Richmond Theatre Legacy Award

The Legacy Award is given to individuals who have played a foundational role in establishing or strengthening the Richmond-area theater community. Recipients of this award are listed below. Video about some honorees can be accessed by clicking on their name. The history of, the formal criteria for consideration for, and the individuals currently being considered for the Legacy Award are detailed in this document.

Honored in:

2025

Founders of Richmond Triangle Players: Michael Gooding, Steve Earle, Jacqui Singleton, Marcus Miller and John Knapp

2024

Founders of Richmond Shakespeare: Grant Mudge and Cynde Liffick

2023

Founders of Firehouse Theatre Project: Bill Gordon, Anna Senechal Johnson, Harry Kollatz, Jr., Carol Piersol, and Janet Wilson

2023

Grandfathered in from the Liz Marks Awards:

Founders of Swift Creek Mill: Wamer “Buddy” Callahan, Dr. Louis “Lou” Rubin

Founder of the School for the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC): Jeri Cutler-Voltz

2020-22

None awarded.

2019

Noreen Barnes

Neil and Sara Belle November

2018

Jack Welsh

Roy Proctor

2017

Leslie Cheek, Jr.

Raymond Hodges

2017

Founders of Barksdale Theatre : Pete Kilgore, Muriel McAuley & Nancy Kilgore