Awards and Honors

Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards
2007 Sound Design: Andrew Holtz, The Secret Garden
2006 Best Musical Direction: Andrew Holtz, Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA
2005 Supporting Performance, Female: Lucinda Hitchcock Cone, The Night of the Hunter
2005 Supporting Performance, Male: Daniel Lachman, The Night of the Hunter
2004 3 individual awards: Man of La Mancha
2004 Best Musical Production: The Spitfire Grill
2003 Best Book & Best Score John Muir's Mountain Days
2001 3 individual awards: Jekyll & Hyde
2000 Best Musical Production plus 3 individual awards: 1776
2000 Best Musical Direction: Andrew Holtz, In the Beginning
1999 Best Musical Direction: Andrew Holtz, Dreamgirls
1998 Best Musical Production plus 8 individual awards: Brimstone
1992 Best Musical Production: Smoke on the Mountain
1992 Best Actress in a Musical: Barbara Larsen, Smoke on the Mountain

Diablo Magazine "Best of the East Bay"
1999 Best Evening Out at the Theatre

American Express National Arts Marketing Project
Only California Theatre chosen to participate in $1 million Advanced Audience Development Training Program, awarded $14,000 in funding for marketing plan.

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Business Arts Council
2002 Cyril Award for Non-Profit Arts Excellence
1998 Cyril Award for Outstanding Business Volunteer for the Arts: Sue Hoffmann, Peoplesoft for the Willows Theatre

Bay Area Newspapers
The Year's Best: Top Ten Theatre for 2003: Man of La Mancha
The Year's Best: Top Ten Theatre for 2002: Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Contra Costa Times
The Year's Best: Top Ten Theatre for 1998: Brimstone, Contra Costa Times
The Year's Best in Theatre for 1998: Brimstone, San Francisco Chronicle
Favorite East Bay Theatre 1997, Reader's Survey, Contra Costa Times

Bay Area Drama-Logue Awards
Best Dramatic Production: Lost in Yonkers
Best Actress in a Drama: Kenna Hunt, Lost in Yonkers

Shellie Awards
2007 - Music Direction - Musical: Andrew Holtz, The Secret Garden
2007 - Scenic Design - Play: Peter Crompton, The Kentucky Cycle
2007 - Costuming - Play: Melissa Torchia, The Kentucky Cycle
2006 - Production - Musical: Cabaret (tie)
2006 - Director - Musical: Andrew Holtz, Cabaret
2006 - Supporting Actor - Musical: Stu Klitsner, Cabaret
2006 - Lighting Design - Musical: Jon Retsky, Cabaret
2006 - Supporting Actor - Play: Cassidy Brown, Noises Off

2005 - Production - Musical: Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA
2005 - Direction - Musical: Andrew Holtz, Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA
2005 - Lighting Design - Musical: Jon Retsky, Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA

2004 - Actor - Musical: Lee Strawn, John Muir's Mountain Days
2004 - Actor - Play: Julian Lopez-Morillas, Treasure Island

44 awards between 1980 – 1993

Board Members

Performance History