THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL 2023
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THE TVO AWARDS
(T.A.T.M.)
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** CONGRATULATIONS **
TO ALL!!
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BEST OF THE FRINGE AWARD
RETROSPECTION
Written and Performed by
Claire Woolner
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BEST SOLO SHOW (FEMALE) AWARD
GETTING THERE!
Written and Performed by
Rebecca O’Brien
Directed by
Cameron Watson
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BEST SOLO SHOW (MALE) AWARD
MARK PLEASES YOU
Written and Performed by
Mark Vigent
Directed by
Joanna Simmons
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BEST IMMERSIVE SHOW
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
Written and Performed by
Alex Kern
Co-Written and Directed by
Natasha Mercado
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BEST MUSICAL, OPERA & CABARET AWARD
SO PROUDLY WE HAILED
Performed by
Brooke Moltrum, Armand Barboza, Jabari, Elliot White,
John David Wallis and Taji Coleman
Written by
Shannon Corbeil, Aramis Calderon, Robert W. Mitchell,
J.A. Moad III, Diarra McCormick and LtCol. Brain Kerg, USMC
Lyrics and Score by
Natalie Rebecca Lovejoy, Dusty Sanders, Michael Finke,
J.A. Moad III & Kurt Keunne, Jenna Gillespie Byrd and Joshua H. Cohen
Directed by
John Coppola
Produced by
Scott Guy
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BEST ENSEMBLE AWARD
OH, LORRAINE!
Written by
Peter Fluet
Featuring:
Carrie Keranen, Amanda Blake Davis, Ryan Gowland,
Jessie Bias, Van Ayasit and Peter Fluet
Directed by
Victor Isaac
Produced by
Monica Greene and Leticia Grassi
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BEST COMEDY AWARD
AVITAL ASH WORKSHOPS HER SUICIDE NOTE
(WORK IN PROGRESS)
Written and Performed by
Avital Ash
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BEST DRAMA AWARD
WOUNDED
Written by
Jiggs Burgess
Featuring
Shaw Jones and Craig Taggart
Directed by
Spencer Frankeberger
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BEST ACTOR
SMOTE THIS:
A COMEDY ABOUT GOD…AND OTHER SERIOUS S**T
Rodney Gardiner
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BEST ACTRESS
SO PROUDLY WE HAILED
(THE JUMPER)
Brooke Moltrum
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BEST DANCE & PHYSICAL THEATRE
FLAMENCODANZA
Aylin Bayaz and Raul Mannola
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BEST INTERNATIONAL SHOW
TAKE ME AS I AM:
A JONI MITCHELL TRIBUTE
Written and Performed by
Rainee Blake
(Australia)
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THE ESSENCE OF FRINGE AWARD
FIVE YEARS IN AMSTERDAM
Written and Performed by
Brendan Hunt
Produced by
Shannon Nelson
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And allow me to extend an Honorable Mention to those shows and performers that demonstrated the creativity, craft, dedication, and imagination that serves to make the Hollywood Fringe an exciting and oh-so-exuberant experience for all – Cooper Bates, Restoration, I Made This For You, Bertha Rodriguez, Cross My Heart, Keeper, Matt Quinn, Coffee, Tea and Gin, Nick Pupo and Brett Johnson, Winona, the lovely Michael Blaha, Sinatra: Raw, Victor McAllister, Waiting For a Show, Cory Comeaux-Soto, Two Weeks, Esquizito, If I’m Good, A Scar is Born, Chance Lang and that master of explication Bruno Oliver!
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TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE
2023 HOLLYWOOD FRINGEA MODEST REMINDER: SUCCESS IS NOT GAUGED BY AWARDS OR IN THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS BUT BY THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ONE’S OWN EFFORTS.
LET’S DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR….
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JA Moad II | October 2, 2023
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Hey gang, just fyI, as a writer for ‘so Proudly we hailed’’ I wanted you t know that you have my name wrong. Its j.a. moad II not the ‘iii’. In short, i’m the second, not the third.