The 2013 Ruby Griffith Award winners were announced on Sunday, July 7, 2013 during a ceremony held at Bretton Woods Recreation Center in Germantown, MD. Colonial Players was the proud recipient of this year's award for Outstanding Achievement in a Play for our January 2013 production of Shipwrecked! The amazing adventures of Louis de Rougement (as told by himself). Congratulations to director Ron Giddings, the cast, and the production staff of this sell-out production!

Congratulations are also in order for another local theater, Annapolis Summer Garden Theater! They were the recipients of this year's Ruby Griffith Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Musical for their production of Avenue Q! Well done, ASGT!

2013 Ruby Griffith Award for All-Round Production Excellence

Kensington Arts Theatre for Next to Normal

2013 Ruby Griffith Award Runners-Up for Outstanding Achievement in a Play

First: Port City Playhouse for The Drawer Boy

Second: Silver Spring Stage for These Shining Lives

Third: Providence Players of Fairfax for Is He Dead?

2013 Ruby Griffith Award Runners-Up for Outstanding Achievement in a Musical

First: 2nd Star Productions for Oklahoma

Second: Laurel Mill Playhouse for Hair

Third: Tantallon Community Players for The Wiz

Colonial Players History with the Ruby Griffith Award

Since the Ruby Griffith award competition began in 1969, Colonial Players has been the recipient of the award several times, first winning for our 1973 production of I Never Sang for My Father, directed by Edd Miller. The following is a complete listing of the awards Colonial Players has received in this annual competition.

All Round Production Excellence

1997 - I’m Not Rappaport - Directed by Richard Wade

1994 - A Little Night Music - Directed by Lois Evans

1992 - The Boys Next Door - Directed by Dan Higgs

1990 - Baby - Directed by Sharie Valerio

1984 - Tribute - Directed by Karen Cannon

1979 - The Runner Stumbles - Directed by Bob White

1976 - Godspell - Directed by Bob White

1974 - Butterflies Are Free - Directed by Sharie Valerio

1973 - I Never Sang for My Father - Directed by Edd Miller

Runner-Up for All Round Production Excellence

1991 - House of Blue Leaves - Directed by Al Cauffman

1987 - I Do, I Do - Directed by Teddy Hogle

1985 - They’re Playing Our Song - Directed by Barbara Gilstorf & Pam Myers

1983 - 70 Girls 70 - Directed by Richard Wade

1981 - The Shadowbox - Directed by Alan Berger

Outstanding Achievement in a Musical

2006 - Enter the Guardsman - Directed by Lois Evans

Outstanding Achievement in a Play

2013 - Shipwrecked! The amazing adventures of Louis de Rougement (as told by himself) - Directed by Ron Giddings

Runner-Up for Outstanding Achievement in a Play

2007 - (tie) A Moon for the Misbegotten - Directed by Bob Bartlett

1993 - Fences - Directed by Carol Youmans

1996 - Macbeth - Directed by Carol Youmans