2022 Winners

50TH ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS “THE VIV” for Excellence in Black Theatre

AND THE WINNER IS…

LIGHTING DESIGN
Stacey Derosier [Fat Ham]

SET DESIGN
Maruti Evans [Fat Ham]

COSTUME DESIGN
Dede Ayite [Richard III]

SOUND DESIGN
Curtis Craig & Jimmy Keys [Confederates]

DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Carl Cofield [Twelfth Night]

DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Lee Summers [Ella: First Lady of Song]

CHOREOGRAPHER
Dyane Harvey Salaam [Oya]

PLAYWRIGHT
Dominique Morisseau [Confederates]

FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
James Garrett [Mandela]

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Elizabeth Van Dyke [Wedding Band]

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Dionne Hendricks [Ella: First Lady of Song]

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Ephraim Sykes [Black No More]

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (TIE)
Harriett D. Foy [Ella: First Lady of Song]
Lillias White [Black No More]

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Confederates [Elijah Jones, Kristolyn Lloyd, Andrea Patterson, Kenzie Ross, Michelle Wilson]

BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE
Ronald “Smokey” Stevens [I Just Want to Tell Somebody]

LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brandon Victor Dixon [Black No More]

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Freda Payne [Ella: First Lady of Song]

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY
Billy Eugene Jones [On Sugarland]

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Kara Young [Twelfth Night]

BEST MUSICAL
Ella: First Lady of Song [The Madison Theatre]

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Wedding Band [Theatre for a New Audience]

BEST PLAY (TIE)
cullud wattah [The Public Theater]
Gong Lum’s Legacy [New Federal Theatre]

HONOREES

HUMANITARIAN – CIVIL RIGHT AWARD
• Sidney Poitier

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HONOREES
• Richard Wesley
• Count Stovall
• Elizabeth Van Dyke
• Rome Neal

PIONEER AWARD
• Peggy Alston
• LaZette McCants
• Ben Harney
• Jamal Joseph

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• Harry Lennix
• Leon
• Carla Brothers
• Tico Wells
• Michael Wright

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARD
• Hon. Inez Dickens
• Marcia Pendelton
• Don Thomas
• Jeanne Parnell

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• Anthony Wayne
• Linda Stewart
• Eric Lockley