3rd Annual New York Int'l Fringe Festival "Fringe NYC" 3rd Annual New York International Fringe Festival A Production of The Present Company August 18th through the 29th, 1999 The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) celebrated its closing night on Sunday, August 29 at Life nightclub in the Village. FringeXcellence Awards were presented during a short ceremony hosted by FringeNYC co-founders John Clancy and Elena K. Holy. The awards were selected by a panel of 65 theater professionals (including Theatre Reviews Limited Chief Critic David Roberts) and presented to the following FringeNYC participants. An asterisk (*) indicates the show was reviewed by Theatre Reviews Limited. Overall Excellence-Drama/Comedy Mongrel:     *Never Swim Alone     *Time/Bomb   Overall Excellence-Solo Show:     Big Top Machine     Dave Mowers: Hot August Night       Overall Excellence - Musical:     *Urinetown   Excellence in Choreography:     *Bettina Owczarek- Hommage A Chopin       Excellence in Performance:     Eric Coleman - Secrets of The Yellow Room     *Matt O’’ Neill - The Vinyl Shop     *Morgon Ewen - Que Sera     *Fred Backus - Horse Country   Excellence in Solo Performance:     *Scott Hess - BJ: The Trail of A Transgendered Country- Rock Singing Star     *Bill Talen - Reverend Billy: The Church of Stop Shopping     *Antonio Sacre - My Penis: In And Out of Trouble       Excellence in Direction:     Alexandra Ornitz- Crazyface     *Ron Jenkins - Black Rider   Excellence in Playwrighting:     *Tony Vellela - Admissions       Excellence in Lyric Writing:     *Jeff Dobbins- All Male Lives of Y2-Gay     (Sandberg review)     (Sacre review)   Excellence in Performance - Ensemble Cast:     *Jinkies     *Admissions       Excellence in Costume Design:     *Kimberly Gill -- CLEARCUT! Catastroph   Audience Favorite:     *The Phoenix      Off-Off (Broadway) Fringe Admissions All-Male Lives of Y2 Gay (Sandberg) All-Male Lives of Y2 Gay (Sacre) Angry Jellow Bubbles B.J.: The Trail of A Transgendered Country-Rock Singing Star The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets Burners Can't I Not Like It: Theatre Criticism As Theatre Cathleen's Carnage Clowning The Bible GATHERrrrrr....Together Heaven Knows Hommage `A Chopin Horse Country Hysteria: Silence In Stills I Count the Hours Jinkies! The Totally Unauthorized, Partially Improvised, Scooby Doo Mysteries The Kabbalistic Psychoanalysis of Adam R. Tzaddik Lily Messages For Gary My Penis -- In and Out of Trouble The Naked Guy Never Swim Alone New SunSun York -- The Good Sleep Well The Phoenix Pipe Bomb Sonata: The 1988 Tompkins Square Park Police Riot Que Sera Reverend Billy Right On, America The Sad Ballad of Johnny Reb and His Beautiful Wife Cecile The Second Hand Circus Shirts, Socks & The Pajama King Sodom or The Quintessence of Debauchery Suenos de una Noche de Verano (Midsummer Night's Dream) Urinetown! (the musical) The Vinyl Shop