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The 2010 Gregory Awards |
| Overview | The Categories | Nomination and Voting |
| How Do I Get Considered? | The Rules |
Overview
Honors in twelve categories will be presented at a gala event on October 25th, 2009, time and location to be determined. Venue will be announced in the Spring of 2010.
The Categories
- The 13th Annual Gregory A. Falls Sustained Achievement Award
- Outstanding Actor
- Outstanding Actress
- Outstanding Director
- Outstanding Production
- Person to Watch
- Theater of the Year
- Outstanding Costume Designer
- Outstanding Lighting Designer
- Outstanding Music and Sound Designer
- Outstanding Scenic Designer
- Outstanding Playwright
How Will Nominees Be Chosen?
The process balances input from critics, academics and theatre professionals in determining the results.
Nomination Process
During the month of August 2010, nominations from shows in the 2009-2010 season will be submitted by a panel of nominators consisting of:
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Theatre critics representing print and online media from across Western Washington.
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Theatre academics representing colleges and universities across Western Washington.
Nomination panel members will submit up to six candidates for consideration in each category. Results will be tabulated, and the top four nominees in each category will appear on the final ballot. The names of nominators for the 2010 Gregory Awards will not be publically announced until September 1st.
Members' Voice: Individual Theatre Puget Sound members will be able to submit their own nominations during the month of August, 2010. The top name in each category submitted through this process will appear as a fifth choice in each category on the final ballot (see below). Note that this is a change from the Members Voice process in 2009, where TPS members were allowed write-ins on the final ballot, but were not part of the earlier nomination process.
People's Voice: (NEW) The public will also have the opportunity to submit their own nominations during the month of August, 2010. The top name in each category submitted through this process will appear as a sixth choice in each category on the final ballot (see below).
Voting Process
TPS will tally the nomination submissions and determine the six top contenders in each of the categories. Two of the nominees in each category will be chosen from write-ins through the Members' Voice and People's Voice submission processes (see above). These contenders will be announced in early September, and they will constitute the final nominees that appear on a multiple-choice ballot to be voted on by the approximately 1,500 members of Theatre Puget Sound before October 7th. The results will be announced at the gala on October 25th.
How Does My Show/Performance/Design Get Considered?
First of all, make sure that your organization's Theatre Puget Sound membership is up-to-date. TPS membership is a requirement for producing companies to be considered.
Secondly, ensure your online TPS information is up to date and accurate, since nominators and voters will be directed to SeattlePerforms.com for reference purposes.
For producing companies:
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Enter all the performance dates for each show of your season into Seattleperforms.com (NOTE that just listing the opening and closing dates of your run is NOT enough, as any show searches are based on actual dates and times of each performance).
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Make sure that Seattleperforms.com lists all your cast and crew for each production.
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Add images, descriptions and reviews of your shows to your Seattleperforms.com record.
For individual TPS members:
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Make sure your online resume on tpsonline.org is up to date and correct. This information is automatically linked to SeattlePerforms.com.
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Keep your tpsonline.org photo gallery updated.
The Rules
Note that this is a preliminary draft of the rules. Final rules will be posted in Spring of 2010.Definitions
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2009-2010 Season: A production is considered to qualify for the 2009-2010 season if at least one performance fell between August 1st, 2009 and July 31, 2010.
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Theatre Practitioner: any individual involved in the theatre arts, including but not limited to: actor, actress, artistic director, costume designer, composer, director, lighting designer, set designer, sound designer, stage manager or technical director.
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TPS Organizational Member: an organizational member in good standing of Theatre Puget Sound. Professional theatre organizations can find out more about joining Theatre Puget Sound here: http://tpsonline.org/join/organizations.shtml.
Nomination Eligibility
The Gregory A. Falls Sustained Achievement Award
The Gregory A. Falls Sustained Achievement Award honors individuals in our theatrical community who have given their time, energy and talents over a number of years. In particular, this award honors people who have had a widespread positive effect on the community. NOTE: The recipient is determined by a process separate from the rest of the awards, and so does not appear in either the nomination or the voting ballots.
Outstanding Actor
2010 eligibility for nomination: Any male performer, lead or supporting, regardless of union status, in a 2009-2010 Season production taking place in Washington State.
Outstanding Actress
2010 eligibility for nomination: Any female performer, lead or supporting, regardless of union status, in a 2009-2010 Season production taking place in Washington State.
Outstanding Director
2010 eligibility for nomination: The director of any show produced in Washington State in the 2009-2010 Season.
Person To Watch
2010 eligibility for nomination: Any Theatre Practitioner involved in any show produced in Washington State in the 2009-2010 Season. This category is intended to honor excellent emerging work in a variety of theatrical disciplines .
Outstanding Production
2010 eligibility for nomination: Any show produced by a TPS Organizational Member in the 2009-2010 Season.
Theatre of the Year
2010 eligibility for nomination: Any TPS Organizational Member which has produced at least one show during the 2008‐2009 season.
Outstanding Costume Designer (NEW)
2010 eligibility for nomination: Any costume designer, regardless of union status, who designed the costumes for a 2009-2010 Season production taking place in Washington State.
Outstanding Lighting Designer (NEW)
2010 eligibility for nomination: Any lighting designer, regardless of union status, who designed lights and lighting effects for a 2009-2010 Season production taking place in Washington State.
Outstanding Music and Sound Designer (NEW)
2010 eligibility for nomination: Any music director or sound designer, regardless of union status, responsible for the sound and music of a 2009-2010 Season production taking place in Washington State.
Outstanding Scenic Designer (NEW)
2010 eligibility for nomination: Any set or scenic designer, regardless of union status, who was responsible for the scenic design of a 2009-2010 Season production taking place in Washington State.
Outstanding Playwright (NEW)
2010 eligibility for nomination: Criteria not yet finalized.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why so few categories?
As 2009 was the first time in twelve years that TPS bestowed more honors than the annual Greg Falls Sustained Achievement Award, we wanted to take small steps to make the nomination and voting process manageable, expanding from one to seven categories. In 2010, we are adding five more, for a total of twelve. We eventually plan to cover many more disciplines, and we will grow the categories incrementally from year to year.
Why this particular nomination and voting model?
We realize that no selection method is perfect, and we intend to refine our own process moving forward. 2009 was only the first year of these awards; some regions have the benefit of 25+ years of hindsight refining their own awards ceremonies, and it seems that no one solution fits all communities.
Models vary all over the continent: Some have judging committees composed entirely of critics. Others open up judging to the general public. Still others have a panel balanced between critics, theatre professionals and academics. Some (like ours) have separate nominating and judging models. All have their pluses and minuses.
Our model for 2009 balanced input from critics (as proxies for the audience) in nominating shows, and input from TPS members (as representatives of the theatre profession) in having the final vote on the candidates. This final vote included the ability to write-in a show or individual who may never have been reviewed at all. In 2010, we will be broadening the nominating panel to include theatre academics, and will be moving the write-in ability for TPS members from the voting phase to the nomination phase. We also are adding input from the theatre-going public in providing write-in names for consideration as nominees. We expect our selection model to evolve through the years, as we discover what works most effectively in the Puget Sound theatrical community.
What if I have other questions or comments?
Additional questions and comments can be addressed to awards@tpsonline.org