Awards

Elliot Norton Awards
The Elliot Norton Awards are presented annually by The Boston Theater Critics Association to honor the outstanding productions, directors, designers, and performers that audiences have seen on Greater Boston stages throughout the year.

2022
Outstanding Performance by an Actor for a Large Theater
John Douglas Thompson as Prospero in The Tempest

2019
Outstanding Director, Large Theater
Bryn Boice for Universe Rushing Apart: Blue Kettle and Here We Go

2018
Outstanding Production, Large Theater
Beckett in Brief

Outstanding Actress, Large Theater
Gracyn Mix as Juliet in Romeo & Juliet

2016
Prize for Sustained Excellence
Steven Maler, Artistic Director

2012
Outstanding Production, Large Theater  
All’s Well That Ends Well 

2010
Outstanding Design, Large Company

The Comedy of Errors
Jon Savage (set design), David Israel Reynoso (costume design), Scott Pinkney (lighting design), David Wilson (sound design)

2009
Outstanding Actor, Large Company

Fred Sullivan, Jr., as Jaques As You Like It 

2007
Outstanding Actor Small/Midsize Company
Larry Coen as Biondello in The Taming of the Shrew

2002
Outstanding Production by a Small Resident Company

Twelfth Night 

Outstanding Set Design
Alexander Dodge, Twelfth Night

Outstanding Costume Design
Gail Astrid Buckley, Twelfth Night 

1997
Outstanding Director, Small Company

Steve Maler, A Midsummer Night’s Dream 


Featured Photo: The cast of Richard III, Shakespeare on the Common 2018-Photo by Evgenia Eliseeva

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