Awards
The Ford Foundation selected the Center as one of 28 national organizations to be recognized for success in management and innovative programs. The Kresge Foundation awarded the Center three different grants to support its capital campaigns. The Center was also the only theater group chosen by the 1996 Olympics to participate in all four years of its arts festival program, garnering recognition from Newsweek as "one of the most exciting companies in American theater." In 2008, the education department of the Center received the Microsoft Education Award, as a Laureate of the 2008 Tech Museum Awards. The Center has been awarded the UNIMA Citation of Excellence, puppetry's highest award, 13 distinct times.
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