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HONORS

From residencies to grants and everything in between, New Light is grateful for the awards and recognitions over the years.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), 2016 - present

National New Play Network (NNPN), 2018 - present

ART/New York, 2013 - present

Materials for the Arts, 2013 - present

Indie Theatre Fund, 2013 - present

59E59 Theaters Co op Company, 2020 - present

Theatre Row Resident Company, 2019 - present

Nominated: Andy Evan Cohen, The Greatest Hits Down Route 66

2024 Drama Desk for Best Orchestrations of a Musical

Named: 'Best of 2024' from Travel Style Magic

The Greatest Hits Down Route 66, 2024

Named: 'Best of 2024' from Angeles Stage

H*tler's Tasters, 2024

Winner: 6 Scenie Awards from Stage Screen LA (2023-2024 season)

- Outstanding Production of a Comedy-Drama: H*tler's Tasters

- Best Director: Sarah Norris

- Best Lead Performance: Olivia Gill

- Best Lead Performance: Paige Simunovich

- Best Featured Performance: Ali Axelrad

- Best Featured Performance: Caitlin Zambito

Nominated: 2024 Broadway World Awards (off-Broadway) - 15 total nominations

- Best New Musical: The Greatest Hits Down Route 66

- Best Production of a Musical: The Greatest Hits Down Route 66

- Best New Score of a Musical: Andy Evan Cohen, Jennifer C Dauphinais, and Grace Yukich

- Best New Book of a Musical: Michael Aguirre

- Best Performance in a Musical: Kristoffer Cusick

- Best Performance in a Musical: Kleo Mitrokostas

- Best Performance in a Musical: Martin Ortiz

- Best Performance in a Musical: Erika Rolfsrud 

- Best Performance in a Musical: HK Wall

- Best Direction of a Musical: Sarah Norris

- Best Lighting Design: Nic Vincent

- Best Sound Design: Kwamina "Binnie" Biney

- Best Scenic Design: Anna Kiraly

- Best Costume Design: Kara Branch

- Best Original Choreography: Ashlee Wasmund

Published: The Lights Are On by Owen Panettieri

Concord Theatricals, 2024

Nominated: Kara Branch, According to the Chorus

2023 Drama Desk for Best Costume Design of a Play

Published: According to the Chorus by Arlene Hutton

TRW Plays, 2023

Published: I Wanna F*ck Like Romeo and Juliet by Andrew Rincón

Concord Theatricals, 2023

Published: H*tler's Tasters by Michelle Kholos Brooks

TRW Plays, 2022

Named: TimeOut NY Critic's Pick & 'Best Bet' from Theatre is Easy for H*tler's Tasters by Michelle Kholos Brooks

Theatre Row, 2022

Recipient: Covid Relief Grant from 59E59 Theaters

2020

 

Published: Everything Is Super Great by Stephen Brown

Stage Rights, 2020

 

Published: Sunset Point by Arlene Hutton

Next Stage Press, 2020

Named: 'Best of 2019' from The Stage (EdFringe)

H*tler's Tasters, 2019

Named: 'Best of 2019' from Slant Magazine 

The American Tradition, 2019

Named: TimeOut NY Critic's Pick & 'Best Bet' from Theatre is Easy for Everything Is Super Great by Stephen Brown

59E59 Theaters, 2019

 

Named: TimeOut NY Critic's Pick & 'Best Bet' from Theatre is Easy for The American Tradition by Ray Yamanouchi

13th Street Rep, 2019

Named: 'Best Bet' from Theatre is Easy for Less Than 50% by Gianmarco Soresi

59E59 Theaters, 2018

Named: 'Best Bet' from Theatre is Easy for the hollower by Liza Birkenmeier

Access Theater, 2018

Recipient: Creative Engagement Grant from LMCC

Hal & Bee, 2018

Recipient: ArtNY's Bel Geddes Design Enhancement Grant

Brian Dudkiewicz's Scenic Design for Hal & Bee, 2018

Resident: The Flea Theater

Named a resident company of The Flea Theater in downtown NYC, 2018 - 2021

Published: Two of Us by Ross Howard

Samuel French (now Concord Theatricals), 2017

Named: TimeOut NY Critic's Pick & 'Best Bet' from Theatre is Easy for Breeders by Dan Giles

Access Theater, 2017

Named: 'Best Bet' from Theatre is Easy for Omega Kids by Noah Mease

Access Theater, 2017

Recipient: ArtNY's The Creative Space Grant

2017

Recipient: Chicago Dramatists' The Grafting Project Residency

Still Dance the Stars, 2017

Invited Presenter: Chekhov International Festival, Ridgefield, CT

Strange Country, 2016

Named: 'Best Bet' from Theatre is Easy for Strange Country by Anne Adams

Access Theater, 2016

Published: No One Loves Us Here by Ross Howard

Samuel French (now Concord Theatricals), 2016

Nominated: Independent Theatre (IT) Awards

In the Soundless Awe, 2016 – Corrie Blissit for Best Choreography + Andy Evan Cohen for Best Sound Design

Resident: Access Theater

Named a resident company of Access Theater in downtown NYC, 2015 - 2017

Named: #1 Show of the Week in NY Theatre Guide

In the Soundless Awe, 2015

Nominated: Independent Theatre (IT) Awards

No One Loves Us Here, 2015 – Jessica Kitchens for Outstanding Actress

Published: Picture Ourselves in Latvia by Ross Howard

Samuel French (now Concord Theatricals), 2015

Named: People of the Year from Indie Theater Now

Inducted into the Indie Theater Hall of Fame, 2014

Named: 'Best of 2014' from The L Magazine

Picture Ourselves in Latvia, 2014

Recipient: Awarded the first ever Emergency Grant from The LIT Fund (now The Indie Theater Fund)

Darkroom Series, 2014

Official Selection: Chicago Fringe Festival

Honored as the first out-of-town show in the Chicago Fringe Festival’s history to completely sell out an entire.

SIDD, 2014

Winner: Planet Connections Theatre Festivity

BUBBA, 2014 – Michael Thomas Walker for Outstanding Performance in a Solo Show

Named: TimeOut NY Critic's Pick for BUBBA by Michael Thomas Walker

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, 2014

Resident: Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild (Woodstock, NY)

Michael Aguirre, 2014

Winner: Theatre Now NY Sound Bites Festival

The Oedipus Project, 2013 – Best Original Music

Resident: New Theater at 45th Street (now The Davenport Theatre)

Named a resident company at The New Theater at 45th Street, 2013

Winner: Samuel French OOB Festival

Frisky & the Panda Man, 2013

Published by Samuel French (now Concord Theatricals) 

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