Regional Theatre Tony Award

Regional Theatre Tony Award
Awarded for Regional Theatre Tony Award
Location United States New York City
Country United States of America
Presented by American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey (2016)
Official website TonyAwards.com

The Regional Theatre Tony Award is a special non-competitive Tony Award given annually to a regional theatre company in the United States.

Background

Initially presented in 1948 to Robert Porterfield of the Virginia Barter Theatre for their Contribution To Development Of Regional Theatre,[1] the Regional Theatre awards were next presented starting in 1976.[2] The award is "based on a recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association", and includes a grant of $25,000.[3] 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."[2] 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."[4]

Award winners

1970s

Year Theatre City State Notes
1976
30th Tony Awards		 Arena Stage Washington D.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".[5]
1977
31st Tony Awards		 Mark Taper Forum Los Angeles California N/A
1978
32nd Tony Awards		 Long Wharf Theatre New Haven Connecticut N/A
1979
33rd Tony Awards		 American Conservatory Theater San Francisco California N/A

1980s

Year Theatre City State Notes
1980
34th Tony Awards		 Actors Theatre of Louisville Louisville Kentucky N/A
1981
35th Tony Awards		 Trinity Repertory Company Providence Rhode Island N/A
1982
36th Tony Awards		 Guthrie Theater Minneapolis Minnesota N/A
1983
37th Tony Awards		 Oregon Shakespeare Festival Ashland Oregon N/A
1984
38th Tony Awards		 Old Globe Theatre San Diego California N/A
1985
39th Tony Awards		 Steppenwolf Theatre Company Chicago Illinois N/A
1986
40th Tony Awards		 American Repertory Theater Cambridge Massachusetts N/A
1987
41st Tony Awards		 San Francisco Mime Troupe San Francisco California N/A
1988
42nd Tony Awards		 South Coast Repertory Costa Mesa California N/A
1989
43rd Tony Awards		 Hartford Stage Hartford Connecticut N/A

1990s

Year Theatre City State Notes
1990
44th Tony Awards		 Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle Washington N/A
1991
45th Tony Awards		 Yale Repertory Theatre New Haven Connecticut N/A
1992
46th Tony Awards		 Goodman Theatre Chicago Illinois N/A
1993
47th Tony Awards		 La Jolla Playhouse San Diego California N/A
1994
48th Tony Awards		 McCarter Theatre Princeton New Jersey N/A
1995
49th Tony Awards		 Goodspeed Opera House East Haddam Connecticut N/A
1996
50th Tony Awards		 Alley Theatre Houston Texas N/A
1997
51st Tony Awards		 Berkeley Repertory Theatre Berkeley California N/A
1998
52nd Tony Awards		 Denver Center Theatre Company Denver Colorado N/A
1999
53rd Tony Awards		 Crossroads Theatre New Brunswick New Jersey N/A

2000s

Year Theatre City State Notes
2000
54th Tony Awards		 Utah Shakespearean Festival Cedar City Utah N/A
2001
55th Tony Awards		 Victory Gardens Theater Chicago Illinois N/A
2002
56th Tony Awards		 Williamstown Theatre Festival Williamstown Massachusetts N/A
2003
57th Tony Awards		 Children's Theatre Company Minneapolis Minnesota N/A
2004
58th Tony Awards		 Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Cincinnati Ohio N/A
2005
59th Tony Awards		 Theatre de la Jeune Lune Minneapolis Minnesota N/A
2006
60th Tony Awards		 Intiman Playhouse Seattle Washington N/A
2007
61st Tony Awards		 Alliance Theatre Atlanta Georgia N/A
2008
62nd Tony Awards		 Chicago Shakespeare Theater Chicago Illinois N/A
2009
63rd Tony Awards		 Signature Theatre Arlington County Virginia N/A

2010s

Year Theatre City State Notes
2010
64th Tony Awards		 Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Waterford Connecticut N/A
2011
65th Tony Awards		 Lookingglass Theatre Company Chicago Illinois N/A
2012
66th Tony Awards		 Shakespeare Theatre Company Washington D.C. N/A
2013
67th Tony Awards		 Huntington Theatre Company Boston Massachusetts [6]
2014
68th Tony Awards		 Signature Theatre Company New York City New York This is the first Manhattan-based theatre company to receive the award.[7]
2015
69th Tony Awards		 Cleveland Play House Cleveland Ohio N/A
2016
70th Tony Awards		 Paper Mill Playhouse Millburn New Jersey [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tony Awards, 1948" broadwayworld.com, accessed April 9, 2011
  2. 1 2 "Tony Award history" americantheatrecritics.org, accessed April 10, 2011
  3. ↑ FAQ-How is the award for regional theatre determined?" tonyawards.com, accessed April 10, 2011
  4. ↑ Gans, Andrew. New York Theatres Are Now Eligible to Receive Regional Theatre Tony Award" Playbill, June 13, 2013
  5. ↑ "Tony Awards, 1976" broadwayworld.com, accessed April 9, 2011
  6. ↑ "Huntington Theatre Company wins Tony for regional theater" bostonglobe.com, accessed April 29, 2013
  7. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "New York's Signature Theatre Will Receive 2014 Regional Theatre Tony Award" playbill.com, April 28, 2014
  8. ↑ "Paper Mill Playhouse Named Recipient of Regional Theatre Tony Award | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
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