2024 Winners

52ND ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS “THE VIV” for Excellence in Black Theatre

—– AND THE WINNER IS …—–

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Melody A. Beal | Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company

BEST SET DESIGN
Chris Cumberbatch & Angel Smith | Unentitled | Negro Ensemble Company

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Qween Jean | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Twan Howard | Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company

BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Patricia McGregor | The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Nora Cole | The World According to Micki Grant | New Federal Theatre

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
Camille Brown | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater

BEST PLAYWRIGHT
Douglas Lyons | Table 17 | MCC Theater

FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Reginald Wilson | Zooman and the Sign | Negro Ensemble Company

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Sharon Hope | Fabulation: or The Re-Education of Undine | Billie Holiday Theatre

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Michael Greif | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Andre De Shields | Cats “The Jellicle Ball” | PAC NYC

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kecia Lewis | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

  • Table 17  |  Biko Eisen-Martin, Michael Rishawn, Kara Young  |  MCC Theater
  • Telling Tales out of School  |  Richarda Abrams, June Ballinger, Petronia Paley, Elizabeth Van Dyke  |  New Federal Theatre

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Laurence Fishburne | Like They Do in the Movies | Perelman Performing Arts Center

LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brian Davis | The World According to Micki Grant | New Federal Theatre

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (4) Awards

  • Maleah Joi Moon | Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater
  • Matelyn Alicia, April Armstrong, Patrice Bell | The World According to Micki Grant | New Federal Theatre

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY

  • Daniel J. Watts | The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop
  • Reginald Wilson | Scrambled Eggs | Faith Steps Productions and 24 Bond Arts Center

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Nicole Ari Parker | The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Unentitled | Negro Ensemble Company

BEST MUSICAL
Hell’s Kitchen | The Public Theater

BEST PLAY
The Refuge Plays | Roundabout Theatre Company/New York Theatre Workshop

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AUDELCO 2024 HONOREES
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LEGACY AWARD
•  June Terry

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HONOREES
•  Trezana Beverley
•  Dean Irby
•  George Faison
•  Lizan Mitchell

PIONEER AWARD
•  Obediah Wright
•  Ralph Carter
•  Michael Dinwiddie

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
•  Daniel Koa Beaty
•  Layon Gray
•  Alyson Williams

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARD
•  Voza Rivers
•  Stephanie Berry
•  John-Martin Green

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
•  Reginald L. Wilson
•  Marishka Shanice Phillips

RISING STAR AWARD
•  Christopher Woodley

52nd ANNUAL VIVIAN ROBINSON
AUDELCO RECOGNITION AWARDS
“THE VIV” for Excellence in Black Theatre

“Celebrate 52 years of AUDELCO Excellence”

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2024
LIVE PRESENTATION

7:00 PM EDT