This list of theatre awards is an index to articles about notable awards granted for

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productions and performances. It is organized by country and region. Typically awards are only given for local productions.

North America

Pulitzer Prize for Drama The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It is one of the original Pulitzers, for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes, four of which were a ...

Cappies The Cappies (Critics and Awards Program) is an international program for recognizing, celebrating, and providing learning experiences for high school theater and journalism students and teenage playwrights. There are currently 13 Cappies programs i ...

Touring Broadway Awards The Touring Broadway Awards (TBAs) recognized outstanding achievement in Broadway plays and musicals that tour North America. Founded in 2001 by The Broadway League, the TBAs celebrated excellence in touring Broadway by honoring artists and produc ...

New York City, USA

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...

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Regional Theatre Tony Award 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 ...

) (US) * Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography (

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Clarence Derwent Awards The Clarence Derwent Awards are theatre awards given annually by the Actors' Equity Association on Broadway in the United States and by Equity, the performers' union, in the West End in the United Kingdom. Clarence Derwent (23 March 1884 – 6 Aug ...

(New York City, US) * Del Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Art of Stage Management (given in New York City, US) * Donaldson Awards (New York City, US) * Drama Desk Award (New York City, US) *

Drama League Award The Drama League Awards, created in 1922, honor distinguished productions and performances both on Broadway and Off-Broadway, in addition to recognizing exemplary career achievements in theatre, musical theatre, and directing. Each May, the awards ...

(New York City, US) *

Lucille Lortel Awards The Lucille Lortel Awards recognize excellence in New York Off-Broadway theatre. The Awards are named for Lucille Lortel, an actress and theater producer, and have been awarded since 1986. They are produced by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres ...

(New York City, US) * New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards (New York City, US) *

New York Innovative Theatre Awards The New York Innovative Theatre Awards (also known as NYIT Awards and IT Awards) are accolades given annually by the New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, a not-for-profit arts organization founded in 2004, to honor individuals and organizat ...

(New York City, US) * Obie Award (New York City, US) * Outer Critics Circle Award (New York City, US) *

Susan Smith Blackburn Prize The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize established in 1978, is the largest and oldest playwriting prize for women+ writing for English-speaking theatre. Named for Susan Smith Blackburn (1935–1977), alumna of Smith College, who died of breast cancer. W ...

(New York City, Houston, TX, and London, UK) *

Theatre World Award The Theatre World Award is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway or Off-Broadway. It was first awarded for the 1945–1946 theatre se ...

(New York City, US) * United Solo Award (New York City, US)

Other USA

* ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence (

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, US) * Back Stage Garland Awards (

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, US) (defunct) * Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater (

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, US) * Big Easy Awards for Excellence in Music, Theater and Classical Arts (

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, US) * Carbonell Awards (South Florida, US) * Drama-Logue Award (West Coast, US) (defunct) * Drammy Awards (Portland, OR) *

Elliot Norton Awards The Elliot Norton Awards are presented annually to honor the best achievements in Boston-area theater. The genesis of the awards was the Norton Medal, which was first awarded in 1983 and was named after long-time theater critic Elliot Norton (1903 ...

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Helen Hayes Award The Helen Hayes Awards are theater awards recognizing excellence in professional theater in the Washington, D.C. area since 1983. The awards are named in tribute of Helen Hayes, who is also known as the "First Lady of American Theatre." They ar ...

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, US) * Henry Awards (Colorado Theatre Guild, Denver, Colorado, US) * Ivey Awards (

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Joseph Jefferson Award The Joseph Jefferson Award, more commonly known informally as the Jeff Award, is given for theatre arts produced in the Chicago area. Founded in 1968, the awards are named in tribute to actor Joseph Jefferson, a 19th-century American theater sta ...

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, US) * ''LA Weekly'' Theater Award (Los Angeles, US) (defunct) * Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (Los Angeles, US) *

NAACP Theatre Awards The NAACP Theatre Awards are a NAACP member voted awards started in 1991 and presented annually by the Beverly Hills-Hollywood branch of the NAACP to honor outstanding people of color in theater. The ceremonies usually take place in the Los Angele ...

(US) * National High School Musical Theatre Awards (US) *

Ovation Awards The Ovation Awards are a Southern California award for excellence in theatre, established in 1989. They are given out by the non-profit arts service organization LA Stage Alliance and are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles. Winne ...

(Los Angeles, US) * Sarah Siddons Award (for female actresses in

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) * The Suzi Bass Awards, (Atlanta, US)

Canada

Dora Award The Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as the Dora Award) is an award presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts which honours theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moore, who helped estab ...

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, Ontario) * Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award (

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, Alberta) * Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards (

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, Canada) * Montreal English Theatre Awards - METAs (

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Rideau Awards Les Prix Rideau Awards are theatre awards presented annually by the Rideau Awards committee, which honours the best in professional theatre in the region of Ottawa- Gatineau. The peer-juried awards program was initiated in 2006 as a result of dis ...

( Ottawa, Ontario) * Robert Merritt Awards (

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) * Siminovitch Prize in Theatre (Canada)

Mexico

* Premios Metropolitanos de Teatro (Mexico City)

Europe

London, UK

* Laurence Olivier Awards (United Kingdom) *

London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, originally called ''Drama'' Theatre Awards up to 1990, are British theatrical awards presented annually for the closing year's theatrical achievements. The winners, from theatre throughout the United Kingdom, ar ...

(United Kingdom) * National Dance Awards (United Kingdom) *

(United Kingdom) * ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Awards (United Kingdom) * ''The Stage'' Theatre Awards (United Kingdom) * Technical Theatre Awards (London, UK) *

WhatsOnStage Awards The WhatsOnStage Awards (WOS Awards), formerly known as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com. The awards recognise performers and productions of British theatre with an emphasis on London's West ...

Other UK

Theatre Awards UK The UK Theatre Awards, established in 1991 and known before 2011 as the TMA Awards, are presented annually by UK Theatre (formerly the Theatrical Management Association) in recognition of creative excellence and outstanding work in regional thea ...

Total Theatre Awards Total may refer to: Mathematics * Total, the summation of a set of numbers * Total order, a partial order without incomparable pairs * Total relation, which may also mean ** connected relation (a binary relation in which any two elements are compa ...

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Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland The Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) are an annual event awarding performances "substantially produced in Scotland, or developed, rehearsed and premiered in Scotland". Awards ceremony The ceremony is itinerant in terms of location, sw ...

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Annual Drama Awards (United Kingdom)

France

* Masque d’Or, (France) * Molière Award (

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Italy

* Premio Ubu * Le Maschere Awards *

Flaiano Prizes The Flaiano Prizes ( it, Premi Flaiano) are a set of Italian international awards recognizing achievements in the fields of creative writing, cinema, theater and radio-television. Established to honour the Italian author and screenwriter Ennio Flai ...

Greece

Karolos Koun Karolos Koun ( el, Κάρολος Κουν; September 13, 1908 in Bursa – February 14, 1987 in Athens) was a prominent Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancient Greek plays. Biography Koun was born in Bursa, Ottom ...

Theatre Awards *

Dimitris Horn Dimitris Horn () (9 March 1921 – 16 January 1998) was a Greek theatrical and film performer of modern times. Biography Horn was born in Athens in 1921, the son of playwright Pantelis Horn (himself descended from an Austrian father and Greek mot ...

Award, for best young actor * Melina Mercouri Award, for best young actress

Iceland

* Gríman - The Icelandic Theatre Awards

Norway

Hedda Award The Hedda Award (''Heddaprisen'') is a Norwegian theatre award, first presented in 1998. It is named after the character "Hedda" from Ibsen's play ''Hedda Gabler''. Among its categories, which have varied over the years, are: Best Theatre Producti ...

* The International Ibsen Award (

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Leonard Statuette ''Leonardstatuetten'' (Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke (1927–1992), who was one of Norway's most importan ...

Poland

* Witkacy Prize - Critics' Circle Award, for outstanding achievements in the promotion of Polish theatre throughout the world (Polish Centre of ITI) *

Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński Tadeusz Kamil Marcjan Żeleński (better known by his pen name, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński or simply as Boy; 21 December 1874 – 4 July 1941) was a Polish stage writer, poet, critic and, above all, the translator of over 100 French literary classics ...

Award, for achievements in theatre (Polish Centre of AICT/IATC) *

Konrad Swinarski Konrad Ksawery Swinarski ( 4 July 1929, Warszawa - 19 August 1975 near Damascus) – Polish theatrical, television, film and opera director and stage designer. He has created his own style, thanks to which he is considered one of the most origi ...

Award, for best director (awarded by "Theatre" magazine) *

Aleksander Zelwerowicz Aleksander Zelwerowicz (14 August 1877 in Lublin – 18 June 1955 in Warsaw) was a Polish actor, director, theatre president and a teacher. He received the Order of Polonia Restituta and is one of the Polish Righteous among the Nations.

Award, for best actress or actor (awarded by "Theatre" magazine)

Turkey

* Bedia Muvahhit Theatre Awards (http://www.bediaodulleri.com/index.html) (

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) * Afife Jale Theatre Awards

Other Europe

Golden Globes (Portugal) The Golden Globes ( pt, Globos de Ouro) are awards given each year in Portugal since 1996 by the Golden Globes Academy, made up by professionals of SIC TV and Caras magazine, which award several areas of art and entertainment in the country, ...

* Dosky Awards (

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Eugene O'Neill Award The Eugene O'Neill Award (Swedish: ''O'Neill-stipendiet'') is one of Sweden's finest awards for stage actors. It is a scholarship for actors at the Swedish theater. It has been awarded annually by the Royal Dramatic Theatre since 1956. Histor ...

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Europe Theatre Prize The Europe Theatre Prize ''(Premio Europa per il Teatro)'' is an award of the European Commission for a personality who has "contributed to the realisation of cultural events that promote understanding and the exchange of knowledge between peo ...

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Golden Mask Award The Golden Mask (russian: Золотая Маска, ''zolotaya maska'') is a Russian theatre festival and the National Theatre Award established in 1994 by the Theatre Union of Russia. The award is given to productions in all genres of theatre ar ...

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Irish Times Theatre Awards The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards recognise outstanding achievements in Irish theatre. History The awards were founded in 1997 by ''The Irish Times''. Awards were established in numerous categories, ranging from design, to acting, to overall ...

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) * Ikar Awards (

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) * Tor Vergata Award (

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) * Lithuanian stage golden cross (Lithuania)

Oceania

Australia

* Helpmann Awards (Australia) *

Green Room Awards The Green Room Awards are peer awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, drama, fringe theatre, musical theatre and opera in Melbourne. The awards were started in 1982 when Blair Edgar and Steven Tandy formed the Green Room Awards A ...

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Matilda Awards The Matilda Awards are awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, theatre, and performance in southeast Queensland. History Established in 1987 by Alison Cotes and Sue Gough, the awards are an annual event held in February or March. ...

(Brisbane, Australia) * Sydney Theatre Awards (Sydney, Australia)

New Zealand

* Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards (Wellington) * Ngā Whakarākei O Whātaitai / Wellington Theatre Awards (Wellington) * Dunedin Theatre Awards (Dunedin)

Africa

South Africa

* Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards (

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Naledi Theatre Awards The Naledi Theatre Awards are annual South African national theatre awards held in Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gaut ...

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Asia

India

Nataka Kalasarathy Nataka Kalasarathy ( ta, நாடக கலாசாரதி), is the title awarded annually by Parthasarathy Swami Sabha to a dramatist. It confers a shawl, a citation, a medallion with a cash purse of Rs. 5,000 Recipients *2002 Sudharani Ragh ...

* Sangeet Natak Academy Award (

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) * Yuwaraj of Theatre Awards,

Malaysia

* Boh Cameronian Awards presented by Swatantra Theatre, India

References

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