awards and recognition

PICTURED ABOVE: 2017 Theatre Roundtable Award Winners Scott Douglas Wilson, Cat McAlpine, and Jim Azelvandre
2020 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2019 Theatre Roundtable Nominations:
Excellence in a Featured Role
  • Colleen Kochensparger (Happy Pills)
  • Kasey Meininger (Theatre Roulette 2019)*
  • Will Macke (Theatre Roulette 2019)
Excellence by an Ensemble 
  • Date Night 2019
Excellence in Direction
  • James Blackmon (The Spare Room) 
  • Josh Kessler (Date Night 2019) 
Outstanding Production
  • Date Night 2019

2019 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2018 Theatre Roundtable Nominations: 
Excellence in a Featured Role
  • Melissa Bair (Theatre Roulette 2018)
  • Colleen Dunne (Sketchy Pitches)
Excellence by an Ensemble
  • Sketchy Pitches
  • FFN's Date Night

2018 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2018 Theatre Roundtable Nominations:
Excellence in a Lead Role
  • Kayla Theis (Counter/Top) 
Excellence in a Supporting Role​
  • Dustin Schwab (Counter/Top)
Excellence in Scenic Design
  • Kate Hawthorn (Counter/Top)*
  • ​Kate Hawthorn (Kitezh)
Excellence in Lighting Design
  • Brendan Michna (Kitezh)
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2017 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2017 Theatre Roundtable Nominations:
Outstanding Production
  • The NSA's Guide to Sex and Love
  • Until He Wasn't
  • The Star
Outstanding Direction
  • Audrey Rush (Until He Wasn't)
  • Jim Azelvandre (The Star)*
Outstanding Lead Actor
  • Scott Douglas Wilson (The NSA's Guide to Sex and Love)*
  • Colleen Dunne (The NSA's Guide to Sex and Love)
  • Rob Philpott (Until He Wasn't)
Outstanding Supporting Actress
  • Cat McAlpine (Scritch Scritch)*
  • Jennifer Feather Youngblood (Until He Wasn't) *
* Denotes Award Winners
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2016 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2016 Broadway World Award Nominations:
  • Theatre of the Year
  • Best Original Play, Until He Wasn't
  • Best Direction of a Play, Audrey Rush (Until He Wasn't)
  • Best Leading Actor in a Play, Robert J Philpott (Until He Wasn't)
  • Best Leading Actress in a Play, Jennifer Feather Youngblood (Until He Wasn't)

2016 JEBBY Award Nominations:
  • Local Performer of the Year,         Andy Batt
  • Breakout Performer, Chad Hewitt

Columbus Underground "Best of 2015"
       MadLab is No. 3 Theatre!

Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Citation
  • Andy Batt, Artistic Director for MadLab

Theatre Roundtable Award for
Outstanding Technical Achievement
  • Suzanne Camilli & Mary Sink,       Make -up for Clowntime is Over
Theatre Round Table Nominations 
Outstanding Production (Play)
  • Clowntime is Over by Joseph E. Green
Excellence in Directing:
  • Andy Batt - Clowntime is Over
Excellence in Acting:
  • Lead Male - Andy Batt, Clowntime is Over
  • Lead Female - Kyle Mason, Young Writers Short Play Festival
  • Lead Female - Sheree Evans, Young Writers Short Play Festival
  • Supporting Male - Stephen Woosley, Clowntime is Over

Life Full of Cheese blog Honorable Mentions:
  • Best Play (comedy) - Skillet Tag
  • Best Supporting Actress - Melissa Bair, Skillet Tag

2015 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Columbus Theatre Blog “Best New Work”
Columbus Underground “Best of 2014”
Jebby Award Winner for Best Lead Actress  ​
2014 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Columbus Theatre Blog “Top Ten Show of 2013”
The Air Loom by Jim Azelvandre

Columbus Underground “Best Local Theatre of 2013”
Columbus Underground “Best of 2013”
Top Ten Best Theatre Group

Jebby Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress
Mary Beth Griffith (The Air Loom by Jim Azelvandre)

​2013 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Nomination
Creating Young Writers Short Play Festival

Top 100 Things to Do Before You Graduate
MadLab’s #2!!!  Thanks Columbus Alive

Best Original Production of the Year
The Other Paper (Age of Bees by Tira Palmquist)

Columbus Underground “Best of 2012”
Jebby Award Nomination for Technical Achievement
Doug Northeim (Age of Bees by Tira Palmquist)

Jebby Award Nomination for Best Lead Actress
Mary Beth Griffith (Age of Bees by Tira Palmquist)

2012 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
GCAC Artistic Excellence Award Nomination
Nominated for Young Writers Short Play Festival 

Columbus Underground “Best of 2011”
​2011 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Winner of The Other Paper’s This or That Poll
LINC Met Life Innovative Spaces Finalist
One of 16 Finalists out of 100 organizations nationally
Video announcement of winners and finalists

Top 100 Things to Do Before You Graduate
MadLab’s #2!!!  Thanks www.easycolumbus.com

Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Citation
For purchasing and renovating its new theatre space

Columbus Underground “Best of 2010”
Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle
Best Actress Nomination
  • Melissa Bair (Theatre Roulette 2011)
  • Courtney Deuser (A Shadow in the Dark)


2010 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Nomination
  • Best New Work (“All the Answers”, Roulette 2010)
  • Best Design (The Killing Room)

2009 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
GCAC Artistic Excellence Award Nomination
Nominated for The Angels of Lemnos by Jim Henry

Best Play of the Year
The Columbus Dispatch (Theatre Roulette 2009) 

Best Theatre Company (Runner Up)
The Columbus Alive Reader’s Poll
Set and lighting design by Doug Northeim.

2008 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
The Year’s Best Set Design
The Columbus Dispatch (Split by Ira Gamerman)

Best Play of the Year
The Columbus Dispatch (Split by Ira Gamerman)

Best Drama of the Year
The Other Paper (The Angels of Lemnos by Jim Henry)

Best Theatre Company (Runner Up)
The Other Paper Reader’s Poll

Best Actress - Traci Weaver
The Other Paper Reader’s Poll 
2007 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Best Original Production of the Year
The Other Paper (“Family Portrait”, Roulette 2007)

Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Nomination
Best New Work (“Family Portrait”, Roulette 2007) ​

2006 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Nomination
Best New Work (Objet d’Art)

Best Theatre Company (Runner Up)
Columbus Alive Reader’s Poll 

2005 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Citation
First Annual Columbus Fringe Festival

Best Events of the Year
The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus Fringe Festival)

Best Original Short
The Other Paper (“Smugglers Three”, Roulette 2005) 

2004 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
GCAC Artistic Excellence Award Nomination
Nominated for Cliffhangers: The Seven Deadly Sins 

2003 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Citation
For helping to create The Columbus Theatre League

Best Alternative Arts Space (Runner Up)
Columbus Alive Reader’s Poll

Best Live Music Venue (Editor’s Choice)
Columbus CitySearch Reader’s Poll

Best Original Short
The Other Paper (“The First Time”, Roulette 2003)

Top Ten Play of the Year
The Columbus Dispatch (Too Much Theatre) 

2002 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
GCAC Artistic Excellence Award Nomination
for presenting Tuvan throat singing group, Yahtka

Best Alternative Arts Space
Columbus Alive Reader’s Poll

2001 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Best Alternative Arts Space
Columbus Alive Reader’s Poll

Best Theatre Company (Runner Up)
Columbus Alive Reader’s Poll

Best Original Production of the Year
The Other Paper (The Grand Guignol)

Wexner Center for the Arts
Selected to run their Summer Youth Theatre Workshop

Top Ten Play of the Year
Columbus Alive (Theatre Roulette)

1999 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Top Ten Play of the Year
Columbus Alive (American Way)

GCAC Artistic Excellence Award Nomination
Nominated for Bakkee

Best Design and Most Adventurous Programming
The Columbus Dispatch

Wexner Center for the Arts
Selected to run their Summer Youth Theatre Workshop

1997 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Best New Play of the Year
The Other Paper (Bakkee)

Best Play of the Year
Innerart (Bakkee)

Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Citation
for creating MadLab Theatre
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Split by Ira Gamerman was mentioned as one of the year’s best set designs by Michael Grossberg of The Columbus Dispatch.
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