Marjorie Bicknell Honors
The Marjorie Bicknell Honor Roll! HONORS recognize people and institutions that advance opportunities for women+ playwrights over 40. We recognize those theater professionals who work to ensure that the plays of women+ playwrights over 40 have a full and significant life on the American stage and are represented fairly in the canon of theatrical works.
NOMINATIONS FOR 2025-2026 HONORS ARE NOW OPEN!
Nominate by August 1, 2026!
Use this NOMINATION FORM
Or email nomination materials (*see specifics below) via CONTACT
Honor Roll! is seeking nominations for work
from Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2025
IN FIVE CATEGORIES:
Outstanding Producer
Recognizing a producer or artistic director who makes a special effort to include the work of women+ playwrights age 40 or older in their theater's season, or who has produced a second stage season of plays or readings by them.
Inclusionary Festival
Recognizing a conference, festival, or special event that features the work of women+ playwrights age 40 and older, or who makes a special effort to include their work in a festival or series of plays and readings.
Outstanding Publisher
Recognizing a publisher who produces anthologies of work by women+ playwrights age 40+, a magazine that features the work of these playwrights or regularly includes articles about the work that women+ playwrights in this age cohort are doing.
Individual Achievement
Recognizing an individual who does outstanding work in helping women+ playwrights age 40+ to get their work produced, published, or honored in a special way.
Legacy Award
Recognizing an individual or organization that has consistently advocated for women+ playwrights, especially those age 40 and older, over a period of five years or longer.
Read More: Broadway World
How to Nominate
To nominate, please provide the following:
- Name and contact information of the Nominee
- Name and contact information of the Nominator
- 150 to 200 words on Nominee's efforts and what makes them worthy of the award. Please include links to their work or information about them and their work.
- Published evidence of the effort, such as playbills, press releases, news articles.
Honor Roll! members — or any theater professional — may nominate an individual or group of individuals for Honor Roll! Honors, but individuals may not nominate themselves.
USE THIS FORM TO NOMINATE
or send your nomination via CONTACT
Nominations will be accepted between July 1 and August 1, 2026.
People Behind the Awards
Initiated and run by Marjorie Bicknell, an Honor Roll! Member and also a Dramatist Guild Regional Representative. Following her untimely death in October 2023, the program was named for her.
“Marjorie Bicknell was wildly passionate about Honor Roll! HONORS, and was completely devoted to it. The program continues with her name added to the Honors in her memory.”
-Olga Humphrey, Liaison, Honor Roll! Executive Committee
Honor Roll! Member Rachel Rubin Ladutke is the 2026 Administrator of the Marjorie Bicknell Honor Roll! HONORS Program
People We’ve Honored
2024
Legacy Award
Lynnie Godfrey
League of Professional Theatre Women
Outstanding Producer
Melissa Riker
EstroGenius Festival
Outstanding Publisher
Caridad Svich
No Passport Press
Inclusionary Festival
Liz Amadio
Cosmic Orchid
Individual Achievement
Fran Pesch
Young at Heart Players - Dayton FutureFest
A special award was presented in memory of Marjorie Bicknell who created and administered this program
2023
Legacy Award
Julia Jordan
Lilly’s co-creator
Outstanding Producer
Thomas Coté
The Workshop Theatre
Outstanding Publisher
Debbie Lamedman
Smith & Kraus
Inclusionary Festival
The Writers Lab
Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon
Individual Achievement Award
Plan-B Theatre
Jerry Rapier and Cheryl Ann Cluff
Read more about the 2023 Honor Roll! Honors in this article in American Theatre Magazine
2022
Outstanding Producer
Caytha Jentis and Eileen Katz
Gold Standard Arts Festival
Outstanding Publisher
Artemis Arts
Sam Hull, Founder
Inclusionary Festival
Dee Pelletier and Kathryn Markey, Founders
Plays for Us
Individual Achievement
Eleanore Speert