AATE Award-Winning Plays and Musicals

We are proud to offer the best examples of theatre from children's plays to high school productions. Like previous year winners, this year's AATE award-winning play and author is among our finest.

Congratulations Dennis Foon, 2009 Distinguished Play Award winner for PreK through Elementary

Manitoba Theatre for Young People,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
featuring (l-r) Tom Keenan, Andrea Scott and Daniel Briere.
Photo: Hubert Pantel.

"Foon's three preteen protagonists grapple with terrible loss, death, bullying, pathological lying and distressing global events. They first appear in Ms. Feldspar's music class, where they are painfully out of tune with each other, both with and without their instruments … Tessa and the boys eventually find common ground—the love of pets—and [agree] to raise money for animals abandoned during the flooding in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. They learn that with empathy they can change their world." —Winnipeg Free Press. (Cast size:14 to 16 actors, gender flexible. Approximate running time: 45 minutes.)

Complete play synopsis and ordering information

Award-Winning Titles

• Kindness
  Dennis Foon (2009, Pre-K through Elementary)
• The Bluest Eye
  Lydia R. Diamond (2008, Adaptation)
• Brave No World: Community, Identity, Stand-up Comedy
  Laurie Brooks (2008, Middle/Secondary)
• la ofrenda
  José Casás (2007, Pre-K through Elementary)
• Kara in Black
  Max Bush (2007, Secondary)
• The Forgiving Harvest
  Y York (2006, Elementary/Middle)
• The Rememberer
  Steven Dietz (2005, Adaptation)
  
• In the Garden of the Selfish Giant
  Sandra Fenichel Asher (2005, Pre-K through Elementary)
  
• Eric and Elliot
  Dwayne Hartford (2005, Middle/Secondary)
  
• The Music Lesson
  Tammy Ryan (2004, Upper/Secondary)
  
• Sarah, Plain and Tall
  Joseph Robinette (2004, Adaptation)
  
• Salt & Pepper
  José Cruz González (2003, Elementary/Middle)
  
• Belongings
  Daniel Fenton (2002, Upper/Secondary)
  
• A Village Fable
  James Still (2002, Adaptation)
  
• The Wrestling Season
  Laurie Brooks (2001, Upper/Secondary)
  
• Afternoon of the Elves
  Y York (2001, Adaptation)
  
• And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank
  James Still (2000, Upper/Secondary)
• Still Life with Iris
  Steven Dietz (1999, Elementary/Middle)
  
• North Star
  Gloria Bond Clunie (1999, Upper/Secondary)
  
• Journey of the Sparrows
  Meryl Friedman (1999, Adaptation)
  
• Angel in the Night
  Joanna H. Kraus (1996, Upper/Secondary)
  
• T-Money & Wolf
  Kevin Willmott and Ric Averill (1995, Upper/Secondary)
  
• Ramona Quimby
  Len Jenkin (1995, Elementary/Middle)
  
• Song for the Navigator
  Michael Cowell (1994, Elementary/Middle)
  
• A Woman Called Truth
  Sandra Fenichel Asher (1994, Upper/Secondary)
  
• The Secret Garden
  Pamela Sterling (1992, Adaptation)
  
• In the Middle of Grand Central Station
  Nancy Pahl Gilsenan (1992, Upper/Secondary)
  
• The Chicago Gypsies
  V. Glasgow Koste (1990, Upper/Secondary)
  
• A Separate Peace
  Nancy Pahl Gilsenan (1989, Adaptation)