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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.

Winner - All Round Production Excellence

2015 - The Liar - Directed by Steve Tobin

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

Winner - Outstanding Achievement in a Musical

2006 - Enter the Guardsman - Directed by Lois Evans

Winner - Outstanding Achievement in a Play

2023 - Crimes of the Heart - Directed by Robin Schwartz

2016 - Venus in Fur - Directed by Jim Gallagher

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

Runner-Up for All Round Production Excellence

1991 - (2^nd) House of Blue Leaves - Directed by Al Cauffman

1987 - (2^nd) I Do, I Do - Directed by Teddy Hogle

1985 - (2^nd) They’re Playing Our Song - Directed by Barbara Gilstorf & Pam Myers

1983 - (2^nd) 70 Girls 70 - Directed by Richard Wade

1981 - (2^nd) The Shadowbox - Directed by Alan Berger

Runner-Up for Outstanding Achievement in a Play

2020 - (3^rd) Book of Days - Directed by Shirley Panek

2019 - (1^st) The Babylon Line - Directed by Jennifer Cooper

2018 - (1^st) Quartet - Directed by Darice Clewell

2017 - (1^st) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf - Directed by Craig Allen Mummey

2014 - (1^st) These Shining Lives - Directed by Craig Mummey

2007 - (1^st) A Moon for the Misbegotten - Directed by Bob Bartlett

1996 - (2^nd) Macbeth - Directed by Carol Youmans

1993 - (1^st) Fences - Directed by Carol Youmans