Award Winners Database

The Mississippi Theatre Association seeks to recognize those individuals and theatres that represent exemplary service to the organization and to theatre in Mississippi.

Search our database for sixty years of award winners!

Award Winners
wdt_ID Year Festival Track Award Category Special Award Type Place Winner's Name Role Production Theatre Affiliation
1 2021 Playwriting Competition Youth Playwriting Competition 1st Stephyne Weathersby Liberty Mississippi School for the Arts
2 2021 Playwriting Competition Youth Playwriting Competition Finalist Callie Matthews Sharky Water Mississippi School for the Arts
3 2021 Playwriting Competition Youth Playwriting Competition Finalist X'Zavier Henderson Ashes Meridian High School
4 2021 Playwriting Competition Adult Playwriting Competition 1st Leslie Barker Jar(ring) Clinton, MS
5 2021 Playwriting Competition Adult Playwriting Competition Finalist Randy Ferino Decoration Day: The Annihilation of Black Wall Street Meridian, MS
6 2021 Playwriting Competition Adult Playwriting Competition Finalist Cason Miles The Two Soldiers in Cabin Three Hattiesburg, MS
7 2021 Theatre for Youth Best Ensemble The Hero Squad vs. The Princess Snatchers Oak Grove High School
8 2021 Theatre for Youth Special Recognition Awards Excellence in Adapting to a Virtual Experience Rainbow Fish Clinton High School
9 2021 Theatre for Youth Special Recognition Awards Excellence in Creative Design Take a Breath, Turley: A Tale of the Turtle That Snapped Northwest Rankin High School
10 2021 Theatre for Youth All Star Cast Grace Greenfield Bernardo and Pierro's Traveling Wagon of Tales Ocean Springs High School