One Ounce Opera Earns Sixteen Nominations for 50th Annual B. Iden Payne Awards

This is so dreamy! A panel of our peers has nominated One Ounce Opera for SIXTEEN (16) B. Iden Payne Awards for the 2023-24 season! The 6th iteration of our Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera showcase racked up nods in several categories, including one – Outstanding Production of a Short Play – where all four of our micro-operas are individually recognized as the sole nominees.

Here are the nominations:

• Outstanding Music Direction: Joseph Choi, Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
• Outstanding Original Score: Jens Ibsen, “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
• Outstanding Short Script (2):
  • Nell Clowder and Linda Nenno, “An Artist’s Regrets,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
  • Cecilia Raker, “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
• Outstanding Performer in a Short Play (6)
  • Jake Jacobsen (Politician), “What the Spirits Show,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
  • Cristina Jones (Older Sister), “I am worth nothing,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
  • Robert LeBas (Demon), “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
  • Maureen Broy Papovich (40 Year Old), “An Artist’s Regrets,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
  • Maureen Broy Papovich (Karen), “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
  • Cassidy Wallace (Bubbie), “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
• Outstanding Direction of a Short Play (2)
  • Julie Fiore, “An Artist’s Regrets,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
  • Julie Fiore, “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
• Outstanding Production of a Short Play (4)
  • “An Artist’s Regrets,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
  • “Bubbie and the Demon,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
  • “I am worth nothing,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
  • “What the Spirits Show,” Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera

To say we are thrilled would be an understatement. We’re looking forward to celebrating at the 50th Annual B. Iden Payne Awards Ceremony on Monday, November 11, 2024. Thank you to the council and the Austin theater community for this humbling recognition and inclusion of micro-operas in your nominations. It means so much to us.

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