In 2016, the San Diego International Fringe Festival hit its stride as a powerhouse of global storytelling.

The festival continued to embrace the “off-the-wall” spirit of the Fringe, utilizing the Spreckels Theatre, The Lyceum, and various “found spaces” across the city to house its most diverse lineup yet.

4th Annual San Diego International Fringe Festival

2016 FESTIVAL ARTIST AWARDS:
(Theatre / Arts)

Award Recipients
● Best Of Fringe and Outstanding Solo Performance “Josephine” Tymisha Harris (Orlando, FL)
● Critic’s Pick “1918” Le Moana (New Zealand)
● Artists’ Pick and Spirit Of The Fringe “Bella Culpa” A Little Bit Off (Portland, OR)
● Outstanding Solo Performance “A Regular Little Houdini” Daniel Llewelyn-Williams / Flying Bridge Theatre Company (Wales)
● Outstanding Direction “I Got Guns” Sanctuary Stage (Portland, OR)
● Outstanding Actor Tinamarie Ivey of “I Got Guns” Sanctuary Stage (Portland, OR)
● Outstanding Puppetry “An Excruciatingly Ordinary Toy Theater Show” Zach Dorn (St. Petersburg, FL)
● Outstanding Writing “Bedrooms and Boyfriends”
● Outstanding Actor In A Drama “Bin Laden: The One Man Show” Knaïve Theatre (England)
● Outstanding Physical Theatre “Cocooned in Kazan” Royal Kung Foolery (England)
● Outstanding Magic Performance “Distorted Reality (and Fuzzy Math)” Kevin Viner Productions LLC (San Diego)
● Outstanding Actor In A Drama “Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany” Offending Shadows (Fullerton)
● Outstanding Circus Arts “Embers” Lighthouse Circus Theatre (Chula Vista)
● Outstanding Drama “Gifts From My Deaf Father” Windell “Wink” Smith (Washington, DC)
● Fringe Hustle Award “Hateful Hands” Ellipsoid Players (San Diego)
● Beyond The Fringe Award “Hidden Geographies” Contracuerpo Laboratorio Escenico (Tijuana, México)● 
● Outstanding Storytelling “Killing Buddha” Theatre Dojo (Deming, NM)
● Outstanding Improv “Lipshtick” National Comedy Theatre (San Diego)
● Outstanding World Premiere “Mythos – Opening Pandora’s Box” Astraeus Aerial Dance Theatre (San Diego)
● Outstanding Writing “Naked” Strada Company (Arizona)
● Outstanding Solo Perfomance “Paper Glass” MonTra Performance (Boulder, CO)
● Outstanding Variety “Scot Nery’s Boobie Trap” presented by San Diego Theatres Scot Nery (Hollywood)
● Outstanding Dance Performance “SILO” somebodies dance theater (San Diego)
● Outstanding Music Ensemble “Still Moving” bkSOUL/Collective Purpose (San Diego)
● Outstanding Ensemble “Strangers, Lovers, Family, Friends” Company of Cohorts (Salt Lake City, UT)
● Outstanding Comedy Duo “The Black And The Jew Go Buddhist!” Epstein and Hassan (New York, NY)
● Outstanding Adaptation “The Heart of a Goof” Green Raven Theatre (San Diego)
● Outstanding Musical “The Test” Katie Brady Productions in partnership with Theatre Arts School of (San Diego)
● Outstanding Comedy / Fringe Of The Fringe “Will You Swear Your True Love?” Theatre Group GUMBO (Japan)
● Twisted Fringe Award “Windy Wynazz: Rich & Famous” (San Francisco, CA)