Awards & Accolades
American Association of Community Theatres (AACT)
- “First Runner Up Best Production”: Three Viewings 2003
- “Best Set Dressing”: Three Viewings 2003
- “Excellence in Acting Awards” for both Wendy Ishii and Frances Burns 2003
Colorado Community Theatre Coalition
- “Best Production”: Beast on the Moon 2004, Three Viewings 2002, A Walk in the Woods 1997
- “Best Actress”: Wendy Ishii 2004 & 1996, Frances Burns 2002, David Siever 1997
- “Best Director”: Laura Jones 2004 & 1996
- “People’s Choice Award”: Beast on the Moon 2004
Denver Post
- Ovation Awards “Best Production”: Three Viewings 2002
- Ovation Awards “Best Supporting Actress”: Wendy Ishii 2002
Fort Collins Coloradoan
- “Best Theatre”: 2005
- “Best Theatre”: 2003 & 2000
- “Best Actor”: David Siever 2002
- “Coloradoans Making a Difference Award”: Wendy Ishii 2002
- “Best Actress”: Wendy Ishii 1998
Miscellaneous
- Fort Collins Convention and Visitor’s Bureau - “Choice City Champion Award”: 2002
- Rocky Mountain Bullhorn - “Best Theatre”: 2002
- Northern Colorado Multicultural Corporation - “Arlene Nededog Merchant Awareness Award”: 2004
- Northern Colorado Business Report - “Who’s Who in Northern Colorado”: Wendy Ishii 2004
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
Testimonials
Read more“Bas Bleu is Fort Collins’ most artistically challenging theatre.” - John Moore, Theatre Critic, Denver Post