AUDELCO explained

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:

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.

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.

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.

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)!Name!Category!Year
Shirley PrendergastLighting Design1974
Joseph GandyScenic Design1974
Judy Dearing ParksCostume Design1974
Helaine HeadStage Management1974
Aduke AremuProducing1974
Milo TimmonsChoreography1974
Howard RobertsMusical Direction1974
Shauneille PerryDirecting1974
Richard WesleyPlaywrighting1974
Barbara MontgomeryActing1974
Dick Anthony WilliamsActing1974
AUDELCO Recognition Awards (1975-1981, '83, '85, '87-'89, '95-'04, '06, '09-Present)[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] !Name!Category!Production!Year
Sandra RossLighting DesignWaiting for Mongo1975
Joseph GandyScenic DesignCotillion1975
Judy Dearing ParksCostume DesignBlack Picture Show, Taking of Miss Janie, and Cotillion1975
Woodie King, Jr.ProducingCotillion1975
Rod RodgersProducerProdigal Sister1975
Bill GunnPlaywrightBlack Picture Show1975
Robbie McCauleySupporting ActressTaking of Miss Janie1975
Kirk KirkseySupporting ActorTaking of Miss Janie1975
Zaida ColesLead ActressCotillion1975
Dick Anthony WilliamsLead ActorBlack Picture Show1975
Sandra RossLighting DesignEden1976
Joseph GandyScenic DesignFat Tuesday1976
Producerfor colored girls...1976
Joseph PappProducerfor colored girls...1976
Bolani Costume DesignSoljourney into Truth1976
Regge LifeDirectorHail, Hail the Gangs1976
Deborah AllenChoreographyMondongo1976
Ntozake ShangePlaywrightfor colored girls...1976
Barbara MontgomerySupporting ActressEden1976
Lou MeyersSupporting ActorFat Tuesday1976
Trazana BeverlyLead Actressfor colored girls...1976
Graham BrownLead ActorEden1976
Lighting DesignUnfinished Women...1977
Tim Phillips Scenic DesignWinti Train1977
Edna WatsonCostume DesignMacbeth 1977
Bill DukeDirectorUnfinished Women...1977
Talley BeattyChoreographyAlice1977
Richard WesleyPlaywrightThe Last Street Play1977
Supporting ActressUnfinished Women...1977
Leonard Jackson Supporting ActorMacbeth1977
Brenda BrownLead Musical Actress Young, Gifted, & Broke1977
Mikell PinkneyLead Musical Actor Young, Gifted, & Broke1977
Gloria FosterLead ActressAgamemnon1977
Richard GantLead ActorSoledad Tetrad1977
Sandra RossLighting DesignThe Amen Corner1978
Ronald WalkerScenic DesignThe River Niger1978
Karen PerryCostume DesignBirdland1978
Richard GantPlay DirectorThe Island1978
Glenda DickersonMusical DirectorMagic & Lions1978
Otis A. Salid ChoreographyHigh John de Conquer1978
Ivey McCrayPlaywrightRun'ners1978
Pamela PoitierSupporting ActressRun'ners1978
Flo WileySupporting ActressSandra Lane1978
Charles BrownSupporting ActorCockfight1978
Suavae MitchellSupporting ActorThe River Niger1978
Celestine DeSaussureLead Musical Actress High John de Conquer1978
Reginald VelJohnsonLead Musical Actor Birdland1978
Marc PrimusMusical CreatorHigh John de Conquer1978
Frances FosterLead ActressDo Lord Remember Me1978
Helmar Augustus CooperLead ActorThe River Niger1978
Tim PhillipsLighting DesignInacent Black and the Five Brothers1979
Felix E. CochrenScenic DesignInacent Black and the Five Brothers1979
Felix E. CochrenCostume DesignThe Vampire and the Dentist1979
Mikell PinkneyPlay DirectorInacent Black and the Five Brothers1979
Mical WhitakerMusical DirectorSimply Heavenly1979
Dianne McIntyreChoreographyspell #71979
A. Marcus HemphillPlaywrightInacent Black and the Five Brothers1979
Mary AliceSupporting ActressSecond Thoughts1979
Robert ChristianSupporting ActorCoriolanus1979
Noble Lee LesterLead Musical Actor Simply Heavenly1979
Grenoldo FrazierMusical CreatorThem Niggars Went Thataway1979
Warren BurdineMusical CreatorThem Niggars Went Thataway1979
Starletta DuPoisLead ActressMary Goldstein and the Author1979
Barbara MontgomeryLead ActressNevis Mountain Dew1979
Glynn TurmanLead ActorRaisin in the Sun1979
Marvin WatkinsLighting DesignOn Midnight, Friday the 13th1980
Roger FurmanScenic DesignOn Midnight, Friday the 13th1980
Bernard JohnsonCostume DesignThe More You Get The More You Want1980
Dean IrbyPlay DirectorHome1980
Ron Stacker ThompsonMusical DirectorDunbar1980
Otis A. SalidChoreographyThe More You Get The More You Want1980
PlaywrightHome1980
Brenda DenmarkSupporting ActressMiss Ann Don't Cry No More1980
Adolph CaesarSupporting ActorLa Grima Del Diablo1980
Dyane HarveyLead Musical Actress Dunbar1980
Jeffery V. ThompsonLead Musical Actor The More You Get The More You Want1980
AyannaMusical CreatorDunbar1980
Ron Stacker ThompsonMusical CreatorDunbar1980
Quitman Fludd IIIMusical CreatorDunbar1980
Lonnie HewittMusical CreatorDunbar1980
Paul E. SmithMusical CreatorDunbar1980
Gloria FosterLead ActressMother Courage and Her Children1980
Clarence Williams IIILead ActorSuspenders1980
Melody BealLighting DesignRashomon1981
Robert EdmondsScenic DesignWhen the Chickens Come Home to Roost1981
Costume DesignSteal Away1981
Allie WoodsPlay DirectorWhen the Chickens Come Home to Roost1981
Charles TurnerMusical DirectorBessie Smith, Empress of the Blues1981
Charles MooreChoreographyBlack Nativity1981
Charles FullerPlaywrightZooman and the Sign1981
Laurence HolderPlaywrightWhen the Chickens Come Home to Roost1981
Carol Mitchell-SmithSupporting ActressOne Monkey Don't Stop No Show1981
Herb DownerSupporting ActorThe Trial of Dr. Beck1981
Ebony Jo-AnnLead Musical ActressBessie Smith, Empress of the Blues1981
Paul Carter HarrisonMusical CreatorTabernacle1981
Thom FosterMusical CreatorTabernacle1981
Ernie McClintlockMusical CreatorTabernacle1981
Phylicia Ayers-AllenLead ActressZora1981
Denzel WashingtonLead ActorWhen the Chickens Come Home to Roost1981
Lee ChamberlinLead ActressHospice1983
Timothy SimonsonLead ActorThe Trial of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.1983
Ruth BrownLead Musical ActressChampeen1983
Sandra Reaves-PhillipsLead Musical ActressChampeen1983
Melvin Van PeeblesMusical CreatorChampeen1983
Melvin Van PeeblesMusical DirectorChampeen1983
Bruce HawkinsLead Musical ActorChampeen1983
Louis JohnsonChoreographyChampeen1983
Pearl CleagePlaywrightHospice1983
Frances FosterPlay DirectorHospice1983
Bette HowardPlay DirectorParting1983
Llewellyn HarrisonScenic DesignHospice1983
Zebedee CollinsLighting DesignJesse and the Games1983
Tim PhillipsLighting DesignThe Trials and Tribulations of Staggerlee Brown1983
Garland Lee Thompson Jr.Sound DesignJesse and the Games1983
Felix E. CochrenCostume DesignThe Trials and Tribulations of Staggerlee Brown1983
P.J. GibsonPlaywrightLong Time Since Yesterday1985
Bette HowardPlay DirectorLong Time Since Yesterday1985
Sheryle R. JonesChoreographyFlat Street Sa'day Nite1985
Lenga TooksMusical CreatorFlat Street Sa'day Nite1985
Patricia A. ClementLead Musical ActressFlat Street Sa'day Nite1985
Steve BeckhamLead Musical ActorFlat Street Sa'day Nite1985
Antonio FargasLead ActorToussaint: Angel-Warrior in Haiti1985
Anthony F. ChaseSupporting ActorToussaint: Angel-Warrior in Haiti1985
Cherron HoyeLead ActressOdessa1985
Betty VaughnSupporting ActressOdessa1985
Shauneille PerryMusical DirectorCelebration1985
Cheryl Hilliard-HewittLead Musical ActressThe Legacy1987
Tunde SamuelLead Musical ActorThe Legacy1987
David D. WrightMusical DirectorThe Legacy1987
Essene RLead ActressBlack Medea1987
Mari Nobles Da SilvaChoreographyBlack Medea1987
Bonnie DevlinMusical CreatorBlack Medea1987
A. Dean IrbyMusical DirectorBoogie Woogie and Booker T1987
LaTanya RichardsonSupporting ActressBoogie Woogie and Booker T1987
Judy DearingCostume DesignBoogie Woogie and Booker T1987
Charles McClennahanScenic DesignBoogie Woogie and Booker T1987
George C. WolfePlaywrightThe Colored Museum1987
Dick Anthony WilliamsLead ActorThe Meeting1987
Lee ChamberlainMusical CreatorStruttin1988
Lee ChamberlainMusical DirectorStruttin1988
Jillian C. HamiltonLead Musical ActressStruttin1988
Roumel ReauxLead Musical ActorStruttin1988
Clarice Laverne ThompsonMusical DirectorCrescent Tales1988
Elmo Terry MorganPlay DirectorThe Fruits of Miss Morning1988
Donald Lee TaylorLead ActorBoogie Woogie and Booker T1988
Brenda DenmarkLead ActressFrom the Mississippi Delta1988
LaTanya RichardsonLead ActressFrom the Mississippi Delta1988
Marsha Z. WestSupporting ActressThe Fruits of Miss Morning1988
Maurice CarltonSupporting ActorReunion in Bartersville1988
M. Neema BarnettePlay DirectorThe Talented Tenth1989
Richard WesleyPlaywrightThe Talented Tenth1989
Marie ThomasLead ActressThe Talented Tenth1989
LaTanya RichardsonSupporting ActressThe Talented Tenth1989
Elmo Terry MorganMusical CreatorSong of Sheba1989
Clarice Laverne ThompsonMusical CreatorSong of Sheba1989
Clarice Laverne ThompsonMusical DirectorSong of Sheba1989
Elmo Terry MorganMusical DirectorSong of Sheba1989
Anthony CooperLead Musical ActorSong of Sheba1989
Johanna DaughteryMusical PerformanceSong of Sheba1989
Judith SamuelChoreographySong of Sheba1989
Melody BealLighting DesignSong of Sheba1989
Akili PrinceLead ActorThe Forbidden City1989
Frankie FaisonSupporting ActorThe Forbidden City1989
Loren ShermanScenic DesignThe Forbidden City1989
Judy DearingCostume DesignThe Forbidden City1989
Janice JenkinsSolo PerformanceIn Pursuit of Justice1995
Bruce Edwin JenkinsPlay DirectorIn Pursuit of Justice1995
George C. WolfePlay DirectorBlade to the Heat1995
Ntozake ShangeEnsemble Directorfor colored girls...1995
Herman Lavern JonesMusical DirectorShoehorn!1995
Marjorie JohnsonLead ActressM The Mandela Saga1995
Paul CalderonLead ActorBlade to the Heat1995
Mickey DavidsonChoreographyfor colored girls...1995
Laurence HolderPlaywrightM The Mandela Saga1995
Johnnie MaeSupporting ActressWhy Old Ladies Cry at Weddings1995
Chuck PattersonSupporting ActorBlade to the Heat1995
Idris AckamoorLead Musical ActorShoehorn!1995
Craig HarrisMusical Creatorfor colored girls1995
Paul GalloLighting DesignBlade to the Heat1995
Riccardo HernandezScenic DesignBlade to the Heat1995
Ka-Ran BridgesCostume DesignIn Pursuit of Justice1995
Geno BrantleySound DesignIn Pursuit of Justice1995
Dan Moses SchreierSound DesignBlade to the Heat1995
Roger Guenveur SmithSolo PerformanceA Huey P. Newton Story1997
Woodie King Jr.Musical DirectorA Trip to Nowhere1997
Fulton HodgesMusical DirectorA Trip to Nowhere1997
Janice JenkinsLead ActressBolt for the Blue1998
Gregor MannsLead ActorOur Husband Has Gone Mad Again1998
Michael BroughtonSolo PerformanceJim Beckworth1998
Jimmy MillerMusical DirectorSatan Never Sleeps1998
Jerome ShaversLead Musical ActorSatan Never Sleeps1998
Adrianne LenoxLead Musical ActressDinah Was1998
Sandra Reaves-PhillipsLead Musical ActressRollin' on the T.O.B.A.1998
Kimberly PurneliSupporting ActressGlady's Dilemma1998
Fulton HedgesSupporting ActorOur Husband Has Gone Mad Again1998
Lillie Marie RedwoodPlaywrightImperfection Flawed1998
George FaisonChoreographyDinah Was1998
Ronald WycheMusical DirectorSatan Never Sleeps1998
Wynn HandmanEnsemble DirectorFly1998
Gertrude JeannettePlay DirectorBolt from the Blue1998
David WrightSound DesignFly1998
Marcel ChristianCostume DesignJulius Caesar Set in Africa1998
Steve WalkerScenic DesignBolt from the Blue1998
Christophe PierreLighting DesignNzinga's Children1998
Leslie UggamsLead ActressThe Old Settler1999
Adam WadeLead ActorStill Such a Thing as Love1999
Vinie BurrowsSolo PerformanceRose McClendon: Harlem's Gift to Broadway1999
Viola DavisSupporting ActressEverybody's Ruby 1999
Godfrey L. SimmonsSupporting ActorThe Old Settler1999
Marcia L. LesliePlaywrightThe Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae1999
Paul Carter HarrisonPlay DirectorThe Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae1999
Nik ChamberlinSound DesignThe American Jesus Christ1999
Helen L. SimmonsCostume DesignThe Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae1999
Felix E. CochrenScenic DesignThe Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae1999
Frances AronsonLighting DesignThe Old Settler1999
August WilsonPlaywrightJitney2000
Arthur FrenchSupporting ActorRomeo and Juliet2000
Phyllis BashSupporting ActressGrace in the Light2000
Roz DavisLead Musical ActressDamn Yankees2000
Robert TurnerLead Musical ActorDamn Yankees2000
Fred CarlMusical DirectorThe Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin2000
Kirsten ChildsMusical CreatorThe Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin2000
Rome NealSolo PerformanceMonk2000
Arthur FrenchLead ActorCeremonies in Dark Old Men2000
Christine CampbellLead ActressIndigo Blues2000
Wendi Joy FranklinLead ActressGrace in the Light2000
Donald HolderLighting DesignJitney2000
Shirley PrendergastLighting DesignThe Dance on Widow's Row2000
David GalloScenic DesignJitney2000
Susan HilfertyCostume DesignJitney2000
Rob MilburnSound DesignJitney2000
Marion McClintonPlay DirectorJitney2000
Rajendra Ramoon MaharajMusical DirectorDamn Yankees2000
George FaisonChoreographyfor colored girls...2000
Ah-Keisha McCantsRising StarCafe Millennium2000
Rajendra Ramoon MaharajMusical DirectorJamaica2001
Rajendra Ramoon MaharajChoreographyJamaica2001
Charles Randolph-WrightChoreographyBlue2001
Al Freeman Jr.Supporting ActorConflict of Interest2001
Beatrice WindeSupporting ActressA Lesson Before Dying2001
Aixa KendricksLead Musical ActressOYA2001
Tobias TruvillanLead Musical ActorOYA2001
Vanessa A. WrightMusical DirectorOYA2001
Stephanie BerrySolo PerformanceShaneequa Chronicles2001
Rubin Santiago HudsonSolo PerformanceLackawanna Blues2001
Willis Burks IILead Actor Saint Lucy's Eyes2001
Ruby DeeLead ActressSaint Lucy's Eyes2001
Michael GilliamLighting DesignBlue2001
Jane ReismanLighting DesignSaint Lucy's Eyes2001
James Leonard JoyScenic DesignBlue2001
Debra BauerCostume DesignBlue2001
Kurt Eric FischerSound DesignBlue2001
Sheldon EppsPlay DirectorBlue2001
Chadwick BosemanSupporting ActorUrban Transitions: Loose Blossoms2002
Mzuri Moyo[25] Solo PerformanceFannie Lou Hammer Story2002
Don Glenn[26] PlaywrightAmerican King Umps2002
Robert PerryLighting DesignCrowns2003
ESosaCostume DesignCrowns2003
Regina TaylorMusical DirectorCrowns2003
Linda TwineMusical DirectorCrowns2003
Ronald K. BrownChoreographyCrowns2003
Viola DavisLead ActressIntimate Apparel2004
Lynda GravattSupporting ActressIntimate Apparel2004
Lynn NottagePlaywrightIntimate Apparel2004
Catherine ZuberCostume DesignIntimate Apparel2004
Derek MeLaneScenic DesignIntimate Apparel2004
George C. WolfeMusical DirectorCaroline, or Change2004
Linda TwineMusical DirectorCaroline, or Change2004
Tonya PinkinsLead Musical ActressCaroline, or Change2004
Chuck CooperLead Musical ActorCaroline, or Change2004
Jan WestonSound DesignCaroline, or Change2004
Andre De ShieldsLead ActorDream on Monkey Mountain2004
Kim SullivanSupporting ActorDream on Monkey Mountain2004
Aaron BlackLighting DesignDream on Monkey Mountain2004
Dyane HarveyChoreographyGreat Men of Gospel2004
Joyce SylvesterPlay DirectorFreeda Peoples2004
Sarah JonesSolo PerformanceBridges and Tunnels2004
Zora Jhade HowardRising StarTrojan Women2004
Ruben Santiago-HudsonPlay DirectorSeven Guitars2006
Charles WeldonSupporting ActorSeven Guitars2006
Karen PerryCostume DesignSeven Guitars2006
Darron L. WestSound DesignSeven Guitars2006
Cassandra MedleyPlaywrightRelativity2006
Baraka De SolielChoreographySANGO, Lord of Thunder2006
Todd DavisLead ActorKingfish, Amos n' Andy2006
Yaa AsanteweLead ActressOtis and Zora2006
Kevin MaynorSolo PerformancePaul Robeson2006
Supporting ActressHoodoo Love2006
Harlan PennScenic DesignKingfish, Amos n' Andy2006
AVANLighting DesignStorm Stories2006
Lynn NottagePlaywrightRuined2009
Saidah Arrika EkulonaLead ActressRuined2009
Quincy Tyler BernstineSupporting ActressRuined2009
Russell G. JonesSupporting ActorRuined2009
Paul TazewellCostume DesignRuined2009
Derek McLaneScenic DesignRuined2009
André De ShieldsLead Musical ActorArchbishop Supreme Tartuffe2009
Kim BrockingtonLead Musical ActressArchbishop Supreme Tartuffe2009
Kelvyn BellMusical DirectorArchbishop Supreme Tartuffe2009
Marion McClintonPlay DirectorPure Confidence2009
Gavin LawrenceLead ActorPure Confidence2009
Khalil AshantiSolo PerformanceBasic Training2009
Andrew C. MayerSound DesignPure Confidence2009
Matthew FreyLighting DesignZooman and the Sign2009
James CarterLighting DesignPecong2010
Patrice DavidsonScenic DesignWhat Would Jesus Do?2010
David WithrowCostume DesignPecong2010
David D. WrightSound DesignOshun2010
ImaniPlay DirectorDr. May Edward Chinn2010
Akin BabatundeMusical DirectorBlind Lemon Blues2010
Byron EasleyChoreographyLangston in Harlem2010
Yvette HeyligerPlaywrightWhat Would Jesus Do?2010
Johnnie MaeSupporting ActressWhat Would Jesus Do?2010
Jamil A.C. ManganSupporting ActorWhat Would Jesus Do?2010
Glenn TurnerLead Musical ActorLangston in Harlem2010
Kenita MillerLead Musical ActressLangston in Harlem2010
Daniel BeatySolo PerformanceThrough the Night2010
Jerome Preston BatesLead ActorWhat Would Jesus Do?2010
Yvonne FarrowLead ActressWhat Would Jesus Do?2010
André De ShieldsLead ActorKnock Me A Kiss2011
Marie ThomasSupporting ActressKnock Me A Kiss2011
Charles SmithPlaywrightKnock Me A Kiss2011
Chuck SmithPlay DirectorKnock Me A Kiss2011
Shirley PrendergastLighting DesignKnock Me A Kiss2011
Ali TurnsCostume DesignKnock Me A Kiss2011
Anthony DavisScenic DesignKnock Me A Kiss2011
Bill TolesSound DesignKnock Me A Kiss2011
Tracy JackChoreographyIt Ain't Nothin' But the Blues2011
Lee KirkMusical DirectorThe Widow and Miss Mamie2011
Stephanie Berry Solo PerformanceThe Shaneequa Chronicles2011
Ron GrangerMusical DirectorThe Widow and Miss Mamie2011
Toni SeawrightLead Musical ActressThe Widow and Miss Mamie2011
Tommi ThompsonLead Musical ActorThe Widow and Miss Mamie2011
André HollandSupporting ActorThe Whipping Man2011
Kimberlee MonroeLead ActressNobody Knew Where They Was2011
Sanaa LathamLead ActressBy the Way, Meet Vera Stark2011
Eden Sanaa Duncan SmithRising StarFences
Lion King
2011
Jeffrey SweetPlaywrightCourt-Martial at Fort Devens2012
Mary Beth EasleyPlay DirectorCourt-Martial at Fort Devens2012
Mark BrucknerSound DesignCourt-Martial at Fort Devens2012
Ali TurnsCostume DesignCourt-Martial at Fort Devens2012
Michael WalshMusical DirectorSally and Tom: The American Way2012
Brian D. HillsLead Musical ActorSally and Tom: The American Way2012
Ava JenkinsLead Musical ActressSally and Tom: The American Way2012
Gabrielle L. KurlanderMusical DirectorSally and Tom: The American Way2012
Johnnie MaeLead ActressMa Rainey's Black Bottom2012
Reginald L. WilsonLead ActorMa Rainey's Black Bottom2012
Peter Jay FernandezSupporting ActorMa Rainey's Black Bottom2012
Thurston ReyesLighting DesignMa Rainey's Black Bottom2012
Kimberlee MonroeSolo PerformanceArye2012
Marsha Stephanie BlakeSupporting ActressHurt Village2012
David GalloScenic DesignHurt Village2012
Lainie MunroChoreographySweet Charity2012
Rui RitaLighting DesignThe Piano Lesson2013
Michael CarnahanScenic DesignThe Piano Lesson2013
Karen PerryCostume DesignThe Piano Lesson2013
David D. WrightSound DesignThe Importance of Being Earnest 2013
Ruben Santiago-HudsonPlay DirectorThe Piano Lesson2013
Keith Lee GrantMusical DirectorDreamgirls2013
Mercedes ElingtonChoreographyStoryville2013
Colman DomingoPlaywright Wild With Happy2013
Chuck CooperSupporting ActorThe Piano Lesson2013
Sharon WashingtonSupporting ActressWild With Happy2013
Dion MillingtonLead Musical ActressDreamgirls2013
Michael LeonardLead Musical ActorStoryville2013
Ryan TouheyMusical DirectorDreamgirls2013
Jeannette BayardelleSolo PerformanceShida2013
Lead ActorThe Piano Lesson2013
Rosalyn ColemanLead ActressBreakfast with Mugabe2013
Thom WeaverLighting DesignAugust Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned2014
Patrice Andrew DavidsonScenic DesignMaid's Door2014
Ali TurnsCostume DesignThe Fabulous Miss Marie2014
Jackie AlexanderPlay DirectorMaid's Door2014
Cheryl L. DavisPlaywrightMaid's Door2014
Nate JamesSupporting ActorMaid's Door2014
Dee BridgewaterLead Musical ActressLady Day2014
Derrick BaskinLead Musical ActorPiece of My Heart2014
Leslie DockeryChoreographyUgly Is A Hard Pill2014
Roscoe OrmondLead ActorThe Fabulous Miss Marie2014
Scottie MillsLead ActressMaid's Door2014
Helena D. LewisSolo PerformanceCall Me Crazy2014
Antoinette TynesLighting DesignDutchman2015
Chris CumberbatchScenic DesignBlack Wall Street2015
Emily RebholzCostume DesignOur Lady of Kibeho2015
Matt TierneySound DesignOur Lady of Kibeho2015
Jo BonneyPlay DirectorFather Come Home from the Wars2015
Lawrence FloydMusical DirectorFlambeaux2015
Katori HallPlaywrightOur Lady of Kibeho2015
Kevin MamboSupporting ActorBrothers From the Bottom2015
Toccarra CashSupporting ActressBrothers From the Bottom2015
Althea AlexisLead Musical ActressFlambeaux2015
J. Bernard CallowayLead Musical ActorFlambeaux2015
Juson WilliamsChoreographyFlambeaux2015
Jeff BoldingMusical DirectorFlambeaux2015
John Douglas ThompsonLead ActorTamburlaine, Parts I and II2015
S. Epatha MerkesonLead ActressWhile I Yet Live2015
Keith Hamilton CobbSolo PerformanceAmerican Moor2015
Alan C. EdwardsLighting DesignMacbeth2016
G.W. MercierScenic DesignHead of Passes2016
Rachel Dozier-EzellCostume DesignMacbeth2016
Obadiah EavesSound DesignThe Total Bent2016
Sten SeversonSound DesignThe Total Bent2016
Ruben Santiago-HudsonPlay DirectorSkeleton Crew2016
Jeff CalhounMusical DirectorMaurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life2016
Dominique MorisseauPlaywrightSkeleton Crew2016
Kim Sullivan Supporting ActorThe Piano Lesson2016
Alana ArenasSupporting ActressHead of Passes2016
Tina FabriqueLead Musical ActressThe First Noel2016
Maurice HinesLead Musical ActorMaurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life2016
Maurice HinesChoreographyMaurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life2016
Reginald L. Wilson Solo PerformanceSugar Ray2016
Joe MortonLead ActorTurn Me Loose2016
Marjorie JohnsonLead ActressDot2016
Kate BashoreLighting DesignThe Three Musketeers2017
Christopher SwaderScenic DesignThe Three Musketeers2017
Justin SwaderScenic DesignThe Three Musketeers2017
Rachel Dozier-EzellCostume DesignThe Three Musketeers2017
Luqman BrownSound DesignThe Three Musketeers2017
Walter DallasPlay DirectorAutumn2017
Robert O'HaraMusical Director2017
Richard WesleyPlaywrightAutumn2017
Count StovallSupporting ActorAutumn2017
Paulette WashingtonSupporting ActressAutumn2017
NaTasha Yvette WilliamsLead Musical Actress2017
Norm LewisLead Musical ActorSweeney Todd2017
Darius SmithMusical DirectorRaisin2017
Camille A. BrownChoreography2017
Jerome Preston BatesLead ActorAutumn2017
Elizabeth Van DykeLead ActressZora Neale Hurston2017
Timothy SimonsonSolo PerformanceAdam2017
Adam HonoreLighting DesignCarmen Jones2018
Chris CumberbatchScenic DesignHarriet's Return2018
Ali TurnsCostume DesignA Soldier's Play2018
Luqman BrownSound DesignThe Peculiar Patriot2018
Ruben Santiago-HudsonPlay DirectorParadise Blue2018
Lee SummersMusical DirectorOn Kentucky Avenue2018
Dominique MorisseauPlaywrightParadise Blue2018
Gil TuckerSupporting ActorA Soldier's Play2018
Joniece Abbott-PrattSupporting ActressThe House That Will Not Stand2018
Ty StephensLead Musical ActorOn Kentucky Avenue2018
Anika Noni RoseLead Musical ActressCarmen Jones2018
Count StovallSupporting Musical ActorOn Kentucky Avenue2018
Andricka HallSupporting Musical ActressOn Kentucky Avenue2018
Shelton BectonMusical DirectorCarmen Jones2018
Richard Cummings Jr.Musical DirectorOn Kentucky Avenue2018
Bill T. JonesChoreographyCarmen Jones2018
Sharon Washington Solo PerformanceFeeding the Dragon2018
David RobertsLead ActorThe Black Babe Ruth 2018
Harriett D. FoyLead ActressThe House That Will Not Stand2018
Antoinette TynesLighting DesignLooking for Leroy2019
Chris Cumberbatch Scenic DesignLooking for Leroy 2019
Carolyn AdamsCostume DesignThe Haunting of Lin Manuel Miranda 2019
Justin EllingtonSound DesignFireflies 2019
David WrightSound DesignThe Savage Queen2019
Petronia PaleyPlay DirectorLooking for Leroy 2019
Larry MuhammadPlaywrightLooking for Leroy 2019
Kenny LeonMusical DirectorMuch Ado About Nothing2019
Robert TurnerSupporting ActorThe Haunting of Lin Manuel Miranda 2019
Roz FoxSupporting ActressThe Haunting of Lin Manuel Miranda 2019
Grantham ColemanLead Musical ActorMuch Ado About Nothing2019
Danielle BrooksLead Musical ActressMuch Ado About Nothing2019
LaChanzeLead Musical ActressThe Secret Life of Bees2019
Chuck CooperSupporting Musical ActorMuch Ado About Nothing2019
Eisa DavisSupporting Musical ActressThe Secret Life of Bees2019
Jason HartMusical DirectorThe Secret Life of Bees2019
Camille A. BrownChoreographyMuch Ado About Nothing2019
Richarda AbramsSolo PerformanceFirst by Faith: The Life of Macy McLeod Bethune2019
Keith Randolph SmithLead ActorLockdown2019
Jessica Frances DukesLead ActressBy the Way, Meet Vera Stark2019
Alan C. EdwardsLighting DesignThe New Englanders2020
Isabel Curley-ClayScenic DesignReparations2020
Moriah Curley-ClayScenic DesignReparations2020
Toni-Leslie JamesCostume DesignFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf2020
David D. WrightSound DesignReparations2020
Play DirectorReparations2020
Tai ThompsonMusical DirectorThe Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker2020
Leslie DockeryChoreographya photograph/lovers in motion2020
Donja R. LovePlaywrightOne in Two2020
Benjamin MappSupporting ActorLeaving the Blues2020
Lisa ArrindellSupporting ActressReparations2020
Joshua HenryLead Musical ActorThe Wrong Man2020
Iris BeaumierLead Musical ActressThe Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker2020
James A. Pierce IIISupporting Musical ActorThe Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker2020
Mario E. Sprouse Musical DirectorThe Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker2020
Martha RedboneMusical ComposerFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf2020
Douglas WadeSolo PerformanceThurgood2020
Kamal Bolden Lead ActorReparations2020
Teagle F. BougereLead ActorThe New Englanders2020
Rosalind BrownLead ActressLeaving the Blues2020
Liza Colon-ZayazLead ActressHalfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven2020
The Production of the Year AUDELCO Awards (1975-1981, '83, '85, '87-'89, '95-'01, '03-'04, '06, '09-Present)!Production!Category!Year
Black Picture ShowBest Play1975
EdenBest Play1976
Young, Gifted, & BrokeBest Musical1977
The Last Street PlayBest Play1977
Unfinished Women...Best Play1977
High John de ConquerBest Musical1978
The River NigerBest Play1978
Them Niggars Went ThatawayBest Musical1979
Inacent Black and the Five BrothersBest Play1979
DunbarBest Musical1980
HomeBest Play1980
When the Chickens Come Home to RoostBest Play1981
Bessie Smith, Empress of the BluesBest Musical1981
HospiceBest Play1983
ChampeenBest Musical1983
Long Time Since YesterdayBest Play1985
Flat Street Sa'day NiteBest Musical1985
The LegacyBest Musical1987
Black MedeaBest Play1987
StruttinBest Musical1988
The Fruits of Miss MorningBest Play1988
The Talented TenthBest Play1989
Song of ShebaBest Musical1989
Blade to the HeatBest Play1995
Shoehorn!Best Musical1995
for colored girls...Best Ensemble Production1995
Joe Turner Has Come and GoneBest Play1997
Bolt from the BlueBest Play1998
FlyBest Ensemble Production1998
Satan Never SleepsBest Musical1998
The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta MaeBest Play1999
The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta MaeBest Ensemble Production1999
JitneyBest Play2000
JitneyBest Ensemble Production2000
Damn YankeesBest Musical2000
BlueBest Ensemble Production2001
BlueBest Play2001
OYABest Musical2001
CrownsBest Musical2003
CrownsBest Ensemble Production2003
Intimate ApparelBest Play2004
Caroline, or ChangeBest Musical2004
Great Men of GospelBest Ensemble Production2004
Seven GuitarsBest Play2006
Real Black Men Don't Sit Cross-Legged Best Ensemble Production2006
RuinedBest Play2009
Archbishop Supreme TartuffeBest Musical2009
Zooman and the SignBest Play Revival2009
HomeBest Ensemble Production2009
What Would Jesus Do?Best Play2010
Langston in HarlemBest Musical2010
August Wilson's WomenBest Ensemble Production2010
PecongBest Play Revival2010
Knock Me A KissBest Play2011
The Widow and Miss MamieBest Musical2011
Ain't Nothin' But the BluesBest Musical2011
Court-Martial at Fort DevensBest Ensemble Production2012
Ma Rainey's Black BottomBest Revival2012
Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer WhaleBest Ensemble Production2012
Sally and Tom: The American WayBest Musical2012
DreamgirlsBest Musical2013
Choir BoyBest Ensemble Production2013
Wild With HappyBest Play2013
The Piano LessonBest Revival2013
The Old SettlerBest Revival2014
Sassy MamasBest Ensemble Production2014
Maid's DoorBest Play2014
Ain't Misbehavin'Best Revival2015
FencesBest Revival2015
CarnavalBest Ensemble Production2015
Our Lady of KibehoBest Play2015
FlambeauxBest Musical2015
Dead and BreathingBest Ensemble Production2016
In White AmericaBest Revival2016
Maurice Hines Tappin' Thru LifeBest Musical2016
Skeleton CrewBest Play2016
Daughters of the MockBest Ensemble Production2017
AutumnBest Play2017
Best Musical2017
Two Trains RunningBest Revival2017
Paradise BlueBest Ensemble Production2018
Sugar in Our WoodsBest Ensemble Production2018
Carmen JonesBest Musical Revival2018
A Soldier's PlayBest Play Revival2018
The Old SettlerBest Play Revival2018
On Kentucky AvenueBest Musical2018
A Small Oak Tree Runs Red Best Play2018
The House That Will Not StandBest Play2018
Looking for LeroyBest Ensemble Production2019
Caroline, or ChangeBest Musical Revival2019
Reunion in BartersvilleBest Play Revival2019
The Secret Life of BeesBest Musical2019
Looking for LeroyBest Play2019
Native SonBest Play2019
The Dark Star from Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine BakerBest Musical2020
One in TwoBest Ensemble Production2020
Sassy MamasBest Ensemble Production2020
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is EnufBest Play Revival2020
ReparationsBest Play2020

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Board of Directors Audience Development Committee, Inc.. www.audelco.org. 2016-11-01.
  3. Robinson. Vivian. 1983. The First Ten Years of AUDELCO. Black American Literature Forum. 17. 2. 79–81. 10.2307/2904584. 2904584 . 0148-6179.
  4. Gener, Randy. "The Theater Fan." The Village Voice, Dec 17 1996, p. 89. ProQuest. Web. 19 Nov. 2020 .
  5. Web site: Deep Azure. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200902094708/https://www.press.umich.edu/special/hiphop/deep_azure. September 2, 2020. 2020-09-02. University of Michigan Press. en.
  6. News: Fraser. C. Gerald. November 23, 1983. Black Theater Stars Given Awards. New York Times.
  7. News: Fraser. C. Gerald. November 20, 1985. Black Theater Awards Given. New York Times.
  8. News: Fraser. C. Gerald. November 26, 1988. Six Awards to 'Struttin'. New York Times.
  9. News: Fraser. C. Gerald. November 23, 1989. 'Talented Tenth' and 'Sheba' Dominate Theater Awards. The New York Times.
  10. News: Viagas. Robert. December 1, 1995. Audelco Award Winners. Playbill.
  11. News: Simonson. Robert. November 19, 1998. 1998 Audelco Awards, Honoring Black Theatre, Announced. Playbill.
  12. News: Lefkowitz. David. November 19, 1999. OOB's Safreeta Mae Wins Six Audelco Awards. Playbill.
  13. News: Lefkowitz. David. Hernandez. Ernio. November 21, 2000. Jitney Takes Eight AUDELCO Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre. Playbill.
  14. News: Reichheld. Chris. Luber. Steve. November 24, 2001. NYC's Harlem-Based Audelco Awards Turn Blue. Playbill.
  15. News: Armstrong. Linda. November 18, 2004. Honoring Black theatre: 32nd Annual AUDELCO Awards. The New York Amsterdam News.
  16. News: Armstrong. Linda. November 23, 2006. AUDELCOs honor the best in Black theatre. The New York Amsterdam News.
  17. News: Armstrong. Linda. November 29, 2012. Black theater saluted at 40th anniversary AUDELCO Awards. The New York Amsterdam News.
  18. Web site: 2011-11-16. Lia Chang: Knock Me a Kiss Sweeps Audelcos with 9 Wins Including Best Dramatic Play, André De Shields, Marie Thomas, Charles Smith and Chuck Smith. 2020-11-20. Backstage Pass with Lia Chang. en.
  19. Web site: 2009-11-19. Lia Chang: Classical Theatre of Harlem's Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe, MTC's Ruined, De Shields and Nottage Among 2009 Audelco Winners. 2020-11-20. Backstage Pass with Lia Chang. en.
  20. Web site: 2010-11-17. 'What Would Jesus Do' Tops Audelco Awards. 2020-11-20. www.backstage.com. en.
  21. Ards, Angela. "Theater in the Round." The Village Voice, Dec 09 1997, p. 107. ProQuest. Web. 19 Nov. 2020 .
  22. D.J.R. BRUCKNER. "The Stage: 'Memories,' A Comedy." New York Times (1923-Current file), Nov 26 1987, p. 1. ProQuest. Web. 19 Nov. 2020 .
  23. Web site: Crowns. 2020-11-20. www.iobdb.com.
  24. Web site: 2020 Winners and Honorees Audience Development Committee, Inc.. 2020-12-16. en.
  25. Web site: Release. Press. Riverside: Broadway Actress Brings Fannie Lou Hamer to Life in a One-Woman Performance. 2020-11-20. InlandEmpire.us. en-US.
  26. Web site: 2003-02-10. New York Arts Celebrate Black History. 2020-11-20. www.backstage.com. en.