2013 Cincinnati Fringe Awards

Brant Miller as Lolita; Ryan Lear as Humbert Humbert and Matt Spring as Charlotte/Quilty/Ensemble in LOLITA: A THREE MAN SHOW. Photo by Deo Lerma.

The 2013 Cincinnati Fringe is, again, one for the record books. The 2013 Festival had the highest attendance to date. Attendance was up 14% over last year. Tickets sales were up 1,000 over last year. This year’s Fringe had 32 sellout performances (that’s 20% of the shows). Selling out Saturday were PETUNIA AND CHICKEN, DIRK DARROW: NCSSI, THE ELEPHANT IN MY CLOSET, TELEPHONE: A PREQUEL TO A LOVE STORY, LOON, LOLITA: A THREE PERSON SHOW, THE WAVE and THE KILLING GAME.

Congratulations to everyone involved for a great job.

LCT Awards
Here is the list of League of Cincinnati Theatres Awards announced last night. (Any errors or omissions are mine.)

• Best Overall Concept: MAPS
• Best Use of Improv or Audience Interaction: A KILLING GAME
• Best Ensemble Performance: LOLITA: A THREE PERSON SHOW
• Best Solo Performance: AIN’T TRUE AND UNCLE FALSE
• LCT Pick of the Fringe: PETUNIA AND CHICKEN

Pick of the Fringe Awards

• Critic’s Pick: LOLITA: A THREE PERSON SHOW
  
• Artists’ Pick: PETUNIA AND CHICKEN
• All Access Pick: AIN’T TRUE AND UNCLE FALSE
• FringeNext Audience Pick: THOU SHALL ROT IN HELL
• Audience Pick: VORTEX OF THE GREAT UNKNOWN
• Founders’s Pick: AND ALL THE REST IS JUNK MAIL and PULLING OFF PROCREATION
• Producers’ Pick: QUESTIONS OF THE HEART: GAY MORMONS AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY and A KILLING GAME
  

Much love to my Fringe-ing friends. Thanks for a great 12 days. See you in 2014 for year 11!