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29
JUN 2026
HFF26 Award Nominees!
by carly regal
HFF26 Community Award Nominees
voted on by Fringe patrons and community
Top of the Fringe Award:
Fringe International Award:
Tenderly: The Life & Times of Nat King Cole
THE SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED (DUE TO THE END OF THE WORLD)
Fringe First for World Premiere:
Frank Sriracha: Home is Where the Stage Is
D.A.F.U.Q. – Dating Advice For Useless Queers
Fringe Award for Cabaret & Burlesque:
Diane Diane! The Parole of a Lifetime
Fringe Award for Clown & Alternative Comedy:
Fringe Award for Comedic Theatre:
Vote for Tom Ryan: One Last Time!
Homecoming: A Darkly Funny Tale About Losing My Mom and Finding Myself… Again
Fringe Award for Comedy & Variety Acts:
Reservoir Dolls: The Whole Bloody Affair
Fringe Award for Dance & Physical Theatre:
They Tend To Themselves: A Choreopoem
Fringe Award for Dramatic Theatre:
Three Eulogies for Tyson Miller
Fringe Award for Immersive & Games:
The Council of Elrond: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Editon: Part 4
RADICAL ACTS with Ramón: Tomfoolery, Grief and Whimsy
Fringe Award for Musicals & Operas:
Lustily Ever After: The Musical
The Unofficial ‘Meet the Robinsons’ Musical Parody
ANXIETY THE MUSICAL! (do you like that title? is that okay?)
Fringe Award for Solo Theatre:
My One Woman Show (The Search for a Truthful Moment)
Show Me Your Dick: A lifetime of dating in larger body
D.A.F.U.Q. – Dating Advice For Useless Queers
HFF26 Discover Fringe Award Nominees
presented by organizations outside of the festival
Adelaide Fringe Festival Exchange Award, presented by Adelaide Fringe Festival in Adelaide, Australia:
I am not a Spy. This is a Magic Show.
Denver Fringe Festival Exchange Award, presented by Denver Fringe Festival in Denver, CO:
They Tend To Themselves: A Choreopoem
Ella Turenne Award, presented by Hollywood Fringe Access Advisory Board:
They Tend To Themselves: A Choreopoem
Between Two Worlds: I Wasn’t Cancelled..Just Confused (Chronicles of The Not Deaf Enough Girl)
Fringe Italia Off Exchange Award, presented by Fringe Italia Off in Italy:
They Tend To Themselves: A Choreopoem
ANXIETY THE MUSICAL! (do you like that title? is that okay?)
Reservoir Dolls: The Whole Bloody Affair
Big Maestro & Little Cello Boy
International Fringe Encore Series 2026 “Hollywood Prize", presented by SoHo Playhouse:
My One Woman Show (The Search for a Truthful Moment)
Couplet: Folk Marry Kill
Strange Beings
Jimi Darkness: Alcoholic Superhero
They Tend To Themselves: A Choreopoem
New York City Pivot Award, presented by LA Hidden Gems:
ANXIETY THE MUSICAL! (do you like that title? is that okay?)
Splash Award, presented by Namba Performing Arts Space, Inc:
Day After Day (the Life and Music of Doris Day)
There’s Something Seriously Wrong With Cyrus: How I Went From A Hot Mess To A Hot Bitch
ANXIETY THE MUSICAL! (do you like that title? is that okay?)
Sydney Fringe Festival Exchange Award, presented by Sydney Fringe Festival in Sydney, Australia:
D.A.F.U.Q. – DATING ADVICE FOR USELESS QUEERS
The DSP Medal of Valor, presented by Drew Spears Productions:
The “FIERCE ARTIST” AWARD, presented by Playhouse Arts “Zero to Fierce Festival”:
RADICAL ACTS with Ramón: Tomfoolery, Grief and Whimsy
The Hitmaker Comedy Award, presented by The H.I.T. Comedy Theater:
Lustily Ever After: The Musical
Barbie Smith: God’s Favorite Tease
ANXIETY THE MUSICAL! (do you like that title? is that okay?)
The Loud Karma Emerging Women and Gender-Diverse Playwright’s Award, presented by Loud Karma Productions, LLC:
Kellie Pleshinger for Ghosttown
Ruby Marker for Hot Yoga
Jessica Marie Fisher for Playback
Sydney Rene Cox for Please Don’t Freak Out
Sarah Grochala for S-27
Penina Beede for Slack Off
Dana Schwartz for The Bomb
Taylor Gates for Unbridled
The Planners’ Pick, presented by Theatre Planners:
MPAT’s Burt Thunders Presents: The First Annual Fundraiser to Save The Whales
The Sacred Fools’ Award for Unique Theatricality, presented by Sacred Fools:
Lustily Ever After: The Musical
The Screamiest, presented by Midsummer Scream:
DEAD JOHN (Rock ’n Roll Until We Die)
The StageCrafts Freeway Circuit Award, presented by The StageCrafts:
Homecoming: A Darkly Funny Tale About Losing My Mom and Finding Myself… Again
My One Woman Show (The Search for a Truthful Moment)
Another Distraction from the Epstein Files
Hold That Thought While I Scream
The StageCrafts Seasonal MiniFest Award, presented by The StageCrafts:
MythicFest
The Council of Elrond: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition: Part 4
SpookyFest
DEAD JOHN (Rock ’n Roll Until We Die)
FrostyFest
Happy! Merry! Joyous!: Inside the Mind of a Caroler
SleuthFest
BardFest
Get Thee to a Beanery: A Hamlet Coffeeshop AU
Once Upon a Stage
Pining in the Prickly Pear Patch
Vote for Tom Ryan: One Last Time!
The Take the Stage Award, presented by Theatre 68 Arts Festival / Theatre 68 Arts Complex:
Between Two Worlds: I Wasn’t Cancelled..Just Confused (Chronicles of The Not Deaf Enough Girl)
Cirque Lunaire: a puppet debacle
Frank Sriacha: Home is where the stage is
I am not a Spy. This is a Magic Show.
MaMa Does Dada: Absurdist Theatre
Reservoir Dolls : The Whole Bloody Affair
The Mary & Margo Art Experience
Zephyr’s Zest Award, presented by Theatre Planners Venues / Zephyr Theatre:
