Moss Hart Award

Moss Hart Memorial Award

The annual Moss Hart Memorial Award has a two-fold purpose: to honor the memory of Moss Hart, dramatist and director, for his wit and sensitivity, for his unconquerable enthusiasm for life and for his work in the theatre; and to recognize and encourage outstanding theatrical productions throughout New England of playscripts that present affirmative views of human courage and dignity, that have strong literary and artistic merit, and which in their productions, exemplify fresh, imaginative, creative treatment within the intent of the playwright. The New England Theatre Conference, in making the annual Moss Hart Memorial Award, seeks to encourage artistic growth and the highest standards of excellence in theatre.

The Moss Hart Memorial Awards are presented at The New England Theatre Conference Annual Convention to theatre groups whose productions most completely fulfill the stated purpose. In order to provide recognition within each theatre division-professional, community, college, secondary school, and children's - up to five divisional awards may be presented each year in addition to the Award Trophy. Engraved plaques will be presented to the divisional award recipients, and one of them will also be selected as the recipient of the Award Trophy, which it will retain for one year.

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2008 Award Winners

Moss Hart Award Winner
Chocolate Soup Center Stage Theatre Company, Westport, CT
Professional Division:
Best Production: Les Miserables Festival Theatre, New Bedford, MA
Honorable Mention: It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Show Music Theatre of Connecticut Main Stage, Westport, CT
College Division:
Best Production: My Life with Albertine College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Secondary Division:
Best Production: Once On This Island Framingham High School, Framingham, MA
Children and Youth Division:
Best Production: Chocolate Soup Center Stage Theatre Company, Westport, CT
Honorary Mention: Les Miserables (School Edition) Fantasy Works Youth Theatre, Inc., Saunderstown, RI
Community Theatre Division:
Best Production: My Fair Lady Star Players of Bristol County, Taunton, MA

2007 Award Winners

Moss Hart Award Winner
Violet Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, MA
Professional Division:
Best Production: A Christmas in Kerry American Irish Repertory Ensemble, Portland, ME
College Division:
Best Production: Good The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Honorable Mention: The Women of Lockerbie Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Secondary Division:
Best Production: Violet Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, MA
Children and Youth Division:
Best Production: Rent-School Edition The Un-Common Theatre Company, Mansfield, MA
Honorary Mention: The Merry Wives of Windsor Perform It! Young People's Stage Company, Wolfeboro, NH
Community Theatre Division:
Best Production: Intervention Center Stage Theatre Company, Westport, CT
Honorary Mention: Urinetown Theatre III, West Acton, MA

2006 Award Winners

Moss Hart Award Winner
The Diary of Anne Frank Staples High School, Westport, CT
College Division:
Best Production: Pulling Apart Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
Honorable Mention: The Elephant Man Salem State College, Salem, MA
Secondary Division:
Honorable Mention: The Crucible Westborough High School, Westborough, MA
Children and Youth Division:
Best Production: Ragtime Western Drama Inc, Weston, MA
Honorable Mention: Middle School Madness Center Stage Theatre Company, Westport, CT
Community Theatre Division:
Best Production: Wit Arlington Friends of the Drama, Arlington, MA
Honorable Mention: The Spitfire Grill Concord Players, Concord, MA

2004 Award Winners

Professional Division:
Best Production: Jane Eyre Wellesley Summer Theatre, Wellesley, MA
Honorable Mention: All My Sons Northern Stage, White River Junction, VT
College Division:
Best Production: The Diary Of Anne Frank Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA
Secondary Division:
Best Production: Every Seventeen Minutes The Crowd Goes Crazy E.O. Smith High School, Storrs, CT
Children and Youth Division:
Best Production: Lord Of The Flies Hartford Children's Theatre, Hartford, CT
Honorable Mention: Honk Collins Middle School, Salem, MA
Community Theatre Division:
Best Production: Big River The Company Theatre, Norwell, MA
Honorable Mention: West Side Story Franklin Performing Arts Company, Franklin, MA