Since its founding, Signature Theatre, its productions and artists have received more than 100 awards. In 2014, Signature also became the first New York City theatre to receive the Regional Theater Tony Award.
2021
The Hot Wing King
Katori Hall - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2020
Confederates
Dominique Morisseau - Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist
Cambodian Rock Band
Francis Jue - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Off-Broadway Alliance Awards Nomination for Best New Musical
Mikhail Fiksel - Obie Award for Sound design
Joe Ngo - Obie Award for Performance
2019
Fires in the Mirror
Anna Deavere Smith - Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee
Octet
Adam Bashian, Kim Blanck, Starr Busby, Alex Gibson, Justin Gregory Lopez, J.D. Mollison, Margo Seibert, and Kuhoo Verma - Drama Desk Ensemble Award
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical
Annie Tippe - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director
Kuhoo Verma - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Dave Malloy - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Dave Malloy, Or Matias, and Hidenori Nakajo - Obie Award for Collaboration on Music and Sound
Fabulation, or the re-education of undine
Cherise Boothe and Heather Alicia Simms - Obie Awards for Performance
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Jessica Frances Dukes - AUDELCO Award for Lead Actress in a Play
Heather Alicia Simms - Obie Award for Performance
Boesman and Lena
Amith Chandrashaker - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
2018
Dominique Morisseau - MacArthur Foundation 'Genius' Fellowship
50/50 Applause Award for fair representation of female playwrights.
The Red Letter Plays: In the Blood
Louisa Thompson - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival
Sean Carvajal and Edi Gathegi - Drama Desk Special Award
Sean Carvajal - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor
Sean Carvajal and Edi Gathgi - Obie Award for Performance
David Caparelliotis and Lauren Port - Artios Award for Outstanding Casting, NY Drama
Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo: Homelife & The Zoo Story
Robert Sean Leonard - Obie Award for Performance
Paradise Blue
Simone Missick - 2019 World Theater Award
Dominique Morisseau - Audelco Award for Best Playwright
Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Audelco Award for Best Director
Audelco Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance
2017
James Houghton - Off Broadway Alliance Hall of Fame Award
Annie Baker - MacArthur Foundation 'Genius' Fellowship
Lila Neugebauer - Sam Norkin Drama Desk Award
50/50 Applause Award for fair representation of female playwrights.
The Death of the last black man in the whole entire world aka the negro book of the dead
Lileana Blain-Cruz - Obie Award for Directing
Riccardo Hernandez - Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Set Design
SIGNATURE PLAYS
Mark Barton - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
2016
James Houghton - Lucille Lortel Lifetime Achievement Award, Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins - MacArthur Foundation 'Genius' Fellowship
A.R. Gurney - Obie Lifetime Achievement Award
Rachel Hauck - Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Set Design
Bray Poor - Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Sound Design
Kaye Voyce - Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Costume Design
angel reapers
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience
Martha Clarke - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Choreography
john
Annie Baker, Sam Gold and the design team of John - Obie Award Special Citation: Collaboration
Georgia Engel - Obie Award for Performance
2015
Our Lady of Kibeho
Audelco Award for Best Dramatic Production of the Year
Katori Hall - Audelco Award for Best Playwright
Emily Rebholz - Audelco Award for Best Costume Design
Matt Tierney - Audelco Award for Best Sound Design
The Wayside Motor Inn
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble
2014
Signature Theatre was the first New York City theatre to be recognized with the Regional Theatre Tony Award. The award was presented on June 8, 2014 at the Tony Award ceremony at Radio City Music Hall.
"Signature Theatre is an integral part of the theatre landscape. By dedicating each season to a single playwright, Signature Theatre offers audiences an unmatched explorative experience with the writer's message across multiple bodies of work. We are honored to present them with the 2014 Regional Theatre Award."
- Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of The Broadway League & Heather Hitchens, Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing
The Old Friends
Veanne Cox - Special Drama Desk Award
Appropriate
Johanna Day - Obie Award for Performance
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins - Obie Award for Playwriting
Liesl Tommy - Obie Award for Direction
The Open House
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play
Oliver Butler - Obie Award for Direction
Will Eno - Obie Award for Playwriting
Will Eno & Cast - Special Drama Desk Award
Kung Fu
Emmanuel Brown - Obie Award for Fight Direction
Sonya Tayeh - Obie Award for Choreography, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Choreography
2013
Old Hats
Drama Desk Outstanding Revue Award
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience
The Piano Lesson
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival
Audelco Award for Best Revival
Michael Carnahan - Audelco Award for Best Set Design
Chuck Cooper - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor, Audelco Award for Best Supporting Actor
Brandon J. Dirden - Obie Award for Performance, Audelco Award for Best Lead Actor
Karen Perry - Audelco Award for Best Costume Design
Rui Rita - Audelco Award for Best Lighting Design
Roslyn Ruff - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress
Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Obie Award for Direction, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director, Audelco Award for Best Director/Dramatic Production, Joe A. Callaway Award for Direction
2012
Drama Critics Circle Special Citation for Signature Theatre
Hurt Village
Marsha Stephanie Blake - Audelco Award for Best Supporting Actress
Katori Hall - Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
David Gallo - Audelco Award for Best Set Design
2011
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theatre: Broadway & Off-Broadway
Tina Award for Best Ensemble (Play)
Brenda Wehle - Obie Award for Performance
Angels in America
Lucille Lortel Award for Oustanding Revival
Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Revival
2010
The Orphans' Home Cycle
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Cast, Creative Team & Producers - Special Drama Desk Award
Michael Wilson - Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
2009
Kevin T. Carroll - Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Performance
2008
Veanne Cox - Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Performance
Jane Greenwood - Obie Awards for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design
Adrienne Kennedy - Obie Lifetime Achievement Award
Iphigenia 2.0
Kate Mulgrew - Obie Award for Performance
The First Breeze of Summer
Audelco Award for Best Dramatic Production
Michael Carnahan - Audelco Award for Best Set Design
Yaya DaCosta - Audelco Award for Best Supporting Actress
Marcus Doshi - Audelco Award for Best Lighting Design
John Earl Jelks - Audelco Award for Best Lead Actor
Leslie Lee - Audelco Award for Best Playwright
Karen Perry - Audelco Award for Best Costume Design
Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Audelco Award for Best Direction
Leslie Uggams - Audelco Award for Best Lead Actress
Queens Boulevard (the musical)
Peter Pucci - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Choreography
2007
Two Trains Running
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival
Lou Bellamy - Obie Award for Performance
Ron Cephas Jones - Obie Award for Performance
Arthur French - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor
Seven Guitars
Audelco Award for Best Dramatic Production
Karen Perry - Audelco Award for Best Costume Design
Roslyn Ruff - Obie Award for Performance
Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Audelco Award for Best Direction
Charles Weldon - Audelco Award for Best Supporting Actor
Darron L. West - Audelco Award for Best Sound Design
King Hedley II
David Gallo - Audelco Award for Best Set Design
Lynda Gravatt - Audelco Award for Best Lead Actress
Lou Myers - Audelco Award for Best Supporting Actor
Thom Weaver - Audelco Award for Best Lighting Design
2006
Horton Foote - Drama Desk Lifetime Achivement Award in Theatre
The Trip to Bountiful
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival
Drama League Award Distinguished Revival of a Play Nomination
Hallie Foote - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress
Lois Smith - Obie Award for Performance, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nomination
Harris Yulin - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Director
Landscape of the Body
Drama League Award Distinguished Revival of a Play Nomination
Sherie Rene Scott - Obie Award for Performance, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress, Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nomination
2004
Mr. Fox: A Rumination
Bill Irwin - Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nomination
Marc Damon Johnson - Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nomination
2003
The National Theatre Conference Outstanding Achievement Award
John Guare - PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Award for Drama
Horton Foote - Honorary Doctorate from SMU
Burn This
Drama League Award Distinguished Revival of a Play or Musical Nomination
Edward Norton - Obie Award for Performance
Dallas Roberts - Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nomination
Fifth of July
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival
Robert Sean Leonard - Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nomination
Parker Posey - Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nomination
2000
A Lesson Before Dying
Beatrice Winde - Audelco Award for Best Supporting Actress
Letters from Cuba
María Irene Fornés - Special Obie Award for Writing and Directing
1998
James Houghton - Margo Jones Medal
1997
Arthur Miller - Drama Desk Lifetime Achievement in Theatre Award
When the World Was Green
NAAP Gradiva Award for Best Play
1996
Signature Theatre - Drama Desk Honorary Award "for its unique concept that annually serves one playwright - and many more audiences"
June and Jean in Concert, Sleep Deprviation Chamber
Adrienne Kennedy - Obie Award for Best American New Plays
1995
Signature Theatre - Lucille Lortel Special Award for an Institutional Body of Work
Hallie Foote - Drama Desk Award for Best Actress for her roles in the Horton Foote plays at Signature Theatre
Horton Foote - Outer Critics Circle Special Achivement Award, Lucille Lortel Special Award for an Individual Body of Work
The Young Man from Atlanta
Horton Foote - The Pulitzer Prize for Playwriting
1994
Edward Albee - Obie Award for Sustained Achievement in Playwriting
1992
Romulus Linney - Obie Award for Sustained Achievement in Playwriting