Signature Theatre Company (New York City) - Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition

Pulitzer Prize

• The Pulitzer Prize for Playwriting to Horton Foote for The Young Man from Atlanta (1995)

Obie Awards

• Romulus Linney, Sustained Achievement in Playwriting (1992)
• Edward Albee, Sustained Achievement in Playwriting (1994)
• Adrienne Kennedy, Best American New Plays: June and Jean in Concert and Sleep Deprivation Chamber (1996)
• Special Award to María Irene Fornés, Writing and Directing Letters from Cuba (2000)
• Edward Norton, performance in Burn This (2003)
• Lois Smith, performance in The Trip to Bountiful (2006)
• Sherie René Scott, performance in Landscape of the Body (2006)
• Roslyn Ruff, performance in Seven Guitars (2007)
• Lou Bellamy, performance in Two Trains Running (2007)
• Ron Cephas Jones, performance in Two Trains Running (2007)
• Kate Mulgrew, performance in Iphigenia 2.0 (2008)
• Veanne Cox, Sustained Excellence in Performance (2008)
• Jane Greenwood, Sustained Excellence in Costume Design (2008)
• Adrienne Kennedy, Lifetime Achievement Award (2008)

Drama Desk Awards

• Honorary Award to Signature "For its unique concept that annually serves one playwright -- and many more audiences" (1996)
• Lifetime Achievement in Theatre Award, Arthur Miller (1997)
• Best Actress, Hallie Foote for her roles in the Horton Foote plays at Signature Theatre Company (1994–95)
• Outstanding Actress in a Play, Lois Smith, The Trip to Bountiful (2006)
• Lifetime Achievement in Theatre Award, Horton Foote (2006)

Lucille Lortel Awards

• Special Award, Horton Foote for an Individual Body of Work (1995)
• Special Award, Signature Theatre Company for an Institutional Body of Work (1995)
• Outstanding Revival, Fifth of July (2003)
• Outstanding Revival, The Trip to Bountiful (2006)
• Outstanding Director, Harris Yulin, The Trip to Bountiful (2006)
• Outstanding Lead Actress, Lois Smith, The Trip to Bountiful (2006)
• Outstanding Featured Actress, Hallie Foote, The Trip to Bountiful (2006)
• Outstanding Featured Actress, Sherie Rene Scott, Landscape of the Body (2007)
• Outstanding Featured Actor, Arthur French, Two Trains Running (2007)
• Outstanding Revival, Two Trains Running (2007)
• Outstanding Choreographer, Peter Pucci, Queens Boulevard (The Musical) (2008)

Outer Critics Circle Award

• Special Achievement Award, Horton Foote plays
• Outstanding Actress in a Play, Lois Smith, The Trip to Bountiful (2006)

AUDELCO Awards

• Best Supporting Actress, Beatrice Winde, A Lesson Before Dying (2000)
• Best Dramatic Production, Seven Guitars (2006)
• Best Direction, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Seven Guitars (2006)
• Best Supporting Actor, Charles Weldon, Seven Guitars (2006)
• Best Sound Design, Darron L. West, Seven Guitars (2006)
• Best Set Design, David Gallo, King Hedley II (2007)
• Best Lighting Design,Thom Weaver, King Hedley II (2007)
• Best Lead Actress, Lynda Gravatt, King Hedley II (2007)
• Best Supporting Actor, Lou Myers, King Hedley II (2007)
• Best Dramatic Production Award, The First Breeze of Summer (2008)
• Best Direction Award, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, The First Breeze of Summer (2008)
• Best Playwright Award, Leslie Lee, The First Breeze of Summer (2008)
• Best Lead Actress Award, Leslie Uggams, The First Breeze of Summer (2008)
• Best Supporting Actress Award, Yaya DaCosta, The First Breeze of Summer (2008)
• Best Supporting Actor Award, John Earl Jelks, The First Breeze of Summer (2008)
• Best Lighting Design Award, Marcus Doshi, The First Breeze of Summer (2008)
• Best Set Design Award, Michael Carnahan, The First Breeze of Summer (2008)
• Best Costume Design Award, Karen Perry, The First Breeze of Summer (2008)

Special Awards & Recognition

• Time Magazine, Play of the Year: Two Rooms by Lee Blessing (1993)
• NAAP Gradiva Award for Best Play: When the World Was Green (A Chef's Fable) by Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin (1997)
• Margo Jones Medal: James Houghton (1998)
• PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Award for Drama: John Guare (1998)
• The National Theatre Conference Outstanding Achievement Award (2003)
• Time Out Magazine, Top Ten Productions: Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson (2003)