The Regional Theatre Tony Award is a special recognition Tony Award given annually to a regional theater company in the United States. The winner is recommended by a committee of drama critics.
Background Initially presented in 1948 to Robert Porterfield of the Virginia Barter Theatre for their Contribution To Development Of Regional Theatre,"Tony Awards, 1948" broadwayworld.com, accessed April 9, 2011 the Regional Theatre awards were next presented starting in 1976."Tony Award history" americantheatrecritics.org, accessed April 10, 2011 The award is "based on a recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association", and includes a grant of $25,000.FAQ-How is the award for regional theatre determined?" tonyawards.com, accessed April 10, 2011 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." 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."Gans, Andrew. New York Theatres Are Now Eligible to Receive Regional Theatre Tony Award" Playbill, June 13, 2013
Award winners 1940s YearTheatreCityStateNotes1948Barter TheatreAbingdonVirginiaTony Awards History - Search Past Winners, tonyawards.com, accessed 5 March 2019
1970s YearTheatreCityStateNotes1976Arena 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"."Tony Awards, 1976" broadwayworld.com, accessed April 9, 20111977Mark Taper ForumLos AngelesCalifornia1978Long Wharf TheatreNew HavenConnecticut1979American Conservatory TheaterSan FranciscoCalifornia
1980s YearTheatreCityStateNotes1980Actors Theatre of LouisvilleLouisvilleKentucky1981Trinity Repertory CompanyProvidenceRhode Island1982Guthrie TheaterMinneapolisMinnesota1983Oregon Shakespeare FestivalAshlandOregon1984Old Globe TheatreSan DiegoCalifornia1985Steppenwolf Theatre CompanyChicagoIllinois1986American Repertory TheaterCambridgeMassachusetts1987San Francisco Mime TroupeSan FranciscoCalifornia1988South Coast RepertoryCosta MesaCalifornia1989Hartford StageHartfordConnecticut
1990s YearTheatreCityStateNotes1990Seattle Repertory TheatreSeattleWashington1991Yale Repertory TheatreNew HavenConnecticut1992Goodman TheatreChicagoIllinois1993La Jolla PlayhouseSan DiegoCalifornia1994McCarter TheatrePrincetonNew Jersey1995Goodspeed Opera HouseEast HaddamConnecticut1996Alley TheatreHoustonTexas1997Berkeley Repertory TheatreBerkeleyCalifornia1998Denver Center Theatre CompanyDenverColorado1999Crossroads TheatreNew BrunswickNew Jersey
2000s YearTheatreCityStateNotes2000Utah Shakespearean FestivalCedar CityUtah2001Victory Gardens TheaterChicagoIllinois2002Williamstown Theatre FestivalWilliamstownMassachusetts2003Children's Theatre CompanyMinneapolisMinnesota2004Cincinnati Playhouse in the ParkCincinnatiOhio2005Theatre de la Jeune LuneMinneapolisMinnesota2006Intiman PlayhouseSeattleWashington2007Alliance TheatreAtlantaGeorgia2008Chicago Shakespeare TheaterChicagoIllinois2009Signature TheatreArlington CountyVirginia
2010s YearTheatreCityStateNotes2010Eugene O'Neill Theatre CenterWaterfordConnecticut2011Lookingglass Theatre CompanyChicagoIllinois2012Shakespeare Theatre CompanyWashingtonD.C.2013Huntington Theatre CompanyBostonMassachusetts"Huntington Theatre Company wins Tony for regional theater" bostonglobe.com, accessed April 29, 20132014Signature Theatre CompanyNew York CityNew YorkThis is the first Manhattan-based theatre company to receive the award.Gans, Andrew. "New York's Signature Theatre Will Receive 2014 Regional Theatre Tony Award" playbill.com, April 28, 20142015Cleveland Play HouseClevelandOhio2016Paper Mill PlayhouseMillburnNew Jersey2017Dallas Theater CenterDallasTexas2018La MaMa Experimental Theatre ClubNew York CityNew York2019TheatreWorks Silicon ValleyPalo AltoCalifornia
2020s YearTheatreCityStateNotes2020Cancelled2021None2022Court TheatreChicagoIllinois2023Pasadena PlayhousePasadenaCalifornia2024Wilma TheaterPhiladelphiaPennsylvania2025The MunySt. LouisMissouri2026American Players TheatreSpring GreenWisconsin
See also Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award
References
External links
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