Aubrey Awards

What Are the Aubrey Awards ?

The Aubrey Awards Celebration is an annual event to celebrate  those creators and performers and staff whom our ACTSDC Judges have selected for their particularly outstanding work.  At the end of each season, after all the Judges have completed their reporting, our Judging Chairperson tabulates the results and compiles a list of who the Judges have identified as outstanding in specific traditional categories of theatre production.  Those who are  identified by the Judges in each category become Aubrey Nominees.  They are announced at a Nominees Party, usually held around July.  The Nominee Party is a casual event.  All Nominees receive certificates that acknowledge  and honor their outstanding work.   When the nominations have been announced you can see a complete list  of them all by clicking on the Aubrey Award Listings on the main menu, above. 

Some weeks later the nominations are published, the Aubrey Awards Celebration gala is held to present an Aubrey trophy to the persons that received the most accolades from the Judges in their category.  This is usually a dress -up event, at a nice venue,  with cocktails and dinner, and the excitement is - well, lot of fun!  Everyone there knows how much hard work went into making  a quality theatre experience for every person in every audience.  The pride of receiving an Aubrey trophy, of receiving this honorific from your peers, is genuinely a feel good moment.  And the opportunity to stand and clap and cheer for the work and devotion of your Community  Theatre friends is a great goodness as well.  

Incidentally, the award is called an Aubrey,  after the man who founded ACTSDC many years ago, in 1963.   In 2015 Aubrey Dunne posthumously  received a national honor award from the American Association of Community Theatres for his lifetime devotion to developing  community theatres  around  our county.   For  more background on ACTSDC, check out the About link in the Main Menu.  

2026 will be the 60th Season for ACT San Diego. 

So watch this space for the Nominations Party Announcement in 2026!

Check back here and on our FB site to stay informed.