Awards and Accolades

2009

• City of Fort Collins — “Human Relations Commission Award for Organizations” celebrating our commitment to “those in our community who promote acceptance and respect for diversity.”
• Northern Colorado Business Report’s Mercury 100 Awards — #6 Fastest Growing Business (revenues under $2M).

2008
• Colorado Theatre Guild’s Henry Award- “Outstanding Regional Theatre”
• Denver Post Ovation Awards — “Theatre Person of the Year”, Wendy Ishii; “Reader’s Choice”, Wendy Ishii;“Best
Remount”, A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol; “Best Sound Design”, Wings
• Northern Colorado Business Report 2008 Who’s Who In Business — Wendy Ishii and Matt Strauch
• Northern Colorado Business Report’s Mercury 100 Awards — #1 Fastest Growing Business (revenues under $2M).

2007
• Denver Post Ovation Awards- “Best Sound Design” Walton Jones and Dan Tschirhart, A 1940s RadioChristmas Carol
• Northern Colorado Business Report 2007 Who’s Who In Business — Wendy Ishii
• Northern Colorado Business Report’s Mercury 100 Awards — #5 Fastest Growing Business (revenues under $2M).

2006
• Fort Collins Coloradoan Best of Fort Collins Awards — “Best Theatre”
• Northern Colorado Business Report 2006 Who’s Who In Business — Wendy Ishii
• Fort Collins Weekly - Best of the Best Awards — "Best Actor" Wendy Ishii
• Fort Collins Weekly - Best of the Best Awards — "Best Theatre"

2005
• Fort Collins Coloradoan Best of Fort Collins Awards — “Best Theatre”
• Colorado Community Theatre Coalition — “Distinguished Merit Award”, Wendy Ishii
• Denver Post Ovation Awards – “Best Actress”, Laura Norman, Angels in America
• Denver Post Ovation Awards — “Special Achievement”, Angels in America
• Westword — Angels in America: “Best Actress in a Drama”- Laura Norman, “Best Theatrical Collaboration” - Bas Bleu Theatre Company and OpenStage Theatre & Company; “Best Crossover Performer” Leonard Barrett; “Best All Around Women of the Theatre”,Wendy Ishii, “Best Supporting Actress”, Denise Perry-Olsen, Old Times; “Best Performance by a Child”, Brittany Heileman, Tongue of a Bird
• Northern Colorado Business Report 2005 Who’s Who In Business — Wendy Ishii

2004
• Fort Collins Coloradoan Best of Fort Collins Awards — “Best Theatre”
• Colorado Community Theatre Coalition Festival Awards — Beast on the Moon: “First Place Production”, “People’s Choice”, and “Best Director”, Laura Jones; “First Place Acting Competition”, Wendy Ishii, Tongue of a Bird
• Allstate Awards: “Directing” Laura Jones, “Acting” Sotirios Livaditis and Gemma Aguayo, “Lighting Design” Robert Braddy, “Costume Design” Rebecca Spafford, “Sound Design” Richard Mauro Ricchiuti, “Properties Design” Matthew Strauch
• Northern Colorado Business Report 2004 Who’s Who In Business — Wendy Ishii
•Northern Colorado Multicultural Corporation - “Arlene Nededog Merchant Awareness Award”: 2004

2003
• Fort Collins Coloradoan Best of Fort Collins Awards — “Best Theatre”
• American Association for Community Theatre National Festival Awards- Three Viewings: “1st Runner Up Best Production”, “Best Actress” Frances Burns and Wendy Ishii; “Best Set Dressing”, Robert Braddy
• Colorado Community Theatre Coalition Festival The Gin Game
• Allstate Awards — Frances Burns, Actress; Annie Cleveland, Costume Design

2002
• Denver Post Ovation Awards — Three Viewings: “Best Production”, “Best Supporting Actress”, Wendy Ishii, “Critics Choice”
• Fort Collins Coloradoan Best of Fort Collins Awards — “Best Actor”, David Siever, Three Viewings
• Fort Collins Coloradoan “Coloradoan’s Making a Difference Award”, Wendy Ishii
• Colorado Community Theatre Coalition Festival Awards — Three Viewings:
• “First Place Production”, “People’s Choice” “Best Actress” Frances Burns
• Allstate Awards — Three Viewings: Director, Terry Dodd; Set Design, Robert Braddy; Costume Design, Rebecca Spafford; Acting, Frances Burns and Wendy Ishii
• Fort Collins Convention and Visitor’s Bureau — “Choice City Champion Hospitality Award”, Bas Bleu Theatre
• Rocky Mountain Bullhorn — “Best Theater Award”, Bas Bleu Theatre
• El Pomar — “Awards for Excellence”, nominee

2000
• Fort Collins Coloradoan Best of Fort Collins Awards – “Best Theatre”

1998
• Rocky Mountain News “Top Ten Productions”, Molly Sweeney
• Fort Collins Coloradoan Best of Fort Collins Awards — “Best Actress”, Wendy Ishii

1997
• Colorado Community Theatre Coalition Festival Awards — A Walk in the Woods: “Best Production”; “Best Actor”, David Siever

1996
• Colorado Community Theatre Coalition Festival Awards — Happy Days: “Best Director”, Laura Jones; “Best Actress”, Wendy Ishii
• International Telly Awards — Wendy Ishii, Beyond Stigma.
• Fort Collins Coloradoan Best of Fort Collins Awards — “Best Actress”, Wendy Ishii

National and International Invitations include:
* Samuel Beckett Symposium - Sydney, Australia 2003 (The event won the prestigious Helpmann Award for “Best Special Event”, recognition comparable to the Tony Award.)
* Invitation for documentation of work in the Samuel Beckett Archives in Reading, UK,U by Curator James Knowlson
* An article on our production of Beckett’s Embers appears in “Drawing on Beckett: Portraits, Performances and Cultural Contexts,” recently published by the Assaph Book Series, Tel Aviv
* Common Threads: Susan Glaspell’s Trifles and the Interaction of the Arts, Law and Society in Addressing Violence Against Women Tel Aviv University 2000
* Avram Theatre Southampton, New York 1999
* International Federation of Theatre Research - Kent University, Canterbury, UK 1998
* International Beckett Festival - Victoria, BC 1997
* Colorado College - Colorado Springs 1996
* International “Telly Award”: Wendy Ishii 1996