Midtown International Theatre Festival's Awards Ceremony Set for 9/30

The Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival (MITF) presents their Thirteenth Annual Season AWARDS CEREMONY on Monday, September 30, 2012 at 7pm at The Actors Temple Theater, 339 W. 47th Street, NYC. Tickets are $15 and are available now at www.midtownfestival.org by phone at 866-811-4111. Each paid admission includes tickets redeemable for one refreshment, beer, wine, or soft drink. Doors open at 7pm; awards begin at 8pm.

The AWARDS CEREMONY will feature performances from participants in the 2013 Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival.

The 2013 season nominees are:

Outstanding Production of a Play

Division Avenue
How To Make a Robot
Love, Genius and a Walk
Love Stinks
A Serious Person and Then Some

Outstanding Production of a Musical
Angel On My Shoulder
Color of Life
Crazytown: My First Psychopath
The Dark I Know
Motel Rasdell

Outstanding Production of a Short Subject
Funny Stories
Margarita and Max
Our Lord and Savior Seahorse
Nobody's Bones
Suckerfish

Outstanding Production of a Staged Reading
Another Girl
Brooklyn Moonshine War
Overdose
The Premature Burial
Signal Malfunction

Outstanding Playwright
Miki Bone - Division Avenue
Drew Valins/Franz/Drew/Rotpeter Gay Walley -
Love, Genius and a Walk
Alec Gutherz - The Names
Samuel A. Simon - The Actual Dance

Outstanding Music & Lyrics
Sachiko Ishimaru & Yasuhiro Ito - Color of Life
Danielle DeMatteo & Caitlin Angelo - Motel Rasdell
James Beaumont & O'Mara Leary & Warren Hill - Angel On My Shoulder
Joe Salem & James Salem - Bending All the Rules
Jude Trader-Wolff - Crazytown: My First Psychopath

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Dean Nolen - Division Avenue
Gregory Abels- Love, Genius and a Walk
Joan Kane - Love Stinks
Ethan Cherkasky - The Shallot
Audrey Alford - Black Ice

Outstanding Direction of a Musical Sachiko Ishimaru - Color of Life
Joe Maruzzo - Angel On My Shoulder
Rachael Brandy - The Dark I Know
Donnie Kehr - Motel Rasdell
Emma Canalese - Hollywood! Hollywood!

Outstanding Direction of a Short Subject or Staged Reading David Hilder - Margarita and Max
Issac Scranton - Brattleboro
Roark Littlefield - The Violin Maker
Rebecca Etzine - Yesterday Iran Today Iraq
Joan Kane - Iris

Outstanding Costume Design Colleen Heany - Love, Genius and a Walk
Jaime Torres - Motel Rasdell
Uncredited; Director Billy Marks - The HAT Chronicles
Brittany Merola - The Dark I Know
Anastasia Glebova - The Past Is Still Ahead

Outstanding Sound Design
Kenian Spann - Suckerfish
Daniel Spitaliere - Coffee/Evil
Matt Jenkins - Division Avenue
Bill Toles - A Question of Taste
Jon Roberts - The Actual Dance

Outstanding Scenic Design
Yuka Ito - Color of Life
Uncredited; Director Dean Nolen - Division Avenue
Noeland Collins - Suckerfish
Laura Duncombe - Envoy
Alyssa Manfredo - The Dark I Know

Outstanding Lighting Design
Ayumo "Poe" Saegusa - Color of Life
Uncredited; Director Joe Maruzzo - Angel On My Shoulder
Shane Moan - Yesterday Iran Today Iraq
Uncredited; TD David Ullman - Crazytown: My First Psychopath
Sarah M. Chichester - A Question of Taste

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play (Full Production)
Jordan Falther - Division Avenue
Drew Valins/Franz/Drew/Rotpeter/Jacquay/Waller - The Black Man-o-logues
Wayne Paul Mattingly - Samaritans, or Where Is Sylvia
Paul Binotto - Love, Genius and a Walk
Steve Aronson - The Tellin' Man
Arno Austin - The Tellin' Man

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play (Full Production)
Mary Rasmussen - Division Avenue
Rosie Cosch - Love Stinks
Katy May Hudson - Marilyn
Grace Lubek - The Shallot
Beverlix Jean-Baptiste - The Tellin' Man

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical (Full Production)
Eric Morris - Angel On My Shoulder
Yasuhiro Ito - Color Of Life
John Gardiner - Motel Rasdell
Tyrone Stanley - Soul On Fire
Andrew Pichardo - Bending All the Rules

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical (Full Production)
Shino Frances - Color Of Life
Emma Hunton - Motel Rasdell
Sabina Petra - The Dark I Know
Amanda Hart Walker - Enter Singing
Michelle Lynn - Soul On Fire
Shirley Murdock - Soul On Fire

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Short Subject
James Judd - Funny Stories
Damian Maffei - Suckerfish
AnDrew Hutcheson - Yesterday Iran Today Iraq
Andrew Blair - The Suitcase
Justyn Skyler Bougeno - Nobody's Bones

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Short Subject
Laura Lee - Two Women on a Precipice
Christina Toth - Brattleboro
Kim McKean - Margarita and Max
Gina Haver - Over the Hill
Joan Valentina - Teach Me To Cry

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Kevin Sebastian - Samaritans, or Where Is Sylvia?
David Brickman - Marilyn Eric Rice - Sort of Like Julie....Only Worse
Spencer Aste - Slain In the Spirit
Angelo Andrisani - The Tellin' Man
Errol Greeves - The Tellin' Man

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Phylis Rossi - MarylinGina Labozetta - The Shallot
Donna Lee Michaels - Teach Me To Cry
Joanna Glushak - Division Avenue
Emily Larger - Motel Rasdell
Emily Swindal - Over the Hill
Katie Curri - Slain In the Spirit

Outstanding Ensemble Performance
The Tellin' Man
Envoy
Slain in the Spirit
Motel Rasdell
Love, Genius and a Walk
Division Avenue

Outstanding Choreography
Uncredited; Director Sachiko Ishimaru - Color of Life
Greg Graham - Motel Rasdell
Emma Canalese & Emily Vartanian - Hollywood! Hollywood!
Uncredited; Director Audrey Alford - Black Ice

Outstanding Show Marketing & Advertising
Sacrifice
Division Avenue
Enter Singing
The Dark I Know
The Shallot

In addition to the Artistic Awards above, MITF bestows the following prizes:

The Congeniality Award- Awarded to a festival production that excels in demonstrating congeniality before, during, and after the festival process, including efficiency, flexibility, tact, and professionalism. This monetary award is voted on by the Festival crew that interacts with the shows on a daily basis, and presented by MITF Production Manager Ted Stearns.

Producers' Awards- This monetary award is awarded to the producers who sell the most tickets and engage in the most inventive marketing, presented by MITF Executive Producer John Chatterton.

The MITF's 2013 season ran from July 15 to August 4, 2013, at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 1st floor; the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 1st floor; the Main Stage Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 4th floor; and the Jewel Box Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC, 4th floor.

Further information about the MITF can be found on the Festival Web site, atwww.MidtownFestival.org.