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Hayden Rowe in Cabaret at Actor's Express, 2024..
Photo by Casey Ford.

Kennedy Center 

  • Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Medallion of Excellence (2019)

 

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas

  • Elliott Hayes Award for Dramaturgy (2002)

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Suzi Bass Awards

  • Winner - Best Play (Prayer for the French Republic, 2023)

  • Winner - Best Director and Best Play (Angels in America, 2018)

  • Winner - Best Play (The Crucible, 2017)

  • Winner - Best Musical (Spring Awakening, 2012)

  • Winner - Best Director of a Musical (Rent, 2015)

  • Winner - Best Director of a Musical (Grey Gardens, 2010)

  • Winner - Best Actor in a Play (The Whale, 2015)

  • Thirteen other nominations for directing (Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Prayer for the French Republic, UrinetownA Doll's House, Part 2, The Crucible, End of the Rainbow, The Rocky Horror Show, Spring Awakening, Becky Shaw, A Catered Affair, Mauritius, dark play or stories for boys, The Great American Trailer Park Musical)​

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

  • Best Theatre Company  (2013)

  • Top Ten Productions of the Year for Fair Use (2009), and Mauritius (2009), I Am My Own Wife (2007) and dark play or stories for boys (2007) and Lawrenceburg (2006).

  • Best Musical Revival of 2004 for A Man of No Importance 

  • Top Five Faces to Watch in Local Arts (2004)

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Arts ATL

  • Top 15 Productions of the Year - Prayer for the French Republic (2023) 

  • Best Performances of the Year - The Whale (2015)

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Broadwayworld.com Readers' Choice Awards Atlanta

  • Best Director - Sweeney Todd (2016)

  • Best Director - Kiss of the Spider Woman (2013)

 

Creative Loafing

  • Best Theatre Company (2018)

  • Best Local Director (2015, 2010, 2009)

  • Best Play of the Year - Becky Shaw (2010) and Fair Use (2009)​​

 

Atlanta Theater Fans Awards

  • Best Director for End of the Rainbow (2014)

  • Four other nominations for directing

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