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The weather gods gave Fringers a thumbs-up – no heavy, humid days and not much rain. Attendance hit nearly 41,000 and the box office was $250,000. Here’s NOW’s list of this year’s Fringe highlights.
OUTSTANDING NEW PLAYS
Pond Life Kentucky Waterfall Random Acts Of Love
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS
Inanna Nana
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES
Carin Lowerison (Nana, The Catalyst) Charles Ross (One Man Lord Of The Rings) Erin King and Greg Dunham (The Blood Of A Coward) Jenny Young and Pasha Mckenley (Inanna) Martha Cronyn (Virginia) Eddie Glen and Sharon Heldt (Sleepless: A New Musical) Jane Moffat (The Dizzy & Dale Chronicles) Tabitha Keast (In The Booth) Vanessa Macrea and Trish Cooper (The Year Of The Panda)
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLES
Nana Inanna Pond Life Pinocchio Below The Belt The Weir Shakespeare’s Comic Olympics The Really Real Adventures of Scott Free And Will Do
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
Autumn Smith (The Weir) T. J. Dawe (One Man Lord Of The Rings) Michelle Ouellet (Nana)
OUTSTANDING USE OF AN UNUSUAL PERFORMING SPACE
Inanna The Weir Below The Belt
BEST RESUSCITATION OF A CLASSIC SCRIPT
The American Dream
BUSIEST PERFORMER
Chris Coculuzzi, who literally ran from (after sprinting in) Shakespeare’s Comic Olympics to play the lead in Cyrano de Bergerac
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