2023 AATE Award Recipients Announced
Recipients will be recognized at the AATE Awards Ceremony taking place July 29 at 6pm PST in Seattle, WA during the AATE Annual Conference.
Each year, the American Alliance for Theatre & Education honors exceptional individuals as well as organizations for the high-quality work they perform in the field of theatre with and for young audiences. Recipients will be recognized at the AATE Awards Ceremony taking place July 29 at 6pm PST in Seattle, WA during the AATE Annual Conference. The list of 2023 AATE Award recipients is included below.
"We're proud to recognize these award recipients for their contributions to theatre and theatre education," said Alexis Truitt, executive director of AATE. "Their accomplishments and this recognition underscores the impact of theatre with and for young audiences."
AATE Award recipients represent the best of the field and inspire others with the outstanding work, commitment, and dedication that makes them outstanding colleagues and allies.
The complete list of AATE Award recipients can be found below.
AATE Awards Recipients
The Johnny Saldaña Outstanding Professor of Theatre Education Award
Mindy R. Carter, PhD
Sara Spencer Artistic Achievement Award
Don and Elizabeth Doyle Fellowship
Mateo Hernandez
Winifred Ward Scholar
Alex Turner
Distinguished Dissertation Award Winner
Quenna L. Barrett
"Re-Writing the Declaration: Re-Writing the Past to Fix the Future from a Black, Queer, Feminist Lens""
Distinguished Dissertation Award Honorable Mention
Zena
"Participatory Action Research and Theatre: Decolonizing Secondary Theatre Education Through Process-Based Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Methodology"
Distinguished Thesis Award Winner
Jessica Cortez
"Carework Theatre Project"
Distinguished Thesis Award Honorable Mention
Lucy Kania
"Against Type: Fatphobia, Bias, and Typecasting in Educational Theatre"
Distinguished Book Award Winner
Hope in a Collapsing World: Youth, Theatre, and Listening as a Political Alternative
Kathleen Gallagher
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Distinguished Book Award Honorable Mention
Smallest Circles First: Exploring Teacher Reconciliatory Praxis through Drama Education
Mindy R. Carter, PhD
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Distinguished Play Award: Category A
Desvelado
José Casas
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Distinguished Play Award: Category B
Bulletproof Backpack
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Distinguished Play Award: Category C
Carmela Full of Wishes
Alvaro Saar Rios
Publisher: TRW Plays
Distinguished Play Award: Category D
Wish, A Musical
Paul Lewis
Publisher: YouthPLAYS
Playwrights for Change Adult Category Winner
Hiking
Claudia Haas
Playwrightsfor Change Adult Category Runner Up
You, Me and Victor Hugo!
Candace Amarante
Playwrights for Change High School Category Winner
When We Say Goodbye
Mackenzie Bonilla
Playwrights for Change High School Category Runner Up
The Mechanics of a Goodbye
Agathe Robert
Playwrights for Change Middle School Category Winner
Masks
Elena M. Meloy
Playwrights for Change Middle School Category Runner Up
The 1.5 Lives of Oliver Peters
Annabeth Glick
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