2013 Independent Reviewers of New England Award Nominees Announced!

2013 IRNE Nominations have been announced, as updated on the organization's Facebook page today, February 18, 2013. As of yet, no April date has been set for the awards ceremony. Scroll below for the full list of nominations!

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards were founded by Beverly Creasey of The Journal Newspapers and Larry Stark of the TheaterMirror in 1997. The IRNE Awards recognize the extraordinary wealth of talent in the Boston theatre community.

The IRNE reviewers include: Jules Becker, Sheila Barth, Kay Bourne, Shanni Brown, Beverly Creasey, Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll, Shirley Esthimer, Rich Fahey, Tom Garvey, Guy Giampapa, Norm Gross, Nancy Grossman, Robert Israel, Becca Kidwell, Bryce Lambert, Kilian Malloy, and Larry Stark.

2013 IRNE Small Theater Nominations

Best New Play
The Fakus A Noir by Joe Byers (Centastage)
No Room for Wishing by Danny Bryck (Company One)
The Company We Keep by Jaclyn Villano (Boston Playwrights' Theatre)
Reflections of a Rock Lobster by Burgess Clark (Boston Children's Theatre)
Burning Up the Dictionary by Meron Langsher (Vagabond Theatre Group)

Best Set Design
Brynna Bloomfield : The Chosen (Lyric Stage Company)
Erik Diaz :Lumberjacks in Love (Stoneham Theatre)
Richard Chambers : I Capture the Castle (Stoneham Theatre)
Janie Howland :Ragtime (Fiddlehead Theatre Company)
Jason Ries :The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Company One)
Jon Savage : Holiday Memories (New Repertory Theatre)

Best Lighting Design
Jeff Adelberg : Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (SpeakEasy Stage Company)
Scott Clyve : Anne of Green Gables (Wheelock Family Theatre)
John Cuff :The Fakus A Noir (Centastage)
John Malinowski: The Temperamentals (Lyric Stage Company)
Russ Swift :Master Harold and the Boys (Gloucester Stage Company)
Jen Rock : The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Company One)

Best Costume Design
Cotton Talbot-Minkin ;Winter Panto 2012Humpty Dumpty (Imaginary Beasts)
Molly Trainer : Deported A Dream Play (Boston Playwrights' Theatre)
Rafael Jean The Mikado (Lyric Stage Company)
Elisabetta Polito Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (SpeakEasy Stage Company)
Scott Martino : Rudolph the Rednecked Reindeer (Gold Dust Orphans)

Best Sound Design
Arshan Gailus : The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Company One)
David Reiffel :Chesapeake (New Repertory Theatre)
Chris Larson : The Pillowman (Flat Earth Theatre)
Steve Dee : Monster (Boston Center for American Performance)
Eric Norris: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (SpeakEasy Stage Company)

Best Choreography
Annita Brockney :Thoroughly Modern Millie (Turtle Lane Playhouse)
David Connolly :Xanadu (SpeakEasy Stage Company)
Rachel Bertone :West Side Story (Turtle Lane Playhouse)
Delta Miles :Rudolph the Rednecked Reindeer (Gold Dust Orphans)

Best Solo
Georgia Lyman in Chesapeake (New Repertory Theatre)
Danny Bryck in No Room for Wishing (Company One)
Michael Mack in Conversations with My Molester (Boston Center for American Performance)
(Note: Kathy St. George as Judy Garland (Stoneham Theatre) and Gabriel Kuttner in Fully Committed (New Rep) have already won Best Solo for these parts in the past, making them ineligible to win again.)

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