May 19 — The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today that, based on the recommendation of the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association, American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin will be the recipient of the 2025 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The honor — recognizing a regional theater...
Zach Barr (they/them) COSTA MESA, Calif. – Playwright Zach Barr has won the 2026 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for their play The Pilon. The Steinberg/ATCA Award is given in partnership by the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust and the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association (ATCA). The...
Noa Gardner (he/him) COSTA MESA, Calif. – Noa Gardner has won the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association’s (ATCA) 2026 M. Elizabeth Osborn Award for his play The Staircase. 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...
NEW YORK — The American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association (ATCA) today announced six finalists for the 2026 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 2025. The top award, which carries...
[Text based on December 4, 2025 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article by ATCA member Chris Rawson. Hall of Fame history through the decades outlined here.] New inductees of the Theater Hall of Fame include [L-R]: Tom Viola, Kathleen Marshall, Richard Thomas, Kenny Leon, and Anne Bogart. (Photo by...
NEW YORK -- The Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has announced the 2025 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees who will be recognized at the 61th annual ceremony on October 20, 2025 in New York. The 2025 Awards recognize artistry on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway stages for...
July 15, 2025 — The Theater Hall of Fame announced today the 2025 class of inductees. ATCA members join past Hall of Fame inductees to vote on these annual honors. The 2025 cohort includes: mentor-playwright and co-founder of the SITI Company Anne Bogart, National Endowment for the...
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...