# 8th Indie Series Awards

The 8th Indie Series Awards were held on April 5, 2017 at The Colony Theatre in Los Angeles, with the ceremony hosted by EastSiders producers and stars Kit Williamson and John Halbach. Presented by We Love Soaps, the awards recognize independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the web.
In January 2017, it was announced that the number of nominees for the Best Web Series Drama and Comedy awards would be increased from six to eight in each category. The nominees were announced on February 1, 2017. The Bay led with 21 nominations, followed by The Amazing Gayl Pile with 16, both of which broke the previous record of 13 nominations.

## Awards

The awards were given on April 5, 2017. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:
| Best Web Series — Drama The Bay Best Thing You'll Ever Do Lemmings Muck Out With Dad People Like Us Rumuvi Undetectable | Best Web Series — Comedy Fame Dogs #Adulting The Amazing Gayl Pile Break: The Musical Grip and Electric High Road Keith Broke His Leg The Pioneers |
| Best Directing — Drama Rob Raffety, Muck Catherine Fordham, Best Thing You'll Ever Do Leon Cheo, People Like Us Jason Leaver, Out With Dad Gregori J. Martin, The Bay Sam T. Wilson, Undetectable | Best Directing — Comedy Pablo Camaití, Boy Scauts Kerry Harris, Grip and Electric Justin Harwood, High Road Andrew Nielson, Plant: The Second Coming Morgan Waters & Brooks Gray, The Amazing Gayl Pile Ben Wright Smith & Ted Day, The Pioneers |
| Best Writing — Drama Todd Flaherty, Undetectable Katie Adams & Jay Moon, At Bay Monica West, Best Thing You'll Ever Do Brett Andres, Lemmings Rob Raffety, Muck Gregori J. Martin & Wendy Riche, The Bay | Best Writing — Comedy Kerry Harris & Andrew Burlinson, Grip and Electric Sylvia Batey Alcalá, Fame Dogs Justin Harwood, High Road Andrew Nielson & David Lavine, Plant: The Second Coming Keith Powell, Keith Broke His Leg Morgan Waters & Brooks Gray, The Amazing Gayl Pile |
| Best Lead Actor — Drama Todd Flaherty, Undetectable Anthony Anderson, Anacostia Danny Gavigan, Muck Sean-Michael Bowles, Lemmings Jonathan Robbins, Out With Dad Kristos Andrews, The Bay | Best Lead Actor — Comedy Morgan Waters, The Amazing Gayl Pile Ben Baur, #Adulting Andrew Burlinson, Grip and Electric Will Farrell, The Other Will Farrell Mark Mitchinson, High Road Keith Powell, Keith Broke His Leg |
| Best Lead Actress — Drama Monica West, Best Thing You'll Ever Do Kate Conway, Out With Dad Mary Beth Evans, The Bay Rachael Fox, Here We Wait Lilly Melgar, The Bay Ellen Woods, At Bay | Best Lead Actress — Comedy Liz Days, Plant: The Second Coming Sylvia Batey Alcalá, Fame Dogs Meredith Bishop, Grip and Electric Mary Bonney, Break: The Musical Anna Jaller, Right Hand Man Bhama Roget, The Bhama Show |
| Best Supporting Actor — Drama Steven Lim, People Like Us Matthew Ashford, The Bay Nicolas Coster, The Bay Andrew Glaszek, Undetectable Christian Leadley, Here We Wait Jerreme Rodriguez, Undetectable | Best Supporting Actor — Comedy Sam LeGassick, Rich Keeble Vanity Project Brooks Gray, The Amazing Gayl Pile Adam Henry Garcia, The Chief Andy King, The Amazing Gayl Pile Jon Lindstrom, Gridlocked Manuel Urrego, Right Hand Man |
| Best Supporting Actress — Drama Lindsey Middleton, Out With Dad Marion A. Akpan, Anacostia Jade Harlow, The Bay Lauren B. Martin, Pride: The Series Myra Lucretia Taylor, Best Thing You'll Ever Do Karrueche Tran, The Bay | Best Supporting Actress — Comedy Jill Knox, Keith Broke His Leg Inessa Frantowski, The Amazing Gayl Pile Candelaria Casal, Boy Scauts Natalie Sutherland, Fame Dogs Lin Shaye, Grip and Electric Renee Olstead, Grip and Electric |
| Best Guest Actor — Drama Tremayne Norris, Anacostia Brandon Beemer, The Bay Tony Head, Pride: The Series Dan Stern, Lemmings Scott Turner Schofield, Pride: The Series Kevin Spirtas, The Bay | Best Guest Actor — Comedy Drew Droege, #Adulting Jon Daly, The Amazing Gayl Pile Nic Few, Keith Broke His Leg Jack McBrayer, The Amazing Gayl Pile Damion Poitier, F'd Greg Wise, High Road |
| Best Guest Actress — Drama Carolyn Hennesy, The Bay Patrika Darbo, The Bay Melissa Disney, Pride: The Series Whitney Hoy, Pride: The Series Elizabeth Hubbard, Anacostia Kym Whitley, The Bay | Best Guest Actress — Comedy Emma Thompson, High Road Jillian Clare, Fame Dogs Johanna Day, The Pioneers Liz Ellis, The Bhama Show Sas Goldberg, He's With Me June Diane Raphael, The Amazing Gayl Pile |
| Best Ensemble — Drama The Bay Anacostia Back Stabber Out With Dad Starting From Now Undetectable | Best Ensemble — Comedy Fame Dogs The Amazing Gayl Pile F'd Grip and Electric He's With Me Plant: The Second Coming |
| Best Production Design Sarah Asaly, The Bay Jill Knox, Keith Broke His Leg Rosalie Mackintosh, The Amazing Gayl Pile Charlie "Chaspooley" Robinson, Here We Wait Scott Michael Salame, Pride: The Series Elba Sette-Camara, The Sessions | Best Costume Design Keriann Correia, Working on It (tie) Vanessa Fischer, The Amazing Gayl Pile Adam Henry Garcia & Mike Perlman, The Chief Virginia Hemstreet, The Pantsless Detective Marquita Lopez, The Bay Mari Viera, Boy Scauts |
| Best Special/Visual Effects Mike Barnett, The Shades Dipu Bhattacharya, The Pantsless Detective Robert Chapin, The Hunted: Encore Jamie Dickinson, Here We Wait Bernardo Schnitzler, Guido Ferro & Vero Gatti, Psychosomatic | Best Makeup Ren Bray, The Bay George Barr, Roads to Keystone Jessica Panetta, The Amazing Gayl Pile Lora Lee, Anacostia Tanya Cabral, Unconditional Love Alondra Shields, Gridlocked |
| Best Soundtrack Matt Dahan, Break: The Musical Judith Avers, Or So the Story Goes Marcus Thorne Bagala, The Hunted: Encore B.J. Maier, Diddlisquat Mike Mason, Fame Dogs Carolyn Richardson, Funny Married Stuff | Best Original Song "I Can't Make You Love Me", #Adulting "Just At The Start", Break: The Musical "Save The Fur", The Bhama Show "Loaded", Or So the Story Goes "My 'So-Called' Co-Star Life", My "So-Called" Co Star Life "Print", Break: The Musical "Shut In", The Bhama Show |
| Best Editing Morgan Waters, The Amazing Gayl Pile Christopher Datugan, People Like Us Neil Fennell, Ghost Light Matthew Kreiner, Lemmings Bernardo Schnitzler & Guido Ferro, Psychosomatic Jeremy Snyder & Tiffany Petitt, The Bay | Best Cinematography Travis Edwards, Muck Colin Bryant, Classic Hollywood Henry Sansom, The Amazing Gayl Pile Logan Schneider, Grip and Electric Matthias Schubert, The Bay Looi Wan Ping, People Like Us |
| Best Original Score Miles Ito, Here We Wait Jonathan M. Roe, The Pantsless Detective Massimo Sammi, Zeroes Matt Dahan, Break: The Musical Michael Bahnmiller, Afterlife Tiffany Topol, Best Thing You'll Ever Do |