Distinguished Awards

Four Dramalogue Awards for Jamal's Vietnam War drama, LBJ

Two Dramalogue Awards for our 25th Anniversary Production of A Raisin in the Sun

Five Bay Area Critics' Circle Awards for Robert Alexander's anti-drug musical, Air Guitar

Two Critics' Circle Awards for Outstanding Special Effects Design (Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro and Stanley Williams's adaptation of Legends and Folktales of Brer Rabbit)

Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Sound Design for the musical, Bricktop

Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Costume Design for Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies

Critics' Circle Awards for Outstanding Performances in August Wilson's Jitney and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Production for Vinnette Carroll's Your Arms Too Short to Box With God

Year's Ten Best Plays by The San Francisco Bay Guardian for five consecutive years

National Black MBA Association Award for “Distinguished Service in the Arts”

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce “Cyril Magnin Award,” 1988

KGO Channel 7 “Profiles in Excellence Award,” 1990

California “Alliance for Arts Education Award,” 1999

Charles Schwab “Renditions Award” for Outstanding Arts Organization,” 2000

National Black Theatre Network “Winona Fletcher Award,” 2002

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Alpha Nu Sigma Chapter “Notable Citizen Award,” 2003

The San Francisco Bay Guardian's "Best of the Bay" Award for Black Nativity, 2005

San Francisco Black Pride “Reggie Williams Achievement Award,” 2006

Council of Negro Women (Golden Gate Section) “Service Award,” 2006

Two KQED “Local Heroes Awards,” 2007

SFNOIR “Kuumba Award” for Artistic Achievement, 2007

San Francisco Bay Area Critics' Circle's “Paine Knickerbocker Award” for continuing contributions to Bay Area theatre, 2007

Thurgood Marshall College Fund “Award of Excellence,” 2008