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Elliot Norton Awards Presented in Boston

Pamela Gien in The Syringa Tree
Pamela Gien in The Syringa Tree

The Boston Theater Critics Association presented the 23rd annual Elliot Norton Awards in a ceremony at the Cutler Majestic Theatre on Monday, May 23. The awards are named for Boston-based drama critic Elliot Norton, who died in May 2003 at the age of 100. Here is a complete list of the winners.

Outstanding Set Design, Large Resident Company
Adam Stockhausen, 36 Views and Sonia Flew, Huntington Theatre Company

Outstanding Set Design, Small Resident Company
Richard Chambers, The Glider, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre


Outstanding Production, Local Fringe Company
Blue/Orange, Zeitgeist Stage Company

Outstanding Production, Large Resident Company
The Miser, American Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Production, Small Resident Company
The Sanctuary Lamp, Súgán Theatre Company

Outstanding Visiting Production
Far Side of the Moon, Quebec’s Ex Machina at American Repertory Theatre

Outstanding New Script
Sonia Flew by Melinda Lopez, Huntington Theatre Company

Special Citations
City Stage Company
Shear Madness

Outstanding Director, Small Company
Adam Zahler, Permanent Collection, New Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Director, Large Company
Kent Gash, Topdog/Underdog, Trinity Repertory Company and New Repertory Theatre


Outstanding Solo Performance
Pamela Gien, The Syringa Tree, American Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Actor, Small Company
Benjamin Evett, Richard III, Actors Shakespeare Project, and Quills and Permanent Collection, New Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Actor, Large Company
John Kelly, Dido, Queen of Carthage, American Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Actress, Small Company
Andrea C. Ross, A Little Night Music, Lyric Stage Company, and Ramona and The Sound of Music, Wheelock Family Theatre

Outstanding Actress, Large Company
Phylicia Rashad, Gem of the Ocean, Huntington Theatre Company

Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence
Oskar Eustis