AATE Award Winners
Index of Awards and Winners
Awards No Longer Presented
John C. Barner Teacher of the Year Award
| 2010-2021 |
No Award |
| 2009 |
Linda Sharpe |
| 2008 |
Keith Taylor |
| 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 |
Johnny Saldaña Outstanding Professor of Theatre Education Award
| 2023 |
Mindy R. Carter |
| 2022 |
James "Jimmy" Chrismon |
| 2021 |
Elizabeth Brendel Horn |
| 2020 |
Petronilla Whitfield |
| 2019 |
No Award |
| 2018 |
Joe Salvator |
| 2017 |
Rives Collins |
Lin Wright Professional Teaching Grant
| 2022 |
No Award |
| 2018-2021 |
No Award |
| 2017 |
Ryan Skiles, with project mentor Elizabeth Brendel Horn |
| 2016 |
Adam Slee, with project mentor John Newman |
| 2014 |
Robert St. John, with project mentor Honolulu Theatre for Youth |
| 2013 |
Holli Hutson, with project mentor Laurie Melnik |
| 2012 |
Wendy Mapes, with project mentor Kerri Sullivan |
| 2011 |
Diana Torres, with project mentor Laurie Melnik |
Lin Wright Special Recognition Award
| 2024 |
Rebecca Campana |
| 2022 |
Deanna Alisa Ableser |
| 2021 |
Jonathan Schmidt Chapman |
| 2019-2020 |
No Award |
| 2018 |
EDUCATION AT ROUNDABOUT |
| 2015 |
Allison Metz, Jennifer Katona |
| 2014 |
Megan Alrutz, Amy Jensen |
| 2013 |
Peter B. Duffy, Brian Guehring |
| 2012 |
Matt Omasta, David Barr, III |
| 2011 |
Kati Koerner |
| 2010 |
No Award |
| 2009 |
No Award |
| 2008 |
Karen Libman
California Educational Theatre Association |
| 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
| 2022 |
No Award |
| 2021 |
Zoological Society of Milwaukee Kohl's Wild Theater |
| 2018-2020 |
No Award |
| 2017 |
Goat in the Road Productions |
| 2009-2016 |
No Award |
| 2008 |
Kim Peter Kovac |
| 2004-2007 |
No Award |
| 2003 |
ACS Head Start & Marilyn Bartlett |
| 1999-2002 |
No Award |
| 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 |
Orlin Corey Award for Artistic Excellence
| 2022 |
Lynn Kelso |
| 2020-2021 |
No Award |
| 2019 |
Dr. Luke Jorgensen Ph.D. |
| 2016 |
Robin Baker Flatt |
| 2013 |
Tom Arvetis |
| 2012 |
Johanna Smith |
Sara Spencer Artistic Achievement Award
| 2023 |
Roseann Sheridan |
| 2020-2022 |
No Award |
| 2019 |
Sandra Fenichel Asher |
| 2017 |
Actor's Theater of Louisville |
| 2016 |
Peter Brosius |
| 2015 |
Amie Brockway Henson |
| 2010-2014 |
No Award |
| 2009 |
CLIMB Theatre |
| 2008 |
The Growing Stage
(The Children's Theatre of New Jersey) |
| 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 |
Anne Elgood Youth Theatre Director of the Year
| 2022 |
Cynthia Strycharz
|
| 2021 |
No Award |
| 2020 |
Stephanie Jacobson & Michael Miller |
| 2019 |
Rhonda Wilson |
| 2018 |
Aimee Reid |
| 2016-2017 |
No Award |
| 2015 |
Ashley Forman |
| 2012-2014 |
No Award |
| 2011 |
Barry Kornhauser
Adele Ulrich |
| 2006-2010 |
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
|
2021-2022
|
No Award |
| 2020 |
Kerfuffle |
| 2019 |
Bluelaces Theater Company |
| 2018 |
Spinning Dot Theatre |
| 2017 |
Spellbound Theatre |
| 2015-2016 |
No Award |
| 2014 |
Rising Youth Theatre |
| 2011-2013 |
No Award |
2010
2009 |
Purple Crayon Players, SHINE! LA's Youth Theatre
No Award |
| 2008 |
Youth Education/Entertainment Series (Y.E.S.) |
| 2007 |
Vittum Theatre(now operating as Adventure Stage Chicago) |
| 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
| 2024 |
Deen Rawlins-Harris |
| 2023 |
Alex Turner |
| 2022 |
Nathan Drackett |
| 2021 |
Jasmine Games |
| 2020 |
Molly Mattaini |
| 2019 |
Faith A. Hillis |
| 2018 |
Todd Farley |
| 2017 |
Tiffany Trent |
| 2016 |
Margot Fitzsimmons |
| 2015 |
Joshua Streeter |
| 2014 |
Meredyth Pederson |
| 2013 |
Enza Giannone Hosig |
| 2012 |
Mary McAvoy |
| 2011 |
Lisa Barker |
2010
2009 |
J. Andrew Wiginton
Xanthia Walker |
| 2008 |
Wendy Bable
Oona Kersey |
| 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 |
Don and Elizabeth Doyle Fellowship
| 2024 |
Lily Odekirk |
| 2023 |
Mateo Hernandez |
| 2022 |
Olivia Coughlin |
| 2021 |
Kristina Friedgen |
| 2020 |
Bill Rios |
| 2019 |
Sarah Tan |
| 2018 |
Lina Chambers |
| 2017 |
Danica Rosengren |
| 2016 |
No award |
| 2015 |
Tamara L. Carroll |
| 2014 |
Yasu Ishida |
| 2013 |
Lindsay Hearn
Special Recognition: Megan Flod Johnson |
| 2012 |
Kathleen Arcovio
Special Recognition: Bethany Corey, Lisa Leibering, Tori Tomalia |
| 2011 |
Brianna Stapleton Welch
Special Recognition: Noah Adams |
2010
2009 |
Abra Chusid
Special Recognition: Lauren Dusek Albonico,Jenny Anne Koppera
Karl O'Brian Williams
Special recognition: Jennifer Hartman, Aimee Reid |
| 2008 |
Meriah Sage |
Distinguished Dissertation/Thesis Award
Distinguished Dissertation:
| 2024 |
"Floodlights Flare-ups and Fireworks" By Chris Summers
|
| 2023 |
"Re-Writing the Declaration: Re- Writing the Past to Fixthe Future from a Black, Queer, FeministLens" By Quenna Barrett
Honorable Mention: "Participatory Action Research and Theatre: Decolonizing Secondary Theatre Education Through Process-Based Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Methodology" By Zena
|
| 2022 |
"The Story Wheel: An Ethnographic Study of Autistic Adults Exploring a Story-Drama Curriculum" By Nancy Curry
"The Pursuit of Anti-Racism in University Theatre" By Ashley Demoville
|
| 2021 |
In Search of Critical Theatre Pedagogy: Teaching Artists’ Practice with Students of Color by Dr. B. Manuel Simons
Honorable Mention: Identity Spectrums, Analytic Adolescents, and “Gays in Space!”: A Qualitative Investigation of Youth Queer Narrative Reception by Dr. Andrew Waldron
|
| 2020 |
No Award
|
| 2019 |
I'm Gonna Use it to Tell You: Exploring Narratives of Adolescent Identity Through Theatre by Gina Grandi
|
| 2018 |
Changing Practice? Exploring the potential contribution of applied theatre training to capacity building for NGO workers in China, By Yi-Man AU
Honorable Mentions: Translanguaging in Borderlands: Language Function in Theatre for Young Audiences, By Elizabeth Schildkret
|
| 2017 |
Shrews, Moneylenders, Soldiers, and Moors: Tackling Challenging Issues in Shakespeare for Young Audiences, by Elizabeth Harelik
Honorable Mention: Actor Coaching: Taking Performance in Being, by Clare Syler
|
| 2016 |
No Award |
| 2015 |
Girl-becomings: Girls Theorizing Girlhood through Visual Art, Theatre, andDigital Communications,by Teresa Minarsich |
| 2014 |
Rehearsing Revolutions: Radical and Experimental Pedagogic Drama Experiments in United States Labor Colleges, 1920 and 1940, by Dr. Mary McAvoy
Honorable Mention:"It gets under your skin": Using Process Drama to Explore Race and Privilege with Undergraduate Students., by Dr. Sara Simons
|
| 2013 |
Overturning Topsy's Legacy: Black Theatre for Youth during the Black Arts Movement, by Dr. Jacqui Scott
Honorable Mentions:
Theatre as a Place of Learnging: The Forces and Effects of Devised Theatre Processes in Education, by Mia Perry
The Representation of Taiwanese Childhood as Reflected in Theatre for Young Audiences of the Taipei Children's Arts Festival 2001-2011, by Yi-Ren Tsai |
| 2012 |
The Drama of Boys: An Ethnographic Study and Performance, by Dr. Richard Sallis
Honorable Mentions:
Drama and Multiculturalism: Power, Community, and Change, by Bethany Nelson |
| 2011 |
"Say It How It Is": Urban Teenage Girls Challenge and Perpetuate Cultural Narratives through Writing and Performing Theatreby Dana Edell |
| 2010 |
Learning Partnerships: The Use of Poststructuralist Drama Techniques to Improve Communication Between Teachers, Doctors, and Adolescentsby Helen Cahill
Honorable Mentions:
Youth Holocaust Drama: A Study of History, Memory, and National Identityby Erika Hughes
Adolescent Audiences' Affective Engagement with Theatre: A Mixed Methods Case Study Surveying Middle School Students' Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs,by Matthew J. Omasta |
| 2009 |
Language and Theory of Mind Development in the Context of a Head Start Theatre-in-Education Program by Wendy Mages
Honorable Mentions:
Colonizing the Imaginary: Children's Embodiment of Cultural Narrativesby Andrew Chappell
Performance for a Living: How Emotions Play a Partby Catherine Hughes |
| 2008 |
Reevaluation of Tsubouchi's Child Drama for Domestic Presentationby Takeo Fujikura
Honorable Mention:
David T. Montgomery |
| 2007 |
The Gods Project: Drama as Intercultural Education:An Ethnographic Study of an Intercultural Performance Project in a Secondary Schoolby Kate Donelan |
| 2006 |
Reflection and Refraction: The Dimpled Mirror of Process Dramaby Dr. Peter O'Connor |
| 2005 |
Imagined Worlds in Play:A Study of the Dramatic Play of Pre-adolescent Girlsby Dr Julie Dunn |
| 2004 |
Journeys into a Third Space: A Study of How Theatre Enables Us to Interpret the Emergent Space Between Culturesby Janinka Greenwood |
| 2003 |
Dramatic Tension: Towards an Understanding of "Tension of Intimacy"by Penny Bundy
Journeys in Teacher Professional Development: Narratives of Four Drama Educatorsby Michael Anderson |
| 2002 |
No Award |
| 2001 |
Mapping the Cultural Geography of Childhood or Constructing the Child in Child Drama: 1950 to the Presentby Stephani Etheridge Woodson |
Distinguished Thesis Award:
| 2024 |
"Getting Free: Exploring Freedom Dreaming and Abolition Through Applied Theatre" By Caitlyn McCain
|
| 2023 |
"Carework Theatre Project" By Jessica Cortez
Honorable Mention: "Against Type: Fatphobia, Bias, and Typecasting in Educational Theatre" By Lucy Kania
|
| 2022 |
"Speaking Back an Imagining Forward: using Applied Theatre to Instigate Dialogue in Museums" By Sarah Meister
"Applied Theatre with a Translanguaging Stance: Working Juntos Viabilizando Critical Thinking" By Helio Andres Sepulveda-Zornosa
|
| 2021 |
Our Voice is Powerful: Toward and Aesthetics of Healing in the Performing Justice Project by Laura Epperson
Honorable Mention: The Field of TYA on the Soccer Field: Using Drama Strategies to Enhance Youth Soccer Coaching Practices by Brittany Caine
|
| 2020 |
Reciprocity and Transformative Learning: Arts-based Professional Learning with Students and Teachers, by Ally Shay Tufenkjian
Honorable Mention: !Be PreBeared! Teatro En Educación -Theatre in Education, by Sindy Castro
|
| 2019 |
Storied Moments: Foregrounding Community Cultural Wealth through Digital Storytelling Abstract, by Moriah Flagler
Honorable Mention: Multi-Sensory Theatre for Children on the Autism Spectrum: Creating an Artistic Version of Autistic Space by Molly Mattaini
|
| 2018 |
Exchanging Expertise: An Arts-Based Professional Learning Model for Artists and Teachers, By Lauren Smith
Honorable Mentions: wonderwander: An Embodied Exploration of Dance Between Adult Dancers, Very Young Children, and their Caregivers, By Amanda Pintore
The Impact of Live Performance in Primary Schools in Ireland: A Case Study of Abbey Theatre's 'Priming the Canon' Programme, By Heidi Schoenenberger
|
| 2017 |
This Object Holds: Exploring Adolescent Identity Through Object-Based Performance, by Briana Bower
|
| 2016 |
No Award
|
| 2015 |
Stories from the Homefront: Digital Storytelling from National Guard Youth, by Megan Greene
Honorable Mentions: How are Girls' Attitudes Toward Cyberbullying Affected by Drama for Social Intervention?, by Gillian L. Fournier
Playing in the Middle: The Value of the Arts in Middle, Level Education, by Lindsay Hearn Brustein
|
| 2014 |
Feminist Performance Pedagogy: Theatre for Youth and Social Justice, by Emily Freeman
Honorable Mentions:Foam on the Sea: Exploring student Critical Thinking through Improvisational, Devised Theatre, by Kathleen Pennyway
The Many Forms of Theatre for the Very Young: A look into Development Processes, Bethany Corey, M.F.A.
|
| 2013 |
Theatre and Citizenship: Playbuilding with English Language Learner Youth, by Sarah Howe Coleman |
| 2011 |
Ten Years After: A Qualitative Study of Students' Experiences in a High School Theatre Company by Helen Zdriluk |
| 2010 |
No Award |
| 2009 |
Young, Troubled and Queer: Gay and Lesbian Representation in Theatre for Young Audiencesby Annie Giannini |
| 2008 |
No Award |
| 2007 |
The Articulation of the Multiple Intelligence and Empathic Intelligence Theories in Educational DramabyAbigail Kitt Bigam |
| 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 Theatreby Monica M. Prendergast |
| 2002 |
No Award |
| 2001 |
Exploring Media Advertising Through Drama with Inner City Studentsby Diane Conrad
Thesis by Tara Affolter |
Distinguished Dissertation/Thesis Award:
| 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 Schoolby Beth Murray
Susanna Rowson: Early American Dramatist, Actress and Educatorby 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 Girlsby Kathleen Marie Gallagher |
| 1998 |
Directing High School Theater: The Impact of Student Empowerment Strategies and Unconventional Staging Techniques on Actors, Director, and Audienceby Jo Beth Gonzalez |
| 1997 |
Russian Theatre for Young Audiences and the Changes in Ideological Function with Glasnost and Perestroikaby Manon van de Water |
| 1996 |
Profiles of Preservice Theatre Teacher Education Programs at Three American Universitiesby David Dynak |
Judith Kase-Cooper Honorary Research Award
| 2018-2023 |
No Award |
| 2017 |
Manon van de Water |
| 2015-2016 |
No Award |
| 2014 |
Jack Zipes |
| 2013 |
No Award |
| 2012 |
Johnny Saldana |
| 2011 |
No Award |
| 2010 |
No Award |
| 2009 |
Laura McCammon |
| 2004-2008 |
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
| 2020-2023 |
No Award |
| 2019 |
Monica Prendergast |
| 2014-2018 |
No Award |
| 2013 |
Global Markets/Global Englishes: Drama and Discourses in Colonial Spaces by Carmen Medina and Gustave Weltsek |
| 2012 |
No Award |
| 2011 |
Lifelong Impact: Adult Perceptions of Their High School Speech and/or Theatre Participation by Johnny Saldana, Laura McCammon, Matt Omasta, and Angela Hines |
| 2010 |
Dr. Elaine Walker, Dr. Martin Finkelstein, Dr. Lauren McFadden, and Dr. Carmine Tabone |
| 2004-2009 |
No Award |
| 2003 |
Jeanne Klein |
| 2002 |
No Award |
| 2001 |
Johnny Saldaña |
| 2000 |
No Award |
| 1999 |
Laura A. McCammon with J. David Betts |
| 1997-1998 |
No Award |
| 1996 |
Johnny Saldaña |
| 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. |
"Participatory Action Research and Theatre: Decolonizing Secondary Theatre Education Through Process-Based Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Methodology"
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