The Audie Award for Title is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in performance, production, and content for an audiodrama released in a given year. Originally the award was given as the Audie Award for Theatrical Production in 1999; in 2000 and 2001 the award was given as the Audie Award for Theatrical Performance. The award was not given in 2002.
Winners and finalists 1990s Year Title Author Narrator(s) Publisher Result 1999 (1984) , Amy Irving, and Harris Yulin L.A. Theatre WorksWinner (1999) (adapted by John Vreeke) Full cast NYS Theatre Institute/Family Classic Audio BooksFinalist All My Sons (1946) Julie Harris, James Farentino, and Arye Gross L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist
2000s Year Title Author Narrator(s) Publisher Result 2000 : 25th Anniversary (1999) HighBridge AudioWinner (1996) , David Dukes, Kurt Deutsch, and Matt McGrath L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist Pretty Fire (1995) L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist2001 Agnes of God (1979) , Emily Bergl, and Harriet Harris L.A. Theatre WorksWinner Neat (2000) L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist Table Manners (1973) , Ken Danziger, Martin Jarvis, Jane Leeves, Christopher Neame, and Carolyn Seymour L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist2002No award presented2003 The Guys (2002) and Bill Irwin Random House AudioWinner Billy Budd, Sailor (1924; written 1892) (Dramatized by Philip Glassborow and Paul McCusker) Full cast Focus on the FamilyFinalist Hedda Gabler (1891) , Michael Maloney, Philip Voss, Emma Fielding, and full cast Naxos AudiobooksFinalistKing Lear (1606) , Alec McCowen, Kenneth Branagh, and full castNaxos AudiobooksFinalist The Silver Chair (1953) (dramatized by Paul McCusker) Full cast Focus on the FamilyFinalist2004 (2003) Full cast The Audio PartnersWinner (1950–1956) (dramatized by Paul McCusker) Full cast Focus on the FamilyFinalist At Home in Mitford (1996) (dramatized by Paul McCusker) Full cast Tyndale AudioFinalist Father Gilbert Mysteries (Series 2) (2004) Full cast Focus on the FamilyFinalist On the Waterfront (1954) Full cast L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist2005 Buddha Boy (2003) and the Full Cast Family Full Cast AudioWinnerAnne of Green Gables (1908) (dramatized by Chris Fabry)Full castTyndale AudioFinalist Going to St. Ives (1996) and Caroline Goodall L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist (1985) (adapted by Michael O'Brien) BTC Audiobooks/Goose Lane EditionsFinalist (1964) (adapted by James W. Nichol) BTC Audiobooks/Goose Lane EditionsFinalist2006 (2005) (adapted by Arthur Conan Doyle, William Gillette and Yuri Rasovsky) , Kristoffer Tabori, and full cast Blackstone AudioWinnerAt the Back of the North Wind (1871) (adapted by Murray Watts and Philip Glassborow)Full castTyndale HouseFinalist (2000) (adapted by Michael O'Brien) Full cast BTC Audiobooks/Goose Lane EditionsFinalist Frozen (1998) , Jeffrey Donovan, and Laila Robins L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist (1971) (dramatized by Dave Arnold) Full cast Tyndale HouseFinalist2007 : Dramatic Eyewitness Accounts from the Luke Reports (2006) Full cast Tyndale/Focus on the FamilyWinnerAirborn (2004) and full castFull Cast AudioFinalist Kong: King of Skull Island (2004) and Brad Strickland and full cast Full Cast AudioFinalist Nightmares on Congress Street (Part V) (2006) , Edgar Allan Poe, Alex Irvine, Michael Duffy, Ray Bradbury, Hugh B. Cave, and H. P. Lovecraft Full cast Tantor MediaFinalist (1891) (dramatized by Nick McCarty) and full cast BBC Audiobooks AmericaFinalist2008 Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls (2007) , Simon Templeman, Moira Quirk, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Robertson Dean, and W. Morgan Sheppard Blackstone AudioWinnerPrincess Academy (2005) Full Cast AudioFinalist Radio Theatre: Amazing Grace (2007) and Dave Arnold , David Oyelowo, Chris Larkin, Donald Sinden, Martin Jarvis, Laura-Michelle Kelly, and full cast Focus on the Family/Tyndale HouseFinalist (1954) Full Cast AudioFinalist Vienna Prelude (2000) Sean Barrett Family Audio LibraryFinalist2009 (8th or 9th century B.C.) Homer (dramatized by Simon Armitage) , Amanda Redman, and full cast BBC Audiobooks AmericaWinnerJack's Last Call (2008) and full castSueMedia ProductionsFinalist Secret Order (2008) , Will McCormack, Angela Goethals, and Richard Schiff L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist Sun Moon Stars Rain (2006) Full Cast AudioFinalist Tales from the Perilous Realm (adapted by Brian Sibley) and full cast BBC Audiobooks AmericaFinalist
2010s Year Title Author Narrator(s) Publisher Result 2010 (1982) (producer) , Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Sinise, and full cast Thomas NelsonWinnerFocus on the Family Radio Theatre: C. S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters (1942) (adapted by Paul McCusker) and full castTyndale AudioFinalist Little Dorrit (1857) (dramatized by Doug Lucie) Full cast BBC Audiobooks AmericaFinalist (1930) (dramatized by Yuri Rasovsky), Sandra Oh, and Edward HerrmannBlackstone AudioFinalist (1959) , James Gleason, Lily Rabe, David Strathairn, and Shannon Cochran L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist2011 Saint Joan (1923) , Edward Herrmann, Kristoffer Tabori, and full cast Blackstone AudioWinner 'Art' (1994) , Brian Cox, and Jeff Perry L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist (1895) , Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, and Matthew Wolf L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist (2006) , Ezra Knight, and Tom Stechschulte Recorded BooksFinalist Vengeance (2008) , Stephanie Zimbalist, and Don Leslie Griffyn InkFinalist2012 (1944–1994) Full cast L.A. Theatre WorksWinner (1967) , Terry Johnson, and Calder Willingham (adapted by Buck Henry) , Matthew Rhys, and full cast L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist (1919) (adapted by Yuri Rasovsky) and full cast Blackstone AudioFinalist We're Alive Full cast Blackstone AudioFinalist2013 Swordspoint (1989) , Dion Graham, Katherine Kellgren, Robert Fass, Nick Sullivan, Simon Jones, Sam Guncler, and Anne Bobby SueMedia Productions (for Neil Gaiman Presents/ACX)Winner Die, Snow White! Die, Damn You! (2012) , Simon Helberg, Kate Burton, and full cast Blackstone AudioFinalist I, Claudius (2010) (adapted by Robin Brooks) , Tom Goodman-Hill, and full cast AudioGOFinalist (2012) and the Colonial Radio PlayersBrilliance AudioFinalist Titanium Rain (Series 1) (2008) and Kat Rocha , Elizabeth Knowelden, Carrington Macduffie, and full cast The Audiocomics CompanyFinalist Trouble on His Wings (1939) , Bob Caso, R. F. Daley, Jim Meskimen, and Matt Scott Galaxy PressFinalist2014 Oliver Twist (1838) (adapted by Paul McCusker) , Henry Goodman, Lee Boardman, Geoffrey Palmer, Roy Hudd, Finty Williams, and a full cast Tyndale AudioWinner (2002) and Delia Sherman et al.SueMedia Productions (for Neil Gaiman Presents/Audible)Finalist Hollywood Said No! (2013) and David Cross , David Cross, and full cast Hachette AudioFinalist Marvel Civil War (2012) , Richard Cutting, Tim Getman, James Keegan, Kimberly Gilbert, and full cast GraphicAudioFinalist Screaming with the Cannibals (2003) Mountain Whispers AudiobooksFinalist (1897) (adapted by M. J. Elliott) Colonial Radio Players Colonial Radio Theatre on the AirFinalist2015 (1902) (adapted by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright) , Wilson Bethel, Seamus Dever, Sarah Drew, Henri Lubatti, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, Moira Quirk, and Darren Richardson L.A. Theatre WorksWinnerAnne Manx and the Blood Chase (2014) , Moira Kelly, Patricia Tallman, and a full castRadio Repertory Company of AmericaFinalist Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006) , Kimberly Gilbert, David Jourdan, and full cast GraphicAudioFinalist Swords of Riverside (2014) and Delia Sherman , Barbara Rosenblat, Katherine Kellgren, Dion Graham, Simon Jones, et al. SueMedia Productions (for Neil Gaiman/ACX)Finalist Under Drake's Flag (1883) (adapted by John Fornof) Heirloom Audio ProductionsFinalist2016 The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories (1894) (adapted by Bev Doyle and Richard Kurti) , Richard E. Grant, Colin Salmon, Tim McInnerny, Bernard Cribbins, Celia Imrie, and Martin Shaw AudibleWinner Amok (2007) Full cast Audible StudiosFinalist Christmas Eve, 1914 (2014) Full cast Audible StudiosFinalist (2013) , Lara Pulver, Niamh Walsh, Adjoa Andoh, Peter Forbes, John Sessions, and Michael Maloney HarperAudioFinalist (2014) and full cast AudibleFinalist2017 In the Embers (2015) and Jerry Stearns , Edwin Strout, Dean Johnson, Jacquie Maddix, and full cast Great Northern Audio Theatre/Blackstone AudioWinnerAlien: Out of the Shadows (2014) (adapted by Dirk Maggs), Corey Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Kathryn Drysdale, Laurel Lefkow, Andrea Deck, and Mac McDonaldAudibleFinalist "Death and the Queen", Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures (2016) , Catherine Tate, Alice Krige, Blake Ritson, Beth Chalmers, and Alan Cox Big Finish ProductionsFinalist "Only the Monstrous", Doctor Who: The War Doctor (2015) , Jacqueline Pearce, Carolyn Seymour, and Lucy Briggs-Owen Big Finish ProductionsFinalist (2009) and Larry Powell L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist2018 Brother Francis: The Barefoot Saint of Assisi (2016) , Owen Teale, Geoffrey Palmer, and full cast Augustine InstituteWinner Cicero (2018) and George Naylor Big Finish ProductionsFinalist (2017) Blackstone PublishingFinalist Treasure Island (1882) (adapted by Marty Ross) , Daniel Mays, Catherine Tate, Owen Teale, and Gerran Howell Audible StudiosFinalist (2017) , Hugo Armstrong, Seamus Dever, Matthew Floyd Miller, James Morrison, David Selby, Rich Sommer, Josh Stamberg, Nick Toren, John Vickery, and Jules Willcox L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist2019 (1897) (adapted by Nicholas Briggs) and Lucy Briggs-Owen Big Finish ProductionsWinner Alien: Sea of Sorrows (2014) (adapted by Dirk Maggs) , Stockard Channing, Tony Gardner, Lorelei King, Laurel Lefkow, and full cast Audible StudiosFinalist Disgraced (2012) , Behzad Dabu, Hari Dhillon, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, and Emily Swallow L.A. Theatre WorksFinalist Emma (1815) (adapted by Anna Lea) , Isabella Inchbald, Joanne Froggatt, Joseph Millson, Morgana Robinson, and full cast Audible StudiosFinalist Girls & Boys (2018) AudibleFinalistSteal the Stars (2018) Full castMacmillan AudioFinalist
2020s Year Title Author Narrator(s) Publisher Result 2020 Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes , Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, and full cast Penguin Random House AudioWinner (2015) Audible OriginalsFinalist Birthday Suit (2019) , Sebastian York, January LaVoy, Julia Whelan, R. C. Bray, Shane East, Joe Arden, Erin Mallon, Dion Graham, Savannah Peachwood, Jason Clarke, and Robin Miles Lauren Blakely BooksFinalist Have a Nice Day (2018) and Quinton Peeples , Annette Bening, Dick Cavett, Auliʻi Cravalho, Billy Crystal, Rachel Dratch, Darrell Hammond, Christopher Jackson, Kevin Kline, Robin Thede, and full cast Audible OriginalsFinalist Puss in Boots: A Musical (2019) , Harvey Edelman, and Khristine Hvam , Mark