Distinguished Achievement Awards
USITT's Commissions are taking suggestions for DAAs through May 31, 2024.
The Distinguished Achievement Awards honor individuals who have established meritorious career records in specific fields of expertise in any area of design or technology in the performing arts or entertainment industry.
Areas of achievement include, but are not limited to disciplines represented by the Commissions of USITT, scenic design, lighting design, sound design, technical direction, costume design & technology, theatre architecture, theatrical consulting, production management, stage or arts management, entertainment technology, education, or a convergence of these disciplines.
Nominations must come from Commission; please contact your Commission leadership to partake in the nomination process.
Past Winners
David Budries, Sound Design & Technology
Judith Dolan, Education
Hana Sharif, Management
Mike Wood, Engineering
Dick Block, Education
Terri Purcell, Costume Design & Technology
John McKernon, Lighting Design & Technology
Donyale Werle, Scene Design & Technology
Michael Hooker, Sound Design & Technology
Kathy A. Perkins, Education
Molly Dill, Management
Eduardo Sicangco, Scenic Design
Kathy A. Perkins, Lighting Design
Alan Hendrickson, Engineering
Carin Ford, Sound Design
Bill Sapsis, Technical Production
Paul Tazewell, Costume Design
Deena Kaye, Sound
Paule Constable, Lighting
Kevin Rigdon, Scene Design
Scott Parker, Education
Jerrold Gorrell, Engineering
Elaine McCarthy, Digital Media
Jeffrey Lieder, Costume Design
Pablo Holmes, Management
Sally Ann Parsons, Costume Design & Technology
Wendall Harrington, Digital Media Design
Toni-Leslie James, Education
Todd Rosenthal, Scene Design
Peggy Eisenhauer, Lighting Design
Eileen Smitheimer, Sound Design
Alice Estes Davis, Costume Design & Technology
Anne Valentino, Lighting Design
John Iacovelli, Scene Design
Steve Canyon Kennedy, Sound Design
Liz Covey, Costume Design & Technology
Fred Foster, Lighting Design
Santo Loquasto, Scene Design
Richard K. Thomas, Sound Design
Rocky Paulson, Technical Direction
Joseph Drummond, Management
John Conklin, Education
Anna Louizos, Scene Design
Sonny Sonnenfeld, Lighting
Monona Rossol, Education
Joy Spanabel Emery, Costume Design & Technology
John Leonard, Sound
Jane Greenwood, Costume Design & Technology
Douglas W. Schmidt, Scene Design
Loren Schreiber, Technical Direction
Teresa Eyring, Management
Wendall Harrington, Education
Ann Roth, Costume Design
Dana Taylor, Education
Shirley Prendergast, Lighting Design
Susan Threadgill, Management
Bob McCarthy, Sound Design
Eugene Lee, Scenic Design
Tim Hartung, Architecture
Desmond Heeley, Costume & Scenic Design
Neil Mazzella, Technical Production
Otts Munderloh, Sound
Dana Nye, Costume Design & Technology
Judy Adamson, Education
Howard Brandston, Lighting
Tom Hall, Management
Michael Devine, Scene Design
Cesar Pelli, Architecture
Carrie Robbins, Costume Design & Technology
R. Craig Wolf, Education
William Byrnes, Management
John Scheffler, Scene Design
Dennis Dorn, Technical Production
Barton Myers, FAIA, Architecture
Lenna Kaleva, Costume Design
Jules Fisher, Lighting Design
Robert Rody, Management
Ben Sammler, Technical Production
Franco Colavecchia, Scenic Design
Jack Mann, Sound Design
William Rawn, FAIA, Architecture
Rebecca Cunningham, Costume
Karl Eigsti, Education
Cynthia Poulson, Management
John Lee Beatty, Scenic Design
John and Helen Meyer, Sound Design
Hugh Hardy, Marcolm Holzman, Norman Pfeiffer, Architecture
Katherine Marshall, Costume Design & Technology
Jessica L. Andrews, Management
Robert Moody, Scenic Design
David Collison, Sound Design
Don and Carolyn Davis, Sound Design
Rosemary Ingham, Costume Design
Ming Cho Lee, Education
Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, Scene Design
Frazier Marsh, Theatre Management
James L. Moody, Lighting
Jonathan Deans, Sound Design
William Dudley, Scene Design
Luc Lafortune, Lighting Design
Winston Morgan, Stage Management
Willa Kim, Costume Design
Joe Blasco, Make up Design
William Klages, Lighting Design
Tony Walton, Scene Design
Allen Lee Hughes, Lighting Design
Ralph Funicello, Scene Design
Dan Dugan, Sound Design
Tony Meola, Sound Design
Karl Eigsti, Scene Design
Beverly Emmons, Lighting Design
Thomas A. Kelly, Stage Management
John Bracewell, Sound Design
Thurston James, Property Design
Max Keller, Lighting Design
Deborah Dryden, Costume
Charlie Richmond, Sound Design
Robert Scales, Technical Production
Jean Hunnisett, Costume
Lester Polakov, Scenery
Abe Jacob, Sound Design
Richard Pilbrow, Lighting Design
Richard L. Hay, Scenic Design