Awards and Recognition

Founded in 2004, some of Mo`olelo’s significant achievements include:

Awards:

• 2012 Consensus Organizer of the Year
• 2011 American Theatre Wing National Theatre Company Grant
• 2011 Ivy Bethune Award from Actors Equity Association
• 2011 New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts and Media (NYCWAM) Collaboration Prize Honorable Mention, Sila
• 2010 Des McAnuff New Visions Award from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle
• 2009 Patté Award for Theatre Excellence, Best Direction, 9 Parts of Desire
• 2008 Patté Award for Theatre Excellence, Best Lighting Design, Night Sky
• 2007 San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award for Sound Design, Cowboy Versus Samurai
• 2007 Patté Award for Theatre Excellence, Best Lighting Design, Cowboy Versus Samurai
• 2006 KPBS Patté Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Since Africa
• 2006 San Diego Magazine’s Best New Theater Company
• 2005 San Diego Magazine’s 50 People to Watch
• 2004 KPBS Patté McDonald Award for Playwriting, remains
• 2004 Anti-Discrimination Committee’s Artistic and Cultural Achievement Award “for building bridges between diverse communities and cultures,” remains

Other Recognition

Advancing the script Since Africa by Mia McCullough and its concurrent education program, MY HOME from Mo`olelo’s 2006 production to The Old Globe, where it was produced in 2009 with Mo`olelo’s Artistic Director serving as Director

Selection as the Inaugural Resident Theatre Company at La Jolla Playhouse, 2008-2009

Recognition in “American Theatre” Magazine – In April 2009, as part of “American Theatre” magazine’s 25th anniversary, Mo`olelo’s Artistic Director was selected as one of 25 artists from across the country to write about the next 25 years in American theater. The 25 selected artists were described by the magazine as “richly accomplished folks – directors, performers, designers, writers, dramaturgs, producers and curators of new work. All have demonstrated something special in their approach to the art and craft of theatremaking that convinced us they have not only vision and foresight about the field they’ve chosen, but the tenacity and commitment it will take to realize their aspirations over time. Our artistic future, we figure, belongs to people like these.”

Greening the theater industry – According to Charlie Deull, Co-Chair of the Broadway Green Alliance (BGA), “When we launched BGA, one of the very best resources for greening theater at that time was the Mo`olelo website. We are now featuring Mo`olelo’s Green Theater Choices Toolkit prominently on the BGA website and heard from others involved in the field that they are using it also. Mo`olelo is making a huge difference.”

Selection by The Children’s Theatre Company in 2008 as a dissemination site of the federally-recognized arts education program Neighborhood Bridges