Regional Theatre Tony Award

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Regional Theatre Tony Award
Awarded forRegional Theatre Tony Award
LocationUnited States New York City
Presented byAmerican Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held byTheatreWorks Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, California (2019)
WebsiteTonyAwards.com

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 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[]

1940s[]

Year Theatre City State Notes
1948
2nd Tony Awards 		Barter Theatre Abingdon Virginia [5]

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".[6]
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 [7]
2014
68th Tony Awards 		Signature Theatre Company New York City New York This is the first Manhattan-based theatre company to receive the award.[8]
2015
69th Tony Awards 		Cleveland Play House Cleveland Ohio N/A
2016
70th Tony Awards 		Paper Mill Playhouse Millburn New Jersey [9]
2017
71st Tony Awards 		Dallas Theater Center Dallas Texas [10]
2018
72nd Tony Awards 		La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club New York City New York N/A
2019
73rd Tony Awards 		TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Palo Alto California [11]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tony Awards, 1948" broadwayworld.com, accessed April 9, 2011
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ [https://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/pastwinners/tonys_results.html?lname=regional+theatre?, Tony Awards History - Search Past Winners, tonyawards.com, accessed 5 March 2019
  6. ^ "Tony Awards, 1976" broadwayworld.com, accessed April 9, 2011
  7. ^ "Huntington Theatre Company wins Tony for regional theater" bostonglobe.com, accessed April 29, 2013
  8. ^ Gans, Andrew. "New York's Signature Theatre Will Receive 2014 Regional Theatre Tony Award" playbill.com, April 28, 2014
  9. ^ "Paper Mill Playhouse Named Recipient of Regional Theatre Tony Award | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  10. ^ "Dallas Theater Center Receives the 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  11. ^ "TheatreWorks Silicon Valley to Receive 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-05-22.

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