Awards and Honors Since 2017
2020
National Theatre Company Award of the American Theatre Wing
For the second time, The Rogue Theatre was honored by the American Theatre Wing as one of the top small regional theatre companies in the United States. Previously, The Rogue was selected in 2012 as one of ten companies throughout the U.S. who “have articulated a distinctive mission, cultivated an audience, and nurtured a community of artists in ways that strengthen and demonstrate the quality, diversity, and dynamism of American Theatre.”
2019
Arizona Daily Star Mac Awards
The Rogue Theatre received thirteen nominations and one award in the Arizona Daily Star’s 2019 Mac Awards!
THE NOMINATIONS
Best Actor, Drama: Ryan Parker Knox in Middletown
“Knox crawled into the skin of the character.”
Best Actor, Drama: Matt Bowdren in The Crucible
“ ...was powerful and poignant...he owned the role of John Proctor.”
Best Actress, Drama: Bryn Booth in The Crucible
Her “portrayal of Abigail made clear the horror and the tragedy that can result from lies and betrayals.”
Best Director, Drama: Christopher Johnson for Middletown
“His Middletown had a rhythm and a pace that gave the story about small town life full breath.”
Best Director, Drama: Christopher Johnson for The Crucible
“his direction in The Crucible was riddled with tension and insightful performances.”
Best Director, Drama: Cynthia Meier for The Secret in the Wings
“ ...wowed us with her direction ...she effectively used costumes and props to keep us engrossed as she took us from one story to the other.”
Best Drama: Middletown
“...captured imaginations..”
Best Drama:The Secret in the Wings
“...captured imaginations..”
Best Drama:The Crucible
“ ...illuminating and terrifying.
”Best Actor, Comedy: Matt Walley in Much Ado About Nothing
“...took on the role of Shakespeare’s clown Dogberry and he made him as funny as the Bard intended.”
Best Actress, Comedy: Cynthia Meier in Blithe Spirit
“...deliciously outrageous.”
Best Director, Comedy: Joseph McGrath for Much Ado About Nothing
“ ...used a light touch and lots of physical humor ...”
Best Director, Comedy: Joseph McGrath for Blithe Spirit
“ ...his production of Blithe Spirit danced with humor and rhythm.”
THE WINNER
Best Comedy: Blithe Spirit
“ ...jaunty and sophisticated and grand fun. Playwright Noël Coward’s wit was given full breath by the talented cast..”
2018
2018 Arizona Daily Star Mac Awards
The Rogue Theatre received ten nominations and one award in the Arizona Daily Star’s 2018 Mac Awards!
THE NOMINATIONS
Best Actor, Drama: Hunter Hnat as Christopher Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
“a poignant performance as a teen with autistic-like symptoms”
Best Actress, Drama: Cynthia Meier as A in Three Tall Women
Best Actress, Drama: Patty Gallagher as B in Three Tall Women
Best Actress, Drama: Holly Griffith as C in Three Tall Women
“...a woman at different ages in her life were vivid.”
Best Actress, Drama: Patty Gallagher as The Fool in King Lear
“...a wonder as Lear’s Fool, the king’s voice of reason. Gallagher gave a tenderness to the character:
We sensed her loyalty to the king even while she was disappointed and terrified at what his actions had wrought.”
Best Director, Drama: Cynthia Meier for Galileo
“...clear, rhythmic and beautifully acted. She embraces Brecht’s plays and we are the better for it.”
Best Director, Drama: Cynthia Meier for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
“wowed us with her creative direction”
Best Drama: Three Tall Women
“Edward Albee’s play seems to get richer with time. The Rogue’s production of it delivered on all that richness.”
Best Drama: Galileo
“glided across the stage, thanks to the solid acting and sharp direction.”
Best Drama: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
“brought alive the world of an autistic teen with a large cast that embraced the theatricality of the production.”
THE WINNER
Best Actor, Drama: Joseph McGrath as Galileo in Galileo
“In one of his most nuanced performances, he gave us a man who comes close to being broken,
but his inquisitive mind and commitment to scientific proof won’t let him break. It was thrilling and shattering.”
2017
2017 Arizona Daily Star Mac Awards
The Rogue Theatre received ten nominations and two awards in the Arizona Daily Star’s 2076 Mac Awards!
THE NOMINATIONS
Best Actor, Comedy: David Weynand as Johann Cristoph Graupner in Bach at Leipzig
“sublime as a neurotic who just wants to be everyone’s No. 1”
Best Director, Comedy: Cynthia Meier for Bach at Leipzig
“directed with a visual eye and an obvious love of the material.”
Best Actress, Drama: Patty Gallagher as White Snake in The White Snake
“breathed full life into to her snake transformed into a woman.”
Best Actress, Drama: Holly Griffith as Green Snake in The White Snake
“infused her character with humor and an impishness that was hard to resist.”
Best Actor, Drama: Matt Bowdren as Quinn in Penelope
“cold and cruel and perfect”
Best Actor, Drama: Matt Bowdren as Jean in Miss Julie
“Bowdren was riveting in the role of Jean, the lowly manservant to a count with a nearly irresistible daughter.”
Best Director, Drama: Cynthia Meier for The White Snake
“direction as fantastical as the play.”
Best Director, Drama: Christopher Johnson for Penelope
“sharp, smart direction”
Best Drama: Penelope
“It’s hard to think of a play that features men in Speedos as a drama, but The Rogue’s production of Penelope was thick with it.”
Best Drama: The White Snake
“a breathtakingly beautiful production of Mary Zimmerman’s play.”
THE WINNERS
Best Actor, Drama: David Weynand as Fa Hai inThe White Snake
“...riveting in his often-funny portrayal of a hell-bent-for-destruction monk.
Weynand fully possessed the character—a common trait we find in the actor.”
Best Comedy: Bach at Leipzig
“A pitch-perfect production of Itamar Moses’ frothy, fugue-ish farce; a lightweight piece heavy with laughter”