The 2022/2023 Mainstage Festival Awards
The Official Awards Listing for both 2022 and 2023 Mainstage events!
The award venues we used for so many years are gone. But our Resident Theater The Wild Project came to the rescue . . . One Day for Both Seasons! SUNDAY August 13, 2023.
The detailed full Program Book can also be downloaded [ HERE ]
Outstanding Production – 2022
Sassafras and the Captain
Author: Sarah Elisabeth Brown
Producer: Shelby R. Seeley
Director: Kathryn McConnell
Outstanding Production – 2023
Eelpout
by Paul Kruse
Producer: Sarah Todes-Neon Caviar
Director: Rachel Wolther
Outstanding Play – 2022
You’re a Weirdo, Annie Best
by Erin Shea Brady
Outstanding Play – 2023
Angel on Eros
by Ricardo Melendez
Outstanding Directors
Outstanding Director – 2022
Karma Maselli
for Motherf*** Girl Scouts
Outstanding Director – 2023
Zach Kelly
for Cornflake Pie
Outstanding Design – 2022
Once On Rumspringa
Set: Ryan McCloy
Light/Sound: Andrew Freeburg
Director: Amir Malaklou
Producer: Kyra Armstrong
Outstanding Design – 2023
Eelpout
Costumes: Paul Kruse; Sarah Todes; Rachel Wolther
Lighting & Sound Design: Rachel Wolther
Outstanding Lead in a Drama – 2022
Juliet Roll
in You’re A Weirdo, Anni Best
Outstanding Lead in a Drama – 2023
Katy Copeland
in Meet You Downstairs
Outstanding Lead in a Comedy – 2022
Clara Tristan – in Sassafras & the Captain
AC Quagliato – in Eternal Flamer!
Outstanding Lead in a Comedy – 2023
Jake Fallon
in Eelpout
Outstanding Supporting Role – Drama
Bonita Elery, &
Tiffany Michelle Thompson
in Roommates
Outstanding Supporting Role – Drama
Kyr Siegel
in Cornflake Pie
Outstanding Supporting Role – Comedy
Keith Arthur DiRienzo
in Eternal Flamer – 2022
Outstanding Supporting Role – Comedy
Keith Weiss
in Eelpout – 2023
Outstanding Featured Performer – 2022
Stephen Bush
in Once on Rumspringa
Outstanding Featured Performer – 2022
Andy Donnelly
in Eelpout
Outstanding Ensemble – 2022
Motherf***ing Girlscouts
Director: Karma Masselli
Outstanding Ensemble – 2023
Cowgirl Summer
Directors: KJ Stewart & Gianna Milici
Outstanding Dance/Choreography
Marcus Zebra Smith
in Eternal Flamer
Outstanding Dance/Choreography
Eleanor Pienta
in Eelpout
the “Fresh Fruit Spirit” Award!
Accidental Intimacies – 2022
Author/Director: Megan Kemple
Producer: Chelsi Kern
the “Fresh Fruit Spirit” Award!
Fettuccini – 2023
Author: Queen-Tiye Akamefula
Director: Ava Novak