May 7 — The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today that, based on the recommendation of the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association, The Muny (or The Municipal Theatre Association of St. Louis) will be the recipient of the 2025 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The honor — recognizing...
Rob Ulin (he/him) COSTA MESA, Calif. – Rob Ulin has won the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association’s (ATCA) 2025 M. Elizabeth Osborn Award for his play Judgment Day. Given by ATCA in memory of critic, director, educator and new play advocate M. Elizabeth “Betty” Osborn (1941-1993), the prize recognizes the work of...
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (he/him) COSTA MESA, Calif. – Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has won the 2025 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award for his play Purpose. The Steinberg/ATCA Award, which carries a $25,000 cash prize, recognizes an outstanding script that premiered in a professional production outside of...
NEW YORK — The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) today announced six finalists for the 2025 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, recognizing the playwrights who produced the best scripts that premiered professionally outside of New York City in 2024. The top award, which carries...
Brittani Samuel Brittani Samuel, a freelance theater critic who writes for The New York Times, The Washington Post and Broadway News, and was the 2022 inaugural winner of ATCA's Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism, has been named winner of the 2023-24 George Jean...
NEW YORK -- The Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has announced the 2024 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees who will be recognized at the 60th annual ceremony on October 21, 2024 in New York. The 2024 Awards recognize artistry on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway stages for...
July 8, 2024 — The Theater Hall of Fame announced today the 2024 class of inductees. ATCA members join past Hall of Fame inductees to vote on these annual honors. The 2024 cohort includes actors Elizabeth Ashley, Boyd Gaines, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Donna Murphy; actor and...
May 22 — The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will be the recipient of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The honor will be presented at the 77th annual...
L-R Jennifer Blackmer, Steinberg/ATCA citation winner for I Carry Your Heart With Me; Jacob Janssen, artistic director, Third Avenue PlayWorks; Cameron Kelsall, co-chair, Steinberg/ATCA New Play committee; Jim Steinberg, Harold and Mimi Steinberg Trust; Lloyd Suh, Steinberg/ATCA winner for The Heart Sellers; Annika Perez-Krikorian, associate...
Jennifer Vosters (she/her) COSTA MESA, Calif. – Jennifer Vosters has won the American Theatre Critics Association’s (ATCA) 2023 M. Elizabeth Osborn Award for her play Songs Without Words. Given by ATCA in memory of critic, director, educator and new play advocate M. Elizabeth “Betty” Osborn (1941-1993), the prize recognizes the work...