FRIGID New York Announces Audience Choice Awards

This March, Horse TRADE debuted FRIGID New York - the first stop on the 2007 North American Fringe Circuit. FRIGID New York was proudly produced in association with San Francisco's EXIT Theatre (home of the San Francisco Fringe; the second oldest fringe in the USA).

These artists have been awarded based on Audience Opinion, Festival Opinion, and Box Office Sales, and will take their awards and choice review quotes on to The North American Fringe Circuit:

The Audience Choice Award recipients follows:

UNDER ST. MARKS

Local show: Harm's Way, newFangled theatRer: Guest Show: The Burning Bush; Soul-O-Theatre (Toronto, CAN)

THE KRAINE THEATER

Local Show: BabyLove, Christen Clifford; Guest show: G-Men Defectives, Garkin Productions (Ontario, CAN)

THE RED ROOM

Local Show: Revival, Do Not Disturb Productions; Guest Show: Naught but Pirates, EXIT Theatre (SF, CA)

FESTIVAL FAVORITE AWARD

Legoland, Atomic Vaudeville (Victoria, BC)

SOLD OUT AWARD

The Butterfield Tones, Disgraced Productions (New York, NY)

"FRIGID New York represented the first ever CAFF-sanctioned festival in New York City. As a celebration of Indie Theater tailored to support the artist, the artistic freedom of the FRIGID New York participating artists was entirely uncensored. FRIGID Participants kept 100% of their box office, in a venue that was all about freedom of expression and artistic determination," state press materials.

For more information on FRIGID New York, please visit www.FRIGIDNewYork.info.