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AATE Awards
The AATE Awards honor exceptional individuals as well as organizations for
the high quality work they perform in the field of theatre with and for young
audiences. Recipients represent the best of our field and inspire others with
the outstanding work, commitment, and dedication that make us proud to count
them among our colleagues and allies. The AATE Awards are presented annually
at the National Conference.
Nomination Procedures:
- Book and Play Awards
- General Awards (Download the General Nomination Forms
below)
Award Descriptions
Award Winners
Index of Awards
 Ann
Flagg Multicultural Award
Barbara
Salisbury Wills Alliance Award
Campton
Bell Lifetime Achievement Award
Charlotte B. Chorpenning Playwright Award
Creative
Drama Award
Dina Rees
Evans Theatre in our Schools Award
Distinguished
Book Award
Distinguished
Play Award
F. Loren Winship
Secondary School Theatre Award
John C.
Barner Teacher of the Year Award
Lin
Wright Special Recognition Award
Monte
Meacham Award
Sara
Spencer Artistic Achievement Award
Youth Theatre Director of the Year
Zeta
Phi Eta-Winifred Ward Outstanding New Children's Theatre Company Award
Research
Award
Winifred Ward Scholar
Distinguished Dissertation/Thesis Award
Judith
Kase-CooperHonorary Research Award
Research
Award
Awards No Longer Presented
Jennie
Heiden Award
Phi
Beta Fraternity Award
Walter
Peck Memorial Award
Ann Flagg Multicultural Award
| 2007 |
Cherie Bennett |
| 2006 |
No Award |
| 2005 |
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit |
| 2004 |
Scott Laughead |
| 2003 |
No Award |
| 2002 |
TADA! |
| 2001 |
Deaf Access Program |
| 2000 |
Starfish Theatreworks |
| 1999 |
Educational Theatre Programs of Kaiser Permanente |
| 1997-1998 |
No Award |
| 1996 |
Creative Arts Team |
| 1995 |
Working Classroom, Inc |
| 1994 |
Gloria Bond Clunie |
| 1993 |
Karamu House |
Barbara Salisbury Wills Alliance Award
| 2001-2007 |
No Award |
| 2000 |
Lorenzo Garcia |
| 1999 |
Joan Lazarus |
| 1998 |
Katherine Krzys |
| 1997 |
Barbara Salisbury Wills |
| 1996 |
Kim Alan Wheetley |
| 1993-1995 |
No Award |
| 1992 |
Roger L. Bedard |
| 1991 |
Judith Rethwisch |
| 1990 |
C. John Tolch |
Campton Bell Lifetime Achievement Award
| 2007 |
No Award |
| 2006 |
David Booth |
| 2005 |
Norah Morgan
Juliana Saxton
|
| 2004 |
Dorothy Webb |
| 2003 |
Jane Campbell |
| 2002 |
Lowell Swortzell
Nancy Swortzell |
| 2001 |
Dorothy Heathcote |
| 2000 |
No Award |
| 1999 |
Patricia Briggs |
| 1998 |
Lin Wright |
| 1997 |
Coleman Jennings |
| 1996 |
Nellie McCaslin |
| 1995 |
Ken Graham |
| 1994 |
Bernice Bronson |
| 1993 |
Anne Thurman |
| 1992 |
Wallace Smith |
| 1991 |
Don Doyle
Elizabeth Flory Kelly |
| 1990 |
Orlin Corey |
| 1989 |
Ann Hill |
| 1988 |
No Award |
| 1987 |
Mary Jane Evans
Jed Davis |
| 1986 |
Geraldine Siks |
| 1985 |
Isabel Burger
Julie Thompson |
| 1984 |
Dorothy Schwartz |
| 1983 |
Agnes Haaga |
Charlotte B. Chorpenning Playwright Award
| 2007 |
James De Vita |
| 2006 |
Mary Hall Surface |
| 2005 |
Jose Cruz Gonzalez |
| 2004 |
No Award |
| 2003 |
Laurie Brooks |
| 2002 |
Y York |
| 2000-2001 |
No Award |
| 1999 |
Sandra Fenichel Asher |
| 1996-1998 |
No Award |
| 1995 |
Max Bush |
| 1994 |
James Still |
| 1990-1993 |
No Award |
| 1989 |
Brian Kral |
| 1987-1988 |
No Award |
| 1986 |
Virginia Glasgow Koste |
| 1985 |
Aurand Harris |
| 1981-1984 |
No Award |
| 1980 |
Moses Goldberg |
| 1979 |
Jonathan Levy |
| 1978 |
Suzan Zeder |
| 1977 |
Flora B. Atkin |
| 1976 |
Joseph Robinette |
| 1975 |
Helen P. Avery |
| 1974 |
Rosemary Musil |
| 1973 |
Alan Cullen |
| 1972 |
Ed Graczyk |
| 1971 |
Joanna Halpert Kraus |
| 1970 |
Madge Miller |
| 1969 |
Marian Jonson |
| 1968 |
Martha Bennett King |
| 1967 |
Aurand Harris |
| 1966 |
No Award |
| 1965 |
Coleman A. Jennings |
| 1964 |
Kilgore College |
| 1963 |
Omaha Junior Theatre |
| 1962 |
Midland Community Theatre |
| 1961 |
No Award |
| 1960 |
Omaha Junior Theatre |
| 1959 |
University of Kansas |
| 1958 |
Children's Theatre of Long Beach |
| 1957 |
Omaha Junior Theatre |
| 1956 |
Seattle Junior Programs
Seattle PTA Council, University of Washington School of Drama |
Creative Drama 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 Saldaņa
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 Reese Evans Theatre In Our Schools Award
| 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 Awards |
| 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 |
Distinguished Book Award
| 2007 |
No Award |
| 2006 |
Spaces of Creation: The Creative Process of Playwriting by Suzan Zeder with Jim Hancock, published by Heinemann, Lisa A. Barnett Senior Editor |
| 2005 |
Into the Story: Language in Action Through Drama by 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 Saldaņa, 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
| 2007 |
Category A: Kara in Black by Max Bush, published by Dramatic Publishing
Category B: la ofrenda by 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 Harvest by Y York, published by Dramatic Publishing |
| 2005 |
Category A: Eric and Elliot by Dwayne Hartford, published by Dramatic Publishing
Category B: In the Garden of the Selfish Giant by Sandra Fenichel Asher, published by Dramatic Publishing
Adaptation: The Rememberer, by Steven Dietz, based on As My Sun Now Sets by 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
| 2007 |
No Award |
| 2006 |
No Award |
| 2005 |
Kurt Steinhauser |
| 2004 |
No Award |
| 2003 |
Florida State Thespians &
Michael J. Higgins |
| 1998-2002 |
|
| 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) |
| 1962 |
No Award |
| 1961 |
Dina Rees Evans
Roberta Sheets |
John C. Barner Teacher of the Year Award
| 2007 |
Diane Lutz |
| 2004-2006 |
No Award |
| 2003 |
John D. Newman |
| 2002 |
No Award |
| 2001 |
Tim Ortman |
| 2000 |
Jeanne Averill |
| 1999 |
Robin Nott |
| 1998 |
No Award |
| 1997 |
Lynda D. Belt |
| 1996 |
Michael H. Hibbard
Susan L. Wurster |
| 1995 |
Jean Hodges |
| 1994 |
No Award |
| 1993 |
Frances L. McGarry |
| 1992 |
John Faust |
| 1991 |
Philip John Kinen |
| 1990 |
Judith Rethwisch |
| 1989 |
Ron Kenney |
| 1988 |
Julian Schlusberg |
| 1987 |
John Steele |
| 1986 |
No Award |
| 1985 |
Jack Parkhurst |
| 1984 |
Frank Bluestein |
| 1983 |
Jerry Worsham |
Lin Wright Special Recognition Award
| 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
| 2004-2007 |
No Award |
| 2003 |
ACS Head Start & Marilyn
Bartlett |
| 1999-2002 |
|
| 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 |
| 1979 |
McDonald's, Inc. |
| 1978 |
Bruno Bettelheim |
| 1977 |
Action for Children's Television
(A.C.T.) |
| 1976 |
ABC-TV After School Specials
Program |
| 1975 |
Ernest L. Boyer, SUNY |
| 1974 |
Reader's Digest Films |
| 1973 |
Dan Sullivan, Los Angeles Times |
| 1972 |
Jim Henson, Creator of the Muppets |
| 1971 |
Paul Sills' Story Theatre |
| 1970 |
Sesame Street |
| 1969 |
Mister Roger's Neighborhood |
| 1968 |
Association of Junior Leagues
of America |
| 1967 |
Xerox Corporation and CBS Children's
Series |
| 1966 |
Robert Radnitz |
| 1965 |
No Award |
| 1964 |
George Heineman |
| 1963 |
Kate Drain Lawson |
| 1962 |
Loveman's of Alabama |
| 1961 |
Dorothy McFadden |
| 1960 |
Mary Chase |
| 1959 |
Danny Kaye |
Sara Spencer Artistic Achievement Award
| 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
| 2006-7 |
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
| 2007 |
Vittum Theatre |
| 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
| 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 |
Distinguished Dissertation/Thesis Award
Distinguished Dissertation:
| 2006 |
Reflection and Refraction: The Dimpled Mirror of Process Drama by Dr. Peter O'Connor |
| 2005 |
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| 2004 |
Journeys into a Third Space:
A Study of How Theatre Enables Us to Interpret the Emergent Space Between
Cultures by Janinka Greenwood |
| 2003 |
Dramatic Tension: Towards an
Understanding of "Tension of Intimacy"
by Penny Bundy
Journeys in Teacher Professional Development: Narratives of Four Drama Educators
by Michael Anderson |
| 2002 |
No Award |
| 2001 |
Mapping the Cultural Geography
of Childhood or Constructing the Child in
Child Drama: 1950 to the Present by Stephani Etheridge Woodson |
Distinguished Thesis Award:
| 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 Theatre by Monica M. Prendergast |
| 2002 |
No Award |
| 2001 |
Exploring Media Advertising Through Drama
with Inner City Students by Diane Conrad
Thesis by Tara Affolter |
Distinguished Dissertation/Thesis Award:
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| 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 School
by Beth Murray
Susanna Rowson: Early American Dramatist, Actress and Educator
by 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 Girls
by Kathleen Marie Gallagher |
| 1998 |
Directing High School Theater:
The Impact of Student Empowerment Strategies and Unconventional Staging
Techniques on Actors, Director, and Audience
by Jo Beth Gonzalez |
| 1997 |
Russian Theatre for Young
Audiences and the Changes in Ideological Function with Glasnost and Perestroika
by Manon van de Water |
| 1996 |
Profiles of Preservice Theatre
Teacher Education Programs at Three American Universities
by David Dynak |
Judith Kase-Cooper Honorary Research Award
| 2004 |
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
| 2004-2006 |
No Award |
| 2003 |
Jeanne Klein |
| 2002 |
No Award |
| 2001 |
Johnny Saldaņa |
| 2000 |
No Award |
| 1999 |
Laura A. McCammon with J. David
Betts |
| 1997-1998 |
No Award |
| 1996 |
Johnny Saldaņa |
| 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) |
| 1967 |
Merry Go Round Players |
| 1966 |
Paper Bag Players |
Phi Beta Fraternity Award
| 1985 |
John McCleod, Australia |
| 1984 |
David Johnston, England |
| 1983 |
Joyce Wilkinson, Canada |
| 1982 |
Masaru Kata, Japan |
| 1981 |
No Award |
| 1980 |
Joyce Doolittle, Canada |
| 1979 |
Evelyn Garbary, Canada |
| 1978 |
Roy Stacey, England |
| 1977 |
David Porter and Vivienne Lafferty,
England |
| 1976 |
Grigore Pogonat, Canada |
| 1975 |
Gavin Bolton, England |
| 1974 |
Dorothy Heathcote, England |
| 1973 |
Natalia Sats, Russia |
| 1972 |
Giselle Barrette, Canada |
| 1971 |
Dorothy Heathcote, England |
| 1970 |
Robin Howarth, England |
| 1969 |
Robin Howarth, England |
| 1968 |
Beila Lepkin, Israel |
| 1967 |
Elsa Olenious and Major Samzelius,
Sweden |
| 1966 |
Niels Sorensen, Denmark |
| 1965 |
No Award |
| 1964 |
Jan Wilkowski and Adam Kilian,
Poland |
| 1963 |
Gerald Tyler, England |
| 1962 |
Duncan Ross, England |
| 1961 |
No Award |
| 1960 |
Ruth Gagliardo, USA |
| 1959 |
John Allen, England |
| 1958 |
Dan Lipschutz, Sweden |
Walter Peck Memorial Award
| 1985 |
Kim Wheetley |
| 1984 |
Doug Finney |
| 1983 |
Jerry Proffit |
| 1982 |
Marjorie Dycke |
| 1981 |
No Award |
| 1980 |
Julian Kaufman |
| 1979 |
Anna May Hughes |
| 1978 |
John Baumhardt |
| 1977 |
Ralph Lane |
| 1976 |
William Waack |
| 1975 |
Richard Johnson |
| 1974 |
Nicholas Wandmacher |
| 1973 |
Frank Albright |
| 1972 |
Marcella Oberle |
| 1971 |
Joseph L. Peluso |
| 1970 |
William H. Cleveland |
| 1969 |
John C. Barner |
| 1968 |
Winifred Gahagen |
| 1967 |
Wallace Smith |
| 1966 |
Sister Mary Margaret |
| 1965 |
Robert Teeter, Jr. |
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