Fleet Week, Go-Go Kitty, Go!, Silence!, et al. Honored with FringeNYC Excellence Awards
in Go-Go Kitty, GO!
(Photo © James Worrell)
More than two dozen shows presented in the 2005 New York International Fringe Festival were honored on August 28 with Overall Excellence Awards.
The recipients were chosen by an independent panel of 60 theater critics and industry professionals; there are no set categories or number of awards given each year. In addition to the honorees listed below, the winner of the Audience Favorite Award (sponsored by TheaterMania.com) was The Miss Education of Jenna Bush.
The Overall Excellence Awards were presented by FringeNYC producing artistic director Elena K. Holy during the festival’s closing ceremony. Here is a complete list of the honorees:
Outstanding Play
The Lightning Field
God’s Waiting Room
Go-Go Kitty, GO!
Outstanding Musical
Silence! The Musical
Fleet Week: The Musical
Outstanding Playwrighting
Katherine Knowles (Magician)
Robin Maguire (Aquarium)
Martin Casella (The Irish Curse)
Robert Moulthrop (Half Life)
Outstanding Actor
Jennifer Gibbs (Edna St. Vincent Millay Speaks to the Committee on Immorality)
James Murray Jackson, Jr. (Unspeakable: Richard Pryor Live & Uncensored)
Rick Bland (Thick)
Doug Kreeger (Swimming Upstream)
Outstanding Ensemble
Amerika
Fluffy Bunnies in a Field of Daisies
Weddings of Mass Destruction
Hit
Outstanding Solo Show
The Miss Education of Jenna Bush
Bridezilla Strikes Back
Jesus in Montana
Surviving David
Outstanding Multimedia
Movie Geek
Outstanding Music & Lyrics
Paul Foglino (Hercules in High Suburbia)
Dante Russo and David F.M. Vaughn (Extraordinary)
Outstanding Direction
Scott Ebersold (The Silent Concerto)
Outstanding Costume Design
Kerith Wolf (Marlowe)
Outstanding Sound Design
Mark Huang (Go-Go Kitty, GO!)
Outstanding Set Design
Nicholas Vaughan (The Silent Concerto)
Outstanding Fight Direction
Michael G. Chin (The Lizards)
Outstanding Choreography
Regina Nejman (The Velocity of Things)
Nina Hein (Icarus)
