Summer 2026 Award Winners

Honoring the artists and productions that defined the Summer 2026 Edition

Selected by the Gene Frankel Theatre Festival Jury: Francesca Ravera, Thomas R. Gordon, and Thomas G. Waites

Best Actor - One Act
PATRICK POLSIN
IN "QUEEN OF HARTS"

Best Actress - One Act
MALENA SADAKA
IN "THE LAST STOP"

Best Director - One Act
ALICE BERRY
"QUEEN OF HARTS"

Best Script - One Act
"BLACK CAT IN BROOKLYN"
BY RICHARD R. BARBOUR & JOSEPH R. BARBOUR

Best Play - One Act
"THE LAST STOP"
BY MIKE BACKES

Best Actor - Short
FRED CABRAL
IN "GO TIME"

Best Actress - Short
N. MARIE TEAGO
IN "DARK ORCHID"

Best Director - Short
LARA BRINKMAN
"SCRAMBLED EGGS"

Best Script - Short
"BURNT TOAST"
BY MATTHEW GILLEECE

Best Play - Short
"DARK ORCHID"
BY HEATHER VIOLANTI