AUDELCO

AUDELCO, the Audience Development Committee, Inc., was established in 1973 by Vivian Robinson to honor excellence in African American theatre in New York City.

AUDELCO presents the Vivian Robinson/AUDELCO Recognition Awards (also known as Viv awards) annually. The awards were created to promote "recognition, understanding, and awareness of the arts in the African-American community."

The AUDELCO awards recognize the following Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway:

  • Productions by African-American companies
  • Productions written and/or directed by African-Americans
  • African-American actors in productions

Description

AUDELCO has an office in Harlem, and the current president is Jacqueline Jeffries.[1] The board of directors includes: Tony Peterson (2nd Vice-President), Ralph Carter (3rd Vice-President), Linda Armstrong (secretary), and Cherine Anderson, A. Curtis Farrow, Bambi Jones, Donna M. Mills, Mary Seymour, Dale Ricardo Shields, Terrence Spivey, and Mary B. Davis as the Chair Emeritus.[2] The organization has thousands of members, a newsletter, and an African-American theater collection including books, photographs, slides, and scripts, as well as an extensive clippings on file of African-American theatre.[3]

History

A year after its founding, the Awards were designated to more specific roles in the design and production of shows such as scenic, lighting, and costume design, choreography, acting, and directing. In 1975, the Awards moved to focus on accomplishments made in particular productions. Three years later, in 1978, the rules to be nominated for an AUDELCO Award became more concrete.[3]

The AUDELCO awards recognize productions by professional, not-for-profit theater organizations that have existed for at least two years and have had a minimum of 500 hours of rehearsal, performance, and/or training. Productions have to be performed over 12 times within the year (September 1 through August 31). Workshop productions and works-in-progress are not eligible for the awards.[3]

These guidelines are still followed today and those nominated for Awards are chosen by a committee. In order to qualify to be a committee member, one must see an average of 100 shows in a year. Once the committee is selected, only five nominations can be considered for each category of the Awards.[3]

AUDELCO typically hosts the award ceremony annually; however in 1996, there were no individual awards presented due to the founder Vivian Robinson passing away just a few months prior that September.[4]

Select Awards

Previous AUDELCO awardees include: Marsha Stephanie Blake, Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, George Faison, André Holland, Sanaa Lathan, Barbara Montgomery, Anika Noni Rose, André De Shields, Denzel Washington, and many others.[5]

AUDELCO Recognition Awards (1974)[3]
Name Category Year
Shirley Prendergast Lighting Design 1974
Joseph Gandy Scenic Design 1974
Judy Dearing Parks Costume Design 1974
Helaine Head Stage Management 1974
Aduke Aremu Producing 1974
Milo Timmons Choreography 1974
Howard Roberts Musical Direction 1974
Shauneille Perry Directing 1974
Richard Wesley Playwrighting 1974
Barbara Montgomery Acting 1974
Dick Anthony Williams Acting 1974
AUDELCO Recognition Awards (1975-1981, '83, '85, '87-'89, '95-'04, '06, '09-Present)[3][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Name Category Production Year
Sandra Ross Lighting Design Waiting for Mongo 1975
Joseph Gandy Scenic Design Cotillion 1975
Judy Dearing Parks Costume Design Black Picture Show, Taking of Miss Janie, and Cotillion 1975
Woodie King, Jr. Producing Cotillion 1975
Rod Rodgers Producer Prodigal Sister 1975
Bill Gunn Playwright Black Picture Show 1975
Robbie McCauley Supporting Actress Taking of Miss Janie 1975
Kirk Kirksey Supporting Actor Taking of Miss Janie 1975
Zaida Coles Lead Actress Cotillion 1975
Dick Anthony Williams Lead Actor Black Picture Show 1975
Sandra Ross Lighting Design Eden 1976
Joseph Gandy Scenic Design Fat Tuesday 1976
Woodie King, Jr. Producer for colored girls... 1976
Joseph Papp Producer for colored girls... 1976
Bolani Costume Design Soljourney into Truth 1976
Regge Life Director Hail, Hail the Gangs 1976
Deborah Allen Choreography Mondongo 1976
Ntozake Shange Playwright for colored girls... 1976
Barbara Montgomery Supporting Actress Eden 1976
Lou Meyers Supporting Actor Fat Tuesday 1976
Trazana Beverly Lead Actress for colored girls... 1976
Graham Brown Lead Actor Eden 1976
Shirley Prendergast Lighting Design Unfinished Women... 1977
Tim Phillips Scenic Design Winti Train 1977
Edna Watson Costume Design Macbeth 1977
Bill Duke Director Unfinished Women... 1977
Talley Beatty Choreography Alice 1977
Richard Wesley Playwright The Last Street Play 1977
Rosanna Carter Supporting Actress Unfinished Women... 1977
Leonard Jackson Supporting Actor Macbeth 1977
Brenda Brown Lead Musical Actress Young, Gifted, & Broke 1977
Mikell Pinkney Lead Musical Actor Young, Gifted, & Broke 1977
Gloria Foster Lead Actress Agamemnon 1977
Richard Gant Lead Actor Soledad Tetrad 1977
Sandra Ross Lighting Design The Amen Corner 1978
Ronald Walker Scenic Design The River Niger 1978
Karen Perry Costume Design Birdland 1978
Richard Gant Play Director The Island 1978
Glenda Dickerson Musical Director Magic & Lions 1978
Otis A. Salid Choreography High John de Conquer 1978
Ivey McCray Playwright Run'ners 1978
Pamela Poitier Supporting Actress Run'ners 1978
Flo Wiley Supporting Actress Sandra Lane 1978
Charles Brown Supporting Actor Cockfight 1978
Suavae Mitchell Supporting Actor The River Niger 1978
Celestine DeSaussure Lead Musical Actress High John de Conquer 1978
Reginald VelJohnson Lead Musical Actor Birdland 1978
Marc Primus Musical Creator High John de Conquer 1978
Frances Foster Lead Actress Do Lord Remember Me 1978
Helmar Augustus Cooper Lead Actor The River Niger 1978
Tim Phillips Lighting Design Inacent Black and the Five Brothers 1979
Felix E. Cochren Scenic Design Inacent Black and the Five Brothers 1979
Felix E. Cochren Costume Design The Vampire and the Dentist 1979
Mikell Pinkney Play Director Inacent Black and the Five Brothers 1979
Mical Whitaker Musical Director Simply Heavenly 1979
Dianne McIntyre Choreography spell #7 1979
A. Marcus Hemphill Playwright Inacent Black and the Five Brothers 1979
Mary Alice Supporting Actress Second Thoughts 1979
Robert Christian Supporting Actor Coriolanus 1979
Noble Lee Lester Lead Musical Actor Simply Heavenly 1979
Grenoldo Frazier Musical Creator Them Niggars Went Thataway 1979
Warren Burdine Musical Creator Them Niggars Went Thataway 1979
Starletta DuPois Lead Actress Mary Goldstein and the Author 1979
Barbara Montgomery Lead Actress Nevis Mountain Dew 1979
Glynn Turman Lead Actor Raisin in the Sun 1979
Marvin Watkins Lighting Design On Midnight, Friday the 13th 1980
Roger Furman Scenic Design On Midnight, Friday the 13th 1980
Bernard Johnson Costume Design The More You Get The More You Want 1980
Dean Irby Play Director Home 1980
Ron Stacker Thompson Musical Director Dunbar 1980
Otis A. Salid Choreography The More You Get The More You Want 1980
Samm-Art Williams Playwright Home 1980
Brenda Denmark Supporting Actress Miss Ann Don't Cry No More 1980
Adolph Caesar Supporting Actor La Grima Del Diablo 1980
Dyane Harvey Lead Musical Actress Dunbar 1980
Jeffery V. Thompson Lead Musical Actor The More You Get The More You Want 1980
Ayanna Musical Creator Dunbar 1980
Ron Stacker Thompson Musical Creator Dunbar 1980
Quitman Fludd III Musical Creator Dunbar 1980
Lonnie Hewitt Musical Creator Dunbar 1980
Paul E. Smith Musical Creator Dunbar 1980
Gloria Foster Lead Actress Mother Courage and Her Children 1980
Clarence Williams III Lead Actor Suspenders 1980
Melody Beal Lighting Design Rashomon 1981
Robert Edmonds Scenic Design When the Chickens Come Home to Roost 1981
Judy Dearing Costume Design Steal Away 1981
Allie Woods Play Director When the Chickens Come Home to Roost 1981
Charles Turner Musical Director Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues 1981
Charles Moore Choreography Black Nativity 1981
Charles Fuller Playwright Zooman and the Sign 1981
Laurence Holder Playwright When the Chickens Come Home to Roost 1981
Carol Mitchell-Smith Supporting Actress One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 1981
Herb Downer Supporting Actor The Trial of Dr. Beck 1981
Ebony Jo-Ann Lead Musical Actress Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues 1981
Paul Carter Harrison Musical Creator Tabernacle 1981
Thom Foster Musical Creator Tabernacle 1981
Ernie McClintlock Musical Creator Tabernacle 1981
Phylicia Ayers-Allen Lead Actress Zora 1981
Denzel Washington Lead Actor When the Chickens Come Home to Roost 1981
Lee Chamberlin Lead Actress Hospice 1983
Timothy Simonson Lead Actor The Trial of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 1983
Ruth Brown Lead Musical Actress Champeen 1983
Sandra Reaves-Phillips Lead Musical Actress Champeen 1983
Melvin Van Peebles Musical Creator Champeen 1983
Melvin Van Peebles Musical Director Champeen 1983
Bruce Hawkins Lead Musical Actor Champeen 1983
Louis Johnson Choreography Champeen 1983
Pearl Cleage Playwright Hospice 1983
Frances Foster Play Director Hospice 1983
Bette Howard Play Director Parting 1983
Llewellyn Harrison Scenic Design Hospice 1983
Zebedee Collins Lighting Design Jesse and the Games 1983
Tim Phillips Lighting Design The Trials and Tribulations of Staggerlee Brown 1983
Garland Lee Thompson Jr. Sound Design Jesse and the Games 1983
Felix E. Cochren Costume Design The Trials and Tribulations of Staggerlee Brown 1983
P.J. Gibson Playwright Long Time Since Yesterday 1985
Bette Howard Play Director Long Time Since Yesterday 1985
Sheryle R. Jones Choreography Flat Street Sa'day Nite 1985
Lenga Tooks Musical Creator Flat Street Sa'day Nite 1985
Patricia A. Clement Lead Musical Actress Flat Street Sa'day Nite 1985
Steve Beckham Lead Musical Actor Flat Street Sa'day Nite 1985
Antonio Fargas Lead Actor Toussaint: Angel-Warrior in Haiti 1985
Anthony F. Chase Supporting Actor Toussaint: Angel-Warrior in Haiti 1985
Cherron Hoye Lead Actress Odessa 1985
Betty Vaughn Supporting Actress Odessa 1985
Shauneille Perry Musical Director Celebration 1985
Cheryl Hilliard-Hewitt Lead Musical Actress The Legacy 1987
Tunde Samuel Lead Musical Actor The Legacy 1987
David D. Wright Musical Director The Legacy 1987
Essene R Lead Actress Black Medea 1987
Mari Nobles Da Silva Choreography Black Medea 1987
Bonnie Devlin Musical Creator Black Medea 1987
A. Dean Irby Musical Director Boogie Woogie and Booker T 1987
LaTanya Richardson Supporting Actress Boogie Woogie and Booker T 1987
Judy Dearing Costume Design Boogie Woogie and Booker T 1987
Charles McClennahan Scenic Design Boogie Woogie and Booker T 1987
George C. Wolfe Playwright The Colored Museum 1987
Dick Anthony Williams Lead Actor The Meeting 1987
Lee Chamberlain Musical Creator Struttin' 1988
Lee Chamberlain Musical Director Struttin' 1988
Jillian C. Hamilton Lead Musical Actress Struttin' 1988
Roumel Reaux Lead Musical Actor Struttin' 1988
Clarice Laverne Thompson Musical Director Crescent Tales 1988
Elmo Terry Morgan Play Director The Fruits of Miss Morning 1988
Donald Lee Taylor Lead Actor Boogie Woogie and Booker T 1988
Brenda Denmark Lead Actress From the Mississippi Delta 1988
LaTanya Richardson Lead Actress From the Mississippi Delta 1988
Marsha Z. West Supporting Actress The Fruits of Miss Morning 1988
Maurice Carlton Supporting Actor Reunion in Bartersville 1988
M. Neema Barnette Play Director The Talented Tenth 1989
Richard Wesley Playwright The Talented Tenth 1989
Marie Thomas Lead Actress The Talented Tenth 1989
LaTanya Richardson Supporting Actress The Talented Tenth 1989
Elmo Terry Morgan Musical Creator Song of Sheba 1989
Clarice Laverne Thompson Musical Creator Song of Sheba 1989
Clarice Laverne Thompson Musical Director Song of Sheba 1989
Elmo Terry Morgan Musical Director Song of Sheba 1989
Anthony Cooper Lead Musical Actor Song of Sheba 1989
Johanna Daughtery Musical Performance Song of Sheba 1989
Judith Samuel Choreography Song of Sheba 1989
Melody Beal Lighting Design Song of Sheba 1989
Akili Prince Lead Actor The Forbidden City 1989
Frankie Faison Supporting Actor The Forbidden City 1989
Loren Sherman Scenic Design The Forbidden City 1989
Judy Dearing Costume Design The Forbidden City 1989
Janice Jenkins Solo Performance In Pursuit of Justice 1995
Bruce Edwin Jenkins Play Director In Pursuit of Justice 1995
George C. Wolfe Play Director Blade to the Heat 1995
Ntozake Shange Ensemble Director for colored girls... 1995
Herman Lavern Jones Musical Director Shoehorn! 1995
Marjorie Johnson Lead Actress M The Mandela Saga 1995
Paul Calderon Lead Actor Blade to the Heat 1995
Mickey Davidson Choreography for colored girls... 1995
Laurence Holder Playwright M The Mandela Saga 1995
Johnnie Mae Supporting Actress Why Old Ladies Cry at Weddings 1995
Chuck Patterson Supporting Actor Blade to the Heat 1995
Idris Ackamoor Lead Musical Actor Shoehorn! 1995
Craig Harris Musical Creator for colored girls 1995
Paul Gallo Lighting Design Blade to the Heat 1995
Riccardo Hernandez Scenic Design Blade to the Heat 1995
Ka-Ran Bridges Costume Design In Pursuit of Justice 1995
Geno Brantley Sound Design In Pursuit of Justice 1995
Dan Moses Schreier Sound Design Blade to the Heat 1995
Roger Guenveur Smith Solo Performance A Huey P. Newton Story 1997
Woodie King Jr. Musical Director A Trip to Nowhere 1997
Fulton Hodges Musical Director A Trip to Nowhere 1997
Janice Jenkins Lead Actress Bolt for the Blue 1998
Gregor Manns Lead Actor Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again 1998
Michael Broughton Solo Performance Jim Beckworth 1998
Jimmy Miller Musical Director Satan Never Sleeps 1998
Jerome Shavers Lead Musical Actor Satan Never Sleeps 1998
Adrianne Lenox Lead Musical Actress Dinah Was 1998
Sandra Reaves-Phillips Lead Musical Actress Rollin' on the T.O.B.A. 1998
Kimberly Purneli Supporting Actress Glady's Dilemma 1998
Fulton Hedges Supporting Actor Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again 1998
Lillie Marie Redwood Playwright Imperfection Flawed 1998
George Faison Choreography Dinah Was 1998
Ronald Wyche Musical Director Satan Never Sleeps 1998
Wynn Handman Ensemble Director Fly 1998
Gertrude Jeannette Play Director Bolt from the Blue 1998
David Wright Sound Design Fly 1998
Marcel Christian Costume Design Julius Caesar Set in Africa 1998
Steve Walker Scenic Design Bolt from the Blue 1998
Christophe Pierre Lighting Design Nzinga's Children 1998
Leslie Uggams Lead Actress The Old Settler 1999
Adam Wade Lead Actor Still Such a Thing as Love 1999
Vinie Burrows Solo Performance Rose McClendon: Harlem's Gift to Broadway 1999
Viola Davis Supporting Actress Everybody's Ruby 1999
Godfrey L. Simmons Supporting Actor The Old Settler 1999
Marcia L. Leslie Playwright The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae 1999
Paul Carter Harrison Play Director The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae 1999
Nik Chamberlin Sound Design The American Jesus Christ 1999
Helen L. Simmons Costume Design The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae 1999
Felix E. Cochren Scenic Design The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae 1999
Frances Aronson Lighting Design The Old Settler 1999
August Wilson Playwright Jitney 2000
Arthur French Supporting Actor Romeo and Juliet 2000
Phyllis Bash Supporting Actress Grace in the Light 2000
Roz Davis Lead Musical Actress Damn Yankees 2000
Robert Turner Lead Musical Actor Damn Yankees 2000
Fred Carl Musical Director The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin 2000
Kirsten Childs Musical Creator The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin 2000
Rome Neal Solo Performance Monk 2000
Arthur French Lead Actor Ceremonies in Dark Old Men 2000
Christine Campbell Lead Actress Indigo Blues 2000
Wendi Joy Franklin Lead Actress Grace in the Light 2000
Donald Holder Lighting Design Jitney 2000
Shirley Prendergast Lighting Design The Dance on Widow's Row 2000
David Gallo Scenic Design Jitney 2000
Susan Hilferty Costume Design Jitney 2000
Rob Milburn Sound Design Jitney 2000
Marion McClinton Play Director Jitney 2000
Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj Musical Director Damn Yankees 2000
George Faison Choreography for colored girls... 2000
Ah-Keisha McCants Rising Star Cafe Millennium 2000
Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj Musical Director Jamaica 2001
Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj Choreography Jamaica 2001
Charles Randolph-Wright Choreography Blue 2001
Al Freeman Jr. Supporting Actor Conflict of Interest 2001
Beatrice Winde Supporting Actress A Lesson Before Dying 2001
Aixa Kendricks Lead Musical Actress OYA 2001
Tobias Truvillan Lead Musical Actor OYA 2001
Vanessa A. Wright Musical Director OYA 2001
Stephanie Berry Solo Performance Shaneequa Chronicles 2001
Rubin Santiago Hudson Solo Performance Lackawanna Blues 2001
Willis Burks II Lead Actor Saint Lucy's Eyes 2001
Ruby Dee Lead Actress Saint Lucy's Eyes 2001
Michael Gilliam Lighting Design Blue 2001
Jane Reisman Lighting Design Saint Lucy's Eyes 2001
James Leonard Joy Scenic Design Blue 2001
Debra Bauer Costume Design Blue 2001
Kurt Eric Fischer Sound Design Blue 2001
Sheldon Epps Play Director Blue 2001
Chadwick Boseman Supporting Actor Urban Transitions: Loose Blossoms 2002
Mzuri Moyo[25] Solo Performance Fannie Lou Hammer Story 2002
Don Glenn[26] Playwright American King Umps 2002
Robert Perry Lighting Design Crowns 2003
ESosa Costume Design Crowns 2003
Regina Taylor Musical Director Crowns 2003
Linda Twine Musical Director Crowns 2003
Ronald K. Brown Choreography Crowns 2003
Viola Davis Lead Actress Intimate Apparel 2004
Lynda Gravatt Supporting Actress Intimate Apparel 2004
Lynn Nottage Playwright Intimate Apparel 2004
Catherine Zuber Costume Design Intimate Apparel 2004
Derek MeLane Scenic Design Intimate Apparel 2004
George C. Wolfe Musical Director Caroline, or Change 2004
Linda Twine Musical Director Caroline, or Change 2004
Tonya Pinkins Lead Musical Actress Caroline, or Change 2004
Chuck Cooper Lead Musical Actor Caroline, or Change 2004
Jan Weston Sound Design Caroline, or Change 2004
Andre De Shields Lead Actor Dream on Monkey Mountain 2004
Kim Sullivan Supporting Actor Dream on Monkey Mountain 2004
Aaron Black Lighting Design Dream on Monkey Mountain 2004
Dyane Harvey Choreography Great Men of Gospel 2004
Joyce Sylvester Play Director Freeda Peoples 2004
Sarah Jones Solo Performance Bridges and Tunnels 2004
Zora Jhade Howard Rising Star Trojan Women 2004
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Play Director Seven Guitars 2006
Charles Weldon Supporting Actor Seven Guitars 2006
Karen Perry Costume Design Seven Guitars 2006
Darron L. West Sound Design Seven Guitars 2006
Cassandra Medley Playwright Relativity 2006
Baraka De Soliel Choreography SANGO, Lord of Thunder 2006
Todd Davis Lead Actor Kingfish, Amos n' Andy 2006
Yaa Asantewe Lead Actress Otis and Zora 2006
Kevin Maynor Solo Performance Paul Robeson 2006
Marjorie Johnson Supporting Actress Hoodoo Love 2006
Harlan Penn Scenic Design Kingfish, Amos n' Andy 2006
AVAN Lighting Design Storm Stories 2006
Lynn Nottage Playwright Ruined 2009
Saidah Arrika Ekulona Lead Actress Ruined 2009
Quincy Tyler Bernstine Supporting Actress Ruined 2009
Russell G. Jones Supporting Actor Ruined 2009
Paul Tazewell Costume Design Ruined 2009
Derek McLane Scenic Design Ruined 2009
André De Shields Lead Musical Actor Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe 2009
Kim Brockington Lead Musical Actress Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe 2009
Kelvyn Bell Musical Director Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe 2009
Marion McClinton Play Director Pure Confidence 2009
Gavin Lawrence Lead Actor Pure Confidence 2009
Khalil Ashanti Solo Performance Basic Training 2009
Andrew C. Mayer Sound Design Pure Confidence 2009
Matthew Frey Lighting Design Zooman and the Sign 2009
James Carter Lighting Design Pecong 2010
Patrice Davidson Scenic Design What Would Jesus Do? 2010
David Withrow Costume Design Pecong 2010
David D. Wright Sound Design Oshun 2010
Imani Play Director Dr. May Edward Chinn 2010
Akin Babatunde Musical Director Blind Lemon Blues 2010
Byron Easley Choreography Langston in Harlem 2010
Yvette Heyliger Playwright What Would Jesus Do? 2010
Johnnie Mae Supporting Actress What Would Jesus Do? 2010
Jamil A.C. Mangan Supporting Actor What Would Jesus Do? 2010
Glenn Turner Lead Musical Actor Langston in Harlem 2010
Kenita Miller Lead Musical Actress Langston in Harlem 2010
Daniel Beaty Solo Performance Through the Night 2010
Jerome Preston Bates Lead Actor What Would Jesus Do? 2010
Yvonne Farrow Lead Actress What Would Jesus Do? 2010
André De Shields Lead Actor Knock Me A Kiss 2011
Marie Thomas Supporting Actress Knock Me A Kiss 2011
Charles Smith Playwright Knock Me A Kiss 2011
Chuck Smith Play Director Knock Me A Kiss 2011
Shirley Prendergast Lighting Design Knock Me A Kiss 2011
Ali Turns Costume Design Knock Me A Kiss 2011
Anthony Davis Scenic Design Knock Me A Kiss 2011
Bill Toles Sound Design Knock Me A Kiss 2011
Tracy Jack Choreography It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues 2011
Lee Kirk Musical Director The Widow and Miss Mamie 2011
Stephanie Berry Solo Performance The Shaneequa Chronicles 2011
Ron Granger Musical Director The Widow and Miss Mamie 2011
Toni Seawright Lead Musical Actress The Widow and Miss Mamie 2011
Tommi Thompson Lead Musical Actor The Widow and Miss Mamie 2011
André Holland Supporting Actor The Whipping Man 2011
Kimberlee Monroe Lead Actress Nobody Knew Where They Was 2011
Sanaa Latham Lead Actress By the Way, Meet Vera Stark 2011
Eden Sanaa Duncan Smith Rising Star Fences; Lion King 2011
Jeffrey Sweet Playwright Court-Martial at Fort Devens 2012
Mary Beth Easley Play Director Court-Martial at Fort Devens 2012
Mark Bruckner Sound Design Court-Martial at Fort Devens 2012
Ali Turns Costume Design Court-Martial at Fort Devens 2012
Michael Walsh Musical Director Sally and Tom: The American Way 2012
Brian D. Hills Lead Musical Actor Sally and Tom: The American Way 2012
Ava Jenkins Lead Musical Actress Sally and Tom: The American Way 2012
Gabrielle L. Kurlander Musical Director Sally and Tom: The American Way 2012
Johnnie Mae Lead Actress Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2012
Reginald L. Wilson Lead Actor Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2012
Peter Jay Fernandez Supporting Actor Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2012
Thurston Reyes Lighting Design Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 2012
Kimberlee Monroe Solo Performance Arye 2012
Marsha Stephanie Blake Supporting Actress Hurt Village 2012
David Gallo Scenic Design Hurt Village 2012
Lainie Munro Choreography Sweet Charity 2012
Rui Rita Lighting Design The Piano Lesson 2013
Michael Carnahan Scenic Design The Piano Lesson 2013
Karen Perry Costume Design The Piano Lesson 2013
David D. Wright Sound Design The Importance of Being Earnest 2013
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Play Director The Piano Lesson 2013
Keith Lee Grant Musical Director Dreamgirls 2013
Mercedes Elington Choreography Storyville 2013
Colman Domingo Playwright Wild With Happy 2013
Chuck Cooper Supporting Actor The Piano Lesson 2013
Sharon Washington Supporting Actress Wild With Happy 2013
Dion Millington Lead Musical Actress Dreamgirls 2013
Michael Leonard Lead Musical Actor Storyville 2013
Ryan Touhey Musical Director Dreamgirls 2013
Jeannette Bayardelle Solo Performance Shida 2013
Brandon J. Dirden Lead Actor The Piano Lesson 2013
Rosalyn Coleman Lead Actress Breakfast with Mugabe 2013
Thom Weaver Lighting Design August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned 2014
Patrice Andrew Davidson Scenic Design Maid's Door 2014
Ali Turns Costume Design The Fabulous Miss Marie 2014
Jackie Alexander Play Director Maid's Door 2014
Cheryl L. Davis Playwright Maid's Door 2014
Nate James Supporting Actor Maid's Door 2014
Dee Bridgewater Lead Musical Actress Lady Day 2014
Derrick Baskin Lead Musical Actor Piece of My Heart 2014
Leslie Dockery Choreography Ugly Is A Hard Pill 2014
Roscoe Ormond Lead Actor The Fabulous Miss Marie 2014
Scottie Mills Lead Actress Maid's Door 2014
Helena D. Lewis Solo Performance Call Me Crazy 2014
Antoinette Tynes Lighting Design Dutchman 2015
Chris Cumberbatch Scenic Design Black Wall Street 2015
Emily Rebholz Costume Design Our Lady of Kibeho 2015
Matt Tierney Sound Design Our Lady of Kibeho 2015
Jo Bonney Play Director Father Come Home from the Wars 2015
Lawrence Floyd Musical Director Flambeaux 2015
Katori Hall Playwright Our Lady of Kibeho 2015
Kevin Mambo Supporting Actor Brothers From the Bottom 2015
Toccarra Cash Supporting Actress Brothers From the Bottom 2015
Althea Alexis Lead Musical Actress Flambeaux 2015
J. Bernard Calloway Lead Musical Actor Flambeaux 2015
Juson Williams Choreography Flambeaux 2015
Jeff Bolding Musical Director Flambeaux 2015
John Douglas Thompson Lead Actor Tamburlaine, Parts I and II 2015
S. Epatha Merkeson Lead Actress While I Yet Live 2015
Keith Hamilton Cobb Solo Performance American Moor 2015
Alan C. Edwards Lighting Design Macbeth 2016
G.W. Mercier Scenic Design Head of Passes 2016
Rachel Dozier-Ezell Costume Design Macbeth 2016
Obadiah Eaves Sound Design The Total Bent 2016
Sten Severson Sound Design The Total Bent 2016
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Play Director Skeleton Crew 2016
Jeff Calhoun Musical Director Maurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life 2016
Dominique Morisseau Playwright Skeleton Crew 2016
Kim Sullivan Supporting Actor The Piano Lesson 2016
Alana Arenas Supporting Actress Head of Passes 2016
Tina Fabrique Lead Musical Actress The First Noel 2016
Maurice Hines Lead Musical Actor Maurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life 2016
Maurice Hines Choreography Maurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life 2016
Reginald L. Wilson Solo Performance Sugar Ray 2016
Joe Morton Lead Actor Turn Me Loose 2016
Marjorie Johnson Lead Actress Dot 2016
Kate Bashore Lighting Design The Three Musketeers 2017
Christopher Swader Scenic Design The Three Musketeers 2017
Justin Swader Scenic Design The Three Musketeers 2017
Rachel Dozier-Ezell Costume Design The Three Musketeers 2017
Luqman Brown Sound Design The Three Musketeers 2017
Walter Dallas Play Director Autumn 2017
Robert O'Hara Musical Director Bella: An American Tall Tale 2017
Richard Wesley Playwright Autumn 2017
Count Stovall Supporting Actor Autumn 2017
Paulette Washington Supporting Actress Autumn 2017
NaTasha Yvette Williams Lead Musical Actress Bella: An American Tall Tale 2017
Norm Lewis Lead Musical Actor Sweeney Todd 2017
Darius Smith Musical Director Raisin 2017
Camille A. Brown Choreography Bella: An American Tall Tale 2017
Jerome Preston Bates Lead Actor Autumn 2017
Elizabeth Van Dyke Lead Actress Zora Neale Hurston 2017
Timothy Simonson Solo Performance Adam 2017
Adam Honore Lighting Design Carmen Jones 2018
Chris Cumberbatch Scenic Design Harriet's Return 2018
Ali Turns Costume Design A Soldier's Play 2018
Luqman Brown Sound Design The Peculiar Patriot 2018
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Play Director Paradise Blue 2018
Lee Summers Musical Director On Kentucky Avenue 2018
Dominique Morisseau Playwright Paradise Blue 2018
Gil Tucker Supporting Actor A Soldier's Play 2018
Joniece Abbott-Pratt Supporting Actress The House That Will Not Stand 2018
Ty Stephens Lead Musical Actor On Kentucky Avenue 2018
Anika Noni Rose Lead Musical Actress Carmen Jones 2018
Count Stovall Supporting Musical Actor On Kentucky Avenue 2018
Andricka Hall Supporting Musical Actress On Kentucky Avenue 2018
Shelton Becton Musical Director Carmen Jones 2018
Richard Cummings Jr. Musical Director On Kentucky Avenue 2018
Bill T. Jones Choreography Carmen Jones 2018
Sharon Washington Solo Performance Feeding the Dragon 2018
David Roberts Lead Actor The Black Babe Ruth 2018
Harriett D. Foy Lead Actress The House That Will Not Stand 2018
Antoinette Tynes Lighting Design Looking for Leroy 2019
Chris Cumberbatch Scenic Design Looking for Leroy 2019
Carolyn Adams Costume Design The Haunting of Lin Manuel Miranda 2019
Justin Ellington Sound Design Fireflies 2019
David Wright Sound Design The Savage Queen 2019
Petronia Paley Play Director Looking for Leroy 2019
Larry Muhammad Playwright Looking for Leroy 2019
Kenny Leon Musical Director Much Ado About Nothing 2019
Robert Turner Supporting Actor The Haunting of Lin Manuel Miranda 2019
Roz Fox Supporting Actress The Haunting of Lin Manuel Miranda 2019
Grantham Coleman Lead Musical Actor Much Ado About Nothing 2019
Danielle Brooks Lead Musical Actress Much Ado About Nothing 2019
LaChanze Lead Musical Actress The Secret Life of Bees 2019
Chuck Cooper Supporting Musical Actor Much Ado About Nothing 2019
Eisa Davis Supporting Musical Actress The Secret Life of Bees 2019
Jason Hart Musical Director The Secret Life of Bees 2019
Camille A. Brown Choreography Much Ado About Nothing 2019
Richarda Abrams Solo Performance First by Faith: The Life of Macy McLeod Bethune 2019
Keith Randolph Smith Lead Actor Lockdown 2019
Jessica Frances Dukes Lead Actress By the Way, Meet Vera Stark 2019
Alan C. Edwards Lighting Design The New Englanders 2020
Isabel Curley-Clay Scenic Design Reparations 2020
Moriah Curley-Clay Scenic Design Reparations 2020
Toni-Leslie James Costume Design For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf 2020
David D. Wright Sound Design Reparations 2020
Michele Shay Play Director Reparations 2020
Tai Thompson Musical Director The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker 2020
Leslie Dockery Choreography a photograph/lovers in motion 2020
Donja R. Love Playwright One in Two 2020
Benjamin Mapp Supporting Actor Leaving the Blues 2020
Lisa Arrindell Supporting Actress Reparations 2020
Joshua Henry Lead Musical Actor The Wrong Man 2020
Iris Beaumier Lead Musical Actress The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker 2020
James A. Pierce III Supporting Musical Actor The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker 2020
Mario E. Sprouse Musical Director The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker 2020
Martha Redbone Musical Composer For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf 2020
Douglas Wade Solo Performance Thurgood 2020
Kamal Bolden Lead Actor Reparations 2020
Teagle F. Bougere Lead Actor The New Englanders 2020
Rosalind Brown Lead Actress Leaving the Blues 2020
Liza Colon-Zayaz Lead Actress Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven 2020
The Production of the Year AUDELCO Awards (1975-1981, '83, '85, '87-'89, '95-'01, '03-'04, '06, '09-Present)[3][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Production Category Year
Black Picture Show Best Play 1975
Eden Best Play 1976
Young, Gifted, & Broke Best Musical 1977
The Last Street Play Best Play 1977
Unfinished Women... Best Play 1977
High John de Conquer Best Musical 1978
The River Niger Best Play 1978
Them Niggars Went Thataway Best Musical 1979
Inacent Black and the Five Brothers Best Play 1979
Dunbar Best Musical 1980
Home Best Play 1980
When the Chickens Come Home to Roost Best Play 1981
Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues Best Musical 1981
Hospice Best Play 1983
Champeen Best Musical 1983
Long Time Since Yesterday Best Play 1985
Flat Street Sa'day Nite Best Musical 1985
The Legacy Best Musical 1987
Black Medea Best Play 1987
Struttin' Best Musical 1988
The Fruits of Miss Morning Best Play 1988
The Talented Tenth Best Play 1989
Song of Sheba Best Musical 1989
Blade to the Heat Best Play 1995
Shoehorn! Best Musical 1995
for colored girls... Best Ensemble Production 1995
Joe Turner Has Come and Gone Best Play 1997
Bolt from the Blue Best Play 1998
Fly Best Ensemble Production 1998
Satan Never Sleeps Best Musical 1998
The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae Best Play 1999
The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae Best Ensemble Production 1999
Jitney Best Play 2000
Jitney Best Ensemble Production 2000
Damn Yankees Best Musical 2000
Blue Best Ensemble Production 2001
Blue Best Play 2001
OYA Best Musical 2001
Crowns Best Musical 2003
Crowns Best Ensemble Production 2003
Intimate Apparel Best Play 2004
Caroline, or Change Best Musical 2004
Great Men of Gospel Best Ensemble Production 2004
Seven Guitars Best Play 2006
Real Black Men Don't Sit Cross-Legged Best Ensemble Production 2006
Ruined Best Play 2009
Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe Best Musical 2009
Zooman and the Sign Best Play Revival 2009
Home Best Ensemble Production 2009
What Would Jesus Do? Best Play 2010
Langston in Harlem Best Musical 2010
August Wilson's Women Best Ensemble Production 2010
Pecong Best Play Revival 2010
Knock Me A Kiss Best Play 2011
The Widow and Miss Mamie Best Musical 2011
Ain't Nothin' But the Blues Best Musical 2011
Court-Martial at Fort Devens Best Ensemble Production 2012
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Best Revival 2012
Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale Best Ensemble Production 2012
Sally and Tom: The American Way Best Musical 2012
Dreamgirls Best Musical 2013
Choir Boy Best Ensemble Production 2013
Wild With Happy Best Play 2013
The Piano Lesson Best Revival 2013
The Old Settler Best Revival 2014
Sassy Mamas Best Ensemble Production 2014
Maid's Door Best Play 2014
Ain't Misbehavin' Best Revival 2015
Fences Best Revival 2015
Carnaval Best Ensemble Production 2015
Our Lady of Kibeho Best Play 2015
Flambeaux Best Musical 2015
Dead and Breathing Best Ensemble Production 2016
In White America Best Revival 2016
Maurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life Best Musical 2016
Skeleton Crew Best Play 2016
Daughters of the Mock Best Ensemble Production 2017
Autumn Best Play 2017
Bella: An American Tall Tale Best Musical 2017
Two Trains Running Best Revival 2017
Paradise Blue Best Ensemble Production 2018
Sugar in Our Woods Best Ensemble Production 2018
Carmen Jones Best Musical Revival 2018
A Soldier's Play Best Play Revival 2018
The Old Settler Best Play Revival 2018
On Kentucky Avenue Best Musical 2018
A Small Oak Tree Runs Red Best Play 2018
The House That Will Not Stand Best Play 2018
Looking for Leroy Best Ensemble Production 2019
Caroline, or Change Best Musical Revival 2019
Reunion in Bartersville Best Play Revival 2019
The Secret Life of Bees Best Musical 2019
Looking for Leroy Best Play 2019
Native Son Best Play 2019
The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker Best Musical 2020
One in Two Best Ensemble Production 2020
Sassy Mamas Best Ensemble Production 2020
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf Best Play Revival 2020
Reparations Best Play 2020

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