institute of New York
Outstanding Actress In A Lead Role (tie) Carolyn Goelzer Iphigenia LaMaMa E.T.C. in association with Sky Saver Productions
Maria McConville Honor part 2 Drilling Company NY
Outstanding Choreography / Movement Jennifer L. Mudge It's Karate, Kid! The Musical The Four Corners Project
Outstanding Director Paul Bargetto Serenade & Philosopher Fox The Polish Cultural Institute of New York
Outstanding Set Design Michael Allen Masquerade Ten Grand and a Burger
Outstanding Lighting Design Daniel Ordower Hazard County Themantics Group
Outstanding Costume Design Rob Eggers Othello Palehorse Productions
Outstanding Sound Design Quentin Chiappetta Murder in the First Invictus Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Music Quentin Chiappetta Murder in the First Invictus Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Short Script P. Seth Bauer First Time Out of Bounds Drilling Company NY
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script Kelly McAllister Burning the Old Man Boomerang Theatre Company
Outstanding Performance Art Production all wear bowlers HERE Arts Center
Outstanding Production of a Musical It's Karate, Kid! The Musical The Four Corners Project
Outstanding Production of a Play Serenade & Philosopher Fox The Polish Cultural Institute of New York

Honorary Awards

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Award Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award Basil Twist
Stewardship Award Ellen Stewart
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award Jeff Riebe

2006 Awards

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The 2006 New York Innovative Theatre Awards were held on Monday, September 18[5] at Cooper Union in New York City. The event was hosted by Charles Busch, with a special presentation by Lisa Stevenson.[6]

Competitive Awards

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Award Recipient Production Producer
Outstanding Ensemble David Carr-Berry, Jared Culverhouse, Ellen David, Paul Fears, Andaye' Hill, Julian James, Gregory Porter Miller & Brian Schlanger To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle Working Man's Clothes
Outstanding Solo Performance Margaux Laskey size ate size ate productions
Outstanding Actor In A Featured Role Trey Gibbons How I Learned To Drive T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Actress In A Featured Role Summer Moore Last Summer at Bluefish Cove T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Actor In A Lead Role Greg Horton The Singapore Mikado Theater Ten Ten
Outstanding Actress In A Lead Role Ellen David To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle Working Man's Clothes
Outstanding Choreography / Movement Marius Hanford Living Dead In Denmark Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Outstanding Director Isaac Byrne To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle Working Man's Clothes
Outstanding Set Design Eddy Trotter Love! Valour! Compassion! T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Lighting Design Arthur Adair The Emperor Jones La MaMa, E.T.C.
Outstanding Costume Design Sidney Shannon Iron Curtain Prospect Theater Company
Outstanding Sound Design Paul John DeSena To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle Working Man's Clothes
Outstanding Original Music Brendan Connelly Major Barbara La MaMa, E.T.C. in association with Two-Headed Calf
Outstanding Original Short Script Vishakan Jeyakumar Jaffna Mangoes Desipina & Company
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script Bekah Brunstetter To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle Working Man's Clothes
Outstanding Performance Art Production Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Production of a Musical Iron Curtain Iron Curtain Prospect Theater Company
Outstanding Production of a Play To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle Working Man's Clothes

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Artistic Achievement Award Tom O'Horgan
Stewardship Award The Field
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award The Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company

2007 Awards

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The 2007 New York Innovative Theatre Awards were held on Monday, September 24 at the Fashion Institute of Technology's Haft Auditorium in New York City.[7][8] The event was hosted by Julie Halston, with a presentation by Rising Phoenix Repertory's Elizabeth West.[9]

Competitive Awards

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Award Recipient Production Producer
Outstanding Ensemble Boo Killebrew, Julia Lowrie Henderson, Ryan Purcell,

Max Rosenak, Phillip Taratula & Daniel Walker Stowell

6969 CollaborationTown, A Theatre Company Inc.
Outstanding Original Short Script Daniel Reitz Rules of the Universe Rising Phoenix Repertory
Outstanding Original Full Length Script Saviana Stanescu Waxing West East Coast Artists]
Outstanding Solo Performance Mike Houston The Ledge eavesdrop
Outstanding Director Daniel Talbott Rules of the Universe Rising Phoenix Repertory
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Dan Safer Dancing Vs the Rat Experiment La MaMa ETC in association with Witness Relocation
Outstanding Set Design George Allison Picasso at the Lapin Agile T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Lighting Design Peter Hoerburger The Present Perfect The Operating Theater
Outstanding Sound Design Ryan Maeker & Tim Schellenbaum Dancing Vs the Rat Experiment La MaMa ETC in association with Witness Relocation]
Outstanding Costume Design David Withrow Bug Boy Blues The Looking Glass Theatre
Outstanding Original Music Leanne Darling The Landlord Toy Box Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Max Rosenak 6969 CollaborationTown, A Theatre Company Inc.
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role Susan Louise O'Connor the silent concerto Packawallop Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role Joe Plummer As You Like It poortom productions
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role Boo Killebrew 6969 CollaborationTown, A Theatre Company Inc.]
Outstanding Performance Art Production Dancing Vs the Rat Experiment Dancing Vs the Rat Experiment La MaMa ETC in association with Witness Relocation
Outstanding Production of a Musical Urinetown, The Musical Urinetown, The Musical The Gallery Players
Outstanding Production of a Play Bouffon Glass Menajoree Bouffon Glass Menajoree Ten Directions

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Artistic Achievement Award Doric Wilson
Stewardship Award Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award Rising Phoenix Repertory

2008 Awards

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The 2008 New York Innovative Theatre Awards were held on Monday, September 22[10][11] at the Fashion Institute of Technology's Haft Auditorium in New York City. The event was hosted by Lisa Kron, with performances by the Blue Man Group, and a presentation by Boomerang Theatre Company's Jennifer Larkin, Joe Whelski and Vinnie Penna.[12]

Competitive Awards

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Award Recipient Production Producer
Outstanding Ensemble Elena Chang, Noshir Dalal, Jon Hoche, Kelley Rae O'Donnell, Melissa Paladino, Maureen Sebastian, Andrea Marie Smith, Paco Tolson, Temar Underwood Fight Girl Battle World Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Short Script Aliza Shane The Three Sillies The Looking Glass Theatre
Outstanding Original Full Length Script Bekah Brunstetter You May Go Now Babel Theatre Project
Outstanding Solo Performance Andrea Caban You Got Questions? I Got Answers! Coyote REP Theatre Company
Outstanding Director Edward Elefterion The Night of Nosferatu Rabbit Hole Ensemble
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Qui Nguyen Fight Girl Battle World Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Outstanding Set Design Sean Breault Art of Memory Company SoGoNo
Outstanding Lighting Design Kevin Hardy The Night of Nosferatu Rabbit Hole Ensemble
Outstanding Sound Design Dan Bianchi The Island of Dr. Moreau Radiotheatre
Outstanding Costume Design Jessica Wegener Fight Girl Battle World Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Music Dan Bianchi The Island of Dr. Moreau Radiotheatre
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Cameron J. Oro The Accidental Patriot The Stolen Chair Theatre Company
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role Stephanie Barton-Farcas Elizabeth Rex Nicu's Spoon
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role Rob Sheridan The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley Incumbo Theater Company
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role Megan Byrne No End of Blame Potomac Theatre Project
Outstanding Performance Art Production Removable Parts Removable Parts HERE Arts Center
Outstanding Production of a Musical Yank! A New Musical Yank! A New Musical The Gallery Players
Outstanding Production of a Play Burn, Crave, Hold: The James Wilde Project Burn, Crave, Hold: The James Wilde Project Blessed Unrest
  1. Podcast of interviews with the presenters and nominees on Broadway Bullet

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Artistic Achievement Award Judith Malina
Stewardship Award The New York Theatre Experience, Martin & Rochelle Denton
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award Boomerang Theatre Company

2009 Awards

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Award [13] Recipient Production Producer
Outstanding Ensemble Christopher Borg, Jeffrey Cranor, Kevin R. Free & Eevin Hartsough (Not) Just A Day Like Any Other New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Original Short Script Nico Vreeland The Interview, Elephants on Parade 2009 EBE Ensemble
Outstanding Original Full Length Script Nat Cassidy The Reckoning of Kit & Little Boots The Gallery Players in association with Engine37
Outstanding Solo Performance Jeff Grow Creating Illusion! soloNOVA Arts Festival
Outstanding Director Suzi Takahashi Lee/gendary HERE Arts Center
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Austin McCormick The Judgment of Paris Company XIV
Outstanding Set Design Michael P. Kramer Ragtime Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Lighting Design Bruce Steinberg Blue Before Morning terraNOVA Collective
Outstanding Sound Design Asa Wember Angel Eaters Flux Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Costume Design Michelle Beshaw The Very Sad Story of Ethel & Julius GOH Productions
Outstanding Original Music Kimmy Gatewood, Andy Hertz, Rebekka Johnson, Sarah Lowe & Jeff Solomon The Apple Sisters The Apple Sisters
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Julian Elfer Twelfth Night, or What You Will T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role Elyse Mirto Any Day Now Writer's Forum at Manhattan Theatre Source
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role William Apps IV Amerissiah The Amoralists Theatre Company
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role Constance Parng Lee/gendary HERE Arts Center
Outstanding Performance Art Production Creating Illusion Creating Illusion soloNOVA Arts Festival
Outstanding Production of a Musical Like You Like It Like You Like It The Gallery Players
Outstanding Production of a Play Lee/gendary Lee/gendary HERE Arts Center
  1. Podcast of backstage interviews with the presenters and recipients by Michael Gilboe on Broadway Bullet

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Artistic Achievement Award Maria Irene Fornes
Stewardship Award Harriet Taub and Materials for the Arts
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award The Brick Theater
Outstanding Stage Manager Award Jillian Zeman, Ragtime, Astoria Performing Arts Center

2010 Awards

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Competitive Awards

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Award [14] Recipient Production Producer
Outstanding Ensemble Marc Bovino, Joe Curnutte, Michael Dalto, Stephanie Wright Thompson Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War
Outstanding Original Short Script Jonothon Lyons The Tenement
Outstanding Original Full Length Script Crystal Skillman The Vigil or The Guided Cradle
Outstanding Solo Performance (tie) Jesse Zaritt Binding Theatre C and terraNOVA Collective's soloNOVA Arts Festival
Dan Berkey Remission
Outstanding Director Brian Smith Pink!
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Jesse Zaritt Binding
Outstanding Set Design Michael P. Kramer Children of Eden
Outstanding Lighting Design Charles Foster Fêtes de la Nuit
Outstanding Sound Design Stowe Nelson Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War
Outstanding Costume Design Olivera Gajic Le Serpent Rouge
Outstanding Innovative Design C. Andrew Bauer Fêtes de la Nuit
Outstanding Original Music Mark Valadez Caucasian Chalk Circle
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Frank Anderson The Return of Peter Grimm
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role Elizabeth A. Davis Emily, An Amethyst Remembrance
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role Amir Darvish Psych Cake Productions
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role Jennifer Harder MilkMilkLemonade
Outstanding Performance Art Production Binding Theatre C and terraNOVA Collective's soloNOVA Arts Festival
Outstanding Production of a Musical Children of Eden
Outstanding Production of a Play Samuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War

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Artistic Achievement Award Lanford Wilson
Stewardship Award Dixon Place
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award New York Neo-Futurists

2011 Awards

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The 2011 New York Innovative Theatre Awards were held on Monday, September 19 at Cooper Union's Great Hall in New York City. The event was hosted by comedian Harrison Greenbaum, with a presentation by the Flux Theatre Ensemble.[15]

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Award[16] Recipient Production Producer
Outstanding Ensemble Whitney Branan, Jennifer DiDonato, Tauren Hagans, Robert Anthony Jones, Edward Juvier, Lorinne Lampert, Aaron J. Libby, Jake Mendes, Trey Mitchell, Jan-Peter Pedross, Colin Pritchard, Megan Rosenblatt, Chloe Sabin, Dawn Trautman, Craig Treubert, Tyler Wallach, Eric Weaver The Drowsy Chaperone The Gallery Players
Outstanding Solo Performance Nat Cassidy Things at the Doorstep: An Evening of Horror Based on the Works of H.P. Lovecraft Manhattan Theatre Source, Greg Oliver Bodine, and Nat Cassidy
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role David Darrow The Revival Project Y Theatre Company
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role Deanna McGovern An Impending Rupture of the Belly Godlight Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role Nick Paglino An Impending Rupture of the Belly Godlight Theatre Company
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role Kristen Vaughan Benefactors Retro Productions
Outstanding Director Leslie Kincaid Burby The Navigator WorkShop Theater Company
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Christine O'Grady The Drowsy Chaperone The Gallery Players
Outstanding Lighting Design Duane Pagano The Navigator WorkShop Theater Company
Outstanding Costume Design Ryan J. Moller The Drowsy Chaperone The Gallery Players
Outstanding Set Design Kevin Judge The Revival Project Y Theatre Company
Outstanding Sound Design Aldo Perez Radio Purgatory Theater THE
Outstanding Innovative Design Kae Burke, aerial and circus rigging design Circus of Circus The House of Yes
Outstanding Original Music Cormac Bluestone The Caucasian Chalk Circle Pipeline Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Short Script Isaac Oliver Come Here The Spring Fling, F*It Club
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script Jonathan Blitstein Keep Your Baggage With You (at all times) Artists Empire
Outstanding Performance Art Production Locker #4173b New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Production of a Musical The Drowsy Chaperone The Gallery Players
Outstanding Production of a Play Balm in Gilead T. Schreiber Studio

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Artistic Achievement Award Robert Patrick
Stewardship Award Horse Trade Theater Group
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award Flux Theater Ensemble
Outstanding Stage Manager Award Laura Schlachtmeyer

2012 Awards

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Competitive Awards

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Award [19] Recipient Production Producer/Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble Justin Badger, David M. Barber, Melody Bates, Stephanie Dodd, Jeffrey Fracé, Connie Hall, Kelly Hayes, Jerusha Klemperer, Peter Lettre, Rachel Murdy, Melody Bates, Peter Richards Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant Returns in: The Mothership Landing Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant in association with the Irondale Center
Outstanding Solo Performance Melanie Jones Endure: A Run Woman Show Collision Productions
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role Stephen Alan Wilson The Last Days of Judas Iscariot T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role Celeste Arias Demon Dreams (Oni No Yume) Magic Futurebox
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role Greg Horton A Man of No Importance The Gallery Players
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role Renee Claire Bergeron A Man of No Importance The Gallery Players
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Joe Osheroff & Evan Zes Homunculus: Reloaded Homunculus Mask Theater
Outstanding Director Joe Osheroff Homunculus: Reloaded Homunculus Mask Theater
Outstanding Lighting Design David A. Sexton The Spring Fling: My Best/Worst Date Ever F*It Club
Outstanding Costume Design Sidney Fortner The House of Mirth Metropolitan Playhouse
Outstanding Set Design Kevin Judge LoveSick (or Things That Don't Happen) Project Y Theatre Company
Outstanding Sound Design Matt Schloss Miranda MirandaCo
Outstanding Innovative Design Joe Osheroff Mask Design - Homunculus: Reloaded Homunculus Mask Theater
Outstanding Original Music Jeff Raab 12th Night Libra Theater Company
Outstanding Original Short Script Chisa Hutchinson This is Not the Play Mad Dog Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script Melanie Jones Endure: A Run Woman Show Collision Productions
Outstanding Performance Art Piece Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant Returns in: The Mothership Landing Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant in association with the Irondale Center
Outstanding Production of a Musical Miranda MirandaCo
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play Advance Man Gideon Productions
Outstanding Production of a Remounted Play Ajax in Iraq Flux Theatre Ensemble

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Award[20] Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award Five Lesbian Brothers (Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, and Lisa Kron)
Stewardship Award Theatre Development Fund
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award Astoria Performing Arts Center

2013 Awards

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Award [22][23] Recipient Production Producer/Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble The Window:4 ALICE PopUp Theatrics in association with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
Outstanding Solo Performance Erin Treadway Spaceman Loading Dock Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role Justin Danforth The Thirteenth Commandment Libra Theater Company
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role Lauren Pennline The Thirteenth Commandment Libra Theater Company
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role Nick Smerkanich The Window:4 ALICE PopUp Theatrics in association with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role Amara Haaksman That Lady from Maxim’s Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Jessica Burr and Sonia Vilani Eurydice’s Dream Blessed Unrest in association with The Interart Theatre
Outstanding Director Padraic Lillis The Rise And Fall Of A Teenage Cyberqueen LabRats Theatre Company
Outstanding Lighting Design Maruti Evans Will Elliott’s The Pilo Family Circus Godlight Theatre Company
Outstanding Costume Design Daniela Codarcea Kamiliotis The Window:4 ALICE PopUp Theatrics in association with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
Outstanding Set Design Daniela Codarcea Kamiliotis The Window:4 ALICE PopUp Theatrics in association with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
Outstanding Sound Design Leegrid Stevens Spaceman Loading Dock Theatre Company
Outstanding Innovative Design Lynda White - Mask Design & Construction Oedipus Rex XX/XY The Faux-Real Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Music Bryan Williams That Lady from Maxim’s Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Original Short Script Jonathan Draxton Soldier The Plowmen
Outstanding Original Full-length Script Bryan Williams That Lady from Maxim’s Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Performance Art Production Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights Production Workshop in association with Kickstarter Backers
Outstanding Production of a Musical That Lady from Maxim’s Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc
Outstanding Premiere Production of A Play The Rise And Fall Of A Teenage Cyberqueen LabRats Theatre Company
Outstanding Revival of A Play Macbeth The Crook Theater Company

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Artistic Achievement Award Richard Foreman
Stewardship Award The Dramatists Guild Fund
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award terraNOVA Collective
2013 Doric Wilson Independent playwright Award Mariah MacCarthy,
Outstanding Stage Manager Award Abbey Bay

2014 Awards

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Award [24] Recipient Production Producer/Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble Becky Baumwoll, Dinah Berkeley, Seikai Ishizuka, David Jenkins, Meera Kumbhani, Tasha Milkman, Marissa Molnar, Dan Reckart, Joe Tuttle, Leah Wagner At First Sight (and Other Stories) Broken Box Mime Theater
Outstanding Solo Performance Sandy Moore The Simple Stories WorkShop Theater Company
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role Noel Joseph Allain Luft Gangster Nylon Fusion Collective
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role Jenny Seastone The Gin Baby Kid Brooklyn Productions and Mermaid Sands Productions
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role Jason O'Connell Don Juan In Hell Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role Heather E. Cunningham An Appeal to the Woman of the House Retro Productions
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Carlos Neto Gymnos: A Geek's Tragedy Ticket 2 Eternity Productions
Outstanding Director DeLisa M. White Lights Narrow Teatro Oscuro
Outstanding Lighting Design Kia Rogers Jane the Plain Flux Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Costume Design Gail Cooper-Hecht The Importance of Being Earnest Take Wing And Soar Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Set Design Travis McHale Rubber Ducks and Sunsets Ground Up Productions
Outstanding Sound Design Christian Frederickson The Awake kef theatrical productions
Outstanding Innovative Design Nicole Hill Puppet Design - Mute New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Original Music Scott Munson Sawbones & the Diamond Eater Days of the Giants LLC
Outstanding Original Short Script Lenore Wolf April March, Fragments from an Unintegrated Life from East Side Stories: Movers Metropolitan Playhouse
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script David Stallings Dark Water Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks)
Outstanding Performance Art Production The God Projekt La MaMa in association with Lone Wolf Tribe
Outstanding Production of a Musical Allegro Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Premiere Production of A Play Pirira Theatre 167
Outstanding Revival of A Play Don Juan In Hell Phoenix Theatre Ensemble

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Award[25] Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award Dan Bianchi
Stewardship Award Woodie King Jr.
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award Blessed Unrest

2015 Awards

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Award Recipient Production Producer
Outstanding Ensemble 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 Much Ado About Nothing Smith Street Stage, Inc.
Outstanding Solo Performance Sylvia Milo The Other Mozart Little Matchstick Factory
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role Dan McVey Pretty Babies Elsinore County
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role Mel House In The Bones Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role Matthew Trumbull The Temple, or Lebensraum Tin Drum Productions in Association with MozzleStead
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role Emily Koch In The Bones Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Isaac Bush The Mountain The Circle Theater of New York
Outstanding Director Isaac Byrne In Vestments Theatre 4the People
Outstanding Lighting Design Nicole Pearce The Law of Return Newsom Zipoy Productions
Outstanding Costume Design Debbi Hobson Unmentionables Nylon Fusion Theatre Company
Outstanding Set Design Carolyn Mraz The Twelfth Labor Loading Dock Theatre Company
Outstanding Sound Design Jeanne Travis The Temple, or Lebensraum Tin Drum Productions in Association with MozzleStead
Outstanding Innovative Design Stephanie Cox-Williams R & J & Z Hard Sparks
Outstanding Original Music Phyllis Chen & Nathan Davis The Other Mozart Little Matchstick Factory
Outstanding Original Short Script Lisa Bruna Invasion from Estrogenius: Andi's Night manhattan theatre source
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script Micheline Auger Donkey Punch Ivy Theatre Company
Outstanding Performance Art Production Night The New Stage Theatre Company
Outstanding Production of a Musical Merrily We Roll Along Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play In Vestments Theatre 4the People
Outstanding Revival of a Play Much Ado About Nothing Smith Street Stage, Inc.

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Ellen Stewart Award Here Arts
Caffe Cino Award Theatre 167
Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award Andrea Alton
Outstanding Stage Manager Juni Li

2016 Awards

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Award [27] Recipient Production Producer/Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble Fred Backus, Broderick Ballantyne, Rebecca Gray Davis, Lex Friedman, Ian W. Hill, Bob Laine, Matthew Napoli, Timothy McCown Reynolds, Alyssa Simon, Anna Stefanic The Golfer Gemini CollisionWorks
Outstanding Solo Performance Siobhan O’Loughlin Broken Bone Bathtub Elephant Run District
Outstanding Actor In A Featured Role Timothy McCown Reynolds The Golfer Gemini CollisionWorks
Outstanding Actress In A Featured Role Midori Francis Connected Project Y Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor In A Lead Role Fred Backus The Golfer Gemini CollisionWorks
Outstanding Actress In A Lead Role Maeve Yore Harper Regan T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Choreography / Movement Becky Baumwoll Above Below Broken Box Mime Theater
Outstanding Director Fritz Brekeller Composure WorkShop Theater Company
Outstanding Lighting Design Aaron Gonzalez Wait Until Dark Variations Theatre Group
Outstanding Costume Design Kaitlyn Elizabeth Day The Golfer Gemini CollisionWorks
Outstanding Set Design George Allison Hot L Baltimore T. Schreiber Studio
Outstanding Sound Design Joe Jung& KJ Sanchez Unity (1918) Project: Theater
Outstanding Innovative Design Berit Johnson (Props Design) The Golfer Gemini CollisionWorks
Outstanding Original Music Matt Sherwin Gluten! Adjusted Realists
Outstanding Original Short Script Kim Katzberg Strays Kim Katzberg in collaboration with Nora Woolley and Raquel Cion
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script Scott C. Sickles Composure WorkShop Theater Company
Outstanding Performance Art Production Above Below Broken Box Mime Theater
Outstanding Production of a Musical Steve: A Docu-Musical New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play Utility The Amoralists
Outstanding Revival of a Play Street Theater TOSOS

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2016 Ellen Stewart Award The Fringe NYC
2016 Artistic Achievement Award Carmelita Tropicana
2016 Caffe Cino Fellowship Award New Stage Theatre Company
Outstanding Stage Manager Award Jodi Witherell

2017 Awards

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Award [28] Recipient Production Producer
Outstanding Ensemble Brittany Allen, Vinie Burrows, Ugo Chukwu, Constance Cooper, Milo Cramer, Fernando Gonzalez, Jonathan Gordon, David Greenspan, Tommy Heleringer, Chris Henry, Veronica Hunsinger-Loe, Hannah Mitchell, Caitlin Morris, Craig Mungavin, Jeanna Phillips, Madeline Wise Minor Character: Six Translations of Uncle Vanya at the Same Time New Saloon Theater Co. in association with Emily Kaplan & Immediate Medium
Outstanding Original Short Script Charlie O'Leary Precious Body a part of Landmarks & TRANSformations Project Y Theatre Company
Outstanding Original Full Length Script Aditya Rawal The Queen Aman Soni in association with Juggernaut Theatre Co. and Theater for the New City
Outstanding Solo Performance William DeMeritt Origin Story Old Sound Room
Outstanding Director Morgan Green Minor Character: Six Translations of Uncle Vanya at the Same Time New Saloon Theater Co. in association with Emily Kaplan & Immediate Medium
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Tamrin Goldberg Raisin Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Set Design Frank Oliva #liberated The Living Room
Outstanding Lighting Design Kate Jaworski The Woman Who Was Me Convergences Theatre Collective
Outstanding Sound Design Aidan Meyer The Red Room The Shelter
Outstanding Costume Design Izzy Fields Anais Nin Goes to Hell Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks) in association with Goode Productions
Outstanding Original Music Melody Bates & Rebecca Hart The Cabaret at the End of the World Hard Sparks
Outstanding Innovative Design David Bengali, John Erickson, Reid Farrington, Jorge Garcia-Spitz, David Mauro, Dan Monceaux, Leegrid Stevens for Video Design & Animation The Dudleys! Loading Dock Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Nico Grelli The Jamb Hard Sparks
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role Moira Stone Three Sisters Obvious Volcano in association with Maggie Cino
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role Zack Krajnyak Sweeney Todd Theater 2020
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role Ivanna Cullinan Three Sisters Obvious Volcano in association with Maggie Cino
Outstanding Performance Art Production The Infinite Wrench New York Neo-Futurists
Outstanding Production of a Musical Raisin Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Revival of a Play The Tempest Smith Street Stage
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play Minor Character: Six Translations of Uncle Vanya at the Same Time New Saloon Theater Co. in association with Emily Kaplan & Immediate Medium

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Artistic Achievement Award Lois Weaver & Peggy Shaw, Split Britches
Ellen Stewart Award Crystal Fields
Doric Wilson Independent Playwrights Award J. Stephen Brantley
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award Retro Productions
Outstanding Stage Manager Award Elizabeth Ramsey

2018 Awards

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Award Recipient Production Producer
Outstanding Ensemble Denali Bennett, Victoria Bundonis, LaDonna Burns, Denise DeMars, Tia DeShazor, Susan Cohen DeStefano, Christine Donnelly, Andrea Dotto, Dan Entriken, Jonathan Fluck, Spencer Hansen, James Harter, Marcie Henderson, Greg Horton, Kathleen LaMagna, Andrea McCullough, Sharae Moultrie, Ben Northrup, Rusty Riegelman, Bruce Sabath, Carolyn Seiff, Cliff Sellers, Lauren Alice Smith, Lucy Sorlucco, Tina Stafford, Noah Virgile, Mandarin Wu Follies Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Solo Performance Valerie Redd You / Emma Wandering Bark Theatre Company in association with IRT Theater
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role Todd Ritch The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 5th Floor Theatre Company
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role LaDonna Burns Follies Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role Ryan McCurdy Greencard Wedding Goode Productions
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role Maggie Low Chickens in the Yard Adjusted Realists
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Sara Brians Follies Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Director Mark Lewis Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Sea Dog Theater
Outstanding Lighting Design Stacey Boggs AMP Goode Productions
Outstanding Costume Design Jennifer A. Jacob Follies Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Set Design Maruti Evans Precious Little Talent Shea Delves Productions
Outstanding Innovative Design Lisa Renkel (for Projection Design) Outside Paducah: The Wars at Home Poetic Theater Productions
Outstanding Original Music Julian Kytasty, Serhiy Zhadan, & The Dogs 1917-2017:Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs Yara Arts Group in association with La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Outstanding Original Short Script Joseph Hefner Agency The Company Ink in association with Michael Johnson
Outstanding Original Full-Length Script Eric Avilés Where You From? What You Be About? Liberation Arts Collective
Outstanding Performance Art Production Soot and Spit Our Voices Theater in association with New Ohio Theatre and IRT Theater
Outstanding Production of a Musical 1917-2017:Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs Yara Arts Group in association with LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play The Snow Queen Blessed Unrest in association with New Ohio Theater
Outstanding Revival of a Play Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Sea Dog Theater

Honorary Awards

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Award Recipient
Caffé Cino Fellowship Award Peculiar Works Project
Ellen Stewart Award Fractured Atlas
Artistic Achievement Award Mia Katigbak
Doric Wilson Independent Playwrights Award Gina Femia
Outstanding Stage Manager Amy Marin

2019 Awards

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Competitive Awards

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Award [30] Recipient Production Producer
Outstanding Ensemble Aja Downing, Reggie Herold, Katherine Leidlein, Joseph M. Mace, Rori Nogee, Noah Pyzik, Jae Shin, Anna Stefanic, Brittany Zeinstra  Alex & Eugene Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc.
Outstanding Original Short Script Teresa Lotz  She Calls Me Firefly Parity Productions in association with New Perspectives Theatre Company 
Outstanding Original Full Length Script Madhuri Shekar  Queen Astoria Performing Arts Center
Outstanding Solo Performance Kim Katzberg  Dad in a Box Eat a Radish Productions
Outstanding Director  Sara Thigpen  Twelfth Night Boomerang Theatre Company
Outstanding Choreography/Movement Yoshiko Usami  Shinka Ren Gyo Soh
Outstanding Set Design Gabriel Firestone  Whirlwind Jordan's Play Lab in association with Rebecca Crigler & Barn Owl, LLC 
Outstanding Lighting Design Kia Rogers  Real Rodrigo Nogueira in association with The Tank
Outstanding Sound Design Aj Surasky-Ysasi Worse Than Tigers The Mill in association with New Ohio Theatre
Outstanding Costume Design Michelle Beshaw  Duke Oldřich & Washerwoman Božena, the True Story GOH Productions in association with Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre
Outstanding Original Music Luis D’Elias  Eight Tales of Pedro The Secret Theatre
Outstanding Innovative Design Hao Bai, Eric Marciano & Ildiko Nemeth – for Projection Design Electronic City The New Stage Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Harrison Bryan  Spring Awakening Gallery Players
Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role Lori Elizabeth Parquet  Operating Systems Flux Theatre Ensemble
Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role Federico Mallet  Eight Tales of Pedro The Secret Theatre
Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role Meghan E. Jones  Mary, Mary Retro Productions
Outstanding Performance Art Production Electronic City The New Stage Theatre Company
Outstanding Production of a Musical Spring Awakening Gallery Players
Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play Shinka Ren Gyo Soh 
Outstanding Revival of a Play Stupid Fucking Bird Stripped Scripts

Honorary Awards

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Award Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award Magie Dominic
Stewardship Award Nicky Paraiso
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award TOSOS – The Other Side of Silence
Doric Wilson Independent Playwrights Award Barbara Kahn

2020 Awards

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The 2020 NYIT Awards did not take place due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

2021 Awards

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Honorary Awards

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Award [31] Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award Penny Arcade & Steve Zehentner
Stewardship Award IndieSpace/The Indie Theater Fund
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award The Parsnip Ship
Doric Wilson Independent Playwrights Award Chris Weikel
Indie Theatre Champion Award Randi Berry, The Episcopal Actors’ Guild of America, Ximena Garnica/LEIMAY, JACK, Latinx Playwrights Circle, Aimee Todoroff
Outstanding Stage Manager Award Rachel April

2022 Awards

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The 2022 NYIT Awards did not take place due to technical issues and ongoing recovery delays as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic[32]

2023 Awards

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Honorary Awards

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Award [33] Recipient
Artistic Achievement Award Everett Quinton
Stewardship Award Kelley Nicole Girod
Caffe Cino Fellowship Award Brownstone Steps Entertainment
Indie Theater Champion Award Chisa Hutchinson
Outstanding Stage Manager Award Heather Olmstead

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