Festival 2025
January 10-12, 2025
The Writer's Center
Bethesda, MD
Participating Groups In Order of Appearance
Silver Spring Stage
Kentlands Community Players
Thunderous Productions
Sandy Spring Theatre Group
Opening Night Productions
The Colonial Players of Annapolis
Hard Bargain Players
Raging Hag Productions
New Direction Community Theater
Ebong TheatriX
The Following Awards Were Presented on Sunday, January 12, 2025
Outstanding Production
(Moving on to the Eastern States Regional Festival April 4-6, 2025)
Avinash - Ebong TheatriX
The Way of All Fish - Sandy Spring Theatre Group
Outstanding Production, Runner-Up
Snack Machine Blues, Silver Spring Stage
Cliff Smith Memorial Award for Excellence in Directing
Bruce Hirsch, The Way of All Fish, Sandy Spring Theatre Group
Ed-Ro-Char Award for Excellence in Technical Achievement
Arindam Ghosh, Avinash, Ebong TheatriX
Sandra K. Doherty Award for Excellence in Stage Management
Kathy Mead, (Producer,) Clean, Hard Bargain Players
Outstanding Performance
Jiyon Banerjee, Avinash, Ebong TheatriX
Matthew Dantas-McCutheon, Snack Machine Blues, Silver Spring Stage
Brian Donohue, Clean, Hard Bargain Players
Meredith Fogle, The Way of All Fish, Sandy Spring Theatre Group
Steve Malone, Snack Machine Blues, Silver Spring Stage
Cassiane Mavromatis, The Way of All Fish, Sandy Spring Theatre Group
Nancy Somers, Snack Machine Blues, Silver Spring Stage
Outstanding Featured Performance
Aref Dajani, The Right Thing, Thunderous Productions
Arjun Dasgupta, Avinash, Ebong TheatriX
Aaron Johnson, Borrowed Time, New Direction Community Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble Performance
A Game, The Colonial Players of Annapolis
Avinash, Ebong TheatriX
The Way of All Fish, Sandy Spring Theatre Group
Outstanding Cameo Performance
Nadia Abouraya, Snack Machine Blues, Silver Spring Stage
Outstanding Achievement in Choreography
Anika Dasgupta, Jiyon Banerjee, Shreya Talukder, Ejana Sanyal, and Subarna Chatterjee Thakur
Avinash, Ebong TheatriX
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design
Paroma Sanyal, Avinash, Ebong TheatriX
Jennifer Morrissey, Snack Machine Blues, Silver Spring Stage
[insert name], Life on Mars, Raging Hag Productions
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design
Life on Mars, Raging Hag Productions
Outstanding Achievement in Makeup
Arunima Ghosh, Avinash, Ebong TheatriX
Outstanding Original Music
James D. Watson, Clean, Hard Bargain Players
Outstanding Set Design
The Way of All Fish, Sandy Spring Theatre Group
Outstanding Achievement in Overall Technical Design
The Way of All Fish, Sandy Spring Theatre Group
Outstanding Emerging Playwright
Amanda Connelly, Borrowed Time, New Direction Community Theater
Outstanding Overall Visual Concept
Snack Machine Blues, Silver Spring Stage
Excellence in Directing
Arindam Ghosh, Avinash, Ebong TheatriX
Excellence in Playwriting
Arindam Ghosh, Avinash, Ebong TheatriX
Adjudicator's Special Award for the Competition Dance
Shreya Talukder and Jiyon Banerjee, Avinash, Ebong TheatriX