Awards for Excellence

The Elmwood Playhouse is a two time recipient of The County Executive Arts Award for Arts Organizations. Many of our members have also won The County Executive Arts Award as Supporters of the Arts: Maggie Klappas Scott, Selma Sorkin, Bob Olson and Elaine Vogel.
Elmwood Playhouse has garnered many nominations and awards from the web sites OnStage, BroadwayWorld and others. Click the links below to see the latest.
Elmwood Playhouse: Life Membership Awards
In the past six decades, Life Membership has been awarded to outstanding individuals who have consistently gone above and beyond in their contribution and dedication to the theatre. Nominees have had at least ten years of active membership, having been involved in many aspects of Elmwood’s success. They may have been President, swept the stage, headed committees, served on the Board, wielded a hammer, washed a paintbrush, baked and fed the masses, worked on fundraisers, directed hit musicals, designed costumes, sets or lighting, but they have been continually volunteering, over and over, and often at the 11th hour.
See a full list of Elmwood Life Members below ↓
Elmwood Playhouse: Golden Elm Leaf Award
The Golden Elm Leaf Award is presented in recognition to the unsung heroes of Elmwood Playhouse for outstanding and spectacular hard work that make our theatre so successful.
See a full list of Elmwood Golden Elm Leaf Award Recipients below ↓
Life Members Recipients
- 1972
Adaire McKean
- 1973
Jane Hunt
- 1974
Mary Minichiello
- 1975
Mike Pacifico
- 1976
R. Thurston Gentry
- 1977
Carl Spatz
- 1978
Elsie Feldman
- 1981
Don McMullen
- 1981
Shirley McMullen
- 1984
Selma Sorkin
- 1984
David Vogel
- 1985
Mark Rinis
- 1986
Esther Bloom
- 1987
Elaine Vogel
- 1990
Elisabeth Lynch
- 1991
James Naismith
- 1993
Daniel Scott
- 1996
Maggie Klappas Scott
- 2000
Franci Tarson
- 2000
Harvey Gardner
- 2000
Denise Beckerle
- 2003
Candy Pittari
- 2003
Tom Cardullo
- 2003
Mike Gnazzo
- 2007
Rhoda Goldstein
- 2007
Barbara Coleman
- 2007
Stella Levine Stern Blasenheim
- 2007
Kathy C. Gnazzo
- 2009
Debbi Fleckenstein
- 2009
Alan Demovsky
- 2011
Nancy Hogan-Logan
- 2011
Evelyn Josephs Russo
- 2016
Suzanne Potoma
- 2016
Margaret Young
- 2018
Derek Tarson
- 2018
Larry Beckerle
- 2020
James Lugo
- 2020
Sandy Gordon
- 2023
Rob Ward
- 2023
Jennie Marino
Golden Elm Leaf Award Recipients
- 1996
Debbi Fleckenstein
- 1996
Helen Campadonico
- 1996
Franci Tarson
- 1997
David Vogel
- 1997
Candy Pittari
- 1997
Helaine Ripps
- 1998
Nancy Hogan-Logan
- 1998
David Christian Azarow
- 1998
Tom Cardullo
- 1999
Rob Ward
- 1999
Mark Buckalter
- 1999
Mike Gnazzo
- 2001
Suzanne Potoma
- 2001
Carol Napier
- 2002
Lucille Schroeder
- 2003
Judy Pachter
- 2004
Derek Tarson
- 2004
Fred Pulver
- 2005
Robert Sven Olson
- 2005
Andrew Rodriguez Dark
- 2007
Evelyn Josephs Russo
- 2008
Bob Hodesblatt
- 2008
Jennie Marino
- 2009
Ed Potoma
- 2009
Beverly De Caprio Huff
- 2012
Megan Mahoney Chill
- 2012
Sandy Gordon
- 2013
Larry Beckerle
- 2014
Ron Drobes
- 2014
Ralph Felice
- 2014
Crawford Deyo
- 2014
John Bradley
- 2017
David Julin
- 2017
Louise Spillman Bryant
- 2019
Larry Wilbur
- 2019
Tiffany M. Card
- 2022
Kathy McCarthy Simpson
- 2022
Steve Taylor
- 2023
Duncan Bell