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2018 Honoree
 Andrea Campfield, Sand Springs, OK
Andrea is the drama teacher for Charles Page High School and also founder of the Sand Springs Community Theatre. With school funding for drama slashed, she engaged the community to participate financially, helping to continue the production of quality shows. Andrea organizes a summer arts tour that has taken her students overseas to tour theatres and museums, and to New York to attend Broadway shows. Andrea co-authored and directed a play about inclusion, that involved multigenerational actors and incorporated sign language, for which she received national recognition from Sertoma International, an organization whose philanthropic efforts assist those with communicative disorders.
In a climate that has been hard on the arts, Andrea never backs away from supporting students and the community in teaching the benefits and necessity of arts in our lives.
2018 Honoree
 Gai Jones, Ojai, CA
Gai has been a driving force in community theatre, theatre education, and youth theatre for most of her life. She was recently elected to a two-year term as Vice President of the Educational Theatre Association, to be followed by a two-year term as President. While teaching eighth grade Speech/Drama in Fullerton, California, Gai completed an MA in Theatre as the first woman to earn the degree at California State University—Fullerton. Gai is founder of California Youth in Theatre and taught theatre at El Dorado High School, Placentia, California, for 34 years. Upon her retirement, El Dorado High School Black Box Theater was named the Gai Jones Theater.
Gai Jones is truly devoted to theatre and, in particular, intergenerational theatre. She has done an amazing job at the Ojai Art Center Theater bringing youth and adults together in wonderful learning experiences.
2018 Honoree
 Dan LaMorte, U.S. Army IMCOM Europe Entertainment, Mons, Belguim
Dan has brought over a quarter-century of professional experience to his position as sole director of the SHAPE Players and Performing Art School (PAS), a position he has held since 2006. Dan has been the recipient of numerous TOPPER Awards from the Tournament of Plays Festival (an Army-based program created to support volunteerism), and has taken five SHAPE Players productions to AACTFest National Festivals. After researching and evaluating for five years, he began preparations to integrate a Performing Arts School into the already successful theatre, including new classes in theatre, music, and dance for children and adults. After six years, PAS enrollment has quadrupled, and the income for the organization has tripled. He recruits professional teachers, develops innovative programs, and is considered a visionary who has influenced and inspired a large and diverse audience.
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1979 Norman Carver* (Kalamazoo, MI)
1980 Douglas Cook (University Park, PA)
1981 Henry Fonda* (Omaha, NE)
1982 David Gooder* (Downers Grove, IL)
1983 Bea Miller* (Memphis, TN)
1984 Alaska State Community Theatre
Association
1985 National Multicultural Theatre Association
of Canada
1987 Twink Lynch (Topeka, KS)
1988 Kalamazoo Civic Players (MI)
1989 Charles Jones* (Omaha, NE)
1990 Hiroshi Koizumi (Toyama City, Japan)
1991 Target Stores
1992 Paul Ebert (Oak Ridge, TN)
1993 Jon Kerkhoff (Omaha, NE)
1994 Theatre Midland (TX)
1995 Sherwood Lohrey* &
Theatre Memphis (TN)
1996 Steve Spiegel & Music Theatre
International (New York, NY)
1997 William Talbot (New York, NY)
1998 Stage Directions Magazine
1999 David Young (Gainesville, FL)
2000 Charles Jeffers* (Hickory, NC)
2001 Jim Sohre (US Army, Europe)
2002 Enid Holm* (Odessa, TX)
Harv Thompson (Madison, WI)
2003 Ohio Community Theatre Association
2004 Shirley Cockrell (Oneida, NY)
Hap Ryder* (Fairbanks, AK)
Pat White (Amherst, NH)
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2005 Jerry Zimmerman (Ft Jennings, OH)
2006 John Rich (Pullman, WA)
2007 Morrie Enders (Kalamazoo, MI)
2008 Jim Buckley (Cambria, CA)
2009 Bonnie Daniels (US Army)
Andre Bruce Ward (Memphis, TN)
2010 Penelope Notter (Grand Rapids, MI)
2011 April Cochran (Paducah, KY)
Ginny Morrison (Seville, OH)
2012 Dennis Assaf & Jefferson Performing
Arts Society (Metairie, LA)
Linda McClane (Fernandina Beach, FL)
2013 Anthony Del Rosso
& Gwendolyn Whitney
(SHAPE Perf. Arts Centre NATO Base)
Carolyn Pitman (Whitefish, MT)
2014 Melanie Cornelison (Ashland, KY)
Lisa Garza (Houston, TX)
SCERA Center for the Arts (Orem, UT)
2015 Aubrey Dunne* (San Diego, CA)
2015 Oklahoma Community Theatre Association (OCTA)
2016 Jim Chervenka (Grand Rapids, MI)
Celia Couture (Tewksbury, MA)
Loween Getter (Webster City, IA)
2017 Alan Buxkemper (Stuttgart, Germany)
Dr. Alan D. Kaplan (Manchester, New Hampshire)
André Bruce Ward (Moscow, Tennessee)
Tacoma Musical Playhouse (Tacoma, Washington)
* Deceased
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