Congratulations to our 2023 Awardees!
Melissa Hines Award
Outstanding Youth Theatre Advocate
Regional People’s Choice Award Recipients
Who was Gregory A. Falls?
Gregory A. Falls, a former chair of the UW School of Drama who is credited with creating Seattle’s vibrant theater scene, died April 3, 1997. He was 75 when he died unexpectedly of pneumonia. More than any other individual, Falls was “most responsible for the theater boom in this town,” says Arne Zaslove, artistic director of the Bathhouse Theatre at Green Lake. “He was the impressario of bringing it all together.”
Falls founded one of Seattle’s mainstays, A Contemporary Theatre, more than three decades ago. He was ACT’s artistic director for 23 years until his retirement in 1987 due to early indications of Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more about Gregory A Falls
Previous Gregory Falls Sustained Achievement Award Winners:
- 1998 – Marjorie Nelson
- 1999 – Mac Perkins
- 2000 – Clayton & Susan Corzatte
- 2001 – Linda Hartzell
- 2002 – Melissa Hines
- 2003 – Rex Carleton
- 2004 – Kurt Beattie & Susan Trapnell
- 2005 – Jim Ragland
- 2006 – Todd Jefferson Moore
- 2007 – Karen Gjelsteen & Ruben Van Kempen
- 2008 – Robin Lynn Smith
- 2009 – Chris Bennion
- 2010 – M. Burke Walker
- 2011 – Bill Forrester
- 2012 – R. Hamilton Wright
- 2013 – John Kazanjian & Mary Ewald
- 2014 – Joyce Degenfelder
- 2015 – Timothy McCuen Piggee
- 2016 – Connie Rinchiuso & Carolyn Keim
- 2017 – Kathy Hsieh
- 2018 – Howie & Billy Seago
- 2019 – Valerie Curtis-Newton
Memorial Awardees
- Phil Schermer
- Ruben Sierra
- Johnny Kauffmann
- Scott Weldin
- John Gilbert
- Margaret Diehl
- Gordon Gutteridge
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