Awards

Tony Award
Distinguished Achievement by a Regional Theatre (1988)

Margo Jones Award
Honoring Martin Benson and David Emmes (2008)

Theatre LA
Lifetime Achievement Award, David Emmes and Martin Benson (1995)

Ted Schmitt Award for Best World Premiere of the Year (begun 1990): Search and Destroy, 1990
So Many Words, 1993
Wit, 1995
Collected Stories, 1996
Three Days of Rain, 1997
The Beard of Avon, 2001
Margaret Harford Award for Sustained Excellence (2001)
Special Award of Continued Excellence: South Coast Repertory on its 30th Anniversary (1994)
Distinguished Achievement Awards: (81)
A Little Night Music (2007): Featured Performance, Misty Cotton
Bach at Leipzig (2006): Direction, Art Manke
Hitchcock Blonde (2006): CGI and Video Projections, William Dudley
Major Barbara (2002): Production
Direction, Martin Benson
Scenic Design, Ralph Funicello
Costumes, Shigeru Yaji
Kimberly Akimbo (2001): Playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire
Much Ado About Nothing (2001): Lead Performance, Douglas Sills
Choreography, Art Manke
The Philanderer (1999): Direction, David Emmes
Lead Performance, Douglas Weston
Private Lives (1998): Production
Direction, David Chambers
Lead Performance, Lynnda Ferguson, Alastair Duncan
Featured Performance, François Giroday
Scenic Design, Ralph Funicello
Three Days of Rain (1997): Lead Performance, John Slattery
The Taming of the Shrew (1996): Director, Mark Rucker
Costume Design, Shigeru Yaji
Collected Stories (1996): Playwright, Donald Margulies
Lead Performance, Kandis Chappell
Wit (1995): Production
Playwright, Margaret Edson
Direction, Martin Benson
Lead Performance, Megan Cole
Lighting Design, Paulie Jenkins
She Stoops to Folly (1995): Featured Performance, Jane Carr, Douglas Sills
Scenic Design, Ralph Funicello
Costume Design, Shigeru Yaji
Raised in Captivity (1995): Lead Performance, Julie Hagerty
Featured Performance, Jane Kaczmarek
Great Day in the Morning (1993): Scenic Design, Gerard Howland
Costume Design, Walker Hicklin
Lighting Design, Peter Maradudin
Hay Fever (1993): Scenic Design, Cliff Faulkner
Shadowlands (1993): Lead Performance, Kandis Chappell, Dakin Matthews
So Many Words (1993): Playwright, Roger Rueff
The Philadelphia Story (1992): Costume Design, Ann Bruice
Woman in Mind (1992): Lead Performance, Kandis Chappell
Odd Jobs (1992): Lead Performance, Nan Martin
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1991): Lead Performance, Richard Frank
Heartbreak House (1991): Production
Director, Martin Benson
Scenic Design, John Iacovelli
You Can't Take it With You (1991): Costume Design, Ann Bruice
Happy End (1991): Costume Design, Shigeru Yaji
Holy Days (1990): Director, Martin Benson
Lead Performance, Richard Doyle, Jeanne Paulsen
Lighting Design, Tom Ruzika
Man and Superman (1990): Costume Design, Shigeru Yaji
You Never Can Tell (1989): Featured Performance, I.M. Hobson
Scenic Design, Cliff Faulkner
Lighting Design, Peter Maradudin
The Road to Mecca (1989): Scenic Design, Michael Devine
The Crucible (1988): Production
Director, Martin Benson
Featured Performance, Kandis Chappell
Lighting Design, Tom Ruzika
The School for Scandal (1988): Costume Design, Shigeru Yaji
Misalliance (1987): Production
Director, Martin Benson
Lead Performance, I.M. Hobson
Costume Design, Susan Denison Geller
Lighting Design, Tom Ruzika
Three Postcards (1987): Scenic Design, Loy Arcenas
Blue Window (1985): Production
Playwright, Craig Lucas
Director, Norman René
Ensemble
Top Girls (1984): Featured Performance, Karen Hensel
Playboy of the Western World (1983): Production
Director, Martin Benson
Lead Performance, Jeffrey Combs
Featured Performances, Laurie Walters, Megan Cole
Scenic Design, Mark Donnelly
Costume Design, Barbara Cox
Lighting Design, Cameron Harvey
Henry IV, Pt. 1 (1982): Lighting Design, Tom Ruzika

Intimate Apparel (2003): Scenic Design, Walt Spangler
Costume Design, Catherine Zuber
Crumbs from the Table of Joy (1996): Best Actor, Dorian Harewood
Best Supporting Actress, Karen Malina White
Jar the Floor (1995): Best Production
Best Director, Benny Sato Ambush
Best Play, Cheryl L. West
Best Lead Performance, Juanita Jennings

Drama-Logue Awards (1983-1997)
470 for production, writing, performance and design

The Studio (2006): Choreography, Christopher d'Amboise
Brooklyn Boy (2004): Production, South Coast Repertory
Playwriting, Donald Margulies
Cyrano de Bergerac (2004): Production, South Coast Repertory
Performance, Mark Harelik
Lobby Hero (2002): Performance, Kevin Corrigan
Scenic Design, Tony Fanning
Hurrah at Last (1998): Playwriting, Richard Greenberg
Performance, Peter Frechette
Scenic Design, Neil Patel
Private Lives (1998): Performance, Lynnda Ferguson
Performance, François Giroday
Scenic Design, Ralph Funicello
The Birds (1998): Scenic Design, Christopher Barreca
Costume Design, Shigeru Yaji
But Not for Me (1998): Performance, Linda Gehringer
Golden Child (1997): Production, South Coast Repertory
Scenic Design, Tony Straiges
Three Days of Rain (1997): Scenic Design, Christopher Barreca

OC Weekly Awards
Princess Marjorie (2005): Production
Direction, David Chambers
The Retreat from Moscow (2004): Performance, Linda Gehringer
Mr. Marmalade (2004): Production
The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (2004): Production
Playwright, Rolin Jones
Jerry Patch (2003): Helen Modjeska Award for Contributions to Orange County Theater
Major Barbara (2002): Production
Performance, Dakin Matthews
Hold Please (2001): Performance, Kimberly K. King
Hal Landon Jr. (2001): Helen Modjeska Award for Contributions to Orange County Theater
The Hollow Lands (2000): Playwright, Howard Korder
All My Sons (2000): Production
Direction, Martin Benson
Tartuffe (1999): Direction, David Chambers
Arcadia (1998): Direction, David Emmes
Dimly Perceived Threats to the System (1998): Performance, Bill Mondy
Freedomland (1997): Production
Playwright, Amy Freed
Performance, Peter Michael Goetz
Performance, Heather Ehlers
How the Other Half Loves (1997): Performance, Paxton Whitehead
Good as New (1997): Performance, Linda Gehringer
Collected Stories (1996): Playwright, Donald Margulies
Performance, Kandis Chappell