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.
Honor Roll! HONORS are awarded 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.
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. Honor Roll! Executive Committee member Olga Humphrey now guides the program.
“Marjorie Bicknell was wildly passionate about Honor Roll! HONORS, and was completely devoted to it. Now, the program will continue with her name added in her memory.”
- Olga Humphrey, member of the Honor Roll! Executive Committee.
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 featured in
American Theatre Magazine