Awards & Honors
Photo by Bruce Silcox
Three decades of artistic excellence.
- Top Ten Actors of the Decade, Cast of the Brother/Sister Trilogy — Star Tribune
- Top Ten Plays of 2019, Blood Knot — Star Tribune
- Exceptional Overall Production, 2018 MN Theater Awards: ≈[almost equal to]
- Exceptional Ensemble Performance, 2018 MN Theater Awards: dat Black Mermaid Man Lady / The Show
- Exceptional Community Engagement, 2018 MN Theater Awards: Chicago Avenue Project
- Ivey Award Winner 2017, Performance, Nilaja Sun, Pike St.
- Ivey Award Winner 2017, Direction, Noel Raymond, The Children
- Faye Price and Noel Raymond named among 17 “Heroes of the Art Scene” — Star Tribune, 2014
- “Best Chemistry Between Actors,” Laura Esping & Aditi Kapil, in Gidion’s Knot — Lavender Magazine, 2014
- Top Five Best Plays of 2014, Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet — Lavender Magazine
- Top Ten Plays of 2014, Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet — Star Tribune
- Best Small Theater Venue of 2014 — Star Tribune
- Best Theater of 2013 — City Pages
- 2012 Sally Award Winner for Initiative
- Top Ten Plays of 2012, The Brothers Size — Star Tribune
- Top Ten Twin Cities Plays of 2012, Buzzer — Twin Cities Daily Planet and Star Tribune
- #1 Show of 2011, In the Red and Brown Water (co-production with The Mount Curve Company in the Dowling Studio of the Guthrie) — City Pages and Star Tribune
- Top Ten of 2011, The Pride — Lavender Magazine and Cherry and Spoon Blog
- Top Ten of 2010, Pa’s Hat — Star Tribune
- Ivey Award Winner 2009, Performance, Sonja Parks, No Child
- 2008 Non-Profit Mission Award for Anti-Racism Initiative, Breaking Ice
- #1 Show of 2008, Blackbird — City Pages
- Top Ten of 2008, Bulrusher — Lavender Magazine
- Top Ten of 2007, Home — Star Tribune
- Outstanding Direction 2007, Marion McClinton, Home — Star Tribune
- Best Theater for Drama 2006 — City Pages
- Best Small Theater 2004 — City Pages
- And more!