The Winners of the Strawberry One-Act Festival Summer 2006 Are . . .

BEST PLAY: Fin and Euba by Audrey Cefaly

















BEST DIRECTOR: E. Warren Perry, Jr. for The Sitters
















BEST ACTOR: Melvin Huffnagle for Session 2


















BEST ACTRESS: Carolyn Messina for Fin and Euba

The Awards Ceremony & Performance for the Strawberry One-Act Festival Nominees Are...

The Awards Ceremony & Performance for the Strawberry One-Act Festival, Sunday, August 27th at 8:00 p.m. at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at the corner of 95th Street. Tickets: $35.00 Call: 646-623-3488 or 212-864-5400. Or purchase them online at www.therianttheatre.com. Seating is limited. Advance sales are recommended.

There will be a performance of each of the nominated plays.

The nominees for BEST PLAY are:

THE SITTERS by E. Warren Perry, Jr.

FIN AND EUBA by Audrey Cefaly

SESSION 2 by Nisha Beech

DROWNING by Guy R. Milone


The nominees for BEST DIRECTOR are:

DAVID CHEN for Proper Education

MARY FOX for Verity

ARTHUR W. FRENCH, III for Bitter Apples

JOSEPH HOLMGREN for Fin and Euba

CATHRYN MEZZO for Drowning

E. WARREN PERRY, JR. for The Sitters


The nominees for BEST ACTOR are:

CHRISTOPHER DINOLFO (Stuart/Whistler/Capote) in The Sitters

TAYLOR HAYES (Johnny) in Verity

CHRISTIAN HOGARTH (Ron) in Bitter Apples

MELVIN HUFFINAGLE (Michael) in Session 2

MICHAEL R. ROSETE (Steve) in Proper Education

EDDIE ROUSE (Jeremy) in Vicious Circle


The nominees for BEST ACTRESS are:

HEATHER ALDRIDGE (Daughter) in Dad and Me

JULEE CERDA (Leslie/Diane/Circe) in Dairy Farm

JOANNA ENGELMAN (Joanna) in The Dating Treadmill

VICKI JEUDY (Doreen Livingston) in Bitter Apples

DEE ANN LEHR (Martha Washington/Whistler's Mother) in The Sitters

CAROLYN MESSINA (Euba) in Fin and Euba

You may view the nominees and their plays online at www.therianttheatre.com/video

The Strawberry One-Act Festival Nominees for Best Play for the Summer of 2006 Are . . .

The Riant Theatre will present the Awards Ceremony & Performance for the Strawberry One-Act Festival Summer 2006 at The Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space on Sunday, August 27, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. Performances of the 4 plays nominated for BEST PLAY will be presented and at the end of the evening the award will be presented to the WINNER.

The nominees for BEST PLAY are:

1) THE SITTERS by E. Warren Perry, Jr.

2) FIN AND EUBA by Audrey Cefaly

3) SESSION 2 by Nisha Beech

4) DROWNING by Guy R. Milone

Tickets are $35.00. Seating is limited. Advance sales are recomended. For tickets go to www.therianttheatre.com or call 646-623-3488. For same day tickets you may purchase them at the box office at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street.

The nominees for Best Director, Best Actor & Best Actress will be posted on Tuesday at 10 am.

Plays moving into the Finals of the Strawberry One-Act Festival are:

Plays moving into the Finals on Friday, August 18th at 7pm, Saturday, August 19th at 7pm and Sunday, August 20th at 3pm are:

1) Snooky's Back Room by Kenneth Owen Williams

2) Dad and Me by Heather Aldridge

3) The Sitters by E. Warren Perry, Jr.

4) Proper Education by Angela Liao

5) Session 2 by Nisha Beech

6) First Date by James O'Neill

7) Drowning by Guy R. Milone

8) Fin and Euba by Audrey Cefaly

There will be one intermission.

Tickets: $25.00 (includes reception after the show)
Call: 646-623-3488 or go to www.therianttheatre.com

The cost for Online viewing of the Finals is $35.00. Go to www.therianttheatre.com/video. Online voting for Best Play will end on Sunday, August 20th at 5:30 p.m. and the online voting for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress will end on August 20th at 8:00 p.m. The 4 Plays with the most votes will perform at the Awards Ceremony on Sunday, August 27th at 7:30 p.m. at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street.

Plays moving into the Semi-Finals #5 from Series K & L

Plays moving into the Semi-Finals #5 on Wednesday, August 16th and Thursday, August 17th at 7:00 p.m. are:

1. Love Jones by John Oluwole Adekoje

2. Dairy Farm by Jacqueline Herbach

3. Bitter Apples by Arthur W. French, III

4. Fin and Euba by Audrey Cefaly

Performances at The Producers Club II, 616 Ninth Avenue, between 43rd & 44th Street.
Tickets: $15.00 For reservations call: 646-623-3488 or you may purchase tickets online at www.therianttheatre.com. Online viewing and voting is available now at www.therianttheatre.com/video. Voting online for Best Play in the Semi-Finals #5 will end on Thursday, August 17th at 8:45 p.m. Voting for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress will end on Sunday, August 20th at 8pm.

Some Of The Plays Moving To The Wild Night On Wed/Thurs August 16th & 17th Are...

The Strawberry One-Act Festival Wild Night at The Producers Club II, 616 Ninth Avenue between 43rd & 44th Street. Once all the plays are chosen for the Wild Night you will also be able to see them online at www.therianttheatre.com/video. These plays are chosen by the Artistic Director, Van Dirk Fisher and are given one last chance to win a spot in the Finals.

Some of the plays moving to the Wild Night on Wednesday, August 16th at 9pm are:

1) Sessions 2 by Nisha Beech

2) How I Live With Terror by Deborah S. Greenhut

3) Hazel and the Sun by Valerie Work

Some of the plays moving to the Wild Night on Thursday, August 17th at 9pm are:

1) Traffic Jam by Bonnie Corso

2) Naked Eggs and Scrambled Legs by Jody Christopherson

3) Snooky's Back Room by Kenneth Owen Williams

Plays moving into the Semi-Finals #3 & Semi-Finals #4 of the Strawberry One-Act Festival are...

The plays moving into the Strawberry One-Act Festival Semi-Finals #3 on Monday, August 14 & Tuesday, August 15 at 7:00 p.m. are:

1) Xavier Speaks by Jackob Hofman
2) What I Learned From Grizzly Bears by Jessica Lind
3) Day One by Charles Flicker
4) First Date by James O'Neill
5) The Dating Treadmill by Joanna Engelman

The plays moving into the Strawberry One-Act Festival Semi-Finals #4 on Monday, August 14 & Tuesday, August 15 at 9:00 p.m. are:

1) Lost by Paul J. Magliari
2) Verity by Jason Thomas
3) Pools by Richard Edwin Knipe, Jr.
4) Drowning by Guy R. Milone
5) Sister To Sister by Kimberly Kaye

For plays in the Semi-Finals #1 & #2 (Sat 8/12 & Sun 8/13) scroll down and see posting for August 9th.

People can cast their votes for the Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress online until August 20th until 9pm at www.therianttheatre.com/video by viewing any of the series or semi-finals. The announcements for the Nominees will be posted here on Monday, August 21st.

For tickets go to www.therianttheatre.com Tickets are $15.00 plus a $2.00 handling fee.

You may also view the semi-finals online at www.therianttheatre.com/video. Tickets for online viewing are: $25.00 You also get to vote after you watch the last play in that series.

Voting online for the Semi-Finals #1 & 2 will end on Sunday, August 13th at 6pm.
Voting online for the Semi-Finals #3 & 4 will end on Tuesday, August 15th at 9pm.
Voting online for the Semi-Finals #5 will end on Thursday, August 17th at 9pm.

Plays chosen to compete in the WILD NIGHT will be posted on Sunday, August 13th.

Performances are at the Producers Club II, 616 Ninth Avenue, between 43rd & 44th Street. For tickets go to www.therianttheatre.com
For information call: 646-623-3488.

For an opportunity to win 2 Tickets to the Strawberry One-Act Festival Awards Ceremony & Performance at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, see below for details.

Win Two Tickets To The Awards Ceremony & Performance at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space

Win 2 (Two) tickets to the Strawberry One-Act Festival Awards Ceremony & Performance at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space. Simply fill out a postcard and list the Four Plays that you think will be nominated for Best Play of the Season. Mail the postcard to The Producers Club II, 616 Ninth Avneue, NY, NY 10036, Attn: Strawberry One-Act Festival. A drawing will be held on Sunday, August 20th at The Producers Club II after the 3:00 p.m. show. If your postcard is drawn and you have correctly guessed the 4 plays nominated for Best Play of the Season that will be moving on the Awards Ceremony & Performance, you will received 2 (Two) Free Tickets to attend the Awards Ceremony & Performance on Sunday, August 27th at 7:00 p.m. Postcards must be received by Saturday, August 19, 2006 in order to be in the drawing.

The Strawberry One-Act Festival Semi- Finals #1 Sat/August 12 & Sun/August 13 at 7pm; the Semi-Finals #2 Sat/Sun at 9pm; Semi-Finals #3 & #4 Mon/Tues

The plays moving into the Strawberry One-Act Festival Semi-Finals #1 on Saturday, August 12 & Sunday, August 13 at 7:00 p.m. are:

1) Graduation by Eugene Grygo
2) Missing Maddie by Michael McLaughlin
3) Dad and Me by Heather Aldridge
4) The Sitters by E. Warren Perry, Jr.
5) The Art of the Pickup by Dave Rosenberg

The plays moving into the Strawberry One-Act Festival Semi-Finals #2 on Saturday, August 12 & Sunday, August 13 at 9:00 p.m. are:

1) Dream Works by Anne Kenny
2) Crabs in a Basket by Rick Apicella
3) Vicious Circle by Jamison Reeves
4) Beauty and the Beach by Laurie Newkirk
5) Proper Education by Angela Liao

The plays moving into the Strawberry One-Act Festival Semi-Finals #3 on Monday, August 14 & Tuesday, August 15 at 7:00 p.m. are:

1) Xavier Speaks by Jackob Hoffmann
2) First Date by James O'Neill
3) The Dating Treadmill by Joanna Engelman
4) TBA
5) TBA


The plays moving into the Strawberry One-Act Festival Semi-Finals #4 on Monday, August 14 & Tuesday, August 15 at 9:00 p.m. are:

1) Lost by Paul J. Magliari
2) Drowning by Guy R. Milone
3) Verity by Jason Thomas
4) TBA
5) TBA

For tickets go to www.therianttheatre.com. Tickets are $15.00 plus a $2.00 handling fee.

You may also view the semi-finals online at www.therianttheatre.com/video. Tickets for online viewing are: $25.00 Voting online for the Semi-Finals #1 & 2 will end on Sunday, August 13th at 6pm. Voting online for the Semi-Finals #3 & 4 will end on Tuesday, August 15th at 9pm.

Performances are at the Producers Club II, 616 Ninth Avenue, between 43rd & 44th Street. For information call: 646-623-3488.