Theater:

Stoop Bitch / The LAB
The Melon’s Cry / The Kammerspiel
Christmas Carol: The Rap Musical / Michael Radzwilla
The Sicilian Dilemma / Joe Canuso
DECLARATION / Joe Torsella

Comedy:
Betsy Ross Groundhog Day / Grace Lazarz, Patrick Burke, Claire Bronchick
We’re All Gonna Die So Stop Caring / Nazeer Art’aud

Cabaret & Variety:
Karen Tenderness in DOPPEL BÄNGER / Asteroid B612
I Don’t Dance! / Morgan Kirner

Dance:
Not Yet Complete / Bart.Co Dance x Canzonieri Dance collective
To Root, To Rise / Coke + Mentos Dance Co
DESCENDANZE: IN FULL EFFECT! / Native Nations Dance Theater & AfroDanze

Clown:
Red Dye 40 and Diarrhea Jones Marry the Night / Madoc & Chelsea LLC (Live, Laugh, Clown)
KACHONK / Suz Murray

Circus:
Lunarium / Skylark Circus Arts
ANARCHY! / The Rebellion Circus

Art for Young Audiences:
Baby Whale and the Plastic Ocean / Philadelphia Children’s Theater

Film:
House of Guns – Gunslinger’s Ball / Incredible Dreamz

Interactive Experience:
exotopia / Kirsten Lydic

Five Star Award (The show with the most five star votes) – Urinal, Theater By Development

Theater – Queerano, or A Very Great Mischief, Wolfsmouth Players Company

Dance – Helpful Hints for Strength and Health for Busy People, Rhonda Moore + Ben Grinberg | Almanac Projects

Comedy – Haute Glue, Rose Luardo

Immersive – Jake Strong’s Magic Show, Jake Strong Magic

Circus – Lunarium, Skylark Circus Arts

Music – The Beginning of the End: a rock opera by Bad Salmon, Bad Salmon

Art for Young Audiences – Ants on a Log Family Concert, Ants on a Log

Storytelling – It’s Giving…Single, Malaika Carpenter

Cabaret – Dan Kitrosser is KAREN TENDERNESS in QUEER WINDOW!, Asteroid B612

Visual Arts – Working Title, See/Hear Now Enterprises Worldwide

Film – The Women’s Film Festival 2025, The Women’s Film Festival

*BRAND NEW AWARD*

Clown – “Be Good!” with Paulette, Daniel Maseda

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The show with the most five star votes – The Tire Swing by The Circus Opera Company

Art for Young Audiences – Hundred Acre Park by My Mother Once Read

Circus – Finding Joy by Rebel Arts Movement

Comedy/Improv – Dead Dad Show by John Miller Giltner and Sasha Kostyrko

Dance – Self Help | PANOPTICON by mignolo dance/TARANTISM

Digital – Beauty Tips After 40 by Janine Renee Cunningham

Film – High and Dry: The Movie – Screening and Talk Back by A Famous Studio

Immersive/Interactive Experience – And the skies were not cloudy all day by Gene Farbe

Music – Tattoo Monologues by ANNA Crusis Feminist Choir

Nightlife & Cabaret – MADCAP & BUSTY by Michael “Dola” Amendola, Arantxa Chávez, Tenara Calem, Tyler Catanella, Graham Cook & Jo Kramer.

Storytelling – Walk Me Through Your Resume by Martha Cooney

Theater – Bluebird: A Cabaret by Curlyfish Productions

Visual Art/Installations – Rogues’ Gallery by See/Hear Now Pop-Up Enterprises Worldwide

Five Star Award, The show with the most five star votes – Koal by Jacinta Yelland

Art for Young Audiences – Jack and the Beanstalk, Retold: A Children’s Puppet Show by Thomas High Performing Arts Class

Circus – Cirque Us Stories by Cirque Us

Comedy/Improv – The McManus Family Variety Hour and Interest Meeting (NOT A CULT) by McManus Family

Dance – PLAYLIST by Mallory Fabian

Digital – Making It Up (One Playwright to Another) by One Playwright Productions

Film – ‘City Sway’ Film Premiere by Chill Room Records

Immersive/Interactive Experience – Trans Party! by Matthias Volker

Music – Terry Pollard by The Philadelphia Jazz Tap Ensemble

Nightlife & Cabaret – HOMOS! A Solo Disaster Musical, Bitch. by Dan Kitrosser / Asteroid B612

Storytelling – The Softest Part of Her by Nikki Powerhouse

Theater – Eve by Kat Siciliano

Visual Art– Best-Laid Plans by See/Hear Now Pop-Up Enterprises Worldwide

Art for Young Audiences – Triggered by Danse4Nia

Circus – Bodies by Watermelon Bathtub 

Comedy/Improv – STRESS EXORCIST by Mary McCool

Dance – KCBC x KCBCII: Summer Series by Klassic Contemporary Ballet Company

Digital – Next Chapter by Three Sheets

Film – Animation Nation IV by The Women’s Film Festival

Immersive/Interactive Experience – Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table–Does That Work for You?–Sure, One Check Is Fine by Mike Durkin and Nick Schwasman

Music – Daughter of the Sea by Laura Lizcano

Storytelling – Lindsey Noel: I’m a Magician by Lindsey Noel

Theater – Scarlet Letter by Humble Materials

Theater – Oedipus in Seattle by Savannah Reich

Visual Art/Installations – Forever Never Lasts by See/Hear Now Pop-Up Enterprises Worldwide

Circus – RagTag: A Circus in Stitches by Cirque Us

Comedy – yurodivy by Nick Gillette Improv (part of Cannonball Festival)

Dance – KCBC x KCBCII: Return to Müvment by Klassic Contemporary Ballet Company

Film – We Are More Than We Know by Justin Tyner

Immersive/Interactive – I Replaced Him with a Lamp & Nuptial Blitz by Gabrielle Revlock

Interdisciplinary – Of A Feather by Philly PACK

Music – Soundscape Visualz by Teyquil Skelton

Theater – The Choice by inFLUX Theatre Collective

Visual Art/Installations – Plein Air Guitar by Derek Ayres