Aubrey Awards - Get your tickets here  

• 2026 Aubrey Nominations Party is over and the results are in. Check out the results and see the nominations on  the Aubrey Award Listings page and on our FaceBook page as well. The Awards Celebration is next!  

60th Annual Aubrey Awards Celebration Date is: Sunday, August 2nd at the Dana on Mission Bay

 Don't miss this exciting event with your CT friends.  

• Get your tickets here Full details for pricing, food selections and directions  are on the site

• Social Hour at 5 pm, Dinner at 6:00 pm, awards follow after. 

• Beverages other than coffee are available at the cash bar. 

• Parking is free. Event ends at 9:00 pm. Maximum seating is 200. 

• Ticket Sales end July 26, at midnight. 

• Tux and gowns are not required, but this is a dressy event  -have fun! 

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Hey!  I am new here  - 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  June or 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, a 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 the Association of Community Theatres San Diego in 1963.   In 2015 Aubrey Dunne posthumously  received a national honor award from American Association of Community Theatres for his lifetime devotion to developing  community theatres  around San Diego county.   For  more information about our ACTSDC, check out the About link in the Main Menu.  

2026 will be the 60th Awards Season for ACT San Diego. It is our Diamond Jubilee!