Awards For Hollywood Fringe 2019
2019 UNLEASHED AWARD
The Unleashed Award is given to the ensemble production who unleashes their production with a strong focus on telling the story. We are looking for shows that combine strong acting with creative production elements to drive their story. Whether it’s a new take on an old work or a brand new play debuting at Fringe, we’re excited to see how you combine the pieces to tell the story.
2CENTS THEATRE DISTINCTIVE VOICES AWARD
The 2Cents Distinctive Voices Award recognizes an artist/team of artists who prove themselves as a true auteur. The winning production will demonstrate unique perspective, fresh interpretation and defined approach, providing a one of a kind experience of unexpected storytelling.
BEST OF BROADWATER AWARD 2019
For those productions who chose The Broadwater as their venue, now The Broadwater gets to choose YOU! The Second Annual Best of Broadwater Award will celebrate a select few Hollywood Fringe productions that have performed at The Broadwater and really made us proud due to their high level of artistry and excellence. Who wouldn’t want to have their show extended on one of the most desired theatres on Theatre Row rent free?? Furthermore the winners will NOT have to pay The Broadwater any portion of their ticket sales for said-extension. Yes, it’s true.
This award allows The Broadwater to give back to those who are breaking ground, moving hearts, and bringing down the house in our world of vital intimate theatre. Here’s how it works. All winners will receive a statuette and certificate at the Hollywood Fringe Festival Closing Night Ceremony and be immediately offered the opportunity to extend their show into the Best of The Broadwater Weekend set to immediately follow the 2019 Fringe. Best of Broadwater Opening Reception will be a red carpet event, putting a special spotlight on those select winners. The Broadwater will invite LA theatre luminaries, venue bookers and press to join the party as the weekend-long celebration features The Broadwater’s Best in all of its four various stages.
FIGHT THE POWER AWARD
Performance, writing, direction must all combine to create a powerful piece that moves the needle in social justice, inclusiveness, normalization of reality, and forward-thinking art.
*2018 Winner “Ain’t That America” directed by Dan Schultz
LAFPI'S MOST WANTED AWARDS
A recognition of the gender parity efforts and achievements by LA Theaters and Fringe Venues, focusing on female-identifying playwrights.
NO ROOM IN THE GREEN ROOM AWARD
MB Stage Productions, LLC has a nasty habit of producing shows with large casts (Smallest: 8 performers, Largest: 21 performers). With our history, we know that juggling rehearsal conflicts, production needs, and the drama that comes with producing live theatre is no easy task! This award goes to those who like to challenge themselves to have a full audience and an even fuller stage.
O FACE AWARD FOR ORGASMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRE: “MOST ORGASMIC PERFORMANCE”
“Great spiritual teachers throughout the ages have stated that orgasm is the closest some people come to a spiritual experience because of the momentary loss of self. Why is this true? Because with spiritual sex, you move beyond orgasm into a connection with yourself, your partner, and the divine — recognizing them all as one.”
-Alexandra Katehakis – Clinical Director of the Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles
Our Goal: We at Orgasmico Theatre Company would like to single out one production to receive our O Face Award for forging a connection between artist, audience and the divine, bringing all three together in an explosive* theatrical experience that transcends convention and can only be regarded as “Orgasmic.”
The “Most Orgasmic Performer” is a mad priest/priestess who seduces the audience, unites them intimately with the character they are playing, and ultimately brings the whole theatrical ritual to an unforgettable climax*.
SHOWORKS DON'T WAIT. CREATE! AWARD
The ShoWorks Don’t Wait. Create! Award celebrates writers and creators who develop their own opportunities by producing original content and pushing the creative envelope from “page to stage.” We are proud to present this award for the third year running, in support of our fellow artists.
2018 Winner: “Gun And A Motel Bible” directed by Alicia LeBlanc
2017 Winner: “Chimpskin” directed and produced by Ben Landmesser
SOARING SOLO ARTIST AWARD
Soaring Solo LLC, Jessica Lynn Johnson & Whitefire Theatre are excited to present the 3rd Annual Soaring Solo Artist Award. We appreciate the incredible courage and creativity it takes to perform a one person play. That said, they would like to recognize and celebrate excellence in solo theatre within the Hollywood Fringe Community this June 2019.
Founder & CEO of Soaring Solo LLC, Jessica Lynn Johnson, will use her 13+ years in the genre of solo theatre as a published playwright, Board member & Submission Screening Panelist of the LA Women’s Theatre Festival, and full-time solo theatre Director & Developer to handpick one very special solo artist to Encore their winning solo show as part of the largest solo theatre festival on the West Coast, Whitefire Theatre’s SOLOFEST 2020.
Thank you in advance for your submissions and your commitment to keeping LIVE theatre ALIVE in Los Angeles! Please email submissions to [email protected] for consideration.
STANDOUT SONG AWARD
This award honors the song at Fringe that we feel represents the “number one hit” of the festival. The song that we remember as we leave their show and keep thinking about as the festival goes on. We would like to commemorate the winner by producing a music video of the song with creative collaboration from the songwriter.
STEVE KENT AWARD
Named after co-founder of the legendary Company Theatre, the late Steve Kent, who believed that theatre was a tool for social and political change. The Steve Kent Award is given a piece of theatre that uses their art for to create political or social change within an individual and their community.
THE DIVERSE DIVA AWARD
The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival celebrates 26 years of artistic diversity through the production of traditional and innovative performances and educational outreach. We have served well over 3000 youth in the LA public schools, produced a cable television show, and our educational outreach programming has touched hearts and spirits of seniors, at-risk youth, ex-offender women and low-income audience members. The Festival has attracted a host of government funders, official sponsors, donors and has established a membership base that many alumni have joined. LAWTF has now become the oldest solo festival for women in Los Angeles and has honored deserving women in theatre and has brought together well over 500 solo artists from around the world to share their many heartwarming and personal stories. It is with this history and mission that we, the LAWTF Board of Directors, will select one female identified artist who exemplifies diversity, empowerment, and remarkable creativity in her original work. For more information please visit www.LAWTF.org.
THE GOLDEN KEY
Awarded by The Speakeasy Society—an immersive entertainment company—to a production that has unlocked a door to a new world, immersing guests in a compelling reality beyond their daily lives.
To qualify for consideration, please email us and invite us to your show.
Please list in your email:
1. The name of your show
2. The days and times of your show when comps are
available
3. A direct link to your show page on the HFF website. If we look at your show on the website and have some questions about the immersive nature, we will write to ask for more details. The Speakeasy Society reserves the right to decline consideration for shows that are not demonstrably ‘immersive’ by the current definition of the term in relation
to live theater.
THE HOLLYWOOD ENCORE PRODUCERS' AWARD
The Hollywood Encore Producer Awards represent the best of the Hollywood Fringe selected by venue producers, based on artistic merit and commercial potential. The extensions immediately follow the HFF2019 and run through July in participating fringe venues. Shows receive valuable extensions giving them the opportunity for additional audience, press, awards and extensions.
Fill out this Form for ConsiderationTHE INKWELL THEATER PLAYWRIGHT’S PROMISE AWARD
The Inkwell Theater Development LAB is excited to present the fifth annual Playwright’s Promise Award at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival. The Playwright’s Promise Award recognizes the writer of a Fringe production. It is based on the play itself, not necessarily the production.
THE OUTDOOR VOICES FESTIVAL “CONVERSATION CREATION” AWARD
An award to honor the show that encompasses all of the qualifications that make up a brilliant piece of socially relevant theater.
THE PAUL KOSLO MEMORIAL/MET THEATRE AWARD
Paul Koslo, a founding member of the MET Theatre (who we lost earlier this year) was a man dedicated to making outstanding theatre for his entire life. With this award, we’d like to honor outstanding theatre makers who reflect that same bold, creative, and inspirational spirit as was possessed by our beloved Mr. Koslo.
TPP'S TROPE BUSTER! (SPONSORED BY THEY PLAYED PRODUCTIONS)
Some shows break the mold. They DISRUPT the medium. They take the expected roles or stories or themes or TROPES of theatre and spin them off the axis into unknown territory.
They DISCONNECT the audience from what they EXPECT and give them something:
DIFFERENT
WRONG
RIGHT
OUTRAGEOUS
KIND
WEIRD
DISJOINTED
BIZARRE
UNIQUE
and above all:
OUTSIDE THE LINES
Is your performance one of these? Then you might be this year’s winning TROPE BUSTER!
