Here are the 2015 Capital Fringe Honors Selected by the Staff of DCMetroTheaterArts. Congrats to all our honorees:
FAVORITE COMEDY:
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FAVORITE DANCE + PHYSICAL THEATRE:
Burlesque Classique’s Vaudevillian Romp
DancEthos with The West Shore Piano Trio
I Thought the Earth Remembered Me
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FAVORITE DRAMA:
It’s What We Do: A Play about the Occupation
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
SONATA: The Naked Theatre Project
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FAVORITE ENSEMBLE:
Burlesque Classique’s Vaudevillian Romp
I Thought the Earth Remembered Me
It’s What We Do: A Play about the Occupation
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign
SONATA: The Naked Theatre Project
Twelfth Night: A Musical Remix
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FAVORITE MUSICAL:
The Eddie Lounge Reunion Tour: The Lounge Awakens
Twelfth Night: A Musical Remix
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FAVORITE SOLO SHOW:
The Hello Girls: Unknown HeroinesAdam Ruben of WWI
How to Be a Good Mom…When You’ve Got a Schizophrenic Mother for a Role Model
I Feel Funny: True Misadventures in Stand-Up Comedy
Journey of a Bombshell: The Ina Ray Hutton Story
No AIDS No Maids: Stories I Can’t F*ckin’ Hear No More
St. Jimmy Celebrates “The Food at Our Feet”
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc
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FAVORITE SHOWS OF THE FRINGE:
Burlesque Classique’s Vaudevillian Romp
DancEthos with The West Shore Piano Trio
I Thought the Earth Remembered Me
Journey of a Bombshell: The Ina Ray Hutton Story
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
No AIDS No Maids: Stories I Can’t F*ckin’ Hear No More
St. Jimmy Celebrates “The Food at Our Feet”
The Eddie Lounge Reunion Tour: The Lounge Awakens
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc
Twelfth Night: A Musical Remix
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FAVORITE PERFORMANCES:
Andrew Adams (Artful Justice)
Lizzie Albert (Never Never)
Kathleen Barth (Half Past What?)
Dee Dee Batteast (No AIDS No Maids: Stories I Can’t F*ckin’ Hear No More)
Megan Malone Behm (Out of Sync)
Justin Bell (straight on til moUrning)
Cathryn Benson (Half Past What?)
Karen Beriss (Burlesque Classique’s Vaudevillian Romp)
Christopher Bonewitz (Lathem Prince)
Cate Brewer (Cold as Death)
Kathryn Browning (Witches)
Madeline Burrows (The Wedding Party)
CJ (The Human Algorithm)
Michael Burgos (The Eulogy)
Sean Byrne (Twelfth Night: A Musical Remix)
Christine Callsen (Domestic Animals)
Emily Canavan (MacWHAT?!)
Keegan Cassady (The Paper Game)
Katrina Clark (The Last Burlesque)
Rob Condas (Dust to Dust)
Charlie Cook (Half Past What?)
Jamie Crowne (A Family Reunion)
Chris Daileader (Salvation Road)
Diva Darling (Barenaked Comedy) and (Burlesque Classique’s Vaudevillian Romp)
Nello DeBlasio (Cold as Death)
Shannon Dove (Twelfth Night: A Musical Remix)
Eddie and Cassilda (Blind Pug Arts Collective Presents: The Theatre of Self-Loathing Presents: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?)
Shelley Delaney (Tammy Faye’s Final Audition)
Monica Dionysiou (Paper Glass)
Megan Dominy (The Wedding Party)
Amanda Haddock Duchemin (Ambien Date Night)
Liz Dutton (Our Lady of the Clouds)
Karen Elle (Neda Wants to Die)
John Feffer (Stuff)
Cara Gabriel (I AM THE GENTRY)
Kristen Garaffo (The Wedding Party)
Jane Gibbins-Harding (MacWHAT?!)
Jimmy Grzelak (St. Jimmy Celebrates “The Food at Our Feet”)
Holly Hanks (Twelfth Night: A Musical Remix)
Ben Harris (A Family Reunion)
Emma Hebert (The Last Burlesque)
Christopher Herring (Witches)
Eliza Hill (The Insanity of Mary Girard)
Rachel Ingle (Dust to Dust)
Shannan Johnson in How to Quit Your Day Job
Andrew Keller (Domestic Animals)
David S. Kessler (Wombat Drool)
Timothy R. King (MacWHAT?!)
Meshaun Labrone (POWER! Stokely Carmichael)
Ron Litman (DC Trash – Recycled!!)
Bob Lohrmann (Priest/Penitent)
Katie Maconaughey (Ambien Date Night)
Alex Mahgoub (Baba)
Dana Maas (A Family Reunion)
Andrea Matten (Dust to Dust)
Pamela Meek (How to Be a Good Mom…When You’ve Got a Schizophrenic Mother for a Role Model)
Robert Michael Oliver (Poe Whitman: Embodying Poe)
Robert Michael Oliver (Poe Whitman: Song of Myself: The Walt Whitman Project)
Vaughn Midder How to Quit Your Day Job
Edward C. Nagel (Our Lady of the Clouds)
Aubri O’Connor (The Paper Game)
Lizzie Parmenter The Second Coming of Joan of Arc
Angela Kay Pirko (Cold as Death)
Rich Potter (God: The One-Man Show)
Melissa Ritz (Journey of a Bombshell: The Ina Ray Hutton Story)
Alex Romain (The Eddie Lounge Reunion Tour: The Lounge Awakens)
Melissa Romain (The Eddie Lounge Reunion Tour: The Lounge Awakens)
Lola Rose (Burlesque Classique’s Vaudevillian Romp)
Adam Ruben (I Feel Funny: True Misadventures in Stand-Up Comedy)
j.scales (mostly the VOICE: a black lesbian journey)
Ellouise Schoettler (The Hello Girls: Unknown Heroines of WWI)
Karen Sklaire (Ripple of Hope: One Teacher’s Journey to Make an Impact)
Matthew Sparacino (Never Never)
Latia Stokes (Never Never)
Susanne Sulby (Sanctuary)
Sharisse Taylor (straight on til moUrning)
Matthew Vaky (ROGER (Not His Real Name)
Jeremy Zucker (The Eddie Lounge Reunion Tour: The Lounge Awakens)
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SPECIAL AWARDS:
Christopher Annas-Lee for his set design for Domestic Animals.
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The Class Act Players, a theater company of seniors from Robinson Secondary School and Oakton High School, for their performances in Dust to Dust.
Preston Kemp, Alex Bulova, Rachel Ingle, Sarah Marksteiner (Also writer and director), Chloe Gilfoil, Andrea Matten, Rob Condas, Brionna Simmons, Kelly Thomas, and Chris Mayhew.
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Mark Costello for his Video Design for Girl Versus Corinth.
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Technical Director Niell DuVal for his work on I Thought the Earth Remembered Me.
Brian Feldman for Dishwasher.
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Gregory Thomas Martin for his score/soundtrack for Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom.
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Kevin O’Connell for his Sound Design for Never Never.
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The Ensemble of Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign
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Read all 123 Capital Fringe Reviews here on DCMetroTheaterArts.
