2022 – Spiderwoman Theater

2021 – Diana Taylor

2020 – Mimi Lien

2019 – Ishmael Houston-Jones

2018 – Young Jean Lee

2017 – Taylor Mac

2016 – Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir 

2015 – María Irene Fornés

2014 – Elevator Repair Service

2013 – Woodie King Jr.

2012 – Split Britches

2011 – Stephen Sondheim

2010 – Charles Mee

2009 – Judith Malina

2008 – Karen Finley

2007 – Mabou Mines

2006 – HERE Arts Center

2005 – Paula Vogel

2004 – The Classical Theatre of Harlem

2003 – The New York Theatre Workshop

2002 – Tony Kushner

2001 – Anne Bogart and The S.I.T.I. Company

2000 – Performance Space 122

1999 – Dixon Place

1998 – Hal Prince

1997 – Richard Foreman

1996 – The Brooklyn Academy of Music

1995 – Anne Hamburger and En Garde Arts

1994 – JoAnne Akalaitis

1993 – The Wooster Group

1992 – Arthur Miller

1991 – Al Hirschfeld

1990 – Robert Whitehead

1989 – Joseph Papp and the NY Shakespeare Festival

1988 – The Ridiculous Theatrical Company

1987 – Joseph Chaiken

1986 – Stanley Kauffmann

1985 – The Negro Ensemble Company

1984 – Ellen Stewart

1983 – The Royal Shakespeare Company 

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