Pictured: Some of the 2017 Orlando Fringe artists.
The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival has announced its official award recipients for the 2017 Orlando Fringe Festival. The awardees are:
- BEST SHOW: There Aint No More: Death of a Folksinger
- BEST PLAY, COMEDY: Petunia and Chicken
- BEST PLAY, DRAMA: Commencement
- BEST PLAY, MUSICAL: ThanksKilling: The Musical
- BEST SOLO SHOW, COMEDY: Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
- BEST SOLO SHOW, DRAMA: Martin Dockery: Delirium
- BEST SOLO SHOW, MUSICAL: Beers About Songs
- BEST PHYSICAL-THEATER, VARIETY OR SPECIALTY SHOW: Baker’s Dozen: 12 Angry Puppets
- BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT: Forget Me Not, written by Rob Gee
- BEST ORIGINAL BOOK & LYRICS OF A MUSICAL: Punslingers: A Western Wordplay Musical, written by Sam Hammersley and Seth Brown
- BEST ORIGINAL SCORE/MUSIC: Ominous George, composed by Steve Schneider
- BEST ARTISTIC DESIGN: Caws & Effect
- BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT: Fringe Family Feud
- BEST FEMALE PERFORMER: Leesa Castaneda, La Reina Yolanda
- BEST MALE PERFORMER: Marlon Andrew Burnley, Black in the Box
- BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Josh Lefkowitz, Joshua S. Roth and Michael Wanzie, Wanzie With a Z
- BEST DIRECTION: O-Town: Voices from Orlando, created and directed by David Karl Lee