{"id":221,"date":"2025-11-23T06:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T06:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/?page_id=221"},"modified":"2026-02-09T21:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:58:40","slug":"festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/blog\/festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outstanding Production
\n<\/strong>Avinash, <\/em>Ebong TheatriX
\nThe Way of All Fish, <\/em>Sandy Spring Theatre Group<\/p>\n

Outstanding Production\u2014Runner-Up
\n<\/strong>Snack Machine Blues<\/em>, Silver Spring Stage<\/p>\n

Cliff Smith Memorial Award for Excellence <\/strong>in Directing
\n<\/strong>Bruce Hirsch, The Way of All Fish<\/em>, Sandy Spring Theatre Group<\/p>\n

Ed-Ro-Char Award for Excellence in Technical Achievement
\n<\/strong>Arindam Ghosh, Avinash, <\/em>Ebong TheatriX<\/p>\n

Sandra K. Doherty Award for Excellence in Stage Management
\n<\/strong>[insert name], Hard Bargain Players<\/p>\n

Outstanding Performance
\n<\/strong>Jiyon Banerjee, Avinash, <\/em>Ebong TheatriX
\nMatthew Dantas-McCutheon, Snack Machine Blues, <\/em>Silver Spring Stage
\nBrian Donohue, Clean,<\/em> Hard Bargain Players
\nMeredith Fogle, The Way of All Fish<\/em>, Sandy Spring Theatre Group
\nSteve Malone, Snack Machine Blues, <\/em>Silver Spring Stage
\nCassiane Mavromatis, The Way of All Fish<\/em>, Sandy Spring Theatre Group<\/p>\n

Outstanding Featured Performance
\n<\/strong>Aref Dajani, The Right Thing<\/em>, Thunderous Productions
\nArjun Dasgupta, Avinash, <\/em>Ebong TheatriX
\nAaron Johnson, Borrowed Time<\/em>, New Direction Community Theatre<\/p>\n

Outstanding Ensemble Performance
\n<\/strong>A Game,<\/em> The Colonial Players of Annapolis
\nAvinash, <\/em>Ebong TheatriX
\nThe Way of All Fish<\/em>, Sandy Spring Theatre Group<\/p>\n

Outstanding Cameo Performance
\n<\/strong>Nadia Abouraya, Snack Machine Blues, <\/em>Silver Spring Stage<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography
\n<\/strong>Anika Dasgupta, Jiyon Banerjee, Shreya Talukder, Ejana Sanyal, and Subarna Chatterjee Thakur, Avinash, <\/em>Ebong TheatriX<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design
\n<\/strong>Paroma Sanyal, Avinash, <\/em>Ebong TheatriX
\nJennifer Morrissey, Snack Machine Blues, <\/em>Silver Spring Stage
\n[insert name], Life on Mars<\/em>, Raging Hag Productions<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design
\n<\/strong>Life on Mars<\/em>, Raging Hag Productions<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Makeup
\n<\/strong>Arunima Ghosh, Avinash, <\/em>Ebong TheatriX<\/p>\n

Outstanding Original Music
\n<\/strong>Clean, <\/em>Hard Bargain Players<\/p>\n

Outstanding Set Design
\n<\/strong>The Way of All Fish<\/em>, Sandy Spring Theatre Group<\/p>\n

Best Ghost Effect
\n<\/strong>Requiem,<\/em> Opening Night Productions<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement in Technical Design
\n<\/strong>The Way of All Fish<\/em>, Sandy Spring Theatre Group<\/p>\n

Outstanding Emerging Playwright
\n<\/strong>Amanda Connelly, Borrowed Time,<\/em> New Direction Community Theater<\/p>\n

Outstanding Overall Visual Concept
\n<\/strong>Snack Machine Blues, <\/em>Silver Spring Stage<\/p>\n

Excellence in Directing
\n<\/strong>Arindam Ghosh, Avinash, <\/em>Ebong TheatriX<\/p>\n

Excellence in Playwriting
\n<\/strong>Arindam Ghosh, Avinash, <\/em>Ebong TheatriX<\/p>\n

Special Award for the Competition Dance
\n<\/strong>Shreya Talukder and Jiyon Banerjee, Avinash, <\/em>Ebong TheatriX<\/p>\n

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