Nominations Announced for 'The 12th Annual Indie Series Awards', 'Anacostia' and 'The Bay' Tie for the Lead with 15

Nominations for the 12th Annual Indie Series Awards were announced yesterday with German soap star Jo Weil (ex-Oliver “Ollie” Sabel, “Verbotene Liebe”) on hand to host a special episode of “Serial Scoop Now.”

Leading the pack with 15 nominations each were “Anacostia” and “The Bay.” Both series are competing in the category of Best Drama Series against the likes of “Arthur,” “Capital Roar,” “For the Record,” “Incompleteness,” and “My Pride and Purgatory.”

With 14 nominations the comedy “The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort” leads all other shows in its genre, competing for Best Comedy Series against “Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him),” “Cady Did,” “Cam_Girlfriend,” “Claire-ity,” “The Communist’s Daughter,” “Reality Sets In” and “Searching for Sylvie.”

Competing in the Best Audio Series category “Around the Sun,” “Clutch: Chapter 3,” “Earth Eclipsed,” “Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story,” “The Ol’ Timey Spectral Hour” and “Silva Lining’s Care Plan.”

With a number of shows submitting for recognition, ISA organizers decided to create a new category, Best International Series. Making the cut was “Arthur” (Switzerland), “Capital Roar” (Colombia), “Don’t Care to Share” (Israel), “Incoming: Words of War” (Australia), “Isolated” (Peru), “Like in Movies” (Japan), “Mortal Glitch” (Ecuador) and “On a List” (Canada). Additional submissions came from Germany and Italy.

“The 12th Annual Indie Seires Awards” are scheduled to take place with an in-person event ceremony on Thursday, April 7 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA. Roger Newcomb and Susan Bernhardt serve as producers of the independently produced entertainment awards which was founded in 2009.

Below is a complete list of nominees along with a snapshot of nomination totals.

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Anacostia
Arthur
The Bay
Capital Roar
For the Record
Incompleteness
My Pride
Purgatory

BEST INTERNATIONAL SERIES

Arhur (Switzerland)
Capital Roar (Colombia)
Don’t Care to Share (Israel)
Incoming: Words of War (Australia)
Isolated (Peru)
Like in Movies (Japan)
Mortal Glitch (Ecuador)
On a List (Canada)

BEST DIRECTING – DRAMA

Arthur, Nick Rusconi
The Bay, Gregori J. Martin
Capital Roar, Pablo Stoll & Mauricio Leiva-Cock
Don’t Care to Share, Dekel Aizen
Rumors, Matthew Vieira

BEST WRITING – DRAMA

Anacostia, Anthony Anderson
The Bay, Gregori J. Martin, Wendy Riche, Nick Peet & Susan Dansby
I Am You, Daryn Strauss
Incoming: Words of War, Kerry Drumm
Rumors, Nicole Vernarec

BEST LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA

Anthony Anderson, Anacostia
Kristos Andrews, The Bay
James Darch, On a List
Erik Fellows, Purgatory
Danny Mahoney, Purgatory
Ettore Nicoletti, Arthur

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA

Tamieka Chavis, Anacostia
Jade Harlow, The Bay
Suzanne Lenz, I Am You
Tatjana Marjanovic, Purgatory
Karrueche Tran, The Bay
Nicole Vernarec, Rumors

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA

Brandon Beemer, The Bay
Antonio Harrison Jr., Anacostia
Wil Lash, Anacostia
Mike Manning, The Bay
Eric Nelsen, The Bay
Jun Winter, Love Undone

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA

India Doy-Young, Anacostia
Ashlee Lee, #Washed
Kira Reed Lorsch, Rumors
Jacklyn Zeman, The Bay
MarHadoo Effeh, Love Undone
Pasha Diallo, Anacostia

BEST GUEST ACTOR – DRAMA

Carey Green, Anacostia
A Martinez, The Bay
Draper Wynston, #Washed
James Jones, Love Undone
Randy Wayne, The Bay

BEST GUEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

Brittney Bluitt, #Washed
Chiara D’Ambrosio, The Bay
Bianca D’Ambrosio, The Bay
Lauren B. Martin, Anacostia
Akiba Robinson, Anacostia

BEST ENSEMBLE – DRAMA

Anacostia
The Bay
Isolated
Rumors
Scales
#Washed

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Cady Did
Cam_Girlfriend
Claire-ity
The Communist’s Daughter
Reality Sets In
Searching for Sylvie

BEST DIRECTING – COMEDY

The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Morgan Waters & Brooks Gray
Cady Did, Megan Hess
Cam_Girlfriend, Daniel AM Rosenberg
Claire-ity, Michael Klapp
Love in 2020, Eirinn Disbrow
Searching for Sylvie, John Cramer

BEST WRITING – COMEDY

The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Morgan Waters & Brooks Gray
The Artist’s Way Out, Jeananne Goossen
Cady Did, Jason Cicci
Cam_Girlfriend, Michael Goldlist & Ethan Cole
Claire-ity, Marybeth Massett & Patrick Massett
Reality Sets In, Scott Brooks & Lauren B. Martin

BEST LEAD ACTOR – COMEDY

George Barr, Roads to Keystone
Tom Jenkins, Claire-ity
Brandon Tyler Jones, Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
Dave Keystone, Cam_Girlfriend
Jason Stuart, Smothered
Morgan Waters, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – COMEDY

Cady Huffman, Cady Did
Anna Jaller, Love in 2020
Susan Jeffries, Searching for Sylvie
Lily LaBeau, Cam_Girlfriend
Lauren B. Martin, Reality Sets In
Marybeth Massett, Claire-ity

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – COMEDY

Dan Beirne, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Benjamin Bryant, Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
Andy King, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
David Lavine, Searching for Sylvie
Chris Robinson, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – COMEDY

Veanne Cox, Cady Did
Inessa Frantowski, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Ilene Kristen, Reality Sets In
Linda Purl, Claire-ity

BEST GUEST ACTOR – COMEDY

Scott Adsit, Cady Did
Clent Bowers, Smothered
Benjamin Keller, Girl, Chill
Pancho Moler, Smothered

BEST GUEST ACTRESS – COMEDY

Sandra De Sousa, Girl, Chill
Marni Lustig, Status Updates
Kelly McCormack, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Joyce Van Patten, Cady Did

BEST ENSEMBLE – COMEDY

Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
Call Center
Human Telegraphs
Miss!
The Salon
Scratch This

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Curtis Galindo-Orozco
Cady Did, Ramsey Fendall
Miss!, Ben Mezups
Rumors, Edward J. Salerno
What A Drag, Tyler Milliron

BEST EDITING

The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Morgan Waters & Andy King
Halfway to Fifty, Amanda Frances
Love in 2020, Eirinn Disbrow
On a List, Mike Donis
#Washed, Jerod B. Couch

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Mercedes Coyle
Anacostia, Anthony Anderson, Pasha Diallo, Chris Bair, Spencer Bruttig & Lora Lee
Cady Did, Scott Michael Salame
#Washed, Yvonne Williams

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Glasscock Park, Kenneth Favell
Here to There, Charlie Salto
Letters to Daniel, Valyo Gennoff
Miss!, Andrew Clarke

BEST SOUNDTRACK

Anacostia, Anthony Anderson
Girl, Chill, Robert Michael
Love in 2020, Nick LaFalce
#Washed, Marcus Long

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Cady Did” from Cady Did, Written by Eric Miranda & Cady Huffman
“Here With Me” from Letters to Daniel, Written by Stephanie Ray
“Curious” from Roads to Keystone, Written by Colin Deane
“Where Do You Sleep” from #Washed, Written by Zalta

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Vanessa Magic
Cady Did, Christopher Lawrence
Reality Sets In, Lauren B. Martin
Roads to Keystone, George Barr

BEST MAKEUP

The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Jessica Panetta
Anacostia, Lora Lee
Cady Did, Angela Lynn Ware
Roads to Keystone, George Barr

BEST AUDIO FICTION SERIES

Around the Sun
Clutch: Chapter 3
Earth Eclipsed
Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story
The Ol’ Timey Spectral Hour
Silva Lining’s Care Plan

BEST WRITING – AUDIO FICTION

Around the Sun, Brad Forenza
Church of Mike, Charles Andrew Gash, Charles Borg, Derek Nelson & Shawn Easter
Clutch: Chapter 3, Jonathan Robbins
Sister Zombie, A Memoir by Anna Appleby, Harold Brodie

BEST ACTOR – AUDIO FICTION