Seattle
Junior Programs
Seattle PTA Council, University of Washington School of Drama
Creative Drama Award
2011
No Award
2010
No Award
2009
No Award
2008
No Award
2007
Rives B. Collins
2006
Stacey Ardelean Vivian Fusillo
2005
Anne Lefkovitz
2004
Lenore Blank Kelner
2003
No Award
2002
Christine D. Warner
2001
Karina Naumer Laurel Serleth
2000
No Award
1999
District 65 Drama Department, Evanston, IL
1998
No Award
1997
Elizabeth M. Quinn
1996
Sister Dorothy Prokes, F.S.E.
1995
No Award
1994
Jonathan Ray
1993
No Award
1992
Ruth Beall Heinig
1991
Joyce Wilkinson
1990
No Award
1989
Johnny Saldaña Elizabeth Rike
1988
Thelma McDaniel Nancy Norvell Ball
1987
Patricia Sternberg John Warren Stewig
1986
Joan Lazarus Phyllis Haase Laurel Serleth
1985
No Award
1984
Elizabeth Segal Eunice Joffe Jan Denison
1983
Barbara McIntyre Faith Barnett Rose Pavlov Naida Weisberg
1982
Ann Drew Elgood
1981
Rosilyn Wilder Ken Graham
1980
Isabel Burger Annette Klein Virginia Glasgow Koste
1979
Rita Criste Coleman A. Jennings
1978
Anne Thurman Eleanor Irwin Kay King
1977
Lin Wright Geraldine Siks Agnes Haaga
1976
Barbara Salisbury (now Wills) Helane S. Rosenberg
1975
Don Doyle Evelyn R. Ordman
Dina Rees Evans Theatre In Our Schools Award
2011
Jennifer DiBella Nicole Lorenzetti
2010
No Award
2009
Kentucky Country Day School
2008
Illinois Theatre Association
2007
No Award
2006
No Award
2005
Kentucky Country Day School Middle School Drama Society
2003-2004
No Award
2002
Kentucky Country Day School Middle School Drama Society
2000-2001
No Award
1999
State: Iowa Thespians, Elizabeth Hansen & Kristi Westfall, Chairs Individual: Gai Jones, Placentia, California
1998
State: Elizabeth Hansen, Chair, Iowa Individual: Marti Fowler, Chesterfield, Missouri
1997
State: Helen Lewis, Chair, Texas Educational Theatre Association Individual: Kevin J. Dowling, Chair, Maine
1996
State: Helen Lewis, Chair, Texas Educational Theatre Association Individual: Lisa LoPresti-Hupp, Kamuela, Hawaii
1995
Texas Theatre Association
1994
Carole F. Joranlien, State of Florida
1993
Carole F. Joranlien, State of Florida
1992
Krin Perry, State of Texas
1991
Krin Perry, State of Texas
1990
Cindy Garren, State of Florida
Distinguished Book Award
2012
Theater, Education, and Peformance: The Map and the Story, by Helen Nicholson, published by Palgrave Macmillan
2011
Barrier-Free Theatre: Including Everyone in Theatre Arts-In Schools, Recreation, and Arts Programs-Regardless of (Dis)Ability by Sally Bailey, Published by Idyll Arbor
2010
2009
Applied Theatre: International Case Studies and Challenges for Practice, Edited by Monica Prendergast and Juliana Saxton, Published by Intellect Books Nine Plays by Jose Cruz Gonzales: Magical Realism and Mature Themes in Theatre for Young Audiences, edited by Coleman Jennings, published by University of Texas Press
2008
Theatre for Living: The Art and Science of Community-Based Dialogueby David Diamond, published by Trafford
2007
No Award
2006
Spaces of Creation: The Creative Process of Playwritingby Suzan Zeder with Jim Hancock, published by Heinemann, Lisa A. Barnett Senior Editor
2005
Into the Story: Language in Action Through Dramaby Carole Miller and Juliana Saxton, published by Heinemann
2004
No Award
2003
Dramatic Changes: Talking about Sexual Orientation and Gender with High School Students, by Paula Ressler, published by Heinemann
2002
Strategies for Playbuilding: Helping Groups Translate Issues Into Theatre, by Will Weigler, published by Heinemann
2001
Drama and Diversity: A Pluralistic Perspective for Educational Drama, by Sharon Grady, published by Heinemann
2000
The Dramatic Difference: Drama in the preschool and Kindergarten Classroom, by Victoria Brown and Sarah Pleydell, published by Heinemann
1999
Theatre: Art in Action, by Dr. Robert Taylor and Dr. Robert Strickland, published by National Textbook Company/Contemporary Publishing Group
1998
Dreamseekers: Creative Approaches to the African American Heritage, edited by Cecily O'Neill and Anita Manley, published by Heinemann
1997
The Theatre of Aurand Harris: His Career, His Theories, His Plays, by Lowell Swortzell, published by Anchorage Press
1996
Drama of Color: Improvisation with Multiethnic Folklore, by Johnny Saldaña, published by Heinemann Teaching Dramatically/Learning Thematically, by Laura Gardner Salazar, published by New Plays Incorporated
1995
Pioneer Journeys: Drama in Museum Education, by Jennifer Fell Hayes and Dorothy Napp Schindel, published by New Plays Incorporated
1994
Storymaking and Drama, by Nancy King, published by Heinemann
1993
Improvisation with Favorite Tales, by Ruth Beall Heinig, published by Heinemann
1992
Playmaking: Children Writing and Performing Their Own Plays, by Daniel Judah Sklar, published by Teachers and Writers Collaborative
1991
Teaching Young Playwrights, by Gerald Chapman, edited and developed by Lisa A. Barnett, published by Heinemann
1990
International Guide to Children's Theatre & Educational Theatre, by Lowell S. Swortzell, published by Greenwood Press, Inc.
1989
The Creative Drama Book: Three Approaches, by Judith Kase-Polisini, published by Anchorage Press
Distinguished Play Award
2012
Category A: Teaching Disco Square Dancing to Our Elders: A Class Presentation, by Larissa FastHorse, original music by Brian Joseph, published by Dramatic Publishing Category B: Balloonacy, by Barry Kornhauser, published by Plays for Young Audiences; Pirates! by Charles Way, published by Plays for Young Audiences Category C: A Boy Called Lizard, by James J. Mellon, Music and Lyrics by James J. Mellon and Scott De Turk, based on the novel Lizard by Dennise Covington, published by Samuel French Category D: Eggs, by Y York, based on the novel by Jerry Spinelli, published by Dramatic Publishing
2011
Category A: The K of D by Laura Schellhardt, published by Dramatic Publishing Category B: A Best Friends Story by Sandra Fenichel Asher, published by Dramatic Publishing Category C: The Giver by Eric Coble, adapted from the novel by Lois Lowry, published by Dramatic Publishing
2010
2009
Category A:somebody's childrenby Jose Casas, published by Dramatic Publishing Category B:Threeeby Colleen Neuman, published by Baker's Plays Category C:Bud, Not Buddyby Reginald Andre Jackson, adapted from the novel by Christopher Paul Curtis, published by Dramatic Publishing. Iqbaladapted for the stage by Jerome Hairston, story by Francesco D' Adamo, with translation by Ann Leonori. Published by Plays for Young Audiences, a partnership of Seattle Children's Theatre and Children's Theatre Company- Minneapolis. Category A:No Award Category B:Kindnessby Dennis Foon, published by Dramatic Publishing Category C:Treasure Island, adapted by Ken Ludwig from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, published by Samuel French
2008
Category A:Brave No World: Community, Identity, Stand-Up Comedyby Laurie Brooks, published by Dramatic Publishing Category B:No Award Category C:The Bluest Eyeadapted by Lydia R. Diamond from the novel by Toni Morrison, published by Dramatic Publishing
2007
Category A:Kara in Blackby Max Bush, published by Dramatic Publishing Category B:la ofrendaby Jose Casas, published by Dramatic Publishing Category C:Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World, adapted by David Wood, published by Samuel French, Ltd.
2006
The Forgiving Harvestby Y York, published by Dramatic Publishing
2005
Category A:Eric and Elliotby Dwayne Hartford, published by Dramatic Publishing Category B:In the Garden of the Selfish Giantby Sandra Fenichel Asher, published by Dramatic Publishing Adaptation:The Rememberer, by Steven Dietz, based onAs My Sun Now Setsby Joyce Simmons Cheeka as told to Werdna Phillips Finley, published by Dramatic Publishing
2004
Category A:The Music Lesson, by Tammy Ryan, published by Dramatic Publishing Adaptation:Sarah, Plain and Tall,Adapted by Joseph Robinette from the book by Patricia MacLachlan, published by Dramatic Publishing
2003
Category A:Paper Lanterns, Paper Cranes, by Brian Kral, published by Anchorage Press Plays, Inc. Category B:Salt and Pepper, by Jose Cruz Gonzalez, published by Dramatic Publishing Adaptation:Spot's Birthday Party,Adapted for the Stage by David Wood, based on the book by Eric Hill, published by Samuel French
2002
Category A:Belongings, by Daniel Fenton, published by Dramatic Publishing Adaptation:Ezigbo, the Spirit Child, dramatized by Max Bush, published by Anchorage Press Plays, Inc. Adaptation:A Village Fable, by James Still, music by Michael Keck, published by Dramatic Publishing
2001
Category A:The Wrestling Season, by Laurie Brooks, published by Dramatic Publishing Adaptation:Afternoon of the Elves, by Y York, published by Dramatic Publishing
2000
Category A: And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, by James Still, published by Dramatic Publishing Category A:The Taste of Sunrise, by Suzan Zeder, published by Anchorage Press Category B:The Wolf Child, by Edward Mast, published by Anchorage Press
1999
Category A:North Star, by Gloria Bond Clunie, published by Dramatic Publishing Category B:Still Life with Iris, by Steven Dietz,published by Dramatic Publishing Adaptation:Journey of the Sparrows, by Meryl Friedman, published by Dramatic Publishing
1998
Category A:Selkie, by Laurie Brooks Gollobin, published by Anchorage Press Category B:The Yellow Boat, by David Saar, published by Anchorage Press Adaptation:Bambi: A Life in the Woods, by James DeVita, published by Anchorage Press
1997
Category A:The Less Than Human Club, by Timothy Mason, published by Smith and Kraus Inc.
1996
Category A:Angel in the Night, by Joanna Halpert Kraus, published by Dramatic Publishing Company Category B:The Prince and the Pauper, adapted for the Stage by Aurand Harris, published by Anchorage Press
1995
Category A:T-Money & Wolf, by Kevin Willmott and Ric Averill, published by Dramatic Publishing Company Category A:Scars and Stripes, by Thomas Cadwaleder Jones, published by Encore Publishing Company Category B:Ramona Quimby, by Len Jenkins, published by Dramatic Publishing Company
1994
Category A:Song for the Navigator, by Michael Cowell, published by Dramatic Publishing Company Category B:A Woman Called Truth, by Sandra Fenichel Asher, published by Dramatic Publishing Company
1993
Category A:This Is Not a Pipe Dream, by Barry Kornhauser, published by Anchorage Press Category B:The Pinballs, by Aurand Harris, published by Anchorage Press
1992
Category A:The Secret Garden, by Pamela Sterling, published by Dramatic Publishing Company Category B:Amber Waves, by James Still, published by Samuel French, Inc.
1991
Category A: In the Middle of Grand Central Station, by Nancy Pahl Gilsenan, published by Dramatic Publishing Company Category A:Jungalbook, by Edward Mast, published by Anchorage Press Category B:Monkey Magic: Chinese Story Theatre, by Aurand Harris, published by Anchorage Press
1990
Category A:The Man-Child, by Arnold Rabin, published by Baker's Plays Category B:The Chicago Gypsies, by Virginia Glasgow Koste, published by Dramatic Publishing Company Category B:Aalmauria: The Voyage of the Dragonfly, by Max Bush, published by Anchorage Press
1989
Category A:A Separate Peace, by Nancy Pahl Gilsenan, published by Dramatic Publishing Company Category B:Becca, by Wendy Kesselman, published by Anchorage Press
1988
Babies Having Babies, by Kathryn Montgomery and Jeffrey Auerbach, published by Baker's Plays
1987
Mother Hicks, by Suzan Zeder, published by Anchorage Press
1986
Doors, by Suzan Zeder, published by Anchorage Press
1985
A Play Called Noah's Flood, by Suzan Zeder, published by Anchorage Press
1984
Nightingale, by John Urquhart and Rita Grossberg, published by Anchorage Press
1983
My Days as a Youngling, John Jacob Niles: The Early Years, a musical adapted for the stage and scripted by Nancy Niles Sexton, Vaughn McBride, Martha Harrison Jones; songs by John Niles; published by Anchorage Press
F. Loren Winship Secondary School Theatre Award
2011
John Muszynski
2010
No Award
2009
No Award
2008
No Award
2007
No Award
2006
No Award
2005
Kurt Steinhauser
2004
No Award
2003
Florida State Thespians & Michael J. Higgins
1998-2002
No Award
1997
William Rough
1996
No Award
1995
Frederick C. Hoebel
1994
No Award
1993
Shawnee Mission North High School Drama Department: Margaret McClatchey, Maureen Davis, Nancy Marcy
1992
Thom Feit
1991
Rita Kotter
1990
The Ensemble Theatre Company of Marin: Daniel Caldwell & Michelle Swanson, Directors
1989
University Interscholastic League
1988
Dan Caldwell Michelle Swanson
1987
Mina Halliday (now Casmir)
1986
No Award
1985
Lynn Murray
1984
Funders of The Shakespeare Plays
1983
Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis
1982
Anchorage Press William Waack
1981
Nicholas Wandmacher
1980
Charlotte Motter
1979
Wallace Smith
1978
William Talbot, Samuel French, Inc.
1977
John C. Barner
1976
Viola Spolin
1975
Ed Cole
1974
Frank M. Whiting
1973
Kathryn Bloom
1972
Katherine Ommanney
1971
Paul Kozelka
1970
L. R. "Barney" Kremer
1969
Alvin Cohen
1968
F. Loren Winship
1967
Ken Graham
1966
John A. Walker
1965
Jack Morrison
1964
John C. Hemmerly
1963
Ernest Bavely, Earl Blank, Harry Leeper, Leon Miller and Paul Opp, Founders and Past Executive Secretary-Treasurers of The National Thespian Society (now known as the International Thespian Society)
Karen Libman California Educational Theatre Association
2007
Liora Bresler, Ph.D. Kathy Krzys Cheryl Kaplan
2006
Dr. F. Scott Regan
2005
Stephani Etheridge Woodson Trudy Wheeler
2004
Gail Noppe-Brandon, Founding and Artistic Director, Starfish Theatreworks, Inc
2003
Dr. Robert Colby John Somers, University of Exeter, Exstream Theatre Company & Carfax Publishing
2002
Developing Creative Curriculum: Enriching the Education of Hawaii's Children: Steven Jones, Daniel Kelin II and Jamie Simpson
2001
Heinemann Press Lowell Swortzell - ANew Plays for Young Audiences@ Whirlwind
2000
Lynda Zimmerman
1999
Educational Theatre Programs of Kaiser Permanente Kevin Hauge & Tegan McLane, Theatre as Digital Activity Gina May
1998
Flint Youth Theatre
1997
No Award
1996
Patricia Sternberg
1995
Dr. Shirley Harbin
1994
No Award
1993
George R. Nelson John Doyle Duwain M. Hunt
1992
No Award
1991
Arizona State University Institute for Studies in the Arts Ruth Cantrell Ruth Davis
1990
William K. Leech Lynne Kramer Dr. John Wright & Dr. Aletha Huston
1989
Sunna Rasch Xan Johnson
1988
John Kauffman Werdna Finley National Theatre Education Project Committee: Jack Carr, Shirley Harbin, Elizabeth Segal, Anne Thurman, Bill Waack, Kim Wheetley
1987
Helane Rosenberg Jeanne Hall
1986
Carmine Tabone Lin Wright, Arizona State University Don Laffoon Child's Play, Inc.
1985
Dorothy Webb, IUPUI, National Children's Playwriting Competition and Symposium Community Experimental Repertory Theatre (CERT), Poughkeepsie, NY
1984
Arlene Hamilton Muriel Mawer Judith Kase Polisini Fort Wayne Youtheatre
1983
William Akins, Chair, Theatre Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ The Junior Theatre of Davenport, IA The Seattle Repertory Theatre, "MOB" Show Storytalers, Minneapolis, MN
1982
Carole C. Huggins Edward Kessel
1981
Brenda Dubay Joan Schwartz Thelma McDaniel, Eastern Michigan University Orlin Corey, Anchorage Press, New Orleans, LA
1980
CBS, "The Program in Educational Theatre" Ann Shaw, Drama and Theatre for, by, and with the Handicapped Dorothy Davies Miller
1979
Donna Stone Pesch, Winifred Ward Scholarship Committee Nancy Ebsen, Leadership in Southern California Agnes Haaga, University of Washington, Winifred Ward Scholarship Committee Carol Jeschke, Professional Producers and Presenters Emily Hammood, Opera for Youth
1978
Dorothy Schwartz, First Chairperson, Winifred Ward Scholarship Committee Jearnine Wagner, Learning About Learning
1977
Patricia Whitton, New Plays Incorporated Muriel Broadman, Understanding Your Child's Entertainment Grace Stanistreet, Adelphi University Sister Kathryn Martin, Peppermint Stick Players, Indiana State University Isabel B. Burger, Creative Dramatics for the Elderly The Alliance for Arts Education, Kennedy Center Children's Art Series Hazel Easton, Honorary Chairperson, Winifred Ward Scholarship Committee
1976
Paula E. Silberstein, Cultural Resource Specialist, New Jersey City Board of Education Hillsborough County School Board, Tampa, FL, Theatre-in-the-Schools Phoebe Hanson, Minneapolis, MN, Park Board Cultural Arts Department Claire Michaels, Jackson Heights, NY, "Geriadrama" Techniques C. John Tolch, University of Wisconsin-Madison Robert Pitts, Frederick, MD
1975
Performing Arts Repertory Theatre Foundation, Inc., (now THEATREWORKS/USA), Freedom Train production Southern California Children's Theatre Association Children's Theatre Festival Milton Polsky, Hunter College, Interviews in Children's Theatre Review Nashville Academy Theatre Mary Kerr, Winston-Salem, NC, Creative Drama Program Beverly Sturgill, CTAA New Scripts Service Pickwick Players and Players Inc., Baltimore, MD California Educational Theatre Association
1974
Dorothy Schwartz, Give Them Roots and Wings Dorothy Aldrich, Give Them Roots and Wings Moses Goldberg, Children's Theatre: A Philosophy and a Method Emily Gillies, Creative Dramatics for All Children Elizabeth Flory Kelly, Curriculum Dramatics Study, Cleveland, OH Shirley Trusty (now Corey), Performing Arts Center of New Orleans Robert McNea, OOPSY, WWJ-TV, Detroit, MI Pat Snyder and State University of New York, The Wizard of Oz exchange with the Central Theatre for Children, Moscow
1973
Pat Snyder, ASSITEJ Report Puerto Rican Children's Theatre Mattel Toys, Sponsors of "Sounder" Miriam Morton, The Arts and the Soviet Child Natalia Sats
1972
In-School Players of Adventure Theatre, Glen Echo, MD Irene Vickers Baker, Children's Theatre, Wichita, KS Kitty Reinhardt, Free Theatre, Germantown, PA Ellen Gerhardt, Editor, Critiques of Theatre Productions for Children Sunna Rasch, Periwinkle Productions, Monticello, NY
1971
Theatre Resources for Youth (TRY), New Hampshire National Endowment for the Arts Dr. Samuel J. Citron and The Jewish Theatre for Children New York State Council of the Arts CEMREL, Inc., St. Louis, MO Learning About Learning, San Antonio, TX
Monte Meacham Award
2011
No Award
2010
No Award
2009
No Award
2008
Kim Peter Kovac
2004-2007
No Award
2003
ACS Head Start & Marilyn Bartlett
1999-2002
No Award
1998
New Visions/New Voices, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
1997
No Award
1996
Dean and Pauline Bonderman
1995
Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund
1994
Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Foundation
1987-1993
No Award
1986
Children's Radio Theatre
1984-1985
No Award
1983
Viola Spolin
1981-1982
No Award
1980
Jack Kukuk, Kennedy Center Arts for Children program
The Growing Stage (The Children's Theatre of New Jersey)
2005-2007
No Award
2004
Robyn Flatt
2003
Lifeline Theatre
2001-2002
No Award
2000
Periwinkle National Theatre
1999
New York State Theatre Institute
1998
Stage One, Louisville, KY
1997
Alliance Children's Theatre
1996
The Cleveland Play House
1995
Childsplay, Inc., Tempe, AZ
1994
Seattle Children's Theatre
1993
Creative Arts Team, New York University
1992
Dorothy Webb and the National Children's Theatre Playwriting Contest and Symposium
1991
Theatre and Youth Program, University of Texas at Austin
1990
The Emmy Gifford Theater (now Omaha Theater Company)
1989
Paper Bag Players
1988
Aurand Harris
1987
Carol Evans
1986
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
1985
Ruth J. Rittenour Denney
1984
California Young People's Theatre (now California Theatre Center)
1983
Performing Arts Repertory Theatre (now THEATREWORKS/USA)
1982
Saturday Theatre for Children
1981
California State University, Northridge, CA
1980
Goodman School of Drama Children's Theatre (now Goodman-DePaul Children's Theatre)
1979
The Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis
1978
Nashville Academy Theatre
Youth Theatre Director of the Year
2011
Barry Kornhauser Adele Ulrich
2006-2010
No Award
2005
Amy Oakeson
2004
No Award
2003
Dr. Trish Lindberg
2002
Tom Ballmer, Stebens Children's Theatre
2001
Joe Lauderdale, Laguna Playhouse
2000
Helen White, Creative Arts Team
1999
Susan Wood and William Ward, Flint Youth Theatre
1998
Deborah Nitzberg, City Lights
1997
Diane Crews, Dreamwrights
1996
No Award
1995
Daniel A. Kelin, II, Honolulu Theatre for Youth
1994
Jennifer Scott McNair, Raleigh Little Theatre
1993
Gary W. Ewing, Stebens Children's Theatre
1992
Rodney Van Valkenburg, Chattanooga Little Theatre
1991
Peter Donaldson, Youth Theatre Northwest
1990
Jennifer Akridge, Mesa Youtheatre
1989
Synthia Rogers, Dallas Theatre Center
1988
Julian Wiles, Young Charleston Theatre Company
1987
Sylvia Langworthy, MASQUE Youth Theatre and School
Zeta Phi Eta-Winifred Ward Outstanding New Children's Theatre Company Award
2011
No Award
2010 2009
Purple Crayon Players, SHINE! LA's Youth Theatre No Award
2008
Youth Education/Entertainment Series (Y.E.S.)
2007
Vittum Theatre (now operating as Adventure Stage Chicago)
2006
Great Midwestern Educational Theatre Company
2001-2005
No Award
2000
Prime Stage
1999
DreamWrights
1998
No Award
1997
La Crosse Playhouse, WI
1996
Northwest Childrens Theater and School, Portland, OR
1995
No Award
1994
Serendipity Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
1993
Hartford Children's Theatre
1992
Chicago Children's Theatre
1991
First Stage Milwaukee
1990
Stebens Children's Theatre, IA
1989
Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre
1988
No Award
1987
Dallas Children's Theatre
1984-1986
No Award
1983
ArtReach, Cincinnati, OH
1982
The Santa Fe Children's Project, NM
1981
Childsplay, Inc., Tempe, AZ
1980
Rainbow Company Children's Theatre, Las Vegas, NV Climb, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
1979
California Young People's Theatre, San Jose, CA (now California Theatre Center)
1978
Poncho Theatre, Seattle, WA
1977
Creative Arts Team, New York, NY
1976
Magic Carpet, San Francisco, CA Theatre of Youth Company, Buffalo, NY
1975
Happiness Bag Players, Inc., Terre Haute, IN
1974
Metro Theater Circus (now Metro Theater Company), St. Louis, MO Howard University Children's Theatre
1973
Children's Corner of New Orleans Scottsdale's Children's Theatre, AZ
1972
Children's Theatre of Albany, NY Springer Theatre of Columbus, GA
1971
Pickwick Players, Midland, TX
1970
Madison Children's Theatre, WI
1969
Tulsa, OK Children's Theatre
1968
Children's Theatre of Pelham, NY
1967
Casa Maøana Playhouse, Fort Worth, TX
1966
Pasadena Playhouse Association Children's Theatre
1965
Community Children's Theatre, Twin Falls, ID
1964
Center Youth Theatre, Bernard Horwich Center, Chicago, IL
1963
Wilmette Children's Theatre, IL
1962
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
1961
Alton Children's Theatre, IL Bessemer Junior Theatre, AL
1960
No Award
1959
Children's Theatre of the Civic Little Theatre, Allentown, PA
1958
Community Children's Theatre of Duchess County, Poughkeepsie, NY
1957
Youngstown Ohio Civic Theatre
Research Awards
Winifred Ward Scholar
2012
Mary McAvoy
2011
Lisa Barker
2010 2009
J. Andrew Wiginton Xanthia Walker
2008
Wendy Bable Oona Kersey
2007
Sarah Myers
2006
Heather Stickeler
2005
Kathryn Dawson
2004
Allison Manville Metz
2003
Megan Alrutz
2002
Christina Marin
2001
Shondrika Moss
2000
Jennifer Chapman
1999
Barbara Jo Maier
1998
Stephani Etheridge Woodson
1997
Lynn M. Hoare
1996
Kathleen Blum
1995
Rachel Briley
1994
Judy Matetzschk
1993
Lorenzo Garcia
1992
Sharon Grady
1991
Brenda L. Cotto-Escalera
1990
Sharon Rosslie Oppenheimer
1989
Carolyn Silver-Alford
1988
Jennifer Scott McNair
1987
Toni Molloy (now Tudor)
1986
Anamarie Garcia
1985
Jeanne Klein
1984
Rives B. Collins
1983
Victoria L. Brown
1982
Brian Kral
1981
Pamela Sterling
1980
Lucille Paolillo (now Danaher)
1979
Barbara Byrne (now O'Neill)
1978
Roger L. Bedard
Don and Elizabeth Doyle Fellowship
2012
Kathleen Arcovio Special Recognition: Bethany Corey, Lisa Leibering, Tori Tomalia
2011
Brianna Stapleton Welch Special Recognition: Noah Adams
2010
2009
Abra Chusid Special Recognition: Lauren Dusek Albonico,Jenny Anne Koppera Karl O'Brian Williams Special recognition: Jennifer Hartman, Aimee Reed
2008
Meriah Sage
Distinguished Dissertation/Thesis Award
Distinguished Dissertation:
2012
The Drama of Boys: An Ethnographic Study and Performance, by Dr. Richard Sallis Honorable Mentions: Drama and Multiculturalism: Power, Community, and Change, by Bethany Nelson
2011
"Say It How It Is": Urban Teenage Girls Challenge and Perpetuate Cultural Narratives through Writing and Performing Theatre by Dana Edell
2010
Learning Partnerships: The Use of Poststructuralist Drama Techniques to Improve Communication Between Teachers, Doctors, and Adolescentsby Helen Cahill Honorable Mentions: Youth Holocaust Drama: A Study of History, Memory, and National Identityby Erika Hughes Adolescent Audiences' Affective Engagement with Theatre: A Mixed Methods Case Study Surveying Middle School Students' Attitudes, Values, and Beliefsby Matthew J. Omasta
2009
Language and Theory of Mind Development in the Context of a Head Start Theatre-in-Education Program by Wendy Mages Honorable Mentions: Colonizing the Imaginary: Children's Embodiment of Cultural Narrativesby Andrew Chappell Performance for a Living: How Emotions Play a Partby Catherine Hughes
2008
Reevaluation of Tsubouchi's Child Drama for Domestic Presentationby Takeo Fujikura Honorable Mention: David T. Montgomery
2007
The Gods Project: Drama as Intercultural Education:An Ethnographic Study of an Intercultural Performance Project in a Secondary Schoolby Kate Donelan
2006
Reflection and Refraction: The Dimpled Mirror of Process Dramaby Dr. Peter O'Connor
2005
Imagined Worlds in Play:A Study of the Dramatic Play of Pre-adolescent GirlsbyDr Julie Dunn
2004
Journeys into a Third Space: A Study of How Theatre Enables Us to Interpret the Emergent Space Between Culturesby Janinka Greenwood
2003
Dramatic Tension: Towards an Understanding of "Tension of Intimacy"by Penny Bundy Journeys in Teacher Professional Development: Narratives of Four Drama Educatorsby Michael Anderson
2002
No Award
2001
Mapping the Cultural Geography of Childhood or Constructing the Child in Child Drama: 1950 to the Presentby Stephani Etheridge Woodson
Distinguished Thesis Award:
2011
Ten Years After: A Qualitative Study of Students' Experiences in a High School Theatre Company by Helen Zdriluk
2010
No Award
2009
Young, Troubled and Queer: Gay and Lesbian Representation in Theatre for Young Audiencesby Annie Giannini
2008
No Award
2007
The Articulation of the Multiple Intelligence and Empathic Intelligence Theories in Educational DramabyAbigail Kitt Bigam
2006
Exploring Social Responsibility through Playbuilding with Middle School Drama Club Students by Charlotte E. Harvey, University of Victoria
2004
No Award
2003
"Imaginative Complicity": Audience Education in Professional Theatreby Monica M. Prendergast
2002
No Award
2001
Exploring Media Advertising Through Drama with Inner City Studentsby Diane Conrad Thesis by Tara Affolter
Distinguished Dissertation/Thesis Award:
2000
Nowhere to Hide But Together: A Narrative Case Study of Three Classroom Teachers, a Drama Specialist and Their Supporters Negotiating Toward an Artistic Vision of Teaching Through Drama in an Urban Elementary Schoolby Beth Murray Susanna Rowson: Early American Dramatist, Actress and Educatorby Wendy Lement
1999
Play for Real: Understanding Middle School Children's Dramatic Play (Eleven-Year-Olds, Twelve-Year-Olds, Reality)by Zayda Lucia Sierra Drama and Self-construction in a Single-Sex School for Girlsby Kathleen Marie Gallagher
1998
Directing High School Theater: The Impact of Student Empowerment Strategies and Unconventional Staging Techniques on Actors, Director, and Audienceby Jo Beth Gonzalez
1997
Russian Theatre for Young Audiences and the Changes in Ideological Function with Glasnost and Perestroikaby Manon van de Water
1996
Profiles of Preservice Theatre Teacher Education Programs at Three American Universitiesby David Dynak
Judith Kase-Cooper Honorary Research Award
2012
Johnny Saldana
2011
No Award
2010
No Award
2009
Laura McCammon
2004-2008
No Award
2003
Jonathan Levy Anthony "Tony" Jackson
2002
No Award
2001
John O'Toole
2000
No Award
1999
Dr. Gavin Bolton
1998
Betty Jane Wagner
1996-1997
No Award
1995
Virginia Glasgow Koste
Research Award
2011
Lifelong Impact: Adult Perfceptions of Their High School Speech and/or Theatre Participation by Johnny Saldana, Laura McCammon, Matt Omasta, and Angela Hines
2010 2004-2009
Dr. Elaine Walker, Dr. Martin Finkelstein, Dr. Lauren McFadden, and Dr. Carmine Tabone No Award
2003
Jeanne Klein
2002
No Award
2001
Johnny Saldaña
2000
No Award
1999
Laura A. McCammon with J. David Betts
1997-1998
No Award
1996
Johnny Saldaña
1995
No Award
1994
Philip Taylor Jeanne Klein
1993
Laura McCammon
1992
Brian Edmiston Laura McCammon
1991
Roberta J. T. Bramwell
1990
Victoria Brown Joe Norris Kathleen Foreman
1989
Robert Rosen
1988
Holly Neal Giffin Robert Colby
1987
Nellie McCaslin Jeanne Klein
1986
Jonathan Levy & Martha Mahaud Jason Bousscau, Judith Delgado & Annette Gourgey
1985
Georga Larson Parchem
1984
No Award
1983
Joyce Wilkinson Patrick Collins Barbara Salisbury (now Wills)
1982
Helane S. Rosenberg
1981
Lou Furman
1980
Linaya Leaf Charles Combs Lawrence O'Farrell
Awards No Longer Presented
Jennie Heiden Award
1985
Empire State Youth Theatre, Albany, NY
1984
ASSITEJ-USA
1983
Poncho Theatre
1982
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
1981
Metro Theater Circus (now Metro Theater Company)
1980
A Contemporary Theatre (ACT)
1979
Southern Educational Theatre
1978
Periwinkle Productions
1977
Marjorie Sigley
1976
Sara Spencer
1975
Ann Hill
1974
Bil Baird Puppets
1973
John Clark Donahue
1972
The Little Theatre of the Deaf
1971
George Latshaw
1970
Everyman Players
1969
Nellie McCaslin
1968
Performing Arts Repertory Theatre, (now THEATREWORKS/USA)
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Congratulations for a successful Playwrights in our Schools at Independence High School, Provo, Utah
AATE Board Membership Director wants to know: Can you recruit 1 new member for AATE? Ask me how.
Congratulations to Paul Gabbard who joins AATE staff as the new Development Director.