2023 Shows:
Elena Velasco, NextStop Theatre
Shanara Gabrielle and Christopher Michael Richardson, Theatre Washington
Dani Guy and Cam Shegogue, Dominion Stage
Raymond Caldwell, Theater Alliance
Stefan Sittig, Choreographer/Fight Director/and More
Ethan Heard, Signature Theatre
AJ Campbell and Ward Kay, NOVA Nightsky Theater
Bill Largess and Alan Wade, Washington Stage Guild
Maggie Wilder, District Theatre
Donald Vierimaa, Producer, “The Twenties: Remembering Bix Beiderbecke”
Matthew Randall and Heather Plank, Dominion Stage
2022 Shows:
Olivia Hairfield and Nick Friedlander, The Arlington Players
Evan Hoffmann, NextStop Theatre Company
Ashley Hammond and Katie McCreary, Educational Theatre Company
Iyona Blake, Actor/Playwright/Podcaster
Karen Lange, Pinky Swear Productions
Susan Galbraith and Ronald “Trey” Walton, Alliance for New Music Theatre
Carol Cadby, Actor/Educator/Director
Kevin Sockwell and Matthew Dohm, Dominion Stage
Nicole Hertvik, DC Metro Theater Arts
Peggy McKowen, Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF)
Tyler Dobies, Monumental Theatre Company
Michael Page and Lindsey Capuno, Dominion Stage
Greg Geffrard, Signature Theatre
Reginald Douglas, Mosaic Theater Company
Ifa Bayeza, Playwright, “Emmett Till Trilogy”
Talvin Wilks, Director, “Emmett Till Trilogy”
Reginald Douglas, Mosaic Theater Company (“Emmett Till Trilogy”)
Antonio Michael Woodard, Actor, “Emmett Till Trilogy”
Rikki Howie, Director and Mack Leamon, Actor, Dominion Stage
Sara Barker, Avant Bard Theatre
2021 Shows:
Actor Judy Lewis and Stage Manager Shayne Gardner, Dominion Stage
AJ Campbell and Cameron Lee Conlan, The Quarantine Players
Pianist and Music Conductor Leigh Delano and Actor Wyn Delano
Natalie Cutcher, National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts
Jason Najjoum and J.P. McLaurin, Synetic Theater
Sara Barker and Demone Seraphin, Avant Bard Theatre Company
Maria Manuela Goyanes, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Alyssa Sanders and Megan Behm, Avant Bard Theatre Company
Dina Soltan, Avant Bard Theatre Company
Regina Aquino, Actor/Director/Playwright
Eleanore Tapscott and Simone Jackson-Charles, Dominion Stage
Shanara Gabrielle and Jorge Acevedo, Working in DC
Director Alden Michels and Music Director Paige Rammelkamp
Actor and Director Holly Twyford
Matthew Gardiner, Signature Theatre
Bob Wood and Anne-Carolyn Bird, Urban Arias
2020 Shows:
Eric Schaeffer, Signature Theatre
Ashley Amidon, Director and Mel Gumina, Actor, The Arlington Players
Ryan Rilette, Round House Theatre
Patrick McGee, Encore Stage & Studio
Adelina Mitchell and Topher Williams, Actors, Monumental Theatre Company
Francesca Chilcote and Ashley Hammond, Educational Theatre Company
Matthew Randall, Dominion Stage and Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Port City Playhouse
Tom Prewitt, Avant Bard Theatre
Elena Velasco, Convergence Theater
Sara Duke, Encore Stage & Studio
Stan Kang, Educational Theatre Company
Amelia Nickles, Acting with Amelia
Beth Amann, Monumental Theatre Company
Deb Sivigny, Scenic and Costume Designer
Jason Tamborini, Prologue Theatre
Raymond Caldwell, Theater Alliance
Laura Connors Hull, Creative Cauldron
Maggie Boland, Signature Theatre
Adam Immerwahr and Jojo Ruf, Theater J
Lisa Richards Toney, Association of Performing Arts Professionals
“What Is Love Actually” Podcast
2019 Shows:
Beth Amann, Managing Director, Monumental Theatre Company
Susan Keady, Artistic Director and Sara Duke, Executive Director, Encore Stage and Studio
Sam Nystrom, Director and Becca Cooley, Actress from “Heathers: The Musical, Dominion Stage
DeMone Seraphin, Director, Avant Bard
Jason Tamborini, Founder, Prologue Theatre
Amy Austin, Theatre Washington
Sara Duke, Encore Stage & Studio
Kelly Crandall d’Amboise, Signature Theatre
Caroline Dubberly and Christian Montgomery, Monumental Theatre
Jason Najjoum, Synetic Theater
Madaline Langston, Encore Stage & Studio
Judy Lewis and AJ Campbell, Dominion Stage
Katie McCreary and Nigel Rowe, Educational Theatre Company
Patrick Flynn, Playwright/Podcaster
Maria Manuela Goyanes, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
2018 Shows:
Nucky Walder and Marcela Ferlito Walder, Teatro de la Luna
Sara Duke, Executive Director, Encore Stage and Studio
Ashley Hammond, Managing Director, Educational Theater Company
Sterling Beard, Social Media Director, Arlington Players
Nicole Hertvik and Darby DeJarnette, DC Metro Theater Arts
Clare Shaffer, Director and Erin Branigan, Actor, The Arlington Players
Keith Cassidy, Actor and Larry Grey, Stage Manager, Dominion Stage
Nick Kramp, Actor and John Newman, Director of Marketing, Artstream
Don Mike Mendoza, Co-Founder, La Ti Do and Nicole Hertvik, Publisher, DC Metro Theater Arts
Naomi Jacobson, Regional Actress
Ray Ficca, President, National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts
Carol Cadby, Theater Teacher and Actress
Brianna Goode, Actor and Matt Bannister, Director, Dominion Stage
Bill Hopkins and Michael Burke, Anderson-Hopkins Excellence in Theater Arts Award
Jane Horwitz, Theater Reviewer
Ashley Hammond and Katie McCreary, Educational Theatre Company
Regina Aquino Smith, Regional Stage Actress
2017 Shows:
Maggie Boland, Managing Director, Signature Theatre
Jennifer Lyman, Vice President, and Michael Fisher, Actor, Dominion Stage
Sara Duke, Executive Director, Encore Stage and Studio
Alex Mills and Kathy Gordon, Actors, Synetic Theater
Tom Prewitt, Artistic Director, WSC Avant Bard
Elizabeth Kitsos Kang, Educational Theater Company
Justin Jarod Bell, Sharisse Taylor, Raven Wilkes, Actors, Synetic Theater
David Siegel and John Stoltenberg, Theater Reviewers, DC Metro Theater Arts