Regional Theatre Tony Award

The Regional Theatre Tony Award is a special non-competitive Tony Award given annually to a regional theatre company in the United States.

Background

Initially presented in 1948 to Robert Porterfield of the Virginia Barter Theatre for their Contribution To Development Of Regional Theatre,[1] the Regional Theatre awards were next presented starting in 1976.[2] The award is "based on a recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association", and includes a grant of $25,000.[3] As the American Theatre Critics Association has noted, no theater has won the award more than once, "testifying to the growing strength of professional theater nationwide."[2] One of the objects of the award is promoting what often amounts to the incubators of new productions.

In June 2013, the Tony Awards Administration Committee stated that effective with the 2013-14 season, "New York-based theatre companies will be eligible to receive the Regional Theatre Award." The Broadway League and American Theatre Wing, in a joint statement, explained: "New York has some of the most prestigious and creative theatre groups in the country and we are thrilled to include the New York theatre community in this category."[4]

Award winners

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YearTheatreCityStateNote
1976Arena StageWashingtonD.C."This award takes note of the company's balanced program of distinguished revivals and a broad spectrum of new works and American premieres of important foreign plays"[5]
1977Mark Taper ForumLos AngelesCalifornia
1978 Long Wharf TheatreNew HavenConnecticut
1979 American Conservatory TheaterSan FranciscoCalifornia
1980Actors Theatre of LouisvilleLouisvilleKentucky
1981Trinity Repertory CompanyProvidenceRhode Island
1982Guthrie TheaterMinneapolisMinnesota
1983Oregon Shakespeare FestivalAshlandOregon
1984Old Globe TheatreSan DiegoCalifornia
1985Steppenwolf Theatre CompanyChicagoIllinois
1986American Repertory TheaterCambridgeMassachusetts
1987San Francisco Mime TroupeSan FranciscoCalifornia
1988South Coast RepertoryCosta MesaCalifornia
1989Hartford StageHartfordConnecticut
1990Seattle Repertory TheatreSeattleWashington
1991Yale Repertory TheatreNew HavenConnecticut
1992Goodman TheatreChicagoIllinois
1993La Jolla PlayhouseSan DiegoCalifornia
1994McCarter TheatrePrincetonNew Jersey
1995Goodspeed Opera HouseEast HaddamConnecticut
1996Alley TheatreHoustonTexas
1997Berkeley Repertory TheatreBerkeleyCalifornia
1998Denver Center Theatre CompanyDenverColorado
1999Crossroads TheatreNew BrunswickNew Jersey
2000Utah Shakespearean FestivalCedar CityUtah
2001Victory Gardens TheaterChicagoIllinois
2002Williamstown Theatre FestivalWilliamstownMassachusetts
2003Children's Theatre CompanyMinneapolisMinnesota
2004Cincinnati Playhouse in the ParkCincinnatiOhio
2005Theatre de la Jeune LuneMinneapolisMinnesota
2006Intiman PlayhouseSeattleWashington
2007Alliance TheatreAtlantaGeorgia
2008Chicago Shakespeare TheaterChicagoIllinois
2009Signature TheatreArlingtonVirginia
2010Eugene O'Neill Theatre CenterWaterfordConnecticut
2011Lookingglass Theatre CompanyChicagoIllinois
2012Shakespeare Theatre CompanyWashingtonD.C.
2013Huntington Theatre CompanyBostonMassachusetts[6]
2014Signature Theatre CompanyNew York CityNew York[7]This is the first Manhattan-based theatre company to receive the award.
2015Cleveland Play HouseClevelandOhio

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tony Awards, 1948" broadwayworld.com, accessed April 9, 2011
  2. 1 2 "Tony Award history" americantheatrecritics.org, accessed April 10, 2011
  3. ↑ FAQ-How is the award for regional theatre determined?" tonyawards.com, accessed April 10, 2011
  4. ↑ Gans, Andrew. New York Theatres Are Now Eligible to Receive Regional Theatre Tony Award" Playbill, June 13, 2013
  5. ↑ "Tony Awards, 1976" broadwayworld.com, accessed April 9, 2011
  6. ↑ "Huntington Theatre Company wins Tony for regional theater" bostonglobe.com, accessed April 29, 2013
  7. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "New York's Signature Theatre Will Receive 2014 Regional Theatre Tony Award" playbill.com, April 28, 2014

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